1.  fort(n = noun.artifact) garrison - a fortified military post where troops are stationed;
is a kind of military post, post
has particulars: fort george g. meade, fort george gordon meade, fort meade
Derived forms verb fort₃, verb fort₁, verb fortify₃, verb fortify₂

2.  fort(n = noun.artifact) fortress - a fortified defensive structure;
is a kind of defence, defense, defensive structure
has parts: battlement, crenelation, crenellation
has particulars: alcazar, martello tower, presidio, sconce, alhambra, bastille, tower of london, machu picchu
Derived forms verb fort₃, verb fort₂, verb fort₁, verb fortify₂

1.  fort(v = verb.motion) fort up - gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense;
is one way to assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet
Derived forms noun fort₂, noun fort₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP

2.  fort(v = verb.contact) fortify - enclose by or as if by a fortification;
is one way to close in, enclose, inclose, shut in
Derived form noun fort₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

3.  fort(v = verb.competition) - station (troops) in a fort;
is one way to place, post, send, station
Derived forms noun fort₂, noun fort₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

   A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification. [1913 Webster]
"Detached works, depending solely on their own strength, belong to the class of works termed forts." [1913 Webster]

fort, n.
1 a fortified building or position.
2 hist. a trading-station, orig. fortified.

Etymology:
F fort or It. forte f. L fortis strong

N  refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness, acropolis, keep, last resort, ward, prison, asylum, ark, home, refuge for the destitute, almshouse, hiding place, sanctum sanctorum, roadstead, anchorage, breakwater, mole, port, haven, harbor, harbor of refuge, seaport, pier, jetty, embankment, quay, covert, cover, shelter, screen, lee wall, wing, shield, umbrella, barrier, dashboard, dasher, wall, fort, anchor, kedge, grapnel, grappling iron, sheet anchor, killick, mainstay, support, cheek, ballast, jury mast, vent-peg, safety valve, blow-off valve, safety lamp, lightning rod, lightning conductor, safety belt, airbag, seat belt, antilock brakes, antiskid tires, snow tires, means of escape, lifeboat, lifejacket, life buoy, swimming belt, cork jacket, parachute, plank, steppingstone, emergency landing, safeguard, any port in a storm, bibere venenum in auro, valet anchora virtus.

N  defense, protection, guard, ward, shielding, propugnation, preservation, guardianship, area defense, site defense, self-defense, self-preservation, resistance, safeguard, balistraria, bunker, screen, camouflage, fortification, munition, muniment, trench, foxhole, bulwark, fosse, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment, kila, dike, dyke, parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment, earth work, field- work, fence, wall dead wall, contravallation, paling, palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado, laager, sangar, barrier, barricade, boom, portcullis, chevaux de frise, abatis, abattis, abbatis, vallum, circumvallation, battlement, rampart, scarp, escarp, counter-scarp, glacis, casemate, vallation, vanfos, buttress, abutment, shore, breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet, bastion, redan, ravelin, vauntmure, advance work, horn work, outwork, barbacan, barbican, redoubt, fort-elage, fort-alice, lines, loophole, machicolation, sally port, hold, stronghold, fastness, asylum, keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle, tower of strength, tower of strength, fort, barracoon, pah, sconce, martello tower, peelhouse, blockhouse, rath, wooden walls, bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum, cuirass, habergeon, mail, coat of mail, brigandine, hauberk, lorication, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade, heaume, morion, murrion, armet, cabaset, vizor, casquetel, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace, shako, bearskin, panoply, truncheon, garrison, picket, piquet, defender, protector, guardian, bodyguard, champion, knight-errant, Paladin, propugner, bulletproof window, hardened site, defending, defensive, mural, armed, armed at all points, armed cap-a-pie, armed to the teeth, panoplied, iron-plated, ironclad, loopholed, castellated, machicolated, casemated, defended, proof against, armored, ballproof, bulletproof, hardened, defensively, on the defense, on the defensive, in defense, at bay, pro aris et focis, Int, no surrender!, defense not defiance, Dieu defend le droit, fidei defensor, defender of the faith.

fort george g. meade, fort george gordon meade, fort knox, fort lauderdale, fort meade, fort myers, fort smith, fort ticonderoga, fort up, fort wayne, fort worth

1.  george(n = noun.person) saint george, st. george - Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303);
is a kind of martyr, patron saint

2.  george(n = noun.person) george vi - King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1936 to 1947; he succeeded Edward VIII (1895-1952);
is a kind of king of england, king of great britain
is a member of house of windsor, windsor

3.  george(n = noun.person) george v - King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1910 to 1936; gave up his German title in 1917 during World War I (1865-1936);
is a kind of king of england, king of great britain
is a member of saxe-coburg-gotha, house of windsor, windsor

4.  george(n = noun.person) george iv - King of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 1820 to 1830; his attempt to divorce his estranged wife undermined the prestige of the Crown (1762-1830);
is a kind of king of england, king of great britain
is a member of hanover, hanoverian line, house of hanover
Derived form adjective georgian₄

5.  george(n = noun.person) george iii - King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820; the American colonies were lost during his reign; he became insane in 1811 and his son (later George IV) acted as regent until 1820 (1738-1820);
is a kind of king of england, king of great britain
is a member of hanover, hanoverian line, house of hanover
Derived form adjective georgian₄

6.  george(n = noun.person) george ii - King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover from 1727 to 1760 (1683-1760);
is a kind of king of england, king of great britain
is a member of hanover, hanoverian line, house of hanover
Derived form adjective georgian₄

7.  george(n = noun.person) george i - Elector of Hanover and the first Hanoverian King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727 (1660-1727);
is a kind of king of england, king of great britain
is a member of hanover, hanoverian line, house of hanover
Derived form adjective georgian₄

1.  A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter. [1913 Webster]

2.  A kind of brown loaf. Dryden. [1913 Webster]

3.  Any coin having an image of Saint George. [PJC]

george, n. Brit. sl. the automatic pilot of an aircraft.

Etymology:
the name George

agnes george de mille, barthold george niebuhr, edward george earle bulwer-lytton, fort george g. meade, fort george gordon meade, george armstrong custer, george balanchine, george beadle, george berkeley, george bernard shaw, george boole, george bryan brummell, george burns, george bush, george c. scott, george catlett marshall, george charles hevesy de hevesy, george dewey, george dibdin pitt, george dibdin-pitt, george du maurier, george eastman, george edward moore, george edward pickett, george eliot, george ellery hale, george enescu, george fox, george frederick handel, george frideric handel, george gamow, george gershwin, george gilbert aime murphy, george gordon meade, george guess, george h.w. bush, george harrison, george herbert hitchings, george herbert mead, george herbert walker bush, george herman ruth, george hubert wilkins, george huntington, george i, george ii, george iii, george iv, george louis palmella busson du maurier, george lucas, george m. cohan, george macaulay trevelyan, george marshall, george mason, george meany, george meredith, george michael cohan, george noble, george orson welles, george orwell, george otto trevelyan, george paget thomson, george percy aldridge grainger, george pitt, george s. kaufman, george sand, george segal, george simon kaufman, george stephenson, george stevens, george szell, george town, george v, george vancouver, george vi, george w. bush, george walker bush, george washington, george washington bridge, george washington carver, george washington goethals, george wells beadle, george westinghouse, george william russell, herbert george wells, hyman george rickover, james george frazer, lawrence george durrell, lord george gordon byron, president george w. bush, rodney george laver, ronald george wreyford norrish, saint george, sir george otto trevelyan, sir george paget thomson, sir harold george nicolson, sir james george frazer, st. george, tobias george smollett

1.  g(n = noun.quantity) gm, gram, gramme - a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram;
is a kind of metric weight unit, weight unit
is a part of dag, decagram, dekagram, dkg
has parts: obolus, carat

2.  g(n = noun.substance) guanine - a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine;
is a kind of purine

3.  g(n = noun.substance) deoxyguanosine monophosphate - one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose);
is a kind of base, nucleotide

4.  g(n = noun.quantity) 1000, chiliad, grand, k, m, one thousand, thou, thousand, yard - the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100;
is a kind of large integer
has particulars: millenary

5.  g(n = noun.quantity) g-force, gee - a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated;
is a kind of force unit

6.  g(n = noun.quantity) gb, gigabyte - a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes;
is a kind of computer memory unit
is a part of tb, terabyte
has parts: m, mb, megabyte

7.  g(n = noun.quantity) gb, gib, gibibyte, gigabyte - a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes;
is a kind of computer memory unit
is a part of tb, tebibyte, terabyte, tib
has parts: m, mb, mebibyte, megabyte, mib

8.  g(n = noun.quantity) constant of gravitation, gravitational constant, universal gravitational constant - (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation;
is a kind of constant
is a part of law of gravitation, newton's law of gravitation

9.  g(n = noun.communication) - the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet;
is a kind of alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet
is a member of latin alphabet, roman alphabet

1.  G is the seventh letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It has two sounds; one simple, as in gave, go, gull; the other compound (like that of j), as in gem, gin, dingy. See Guide to Pronunciation, 1913 Webster]
"The form of G is from the Latin, in the alphabet which it first appeared as a modified form of C. The name is also from the Latin, and probably comes to us through the French. Etymologically it is most closely related to a c hard, k y, and w; as in corn, grain, kernel; kin L. genus, Gr. garden, yard; drag, draw; also to ch and h; as in get, prehensile; guest, host (an army); gall, choler; gust, choose. See C." [1913 Webster]

2.  G is the name of the fifth tone of the natural or model scale; -- called also sol by the Italians and French. It was also originally used as the treble clef, and has gradually changed into the character represented in the margin. See Clef. G1913 Webster]

g, n. (also g) (pl. Gs or G's)
1 the seventh letter of the alphabet.
2 Mus. the fifth note in the diatonic scale of C major.

g, abbr. (also G.)
1 gauss.
2 giga-.
3 gravitational constant.
4 US sl. = GRAND n. 2.

g, abbr. (also g.)
1 gelding.
2 gram(s).
3 a gravity. b acceleration due to gravity.

N  speciality, specialite, individuality, individuity, particularity, peculiarity, idiocrasy, personality, characteristic, mannerism, idiosyncrasy, specificness, singularity, reading, version, lection, state, trait, distinctive feature, technicality, differentia, particulars, details, items, counts, minutiae, I, self, I myself, myself, himself, herself, itself, special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic, diagnostic, exclusive, singular, idiomatic, idiotypical, typical, this, that, yon, yonder, specially, especially, particularly, in particular, in propria persona, ad hominem, for my part, each, apiece, one by one, one at a time, severally, respectively, each to each, seriatim, in detail, in great detail, in excruciating detail, in mind-numbing detail, bit by bit, pro hac vice, pro re nata, namely, that is to say, for example, id est, exemplia gratia, e, g, i, e, videlicet, viz, to wit, le style est l'homme meme.

N  conformity, conformance, observance, habituation, naturalization, conventionality, agreement, example, instance, specimen, sample, quotation, exemplification, illustration, case in point, object lesson, elucidation, standard, model, pattern, rule, nature, principle, law, order of things, normal state, natural state, ordinary state, model state, normal condition, natural condition, ordinary condition, model condition, standing dish, standing order, Procrustean law, law of the Medes and Persians, hard and fast rule, conformable to rule, regular, according to regulation, according to rule, according to Hoyle, according to Cocker, according to Gunter, en regle, selon les regles, well regulated, orderly, symmetric, conventional, of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence, in the natural order of things, ordinary, common, habitual, usual, everyday, workaday, in the order of the day, naturalized, typical, normal, nominal, formal, canonical, orthodox, sound, strict, rigid, positive, uncompromising, Procrustean, secundum artem, shipshape, technical, exempIe, illustrative, in point, conformably, by rule, agreeably to, in conformity with, in accordance with, in keeping with, according to, consistently with, as usual, ad instar, instar omnium, more solito, more-majorum, for the sake of conformity, as a matter of course, of course, pro forma, for form's sake, by the card, invariably, for example, exempli gratia, e, g, inter alia, among other things, for instance, cela va sans dire, ex pede Herculem, noscitur a sociis, ne e quovis ligno Mercurius fiat, they are happy men whose natures sort with their v, The nail that sticks up hammered down, Tall poppy syndrome, Stick your neck out and it may get cut off.

g clef, g man, g suit, g suit g-suit, immunoglobulin g, letter g, penicillin g, vitamin g

1.  meade(n = noun.person) james edward meade - English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (1907-1995);
is a kind of economic expert, economist

2.  meade(n = noun.person) george gordon meade - United States general in charge of the Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg (1815-1872);
is a kind of full general, general

N  sweetness, dulcitude, sugar, syrup, treacle, molasses, honey, manna, confection, confectionary, sweets, grocery, conserve, preserve, confiture, jam, julep, sugar-candy, sugar-plum, licorice, marmalade, plum, lollipop, bonbon, jujube, comfit, sweetmeat, apple butter, caramel, damson, glucose, maple sirup, maple syrup, maple sugar, mithai, sorghum, taffy, nectar, hydromel, mead, meade, metheglin, honeysuckle, liqueur, sweet wine, aperitif, sugar cane, sugar beets, desert, pastry, pie, cake, candy, ice cream, tart, puff, pudding (food), dulcification, dulcoration, sweetener, corn syrup, cane sugar, refined sugar, beet sugar, dextrose, artificial sweetener, saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, Sweet'N Low, sweet, saccharine, sacchariferous, dulcet, candied, honied, luscious, lush, nectarious, melliferous, sweetened, sweet as a nut, sweet as sugar, sweet as honey, sickly sweet, eau sucr_ee, sweets to the sweet.

fort george g. meade, fort george gordon meade, fort meade, george gordon meade, james edward meade