poor(n = noun.group) poor people - people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"
is a kind of people
has particulars: homeless, needy
Antonym: rich
1. poor(s = adj.all) hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched - deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
2. poor(a = adj.all) - having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
Antonym: rich
Derived form noun poorness1
3. poor(a = adj.all) - characterized by or indicating poverty; "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town"
Antonym: rich
Derived form noun poorness1
4. poor(a = adj.all) - lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"
Antonym: rich
Derived forms noun poorness3, noun poorness2
5. poor(s = adj.all) inadequate, short - not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"
Derived form noun poorness3
6. poor(s = adj.all) - unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor"
Derived form noun poorness4
1. Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent. [1913 Webster]
" It is often synonymous with indigent and with necessitous denoting extreme want. It is also applied to persons who are not entirely destitute of property, but who are not rich; as, a poor man or woman; poor people." [1913 Webster]
2. So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public. [1913 Webster]
3. Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected [1913 Webster]
"That I have wronged no man will be a poor plea or apology at the last day." [1913 Webster]
4. Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt. [1913 Webster]
"And for mine own poor part,
Look you, I'll go pray." [1913 Webster]
"Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing." [1913 Webster]
5. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek. Matt. v. 3. [1913 Webster]
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poor, adj.
1 lacking adequate money or means to live comfortably.
2 (foll. by in) deficient in (a possession or quality) (the poor in spirit).
3 a scanty, inadequate (a poor crop). b less good than is usual or expected (poor visibility; is a poor driver; in poor health). c paltry; inferior (poor condition; came a poor third).
4 a deserving pity or sympathy; unfortunate (you poor thing). b with reference to a dead person (as my poor father used to say).
5 spiritless; despicable (is a poor creature).
6 often iron. or joc. humble; insignificant (in my poor opinion).
Idiom:
poor-box a collection-box, esp. in church, for the relief of the poor. poor law hist. a law relating to the support of paupers. poor man's an inferior or cheaper substitute for. poor man's weather-glass the pimpernel. poor-rate hist. a rate or assessment for relief or support of the poor. poor relation an inferior or subordinate member of a family or any other group. poor-spirited timid; cowardly. poor White offens. (esp. used by Blacks) a member of a socially inferior group of White people. take a poor view of regard with disfavour or pessimism.
Etymology:
ME & OF pov(e)re, poure f. L pauper
N feebleness, feeble, bald, tame, meager, jejune, vapid, bland, trashy, lukewarm, cold, frigid, poor, dull, dry, languid, colorless, enervated, proposing, prosy, prosaic, unvaried, monotonous, weak, washy, wishy- washy, sketchy, slight, careless, slovenly, loose, lax (negligent), slipshod, slipslop, inexact, puerile, childish, flatulent, rambling.
N insufficiency, inadequacy, inadequateness, incompetence, deficiency, imperfection, shortcoming, paucity, stint, scantiness, none to spare, bare subsistence, scarcity, dearth, want, need, lack, poverty, exigency, inanition, starvation, famine, drought, dole, mite, pittance, short allowance, short commons, half rations, banyan day, emptiness, poorness, depletion, vacancy, flaccidity, ebb tide, low water, a beggarly account of empty boxes, indigence, insolvency, drain of resources, impoverish, stint, put on short allowance, do insufficiently, scotch the snake, Adj, insufficient, inadequate, too little, not enough, unequal to, incompetent, weighed in the balance and found wanting, perfunctory, deficient, wanting imperfect, ill-furnished, ill-provided, ill- stored, ill-off, slack, at a low ebb, empty, vacant, bare, short of, out of, destitute of, devoid of, bereft of, denuded of, dry, drained, unprovided, unsupplied, unfurnished, unreplenished, unfed, unstored, untreasured, empty-handed, meager, poor, thin, scrimp, sparing, spare, stinted, starved, starving, halfstarved, famine-stricken, famished, jejune, scant, scarce, not to be had, not to be had for love or money, not to be had at any price, scurvy, stingy, at the end of one's tether, without resources, in want, in debt, insufficiently, in default of, for want of, failing, semper avarus eget.
N unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, immateriality, triviality, levity, frivolity, paltriness, poverty, smallness, vanity, matter of indifference, no object, nothing, nothing to signify, nothing worth speaking of, nothing particular, nothing to boast of, nothing to speak of, small matter, no great matter, trifling matter, mere joke, mere nothing, hardly anything, scarcely anything, nonentity, small beer, cipher, no great shakes, peu de chose, child's play, kinderspiel, toy, plaything, popgun, paper pellet, gimcrack, gewgaw, bauble, trinket, bagatelle, Rickshaw, knickknack, whim-wham, trifle, trifles light as air, yankee notions, trumpery, trash, rubbish, stuff, fatras, frippery, leather or prunello, chaff, drug, froth bubble smoke, cobweb, weed, refuse, scum, joke, jest, snap of the fingers, fudge, fiddlestick, fiddlestick end, pack of nonsense, mere farce, straw, pin, fig, button, rush, bulrush, feather, halfpenny, farthing, brass farthing, doit, peppercorn, jot, rap, pinch of snuff, old son, cent, mill, picayune, pistareen, red cent, minutiae, details, minor details, small fry, dust in the balance, feather in the scale, drop in the ocean, flea-bite, molehill, nine days' wonder, ridiculus mus, flash in the pan, much ado about nothing, unimportant, of little account, of small account, of no account, of little importance, of no importance, immaterial, unessential, nonessential, indifferent, subordinate, mediocre, passable, fair, respectable, tolerable, commonplace, uneventful, mere, common, ordinary, inconsiderable, so-so, insignificant, inappreciable, trifling, trivial, slight, slender, light, flimsy, frothy, idle, puerile, airy, shallow, weak, powerless, frivolous, petty, niggling, piddling, peddling, fribble, inane, ridiculous, farcical, finical, finikin, fiddle-faddle, fingle-fangle, namby-pamby, wishy-washy, milk and water, poor, paltry, pitiful, contemptible, sorry, mean, meager, shabby, miserable, wretched, vile, scrubby, scrannel, weedy, niggardly, scurvy, putid, beggarly, worthless, twopennyhalfpenny, cheap, trashy, catchpenny, gimcrack, trumpery, one- horse, not worth the pains, not worth while, not worth mentioning, not worth speaking of, not worth a thought, not worth a curse, not worth a straw, beneath notice, unworthy of notice, beneath regard, unworthy of regard, beneath consideration, unworthy of consideration, de lana caprina, vain, slightly, rather, somewhat, pretty well, tolerably, for aught one cares, Int, no matter!, pish!, tush!, tut!, pshaw!, pugh!, pooh, pooh-pooh!, fudge!, bosh!, humbug!, fiddlestick, fiddlestick end!, fiddlededee!, never mind!, n'importe!, what signifies it, what boots it, what of it, what of that, what matter, what's the odds, a fig for', stuff!, nonsense!, stuff and nonsense, magno conatu magnas nugas, le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle, it matters not, it does not signify, it is of no consequence, it is of no importance, elephantus non capit murem, tempete dans un verre d'eau.
N adversity, evil, failure, bad luck, ill luck, evil luck, adverse luck, hard fortune, hard hap, hard luck, hard lot, frowns of fortune, evil dispensation, evil star, evil genius, vicissitudes of life, ups and downs of life, broken fortunes, hard case, hard lines, hard life, sea of troubles, peck of troubles, hell upon earth, slough of despond, trouble, hardship, curse, blight, blast, load, pressure, pressure of the times, iron age, evil day, time out of joint, hard times, bad times, sad times, rainy day, cloud, dark cloud, gathering clouds, ill wind, visitation, infliction, affliction, bitter pill, care, trial, the sport of fortune, mishap, mischance, misadventure, misfortune, disaster, calamity, catastrophe, accident, casualty, cross, reverse, check, contretemps, rub, backset, comedown, setback, losing game, falling, fall, downfall, ruination, ruinousness, undoing, extremity, ruin, unfortunate, unblest, unhappy, unlucky, improsperous, unprosperous, hoodooed, luckless, hapless, out of luck, in trouble, in a bad way, in an evil plight, under a cloud, clouded, ill off, badly off, in adverse circumstances, poor, behindhand, down in the world, decayed, undone, on the road to ruin, on its last legs, on the wane, in one's utmost need, planet-struck, devoted, born under an evil star, born with a wooden ladle in one's mouth, ill-fated, ill-starred, ill-omened, adverse, untoward, disastrous, calamitous, ruinous, dire, deplorable.
N poverty, indigence, penury, pauperism, destitution, want, need, neediness, lack, necessity, privation, distress, difficulties, wolf at the door, bad circumstances, poor circumstances, need circumstances, embarrassed circumstances, reduced circumstances, straightened circumstances, slender means, narrow means, straits, hand to mouth existence, res angusta domi, low water, impecuniosity, beggary, mendicancy, mendicity, broken fortune, loss of fortune, insolvency, empty pocket, empty purse, light purse, beggarly account of empty boxes, poor man, pauper, mendicant, mumper, beggar, starveling, pauvre diable, fakir, schnorrer, homeless person, poor, indigent, poverty-stricken, badly off, poorly off, ill off, poor as a rat, poor as a church mouse, poor as a Job, fortuneless, dowerless, moneyless, penniless, unportioned, unmoneyed, impecunious, out of money, out of cash, short of money, short of cash, without a rap, not worth a rap, qui n'a pas le sou, out of pocket, hard up, out at elbows, out at heels, seedy, bare-footed, beggarly, beggared, destitute, fleeced, stripped, bereft, bereaved, reduced, homeless, in want, needy, necessitous, distressed, pinched, straitened, put to one's shifts, put to one's last shifts, unable to keep the wolf from the door, unable to make both ends meet, embarrassed, under hatches, involved, insolvent, in forma pauperis, zonam perdidit, a penniless lass wi' a lang pedigree, a pobreza no hay verguenza, he that is down can fall no lower, poca roba poco pensiero, steeped, in poverty to the very lips, the short and simple annals of the poor.
N weakness, debility, atony, relaxation, languor, enervation, impotence, infirmity, effeminacy, feminality, fragility, flaccidity, inactivity, anaemia, bloodlessness, deficiency of blood, poverty of blood, declension of strength, loss of strength, failure of strength, delicacy, invalidation, decrepitude, asthenia, adynamy, cachexy, cachexia, sprain, strain, reed, thread, rope of sand, house of cards, softling, weakling, infant, youth, weak, feeble, debile, impotent, relaxed, unnerved sapless, strengthless, powerless, weakly, unstrung, flaccid, adynamic, asthenic, nervous, soft, effeminate, feminate, womanly, frail, fragile, shattery, flimsy, unsubstantial, insubstantial, gimcrack, gingerbread, rickety, creaky, creaking, cranky, craichy, drooping, tottering, broken, lame, withered, shattered, shaken, crazy, shaky, palsied, decrepit, languid, poor, infirm, faint, faintish, sickly, dull, slack, evanid, spent, short-winded, effete, weather-beaten, decayed, rotten, worn, seedy, languishing, wasted, washy, laid low, pulled down, the worse for wear, unstrengthened, unsupported, unaided, unassisted, aidless, defenseless, cantilevered (support), on its last legs, weak as a child, weak as a baby, weak as a chicken, weak as a cat, weak as a rat, weak as water, weak as water gruel, weak as gingerbread, weak as milk and water, colorless, non sum qualis eram.
N mental suffering, pain, dolor, suffering, sufferance, ache, smart, passion, displeasure, dissatisfaction, discomfort, discomposure, disquiet, malaise, inquietude, uneasiness, vexation of spirit, taking, discontent, dejection, weariness, anhedonia, annoyance, irritation, worry, infliction, visitation, plague, bore, bother, botheration, stew, vexation, mortification, chagrin, esclandre, mauvais quart d'heur, care, anxiety, solicitude, trouble, trial, ordeal, fiery ordeal, shock, blow, cark, dole, fret, burden, load, concern, grief, sorrow, distress, affliction, woe, bitterness, heartache, carking cares, heavy heart, aching heart, bleeding heart, broken heart, heavy affliction, gnawing grief, unhappiness, infelicity, misery, tribulation, wretchedness, desolation, despair, extremity, prostration, depth of misery, nightmare, ephialtes, incubus, pang, anguish, agony, torture, torment, purgatory, hell upon earth, iron age, reign of terror, slough of despond, peck of troubles, ills that flesh is heir to, miseries of human life, unkindest cut of all, sufferer, victim, prey, martyr, object of compassion, wretch, shorn lamb, in pain, in a state of pain, full of pain, suffering, pained, afflicted, worried, displeased, aching, griped, sore, on the rack, in limbo, between hawk and buzzard, uncomfortable, uneasy, ill at ease, in a taking, in a way, disturbed, discontented, out of humor, weary, heavy laden, stricken, crushed, a prey to, victimized, ill-used, unfortunate, to be pitied, doomed, devoted, accursed, undone, lost, stranded, fey, unhappy, infelicitous, poor, wretched, miserable, woe-begone, cheerless, careworn, concerned, sorry, sorrowing, sorrowful, cut up, chagrined, horrified, horror-stricken, in grief, plunged in grief, a prey to grief, in tears, steeped to the lips in misery, heart-stricken, heart-broken, heart-scalded, broken-hearted, in despair, the iron entered into our soul, haeret lateri lethalis arundo, one's heart bleeding, down, thou climbing sorrow, mirth cannot move a soul in agony, nessun maggior dolere che ricordarsi del tempo fel, sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier th, the Niobe of Nations.
N intuition, instinct, association, hunch, gut feeling, presentiment, premonition, rule of thumb, superstition, astrology, faith (supposition), sophistry, paralogy, perversion, casuistry, jesuitry, equivocation, evasion, chicane, chicanery, quiddet, quiddity, mystification, special pleading, speciousness, nonsense, word sense, tongue sense, false reasoning, vicious reasoning, circular reasoning, petitio principii, ignoratio elenchi, post hoc ergo propter hoc, non sequitur, ignotum per ignotius, misjudgment, false teaching, sophism, solecism, paralogism, quibble, quirk, elenchus, elench, fallacy, quodlibet, subterfuge, subtlety, quillet, inconsistency, antilogy, a delusion, a mockery, and a snare, claptrap, cant, mere words, lame and impotent conclusion, meshes of sophistry, cobwebs of sophistry, flaw in an argument, weak point, bad case, overrefinement, hairsplitting, intuitive, instinctive, impulsive, independent of reason, anterior to reason, gratuitous, hazarded, unconnected, unreasonable, illogical, false, unsound, invalid, unwarranted, not following, inconsequent, inconsequential, inconsistent, absonous, absonant, unscientific, untenable, inconclusive, incorrect, fallacious, fallible, groundless, unproved, non sequitur, it does not follow, deceptive, sophistical, jesuitical, illusive, illusory, specious, hollow, plausible, ad captandum, evasive, irrelevant, weak, feeble, poor, flimsy, loose, vague, irrational, nonsensical, foolish, frivolous, pettifogging, quibbling, finespun, overrefined, at the end of one's tether, au bout de son latin, intuitively, by intuition, illogically, non constat, that goes for nothing.
poor box, poor boy, poor devil, poor fish, poor law, poor man, poor man's orchid, poor man's pulse, poor man's weatherglass, poor people, poor person, poor rates, poor shape, poor speller, poor taste, poor white, poor white trash
1. man(n = noun.person) adult male - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
is a kind of adult, grownup, male, male person
has parts: adult male body, man's body
has particulars: black man, white man, yellow man, baboo, babu, bachelor, unmarried man, bey, boy, beau, boyfriend, fellow, swain, young man, ex-boyfriend, bruiser, bull, samson, strapper, beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell, ejaculator, esq, esquire, castrate, eunuch, father figure, father surrogate, father-figure, buster, dude, fellow, galoot, geezer, gentleman, divorced man, grass widower, bozo, cat, guy, hombre, herr, hooray henry, housefather, hunk, ex, ex-husband, inamorato, iron man, ironman, ironside, adonis, middle-aged man, monsieur, old boy, old man, graybeard, greybeard, methuselah, old man, paterfamilias, patriarch, peter pan, ponce, posseman, senhor, shaver, signior, signor, signore, sir, stiff, he-man, macho-man, stud, tarzan, widower, widowman, philanderer, womaniser, womanizer, golden boy, wonder boy, young buck, young man
Antonym: woman
Derived forms adjective manly1, adjective manly2
2. man(n = noun.person) military man, military personnel, serviceman - someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty"
is a kind of skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
is a member of force, military force, military group, military unit
has particulars: air force officer, commander, artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner, bluejacket, navy man, sailor, sailor boy, commando, ranger, conscript, draftee, inductee, enlisted person, devil dog, leatherneck, marine, shipboard soldier, military officer, officer, noncombatant, occupier, striper, ex-serviceman, vet, veteran, veteran, veteran soldier, military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer
3. man(n = noun.person) - the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself"
is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
4. man(n = noun.animal) homo, human, human being - any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage;
is a kind of hominid
has parts: loin, lumbus, anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma, body hair, head of hair, mane, human head, foot, human foot, pes, arm, hand, manus, mitt, paw, face, human face
is a member of genus homo
has particulars: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, mankind, world, homo erectus, homo soloensis, homo habilis, homo sapiens, homo sapiens neanderthalensis, neandertal, neandertal man, neanderthal, neanderthal man, homo rhodesiensis, rhodesian man
5. man(n = noun.person) - a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana"
is a kind of foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling
6. man(n = noun.person) - an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you"
is a kind of male, male person
Derived forms adjective manly1, adjective manly2
7. man(n = noun.person) gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, valet, valet de chambre - a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"
is a kind of body servant, manservant
Derived forms verb man2, verb man1
8. man(n = noun.person) - a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man"
is a kind of lover, male, male person
Antonym: woman
9. man(n = noun.location) isle of man - one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea;
is a kind of island
is a part of british isles
10. man(n = noun.artifact) piece - game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
is a kind of game equipment
has particulars: black, checker, chequer, chess piece, chessman, tile, white
11. man(n = noun.animal) human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, mankind, world - all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
is a kind of group, grouping, homo, human, human being, man
1. man(v = verb.social) - take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"
is one way to do work, work
Derived form noun man7
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
2. man(v = verb.competition) - provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths"
is one way to staff
Derived form noun man7
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
1. A human being; -- opposed to
"These men went about wide, and man found they none,
But fair country, and wild beast many [a] one." [1913 Webster]
"The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me." [1913 Webster]
"'Tain't a fit night out for man nor beast!" [PJC]
2. An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child. [1913 Webster]
"When I became a man, I put away childish things." [1913 Webster]
"Ceneus, a woman once, and once a man." [1913 Webster]
3. The human race; mankind. [1913 Webster]
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion." [1913 Webster]
"The proper study of mankind is man." [1913 Webster]
4. The male portion of the human race. [1913 Webster]
"Woman has, in general, much stronger propensity than man to the discharge of parental duties." [1913 Webster]
5. One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"This was the noblest Roman of them all . . . the elements
So mixed in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world “This was a man!”" [1913 Webster]
6. An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject. [1913 Webster]
"Like master, like man." [1913 Webster]
"The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor." [1913 Webster]
7. A term of familiar address at one time implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose! In the latter half of the 20th century it became used in a broader sense as simply a familiar and informal form of address, but is not used in business or formal situations; as, hey, man! You want to go to a movie tonight?. [1913 Webster]
8. A married man; a husband; -- correlative to
"I pronounce that they are man and wife." [1913 Webster]
"every wife ought to answer for her man." [1913 Webster]
9. One, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun. [1913 Webster]
"A man can not make him laugh." [1913 Webster]
"A man would expect to find some antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old rostrum of a Roman ship." [1913 Webster]
10. One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played. [1913 Webster]
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1. To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort. [1913 Webster]
"See how the surly Warwick mans the wall !" [1913 Webster]
"They man their boats, and all their young men arm." [1913 Webster]
2. To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify. Addison. [1913 Webster]
3. To tame, as a hawk. Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. To furnish with a servant or servants. Shak. [1913 Webster]
5. To wait on as a manservant. Shak. [1913 Webster]
" In “Othello,” V. ii. 270, the meaning is uncertain, being, perhaps: To point, to aim, or to manage." [1913 Webster]
man, n. & v.
--n. (pl. men)
1 an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy.
2 a a human being; a person (no man is perfect). b human beings in general; the human race (man is mortal).
3 a person showing characteristics associated with males (she's more of a man than he is).
4 a a worker; an employee (the manager spoke to the men). b a manservant or valet. c hist. a vassal.
5 a (usu. in pl.) soldiers, sailors, etc., esp. non-officers (was in command of 200 men). b an individual, usu. male, person (fought to the last man). c (usu. prec. by the, or poss. pron.) a person regarded as suitable or appropriate in some way; a person fulfilling requirements (I'm your man; not the man for the job).
6 a a husband (man and wife). b colloq. a boyfriend or lover.
7 a a human being of a specified historical period or character (Renaissance man). b a type of prehistoric man named after the place where the remains were found (Peking man; Piltdown man).
8 any one of a set of pieces used in playing chess, draughts, etc.
9 (as second element in comb.) a man of a specified nationality, profession, skill, etc. (Dutchman; clergyman; horseman; gentleman).
10 a an expression of impatience etc. used in addressing a male (nonsense, man!). b colloq. a general mode of address among hippies etc. (blew my mind, man!).
11 (prec. by a) a person; one (what can a man do?).
12 a person pursued; an opponent etc. (the police have so far not caught their man).
13 (the Man) US sl. a the police. b Blacksl. White people.
14 (in comb.) a ship of a specified type (merchantman; Indiaman).
--v.tr. (manned, manning)
1 supply (a ship, fort, factory, etc.) with a person or people for work or defence etc.
2 work or service or defend (a specified piece of equipment, a fortification, etc.) (man the pumps).
3 Naut. place men at (a part of a ship).
4 fill (a post or office).
5 (usu. refl.) fortify the spirits or courage of (manned herself for the task).
Idiom:
as one man in unison; in agreement. be a man be courageous; not show fear. be one's own man
1 be free to act; be independent.
2 be in full possession of one's faculties etc. man about town a fashionable man of leisure. man and boy from childhood. man-at-arms (pl. men-at-arms) archaic a soldier, esp. when heavily armed and mounted. man Friday see FRIDAY. man-hour (or day etc.) an hour (or day etc.) regarded in terms of the amount of work that could be done by one person within this period. man in the moon the semblance of a face seen on the surface of a full moon. man in (US on) the street an ordinary average person, as distinct from an expert. man-made (esp. of a textile fibre) made by man, artificial, synthetic.
man of God
1 a clergyman.
2 a male saint. man of honour a man whose word can be trusted. man of the house the male head of a household. man of letters a scholar; an author. man of the moment a man of importance at a particular time.
man of straw
1 an insubstantial person; an imaginary person set up as an opponent.
2 a stuffed effigy.
3 a person undertaking a financial commitment without adequate means.
4 a sham argument set up to be defeated. man-of-war an armed ship, esp. of a specified country. man of the world see WORLD.
man-size (or -sized)
1 of the size of a man; very large.
2 big enough for a man. man to man with candour; honestly. men's (or men's room) a usu. public lavatory for men. my (or my good) man a patronizing mode of address to a man. separate (or sort out) the men from the boys colloq. find those who are truly virile, competent, etc. to a man all without exception.
Derivative:
manless adj.
Etymology:
OE man(n), pl. menn, mannian, f. Gmc
VB prepare, get ready, make ready, make preparations, settle preliminaries, get up, sound the note of preparation, set in order, put in order, forecast, prepare the ground, plow the ground, dress the ground, till the soil, cultivate the soil, predispose, sow the seed, lay a train, dig a mine, lay the groundwork, fix the groundwork, lay the basis, fix the basis, lay the foundations, fix the foundations, dig the foundations, erect the scaffolding, lay the first stone, roughhew, cut out work, block out, hammer out, lick into shape, elaborate, mature, ripen, mellow, season, bring to maturity, nurture, hatch, cook, brew, temper, anneal, smelt, barbecue, infumate, maturate, equip, arm, man, fit-out, fit up, furnish, rig, dress, garnish, betrim, accouter, array, fettle, fledge, dress up, furbish up, brush up, vamp up, refurbish, sharpen one's tools, trim one's foils, set, prime, attune, whet the knife, whet the sword, wind up, screw up, adjust, put in trim, put in train, put in gear, put in working order, put in tune, put in a groove for, put in harness, pack, train, inure, breed, prepare for, rehearse, make provision for, take steps, take measures, take precautions, provide, provide against, beat up for recruits, open the door to, set one's house in order, make all snug, clear the decks, clear for action, close one's ranks, shuffle the cards, prepare oneself, serve an apprenticeship, lay oneself out for, get into harness, gird up one's loins, buckle on one's armor, reculer pour mieux sauter, prime and load, shoulder arms, get the steam up, put the horses to, guard against, make sure against, forearm, make sure, prepare for the evil day, have a rod in pickle, provide against a rainy day, feather one's nest, lay in provisions, make investments, keep on foot, be prepared, be ready, hold oneself in readiness, keep one's powder dry, lie in wait for, anticipate, principiis obstare, veniente occurrere morbo.
N doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator, executor, executrix, practitioner, worker, stager, bee, ant, working bee, termite, white ant, laboring oar, servant of all work, factotum, workman, artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, operative, working man, laboring man, demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy, hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack, mere tool, beast of burden, drudge, fag, lumper, roustabout, maker, artificer, artist, wright, manufacturer, architect, builder, mason, bricklayer, smith, forger, Vulcan, carpenter, ganger, platelayer, blacksmith, locksmith, sailmaker, wheelwright, machinist, mechanician, engineer, sempstress, semstress, seamstress, needlewoman, workwoman, tailor, cordwainer, minister, servant, representative, coworker, party to, participator in, particeps criminis, dramatis personae, personnel, quorum pars magna fui, faber est quisque fortunae suae.
N servant, subject, liegeman, servant, retainer, follower, henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe, attache, official, retinue, suite, cortege, staff, court, attendant, squire, usher, page, donzel, footboy, train bearer, cup bearer, waiter, lapster, butler, livery servant, lackey, footman, flunky, flunkey, valet, valet de chambre, equerry, groom, jockey, hostler, ostler, tiger, orderly, messenger, cad, gillie, herdsman, swineherd, barkeeper, bartender, bell boy, boots, boy, counterjumper, khansamah, khansaman, khitmutgar, yardman, bailiff, castellan, seneschal, chamberlain, major-domo, groom of the chambers, secretary, under secretary, assistant secretary, clerk, subsidiary, agent, subaltern, underling, understrapper, man, maid, maidservant, handmaid, confidente, lady's maid, abigail, soubrette, amah, biddy, nurse, bonne, ayah, nursemaid, nursery maid, house maid, parlor maid, waiting maid, chamber maid, kitchen maid, scullery maid, femme de chambre, femme fille, camarista, chef de cuisine, cordon bleu, cook, scullion, Cinderella, potwalloper, maid of all work, servant of all work, laundress, bedmaker, journeyman, charwoman, bearer, chokra, gyp (Cambridge), hamal, scout (Oxford), serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot, bondsman, bondswoman, bondslave, ame damnee, odalisque, ryot, adscriptus gleboe, villian, villein, beadsman, bedesman, sizar, pensioner, pensionary, client, dependant, dependent, hanger on, satellite, parasite, led captain, protege, ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature, badge of slavery, bonds, in the train of, in one's pay, in one's employ, at one's call, in bonds.
N five, five, cinque, quint, quincux, six, half-a- dozen, half dozen, seven, eight, nine, three times three, dicker, ten, decade, eleven, twelve, dozen, thirteen, long dozen, baker's dozen, quintuplet, twenty, score, twenty-four, four and twenty, two dozen, twenty-five, five and twenty, quarter of a hundred, forty, two score, fifty, half a hundred, sixty, three score, seventy, three score and ten, eighty, four score, ninety, fourscore and ten, sestiad, hundred, centenary, hecatomb, century, hundredweight, cwt, one hundred and forty-four, gross, thousand, chiliad, millennium, thousand years, grand, myriad, ten thousand, ban, man, ten thousand years, banzai, lac, one hundred thousand, plum, million, thousand million, milliard, billion, trillion, five, quinary, quintuple, fifth, senary, sextuple, sixth, seventh, septuple, octuple, eighth, ninefold, ninth, tenfold, decimal, denary, decuple, tenth, eleventh, duodenary, duodenal, twelfth, in one's 'teens, thirteenth, vicesimal, vigesimal, twentieth, twenty-fourth, vicenary, vicennial, centuple, centuplicate, centennial, centenary, centurial, secular, hundredth, thousandth.
N adolescence, pubescence, majority, adultism, adultness, manhood, virility, maturity full age, ripe age, flower of age, prime of life, meridian of life, spring of life, man, woman, adult, no chicken, adolescent, pubescent, of age, of full age, of ripe age, out of one's teens, grown up, mature, full grown, in one's prime, middle-aged, manly, virile, adult, womanly, matronly, marriageable, nubile, Time with reference to an Effect or Purpose.
N courage, bravery, valor, resoluteness, boldness, spirit, daring, gallantry, intrepidity, contempt of danger, defiance of danger, derring-do, audacity, rashness, dash, defiance, confidence, self-reliance, manliness, manhood, nerve, pluck, mettle, game, heart, heart of grace, spunk, guts, face, virtue, hardihood, fortitude, intestinal fortitude, firmness, heart of oak, bottom, backbone, spine, resolution, bulldog courage, prowess, heroism, chivalry, exploit, feat, achievement, heroic deed, heroic act, bold stroke, man, man of mettle, hero, demigod, Amazon, Hector, lion, tiger, panther, bulldog, gamecock, fighting-cock, bully, fire eater, courageous, brave, valiant, valorous, gallant, intrepid, spirited, spiritful, high-spirited, high-mettled, mettlesome, plucky, manly, manful, resolute, stout, stout-hearted, iron-hearted, lion-hearted, heart of oak, Penthesilean, bold, bold-spirited, daring, audacious, fearless, dauntless, dreadless, aweless, undaunted, unappalled, undismayed, unawed, unblanched, unabashed, unalarmed, unflinching, unshrinking, unblanching, unapprehensive, confident, self-reliant, bold as a lion, bold as brass, enterprising, adventurous, venturous, venturesome, dashing, chivalrous, soldierly, heroic, fierce, savage, pugnacious, strong-minded, hardy, doughty, firm, determined, dogged, indomitable, up to, up to the scratch, upon one's mettle, reassured, unfeared, undreaded, one's blood being up, courage sans peur, fortes fortuna adjuvat, have I not in my time heard lions roar, I dare do all that may become a man, male vincetis sed vincite, omne solum forti patria, self-trust is the essence of heroism, stimulos dedit oemula virtus, strong and great, a hero, teloque animus proestantior omni, there, is always safety in valor, virtus ariete fortier.
N marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union, intermarriage, miscegenation, the bonds of marriage, vinculum matrimonii, nuptial tie, married state, coverture, bed, cohabitation, match, betrothment, wedding, nuptials, Hymen, bridal, espousals, spousals, leading to the altar, nuptial benediction, epithalamium, sealing, torch of Hymen, temple of Hymen, hymeneal altar, honeymoon, bridesmaid, bridesman, best man, bride, bridegroom, married man, married woman, married couple, neogamist, Benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate, husband, man, consort, baron, old man, good man, wife of one's bosom, helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife, feme, feme coverte, squaw, lady, matron, matronage, matronhood, man and wife, wedded pair, Darby and Joan, spiritual wife, monogamy, bigamy, digamy, deuterogamy, trigamy, polygamy, mormonism, levirate, spiritual wifery, spiritual wifeism, polyandrism, Turk, bluebeard, unlawful marriage, left-handed marriage, morganatic marriage, ill- assorted marriage, mesalliance, mariage de convenance, marriage broker, matrimonial agency, matrimonial agent, matrimonial bureau, matchmaker, schatchen, married, one, one bone and one flesh, marriageable, nubile, engaged, betrothed, affianced, matrimonial, marital, conjugal, connubial, wedded, nuptial, hymeneal, spousal, bridal, the gray mare the better horse, a world-without-end bargain, marriages are made in Heaven, render me worthy of this noble wife, si qua voles apte nubere nube pari.
N man, mankind, human race, human species, human kind, human nature, humanity, mortality, flesh, generation, anthropology, anthropogeny, anthropography, anthroposophy, ethnology, ethnography, humanitarian, human being, person, personage, individual, creature, fellow creature, mortal, body, somebody, one, such a one, some one, soul, living soul, earthling, party, head, hand, dramatis personae, quidam, people, persons, folk, public, society, world, community, community at large, general public, nation, nationality, state, realm, commonweal, commonwealth, republic, body politic, million, population, tribe, clan (paternity), family (consanguinity), cosmopolite, lords of the creation, ourselves, human, mortal, personal, individual, national, civic, public, social, cosmopolitan, anthropoid, am I not a man and a brother?.
N man, male, he, him, manhood, gentleman, sir, master, sahib, yeoman, wight, swain, fellow, blade, beau, elf, chap, gaffer, good man, husband, Mr, mister, boy, cock, drake, gander, dog, boar, stag, hart, buck, horse, entire horse, stallion, gibcat, tomcat, he goat, Billy goat, ram, tup, bull, bullock, capon, ox, gelding, steer, stot, androgen, homosexual, gay, queen, male, he-, masculine, manly, virile, unwomanly, unfeminine, Pron, he, him, his, hominem pagina nostra sapit, homo homini aut deus aut lupus, homo vitae commodatus non donatus est.
age of man, apron man, average man, backup man, ballyhoo man, beef man, best man, bionic man, black man, boskop man, broth of a man, career man, cave man, city man, college man, common man, company man, con man, confidence man, conjure man, corner man, cow man, customer's man, dirty old man, divorced man, elevator man, end man, enlisted man, ent man, fall of man, family man, fancy man, feral man, fighting man, fingerprint man, four-minute man, front man, g man, garbage man, gay man, gingerbread man, government man, great man, handy man, hatchet man, heidelberg man, hired man, hit man, holdup man, hollow man, holy man, honest man, inner man, iron man, isle of man, java man, ladies' man, leading man, learned man, leg man, lookout man, maintenance man, man and wife, man eater, man eating, man friday, man hour, man in the street, man jack, man made, man of action, man of affairs, man of deeds, man of letters, man of means, man of science, man of the cloth, man of the world, married man, mechanical man, medical man, medicine man, middle-aged man, military man, miracle man, modern man, mountain man, muffin man, muscle man, navy man, neandertal man, neanderthal man, odd man out, odd-job man, old man, old man of the mountain, organization man, outdoor man, party man, peking man, piltdown man, pivot man, point man, poor man, pr man, preacher man, prehistoric man, property man, public relations man, publicity man, railroad man, railway man, red man, remittance man, renaissance man, rewrite man, rhodesian man, rich man, right hand man, right-hand man, section man, service man, solo man, song and dance man, sporting man, squaw man, stan the man, stickup man, stone age man, straight man, straw man, strong man, stunt man, t man, to a man, trigger man, trinil man, unmarried man, utility man, vigilance man, wealthy man, white man, wild man, wise man, wolf man, working man, worship of man, yellow man, yes man, young man
orchid(n = noun.plant) orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors;
is a kind of flower
has parts: mentum, mentum
is a member of family orchidaceae, orchid family, orchidaceae
has particulars: orchis, aerides, angrecum, jewel orchid, adam-and-eve, aplectrum hyemale, puttyroot, arethusa, bletia, bletia striata, bletilla striata, brassavola, brassia lawrenceana, spider orchid, brassia verrucosa, spider orchid, caladenia, calanthe, calopogon pulchellum, calopogon tuberosum, grass pink, calypso, calypso bulbosa, fairy-slipper, catasetum macrocarpum, jumping orchid, cattleya, helleborine, cleistes divaricata, funnel-crest rosebud orchid, pogonia divaricata, spreading pogonia, cleistes rosea, pogonia rosea, rosebud orchid, coeloglossum bracteatum, satyr orchid, coeloglossum viride, frog orchid, coelogyne, coral root, helmet orchid, helmetflower, swan-flower, swan-neck, swan orchid, swanflower, swanneck, cymbid, cymbidium, cypripedia, ladies' slipper, lady's slipper, lady-slipper, slipper orchid, marsh orchid, common spotted orchid, dactylorhiza fuchsii, dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii, dendrobium, disa, eburophyton austinae, phantom orchid, snow orchid, cattleya citrina, encyclia citrina, tulip orchid, butterfly orchid, encyclia tampensis, epidendrum tampense, butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis, encyclia venosa, epidendrum venosum, epidendron, helleborine, tongue-flower, tongueflower, helleborine, rattlesnake plantain, fragrant orchid, gymnadenia conopsea, gymnadenia odoratissima, short-spurred fragrant orchid, fringed orchid, fringed orchis, frog orchid, rein orchid, rein orchis, crested coral root, hexalectris spicata, hexalectris warnockii, texas purple spike, himantoglossum hircinum, lizard orchid, laelia, liparis, twayblade, fen orchid, fen orchis, liparis loeselii, broad-leaved twayblade, listera convallarioides, lesser twayblade, listera cordata, listera ovata, twayblade, green adder's mouth, malaxis-unifolia, malaxis ophioglossoides, masdevallia, maxillaria, pansy orchid, odontoglossum, butterfly orchid, butterfly plant, dancing lady orchid, oncidium, bee orchid, ophrys apifera, fly orchid, ophrys insectifera, ophrys muscifera, spider orchid, venus' slipper, venus's shoe, venus's slipper, phaius, moth orchid, moth plant, rattlesnake orchid, habenaria bifolia, lesser butterfly orchid, platanthera bifolia, greater butterfly orchid, habenaria chlorantha, platanthera chlorantha, platanthera leucophea, prairie white-fringed orchid, tangle orchid, indian crocus, pleurothallis, pogonia, butterfly orchid, greenhood, helmet orchid, foxtail orchid, orange-blossom orchid, sarcochilus falcatus, sobralia, ladies' tresses, lady's tresses, stanhopea, stelis, fly orchid, vanda, vanilla
Any plant of the order
orchid, n.
1 any usu. epiphytic plant of the family Orchidaceae, bearing flowers in fantastic shapes and brilliant colours, usu. having one petal larger than the others and variously spurred, lobed, pouched, etc.
2 a flower of any of these plants.
Derivative:
orchidaceous adj. orchidist n. orchidology n.
Etymology:
mod.L Orchid(ac)eae irreg. f. L orchis: see ORCHIS
alaska rein orchid, bee orchid, blue orchid, bog rein orchid, butterfly orchid, coastal rein orchid, common spotted orchid, dancing lady orchid, early purple orchid, early spider orchid, fen orchid, fly orchid, foxtail orchid, fragrant orchid, fringed orchid, frog orchid, funnel-crest rosebud orchid, greater butterfly orchid, helmet orchid, hooker's orchid, jewel orchid, jumping orchid, lesser butterfly orchid, lizard orchid, marsh orchid, moth orchid, orange-blossom orchid, orchid cactus, orchid family, orchid tree, pansy orchid, phantom orchid, poor man's orchid, prairie orchid, prairie white-fringed orchid, purple fringeless orchid, purple-fringed orchid, ragged orchid, ragged-fringed orchid, rattlesnake orchid, rein orchid, rosebud orchid, round-leaved rein orchid, satyr orchid, short-spurred fragrant orchid, slipper orchid, snow orchid, snowy orchid, spider orchid, stream orchid, swan orchid, tangle orchid, tulip orchid, vanilla orchid, water orchid, white fringed orchid, zebra orchid