to express in words; select words to express; phrase:to word a contract with great care. interj. my word!orupon my word!(used as an exclamation of surprise or astonishment.) bef. 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutchwoord,GermanWort,Old Norseorth,Gothicwaurd; akin to Old...
"machine for mechanical writing printing by the impress of types arranged to strike one at a time onto a moving sheet," by 1868 in patent applications, fromtype(n.) +writer. It is the advantage of the typewriter that, due to its rigidity and its space precisions, it can, for a poet...
1. a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning, is typically seen as the smallest such unit capable of independent use, is separated from other such units by spaces in writing, and is often dis...
) An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom. Obelisk (n.) A mark of reference; -- called also dagger [/]. ...
weigh one's words, to choose one's words carefully in speaking or writing: He paused to weigh his words before speaking. More idioms and phrases containing word actions speak louder than words at a loss (for words) at a word break one's word eat one's words famous last words fighting...
30. (tr) archaic to record in a book [Old English bōc; related to Old Norse bōk, Old High German buoh book, Gothic bōka letter; see beech (the bark of which was used as a writing surface)] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Pu...
“caused mouths to disappear,” something that also often altered sound and auditory comprehension, and may have contributed to this thematic link. But the distinct image or motif that recurs in each of these very different stories seems much more random and therefore a is little treat each ...
Henry Kennis, Nantucket island’s poetry-writing police chief who will remind readers of Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone and Spenser, works a second challenging case in Nantucket Five-Spot. At the height of the summer tourist season, a threat to bomb the annual Boston Pops Concert could dest...
In addition to excellent writing, the cast was also of the very best. Along side the star Lon Chaney Jr. were Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy, Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouspenskaya, and Evelyn Ankers. Jack Pierce, as in the other main Universal horror films, created the unforgettable makeup that is...
The Writing Metaphor Klaxon should be deafening you by now. I was chatting idly on Bluesky the other day and a writer suggested to me that surely it was legitimate to use AI for query letters and synopses. They’re time-sucking tedious tasks, why not automate them?