Your definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary YOUR, a. Pronom. pron. yure. [G.] 1. Belonging to you; equally applicable to both numbers; as your father; your heart; your prince; your subjects. 2. It is used indefinitely. Your medalist and ...
... purpose; as in the common phrases, "I wish to know your mind;" "let me know your mind;" "he had a mind to go;" "he has a ... mind] 5: attention; "don't pay him any mind" 6: your intention; what you intend to do; "he had in mind ... take offense with, be bothered by; "I don't mind your behavior" 2: be concerned with or about something or somebody ... do you mind if I smoke?; I don't mind your being late). 2 a remember; take care to (mind you ... you go). 6 US & Ir. be obedient to (mind what your mother says). Phrases and idioms: be in two minds ...
... 11. To refrain; to stop; to restrain; to withhold. Hold your laughter. Hold your tongue. Death! what do'st? O, hold thy blow. 12. To keep; as, hold your peace. 13. To fix; to confine; to compel to observe ... Not used.] To hold up, to raise; as, hold up your head. 1. To sustain; to support. He holds himself up ... limbs which keeps a thing fast and prevents escape. Keep your hold; never quit your hold. It is much used after the verbs to ...
... eye. 4. Front; face. Her shall you hear disproved to your eyes. 5. Direct opposition; as, to sail in the wind ... a purple. 15. The power of perception. The eyes of your understanding being enlightened. Ephesians 1. 16. Oversight; inspection. The eye ... shell express our duty in his eye. --Shak. Her shell your hear disproved to her eyes. --Shak. 5. Observation; oversight; watch ... one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Your eyes are the parts of your body with which you see. I opened my eyes and ... shut-eye 9. If you say that something happens before your eyes, in front of your eyes, or under your ...
... nobleness. 13. Method or plan of life and conduct. Instruct your children in the right way. Her ways are ways of ... phrase noting obstruction. What is there in the way of your success? In Scripture, the ways of God, are his providential ... do way, to take away; to remove. [Obs.] ``Do way your hands.'' --Chaucer. To make way with, to make away with ... or process; tendency of action; advance. If that way be your walk, you have not far. --Milton. And let eternal justice ... All right, Mrs Bates,' she said. 'We'll do it your way'. N-COUNT: oft N of -ing, N to-inf ... words... Sometimes, the bank manager just doesn't see it your way. N-COUNT: with supp 8. You use way ...
... or disposed. I find it in my heart to ask your pardon. For my heart, for tenderness or affection. I could ... 2005) n 1: the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom" [syn: heart, bosom] 2: the hollow muscular organ located ... or disposed. ``I could find in my heart to ask your pardon.'' --Sir P. Sidney. To have at heart, to desire ... one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Your heart is the organ in your chest that pumps the blood around your body. People ...
... influence by acting upon; to manage; to lead. An work your royal father to his ruin. 5. To make by action ... out, 1. To effect by labor and exertion. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. Philippians 2. 2. To ... poor" [ant: idle, laze, slug, stagnate] 2: be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want ... doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The ... me hard"; "work one's muscles"; "this puzzle will exercise your mind" [syn: exercise, work, work out] 7: proceed along a ... goal or along a path or through an activity; "work your way through every problem or task"; "She was working ...
... laid their heads together to form the scheme. Never trouble your head about this affair. So we say, to beat the ... intellect or repository of comprehended information. b intelligence; imagination (use your head). c mental aptitude or tolerance (usu. foll. by for ... Utopia). The heads of the chief sects of philosophy. --Tillotson. Your head I him appoint. --Milton. 5. The place or honor ... the dictionary. For example, the expression 'off the top of your head' is explained at 'top'. 1. Your head is the top part of your body, which has your eyes, mouth, and brain in ...
... near; either present and within reach, or not far distant. Your husband is at hand, I hear his trumpet. 1. Near ... place; either present and within reach, or not far distant. ``Your husband is at hand; I hear his trumpet.'' --Shak. (b ... you are looking for is shown under another headword. 1. Your hands are the parts of your body at the end of your arms. Each hand has four fingers and a thumb. I ... oft N in n 8. In a game of cards, your hand is the set of cards that you are ...
in-your-face definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: blatantly aggressive; "on-line hard-boiled in-your-face pornography" Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1982 characterized by or expressive of bold and often defiant aggressiveness < in-your-face basketball >; also aggressively intrusive < in-your-face advertising > Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also in-yer-face Someone who has an in-your-face attitude seems determined to behave in a way that ... care what people think of them. (INFORMAL) It's in-your-face feminism, and it's meant to shock. ADJ: ...
... 1: deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" [syn ... oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two ... turn the face in a certain direction; "Turn and face your partner now" 6: present somebody with something, usually to accuse ... you are looking for is shown under another headword. 1. Your face is the front part of your head from your chin to the top of your forehead, where your ...
... in a particular sense; to receive as meaning. I take your meaning. You take me right. Charity, taken in its largest ... the connection of take with please. So we say, take your choice. 21. To copy. Beauty alone could beauty take so ... a bill for taking away the votes of bishops. By your own law I take your life away. 1. To remove; as, to take away the ... any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the ... the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" [syn: ...
... another devotes all his time to useful purposes. Believe me, your time is not your own; it belongs to God, to religion, to mankind. 6 ... duration. You must wait patiently; you will in time recover your health and strength. At times, at distinct intervals of duration ... 2: a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something; "take time to smell ... time > c. wages paid at discharge or resignation < pick up your time and get out > 13. a. the playing time of ... v.tr. 1 choose the time or occasion for (time your remarks carefully). 2 do at a chosen or correct ...
... to agitate in the mind. Turn those ideas about in your mind. 25. To bend from a perpendicular direction; as, to ... with a smile. 4. To move; to change posture. Let your body be at rest; do not turn in the least ... course of life; to repent. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways, for why will ye die? Ezek 33. 16 ... walk to and from. I will take a turn in your garden. 3. Change; alteration; vicissitude; as the turns and varieties ... cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way" 5: change to the contrary; "The trend ... move along an axis or into a new direction; "turn your face to the wall"; "turn the car around"; "turn ...
... name. 21. To have a tendency. Against right reason all your counsels go. 22. To be in compact or partnership. They ... location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by ... follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" [syn: proceed, go] 9: be abolished or discarded ... speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting" [syn: move, go, run] 15: continue ... is it going?"; "The day went well until I got your call" 17: pass from physical life and lose all bodily ... blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" [ ...