| slovo | definícia |
aching
(encz) | aching,bolavý adj: |
aching
(encz) | aching,bolení n: Zdeněk Brož |
aching
(encz) | aching,bolestivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Aching
(gcide) | Ache \Ache\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Aching.] [OE. aken, AS. acan, both strong verbs, AS. acan,
imp. [=o]c, p. p. acen, to ache; perh. orig. to drive, and
akin to agent.]
To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued
pain; to be distressed. "My old bones ache." --Shak.
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The sins that in your conscience ache. --Keble.
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Aching
(gcide) | Aching \Ach"ing\, a.
That aches; continuously painful. See Ache. --
Ach"ing*ly, adv.
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The aching heart, the aching head. --Longfellow.
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aching
(wn) | aching
adj 1: causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her
old achy joints" [syn: aching, achy]
n 1: a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain [syn:
ache, aching] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
approaching
(mass) | approaching
- približujúci, blížiaci sa |
coaching
(mass) | coaching
- vyučovanie |
preaching
(mass) | preaching
- kázanie |
reaching
(mass) | reaching
- siahajúci |
teaching
(mass) | teaching
- učenie, výuka |
aching
(encz) | aching,bolavý adj: aching,bolení n: Zdeněk Brožaching,bolestivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
achingly
(encz) | achingly,bolestivě mikosoft |
approaching
(encz) | approaching,blížící se adj: Pajoshapproaching,přibližuje v: se |
attaching
(encz) | attaching,připojování |
bleaching
(encz) | bleaching,bělení n: Zdeněk Brož |
breaching
(encz) | breaching,narušení n: Zdeněk Brožbreaching,nedodržení n: Zdeněk Brožbreaching,porušení n: Zdeněk Brož |
caching
(encz) | caching,ukrývání n: Zdeněk Brož |
coaching
(encz) | coaching,doučování Jaroslav Šedivýcoaching,koučování Jaroslav Šedivýcoaching,připravování Jaroslav Šedivýcoaching,vyučování Jaroslav Šedivý |
coaching job
(encz) | coaching job, n: |
encroaching
(encz) | encroaching, adj: |
far-reaching
(encz) | far-reaching,dalekosáhlý Pavel Machek; Giza |
language teaching
(encz) | language teaching, n: |
leaching
(encz) | leaching,loužení n: Zdeněk Brožleaching,vyluhování n: Zdeněk Brož |
overreaching
(encz) | overreaching, adj: |
poaching
(encz) | poaching,pytláctví n: Zdeněk Brožpoaching,pytlačení n: Zdeněk Brož |
preaching
(encz) | preaching,kázání n: Zdeněk Brož |
reaching
(encz) | reaching,dosahující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
stomaching
(encz) | stomaching,trávící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
teaching
(encz) | teaching,učební Zdeněk Brožteaching,výuka n: |
teaching aid
(encz) | teaching aid, n: |
teaching authority of the church
(encz) | teaching authority of the Church,učitelský úřad církve n: web |
teaching certificate
(encz) | teaching certificate, n: |
teaching fellow
(encz) | teaching fellow, n: |
teaching method
(encz) | teaching method, n: |
teaching reading
(encz) | teaching reading, n: |
teachings
(encz) | teachings,nauky n: pl. Zdeněk Brožteachings,výuky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
teaching assistant
(czen) | Teaching Assistant,TA[zkr.] |
Achingly
(gcide) | Aching \Ach"ing\, a.
That aches; continuously painful. See Ache. --
Ach"ing*ly, adv.
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The aching heart, the aching head. --Longfellow.
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Approaching
(gcide) | Approach \Ap*proach"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Approached; p. pr.
& vb. n. Approaching.] [OE. approchen, aprochen, OF.
approcher, LL. appropriare, fr. L. ad + propiare to draw
near, prope near.]
1. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to
advance nearer.
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Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city? --2
Sam. xi. 20.
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But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as
ye see the day approaching. --Heb. x. 25.
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2. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to
approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the
ablest statesman.
[1913 Webster]Approaching \Ap*proach"ing\, n. (Hort.)
The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into
another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called,
also, inarching and grafting by approach.
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Attaching
(gcide) | Attach \At*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attached; p. pr. & vb.
n. Attaching.] [OF. atachier, F. attacher, to tie or
fasten: cf. Celt. tac, tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack
to fasten. Cf. Attack, and see Tack.]
1. To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join;
as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue,
or the like.
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The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the
muscles. --Paley.
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A huge stone to which the cable was attached.
--Macaulay.
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2. To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by
authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a
certain regiment, company, or ship.
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3. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or
self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral
influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching
others to us by wealth or flattery.
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Incapable of attaching a sensible man. --Miss
Austen.
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God . . . by various ties attaches man to man.
--Cowper.
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4. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or
attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great
importance to a particular circumstance.
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Top this treasure a curse is attached. --Bayard
Taylor.
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5. To take, seize, or lay hold of. [Obs.] --Shak.
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6. To take by legal authority:
(a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to
answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a
taking of the person by a civil process; being now
rarely used for the arrest of a criminal.
(b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a
writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment
which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment,
4.
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The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high
treason. --Miss Yonge.
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Attached column (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so
that only a part of its circumference projects from it.
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Syn: To affix; bind; tie; fasten; connect; conjoin; subjoin;
annex; append; win; gain over; conciliate.
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Beaching
(gcide) | Beach \Beach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beached (b[=e]cht); p. pr.
& vb. n. Beaching.]
To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to
strand; as, to beach a ship.
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Bleaching
(gcide) | Bleaching \Bleach"ing\, n.
The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains;
esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents.
--Ure.
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Bleaching powder, a powder for bleaching, consisting of
chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals.
[1913 Webster]Bleach \Bleach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bleached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bleaching.] [OE. blakien, blechen, v. t. & v. i., AS.
bl[=a]cian, bl?can, to grow pale; akin to Icel. bleikja, Sw.
bleka, Dan. blege, D. bleeken, G. bleichen, AS. bl[=a]c pale.
See Bleak, a.]
To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains,
from; to blanch; to whiten.
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The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the
bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action
of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous
acid. --Ure.
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Immortal liberty, whose look sublime
Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying
clime. --Smollett.
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Bleaching powder
(gcide) | Bleaching \Bleach"ing\, n.
The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains;
esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents.
--Ure.
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Bleaching powder, a powder for bleaching, consisting of
chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals.
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Breaching
(gcide) | Breach \Breach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Breached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Breaching.]
To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a
city.
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Broaching
(gcide) | Broach \Broach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Broached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Broaching.] [F. brocher, fr. broche. See Broach, n.]
1. To spit; to pierce as with a spit.
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I'll broach the tadpole on my rapier's point.
--Shak.
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2. To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor.
Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood.
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Whereat with blade, with bloody blameful blade,
He bravely broached his boiling bloody breast.
--Shak.
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3. To open for the first time, as stores.
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You shall want neither weapons, victuals, nor aid; I
will open the old armories, I will broach my store,
and will bring forth my stores. --Knolles.
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4. To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth;
to introduce as a topic of conversation.
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Those very opinions themselves had broached.
--Swift.
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5. To cause to begin or break out. [Obs.] --Shak.
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6. (Masonry) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by
chiseling with a coarse tool. [Scot. & North of Eng.]
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7. To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.
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To broach to (Naut.), to incline suddenly to windward, so
as to lay the sails aback, and expose the vessel to the
danger of oversetting.
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Clearstraching
(gcide) | Clearstarch \Clear"starch`\ (kl[=e]r"st[aum]rcht`), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Clearstarched; p. pr. & vb. n. Clearstraching.]
To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with
the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin.
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Coaching
(gcide) | Coach \Coach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Coaching.]
1. To convey in a coach. --Pope.
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2. To prepare for public examination by private instruction;
to train by special instruction. [Colloq.]
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I coached him before he got his scholarship. --G.
Eliot.
[1913 Webster]coaching \coaching\ n.
the job of a professional coach.
Syn: coaching job.
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coaching
(gcide) | Coach \Coach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Coaching.]
1. To convey in a coach. --Pope.
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2. To prepare for public examination by private instruction;
to train by special instruction. [Colloq.]
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I coached him before he got his scholarship. --G.
Eliot.
[1913 Webster]coaching \coaching\ n.
the job of a professional coach.
Syn: coaching job.
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Detaching
(gcide) | Detach \De*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detached; p. pr. & vb.
n. Detaching.] [F. d['e]tacher (cf. It. distaccare,
staccare); pref. d['e] (L. dis) + the root found also in E.
attach. See Attach, and cf. Staccato.]
1. To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the
opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous
root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or
from a party.
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2. To separate for a special object or use; -- used
especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from
a fleet, or a company from a regiment.
Syn: To separate; disunite; disengage; sever; disjoin;
withdraw; draw off. See Detail.
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Encroaching
(gcide) | Encroach \En*croach"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Encroached; p. pr.
& vb. n. Encroaching.] [OF. encrochier to perch, prop., to
hook, fasten a hook (perh. confused with acrochier, F.
accrocher, to hook, get hold of, E. accroach); pref. en- (L.
in) + F. croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Accroach.]
To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions
or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; --
commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to
encroach on the highway.
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No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or
interfere with the duty and office of another. --South.
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Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil.
--Hooker.
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Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground.
--Dryden.
Syn: To intrude; trench; infringe; invade; trespass.
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Encroachingly
(gcide) | Encroachingly \En*croach"ing*ly\, adv.
By way of encroachment.
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far-reaching
(gcide) | far-reaching \far-reaching\ adj.
having a wide range or effect; as, far-reaching (or
extensive) forests; a far-reaching reform.
Syn: extensive.
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High-reaching
(gcide) | High-reaching \High"-reach`ing\, a.
Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring. --Shak.
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Impeaching
(gcide) | Impeach \Im*peach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeached; p. pr. &
vb. n. Impeaching.] [OE. empeechier to prevent, hinder,
bar, F. emp[^e]cher, L. impedicare to entangle; pref. im- in
+ pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and
Appeach, Dispatch, Impede.]
1. To hinder; to impede; to prevent. [Obs.]
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These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach
his journey to the Holy Land. --Sir J.
Davies.
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A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance.
--Howell.
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2. To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse;
especially to charge (a public officer), before a
competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite
before a tribunal for judgment of official misconduct; to
arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment.
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3. Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring
discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's
motives or conduct.
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And doth impeach the freedom of the state. --Shak.
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4. (Law) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of
a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.
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Note: When used in law with reference to a witness, the term
signifies, to discredit, to show or prove unreliable or
unworthy of belief; when used in reference to the
credit of witness, the term denotes, to impair, to
lessen, to disparage, to destroy. The credit of a
witness may be impeached by showing that he has made
statements out of court contradictory to what he swears
at the trial, or by showing that his reputation for
veracity is bad, etc.
Syn: To accuse; arraign; censure; criminate; indict; impair;
disparage; discredit. See Accuse.
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Leaching
(gcide) | Leach \Leach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Leaching.] [Written also leech and letch.]
1. To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to
the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to
leach ashes or coffee.
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2. To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out
alkali from ashes.
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meaching
(gcide) | Miching \Mich"ing\, a.
Hiding; skulking; cowardly. [Colloq.] [Written also
meaching and meeching.]
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Misteaching
(gcide) | Misteach \Mis*teach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mistaught; p. pr. &
vb. n. Misteaching.] [AS. mist[=ae]can.]
To teach wrongly; to instruct erroneously.
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Object teaching
(gcide) | Object \Ob"ject\ ([o^]b"j[e^]kt), n. [L. objectus. See Object,
v. t.]
1. That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the
way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible
and persists for an appreciable time; as, he observed an
object in the distance; all the objects in sight; he
touched a strange object in the dark.
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2. Anything which is set, or which may be regarded as set,
before the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of
which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance,
whether a thing external in space or a conception formed
by the mind itself; as, an object of knowledge, wonder,
fear, thought, study, etc.
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Object is a term for that about which the knowing
subject is conversant; what the schoolmen have
styled the "materia circa quam." --Sir. W.
Hamilton.
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The object of their bitterest hatred. --Macaulay.
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3. That toward which the mind, or any of its activities, is
directed; that on which the purpose are fixed as the end
of action or effort; that which is sought for; goal; end;
aim; motive; final cause.
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Object, beside its proper signification, came to be
abusively applied to denote motive, end, final cause
. . . . This innovation was probably borrowed from
the French. --Sir. W.
Hamilton.
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Let our object be, our country, our whole country,
and nothing but our country. --D. Webster.
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4. Sight; show; appearance; aspect. [Obs.] --Shak.
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He, advancing close
Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose
In glorious object. --Chapman.
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5. (Gram.) A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action
is directed, or is considered to be directed; as, the
object of a transitive verb.
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6. (Computers) Any set of data that is or can be manipulated
or referenced by a computer program as a single entity; --
the term may be used broadly, to include files, images
(such as icons on the screen), or small data structures.
More narrowly, anything defined as an object within an
object-oriented programming language.
[PJC]
7. (Ontology) Anything which exists and which has attributes;
distinguished from attributes, processes, and
relations.
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Object glass, the lens, or system of lenses, placed at the
end of a telescope, microscope, etc., which is toward the
object. Its function is to form an image of the object,
which is then viewed by the eyepiece. Called also
objective or objective lens. See Illust. of
Microscope.
Object lesson, a lesson in which object teaching is made
use of.
Object staff. (Leveling) Same as Leveling staff.
Object teaching, a method of instruction, in which
illustrative objects are employed, each new word or idea
being accompanied by a representation of that which it
signifies; -- used especially in the kindergarten, for
young children.
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Overreaching
(gcide) | Overreach \O`ver*reach"\ ([=o]`v[~e]r*r[=e]ch"), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Overreached, (Overraught, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
Overreaching.]
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1. To reach above or beyond in any direction.
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2. To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning;
to outwit; to cheat. --Shak.
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3. To defeat one's own purpose by trying to do too much or by
trying too hard or with excessive eagerness; -- used
reflexively; as, the candidate overreached himself by
trying to plant false rumors, which backfired/
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Pleaching
(gcide) | Pleach \Pleach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pleached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pleaching.] [Cf. OF. plaissier to bend, and also F. plisser
to plait, L. plicare, plicitum, to fold, lay, or wind
together. Cf. Plash to pleach.]
To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to
interlock. "The pleached bower." --Shak.
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Poaching
(gcide) | Poach \Poach\ (p[=o]ch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poached
(p[=o]cht); p. pr. & vb. n. Poaching.] [F. pocher to place
in a pocket, to poach eggs (the yolk of the egg being as it
were pouched in the white), from poche pocket, pouch. See
Pouch, v. & n.]
1. To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water;
also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.
--Bacon.
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2. To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as
game; hence, to plunder. --Garth.
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Preaching
(gcide) | Preach \Preach\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Preached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Preaching.] [OE. prechen, OF. preechier, F. pr[^e]cher, fr.
L. praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim; prae before +
dicare to make known, dicere to say; or perhaps from
(assumed) LL. praedictare. See Diction, and cf.
Predicate, Predict.]
1. To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim
the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject,
or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon.
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How shall they preach, except they be sent? --Rom.
x. 15.
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From that time Jesus began to preach. --Matt. iv.
17.
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2. To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse
in the manner of a preacher.
[1913 Webster]Preaching \Preach"ing\ (pr[=e]ch"[i^]ng), n.
The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of
sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse;
serious, earnest advice. --Milner.
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Preaching cross, a cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit,
erected out of doors to designate a preaching place.
Preaching friars. See Dominican.
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Preaching cross
(gcide) | Preaching \Preach"ing\ (pr[=e]ch"[i^]ng), n.
The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of
sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse;
serious, earnest advice. --Milner.
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Preaching cross, a cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit,
erected out of doors to designate a preaching place.
Preaching friars. See Dominican.
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preaching friar
(gcide) | Blackfriar \Black"fri`ar\, Black friar \Black"
fri`ar\(bl[a^]k"fr[imac]`[~e]r). (Eccl.)
A friar of the Dominican order, so named because wearing the
black mantle of the Dominicans; -- called also predicant
and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes,
a Benedictine.
Syn: Dominican.
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Preaching friars
(gcide) | Preaching \Preach"ing\ (pr[=e]ch"[i^]ng), n.
The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of
sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse;
serious, earnest advice. --Milner.
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Preaching cross, a cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit,
erected out of doors to designate a preaching place.
Preaching friars. See Dominican.
[1913 Webster]Dominican \Do*min"i*can\, prop. n. (Eccl. Hist.)
One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de
Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in
England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States
was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is
always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also
preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from
their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France,
Jacobins.
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preaching friars
(gcide) | Preaching \Preach"ing\ (pr[=e]ch"[i^]ng), n.
The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of
sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse;
serious, earnest advice. --Milner.
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Preaching cross, a cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit,
erected out of doors to designate a preaching place.
Preaching friars. See Dominican.
[1913 Webster]Dominican \Do*min"i*can\, prop. n. (Eccl. Hist.)
One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de
Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in
England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States
was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is
always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also
preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from
their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France,
Jacobins.
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Reaching
(gcide) | Reach \Reach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reached (r[=e]cht)
(Raught, the old preterit, is obsolete); p. pr. & vb. n.
Reaching.] [OE. rechen, AS. r[=ae]can, r[=ae]cean, to
extend, stretch out; akin to D. reiken, G. reichen, and
possibly to AS. r[imac]ce powerful, rich, E. rich.
[root]115.]
1. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a
limb, a member, something held, or the like.
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Her tresses yellow, and long straughten,
Unto her heeles down they raughten. --Rom. of R.
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Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side.
--John xx. 27.
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Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far
Their pampered boughs. --Milton.
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2. Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially
the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to
hand over; as, to reach one a book.
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He reached me a full cup. --2 Esd. xiv.
39.
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3. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to
extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so
as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an
object with the hand, or with a spear.
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O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford,
Than I may reach the beast. --Dryden.
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4. To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an
object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
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5. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to
penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
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If these examples of grown men reach not the case of
children, let them examine. --Locke.
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6. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue
of extent; as, his land reaches the river.
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Thy desire . . . leads to no excess
That reaches blame. --Milton.
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7. To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
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Before this letter reaches your hands. --Pope.
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8. To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain;
to be advanced to.
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The best account of the appearances of nature which
human penetration can reach, comes short of its
reality. --Cheyne.
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9. To understand; to comprehend. [Obs.]
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Do what, sir? I reach you not. --Beau. & Fl.
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10. To overreach; to deceive. [Obs.] --South.
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