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Wearing: Definition and part of speech

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Wearing

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Wear
  2. n. The act of one who wears; the manner in which a thing wears; use; conduct; consumption.
  3. n. That which is worn; clothes; garments.

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.

Weapon: Definition and part of speech

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Weapon

  1. n. A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished.
  2. n. An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc.
  3. n. Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon.

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.

Wealthy: Definition and part of speech

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Wealthy

  1. superl. Hence, ample; full; satisfactory; abundant.
  2. superl. Having wealth; having large possessions, or larger than most men, as lands, goods, money, or securities; opulent; affluent; rich.

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.

Wean: Definition and part of speech

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Wean

  1. n. A weanling; a young child.
  2. a. To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother’s milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment.
  3. a. Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything.

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.