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Applaud: Definition and part of speech

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Applaud

  1. v. i. To express approbation loudly or significantly.
  2. v. t. To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign.
  3. v. t. To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve.

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.

Applause: Definition and part of speech

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Applause

  1. n. The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.

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.

Apple: Definition and part of speech

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Apple

  1. v. i. To grow like an apple; to bear apples.
  2. n. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.
  3. n. Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
  4. n. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.
  5. n. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.

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.