This construction has a structure and meaning similar to the Standard English use of call oneself with a noun phrase or adjective, as in He calls himself a dancer or She calls herself intelligent. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by ...
3. another meaning of 'cry' In a story, if someone cries something, they shout it. 'Come on!' he cried. He cried out angrily, 'Get out of my house!' A cry is something that someone shouts. When she saw him she uttered a cry of surprise. We heard cries of 'Help! Please help...
clamor clamour glamor glamour grammar hammer jammer rammer See All Rhymes for the slammer Browse Nearby Words the sky's the limit the slammer the small of the/one's back See all Nearby Words Cite this Entry Style “The slammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-...
Love was his Meaning: The Theology and Mysticism of Julian of Norwich. Salzburg Studies in English Literature. Elizabethian & Renaissance Studies 92, 4. Salzburg: Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik Universität Salzburg, 1982. Google Scholar Pennings, J. Semi-Religious Women in 15th ...
First Known Use Noun before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Verb 14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1 Time Traveler The first known use of hammer was before the 12th century See more words from the same century Phrases...
Now a legend has been reborn among the vaults and skylights and labyrinthine stone passageways pounded by centuries of shoe leather. Step inside and feel the chaos and clamor of the bazaar slip away like water off a camel’s back amid an interior of plum velvet banquettes, Verde marble and...
And Father Wolf taught him his business, and the meaning of things in the jungle, till every rustle in the grass, every breath of the warm night air, every note of the owls above his head, every scratch of a bat's claws as it roosted for a while in a tree, and every splash of...
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham said, “Level the place” (meaning Gaza). He might as well have said, “Let’s be stupid together.” There are two million inhabitants in Gaza (half of them are children), and the indiscriminate mass slaughter of innocent and guilty alike would not eli...
(FOBO), well-meaning parents face enormous pressures and temptations when choosing the best educational option for their children. Economic concerns, educational scruples, athletic possibilities, scholarship prospects, social needs, safety convictions, and ministerial aims all clamor to be taken into ...
clamour,clamor- utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; "The delegates clamored their disappointment" vociferate,shout out- utter in a very loud voice; "They vociferated their demands" marvel- express astonishment or surprise about something ...