Helen Fenton

Achilles’ tendon: Definition and part of speech

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Achilles’ tendon

  1. n. The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; — so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Achievement: Definition and part of speech

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Achievement

  1. n. An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.
  2. n. The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object.
  3. n. A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Achieve: Definition and part of speech

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Achieve

  1. v. t. To finish; to kill.
  2. v. t. To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; — as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise.
  3. v. t. To obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.