| slovo | definícia |
ruin
(mass) | ruin
- troska, zrúcanina, ruina, znížiť, zruinovať |
ruin
(encz) | ruin,rozbořit v: Zdeněk Brož |
ruin
(encz) | ruin,ruina n: luno |
ruin
(encz) | ruin,troska n: Zdeněk Brož |
ruin
(encz) | ruin,zničit v: Zdeněk Brož |
ruin
(encz) | ruin,zruinovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
ruin
(encz) | ruin,zřícenina n: Zdeněk Brož |
Ruin
(gcide) | Ruin \Ru"in\, n. [OE. ruine, F. ruine, fr. L. ruina, fr. ruere,
rutum, to fall with violence, to rush or tumble down.]
1. The act of falling or tumbling down; fall. [Obs.] "His
ruin startled the other steeds." --Chapman.
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2. Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely
defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction;
overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of
a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or
hopes. "Ruin seize thee, ruthless king!" --Gray.
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3. That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury
or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the
plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or
desolate house, fortress, city, or the like.
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The Veian and the Gabian towers shall fall,
And one promiscuous ruin cover all;
Nor, after length of years, a stone betray
The place where once the very ruins lay. --Addison.
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The labor of a day will not build up a virtuous
habit on the ruins of an old and vicious character.
--Buckminster.
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4. The state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or
worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin.
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5. That which promotes injury, decay, or destruction.
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The errors of young men are the ruin of business.
--Bacon.
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Syn: Destruction; downfall; perdition; fall; overthrow;
subversion; defeat; bane; pest; mischief.
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Ruin
(gcide) | Ruin \Ru"in\, v. i.
To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or
dilapidated; to perish. [R.]
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Though he his house of polished marble build,
Yet shall it ruin like the moth's frail cell. --Sandys.
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If we are idle, and disturb the industrious in their
business, we shall ruin the faster. --Locke.
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Ruin
(gcide) | Ruin \Ru"in\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruined;p. pr. & vb. n.
Ruining.] [Cf. F. ruiner, LL. ruinare. See Ruin, n.]
To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to
make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty
or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to
overthrow.
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this mortal house I'll ruin. --Shak.
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By thee raised, I ruin all my foes. --Milton.
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The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us.
--Franklin.
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By the fireside there are old men seated,
Seeling ruined cities in the ashes. --Longfellow.
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ruin
(wn) | ruin
n 1: an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you
have brought ruin on this entire family" [syn: ruin,
ruination]
2: a ruined building; "they explored several Roman ruins"
3: the process of becoming dilapidated [syn: dilapidation,
ruin]
4: an event that results in destruction [syn: ruin,
ruination]
5: failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
[syn: downfall, ruin, ruination]
6: destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or
ruined [syn: laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination,
wrecking]
v 1: destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my
car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her
make-up" [syn: destroy, ruin]
2: destroy or cause to fail; "This behavior will ruin your
chances of winning the election"
3: reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going
to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed
him" [syn: bankrupt, ruin, break, smash]
4: reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war"
5: deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several
young girls in the village" [syn: deflower, ruin]
6: fall into ruin |
ruin
(devil) | RUIN, v. To destroy. Specifically, to destroy a maid's belief in the
virtue of maids.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
bruin
(mass) | bruin
- medveď |
ruination
(mass) | ruination
- zničenie |
ruina
(msas) | ruina
- ruin |
zruinovať
(msas) | zruinovať
- ruin, undo |
ruina
(msasasci) | ruina
- ruin |
zruinovat
(msasasci) | zruinovat
- ruin, undo |
accruing
(encz) | accruing,časové rozlišení Pavel Cvrček |
bruin
(encz) | bruin,méďa n: sladybruin,medvěd n: sladybruin,míša n: slady |
construing
(encz) | construing, |
mutually ruinous
(encz) | mutually ruinous, adj: |
ruination
(encz) | ruination,zničení n: Zdeněk Brožruination,ztroskotání n: Zdeněk Brož |
ruined
(encz) | ruined,rozbořený adj: Zdeněk Brožruined,rozpadlý adj: Zdeněk Brožruined,zničený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ruiner
(encz) | ruiner, n: |
ruining
(encz) | ruining,ruinující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ruinous
(encz) | ruinous,rujnující adj: Zdeněk Brožruinous,zhoubný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ruinously
(encz) | ruinously,ničivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
ruins
(encz) | ruins,rozvaliny n: pl. Zdeněk Brožruins,ruinuje v: Zdeněk Brožruins,ruiny n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
truing
(encz) | truing, |
ruina
(czen) | ruina,basket casen: [hovor.] tataruina,ruinn: luno |
ruinuje
(czen) | ruinuje,ruinsv: Zdeněk Brož |
ruinující
(czen) | ruinující,ruiningadj: Zdeněk Brož |
ruiny
(czen) | ruiny,ruinsn: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
zruinoval
(czen) | zruinoval,dilapidatedv: Zdeněk Brož |
zruinovaný
(czen) | zruinovaný,down and out[fráz.] adj: Pino |
zruinovat
(czen) | zruinovat,bankruptv: Zdeněk Brožzruinovat,dilapidatev: Zdeněk Brožzruinovat,ruinv: Zdeněk Brož |
zruinuje tě
(czen) | zruinuje tě,cook your goose Zdeněk Brož |
Accruing
(gcide) | Accrue \Ac*crue"\ ([a^]k*kr[udd]"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Accrued; p. pr. & vb. n. Accruing.] [See Accrue, n.,
and cf. Accresce, Accrete.]
1. To increase; to augment.
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And though power failed, her courage did accrue.
--Spenser.
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2. To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a
growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or
damage, especially as the produce of money lent. "Interest
accrues to principal." --Abbott.
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The great and essential advantages accruing to
society from the freedom of the press. --Junius.
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Arctomys pruinosus
(gcide) | Whistler \Whis"tler\, n. [AS. hwistlere.]
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1. One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a
whistling sound.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) The ring ousel.
(b) The widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The golden-eye.
(d) The golden plover and the gray plover.
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3. (Zool.) The hoary, or northern, marmot ({Arctomys
pruinosus}).
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4. (Zool.) The whistlefish.
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blasted desolate desolated devastated ravaged ruined wasted
(gcide) | destroyed \destroyed\ adj.
1. p. p. of destroy. [Narrower terms: {annihilated,
exterminated, wiped out(predicate)}; {blasted, desolate,
desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted};
blighted, spoilt; {blotted out, obliterate,
obliterated}; demolished, dismantled, razed; {done
for(predicate), kaput(predicate), gone(prenominal), lost,
finished(predicate)}; extinguished; {ruined, wiped
out(predicate), impoverished}; totaled, wrecked;
war-torn, war-worn; {despoiled, pillaged, raped,
ravaged, sacked}] Also See: damaged. Antonym:
preserved
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2. destroyed physically or morally.
Syn: ruined.
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Blue ruin
(gcide) | Blue \Blue\ (bl[=u]), a. [Compar. Bluer (bl[=u]"[~e]r);
superl. Bluest.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, livid, black,
fr. Icel.bl[=a]r livid; akin to Dan. blaa blue, Sw. bl[*a],
D. blauw, OHG. bl[=a]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F.
bleu, from OHG. bl[=a]o.]
1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,
whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue
as a sapphire; blue violets. "The blue firmament."
--Milton.
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2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence,
of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence
of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air
was blue with oaths.
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3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
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4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,
thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]
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5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour
religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;
inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality;
as, blue laws.
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6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of
bluestocking. [Colloq.]
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The ladies were very blue and well informed.
--Thackeray.
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Blue asbestus. See Crocidolite.
Blue black, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost
black.
Blue blood. See under Blood.
Blue buck (Zool.), a small South African antelope
(Cephalophus pygm[ae]us); also applied to a larger
species ([AE]goceras leucoph[ae]us); the blaubok.
Blue cod (Zool.), the buffalo cod.
Blue crab (Zool.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic
coast of the United States (Callinectes hastatus).
Blue curls (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema
dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also
bastard pennyroyal.
Blue devils, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons
suffering with delirium tremens; hence, very low
spirits. "Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils,
or lay them all in a red sea of claret?" --Thackeray.
Blue gage. See under Gage, a plum.
Blue gum, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus
globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in
tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as
a protection against malaria. The essential oil is
beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very
useful. See Eucalyptus.
Blue jack, Blue stone, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
Blue jacket, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval
uniform.
Blue jaundice. See under Jaundice.
Blue laws, a name first used in the eighteenth century to
describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor
reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any
puritanical laws. [U. S.]
Blue light, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue
flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at
sea, and in military operations.
Blue mantle (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the
English college of arms; -- so called from the color of
his official robes.
Blue mass, a preparation of mercury from which is formed
the blue pill. --McElrath.
Blue mold or Blue mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus
glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.
Blue Monday,
(a) a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself
given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).
(b) a Monday considered as depressing because it is a
workday in contrast to the relaxation of the weekend.
Blue ointment (Med.), mercurial ointment.
Blue Peter (British Marine), a blue flag with a white
square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to
recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater,
one of the British signal flags.
Blue pill. (Med.)
(a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.
(b) Blue mass.
Blue ribbon.
(a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter;
-- hence, a member of that order.
(b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great
ambition; a distinction; a prize. "These
[scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the college."
--Farrar.
(c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total
abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon
Army.
Blue ruin, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.
Blue spar (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See Lazulite.
Blue thrush (Zool.), a European and Asiatic thrush
(Petrocossyphus cyaneas).
Blue verditer. See Verditer.
Blue vitriol (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue
crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico
printing, etc.
Blue water, the open ocean.
Big Blue, the International Business Machines corporation.
[Wall Street slang.] PJC
To look blue, to look disheartened or dejected.
True blue, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;
not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising
Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the
Covenanters.
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For his religion . . .
'T was Presbyterian, true blue. --Hudibras.
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bruin
(gcide) | bruin \bru"in\, n. [D. bruin brown. In the epic poem of "Reynard
the Fox" the bear is so called from his color. See Brown,
a.]
A bear; -- so called in popular tales and fables.
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Cicada pruinosa
(gcide) | Dog day \Dog" day`\ or Dogday \Dog"day`\
One of the dog days.
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Dogday cicada (Zool.), a large American cicada ({Cicada
pruinosa}), which trills loudly in midsummer.
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Construing
(gcide) | Construe \Con*strue\ (?; Archaic ?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Construed; p. pr. & vb. n. Construing.] [L. construere:
cf. F. construire. See Construct.]
1. To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so
as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection
of, or to discover the sense; to explain the construction
of; to interpret; to translate.
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2. To put a construction upon; to explain the sense or
intention of; to interpret; to understand.
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Thus we are put to construe and paraphrase our own
words to free ourselves either from the ignorance or
malice of our enemies. --Bp.
Stilingfleet.
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And to be dull was construed to be good. --Pope.
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Misconstruing
(gcide) | Misconstrue \Mis*con"strue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misconstrued;
p. pr. & vb. n. Misconstruing.]
To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously.
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Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent. --Dryden.
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Much afflicted to find his actions misconstrued.
--Addison.
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Pruinate
(gcide) | Pruinate \Pru"i*nate\, a.
Same as Pruinose.
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Pruinose
(gcide) | Pruinose \Pru"i*nose`\, a. [L. pruinosus, fr. pruina hoarfrost.]
Frosty; covered with fine scales, hairs, dust, bloom, or the
like, so as to give the appearance of frost.
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Pruinous
(gcide) | Pruinous \Pru"i*nous\, a.
Frosty; pruinose.
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Rack and ruin
(gcide) | Rack \Rack\, n. [See Wreck.]
A wreck; destruction. [Obs., except in a few phrases.]
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Rack and ruin, destruction; utter ruin. [Colloq.]
To go to rack, to perish; to be destroyed. [Colloq.] "All
goes to rack." --Pepys.
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Ruin
(gcide) | Ruin \Ru"in\, n. [OE. ruine, F. ruine, fr. L. ruina, fr. ruere,
rutum, to fall with violence, to rush or tumble down.]
1. The act of falling or tumbling down; fall. [Obs.] "His
ruin startled the other steeds." --Chapman.
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2. Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely
defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction;
overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of
a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or
hopes. "Ruin seize thee, ruthless king!" --Gray.
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3. That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury
or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the
plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or
desolate house, fortress, city, or the like.
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The Veian and the Gabian towers shall fall,
And one promiscuous ruin cover all;
Nor, after length of years, a stone betray
The place where once the very ruins lay. --Addison.
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The labor of a day will not build up a virtuous
habit on the ruins of an old and vicious character.
--Buckminster.
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4. The state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or
worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin.
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5. That which promotes injury, decay, or destruction.
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The errors of young men are the ruin of business.
--Bacon.
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Syn: Destruction; downfall; perdition; fall; overthrow;
subversion; defeat; bane; pest; mischief.
[1913 Webster]Ruin \Ru"in\, v. i.
To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or
dilapidated; to perish. [R.]
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Though he his house of polished marble build,
Yet shall it ruin like the moth's frail cell. --Sandys.
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If we are idle, and disturb the industrious in their
business, we shall ruin the faster. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]Ruin \Ru"in\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruined;p. pr. & vb. n.
Ruining.] [Cf. F. ruiner, LL. ruinare. See Ruin, n.]
To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to
make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty
or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to
overthrow.
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this mortal house I'll ruin. --Shak.
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By thee raised, I ruin all my foes. --Milton.
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The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us.
--Franklin.
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By the fireside there are old men seated,
Seeling ruined cities in the ashes. --Longfellow.
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Ruin marble
(gcide) | Marble \Mar"ble\ (m[aum]r"b'l), n. [OE. marbel, marbre, F.
marbre, L. marmor, fr. Gr. ma`rmaros, fr. marmai`rein to
sparkle, flash. Cf. Marmoreal.]
1. A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite,
capable of being polished and used for architectural and
ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black,
being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently
beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to
other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or
verd antique marble, and less properly to polished
porphyry, granite, etc.
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Note:
Breccia marble consists of limestone fragments cemented
together.
Ruin marble, when polished, shows forms resembling ruins,
due to disseminated iron oxide.
Shell marble contains fossil shells.
Statuary marble is a pure, white, fine-grained kind,
including Parian (from Paros) and Carrara marble. If
coarsely granular it is called saccharoidal.
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2. A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art,
or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of
such works; as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the
Elgin marbles.
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3. A little ball of glass, marble, porcelain, or of some
other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or,
in the plural, a child's game played with marbles.
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Note: Marble is also much used in self-explaining compounds;
when used figuratively in compounds it commonly means,
hard, cold, destitute of compassion or feeling; as,
marble-breasted, marble-faced, marble-hearted.
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Ruinable
(gcide) | Ruinable \Ru"in*a*ble\, a.
Capable of being ruined.
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Ruinate
(gcide) | Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, v. t. [LL. ruinatus, p. p. of ruinare to
ruin. See Ruin.]
1. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty;
to ruin.
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I will not ruinate my f?ther's house. --Shak.
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Ruinating thereby the health of their bodies.
--Burton.
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2. To cause to fall; to cast down.
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On the other side they saw that perilous rock
Threatening itself on them to ruinate. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, v. i.
To fall; to tumble. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, a. [L. ruinatus, p. p.]
Involved in ruin; ruined.
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My brother Edward lives in pomp and state,
I in a mansion here all ruinate. --J. Webster.
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Ruination
(gcide) | Ruination \Ru`in*a"tion\, n. [LL. ruinatio.]
The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined.
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Ruined
(gcide) | Ruin \Ru"in\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruined;p. pr. & vb. n.
Ruining.] [Cf. F. ruiner, LL. ruinare. See Ruin, n.]
To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to
make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty
or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to
overthrow.
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this mortal house I'll ruin. --Shak.
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By thee raised, I ruin all my foes. --Milton.
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The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us.
--Franklin.
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By the fireside there are old men seated,
Seeling ruined cities in the ashes. --Longfellow.
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ruined wiped outpredicate impoverished
(gcide) | destroyed \destroyed\ adj.
1. p. p. of destroy. [Narrower terms: {annihilated,
exterminated, wiped out(predicate)}; {blasted, desolate,
desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted};
blighted, spoilt; {blotted out, obliterate,
obliterated}; demolished, dismantled, razed; {done
for(predicate), kaput(predicate), gone(prenominal), lost,
finished(predicate)}; extinguished; {ruined, wiped
out(predicate), impoverished}; totaled, wrecked;
war-torn, war-worn; {despoiled, pillaged, raped,
ravaged, sacked}] Also See: damaged. Antonym:
preserved
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2. destroyed physically or morally.
Syn: ruined.
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Ruiner
(gcide) | Ruiner \Ru"in*er\, n.
One who, or that which, ruins.
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Ruing
(gcide) | Rue \Rue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rued (r[udd]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Ruing.] [OE. rewen, reouwen, to grive, make sorry, AS.
hre['o]wan; akin to OS. hrewan, D. rouwen, OHG. hriuwan, G.
reuen, Icel. hryggr grieved, hryg[eth] sorrow. [root] 18. Cf.
Ruth.]
1. To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over.
--Chaucer.
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I wept to see, and rued it from my heart. --Chapmen.
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Thy will
Chose freely what it now so justly rues. --Milton.
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2. To cause to grieve; to afflict. [Obs.] "God wot, it rueth
me." --Chaucer.
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3. To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get
released from. [Prov. Eng.]
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Ruiniform
(gcide) | Ruiniform \Ru"in*i*form\, a. [Ruin + -form: cf. F. ruiniforme.]
Having the appearance of ruins, or of the ruins of houses; --
said of certain minerals.
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Ruining
(gcide) | Ruin \Ru"in\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruined;p. pr. & vb. n.
Ruining.] [Cf. F. ruiner, LL. ruinare. See Ruin, n.]
To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to
make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty
or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to
overthrow.
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this mortal house I'll ruin. --Shak.
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By thee raised, I ruin all my foes. --Milton.
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The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us.
--Franklin.
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By the fireside there are old men seated,
Seeling ruined cities in the ashes. --Longfellow.
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Ruinous
(gcide) | Ruinous \Ru"in*ous\, a. [L. ruinosus: cf. F. ruineux. See
Ruin.]
1. Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful;
pernicious; as, a ruinous project.
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After a night of storm so ruinous. --Milton.
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2. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an
edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
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3. Composed of, or consisting in, ruins.
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Behold, Damascus . . . shall be a ruinous heap.
--Isa. xvii.
1.
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Syn: Dilapidated; decayed; demolished; pernicious;
destructive; baneful; wasteful; mischievous.
[1913 Webster] -- Ru"in*ous*ly, adv. --
Ru"in*ous*ness, n.
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Ruinously
(gcide) | Ruinous \Ru"in*ous\, a. [L. ruinosus: cf. F. ruineux. See
Ruin.]
1. Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful;
pernicious; as, a ruinous project.
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After a night of storm so ruinous. --Milton.
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2. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an
edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
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3. Composed of, or consisting in, ruins.
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Behold, Damascus . . . shall be a ruinous heap.
--Isa. xvii.
1.
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Syn: Dilapidated; decayed; demolished; pernicious;
destructive; baneful; wasteful; mischievous.
[1913 Webster] -- Ru"in*ous*ly, adv. --
Ru"in*ous*ness, n.
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Ruinousness
(gcide) | Ruinous \Ru"in*ous\, a. [L. ruinosus: cf. F. ruineux. See
Ruin.]
1. Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful;
pernicious; as, a ruinous project.
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After a night of storm so ruinous. --Milton.
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2. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an
edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
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3. Composed of, or consisting in, ruins.
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Behold, Damascus . . . shall be a ruinous heap.
--Isa. xvii.
1.
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Syn: Dilapidated; decayed; demolished; pernicious;
destructive; baneful; wasteful; mischievous.
[1913 Webster] -- Ru"in*ous*ly, adv. --
Ru"in*ous*ness, n.
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Unruinable
(gcide) | Unruinable \Unruinable\
See ruinable. |
Unruinate
(gcide) | Unruinate \Un*ru"in*ate\, Unruinated \Un*ru"in*a`ted\, a.
Not ruined or destroyed. [Obs.] "Unruinated towers." --Bp.
Hall.
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Unruinated
(gcide) | Unruinate \Un*ru"in*ate\, Unruinated \Un*ru"in*a`ted\, a.
Not ruined or destroyed. [Obs.] "Unruinated towers." --Bp.
Hall.
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Unruined
(gcide) | Unruined \Unruined\
See ruined. |
bruin
(wn) | bruin
n 1: a conventional name for a bear used in tales following
usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'
2: large ferocious bear of Eurasia [syn: brown bear, bruin,
Ursus arctos] |
physalis pruinosa
(wn) | Physalis pruinosa
n 1: stout hairy annual of eastern North America with sweet
yellow fruits [syn: strawberry tomato, {dwarf cape
gooseberry}, Physalis pruinosa] |
ruination
(wn) | ruination
n 1: an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you
have brought ruin on this entire family" [syn: ruin,
ruination]
2: an event that results in destruction [syn: ruin,
ruination]
3: failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
[syn: downfall, ruin, ruination]
4: destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or
ruined [syn: laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination,
wrecking] |
ruined
(wn) | ruined
adj 1: destroyed physically or morally [syn: destroyed,
ruined]
2: doomed to extinction [syn: done for(p), ruined, sunk,
undone, washed-up]
3: brought to ruin; "after the revolution the aristocracy was
finished"; "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined
politically and economically" [syn: finished, ruined] |
ruiner
(wn) | ruiner
n 1: a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a
destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer";
"uprooters of gravestones" [syn: destroyer, ruiner,
undoer, waster, uprooter] |
ruining
(wn) | ruining
n 1: destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or
ruined [syn: laying waste, ruin, ruining,
ruination, wrecking] |
ruinous
(wn) | ruinous
adj 1: extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin;
"a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a
ruinous course of action" [syn: catastrophic,
ruinous]
2: causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden
violence or plague or ruin; "the blasting effects of the
intense cold on the budding fruit"; "the blasting force of
the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"; "a
ruinous war" [syn: blasting, ruinous] |
ruinously
(wn) | ruinously
adv 1: in a ruinous manner or to a ruinous degree; "ruinously
high wages" |
bruin
(foldoc) | BRUIN
Brown University Interactive Language.
A simple interactive language with PL/I-like syntax, for
IBM 360.
["Meeting the Computational Requirements of the University,
Brown University Interactive Language", R.G. Munck, Proc 24th
ACM Conf, 1969].
(1995-02-14)
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