| slovo | definícia |
ready
(mass) | ready
- pripravený |
ready
(encz) | ready,hotov Zdeněk Brož |
ready
(encz) | ready,hotovo |
ready
(encz) | ready,hotový |
ready
(encz) | ready,připravený adj: luno |
ready
(encz) | ready,udělaný (o jídle) adj: jose |
Ready
(gcide) | Ready \Read"y\, n.
Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was well
supplied with the ready. [Slang]
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Lord Strut was not flush in ready, either to go to law,
or to clear old debts. --Arbuthnot.
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Ready
(gcide) | Ready \Read"y\, v. t.
To dispose in order. [Obs.] --Heywood.
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Ready
(gcide) | Ready \Read"y\ (r[e^]d"[y^]), a. [Compar. Readier
(r[e^]d"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Readiest.] [AS. r[=ae]de; akin
to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar['a]ids fixed,
arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally,
prepared for riding. Cf. Array, 1st Curry.]
1. Prepared for what one is about to do or experience;
equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or
event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the
troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. "When
she redy was." --Chaucer.
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2. Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for
lack of being prepared or furnished. "Dinner was ready."
--Fielding.
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My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things
are ready: come unto the marriage. --Matt. xxii.
4.
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3. Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing;
free; inclined; disposed.
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I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at
Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. --Acts
xxi. 13.
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If need be, I am ready to forego
And quit. --Milton.
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4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of
any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready
apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman. "Ready
in devising expedients." --Macaulay.
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Gurth, whose temper was ready, though surly. --Sir
W. Scott.
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5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient;
near; easy. "The readiest way." --Milton.
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A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground,
The readiest weapon that his fury found. --Dryden.
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6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a
following infinitive.
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My heart is ready to crack. --Shak.
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7. (Mil.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of
arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to
execute promptly the next command, which is, aim.
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All ready, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or
prepared. "[I] am all redy at your hest." --Chaucer.
Ready money, means of immediate payment; cash. "'T is all
the ready money fate can give." --Cowley.
Ready reckoner, a book of tables for facilitating
computations, as of interest, prices, etc.
To make ready, to make preparation; to get in readiness.
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Syn: Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous;
apt; skillful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune;
fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See
Prompt.
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Ready
(gcide) | Ready \Read"y\ (r[e^]d"[y^]), adv.
In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need
no delay.
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We ourselves will go ready armed. --Num. xxxii.
17.
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ready
(wn) | ready
adj 1: completely prepared or in condition for immediate action
or use or progress; "get ready"; "she is ready to
resign"; "the bridge is ready to collapse"; "I am ready
to work"; "ready for action"; "ready for use"; "the soup
will be ready in a minute"; "ready to learn to read"
[ant: unready]
2: (of especially money) immediately available; "he seems to
have ample ready money"; "a ready source of cash"
3: mentally disposed; "he was ready to believe her"
4: made suitable and available for immediate use; "dinner is
ready"
5: apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a
quick mind"; "a ready wit" [syn: quick, ready]
n 1: poised for action; "their guns were at the ready"
v 1: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for
the guests, please" [syn: cook, fix, ready, make,
prepare]
2: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular
purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready
for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town
after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: fix, prepare, {set
up}, ready, gear up, set] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
already
(mass) | already
- už |
ovenready
(mass) | oven-ready
- polotovar |
ready for
(mass) | ready for
- pripravený na |
readymade
(mass) | ready-made
- skompletizovaný, dokončený, komerčne zhotovený |
readytowear
(mass) | ready-to-wear
- konfekčný |
already
(encz) | already,již already,už |
be ready to drop
(encz) | be ready to drop,být na padnutí (unaven) [fráz.] web |
be ready to extinguish
(encz) | be ready to extinguish,být před vymřením web |
combat-ready
(encz) | combat-ready, adj: |
eveready
(encz) | Eveready, |
get ready
(encz) | get ready,chystat se get ready,nachystat se get ready,přichystat se get ready,připravit se |
makeready
(encz) | makeready, n: |
oven-ready
(encz) | oven-ready, adj: |
oven-ready food
(encz) | oven-ready food,polotovar |
ready and waiting
(encz) | ready and waiting, adj: |
ready cash
(encz) | ready cash,hotové peníze [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačready cash,hotovost |
ready for
(encz) | ready for,připraven Zdeněk Brož |
ready money
(encz) | ready money, n: |
ready reckoner
(encz) | ready reckoner, n: |
ready room
(encz) | ready room,briefingová místnost n: Pinoready room,předletová místnost n: Pino |
ready to hand
(encz) | ready to hand, adj: |
ready-made
(encz) | ready-made,kompletně připravený Zdeněk Brožready-made,zkompletovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ready-made dishes
(encz) | ready-made dishes,hotová jídla |
ready-mix
(encz) | ready-mix, n: |
ready-to-cook food
(encz) | ready-to-cook food,polotovar |
ready-to-wear
(encz) | ready-to-wear,konfekční |
ready-to-wear clothes
(encz) | ready-to-wear clothes,konfekce |
readying
(encz) | readying, n: |
rough and ready
(encz) | rough and ready,nevypracovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožrough and ready,zběžný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
rough-and-ready
(encz) | rough-and-ready,nevypracovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
thready
(encz) | thready, |
unready
(encz) | unready,nepřipravený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
but you knew that already
(czen) | But You Knew That Already,BYKTA[zkr.] |
full up ready to burst (about hard disk drives!)
(czen) | Full Up Ready To Burst (about hard disk drives!),FURTB[zkr.] |
All ready
(gcide) | Ready \Read"y\ (r[e^]d"[y^]), a. [Compar. Readier
(r[e^]d"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Readiest.] [AS. r[=ae]de; akin
to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar['a]ids fixed,
arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally,
prepared for riding. Cf. Array, 1st Curry.]
1. Prepared for what one is about to do or experience;
equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or
event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the
troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. "When
she redy was." --Chaucer.
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2. Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for
lack of being prepared or furnished. "Dinner was ready."
--Fielding.
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My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things
are ready: come unto the marriage. --Matt. xxii.
4.
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3. Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing;
free; inclined; disposed.
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I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at
Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. --Acts
xxi. 13.
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If need be, I am ready to forego
And quit. --Milton.
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4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of
any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready
apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman. "Ready
in devising expedients." --Macaulay.
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Gurth, whose temper was ready, though surly. --Sir
W. Scott.
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5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient;
near; easy. "The readiest way." --Milton.
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A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground,
The readiest weapon that his fury found. --Dryden.
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6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a
following infinitive.
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My heart is ready to crack. --Shak.
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7. (Mil.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of
arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to
execute promptly the next command, which is, aim.
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All ready, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or
prepared. "[I] am all redy at your hest." --Chaucer.
Ready money, means of immediate payment; cash. "'T is all
the ready money fate can give." --Cowley.
Ready reckoner, a book of tables for facilitating
computations, as of interest, prices, etc.
To make ready, to make preparation; to get in readiness.
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Syn: Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous;
apt; skillful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune;
fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See
Prompt.
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Already
(gcide) | Already \Al*read"y\, adv. [All (OE. al) + ready.]
Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or
future; by this time; previously. "Joseph was in Egypt
already." --Exod. i. 5.
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I say unto you, that Elias is come already. --Matt.
xvii. 12.
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Note: It has reference to past time, but may be used for a
future past; as, when you shall arrive, the business
will be already completed, or will have been already
completed.
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Be ready
(gcide) | Stand \Stand\ (st[a^]nd), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stood
(st[oo^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Standing.] [OE. standen; AS.
standan; akin to OFries. stonda, st[=a]n, D. staan, OS.
standan, st[=a]n, OHG. stantan, st[=a]n, G. stehen, Icel.
standa, Dan. staae, Sw. st[*a], Goth. standan, Russ. stoiate,
L. stare, Gr. 'ista`nai to cause to stand, sth^nai to stand,
Skr. sth[=a]. [root]163. Cf. Assist, Constant,
Contrast, Desist, Destine, Ecstasy, Exist,
Interstice, Obstacle, Obstinate, Prest, n., Rest
remainder, Solstice, Stable, a. & n., Staff, Stage,
Stall, n., Stamen, Stanchion, Stanza, State, n.,
Statute, Stead, Steed, Stool, Stud of horses,
Substance, System.]
1. To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an
upright or firm position; as:
(a) To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly
erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel,
etc. "I pray you all, stand up!" --Shak.
(b) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree
fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its
foundation.
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It stands as it were to the ground yglued.
--Chaucer.
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The ruined wall
Stands when its wind-worn battlements are gone.
--Byron.
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2. To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be
situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.
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Wite ye not where there stands a little town?
--Chaucer.
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3. To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause;
to halt; to remain stationary.
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I charge thee, stand,
And tell thy name. --Dryden.
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The star, which they saw in the east, went before
them, till it came and stood over where the young
child was. --Matt. ii. 9.
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4. To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against
tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to
endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or
resources.
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My mind on its own center stands unmoved. --Dryden.
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5. To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or
yield; to be safe.
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Readers by whose judgment I would stand or fall.
--Spectator.
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6. To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be
fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance
or opposition. "The standing pattern of their imitation."
--South.
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The king granted the Jews . . . to gather themselves
together, and to stand for their life. --Esther
viii. 11.
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7. To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral
rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.
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We must labor so as to stand with godliness,
according to his appointment. --Latimer.
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8. To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a
particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love,
stands first in the rank of gifts.
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9. To be in some particular state; to have essence or being;
to be; to consist. "Sacrifices . . . which stood only in
meats and drinks." --Heb. ix. 10.
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Accomplish what your signs foreshow;
I stand resigned, and am prepared to go. --Dryden.
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Thou seest how it stands with me, and that I may not
tarry. --Sir W.
Scott.
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10. To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
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Doubt me not; by heaven, I will do nothing
But what may stand with honor. --Massinger.
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11. (Naut.) To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the
shore; to stand for the harbor.
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From the same parts of heaven his navy stands.
--Dryden.
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12. To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.
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He stood to be elected one of the proctors of the
university. --Walton.
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13. To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.
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Or the black water of Pomptina stands. --Dryden.
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14. To measure when erect on the feet.
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Six feet two, as I think, he stands. --Tennyson.
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15. (Law)
(a) To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to
have efficacy or validity; to abide. --Bouvier.
(b) To appear in court. --Burrill.
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16. (Card Playing) To be, or signify that one is, willing to
play with one's hand as dealt.
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Stand by (Naut.), a preparatory order, equivalent to {Be
ready}.
To stand against, to oppose; to resist.
To stand by.
(a) To be near; to be a spectator; to be present.
(b) To be aside; to be set aside with disregard. "In the
interim [we] let the commands stand by neglected."
--Dr. H. More.
(c) To maintain; to defend; to support; not to desert;
as, to stand by one's principles or party.
(d) To rest on for support; to be supported by.
--Whitgift.
(e) To remain as a spectator, and take no part in an
action; as, we can't just stand idly by while people
are being killed.
To stand corrected, to be set right, as after an error in a
statement of fact; to admit having been in error.
--Wycherley.
To stand fast, to be fixed; to be unshaken or immovable.
To stand firmly on, to be satisfied or convinced of.
"Though Page be a secure fool, and stands so firmly on his
wife's frailty." --Shak.
To stand for.
(a) To side with; to espouse the cause of; to support; to
maintain, or to profess or attempt to maintain; to
defend. "I stand wholly for you." --Shak.
(b) To be in the place of; to be the substitute or
representative of; to represent; as, a cipher at the
left hand of a figure stands for nothing. "I will not
trouble myself, whether these names stand for the
same thing, or really include one another." --Locke.
(c) To tolerate; as, I won't stand for any delay.
To stand in, to cost. "The same standeth them in much less
cost." --Robynson (More's Utopia).
The Punic wars could not have stood the human race
in less than three millions of the species. --Burke.
To stand in hand, to conduce to one's interest; to be
serviceable or advantageous.
To stand off.
(a) To keep at a distance.
(b) Not to comply.
(c) To keep at a distance in friendship, social
intercourse, or acquaintance.
(d) To appear prominent; to have relief. "Picture is best
when it standeth off, as if it were carved." --Sir H.
Wotton.
To stand off and on (Naut.), to remain near a coast by
sailing toward land and then from it.
To stand on (Naut.), to continue on the same tack or
course.
To stand out.
(a) To project; to be prominent. "Their eyes stand out
with fatness." --Psalm lxxiii. 7.
(b) To persist in opposition or resistance; not to yield
or comply; not to give way or recede.
His spirit is come in,
That so stood out against the holy church.
--Shak.
To stand to.
(a) To ply; to urge; to persevere in using. "Stand to
your tackles, mates, and stretch your oars."
--Dryden.
(b) To remain fixed in a purpose or opinion. "I will
stand to it, that this is his sense." --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
(c) To abide by; to adhere to; as to a contract,
assertion, promise, etc.; as, to stand to an award;
to stand to one's word.
(d) Not to yield; not to fly; to maintain, as one's
ground. "Their lives and fortunes were put in safety,
whether they stood to it or ran away." --Bacon.
(e) To be consistent with; to agree with; as, it stands
to reason that he could not have done so; same as
stand with, below .
(f) To support; to uphold. "Stand to me in this cause."
--Shak.
To stand together, to be consistent; to agree.
To stand to reason to be reasonable; to be expected.
To stand to sea (Naut.), to direct the course from land.
To stand under, to undergo; to withstand. --Shak.
To stand up.
(a) To rise from sitting; to be on the feet.
(b) To arise in order to speak or act. "Against whom,
when the accusers stood up, they brought none
accusation of such things as I supposed." --Acts xxv.
18.
(c) To rise and stand on end, as the hair.
(d) To put one's self in opposition; to contend. "Once we
stood up about the corn." --Shak.
To stand up for, to defend; to justify; to support, or
attempt to support; as, to stand up for the
administration.
To stand upon.
(a) To concern; to interest.
(b) To value; to esteem. "We highly esteem and stand much
upon our birth." --Ray.
(c) To insist on; to attach much importance to; as, to
stand upon security; to stand upon ceremony.
(d) To attack; to assault. [A Hebraism] "So I stood upon
him, and slew him." --2 Sam. i. 10.
To stand with, to be consistent with. "It stands with
reason that they should be rewarded liberally." --Sir J.
Davies.
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disconnected not ready off
(gcide) | off-line \off-line\ adj.
1. (Computers) Not connected; -- of computers or computer
peripherals normally connected or intended to be connected
to other computers by a communications line; as, we can't
print the document because the printer is off-line.
[Narrower terms: disconnected, not ready, off;
unconnected ] {on-line
Syn: offline, off line(predicate).
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Hence: (fig.) Outside of or after a meeting or formal
discussion; as, we can discuss the details off-line; -- a
term used at meetings and conferences to suggest
postponing detailed discussion of a topic so as not to
occupy the time of a large group most of whom may not be
interested.
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makeready
(gcide) | makeready \makeready\ n.
The final preparation and adjustments.
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Overready
(gcide) | Overready \O"ver*read"y\, a.
Too ready. -- O"ver*read"*i*ly, adv. --
O"ver*read"i*ness, n.
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Ready
(gcide) | Ready \Read"y\, n.
Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was well
supplied with the ready. [Slang]
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Lord Strut was not flush in ready, either to go to law,
or to clear old debts. --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]Ready \Read"y\, v. t.
To dispose in order. [Obs.] --Heywood.
[1913 Webster]Ready \Read"y\ (r[e^]d"[y^]), a. [Compar. Readier
(r[e^]d"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Readiest.] [AS. r[=ae]de; akin
to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar['a]ids fixed,
arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally,
prepared for riding. Cf. Array, 1st Curry.]
1. Prepared for what one is about to do or experience;
equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or
event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the
troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. "When
she redy was." --Chaucer.
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2. Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for
lack of being prepared or furnished. "Dinner was ready."
--Fielding.
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My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things
are ready: come unto the marriage. --Matt. xxii.
4.
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3. Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing;
free; inclined; disposed.
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I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at
Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. --Acts
xxi. 13.
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If need be, I am ready to forego
And quit. --Milton.
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4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of
any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready
apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman. "Ready
in devising expedients." --Macaulay.
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Gurth, whose temper was ready, though surly. --Sir
W. Scott.
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5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient;
near; easy. "The readiest way." --Milton.
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A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground,
The readiest weapon that his fury found. --Dryden.
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6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a
following infinitive.
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My heart is ready to crack. --Shak.
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7. (Mil.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of
arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to
execute promptly the next command, which is, aim.
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All ready, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or
prepared. "[I] am all redy at your hest." --Chaucer.
Ready money, means of immediate payment; cash. "'T is all
the ready money fate can give." --Cowley.
Ready reckoner, a book of tables for facilitating
computations, as of interest, prices, etc.
To make ready, to make preparation; to get in readiness.
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Syn: Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous;
apt; skillful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune;
fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See
Prompt.
[1913 Webster]Ready \Read"y\ (r[e^]d"[y^]), adv.
In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need
no delay.
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We ourselves will go ready armed. --Num. xxxii.
17.
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Ready money
(gcide) | Ready \Read"y\ (r[e^]d"[y^]), a. [Compar. Readier
(r[e^]d"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Readiest.] [AS. r[=ae]de; akin
to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar['a]ids fixed,
arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally,
prepared for riding. Cf. Array, 1st Curry.]
1. Prepared for what one is about to do or experience;
equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or
event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the
troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. "When
she redy was." --Chaucer.
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2. Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for
lack of being prepared or furnished. "Dinner was ready."
--Fielding.
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My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things
are ready: come unto the marriage. --Matt. xxii.
4.
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3. Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing;
free; inclined; disposed.
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I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at
Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. --Acts
xxi. 13.
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If need be, I am ready to forego
And quit. --Milton.
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4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of
any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready
apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman. "Ready
in devising expedients." --Macaulay.
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Gurth, whose temper was ready, though surly. --Sir
W. Scott.
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5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient;
near; easy. "The readiest way." --Milton.
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A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground,
The readiest weapon that his fury found. --Dryden.
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6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a
following infinitive.
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My heart is ready to crack. --Shak.
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7. (Mil.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of
arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to
execute promptly the next command, which is, aim.
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All ready, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or
prepared. "[I] am all redy at your hest." --Chaucer.
Ready money, means of immediate payment; cash. "'T is all
the ready money fate can give." --Cowley.
Ready reckoner, a book of tables for facilitating
computations, as of interest, prices, etc.
To make ready, to make preparation; to get in readiness.
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Syn: Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous;
apt; skillful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune;
fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See
Prompt.
[1913 Webster]Money \Mon"ey\, n.; pl. Moneys. [OE. moneie, OF. moneie, F.
monnaie, fr. L. moneta. See Mint place where coin is made,
Mind, and cf. Moidore, Monetary.]
1. A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined,
or stamped, and issued by the sovereign authority as a
medium of exchange in financial transactions between
citizens and with government; also, any number of such
pieces; coin.
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To prevent such abuses, . . . it has been found
necessary . . . to affix a public stamp upon certain
quantities of such particular metals, as were in
those countries commonly made use of to purchase
goods. Hence the origin of coined money, and of
those public offices called mints. --A. Smith.
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2. Any written or stamped promise, certificate, or order, as
a government note, a bank note, a certificate of deposit,
etc., which is payable in standard coined money and is
lawfully current in lieu of it; in a comprehensive sense,
any currency usually and lawfully employed in buying and
selling.
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3. Any article used as a medium of payment in financial
transactions, such as checks drawn on checking accounts.
[PJC]
4. (Economics) Any form of wealth which affects a person's
propensity to spend, such as checking accounts or time
deposits in banks, credit accounts, letters of credit,
etc. Various aggregates of money in different forms are
given different names, such as M-1, the total sum of all
currency in circulation plus all money in demand deposit
accounts (checking accounts).
[PJC]
Note: Whatever, among barbarous nations, is used as a medium
of effecting exchanges of property, and in the terms of
which values are reckoned, as sheep, wampum, copper
rings, quills of salt or of gold dust, shovel blades,
etc., is, in common language, called their money.
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4. In general, wealth; property; as, he has much money in
land, or in stocks; to make, or lose, money.
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The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
--1 Tim vi. 10
(Rev. Ver. ).
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Money bill (Legislation), a bill for raising revenue.
Money broker, a broker who deals in different kinds of
money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; -- called
also money changer.
Money cowrie (Zool.), any one of several species of
Cypraea (esp. Cypraea moneta) formerly much used as
money by savage tribes. See Cowrie.
Money of account, a denomination of value used in keeping
accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an
equivalent coin; e. g., the mill is a money of account in
the United States, but not a coin.
Money order,
(a) an order for the payment of money; specifically, a
government order for the payment of money, issued at
one post office as payable at another; -- called also
postal money order.
(b) a similar order issued by a bank or other financial
institution.
Money scrivener, a person who procures the loan of money to
others. [Eng.]
Money spider, Money spinner (Zool.), a small spider; --
so called as being popularly supposed to indicate that the
person upon whom it crawls will be fortunate in money
matters.
Money's worth, a fair or full equivalent for the money
which is paid.
A piece of money, a single coin.
Ready money, money held ready for payment, or actually
paid, at the time of a transaction; cash.
plastic money, credit cards, usually made out of plastic;
also called plastic; as, put it on the plastic.
To make money, to gain or acquire money or property; to
make a profit in dealings.
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Ready reckoner
(gcide) | Ready \Read"y\ (r[e^]d"[y^]), a. [Compar. Readier
(r[e^]d"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Readiest.] [AS. r[=ae]de; akin
to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar['a]ids fixed,
arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally,
prepared for riding. Cf. Array, 1st Curry.]
1. Prepared for what one is about to do or experience;
equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or
event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the
troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. "When
she redy was." --Chaucer.
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2. Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for
lack of being prepared or furnished. "Dinner was ready."
--Fielding.
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My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things
are ready: come unto the marriage. --Matt. xxii.
4.
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3. Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing;
free; inclined; disposed.
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I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at
Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. --Acts
xxi. 13.
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If need be, I am ready to forego
And quit. --Milton.
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4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of
any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready
apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman. "Ready
in devising expedients." --Macaulay.
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Gurth, whose temper was ready, though surly. --Sir
W. Scott.
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5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient;
near; easy. "The readiest way." --Milton.
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A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground,
The readiest weapon that his fury found. --Dryden.
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6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a
following infinitive.
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My heart is ready to crack. --Shak.
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7. (Mil.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of
arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to
execute promptly the next command, which is, aim.
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All ready, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or
prepared. "[I] am all redy at your hest." --Chaucer.
Ready money, means of immediate payment; cash. "'T is all
the ready money fate can give." --Cowley.
Ready reckoner, a book of tables for facilitating
computations, as of interest, prices, etc.
To make ready, to make preparation; to get in readiness.
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Syn: Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous;
apt; skillful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune;
fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See
Prompt.
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Ready-made
(gcide) | Ready-made \Read"y-made`\ (r[e^]d"[y^]-m[=a]d`), a.
Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not
made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.
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Ready-witted
(gcide) | Ready-witted \Read"y-wit`ted\ (r[e^]d"[y^]-w[i^]t`t[e^]d), a.
Having ready wit.
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Rough and ready
(gcide) | Rough \Rough\, a. [Compar. Rougher; superl. Roughest.] [OE.
rou?, rou, row, rugh, ruh, AS. r?h; akin to LG. rug, D. rug,
D. ruig, ruw, OHG. r?h, G. rauh, rauch; cf. Lith. raukas
wrinkle, rukti to wrinkle. [root] 18. Cf. Rug, n.]
1. Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the
surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough
stone; rough cloth. Specifically:
(a) Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of
a piece of land, or of a road. "Rough, uneven ways."
--Shak.
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(b) Not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough
diamond.
(c) Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or
other piece of water.
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More unequal than the roughest sea. --T. Burnet.
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(d) Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; --
said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough
coat. "A visage rough." --Dryden. "Roughsatyrs."
--Milton.
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2. Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or
polish. Specifically:
(a) Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a
rough temper.
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A fiend, a fury, pitiless and rough. --Shak.
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A surly boatman, rough as wayes or winds.
--Prior.
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(b) Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough
measures or actions.
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On the rough edge of battle. --Milton.
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A quicker and rougher remedy. --Clarendon.
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Kind words prevent a good deal of that
perverseness which rough and imperious usage
often produces. --Locke.
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(c) Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating;
-- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough
tone; rough numbers. --Pope.
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(d) Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine.
(e) Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a
rough day.
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He stayeth his rough wind. --Isa. xxvii.
8.
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Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
--Shak.
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(f) Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish;
incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught.
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Rough diamond, an uncut diamond; hence, colloquially, a
person of intrinsic worth under a rude exterior.
Rough and ready.
(a) Acting with offhand promptness and efficiency. "The
rough and ready understanding." --Lowell.
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(b) Produced offhand. "Some rough and ready theory."
--Tylor.
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Thready
(gcide) | Thready \Thread"y\, a.
1. Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots
of a shrub.
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2. Containing, or consisting of, thread.
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To make ready
(gcide) | Ready \Read"y\ (r[e^]d"[y^]), a. [Compar. Readier
(r[e^]d"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Readiest.] [AS. r[=ae]de; akin
to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar['a]ids fixed,
arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally,
prepared for riding. Cf. Array, 1st Curry.]
1. Prepared for what one is about to do or experience;
equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or
event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the
troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. "When
she redy was." --Chaucer.
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2. Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for
lack of being prepared or furnished. "Dinner was ready."
--Fielding.
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My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things
are ready: come unto the marriage. --Matt. xxii.
4.
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3. Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing;
free; inclined; disposed.
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I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at
Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. --Acts
xxi. 13.
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If need be, I am ready to forego
And quit. --Milton.
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4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of
any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready
apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman. "Ready
in devising expedients." --Macaulay.
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Gurth, whose temper was ready, though surly. --Sir
W. Scott.
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5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient;
near; easy. "The readiest way." --Milton.
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A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground,
The readiest weapon that his fury found. --Dryden.
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6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a
following infinitive.
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My heart is ready to crack. --Shak.
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7. (Mil.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of
arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to
execute promptly the next command, which is, aim.
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All ready, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or
prepared. "[I] am all redy at your hest." --Chaucer.
Ready money, means of immediate payment; cash. "'T is all
the ready money fate can give." --Cowley.
Ready reckoner, a book of tables for facilitating
computations, as of interest, prices, etc.
To make ready, to make preparation; to get in readiness.
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Syn: Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous;
apt; skillful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune;
fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See
Prompt.
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Unready
(gcide) | Unready \Un*read"y\, a.
1. Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy.
--Dryden.
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Nor need the unready virgin strike her breast.
--Keble.
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2. Not dressed; undressed. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Unready \Un*read"y\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + ready.]
To undress. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
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already
(wn) | already
adv 1: prior to a specified or implied time; "she has already
graduated" |
at the ready
(wn) | at the ready
adj 1: ready for immediate use; "soldiers with guns at the
ready"; "students with pens and notebooks at the ready" |
combat-ready
(wn) | combat-ready
adj 1: engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on
active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the
fighting forces" [syn: active, combat-ready,
fighting(a)] |
ethelred the unready
(wn) | Ethelred the Unready
n 1: king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his
half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled
unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016) [syn:
Ethelred, Ethelred II, Ethelred the Unready] |
makeready
(wn) | makeready
n 1: final preparation and adjustments |
oven-ready
(wn) | oven-ready
adj 1: prepared before sale and ready to be cooked |
ready and waiting
(wn) | ready and waiting
adj 1: being and remaining ready and available for use; "waiting
cars and limousines lined the curb"; "found her mother
waiting for them"; "an impressive array of food ready and
waiting for the guests"; "military forces ready and
waiting" [syn: waiting, ready and waiting(p)] |
ready cash
(wn) | ready cash
n 1: money in the form of cash that is readily available; "his
wife was always a good source of ready cash"; "he paid cold
cash for the TV set" [syn: ready cash, cold cash,
ready money] |
ready money
(wn) | ready money
n 1: money in the form of cash that is readily available; "his
wife was always a good source of ready cash"; "he paid cold
cash for the TV set" [syn: ready cash, cold cash,
ready money] |
ready reckoner
(wn) | ready reckoner
n 1: a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation [syn:
reckoner, ready reckoner] |
ready to hand
(wn) | ready to hand
adj 1: easy to reach; "found a handy spot for the can opener"
[syn: handy, ready to hand(p)] |
ready-cooked
(wn) | ready-cooked
adj 1: cooked in such a way as to be ready for sale |
ready-made
(wn) | ready-made
adj 1: made for purchase and immediate use [ant: custom,
custom-made]
2: repeated regularly without thought or originality; "ready-
made phrases" [syn: cliched, ready-made]
3: commercially produced; not homemade; "ready-made clothes"
n 1: a manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of
furniture) that is made in advance and available for
purchase; "their apartment was furnished with ready-mades"
[ant: custom-built, custom-made] |
ready-mix
(wn) | ready-mix
n 1: a commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients
for a dish |
ready-to-eat
(wn) | ready-to-eat
adj 1: food products that are prepared in advance and can be
eaten as sold |
ready-to-wear
(wn) | ready-to-wear
adj 1: (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and
available from merchandise in stock; "a ready-made
jacket"; "ready-to-wear clothes" [syn: off-the-rack,
off-the-shelf, off-the-peg, ready-to-wear]
n 1: ready-made clothing; "she couldn't find anything in ready-
to-wear that she liked" |
readying
(wn) | readying
n 1: the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of
some act or purpose; "preparations for the ceremony had
begun" [syn: preparation, readying] |
rough-and-ready
(wn) | rough-and-ready
adj 1: crude but effective for the purpose at hand |
thready
(wn) | thready
adj 1: forming viscous or glutinous threads [syn: ropy,
ropey, stringy, thready]
2: thin in diameter; resembling a thread [syn: filamentous,
filiform, filamentlike, threadlike, thready] |
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