| slovo | definícia |
alarm
(mass) | alarm
- alarm, poplach, alarmovať |
alarm
(msas) | alarm
- alarm |
alarm
(msasasci) | alarm
- alarm |
alarm
(encz) | alarm,alarm n: |
alarm
(encz) | alarm,alarmovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
alarm
(encz) | alarm,budíček n: Zdeněk Brož |
alarm
(encz) | alarm,neklid n: |
alarm
(encz) | alarm,obavy n: Zdeněk Brož |
alarm
(encz) | alarm,poplach n: |
alarm
(encz) | alarm,strach n: |
alarm
(encz) | alarm,úzkost n: |
alarm
(encz) | alarm,znepokojení n: Zdeněk Brož |
alarm
(czen) | alarm,alarmn: |
Alarm
(gcide) | Alarm \A*larm"\ ([.a]*l[aum]rm"), n. [F. alarme, It. all' arme
to arms ! fr. L. arma, pl., arms. See Arms, and cf.
Alarum.]
1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
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Arming to answer in a night alarm. --Shak.
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2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of
approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a
warning of danger.
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Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. --Joel ii. 1.
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3. A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [R.] "These home
alarms." --Shak.
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Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. --Pope.
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4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by
apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly,
sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
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Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp.
--Macaulay.
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5. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep,
or rousing their attention; an alarum.
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Alarm bell, a bell that gives notice on danger.
Alarm clock or watch, a clock or watch which can be so
set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to
wake from sleep, or excite attention.
Alarm gauge, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for
showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the
water in the boiler too low.
Alarm post, a place to which troops are to repair in case
of an alarm.
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Syn: Fright; affright; terror; trepidation; apprehension;
consternation; dismay; agitation; disquiet; disquietude.
Usage: Alarm, Fright, Terror, Consternation. These
words express different degrees of fear at the
approach of danger. Fright is fear suddenly excited,
producing confusion of the senses, and hence it is
unreflecting. Alarm is the hurried agitation of
feeling which springs from a sense of immediate and
extreme exposure. Terror is agitating and excessive
fear, which usually benumbs the faculties.
Consternation is overwhelming fear, and carries a
notion of powerlessness and amazement. Alarm agitates
the feelings; terror disorders the understanding and
affects the will; fright seizes on and confuses the
sense; consternation takes possession of the soul, and
subdues its faculties. See Apprehension.
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Alarm
(gcide) | Alarm \A*larm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alarmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Alarming.] [Alarm, n. Cf. F. alarmer.]
1. To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one)
of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action;
to put on the alert.
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2. To keep in excitement; to disturb.
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3. To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with
anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with
sudden fear.
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Alarmed by rumors of military preparation.
--Macaulay.
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alarm
(wn) | alarm
n 1: fear resulting from the awareness of danger [syn: alarm,
dismay, consternation]
2: a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable
event [syn: alarm, warning device, alarm system]
3: an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger [syn:
alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum]
4: a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time [syn: {alarm
clock}, alarm]
v 1: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly
surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late
for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified
us" [syn: dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify]
2: warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of
preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the
new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries" [syn: alarm,
alert] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
alarmed
(mass) | alarmed
- zalarmovaný, vyľakaný |
car alarm
(mass) | car alarm
- autoalarm |
firealarm
(mass) | fire-alarm
- požiarny alarm |
alarmovať
(msas) | alarmovať
- alarm, alert |
autoalarm
(msas) | autoalarm
- car alarm |
požiarny alarm
(msas) | požiarny alarm
- fire-alarm |
zalarmovaný
(msas) | zalarmovaný
- alarmed |
zalarmovať
(msas) | zalarmovať
- alert |
alarmovat
(msasasci) | alarmovat
- alarm, alert |
autoalarm
(msasasci) | autoalarm
- car alarm |
poziarny alarm
(msasasci) | poziarny alarm
- fire-alarm |
zalarmovany
(msasasci) | zalarmovany
- alarmed |
zalarmovat
(msasasci) | zalarmovat
- alert |
alarm clock
(encz) | alarm clock,budík n: |
alarm system
(encz) | alarm system,zabezpečovací systém n: Supik |
alarmed
(encz) | alarmed,poplašený adj: Zdeněk Brožalarmed,upozorněn alarmed,zalarmován |
alarming
(encz) | alarming,alarmování alarming,alarmující adj: Zdeněk Brožalarming,děsivý adj: Zdeněk Brožalarming,znepokojivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
alarmingly
(encz) | alarmingly,znepokojivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
alarmism
(encz) | alarmism,panikářství n: Zdeněk Brož |
alarmist
(encz) | alarmist,panikář Zdeněk Brožalarmist,panikářský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
alarms
(encz) | alarms,alarmy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
burglar alarm
(encz) | burglar alarm,poplach při vloupání n: Zdeněk Brož |
false alarm
(encz) | false alarm,falešný poplach false alarm,planý poplach n: Pino |
fire alarm
(encz) | fire alarm,požární alarm Hynek Hanke |
smoke alarm
(encz) | smoke alarm,signalizace kouře Pavel Cvrček |
unalarming
(encz) | unalarming, adj: |
alarmovat
(czen) | alarmovat,alarmv: Zdeněk Brožalarmovat,alertv: Zdeněk Brožalarmovat,warnv: Zdeněk Brož |
alarmování
(czen) | alarmování,alarming |
alarmující
(czen) | alarmující,alarmingadj: Zdeněk Brož |
alarmy
(czen) | alarmy,alarmsn: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
požární alarm
(czen) | požární alarm,fire alarm Hynek Hanke |
zalarmovat
(czen) | zalarmovat,alertv: Zdeněk Brož |
zalarmován
(czen) | zalarmován,alarmed |
Alarm
(gcide) | Alarm \A*larm"\ ([.a]*l[aum]rm"), n. [F. alarme, It. all' arme
to arms ! fr. L. arma, pl., arms. See Arms, and cf.
Alarum.]
1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
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Arming to answer in a night alarm. --Shak.
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2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of
approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a
warning of danger.
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Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. --Joel ii. 1.
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3. A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [R.] "These home
alarms." --Shak.
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Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. --Pope.
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4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by
apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly,
sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
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Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp.
--Macaulay.
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5. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep,
or rousing their attention; an alarum.
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Alarm bell, a bell that gives notice on danger.
Alarm clock or watch, a clock or watch which can be so
set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to
wake from sleep, or excite attention.
Alarm gauge, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for
showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the
water in the boiler too low.
Alarm post, a place to which troops are to repair in case
of an alarm.
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Syn: Fright; affright; terror; trepidation; apprehension;
consternation; dismay; agitation; disquiet; disquietude.
Usage: Alarm, Fright, Terror, Consternation. These
words express different degrees of fear at the
approach of danger. Fright is fear suddenly excited,
producing confusion of the senses, and hence it is
unreflecting. Alarm is the hurried agitation of
feeling which springs from a sense of immediate and
extreme exposure. Terror is agitating and excessive
fear, which usually benumbs the faculties.
Consternation is overwhelming fear, and carries a
notion of powerlessness and amazement. Alarm agitates
the feelings; terror disorders the understanding and
affects the will; fright seizes on and confuses the
sense; consternation takes possession of the soul, and
subdues its faculties. See Apprehension.
[1913 Webster]Alarm \A*larm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alarmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Alarming.] [Alarm, n. Cf. F. alarmer.]
1. To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one)
of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action;
to put on the alert.
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2. To keep in excitement; to disturb.
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3. To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with
anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with
sudden fear.
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Alarmed by rumors of military preparation.
--Macaulay.
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Alarm bell
(gcide) | Alarm \A*larm"\ ([.a]*l[aum]rm"), n. [F. alarme, It. all' arme
to arms ! fr. L. arma, pl., arms. See Arms, and cf.
Alarum.]
1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
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Arming to answer in a night alarm. --Shak.
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2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of
approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a
warning of danger.
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Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. --Joel ii. 1.
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3. A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [R.] "These home
alarms." --Shak.
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Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. --Pope.
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4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by
apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly,
sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
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Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp.
--Macaulay.
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5. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep,
or rousing their attention; an alarum.
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Alarm bell, a bell that gives notice on danger.
Alarm clock or watch, a clock or watch which can be so
set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to
wake from sleep, or excite attention.
Alarm gauge, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for
showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the
water in the boiler too low.
Alarm post, a place to which troops are to repair in case
of an alarm.
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Syn: Fright; affright; terror; trepidation; apprehension;
consternation; dismay; agitation; disquiet; disquietude.
Usage: Alarm, Fright, Terror, Consternation. These
words express different degrees of fear at the
approach of danger. Fright is fear suddenly excited,
producing confusion of the senses, and hence it is
unreflecting. Alarm is the hurried agitation of
feeling which springs from a sense of immediate and
extreme exposure. Terror is agitating and excessive
fear, which usually benumbs the faculties.
Consternation is overwhelming fear, and carries a
notion of powerlessness and amazement. Alarm agitates
the feelings; terror disorders the understanding and
affects the will; fright seizes on and confuses the
sense; consternation takes possession of the soul, and
subdues its faculties. See Apprehension.
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Alarm clock
(gcide) | Alarm \A*larm"\ ([.a]*l[aum]rm"), n. [F. alarme, It. all' arme
to arms ! fr. L. arma, pl., arms. See Arms, and cf.
Alarum.]
1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
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Arming to answer in a night alarm. --Shak.
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2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of
approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a
warning of danger.
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Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. --Joel ii. 1.
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3. A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [R.] "These home
alarms." --Shak.
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Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. --Pope.
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4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by
apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly,
sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
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Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp.
--Macaulay.
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5. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep,
or rousing their attention; an alarum.
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Alarm bell, a bell that gives notice on danger.
Alarm clock or watch, a clock or watch which can be so
set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to
wake from sleep, or excite attention.
Alarm gauge, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for
showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the
water in the boiler too low.
Alarm post, a place to which troops are to repair in case
of an alarm.
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Syn: Fright; affright; terror; trepidation; apprehension;
consternation; dismay; agitation; disquiet; disquietude.
Usage: Alarm, Fright, Terror, Consternation. These
words express different degrees of fear at the
approach of danger. Fright is fear suddenly excited,
producing confusion of the senses, and hence it is
unreflecting. Alarm is the hurried agitation of
feeling which springs from a sense of immediate and
extreme exposure. Terror is agitating and excessive
fear, which usually benumbs the faculties.
Consternation is overwhelming fear, and carries a
notion of powerlessness and amazement. Alarm agitates
the feelings; terror disorders the understanding and
affects the will; fright seizes on and confuses the
sense; consternation takes possession of the soul, and
subdues its faculties. See Apprehension.
[1913 Webster]Clock \Clock\ (kl[o^]k), n. [AS. clucge bell; akin to D. klok
clock, bell, G. glocke, Dan. klokke, Sw. klocka, Icel. klukka
bell, LL. clocca, cloca (whence F. cloche); al perh. of
Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. clog bell, clock, W. cloch
bell. Cf. Cloak.]
1. A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and
other divisions; in ordinary mechanical clocks for
domestic or office use the time is indicated on a
typically circular face or dial plate containing two
hands, pointing to numbers engraved on the periphery of
the face, thus showing the hours and minutes. The works of
a mechanical clock are moved by a weight or a spring, and
it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the
stroke of a hammer on a bell. In electrical or electronic
clocks, the time may be indicated, as on a mechanical
clock, by hands, but may also be indicated by direct
digital readout, with the hours and minutes in normal
Arabic numerals. The readout using hands is often called
analog to distinguish it from the digital readout. Some
clocks also indicate the seconds. Clocks are not adapted,
like the watch, to be carried on the person. Specialized
clocks, such as atomic clocks, may be constructed on
different principles, and may have a very high precision
for use in scientific observations.
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2. A watch, esp. one that strikes. [Obs.] --Walton.
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3. The striking of a clock. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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4. A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a
stocking. --Swift.
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Note: The phrases what o'clock? it is nine o'clock, etc., are
contracted from what of the clock? it is nine of the
clock, etc.
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Alarm clock. See under Alarm.
Astronomical clock.
(a) A clock of superior construction, with a compensating
pendulum, etc., to measure time with great accuracy,
for use in astronomical observatories; -- called a
regulator when used by watchmakers as a standard for
regulating timepieces.
(b) A clock with mechanism for indicating certain
astronomical phenomena, as the phases of the moon,
position of the sun in the ecliptic, equation of time,
etc.
Electric clock.
(a) A clock moved or regulated by electricity or
electro-magnetism.
(b) A clock connected with an electro-magnetic recording
apparatus.
Ship's clock (Naut.), a clock arranged to strike from one
to eight strokes, at half hourly intervals, marking the
divisions of the ship's watches.
Sidereal clock, an astronomical clock regulated to keep
sidereal time.
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Alarm gauge
(gcide) | Alarm \A*larm"\ ([.a]*l[aum]rm"), n. [F. alarme, It. all' arme
to arms ! fr. L. arma, pl., arms. See Arms, and cf.
Alarum.]
1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
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Arming to answer in a night alarm. --Shak.
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2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of
approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a
warning of danger.
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Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. --Joel ii. 1.
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3. A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [R.] "These home
alarms." --Shak.
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Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. --Pope.
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4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by
apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly,
sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
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Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp.
--Macaulay.
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5. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep,
or rousing their attention; an alarum.
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Alarm bell, a bell that gives notice on danger.
Alarm clock or watch, a clock or watch which can be so
set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to
wake from sleep, or excite attention.
Alarm gauge, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for
showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the
water in the boiler too low.
Alarm post, a place to which troops are to repair in case
of an alarm.
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Syn: Fright; affright; terror; trepidation; apprehension;
consternation; dismay; agitation; disquiet; disquietude.
Usage: Alarm, Fright, Terror, Consternation. These
words express different degrees of fear at the
approach of danger. Fright is fear suddenly excited,
producing confusion of the senses, and hence it is
unreflecting. Alarm is the hurried agitation of
feeling which springs from a sense of immediate and
extreme exposure. Terror is agitating and excessive
fear, which usually benumbs the faculties.
Consternation is overwhelming fear, and carries a
notion of powerlessness and amazement. Alarm agitates
the feelings; terror disorders the understanding and
affects the will; fright seizes on and confuses the
sense; consternation takes possession of the soul, and
subdues its faculties. See Apprehension.
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Alarm post
(gcide) | Alarm \A*larm"\ ([.a]*l[aum]rm"), n. [F. alarme, It. all' arme
to arms ! fr. L. arma, pl., arms. See Arms, and cf.
Alarum.]
1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
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Arming to answer in a night alarm. --Shak.
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2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of
approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a
warning of danger.
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Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. --Joel ii. 1.
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3. A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [R.] "These home
alarms." --Shak.
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Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. --Pope.
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4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by
apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly,
sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
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Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp.
--Macaulay.
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5. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep,
or rousing their attention; an alarum.
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Alarm bell, a bell that gives notice on danger.
Alarm clock or watch, a clock or watch which can be so
set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to
wake from sleep, or excite attention.
Alarm gauge, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for
showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the
water in the boiler too low.
Alarm post, a place to which troops are to repair in case
of an alarm.
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Syn: Fright; affright; terror; trepidation; apprehension;
consternation; dismay; agitation; disquiet; disquietude.
Usage: Alarm, Fright, Terror, Consternation. These
words express different degrees of fear at the
approach of danger. Fright is fear suddenly excited,
producing confusion of the senses, and hence it is
unreflecting. Alarm is the hurried agitation of
feeling which springs from a sense of immediate and
extreme exposure. Terror is agitating and excessive
fear, which usually benumbs the faculties.
Consternation is overwhelming fear, and carries a
notion of powerlessness and amazement. Alarm agitates
the feelings; terror disorders the understanding and
affects the will; fright seizes on and confuses the
sense; consternation takes possession of the soul, and
subdues its faculties. See Apprehension.
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Alarmable
(gcide) | Alarmable \A*larm"a*ble\, a.
Easily alarmed or disturbed.
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Alarmed
(gcide) | Alarmed \A*larmed"\, a.
Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger;
agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed
modesty.
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The white pavilions rose and fell
On the alarmed air. --Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]Alarm \A*larm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alarmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Alarming.] [Alarm, n. Cf. F. alarmer.]
1. To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one)
of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action;
to put on the alert.
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2. To keep in excitement; to disturb.
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3. To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with
anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with
sudden fear.
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Alarmed by rumors of military preparation.
--Macaulay.
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Alarmedly
(gcide) | Alarmedly \A*larm"ed*ly\, adv.
In an alarmed manner.
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Alarming
(gcide) | Alarm \A*larm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alarmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Alarming.] [Alarm, n. Cf. F. alarmer.]
1. To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one)
of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action;
to put on the alert.
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2. To keep in excitement; to disturb.
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3. To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with
anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with
sudden fear.
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Alarmed by rumors of military preparation.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]Alarming \A*larm"ing\, a.
Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing
apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. --
A*larm"ing*ly, adv.
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alarmism
(gcide) | alarmism \alarmism\ n.
1. the act of giving, or tendency to give, needless warnings.
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Alarmist
(gcide) | Alarmist \A*larm"ist\, n. [Cf. F. alarmiste.]
One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless
alarms. --Macaulay.
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Burglar alarm
(gcide) | Burglar \Bur"glar\, n. [OE. burg town, F. bourg, fr. LL. burgus
(of German origin) + OF. lere thief, fr. L. latro. See
Borough, and Larceny.] (Law)
One guilty of the crime of burglary.
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Burglar alarm, a device for giving alarm if a door or
window is opened from without.
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Earthquake alarm
(gcide) | Earthquake \Earth"quake`\, n.
A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to
subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise.
The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere,
destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also
earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock.
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Earthquake alarm, a bell signal constructed to operate on
the theory that a few seconds before the occurrence of an
earthquake the magnet temporarily loses its power.
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Fire alarm
(gcide) | Fire \Fire\ (f[imac]r), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. f[=y]r; akin
to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f[=y]ri,
f[=u]rr, Gr. py^r, and perh. to L. purus pure, E. pure Cf.
Empyrean, Pyre.]
1. The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of
bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
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Note: The form of fire exhibited in the combustion of gases
in an ascending stream or current is called flame.
Anciently, fire, air, earth, and water were regarded as
the four elements of which all things are composed.
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2. Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a
stove or a furnace.
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3. The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
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4. Anything which destroys or affects like fire.
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5. Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth;
consuming violence of temper.
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he had fire in his temper. --Atterbury.
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6. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral
enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.
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And bless their critic with a poet's fire. --Pope.
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7. Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.
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Stars, hide your fires. --Shak.
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As in a zodiac
representing the heavenly fires. --Milton.
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8. Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
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9. The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were
exposed to a heavy fire.
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Blue fire, Red fire, Green fire (Pyrotech.),
compositions of various combustible substances, as
sulphur, niter, lampblack, etc., the flames of which are
colored by various metallic salts, as those of antimony,
strontium, barium, etc.
Fire alarm
(a) A signal given on the breaking out of a fire.
(b) An apparatus for giving such an alarm.
Fire annihilator, a machine, device, or preparation to be
kept at hand for extinguishing fire by smothering it with
some incombustible vapor or gas, as carbonic acid.
Fire balloon.
(a) A balloon raised in the air by the buoyancy of air
heated by a fire placed in the lower part.
(b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite
at a regulated height. --Simmonds.
Fire bar, a grate bar.
Fire basket, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight.
Fire beetle. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.
Fire blast, a disease of plants which causes them to appear
as if burnt by fire.
Fire box, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for
the fire.
Fire brick, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining
intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or
of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and
used for lining fire boxes, etc.
Fire brigade, an organized body of men for extinguished
fires.
Fire bucket. See under Bucket.
Fire bug, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through
mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac.
[U.S.]
Fire clay. See under Clay.
Fire company, a company of men managing an engine in
extinguishing fires.
Fire cross. See Fiery cross. [Obs.] --Milton.
Fire damp. See under Damp.
Fire dog. See Firedog, in the Vocabulary.
Fire drill.
(a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for
practice.
(b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by
rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; --
used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by
many savage peoples.
Fire eater.
(a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire.
(b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur.
[Colloq.]
Fire engine, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels,
for throwing water to extinguish fire.
Fire escape, a contrivance for facilitating escape from
burning buildings.
Fire gilding (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam
of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off
afterward by heat.
Fire gilt (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire
gilding.
Fire insurance, the act or system of insuring against fire;
also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes,
in consideration of the payment of a premium or small
percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an
owner of property from loss by fire during a specified
period.
Fire irons, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs,
poker, and shovel.
Fire main, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out
fire.
Fire master
(Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the
composition of fireworks.
Fire office, an office at which to effect insurance against
fire.
Fire opal, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections.
Fire ordeal, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test
was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon
red-hot irons. --Abbot.
Fire pan, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially
the receptacle for the priming of a gun.
Fire plug, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the
main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing
fires.
Fire policy, the writing or instrument expressing the
contract of insurance against loss by fire.
Fire pot.
(a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles,
formerly used as a missile in war.
(b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a
furnace.
(c) A crucible.
(d) A solderer's furnace.
Fire raft, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting
fire to an enemy's ships.
Fire roll, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to
their quarters in case of fire.
Fire setting (Mining), the process of softening or cracking
the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by
exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally
superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond.
Fire ship, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting
fire to an enemy's ships.
Fire shovel, a shovel for taking up coals of fire.
Fire stink, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites,
caused by the formation of hydrogen sulfide. --Raymond.
Fire surface, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are
exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of
combustion; heating surface.
Fire swab, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun
in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc.
--Farrow.
Fire teaser, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine.
Fire water, a strong alcoholic beverage; -- so called by
the American Indians.
Fire worship, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly
in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called
Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India.
Greek fire. See under Greek.
On fire, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager;
zealous.
Running fire, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession
by a line of troops.
St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which
St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn.
St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint Elmo.
To set on fire, to inflame; to kindle.
To take fire, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.
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Fog alarm
(gcide) | Fog \Fog\ (f[o^]g), n. [Dan. sneefog snow falling thick, drift
of snow, driving snow, cf. Icel. fok spray, snowdrift,
fj[=u]k snowstorm, fj[=u]ka to drift.]
1. Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere
and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud
only in being near the ground, and from mist in not
approaching so nearly to fine rain. See Cloud.
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2. A state of mental confusion.
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3. (Photog.) Cloudiness or partial opacity of those parts of
a developed film or a photograph which should be clear.
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Fog alarm, Fog bell, Fog horn, etc., a bell, horn,
whistle or other contrivance that sounds an alarm, often
automatically, near places of danger where visible signals
would be hidden in thick weather.
Fog bank, a mass of fog resting upon the sea, and
resembling distant land.
Fog ring, a bank of fog arranged in a circular form, --
often seen on the coast of Newfoundland.
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Low water alarm
(gcide) | Low \Low\ (l[=o]), a. [Compar. Lower (l[=o]"[~e]r); superl.
Lowest.] [OE. low, louh, lah, Icel. l[=a]gr; akin to Sw.
l[*a]g, Dan. lav, D. laag, and E. lie. See Lie to be
prostrate.]
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1. Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or
elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as,
low ground; a low flight.
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2. Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature;
a low fence.
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3. Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in
winter, and six in summer.
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4. Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.
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5. Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the
ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of
corn; low wages.
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6. Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.
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7. (Mus.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low
pitch; a low note.
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8. (Phon.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of
the tongue in relation to the palate; as, [a^] ([a^]m),
[add] ([add]ll). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]
5, 10, 11.
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9. Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the
low northern latitudes.
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10. Numerically small; as, a low number.
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11. Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as,
low spirits; low in spirits.
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12. Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low
condition; the lower classes.
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Why but to keep ye low and ignorant ? --Milton.
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13. Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low
mind; a low trick or stratagem.
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14. Not elevated or sublime; not exalted in thought or
diction; as, a low comparison.
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In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest
wits of the heathen world are low and dull.
--Felton.
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15. Submissive; humble. "Low reverence." --Milton.
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16. Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse;
made low by sickness.
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17. Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a
low temperature; a low fever.
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18. Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low
estimate.
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19. Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple;
as, a low diet.
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Note: Low is often used in the formation of compounds which
require no special explanation; as, low-arched,
low-browed, low-crowned, low-heeled, low-lying,
low-priced, low-roofed, low-toned, low-voiced, and the
like.
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Low Church. See High Church, under High.
Low Countries, the Netherlands.
Low German, Low Latin, etc. See under German, Latin,
etc.
Low life, humble life.
Low milling, a process of making flour from grain by a
single grinding and by siftings.
Low relief. See Bas-relief.
Low side window (Arch.), a peculiar form of window common
in medi[ae]val churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of
this sort are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line
of the windows, and in many different situations in the
building.
Low spirits, despondency.
Low steam, steam having a low pressure.
Low steel, steel which contains only a small proportion of
carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling.
Low Sunday, the Sunday next after Easter; -- popularly so
called.
Low tide, the farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its
lowest point; low water.
Low water.
(a) The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the
in a river, lake, etc.
(b) (Steam Boiler) The condition of an insufficient
quantity of water in the boiler.
Low water alarm or Low water indicator (Steam Boiler), a
contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for
giving warning when the water is low.
Low water mark, that part of the shore to which the waters
recede when the tide is the lowest. --Bouvier.
Low wine, a liquor containing about 20 percent of alcohol,
produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run
of the still; -- often in the plural.
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Till alarm
(gcide) | Till \Till\, n. [Properly, a drawer, from OE. tillen to draw.
See Tiller the lever of a rudder.]
A drawer. Specifically:
(a) A tray or drawer in a chest.
(b) A money drawer in a shop or store.
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Till alarm, a device for sounding an alarm when a money
drawer is opened or tampered with.
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Unalarmed
(gcide) | Unalarmed \Unalarmed\
See alarmed. |
Unalarming
(gcide) | Unalarming \Unalarming\
See alarming. |
alarm bell
(wn) | alarm bell
n 1: the sound of an alarm (usually a bell) [syn: tocsin,
alarm bell] |
alarm clock
(wn) | alarm clock
n 1: a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time [syn:
alarm clock, alarm] |
alarm system
(wn) | alarm system
n 1: a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable
event [syn: alarm, warning device, alarm system] |
alarmed
(wn) | alarmed
adj 1: experiencing a sudden sense of danger |
alarming
(wn) | alarming
adj 1: frightening because of an awareness of danger [ant:
unalarming] |
alarmingly
(wn) | alarmingly
adv 1: in an alarming manner; "It grew alarmingly fast" |
alarmism
(wn) | alarmism
n 1: needless warnings |
alarmist
(wn) | alarmist
n 1: a person who alarms others needlessly |
burglar alarm
(wn) | burglar alarm
n 1: a loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarm; "they
could hear the burglar alarm a mile away"
2: a warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a
burglary |
false alarm
(wn) | false alarm
n 1: a warning that is given about something that fails to occur |
fire alarm
(wn) | fire alarm
n 1: a shout or bell to warn that fire has broken out
2: an alarm that is tripped off by fire or smoke [syn: {fire
alarm}, smoke alarm] |
smoke alarm
(wn) | smoke alarm
n 1: an alarm that is tripped off by fire or smoke [syn: {fire
alarm}, smoke alarm] |
unalarming
(wn) | unalarming
adj 1: not alarming; assuaging alarm [ant: alarming] |
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