| slovo | definícia |
score
(mass) | score
- skóre, partitúra, bodovať, skórovať, robiť hodobný zápis,
príčina |
score
(encz) | score,bodovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
score
(encz) | score,dát gól v: |
score
(encz) | score,dvacet Four score and seven years = 87 let web |
score
(encz) | score,hudba n: k filmu Pino |
score
(encz) | score,mít úspěch v: [slang.] Rostislav Svoboda |
score
(encz) | score,množství n: Kamil Páral |
score
(encz) | score,napsat skladbu v: pro jednotlivé nástroje Pino |
score
(encz) | score,partitura n: [hud.] ghost |
score
(encz) | score,počet bodů Zdeněk Brož |
score
(encz) | score,poškrábat v: Pino |
score
(encz) | score,skóre Pavel Machek; Giza |
score
(encz) | score,skórovat v: |
score
(encz) | score,stav zápasu Zdeněk Brož |
score
(encz) | score,udělat rýhy v: Pino |
score
(encz) | score,vstřelit gól v: |
score
(encz) | score,vyrýt zářezy v: Pino |
Score
(gcide) | Score \Score\, v. i.
1. To keep the score in a game; to act as scorer.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. To make or count a point or points, as in a game; to
tally.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. To run up a score, or account of dues.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. To succeed in finding a partner for sexual intercourse; to
make a sexual conquest. [slang]
[PJC]
5. To purchase drugs illegally. [slang]
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Score
(gcide) | Score \Score\ (sk[=o]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scored
(sk[=o]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring.]
1. To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches
or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to
score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash.
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Let us score their backs. --Shak.
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A briar in that tangled wilderness
Had scored her white right hand. --M. Arnold.
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2. Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for
indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a
tally.
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3. To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or
account of; to set down; to record; to charge.
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Madam, I know when,
Instead of five, you scored me ten. --Swift.
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Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score. --Shak.
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4. To engrave, as upon a shield. [R.] --Spenser.
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5. To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.
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6. (Mus.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as,
to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9.
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7. (Geol.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the
rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in
the drift epoch.
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Score
(gcide) | Score \Score\ (sk[=o]r), n. [AS. scor twenty, fr. sceran,
scieran, to shear, cut, divide; or rather the kindred Icel.
skor incision, twenty, akin to Dan. skure a notch, Sw.
sk[*a]ra. See Shear.]
1. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a
tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose
of account.
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Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books
but the score and the tally, thou hast caused
printing to be used. --Shak.
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2. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence,
indebtedness.
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He parted well, and paid his score. --Shak.
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3. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
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But left the trade, as many more
Have lately done on the same score. --Hudibras.
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You act your kindness in Cydaria's score. --Dryden.
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4. The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score
or tally; hence, in pl., a large number.
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Amongst three or four score hogsheads. --Shak.
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At length the queen took upon herself to grant
patents of monopoly by scores. --Macaulay.
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5. A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient
archery and gunnery. --Halliwell.
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6. A weight of twenty pounds. [Prov. Eng.]
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7. The number of points gained by the contestants, or either
of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.
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8. A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
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9. (Mus.) The original and entire draught, or its transcript,
of a composition, with the parts for all the different
instruments or voices written on staves one above another,
so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from
the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all
the parts. --Moore (Encyc. of Music).
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10. the grade received on an examination, such as those given
in school or as a qualifying examination for a job or
admission to school; -- it may be expressed as a
percentage of answers which are correct, or as a number
or letter; as, a score of 98 in a civil service exam.
[PJC]
In score (Mus.), having all the parts arranged and placed
in juxtaposition. --Smart.
To quit scores, to settle or balance accounts; to render an
equivalent; to make compensation.
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Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements
in the noble fruits that issue from it? --South.
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score
(wn) | score
n 1: a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a
student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra";
"grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?"
[syn: mark, grade, score]
2: a written form of a musical composition; parts for different
instruments appear on separate staves on large pages; "he
studied the score of the sonata" [syn: score, {musical
score}]
3: a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an
individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0"
4: a set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one
returned"
5: grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected
on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but
his success on that score was doubtful" [syn: score,
account]
6: the facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the
score"
7: an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my
score and I'll settle later"
8: a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep
a tally) [syn: score, scotch]
9: a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a
grudge"; "settling a score" [syn: grudge, score,
grievance]
10: the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score
came with less than a minute left to play"
11: a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse; "calling his
seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of
male slang" [syn: sexual conquest, score]
v 1: gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times";
"He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" [syn:
score, hit, tally, rack up]
2: make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before
firing it" [syn: score, nock, mark]
3: make underscoring marks [syn: score, mark]
4: write a musical score for
5: induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you
score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" [syn: seduce,
score, make]
6: get a certain number or letter indicating quality or
performance; "She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200"
7: assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation;
"grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" [syn:
grade, score, mark] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
fourscore
(mass) | fourscore
- osemdesiat |
score
(mass) | score
- skóre, partitúra, bodovať, skórovať, robiť hodobný zápis,
príčina |
threescore
(mass) | threescore
- šesťdesiat |
underscore
(mass) | underscore
- podtržítko, zdôrazniť, podtrhnúť, podčiarknuť |
a score to settle
(encz) | a score to settle,nevyřízený účet Zdeněk Brož |
by the score
(encz) | by the score,ve velkém [id.] množství, počtu Pino |
football score
(encz) | football score, n: |
fourscore
(encz) | fourscore,osmdesát Zdeněk Brož |
goalscorer
(encz) | goalscorer,střelec branky Zdeněk Brož |
know the score
(encz) | know the score,vyznat se Zdeněk Brož |
line score
(encz) | line score, n: |
musical score
(encz) | musical score, n: |
outscore
(encz) | outscore, |
score
(encz) | score,bodovat v: Zdeněk Brožscore,dát gól v: score,dvacet Four score and seven years = 87 let webscore,hudba n: k filmu Pinoscore,mít úspěch v: [slang.] Rostislav Svobodascore,množství n: Kamil Páralscore,napsat skladbu v: pro jednotlivé nástroje Pinoscore,partitura n: [hud.] ghostscore,počet bodů Zdeněk Brožscore,poškrábat v: Pinoscore,skóre Pavel Machek; Gizascore,skórovat v: score,stav zápasu Zdeněk Brožscore,udělat rýhy v: Pinoscore,vstřelit gól v: score,vyrýt zářezy v: Pino |
score out
(encz) | score out,vyškrtnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
score paper
(encz) | score paper, n: |
scoreboard
(encz) | scoreboard,světelná tabule Zdeněk Brož |
scorecard
(encz) | scorecard,zápis o utkání n: Zdeněk Brož |
scored
(encz) | scored,drážkovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožscored,skóroval v: Zdeněk Brož |
scorekeeper
(encz) | scorekeeper, |
scoreless
(encz) | scoreless,bezbodový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
scoreline
(encz) | scoreline,skóre Zdeněk Brož |
scorer
(encz) | scorer,střelec branky Zdeněk Brož |
scorers
(encz) | scorers,střelci branek Zdeněk Brož |
scores
(encz) | scores,skóre pl. Zdeněk Brožscores,skóruje v: Zdeněk Brož |
threescore
(encz) | threescore,kopa n: Zdeněk Brožthreescore,šedesát Zdeněk Brož |
twoscore
(encz) | twoscore, adj: |
underscore
(encz) | underscore,podtrhnout v: Pajoshunderscore,podtržítko n: znak "_" webunderscore,zdůraznit v: Zdeněk Brož |
underscored
(encz) | underscored,podtržený adj: Pajosh |
underscores
(encz) | underscores,podtrhává v: Zdeněk Brožunderscores,zdůrazňuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
upon what score
(encz) | upon what score,z jaké příčiny pcernoch@imc.cas.czupon what score,z jakého důvodu pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
Dioscorea
(gcide) | Dioscorea \Di`os*co"re*a\, n. [NL. Named after Dioscorides the
Greek physician.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants, the roots of which are eaten as yams.
See Yam.
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Dioscorea Batatas
(gcide) | Yam \Yam\ (y[a^]m), n. [Pg. inhame, probably from some native
name.]
1. (Bot.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various
climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants
themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants
have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three
broad wings. The commonest species is Dioscorea sativa,
but several others are cultivated.
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2. (Bot.) Any one of several cultural varieties of the sweet
potato. [U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Chinese yam, a plant (Dioscorea Batatas) with a long and
slender tuber, hardier than most of the other species.
Wild yam.
(a) A common plant (Dioscorea villosa) of the Eastern
United States, having a hard and knotty rootstock.
(b) An orchidaceous plant (Gastrodia sesamoides) of
Australia and Tasmania.
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Dioscorea sativa
(gcide) | Yam \Yam\ (y[a^]m), n. [Pg. inhame, probably from some native
name.]
1. (Bot.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various
climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants
themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants
have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three
broad wings. The commonest species is Dioscorea sativa,
but several others are cultivated.
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2. (Bot.) Any one of several cultural varieties of the sweet
potato. [U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Chinese yam, a plant (Dioscorea Batatas) with a long and
slender tuber, hardier than most of the other species.
Wild yam.
(a) A common plant (Dioscorea villosa) of the Eastern
United States, having a hard and knotty rootstock.
(b) An orchidaceous plant (Gastrodia sesamoides) of
Australia and Tasmania.
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Dioscorea villosa
(gcide) | Yam \Yam\ (y[a^]m), n. [Pg. inhame, probably from some native
name.]
1. (Bot.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various
climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants
themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants
have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three
broad wings. The commonest species is Dioscorea sativa,
but several others are cultivated.
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2. (Bot.) Any one of several cultural varieties of the sweet
potato. [U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Chinese yam, a plant (Dioscorea Batatas) with a long and
slender tuber, hardier than most of the other species.
Wild yam.
(a) A common plant (Dioscorea villosa) of the Eastern
United States, having a hard and knotty rootstock.
(b) An orchidaceous plant (Gastrodia sesamoides) of
Australia and Tasmania.
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Dioscoreaceae
(gcide) | Dioscoreaceae \Dioscoreaceae\ n.
1. a natural family of tuberous plants including the yams.
Syn: family Dioscoreaceae, yam family.
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Eightscore
(gcide) | Eightscore \Eight"score`\, a. & n.
Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty.
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Fourscore
(gcide) | Fourscore \Four"score`\ (f[=o]r"sk[=o]r`), a. [Four + core, n.]
Four times twenty; eighty.
[1913 Webster]Fourscore \Four"score`\, n.
The product of four times twenty; eighty units or objects.
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Full score
(gcide) | Full \Full\ (f[.u]l), a. [Compar. Fuller (f[.u]l"[~e]r);
superl. Fullest.] [OE. & AS. ful; akin to OS. ful, D. vol,
OHG. fol, G. voll, Icel. fullr, Sw. full, Dan. fuld, Goth.
fulls, L. plenus, Gr. plh`rhs, Skr. p[=u][.r]na full, pr[=a]
to fill, also to Gr. poly`s much, E. poly-, pref., G. viel,
AS. fela. [root]80. Cf. Complete, Fill, Plenary,
Plenty.]
1. Filled up, having within its limits all that it can
contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily
of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup
full of water; a house full of people.
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Had the throne been full, their meeting would not
have been regular. --Blackstone.
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2. Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in quantity,
quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate;
as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full
compensation; a house full of furniture.
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3. Not wanting in any essential quality; complete; entire;
perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full
age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon.
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It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that
Pharaoh
dreamed. --Gen. xii. 1.
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The man commands
Like a full soldier. --Shak.
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I can not
Request a fuller satisfaction
Than you have freely granted. --Ford.
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4. Sated; surfeited.
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I am full of the burnt offerings of rams. --Is. i.
11.
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5. Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge;
stored with information.
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Reading maketh a full man. --Bacon.
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6. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any
matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as,
to be full of some project.
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Every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths
on decayed and weak constitutions. --Locke.
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7. Filled with emotions.
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The heart is so full that a drop overfills it.
--Lowell.
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8. Impregnated; made pregnant. [Obs.]
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Ilia, the fair, . . . full of Mars. --Dryden.
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At full, when full or complete. --Shak.
Full age (Law) the age at which one attains full personal
rights; majority; -- in England and the United States the
age of 21 years. --Abbott.
Full and by (Naut.), sailing closehauled, having all the
sails full, and lying as near the wind as poesible.
Full band (Mus.), a band in which all the instruments are
employed.
Full binding, the binding of a book when made wholly of
leather, as distinguished from half binding.
Full bottom, a kind of wig full and large at the bottom.
Full brother or Full sister, a brother or sister having
the same parents as another.
Full cry (Hunting), eager chase; -- said of hounds that
have caught the scent, and give tongue together.
Full dress, the dress prescribed by authority or by
etiquette to be worn on occasions of ceremony.
Full hand (Poker), three of a kind and a pair.
Full moon.
(a) The moon with its whole disk illuminated, as when
opposite to the sun.
(b) The time when the moon is full.
Full organ (Mus.), the organ when all or most stops are
out.
Full score (Mus.), a score in which all the parts for
voices and instruments are given.
Full sea, high water.
Full swing, free course; unrestrained liberty; "Leaving
corrupt nature to . . . the full swing and freedom of its
own extravagant actings." South (Colloq.)
In full, at length; uncontracted; unabridged; written out
in words, and not indicated by figures.
In full blast. See under Blast.
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Hogscore
(gcide) | Hogscore \Hog"score`\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Curling)
A distance line drawn across the rink or course between the
middle line and the tee. [Scot.]
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In score
(gcide) | Score \Score\ (sk[=o]r), n. [AS. scor twenty, fr. sceran,
scieran, to shear, cut, divide; or rather the kindred Icel.
skor incision, twenty, akin to Dan. skure a notch, Sw.
sk[*a]ra. See Shear.]
1. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a
tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose
of account.
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Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books
but the score and the tally, thou hast caused
printing to be used. --Shak.
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2. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence,
indebtedness.
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He parted well, and paid his score. --Shak.
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3. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
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But left the trade, as many more
Have lately done on the same score. --Hudibras.
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You act your kindness in Cydaria's score. --Dryden.
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4. The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score
or tally; hence, in pl., a large number.
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Amongst three or four score hogsheads. --Shak.
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At length the queen took upon herself to grant
patents of monopoly by scores. --Macaulay.
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5. A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient
archery and gunnery. --Halliwell.
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6. A weight of twenty pounds. [Prov. Eng.]
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7. The number of points gained by the contestants, or either
of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.
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8. A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
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9. (Mus.) The original and entire draught, or its transcript,
of a composition, with the parts for all the different
instruments or voices written on staves one above another,
so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from
the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all
the parts. --Moore (Encyc. of Music).
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10. the grade received on an examination, such as those given
in school or as a qualifying examination for a job or
admission to school; -- it may be expressed as a
percentage of answers which are correct, or as a number
or letter; as, a score of 98 in a civil service exam.
[PJC]
In score (Mus.), having all the parts arranged and placed
in juxtaposition. --Smart.
To quit scores, to settle or balance accounts; to render an
equivalent; to make compensation.
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Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements
in the noble fruits that issue from it? --South.
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Ninescore
(gcide) | Ninescore \Nine"score`\, a.
Nine times twenty, or one hundred and eighty. -- n. The
product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects.
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Scored
(gcide) | Score \Score\ (sk[=o]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scored
(sk[=o]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring.]
1. To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches
or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to
score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash.
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Let us score their backs. --Shak.
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A briar in that tangled wilderness
Had scored her white right hand. --M. Arnold.
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2. Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for
indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a
tally.
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3. To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or
account of; to set down; to record; to charge.
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Madam, I know when,
Instead of five, you scored me ten. --Swift.
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Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score. --Shak.
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4. To engrave, as upon a shield. [R.] --Spenser.
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5. To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.
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6. (Mus.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as,
to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9.
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7. (Geol.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the
rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in
the drift epoch.
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Scorer
(gcide) | Scorer \Scor"er\, n.
One who, or that which, scores.
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Sevenscore
(gcide) | Sevenscore \Sev"en*score`\, n. & a.
Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty.
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The old Countess of Desmond . . . lived sevenscore
years. --Bacon.
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Sixscore
(gcide) | Sixscore \Six"score`\, a. & n. [Six + score, n.]
Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty.
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Three-score
(gcide) | Three-score \Three"-score`\, a.
Thrice twenty; sixty.
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To quit scores
(gcide) | Score \Score\ (sk[=o]r), n. [AS. scor twenty, fr. sceran,
scieran, to shear, cut, divide; or rather the kindred Icel.
skor incision, twenty, akin to Dan. skure a notch, Sw.
sk[*a]ra. See Shear.]
1. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a
tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose
of account.
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Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books
but the score and the tally, thou hast caused
printing to be used. --Shak.
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2. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence,
indebtedness.
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He parted well, and paid his score. --Shak.
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3. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
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But left the trade, as many more
Have lately done on the same score. --Hudibras.
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You act your kindness in Cydaria's score. --Dryden.
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4. The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score
or tally; hence, in pl., a large number.
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Amongst three or four score hogsheads. --Shak.
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At length the queen took upon herself to grant
patents of monopoly by scores. --Macaulay.
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5. A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient
archery and gunnery. --Halliwell.
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6. A weight of twenty pounds. [Prov. Eng.]
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7. The number of points gained by the contestants, or either
of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.
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8. A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
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9. (Mus.) The original and entire draught, or its transcript,
of a composition, with the parts for all the different
instruments or voices written on staves one above another,
so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from
the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all
the parts. --Moore (Encyc. of Music).
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10. the grade received on an examination, such as those given
in school or as a qualifying examination for a job or
admission to school; -- it may be expressed as a
percentage of answers which are correct, or as a number
or letter; as, a score of 98 in a civil service exam.
[PJC]
In score (Mus.), having all the parts arranged and placed
in juxtaposition. --Smart.
To quit scores, to settle or balance accounts; to render an
equivalent; to make compensation.
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Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements
in the noble fruits that issue from it? --South.
[1913 Webster]Quit \Quit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quit or Quitted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Quitting.] [OE. quiten, OF. quiter, quitier,
cuitier, F. quitter, to acquit, quit, LL. quietare, fr. L.
quietare to calm, to quiet, fr. quietus quiet. See Quiet,
a., and cf. Quit, a., Quite, Acquit, Requite.]
1. To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or
oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate. [R.]
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To quit you of this fear, you have already looked
Death in the face; what have you found so terrible
in it? --Wake.
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2. To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the
like; to absolve; to acquit.
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There may no gold them quyte. --Chaucer.
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God will relent, and quit thee all his debt.
--Milton.
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3. To discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and
satisfy, as a claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to
requite; to repay.
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The blissful martyr quyte you your meed. --Chaucer.
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Enkindle all the sparks of nature
To quit this horrid act. --Shak.
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Before that judge that quits each soul his hire.
--Fairfax.
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4. To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of;
to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.
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Be strong, and quit yourselves like men. --1 Sam.
iv. 9.
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Samson hath quit himself
Like Samson. --Milton.
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5. To carry through; to go through to the end. [Obs.]
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Never worthy prince a day did quit
With greater hazard and with more renown. --Daniel.
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6. To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to
depart from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to
quit the place; to quit jesting.
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Such a superficial way of examining is to quit truth
for appearance. --Locke.
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To quit cost, to pay; to reimburse.
To quit scores, to make even; to clear mutually from
demands.
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Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements
in the noble fruits that issue from it? --South.
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Syn: To leave; relinquish; resign; abandon; forsake;
surrender; discharge; requite.
Usage: Quit, Leave. Leave is a general term, signifying
merely an act of departure; quit implies a going
without intention of return, a final and absolute
abandonment.
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To score a point
(gcide) | Point \Point\, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L.
punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See
Pungent, and cf. Puncto, Puncture.]
1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything,
esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle
or a pin.
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2. An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle
used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others;
also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point;
-- called also pointer.
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3. Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined
termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a
tract of land extending into the water beyond the common
shore line.
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4. The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument,
as a needle; a prick.
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5. An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or
supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither
parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has
neither length, breadth, nor thickness, -- sometimes
conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of
which a line is conceived to be produced.
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6. An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant;
hence, the verge.
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When time's first point begun
Made he all souls. --Sir J.
Davies.
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7. A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the
divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed
in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a
stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence,
figuratively, an end, or conclusion.
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And there a point, for ended is my tale. --Chaucer.
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Commas and points they set exactly right. --Pope.
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8. Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative
position, or to indicate a transition from one state or
position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position
or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of
depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by
tenpoints. "A point of precedence." --Selden. "Creeping on
from point to point." --Tennyson.
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A lord full fat and in good point. --Chaucer.
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9. That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or
character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a
peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as,
the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story,
etc.
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He told him, point for point, in short and plain.
--Chaucer.
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In point of religion and in point of honor. --Bacon.
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Shalt thou dispute
With Him the points of liberty ? --Milton.
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10. Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an
argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp.,
the proposition to be established; as, the point of an
anecdote. "Here lies the point." --Shak.
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They will hardly prove his point. --Arbuthnot.
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11. A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a
punctilio.
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This fellow doth not stand upon points. --Shak.
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[He] cared not for God or man a point. --Spenser.
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12. (Mus.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or
time; as:
(a) (Anc. Mus.) A dot or mark distinguishing or
characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of
perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a
tune. "Sound the trumpet -- not a levant, or a
flourish, but a point of war." --Sir W. Scott.
(b) (Mod. Mus.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note,
to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half,
as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a
half note equal to three quarter notes.
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13. (Astron.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or
zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the
intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere,
and named specifically in each case according to the
position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the
solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points,
etc. See Equinoctial Nodal.
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14. (Her.) One of the several different parts of the
escutcheon. See Escutcheon.
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15. (Naut.)
(a) One of the points of the compass (see {Points of the
compass}, below); also, the difference between two
points of the compass; as, to fall off a point.
(b) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See
Reef point, under Reef.
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16. (Anc. Costume) A a string or lace used to tie together
certain parts of the dress. --Sir W. Scott.
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17. Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels
point. See Point lace, below.
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18. pl. (Railways) A switch. [Eng.]
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19. An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
[Cant, U. S.]
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20. (Cricket) A fielder who is stationed on the off side,
about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in
advance of, the batsman.
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21. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game;
as, the dog came to a point. See Pointer.
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22. (Type Making) A standard unit of measure for the size of
type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica
type. See Point system of type, under Type.
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23. A tyne or snag of an antler.
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24. One of the spaces on a backgammon board.
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25. (Fencing) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as,
tierce point.
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26. (Med.) A pointed piece of quill or bone covered at one
end with vaccine matter; -- called also vaccine point.
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27. One of the raised dots used in certain systems of
printing and writing for the blind. The first practical
system was that devised by Louis Braille in 1829, and
still used in Europe (see Braille). Two modifications
of this are current in the United States:
New York point founded on three bases of equidistant points
arranged in two lines (viz., : :: :::), and a later
improvement,
American Braille, embodying the Braille base (:::) and the
New-York-point principle of using the characters of few
points for the commonest letters.
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28. In technical senses:
(a) In various games, a position of a certain player, or,
by extension, the player himself; as: (1) (Lacrosse &
Ice Hockey) The position of the player of each side
who stands a short distance in front of the goal
keeper; also, the player himself. (2) (Baseball)
(pl.) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
(b) (Hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made;
hence, a straight run from point to point; a
cross-country run. [Colloq. Oxf. E. D.]
(c) (Falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over
the place where its prey has gone into cover.
(d) Act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain
dance positions.
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Note: The word point is a general term, much used in the
sciences, particularly in mathematics, mechanics,
perspective, and physics, but generally either in the
geometrical sense, or in that of degree, or condition
of change, and with some accompanying descriptive or
qualifying term, under which, in the vocabulary, the
specific uses are explained; as, boiling point, carbon
point, dry point, freezing point, melting point,
vanishing point, etc.
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At all points, in every particular, completely; perfectly.
--Shak.
At point, In point, At the point, In the point, or
On the point, as near as can be; on the verge; about (see
About, prep., 6); as, at the point of death; he was on
the point of speaking. "In point to fall down." --Chaucer.
"Caius Sidius Geta, at point to have been taken, recovered
himself so valiantly as brought day on his side."
--Milton.
Dead point. (Mach.) Same as Dead center, under Dead.
Far point (Med.), in ophthalmology, the farthest point at
which objects are seen distinctly. In normal eyes the
nearest point at which objects are seen distinctly; either
with the two eyes together (binocular near point), or with
each eye separately (monocular near point).
Nine points of the law, all but the tenth point; the
greater weight of authority.
On the point. See At point, above.
Point lace, lace wrought with the needle, as distinguished
from that made on the pillow.
Point net, a machine-made lace imitating a kind of Brussels
lace (Brussels ground).
Point of concurrence (Geom.), a point common to two lines,
but not a point of tangency or of intersection, as, for
instance, that in which a cycloid meets its base.
Point of contrary flexure, a point at which a curve changes
its direction of curvature, or at which its convexity and
concavity change sides.
Point of order, in parliamentary practice, a question of
order or propriety under the rules.
Point of sight (Persp.), in a perspective drawing, the
point assumed as that occupied by the eye of the
spectator.
Point of view, the relative position from which anything is
seen or any subject is considered.
Points of the compass (Naut.), the thirty-two points of
division of the compass card in the mariner's compass; the
corresponding points by which the circle of the horizon is
supposed to be divided, of which the four marking the
directions of east, west, north, and south, are called
cardinal points, and the rest are named from their
respective directions, as N. by E., N. N. E., N. E. by N.,
N. E., etc. See Illust. under Compass.
Point paper, paper pricked through so as to form a stencil
for transferring a design.
Point system of type. See under Type.
Singular point (Geom.), a point of a curve which possesses
some property not possessed by points in general on the
curve, as a cusp, a point of inflection, a node, etc.
To carry one's point, to accomplish one's object, as in a
controversy.
To make a point of, to attach special importance to.
To make a point, or To gain a point, accomplish that
which was proposed; also, to make advance by a step,
grade, or position.
To mark a point, or To score a point, as in billiards,
cricket, etc., to note down, or to make, a successful hit,
run, etc.
To strain a point, to go beyond the proper limit or rule;
to stretch one's authority or conscience.
Vowel point, in Arabic, Hebrew, and certain other Eastern
and ancient languages, a mark placed above or below the
consonant, or attached to it, representing the vowel, or
vocal sound, which precedes or follows the consonant.
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Twelvescore
(gcide) | Twelvescore \Twelve"score`\, n. & a.
Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty.
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Underscore
(gcide) | Underscore \Un`der*score"\, v. t.
To draw a mark or line under; to underline. --J. Tucker.
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apgar score
(wn) | Apgar score
n 1: an assessment of the physical condition of a newborn
infant; involves heart rate and muscle tone and respiratory
effort and color and reflex responsiveness |
baseball score
(wn) | baseball score
n 1: the score of a baseball game |
basketball score
(wn) | basketball score
n 1: the score in a basketball game |
bowling score
(wn) | bowling score
n 1: the score in a bowling match |
dioscorea
(wn) | Dioscorea
n 1: yams [syn: Dioscorea, genus Dioscorea] |
dioscorea alata
(wn) | Dioscorea alata
n 1: grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with
fine edible white flesh [syn: white yam, water yam,
Dioscorea alata] |
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