... pn. 1. Unclosed; not shut; as, the gate is open; an open door or window; an open book; open eyes. 2. Spread; expanded. He received his son with open arms. 3. Unsealed; as an open letter. 4. Not shut or fast; as an open hand. 5. Not covered; as the open air; an open vessel. 6. Not covered with trees; clear; as an open country or field. 7. Not stopped; as an ...
... to wealth and honor. 3. Noting accord or adaptation; as an occupation suited to his taste; she has a husband to ... 11. Noting perception; as a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind. 12. Noting the subject of an affirmation. I have a king's oath to the contrary ... slaughter. [In this sense, for is now used.] 16. After an adjective, noting the object; as deaf to the cries of ... in the sense of moving towards a place, or towards an object, or it expresses direction towards a place, end, object ... a. — used as a function word to indicate movement or an action or condition suggestive of movement toward a place, ...
... or hit with some force, either with the hand or an instrument; to give a blow to, either with the open ... or with a pointed instrument, or with a ball or an arrow discharged. An arrow struck the shield; a ball strikes a ship between ... respect, or to signify a surrender of the ship to an enemy. 10. To break forth; as, to strike into reputation ... to enter suddenly; also, to recede from the surface, as an eruption; to disappear. To strike in with, to conform to ... to make a sudden excursion; as, to strike out into an irregular course of life. To strike, among workmen in ...
... to fall on; to attack, especially with fixed bayonets; as, an army charges the enemy. 2. To load, as a musket ... project. See Gen 40:4 8. To entrust to; as, an officer is charged with dispatches. 9. To set to, as a dept; to place on the debit side of an account; as, to charge a man with the price of ... the stoics. 12. To lay on, give or communicate, as an order, command or earnest request; to enjoin; to exhort. In ... Job 1. 13. To lay on, give or communicate, as an order, command or earnest request; to enjoin; to exhort. Charge ... command is given in the name of God, or with an oath, the phrase amounts to an adjuration. To adjure; ...
... crush; to shatter; to dissipate the strength of, as of an army. 8. To weaken, or impair, as the faculties. 9 ... bankrupt. 11. To discard, dismiss or cashier; as, to break an officer. 12. To crack, to part or divide, as the skin; to open, as an aposteme. 13. To violate, as a contract or promise, either ... any moral obligation, either by a positive act or by an omission of what is required. 15. To stop; to interrupt ... breaks her sheer. To break up, to dissolve or put an end to; as, to break up house-keeping. 1. To ... up a company. 4. To disband; as, to break up an army. To break upon the wheel, to stretch and ...
... lee of the land. The ship has run ten knots an hour. 8. To contend in a race; as, men or ... 9. To flee for escape. When General Wolfe was dying, an officer standing by him exclaimed, see how they run. Who ... is remarkably pure. The tide runs two or three miles an hour. Tears run down the cheeks. 12. To emit; to ... be brittle. 16. To turn; as, a wheel runs on an axis or on a pivot. 17. To pass; to proceed ... few words. The whole runs on short, like articles in an account. 24. To have a continued tenor or course. The ... The line runs east and west. 38. To pass in an orbit of any figure. The planets run their periodical ...
... fancy. Its primitive sound was probably aw. A is also an abbreviation used before words beginning with an articulation; as a table, instead of an table, or one table. This is a modern change. This ... may be a contraction of at, of, in, to, or an. In some words of Greek original, a is privative, giving ... first of the seven dominical letters. Among logicians, A, as an abbreviation, stands for a universal affirmative proposition. A asserts; E ... letters were marked on wooden ballots, and each voter had an affirmative and a negative put into his hands, one ...
... take in the arms. 15. To admit; to receive as an impression; to suffer; as, to take a form or shape ... by active exertion; as, to take revenge or satisfaction for an injury. 17. To receive; to receive into the mind. They ... submit to without attempting to obtain satisfaction. He will take an affront from no man. Cannot you take a jest? 28 ... gain possession of by force or capitulation; as, to take an army, a city or a ship. 39. To be discovered ... remove; to invalidate; as, to take off the force of an argument. 4. To withdraw; to call or draw away. Keep ... out a stain or spot from cloth; to take out an unpleasant taste from wine. To take part, to share. ...
... she returned. Judges 11. 3. The conclusion or cessation of an action. Of the increase of his government there shall be ... deliberation. My guilt be on my head and there's an end! 8. Close of life; death; decease. Unblamed through life ... a right to the means necessary for attaining it. 16. An end, for on end, upright; erect; as, his hair stands an end. 17. The ends of the earth, in scripture, are ... outset, showtime, start, starting time] 3: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to ... a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" [syn: end, destruction, death] 7: the surface ...
... strike.] 1. To separate the parts of any body by an edged instrument, either by striking, as with an ax, or by sawing or rubbing; to make a gash ... divide; as, to cut timber in the forest. But when an entire separation of the body is intended, it is usually ... pass by a shorter course, so as to cut off an angle or distance. To cut asunder, to cut into pieces ... part from another; as, to cut off a finger, or an arm; to cut off the right hand figure; to cut ... cutting; as, to cut out a garment; to cut out an image; to cut out a wood into walks. Hence, ...
... with respect the authors they have printed, and consequently have an eye to their own advantage. 7. Notice; observation; vigilance; watch ... 14. A small shade of color. [Little used.] Red with an eye of blue makes a purple. 15. The power of ... be graciously received and treated. EYE, n. A brood; as an eye of pheasants. EYE, v.t. To fix the eye ... as it flies. EYE, v.i. To appear; to have an appearance. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the organ ... good discernment (either visually or as if visually); "she has an eye for fresh talent"; "he has an artist's eye" 3: attention to what is seen; " ...
An definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary AN, a. [L. unus, una, unum; Gr.] One; noting an individual, either definitely, known, certain, specified, or understood; or indefinitely, not certain, known, or specified. Definitely, as "Noah built an ark of Gopher wood." "Paul was an eminent apostle." Indefinitely, as "Bring me an orange." Before a consonant the letter n is dropped, ...
... fleet on a ship is on the American coast, or an isle is situated on the coast of England, we mean ... near the coast. So we say, on each side stands an armed man, that is, at or near each side. So ... in a state of vigilance or activity. On high, in an elevated place; sublimely. On fire, in a state of burning ... thing, is opposed to off. On is sometimes used as an exclamation, or rather as a command to move or proceed ... abbreviation Ontario Merriam Webster's I. preposition Etymology: Middle English an, on, preposition & adverb, from Old English; akin to Old High ... function word to indicate position in or in contact with an outer surface < the fly landed on the ceiling > < I ...
... of information 16: the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument) [syn: field, field of view] 17: a place ... more at floor Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) an open land area free of woods and buildings (2) an area of land marked by the presence of particular objects or features < dune fields > b. (1) an area of cleared enclosed land used for cultivation or pasture ... d. a large unbroken expanse (as of ice) 2. a. an area or division of an activity, subject, or profession b. the sphere of practical ...
... any person or thing, formed of a material substance; as an image wrought out of stone, wood or wax. Whose is ... this image and superscription? Matthew 22. 2. A statue. 3. An idol; the representation of any person or thing, that is an object of worship. The second commandment forbids the worship of ... appearance. The face of things a frightful image bears. 7. An idea; a representation of any thing to the mind; a ... behold no more. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced images upon her too ... Humpty Dumpty" [syn: persona, image] 3: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on ...