| slovo | definícia |
dumb
(mass) | dumb
- hlúpy, nemý |
dumb
(encz) | dumb,němý |
dumb
(encz) | dumb,pitomý adj: [amer.] Rostislav Svoboda |
Dumb
(gcide) | Dumb \Dumb\, v. t.
To put to silence. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Dumb
(gcide) | Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw.
dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See Deaf, and cf.
Dummy.]
1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter
articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
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To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.
--Hooker.
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2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not
accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
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This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak.
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To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C.
Shairp.
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3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]
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Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.
--De Foe.
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Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute.
Dumb ague, or Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever
which has no well-defined "chill." [U.S.]
Dumb animal, any animal except man; -- usually restricted
to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction
to man, who is a "speaking animal."
Dumb cake, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's
eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their
future husbands. --Halliwell.
Dumb cane (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family
(Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the
tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of
speech.
Dumb crambo. See under crambo.
Dumb show.
(a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown
in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise."
--Shak.
(b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story
in dumb show.
To strike dumb, to confound; to astonish; to render silent
by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of
speech.
Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See Mute.
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dumb
(wn) | dumb
adj 1: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;
"so dense he never understands anything I say to him";
"never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at
classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly
quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb
decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being
deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
[syn: dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow]
2: temporarily incapable of speaking; "struck dumb"; "speechless
with shock" [syn: speechless, dumb]
3: lacking the power of human speech; "dumb animals"
4: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness [syn: dumb,
mute, silent] |
DUMB
(bouvier) | DUMB. One who cannot speak; a person who is mute. See Deaf and dumb, Deaf,
dumb, and blind; Mute, standing mute.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
adumbrate
(mass) | adumbrate
- naznačiť, načrtnúť |
as dumb as a sack of hammers
(mass) | as dumb as a sack of hammers
- hlúpy |
deafanddumb
(mass) | deaf-and-dumb
- hluchonemý |
dumb
(mass) | dumb
- hlúpy, nemý |
dumbfound
(mass) | dumbfound
- ohromiť |
dumbness
(mass) | dumbness
- hlúposť |
adumbrate
(encz) | adumbrate,načrtnout v: Zdeněk Brožadumbrate,nastínit v: Zdeněk Brožadumbrate,naznačit v: Zdeněk Brož |
adumbrated
(encz) | adumbrated,načrtl v: Zdeněk Brožadumbrated,naznačil v: Zdeněk Brož |
adumbration
(encz) | adumbration,náčrtek Pavel Cvrček |
as dumb as a sack of hammers
(encz) | as dumb as a sack of hammers,hloupý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
deaf-and-dumb
(encz) | deaf-and-dumb,hluchoněmý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
deaf-and-dumb person
(encz) | deaf-and-dumb person, n: |
dumb
(encz) | dumb,němý dumb,pitomý adj: [amer.] Rostislav Svoboda |
dumb bomb
(encz) | dumb bomb, n: |
dumb cane
(encz) | dumb cane, n: |
dumb show
(encz) | dumb show, n: |
dumbass
(encz) | dumbass,hlupák n: [vulg.] [amer.] [slang.] Amy Nicky |
dumbbell
(encz) | dumbbell,činka n: Zdeněk Brož |
dumbell
(encz) | dumbell,činka n: Zdeněk Brož |
dumber
(encz) | dumber,hloupější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
dumbest
(encz) | dumbest,nejhloupější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
dumbfound
(encz) | dumbfound,ohromit v: Zdeněk Brož |
dumbfounded
(encz) | dumbfounded,ohromený adj: Zdeněk Broždumbfounded,zaražený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
dumbfounding
(encz) | dumbfounding, adj: |
dumbhead
(encz) | dumbhead,tupec n: Zdeněk Brož |
dumbly
(encz) | dumbly,němě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
dumbness
(encz) | dumbness,hloupost n: Zdeněk Broždumbness,slabomyslnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
dumbo
(encz) | dumbo, |
dumbstruck
(encz) | dumbstruck,ohromený Jaroslav Šedivý |
dumbwaiter
(encz) | dumbwaiter,kuchyňský výtah Zdeněk Broždumbwaiter,výtah na jídlo Zdeněk Brož |
play dumb
(encz) | play dumb, |
strike dumb
(encz) | strike dumb,oněmit Zdeněk Brož |
dumb end user
(czen) | Dumb End User,DEU[zkr.] |
dumbass of the year
(czen) | Dumbass Of the Year,DOY[zkr.] |
f--- the dumb s---
(czen) | F--- The Dumb S---,FTDS[zkr.] |
Adumbrant
(gcide) | Adumbrant \Ad*um"brant\, a. [L. adumbrans, p. pr. of adumbrare.]
Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing
forth.
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Adumbrate
(gcide) | Adumbrate \Ad*um"brate\, v. t. [L. adumbratus, p. p. of
adumbrare; ad + umbrare to shade; umbra shadow.]
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1. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to
outline; to shadow forth.
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Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible
universe the invisible God is adumbrated. --L.
Taylor.
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2. To overshadow; to shade.
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Adumbration
(gcide) | Adumbration \Ad`um*bra"tion\, n. [L. adumbratio.]
1. The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.
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2. A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or
representation of a thing.
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Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. --Bp. Horsley.
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3. (Her.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.
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Adumbrative
(gcide) | Adumbrative \Ad*um"bra*tive\, a.
Faintly representing; typical. --Carlyle.
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deaf and dumb
(gcide) | deaf and dumb \deaf and dumb\, deaf-and-dumb \deaf-and-dumb\adj.
both deaf and unable to speak; without the sense of hearing
or the faculty of speech. Same as Deaf-mute.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw.
dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See Deaf, and cf.
Dummy.]
1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter
articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
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To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.
--Hooker.
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2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not
accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
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This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak.
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To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C.
Shairp.
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3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]
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Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.
--De Foe.
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Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute.
Dumb ague, or Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever
which has no well-defined "chill." [U.S.]
Dumb animal, any animal except man; -- usually restricted
to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction
to man, who is a "speaking animal."
Dumb cake, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's
eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their
future husbands. --Halliwell.
Dumb cane (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family
(Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the
tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of
speech.
Dumb crambo. See under crambo.
Dumb show.
(a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown
in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise."
--Shak.
(b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story
in dumb show.
To strike dumb, to confound; to astonish; to render silent
by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of
speech.
Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See Mute.
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Deaf and dumb
(gcide) | deaf and dumb \deaf and dumb\, deaf-and-dumb \deaf-and-dumb\adj.
both deaf and unable to speak; without the sense of hearing
or the faculty of speech. Same as Deaf-mute.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw.
dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See Deaf, and cf.
Dummy.]
1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter
articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
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To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.
--Hooker.
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2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not
accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
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This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak.
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To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C.
Shairp.
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3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]
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Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.
--De Foe.
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Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute.
Dumb ague, or Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever
which has no well-defined "chill." [U.S.]
Dumb animal, any animal except man; -- usually restricted
to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction
to man, who is a "speaking animal."
Dumb cake, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's
eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their
future husbands. --Halliwell.
Dumb cane (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family
(Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the
tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of
speech.
Dumb crambo. See under crambo.
Dumb show.
(a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown
in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise."
--Shak.
(b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story
in dumb show.
To strike dumb, to confound; to astonish; to render silent
by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of
speech.
Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See Mute.
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Deaf and dumb alphabet
(gcide) | Alphabet \Al"pha*bet\, n. [L. alphabetum, fr. Gr. ? + ?, the
first two Greek letters; Heb. [=a]leph and beth: cf. F.
alphabet.]
1. The letters of a language arranged in the customary order;
the series of letters or signs which form the elements of
written language.
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2. The simplest rudiments; elements.
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The very alphabet of our law. --Macaulay.
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Deaf and dumb alphabet. See Dactylology.
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deaf-and-dumb
(gcide) | deaf and dumb \deaf and dumb\, deaf-and-dumb \deaf-and-dumb\adj.
both deaf and unable to speak; without the sense of hearing
or the faculty of speech. Same as Deaf-mute.
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Dumb ague
(gcide) | Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw.
dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See Deaf, and cf.
Dummy.]
1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter
articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
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To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.
--Hooker.
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2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not
accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
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This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak.
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To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C.
Shairp.
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3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]
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Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.
--De Foe.
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Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute.
Dumb ague, or Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever
which has no well-defined "chill." [U.S.]
Dumb animal, any animal except man; -- usually restricted
to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction
to man, who is a "speaking animal."
Dumb cake, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's
eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their
future husbands. --Halliwell.
Dumb cane (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family
(Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the
tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of
speech.
Dumb crambo. See under crambo.
Dumb show.
(a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown
in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise."
--Shak.
(b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story
in dumb show.
To strike dumb, to confound; to astonish; to render silent
by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of
speech.
Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See Mute.
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Dumb animal
(gcide) | Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw.
dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See Deaf, and cf.
Dummy.]
1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter
articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
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To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.
--Hooker.
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2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not
accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
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This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak.
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To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C.
Shairp.
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3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]
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Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.
--De Foe.
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Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute.
Dumb ague, or Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever
which has no well-defined "chill." [U.S.]
Dumb animal, any animal except man; -- usually restricted
to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction
to man, who is a "speaking animal."
Dumb cake, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's
eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their
future husbands. --Halliwell.
Dumb cane (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family
(Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the
tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of
speech.
Dumb crambo. See under crambo.
Dumb show.
(a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown
in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise."
--Shak.
(b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story
in dumb show.
To strike dumb, to confound; to astonish; to render silent
by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of
speech.
Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See Mute.
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Dumb cake
(gcide) | Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw.
dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See Deaf, and cf.
Dummy.]
1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter
articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
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To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.
--Hooker.
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2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not
accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
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This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak.
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To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C.
Shairp.
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3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]
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Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.
--De Foe.
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Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute.
Dumb ague, or Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever
which has no well-defined "chill." [U.S.]
Dumb animal, any animal except man; -- usually restricted
to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction
to man, who is a "speaking animal."
Dumb cake, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's
eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their
future husbands. --Halliwell.
Dumb cane (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family
(Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the
tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of
speech.
Dumb crambo. See under crambo.
Dumb show.
(a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown
in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise."
--Shak.
(b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story
in dumb show.
To strike dumb, to confound; to astonish; to render silent
by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of
speech.
Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See Mute.
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Dumb cane
(gcide) | Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw.
dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See Deaf, and cf.
Dummy.]
1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter
articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
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To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.
--Hooker.
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2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not
accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
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This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak.
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To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C.
Shairp.
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3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]
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Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.
--De Foe.
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Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute.
Dumb ague, or Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever
which has no well-defined "chill." [U.S.]
Dumb animal, any animal except man; -- usually restricted
to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction
to man, who is a "speaking animal."
Dumb cake, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's
eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their
future husbands. --Halliwell.
Dumb cane (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family
(Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the
tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of
speech.
Dumb crambo. See under crambo.
Dumb show.
(a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown
in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise."
--Shak.
(b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story
in dumb show.
To strike dumb, to confound; to astonish; to render silent
by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of
speech.
Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See Mute.
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Dumb chill
(gcide) | Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw.
dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See Deaf, and cf.
Dummy.]
1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter
articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
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To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.
--Hooker.
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2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not
accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
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This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak.
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To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C.
Shairp.
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3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]
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Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.
--De Foe.
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Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute.
Dumb ague, or Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever
which has no well-defined "chill." [U.S.]
Dumb animal, any animal except man; -- usually restricted
to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction
to man, who is a "speaking animal."
Dumb cake, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's
eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their
future husbands. --Halliwell.
Dumb cane (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family
(Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the
tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of
speech.
Dumb crambo. See under crambo.
Dumb show.
(a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown
in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise."
--Shak.
(b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story
in dumb show.
To strike dumb, to confound; to astonish; to render silent
by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of
speech.
Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See Mute.
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Dumb crambo
(gcide) | Crambo \Cram"bo\ (-b[-o]), n. [Cf. Cramp, a., difficult.]
1. A game in which one person gives a word, to which another
finds a rhyme.
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I saw in one corner . . . a cluster of men and
women, diverting themselves with a game at crambo. I
heard several double rhymes . . . which raised a
great deal of mirth. --Addison.
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2. A word rhyming with another word.
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His similes in order set
And every crambo he could get. --Swift.
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Dumb crambo, a game in which one party of players give a
word which rhymes with another, which last to be guessed
by the opposing party, who represent in dumb show what
they think it to be.
[1913 Webster]Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw.
dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See Deaf, and cf.
Dummy.]
1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter
articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
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To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.
--Hooker.
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2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not
accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
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This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak.
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To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C.
Shairp.
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3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]
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Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.
--De Foe.
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Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute.
Dumb ague, or Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever
which has no well-defined "chill." [U.S.]
Dumb animal, any animal except man; -- usually restricted
to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction
to man, who is a "speaking animal."
Dumb cake, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's
eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their
future husbands. --Halliwell.
Dumb cane (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family
(Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the
tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of
speech.
Dumb crambo. See under crambo.
Dumb show.
(a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown
in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise."
--Shak.
(b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story
in dumb show.
To strike dumb, to confound; to astonish; to render silent
by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of
speech.
Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See Mute.
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Dumb piano
(gcide) | Piano \Pi*an"o\, Pianoforte \Pi*an"o*for`te\, n. [It. piano soft
(fr. L. planus even, smooth; see Plain, a.) + It. forte
strong, fr. L. fortis (see Fort).] (Mus.)
A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the
harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated
length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by
keys.
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Dumb piano. See Digitorium.
Grand piano. See under Grand.
Square piano, one with a horizontal frame and an oblong
case.
Upright piano, one with an upright frame and vertical
wires.
[1913 Webster]Digitorium \Dig`i*to"ri*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. digitus a finger.]
A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the
fingers; -- called also dumb piano.
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dumb piano
(gcide) | Piano \Pi*an"o\, Pianoforte \Pi*an"o*for`te\, n. [It. piano soft
(fr. L. planus even, smooth; see Plain, a.) + It. forte
strong, fr. L. fortis (see Fort).] (Mus.)
A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the
harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated
length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by
keys.
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Dumb piano. See Digitorium.
Grand piano. See under Grand.
Square piano, one with a horizontal frame and an oblong
case.
Upright piano, one with an upright frame and vertical
wires.
[1913 Webster]Digitorium \Dig`i*to"ri*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. digitus a finger.]
A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the
fingers; -- called also dumb piano.
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Dumb show
(gcide) | Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw.
dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See Deaf, and cf.
Dummy.]
1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter
articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
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To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.
--Hooker.
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2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not
accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
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This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak.
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To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C.
Shairp.
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3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]
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Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.
--De Foe.
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Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute.
Dumb ague, or Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever
which has no well-defined "chill." [U.S.]
Dumb animal, any animal except man; -- usually restricted
to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction
to man, who is a "speaking animal."
Dumb cake, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's
eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their
future husbands. --Halliwell.
Dumb cane (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family
(Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the
tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of
speech.
Dumb crambo. See under crambo.
Dumb show.
(a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown
in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise."
--Shak.
(b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story
in dumb show.
To strike dumb, to confound; to astonish; to render silent
by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of
speech.
Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See Mute.
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Dumb spinet
(gcide) | Spinet \Spin"et\, n. [OF. espinete, F. ['e]pinette (cf. It.
spinetta), fr. L. spina a thorn; -- so called because its
quills resemble thorns. See Spine.] (Mus.)
A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but
smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note,
sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It
was formerly much used.
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Dumb spinet. (Mus.) See Manichordon.
[1913 Webster]Manichord \Man"i*chord\, Manichordon \Man`i*chor"don\, [L.
monochordon, Gr. ?; -- so called because it orig. had only
one string. See Monochord.] (Mus.)
The clavichord or clarichord; -- called also dumb spinet.
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dumb spinet
(gcide) | Spinet \Spin"et\, n. [OF. espinete, F. ['e]pinette (cf. It.
spinetta), fr. L. spina a thorn; -- so called because its
quills resemble thorns. See Spine.] (Mus.)
A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but
smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note,
sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It
was formerly much used.
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Dumb spinet. (Mus.) See Manichordon.
[1913 Webster]Manichord \Man"i*chord\, Manichordon \Man`i*chor"don\, [L.
monochordon, Gr. ?; -- so called because it orig. had only
one string. See Monochord.] (Mus.)
The clavichord or clarichord; -- called also dumb spinet.
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dumb-bell
(gcide) | dumbbell \dumb"bell`\, dumb-bell \dumb"-bell`\, n.
An exercising weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids,
connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs)
for gymnastic exercise.
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2. an ignorant or foolish person.
Syn: dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead.
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dumbbell
(gcide) | dumbbell \dumb"bell`\, dumb-bell \dumb"-bell`\, n.
An exercising weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids,
connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs)
for gymnastic exercise.
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2. an ignorant or foolish person.
Syn: dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead.
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dumbfound
(gcide) | dumbfound \dumbfound\ v.
same as dumfound.
Syn: confuse, perplex, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil,
puzzle, mystify, baffle, bewilder, flummox, stupefy,
stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, trounce, confound, be
confusing to, make confused.
[WordNet 1.5]Dumfound \Dum"found`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dumfounded; p. pr.
& vb. n. Dumfounding.]
To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also
dumbfound.] --Spectator.
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dumbfounded
(gcide) | dumbfounded \dumbfounded\ adj.
1. same as astounded.
Syn: amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, flabbergasted,
stunned, stupefied, thunderstruck.
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2. astonished and confounded.
Syn: amazed, dumfounded.
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dumbfounder
(gcide) | dumfounder \dum"found`er\, v. t.
To dumfound; to confound. [Written also dumbfounder.]
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dumbfounding
(gcide) | dumbfounding \dumbfounding\ adj.
causing astonishment. [Narrower terms: {incredible (vs.
credible), unbelievable}]
Syn: astonishing, astounding, dumfounding.
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Dumbledor
(gcide) | Dumbledor \Dum"ble*dor`\, n. [The first part is prob. of
imitative origin. See Dor a beetle.] (Zool.)
A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer. [Prov. Eng.]
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Dumbly
(gcide) | Dumbly \Dumb"ly\, adv.
In silence; mutely.
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Dumbness
(gcide) | Dumbness \Dumb"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence;
inability to speak.
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Dumb-waiter
(gcide) | Dumb-waiter \Dumb"-wait`er\, n.
A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one
room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.;
also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves.
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To strike dumb
(gcide) | Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw.
dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See Deaf, and cf.
Dummy.]
1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter
articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
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To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.
--Hooker.
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2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not
accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
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This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak.
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To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C.
Shairp.
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3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]
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Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.
--De Foe.
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Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute.
Dumb ague, or Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever
which has no well-defined "chill." [U.S.]
Dumb animal, any animal except man; -- usually restricted
to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction
to man, who is a "speaking animal."
Dumb cake, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's
eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their
future husbands. --Halliwell.
Dumb cane (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family
(Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the
tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of
speech.
Dumb crambo. See under crambo.
Dumb show.
(a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown
in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise."
--Shak.
(b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story
in dumb show.
To strike dumb, to confound; to astonish; to render silent
by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of
speech.
Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See Mute.
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Word dumbness
(gcide) | Word \Word\, n. [AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord,
G. wort, Icel. or[eth], Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. wa['u]rd,
OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or
perhaps to Gr. "rh`twr an orator. Cf. Verb.]
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1. The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate
or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal
sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom
expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of
human speech or language; a constituent part of a
sentence; a term; a vocable. "A glutton of words." --Piers
Plowman.
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You cram these words into mine ears, against
The stomach of my sense. --Shak.
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Amongst men who confound their ideas with words,
there must be endless disputes. --Locke.
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2. Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of
characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a
page.
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3. pl. Talk; discourse; speech; language.
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Why should calamity be full of words? --Shak.
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Be thy words severe;
Sharp as he merits, but the sword forbear. --Dryden.
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4. Account; tidings; message; communication; information; --
used only in the singular.
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I pray you . . . bring me word thither
How the world goes. --Shak.
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5. Signal; order; command; direction.
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Give the word through. --Shak.
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6. Language considered as implying the faith or authority of
the person who utters it; statement; affirmation;
declaration; promise.
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Obey thy parents; keep thy word justly. --Shak.
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I know you brave, and take you at your word.
--Dryden.
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I desire not the reader should take my word.
--Dryden.
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7. pl. Verbal contention; dispute.
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Some words there grew 'twixt Somerset and me.
--Shak.
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8. A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase,
clause, or short sentence.
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All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this;
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. --Gal. v.
14.
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She said; but at the happy word "he lives,"
My father stooped, re-fathered, o'er my wound.
--Tennyson.
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There is only one other point on which I offer a
word of remark. --Dickens.
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By word of mouth, orally; by actual speaking. --Boyle.
Compound word. See under Compound, a.
Good word, commendation; favorable account. "And gave the
harmless fellow a good word." --Pope.
In a word, briefly; to sum up.
In word, in declaration; in profession. "Let us not love in
word, . . . but in deed and in truth." --1 John iii. 8.
Nuns of the Word Incarnate (R. C. Ch.), an order of nuns
founded in France in 1625, and approved in 1638. The
order, which also exists in the United States, was
instituted for the purpose of doing honor to the "Mystery
of the Incarnation of the Son of God."
The word, or The Word. (Theol.)
(a) The gospel message; esp., the Scriptures, as a
revelation of God. "Bold to speak the word without
fear." --Phil. i. 14.
(b) The second person in the Trinity before his
manifestation in time by the incarnation; among those
who reject a Trinity of persons, some one or all of
the divine attributes personified. --John i. 1.
To eat one's words, to retract what has been said.
To have the words for, to speak for; to act as spokesman.
[Obs.] "Our host hadde the wordes for us all." --Chaucer.
Word blindness (Physiol.), inability to understand printed
or written words or symbols, although the person affected
may be able to see quite well, speak fluently, and write
correctly. --Landois & Stirling.
Word deafness (Physiol.), inability to understand spoken
words, though the person affected may hear them and other
sounds, and hence is not deaf.
Word dumbness (Physiol.), inability to express ideas in
verbal language, though the power of speech is unimpaired.
Word for word, in the exact words; verbatim; literally;
exactly; as, to repeat anything word for word.
Word painting, the act of describing an object fully and
vividly by words only, so as to present it clearly to the
mind, as if in a picture.
Word picture, an accurate and vivid description, which
presents an object clearly to the mind, as if in a
picture.
Word square, a series of words so arranged that they can be
read vertically and horizontally with like results.
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Note:
H E A R T
E M B E R
A B U S E
R E S I N
T R E N T
(A word square)
Syn: See Term.
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