| slovo | definícia |
scene
(mass) | scene
- scéna |
scene
(encz) | scene,kulisy n: Zdeněk Brož |
scene
(encz) | scene,scéna n: Zdeněk Brož |
Scene
(gcide) | Scene \Scene\, v. t.
To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. [Obs.]
--Abp. Sancroft.
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Scene
(gcide) | Scene \Scene\, n. [L. scaena, scena, Gr. skhnh` a covered place,
a tent, a stage.]
1. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited;
the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with
its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
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2. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the
place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the
slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of
reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to
shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.
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3. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or
time, or important change of character; hence, a
subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play,
subordinate to the act, but differently determined in
different plays; as, an act of four scenes.
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My dismal scene I needs must act alone. --Shak.
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4. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything
occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the
like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set
before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition,
or action. "In Troy, there lies the scene." --Shak.
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The world is a vast scene of strife. --J. M. Mason.
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5. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a
series of actions and events exhibited in their
connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.
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Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!
--Addison.
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6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
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A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn,
Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn.
--Dryden.
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7. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before
others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course
of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
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Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long
to wait for some explosions between parties, both
equally ready to take offense, and careless of
giving it. --De Quincey.
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Behind the scenes, behind the scenery of a theater; out of
the view of the audience, but in sight of the actors,
machinery, etc.; hence, conversant with the hidden motives
and agencies of what appears to public view.
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scene
(wn) | scene
n 1: the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to
the scene of the crime"
2: an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad
scene"
3: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature
of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect,
prospect, scene, vista, panorama]
4: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of
action in a film [syn: scene, shot]
5: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political
picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has
changed in the last century" [syn: picture, scene]
6: a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three
scenes"
7: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a
tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum, scene,
conniption]
8: graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic
representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from
everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic
views of the equipment" [syn: scene, view]
9: the context and environment in which something is set; "the
perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: setting, scene]
10: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to
suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting
the scenery" [syn: scenery, scene] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
scene
(mass) | scene
- scéna |
scenery
(mass) | scenery
- príroda |
spectral and in-band radiometric imaging of targets and scenes-aircraft2
(msas) | Spectral and In-Band Radiometric Imaging of Targets and Scenes-Aircraft2
- SPIRITS-AC 2 |
spectral and in-band radiometric imaging of targets and scenes-aircraft2
(msasasci) | Spectral and In-Band Radiometric Imaging of Targets and Scenes-Aircraft2
- SPIRITS-AC 2 |
behind the scenes
(encz) | behind the scenes,v zákulisí be behind the scenes - vidět do toho,
vidět do zákulisí Zdeněk Brožbehind the scenes,zákulisí Zdeněk Brož |
behind-the-scenes
(encz) | behind-the-scenes,zákulisní Zdeněk Brož |
damascene
(encz) | damascene,cizelovat v: Zdeněk Broždamascene,damaskovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
landscape scene
(encz) | landscape scene,krajinka n: |
make a scene
(encz) | make a scene,dělat scény v: Ondřej Světlík |
mise en scene
(encz) | mise en scene,přizpůsobení scény Zdeněk Brož |
mise-en-scene
(encz) | mise-en-scene,přizpůsobení scény Zdeněk Brož |
obscene
(encz) | obscene,neslušný Pavel Machekobscene,obscénní Pavel Machek; Gizaobscene,oplzlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
obscenely
(encz) | obscenely,obscénně adv: Zdeněk Brožobscenely,oplzle adv: Zdeněk Brožobscenely,sprostě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
on-the-scene
(encz) | on-the-scene, adj: |
scene
(encz) | scene,kulisy n: Zdeněk Brožscene,scéna n: Zdeněk Brož |
scene of action
(encz) | scene of action, n: |
scene painter
(encz) | scene painter, n: |
scene-stealer
(encz) | scene-stealer, n: |
sceneries
(encz) | sceneries,kulisy n: Zdeněk Brož |
scenery
(encz) | scenery,krajina scenery,příroda n: Zdeněk Brožscenery,scenérie n: Zdeněk Brož |
scenes
(encz) | scenes,scény n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
sceneshifter
(encz) | sceneshifter, n: |
spectral and in-band radiometric imaging of targets and scenes-aircraft2
(czen) | Spectral and In-Band Radiometric Imaging of Targets and
Scenes-Aircraft2,SPIRITS-AC 2[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
ugly domestic scene
(czen) | Ugly Domestic Scene,UDS[zkr.] |
Behind the scenes
(gcide) | Scene \Scene\, n. [L. scaena, scena, Gr. skhnh` a covered place,
a tent, a stage.]
1. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited;
the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with
its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
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2. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the
place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the
slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of
reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to
shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.
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3. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or
time, or important change of character; hence, a
subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play,
subordinate to the act, but differently determined in
different plays; as, an act of four scenes.
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My dismal scene I needs must act alone. --Shak.
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4. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything
occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the
like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set
before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition,
or action. "In Troy, there lies the scene." --Shak.
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The world is a vast scene of strife. --J. M. Mason.
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5. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a
series of actions and events exhibited in their
connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.
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Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!
--Addison.
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6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
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A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn,
Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn.
--Dryden.
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7. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before
others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course
of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
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Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long
to wait for some explosions between parties, both
equally ready to take offense, and careless of
giving it. --De Quincey.
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Behind the scenes, behind the scenery of a theater; out of
the view of the audience, but in sight of the actors,
machinery, etc.; hence, conversant with the hidden motives
and agencies of what appears to public view.
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Damascene
(gcide) | Damascene \Dam"as*cene\ (d[a^]m"as*s[=e]n), a. [L. Damascenus of
Damascus, fr. Damascus the city, Gr. Damasko`s. See Damask,
and cf. Damaskeen, Damaskin, Damson.]
Of or relating to Damascus.
[1913 Webster]Damascene \Dam"as*cene\ (d[a^]m"as*s[=e]n), n.
A kind of plum, now called damson. See Damson.
[1913 Webster]Damascene \Dam`as*cene"\ (d[a^]m`as*s[=e]n"), v. t.
Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t. "Damascened armor."
--Beaconsfield. "Cast and damascened steel." --Ure.
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damascened
(gcide) | damascened \damascened\ adj.
decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different
(especially precious) metals; -- of metallic objects; as, a
damascened sword.
Syn: damascene.
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Drop scene
(gcide) | Drop \Drop\ (dr[o^]p), n. [OE. drope, AS. dropa; akin to OS.
dropo, D. drop, OHG. tropo, G. tropfen, Icel. dropi, Sw.
droppe; and Fr. AS. dre['o]pan to drip, drop; akin to OS.
driopan, D. druipen, OHG. triofan, G. triefen, Icel.
drj[=u]pa. Cf. Drip, Droop.]
1. The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical
mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest
easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as,
a drop of water.
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With minute drops from off the eaves. --Milton.
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As dear to me as are the ruddy drops
That visit my sad heart. -- Shak.
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That drop of peace divine. --Keble.
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2. That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid
drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass
pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes
medicated), or a kind of shot or slug.
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3. (Arch.)
(a) Same as Gutta.
(b) Any small pendent ornament.
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4. Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an
elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering
something; as:
(a) A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that
part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he
is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself.
(b) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages,
coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck.
(c) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet.
(d) A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage
of a theater, etc.
(e) A drop press or drop hammer.
(f) (Mach.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the
base of a hanger.
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5. pl. Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops;
as, lavender drops.
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6. (Naut.) The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied
to the courses only. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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7. Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.
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Ague drop, Black drop. See under Ague, Black.
Drop by drop, in small successive quantities; in repeated
portions. "Made to taste drop by drop more than the
bitterness of death." --Burke.
Drop curtain. See Drop, n., 4.
(d) .
Drop forging. (Mech.)
(a) A forging made in dies by a drop hammer.
(b) The process of making drop forgings.
Drop hammer (Mech.), a hammer for forging, striking up
metal, etc., the weight being raised by a strap or similar
device, and then released to drop on the metal resting on
an anvil or die.
Drop kick (Football), a kick given to the ball as it
rebounds after having been dropped from the hands.
Drop lake, a pigment obtained from Brazil wood. --Mollett.
Drop letter, a letter to be delivered from the same office
where posted.
Drop press (Mech.), a drop hammer; sometimes, a dead-stroke
hammer; -- also called drop.
Drop scene, a drop curtain on which a scene is painted. See
Drop, n., 4.
(d) .
Drop seed. (Bot.) See the List under Glass.
Drop serene. (Med.) See Amaurosis.
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Love scene
(gcide) | Love \Love\ (l[u^]v), n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin
to E. lief, believe, L. lubet, libet, it pleases, Skr. lubh
to be lustful. See Lief.]
1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which
delights or commands admiration; pre["e]minent kindness or
devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love
of brothers and sisters.
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Of all the dearest bonds we prove
Thou countest sons' and mothers' love
Most sacred, most Thine own. --Keble.
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2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate
affection for, one of the opposite sex.
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He on his side
Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love
Hung over her enamored. --Milton.
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3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e.,
to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
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Demetrius . . .
Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena,
And won her soul. --Shak.
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4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or
desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often
with of and an object.
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Love, and health to all. --Shak.
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Smit with the love of sacred song. --Milton.
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The love of science faintly warmed his breast.
--Fenton.
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5. Due gratitude and reverence to God.
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Keep yourselves in the love of God. --Jude 21.
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6. The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing
address; as, he held his love in his arms; his greatest
love was reading. "Trust me, love." --Dryden.
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Open the temple gates unto my love. --Spenser.
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7. Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.
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Such was his form as painters, when they show
Their utmost art, on naked Lores bestow. --Dryden.
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Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love.
--Shak.
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8. A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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9. (Bot.) A climbing species of Clematis ({Clematis
Vitalba}).
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10. Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in
counting score at tennis, etc.
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He won the match by three sets to love. --The
Field.
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11. Sexual intercourse; -- a euphemism.
[PJC]
Note: Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in
most of which the meaning is very obvious; as,
love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked,
love-taught, etc.
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A labor of love, a labor undertaken on account of regard
for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself,
without expectation of reward.
Free love, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one
of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See
Free love.
Free lover, one who avows or practices free love.
In love, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of
the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love.
Love apple (Bot.), the tomato.
Love bird (Zool.), any one of several species of small,
short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus
Agapornis, and allied genera. They are mostly from
Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are
celebrated for the affection which they show for their
mates.
Love broker, a person who for pay acts as agent between
lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. --Shak.
Love charm, a charm for exciting love. --Ld. Lytton.
Love child. an illegitimate child. --Jane Austen.
Love day, a day formerly appointed for an amicable
adjustment of differences. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
--Chaucer.
Love drink, a love potion; a philter. --Chaucer.
Love favor, something given to be worn in token of love.
Love feast, a religious festival, held quarterly by some
religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists,
in imitation of the agap[ae] of the early Christians.
Love feat, the gallant act of a lover. --Shak.
Love game, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished
person or party does not score a point.
Love grass. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus
Eragrostis.
Love-in-a-mist. (Bot.)
(a) An herb of the Buttercup family (Nigella Damascena)
having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut
bracts.
(b) The West Indian Passiflora f[oe]tida, which has
similar bracts.
Love-in-idleness (Bot.), a kind of violet; the small pansy.
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A little western flower,
Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound;
And maidens call it love-in-idleness. --Shak.
Love juice, juice of a plant supposed to produce love.
--Shak.
Love knot, a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from
being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual
affection. --Milman.
Love lass, a sweetheart.
Love letter, a letter of courtship. --Shak.
Love-lies-bleeding (Bot.), a species of amaranth
(Amarantus melancholicus).
Love match, a marriage brought about by love alone.
Love potion, a compounded draught intended to excite love,
or venereal desire.
Love rites, sexual intercourse. --Pope
Love scene, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the
stage.
Love suit, courtship. --Shak.
Of all loves, for the sake of all love; by all means.
[Obs.] "Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come back
again." --Holinshed.
The god of love, or The Love god, Cupid.
To make love, to engage in sexual intercourse; -- a
euphemism.
To make love to, to express affection for; to woo. "If you
will marry, make your loves to me." --Shak.
To play for love, to play a game, as at cards, without
stakes. "A game at piquet for love." --Lamb.
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Syn: Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness;
delight.
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Nativity scene
(gcide) | Creche \Cr[`e]che\ (kr[asl]sh), n. [F.]
1. A public nursery, where the young children of poor women
are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at
work.
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2. a day-care center for young children.
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3. a three-dimensional model of the scene described in the
Bible at the birth of Jesus Christ in a stable at
Bethlehem, with Mary and Joseph near a manger in which a
model of the infant Christ child is lain, and usually
including figures of animals, shepherds, and the three
wise men; -- also called a Nativity scene. The figures
in the scene are typically made as individual statues or
figurines. Smaller models are displayed in homes and other
indoor locations during the Christmans season, and larger
models, often life-size, may be displayed out of doors.
[PJC]
4. (Biol.) a nest where the young of several animals are
cared for in a communal fashion.
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Obscene
(gcide) | Obscene \Ob*scene"\, a. [L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill
looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obsc['e]ne.]
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1. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing or presenting
to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and
decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene
language; obscene pictures.
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Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew
obscene and uncleanly. --I. Watts.
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2. Foul; fifthy; disgusting.
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A girdle foul with grease binds his obscene attire.
--Dryden
(Aeneid, vi.
417).
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3. Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism]
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At the cheerful light,
The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight.
--Dryden.
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Syn: Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
[1913 Webster] -- Ob*scene"ly, adv. --
Ob*scene"ness, n.
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Obscenely
(gcide) | Obscene \Ob*scene"\, a. [L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill
looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obsc['e]ne.]
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1. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing or presenting
to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and
decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene
language; obscene pictures.
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Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew
obscene and uncleanly. --I. Watts.
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2. Foul; fifthy; disgusting.
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A girdle foul with grease binds his obscene attire.
--Dryden
(Aeneid, vi.
417).
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3. Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism]
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At the cheerful light,
The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight.
--Dryden.
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Syn: Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
[1913 Webster] -- Ob*scene"ly, adv. --
Ob*scene"ness, n.
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Obsceneness
(gcide) | Obscene \Ob*scene"\, a. [L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill
looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obsc['e]ne.]
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1. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing or presenting
to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and
decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene
language; obscene pictures.
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Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew
obscene and uncleanly. --I. Watts.
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2. Foul; fifthy; disgusting.
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A girdle foul with grease binds his obscene attire.
--Dryden
(Aeneid, vi.
417).
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3. Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism]
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At the cheerful light,
The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight.
--Dryden.
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Syn: Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
[1913 Webster] -- Ob*scene"ly, adv. --
Ob*scene"ness, n.
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on-the-scene
(gcide) | on-the-scene \on-the-scene\ on-the-spot \on-the-spot\adj.
Being or occurring at the place or time in question; as, an
on-the-scene newscast.
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Sceneful
(gcide) | Sceneful \Scene"ful\, a.
Having much scenery. [R.]
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Sceneman
(gcide) | Sceneman \Scene"man\, n.; pl. Scenemen.
The man who manages the movable scenes in a theater.
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Scenemen
(gcide) | Sceneman \Scene"man\, n.; pl. Scenemen.
The man who manages the movable scenes in a theater.
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Scenery
(gcide) | Scenery \Scen"er*y\, n.
1. Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings
representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and
arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play,
poem, etc., is laid; representation of place of action or
occurence.
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2. Sum of scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety
and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of
natural views, as woods, hills, etc.
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Never need an American look beyond his own country
for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery.
--W. Irving.
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Sceneshifter
(gcide) | Sceneshifter \Scene"shift`er\, n.
One who moves the scenes in a theater; a sceneman.
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To shift the scene
(gcide) | Shift \Shift\ (sh[i^]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shifted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Shifting.] [OE. shiften, schiften, to divide,
change, remove. AS. sciftan to divide; akin to LG. & D.
schiften to divide, distinguish, part Icel. skipta to divide,
to part, to shift, to change, Dan skifte, Sw. skifta, and
probably to Icel. sk[imac]fa to cut into slices, as n., a
slice, and to E. shive, sheave, n., shiver, n.]
1. To divide; to distribute; to apportion. [Obs.]
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To which God of his bounty would shift
Crowns two of flowers well smelling. --Chaucer.
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2. To change the place of; to move or remove from one place
to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to
another; to shift the blame.
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Hastily he schifte him[self]. --Piers
Plowman.
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Pare saffron between the two St. Mary's days,
Or set or go shift it that knowest the ways.
--Tusser.
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3. To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to
turn; as, to shift the helm or sails.
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Carrying the oar loose, [they] shift it hither and
thither at pleasure. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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4. To exchange for another of the same class; to remove and
to put some similar thing in its place; to change; as, to
shift the clothes; to shift the scenes.
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I would advise you to shift a shirt. --Shak.
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5. To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively. [Obs.]
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As it were to ride day and night; and . . . not to
have patience to shift me. --Shak.
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6. To put off or out of the way by some expedient. "I shifted
him away." --Shak.
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To shift off, to delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside.
To shift the scene, to change the locality or the
surroundings, as in a play or a story.
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Shift the scene for half an hour;
Time and place are in thy power. --Swift.
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behind-the-scenes
(wn) | behind-the-scenes
adj 1: designed and carried out secretly or confidentially; "a
sub-rosa report"; "has their under-the-table backing"
[syn: sub-rosa, under-the-table, behind-the-scenes] |
damascene
(wn) | damascene
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Damascus or its
people; "damascene city gates"
2: (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of
different (especially precious) metals; "a damascened sword"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Damascus
2: a design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel
v 1: inlay metal with gold and silver |
mise en scene
(wn) | mise en scene
n 1: arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the
place where a play or movie is enacted [syn: {mise en
scene}, stage setting, setting] |
obscene
(wn) | obscene
adj 1: designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often
becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead
2: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene
massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs";
"repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent
novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene,
repugnant, repulsive]
3: suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd
whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture";
"obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" [syn:
lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious] |
obscenely
(wn) | obscenely
adv 1: to an obscene degree; "this man is obscenely rich"
2: in a lewd and obscene manner; "he had seen how in their
dances the white men and women held one another obscenely"
[syn: lewdly, obscenely] |
on-the-scene
(wn) | on-the-scene
adj 1: at the scene of action; "an on-the-spot reporter"; "on-
the-spot inspections"; "an on-the scene newscast" [syn:
on-the-spot(a), on-the-scene(a)] |
scene
(wn) | scene
n 1: the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to
the scene of the crime"
2: an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad
scene"
3: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature
of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect,
prospect, scene, vista, panorama]
4: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of
action in a film [syn: scene, shot]
5: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political
picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has
changed in the last century" [syn: picture, scene]
6: a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three
scenes"
7: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a
tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum, scene,
conniption]
8: graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic
representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from
everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic
views of the equipment" [syn: scene, view]
9: the context and environment in which something is set; "the
perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: setting, scene]
10: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to
suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting
the scenery" [syn: scenery, scene] |
scene of action
(wn) | scene of action
n 1: a playing field where sports events take place [syn:
arena, scene of action] |
scene painter
(wn) | scene painter
n 1: an artist specializing in scenic subjects [syn: {scenic
artist}, scene painter]
2: a painter of theatrical scenery |
scene-stealer
(wn) | scene-stealer
n 1: an actor who draws more attention than other actors in the
same scene; "babies are natural scene-stealers" |
scenery
(wn) | scenery
n 1: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to
suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night
painting the scenery" [syn: scenery, scene]
2: the appearance of a place |
sceneshifter
(wn) | sceneshifter
n 1: a stagehand responsible for moving scenery [syn:
sceneshifter, shifter] |
demoscene
(jargon) | demoscene
/dem'oh·seen/
[also ‘demo scene’] A culture of multimedia hackers located primarily in
Scandinavia and northern Europe. Demoscene folklore recounts that when
old-time warez d00dz cracked some piece of software they often added an
advertisement in the beginning, usually containing colorful display hacks
with greetings to other cracking groups. The demoscene was born among
people who decided building these display hacks is more interesting than
hacking — or anyway safer. Around 1990 there began to be very serious
police pressure on cracking groups, including raids with SWAT teams
crashing into bedrooms to confiscate computers. Whether in response to this
or for esthetic reasons, crackers of that period began to build
self-contained display hacks of considerable elaboration and beauty (within
the culture such a hack is called a demo). As more of these demogroups
emerged, they started to have compos at copying parties (see {copyparty
}), which later evolved to standalone events (see demoparty). The
demoscene has retained some traits from the warez d00dz, including their
style of handles and group names and some of their jargon.
Traditionally demos were written in assembly language, with lots of smart
tricks, self-modifying code, undocumented op-codes and the like. Some time
around 1995, people started coding demos in C, and a couple of years after
that, they also started using Java.
Ten years on (in 1998-1999), the demoscene is changing as its original
platforms (C64, Amiga, Spectrum, Atari ST, IBM PC under DOS) die out and
activity shifts towards Windows, Linux, and the Internet. While deeply
underground in the past, demoscene is trying to get into the mainstream as
accepted art form, and one symptom of this is the commercialization of
bigger demoparties. Older demosceners frown at this, but the majority think
it's a good direction. Many demosceners end up working in the computer game
industry. Demoscene resource pages are available at http://www.oldskool.org
/demos/explained/ and http://www.scene.org/.
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