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Yearn: Definition and part of speech

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Yearn

  1. v. i. To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager.
  2. v. t. To pain; to grieve; to vex.
  3. v. i. To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
  4. v. i. & t. To curdle, as milk.

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.

Yearbook: Definition and part of speech

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Yearbook

  1. n. A book containing annual reports of cases adjudged in the courts of England.
  2. n. A book published yearly; any annual report or summary of the statistics or facts of a year, designed to be used as a reference book; as, the Congregational Yearbook.

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.

Yearling: Definition and part of speech

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Yearling

  1. a. Being a year old.
  2. n. An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; — applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses.

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.

Yearly: Definition and part of speech

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Yearly

  1. adv. Annually; once a year to year; as, blessings yearly bestowed.
  2. a. Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast.
  3. a. Lasting a year; as, a yearly plant.
  4. a. Accomplished in a year; as, the yearly circuit, or revolution, of the earth.

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.