Violent: Definition and part of speech

Violent

  1. v. i. To be violent; to act violently.
  2. a. Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease.
  3. a. Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech.
  4. a. Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal.
  5. n. An assailant.
  6. v. t. To urge with violence.
  7. 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.

Violet: Definition and part of speech

Violet

  1. n. Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined.
  2. n. Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the pansy (Viola tricolor).
  3. n. The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum.
  4. n. In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color.
  5. n. Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or Rusticus, and allied genera.

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.

Violet-tip: Definition and part of speech

Violet-tip

  1. n. A very handsome American butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis). Its wings are mottled with various shades of red and brown and have violet tips.

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.

Violation: Definition and part of speech

Violation

  1. n. Ravishment; rape; outrage.
  2. n. The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.
  3. n. Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc.
  4. n. An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church.
  5. n. Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.

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.