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tossed
(encz) | tossed,odhozený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Tossed
(gcide) | Toss \Toss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tossed ; (less properly
Tost ); p. pr. & vb. n. Tossing.] [ W. tosiaw, tosio, to
jerk, toss, snatch, tosa quick jerk, a toss, a snatch. ]
1. To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm
of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a
ball.
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2. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as,
to toss the head.
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He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me,
He would not stay. --Addison.
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3. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves
in a storm.
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We being exceedingly tossed with a tempest. --Act
xxvii. 18.
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4. To agitate; to make restless.
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Calm region once,
And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent.
--Milton.
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5. Hence, to try; to harass.
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Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men.
--Herbert.
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6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years
in tossing the rules of grammar. [Obs.] --Ascham.
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To toss off,
(a) to drink hastily.
(b) to accomplish easily or quickly.
(c) to say in an offhand manner; as, to toss off a
comment.
(d) to masturbate; -- British slang.
To toss the cars.See under Oar, n.
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storm-tossed
(encz) | storm-tossed, adj: |
tempest-tossed
(encz) | tempest-tossed, adj: |
tossed
(encz) | tossed,odhozený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tossed salad
(encz) | tossed salad, n: |
Betossed
(gcide) | Betoss \Be*toss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betossed.]
To put in violent motion; to agitate; to disturb; to toss.
"My betossed soul." --Shak.
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storm-tossed tempest-tossed tempest-tost tempest-swept
(gcide) | battered \battered\ adj.
1. In deplorable condition; as, the battered old Ford station
wagon.
Syn: beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down,
dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound.
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2. Hit or pounded repeatedly and violently with heavy blows;
as, a battered old car; antomyn of unbattered. [Narrower
terms: buffeted; {storm-tossed, tempest-tossed,
tempest-tost, tempest-swept}]
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3. Damaged especially by hard usage. his battered old hat
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4. beaten repeatedly; -- of people; as, a battered child; the
battered woman syndrome; a battered wife.
Syn: beaten.
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storm-tossed
(wn) | storm-tossed
adj 1: pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities [syn:
buffeted, storm-tossed, tempest-tossed, {tempest-
tost}, tempest-swept] |
tempest-tossed
(wn) | tempest-tossed
adj 1: pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities [syn:
buffeted, storm-tossed, tempest-tossed, {tempest-
tost}, tempest-swept] |
tossed salad
(wn) | tossed salad
n 1: salad tossed with a dressing |
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