English words for 'plural of courage'
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noun
- (in the plural) Courage.
- A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.
- (informal) A very enjoyable time.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, countable) An apparatus.
- (slang, countable, uncountable, singular only) One thousand US dollars.
- A competitive event among young African-American and Latin American LGBTQ+ people in which prizes are awarded for drag and similar performances. See ball culture.
- (sports, countable) An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game
- A roundish, protuberant portion of some part of the body.
- A formal dance.
- The globe; the earthly sphere.
- (baseball, countable) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
- (mathematics) The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point.
- (mathematics) In 3-dimensional Euclidean space, the volume bounded by a sphere.
- (mildly vulgar, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
- (cricket, countable) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
- (farriery, historical) A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
- (in the plural) Nonsense.
- (anatomy) The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.
- (mathematics) The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point.
- (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, metonymic) An apparatus program with a ball.
- (originally soccer, countable) a kick (or hit in e.g. field hockey) of the ball towards where one or more teammates is expected to be. (Distinguished from a pass by a longer distance travelled or less specific target point.)
- A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
- (pinball, countable) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.
- (uncountable) Any sport or game involving a ball; its play, literally or figuratively.
- A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
- round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
- an object with a spherical shape
- a lavish dance requiring formal attire
- a spherical object used as a plaything
- a pitch that is not in the strike zone
- a solid projectile that is shot by a musket
- one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
- a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass
- a compact mass
- a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
intj
- (Australian rules football) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player.
- (sports) An exclamation to inform players on an adjacent playing area that a loose ball from another game has entered their playing area; typically implies that play should be paused until the ball has been retrieved.
verb
- (ambitransitive) To gather balls which cling to the feet or skis, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
- (transitive) To form or wind into a ball.
- (transitive, intransitive, US, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse (with).
- (slang) To play basketball.
- (transitive) To punish by affixing a ball and chain.
- (African-American Vernacular) To spend money extravagantly.
- (intransitive) To operate (a vehicle) at high speed (whether balls-out, balls to the wall, or ballin' the jack, each of which comes ultimately from ball via a different route).
- (metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
- (slang, usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
- (university slang) To reject from a fraternity or sorority. (Ellipsis of blackball).
- (transitive) Of bees: to kill (a wasp) by surrounding it in large numbers so as to raise its body heat.
- form into a ball by winding or rolling
- to live very well
noun
name
noun
name
verb
- (transitive) To give courage.
- (transitive, informal) To perform a neurectomy on (someone or something).
- (transitive, informal, rare) To get on (someone’s) nerves; to annoy, irritate, or bother (someone).
- (intransitive, informal, rare) To be nervous.
- (transitive) To give strength; to supply energy or vigour.
- get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
noun
- Courage; boldness; audacity; gall.
- the courage to carry on
- (in the plural) Mental agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotions.
- Patience; stamina; endurance, fortitude.
- (nonstandard, colloquial) A neuron.
- (in the plural) One's neural structures considered collectively as, and conceptually equated with, one's psyche.
- (botany) A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood.
- (polymer technology) The elastic resistance of raw rubber or other polymers to permanent deformation during processing.
- A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
- impudent aggressiveness
- any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).
- (transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to.
- (transitive) To defy or challenge (someone to do something).
- (transitive) To terrify; to daunt.
- challenge
- take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
- to be courageous enough to try or do something
name
noun
- (figurative) Courage or assertiveness.
- The narrow, bound edge of a book that encloses the inner edges of the pages, facing outwards when the book is on a shelf and typically bearing the title and the author's and publisher's name.
- (neuroscience) Ellipsis of dendritic spine.
- Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.
- (geology) A tall mass of viscous lava extruded from a volcano.
- (botany) The heartwood of trees.
- A linear payscale operated by some large organizations that allows flexibility for local and specific conditions.
- (zootomy, botany, mycology) A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, mushroom or plant. The botanical term technically refers to such a structure derived from a leaf or part of a leaf.
- (anatomy, zootomy) A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen.
- The stiffness of an arrow.
- A central part which supports a whole; core.
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
- any sharply pointed projection
noun
- (by extension, informal) Courage; determination.
- (Australian rules football, informal) The center of the field.
- The entrails or contents of the abdomen.
- (informal) The essential, core parts.
- plural of gut
- (informal) One's innermost feelings.
- (informal) Content, substance.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates; the centre.
- fortitude and determination
verb
noun
adj
noun
verb
verb
- gain courage
- (idiomatic, transitive) To encourage; to hearten.
- (idiomatic, transitive, colloquial) To pass on to higher authority for resolution. See also pass the buck.
- (idiomatic, transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To hit or fight (someone).
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To become encouraged, reinvigorated, or cheerful; to summon one's courage or spirits; to pluck up courage.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To do better.
intj
noun
adj
noun
noun
noun
verb
- (transitive) To persuade somebody not to do (something).
- (transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
- advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
- deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
- try to prevent; show opposition to
noun
- (uncountable, figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.
- (countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
- (countable, figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
- the part of a network that connects other networks together
- fortitude and determination
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
- a central cohesive source of support and stability
noun
- (in the plural) Courage.
- A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.
- (informal) A very enjoyable time.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, countable) An apparatus.
- (slang, countable, uncountable, singular only) One thousand US dollars.
- A competitive event among young African-American and Latin American LGBTQ+ people in which prizes are awarded for drag and similar performances. See ball culture.
- (sports, countable) An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game
- A roundish, protuberant portion of some part of the body.
- A formal dance.
- The globe; the earthly sphere.
- (baseball, countable) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
- (mathematics) The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point.
- (mathematics) In 3-dimensional Euclidean space, the volume bounded by a sphere.
- (mildly vulgar, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
- (cricket, countable) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
- (farriery, historical) A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
- (in the plural) Nonsense.
- (anatomy) The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.
- (mathematics) The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point.
- (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, metonymic) An apparatus program with a ball.
- (originally soccer, countable) a kick (or hit in e.g. field hockey) of the ball towards where one or more teammates is expected to be. (Distinguished from a pass by a longer distance travelled or less specific target point.)
- A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
- (pinball, countable) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.
- (uncountable) Any sport or game involving a ball; its play, literally or figuratively.
- A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
- round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
- an object with a spherical shape
- a lavish dance requiring formal attire
- a spherical object used as a plaything
- a pitch that is not in the strike zone
- a solid projectile that is shot by a musket
- one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
- a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass
- a compact mass
- a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
intj
- (Australian rules football) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player.
- (sports) An exclamation to inform players on an adjacent playing area that a loose ball from another game has entered their playing area; typically implies that play should be paused until the ball has been retrieved.
verb
- (ambitransitive) To gather balls which cling to the feet or skis, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
- (transitive) To form or wind into a ball.
- (transitive, intransitive, US, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse (with).
- (slang) To play basketball.
- (transitive) To punish by affixing a ball and chain.
- (African-American Vernacular) To spend money extravagantly.
- (intransitive) To operate (a vehicle) at high speed (whether balls-out, balls to the wall, or ballin' the jack, each of which comes ultimately from ball via a different route).
- (metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
- (slang, usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
- (university slang) To reject from a fraternity or sorority. (Ellipsis of blackball).
- (transitive) Of bees: to kill (a wasp) by surrounding it in large numbers so as to raise its body heat.
- form into a ball by winding or rolling
- to live very well
noun
noun
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).
- (transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to.
- (transitive) To defy or challenge (someone to do something).
- (transitive) To terrify; to daunt.
- challenge
- take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
- to be courageous enough to try or do something
noun
- (figurative) Courage or assertiveness.
- The narrow, bound edge of a book that encloses the inner edges of the pages, facing outwards when the book is on a shelf and typically bearing the title and the author's and publisher's name.
- (neuroscience) Ellipsis of dendritic spine.
- Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.
- (geology) A tall mass of viscous lava extruded from a volcano.
- (botany) The heartwood of trees.
- A linear payscale operated by some large organizations that allows flexibility for local and specific conditions.
- (zootomy, botany, mycology) A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, mushroom or plant. The botanical term technically refers to such a structure derived from a leaf or part of a leaf.
- (anatomy, zootomy) A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen.
- The stiffness of an arrow.
- A central part which supports a whole; core.
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
- any sharply pointed projection
noun
- (by extension, informal) Courage; determination.
- (Australian rules football, informal) The center of the field.
- The entrails or contents of the abdomen.
- (informal) The essential, core parts.
- plural of gut
- (informal) One's innermost feelings.
- (informal) Content, substance.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates; the centre.
- fortitude and determination
verb
verb
- (transitive) To give courage.
- (transitive, informal) To perform a neurectomy on (someone or something).
- (transitive, informal, rare) To get on (someone’s) nerves; to annoy, irritate, or bother (someone).
- (intransitive, informal, rare) To be nervous.
- (transitive) To give strength; to supply energy or vigour.
- get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
noun
- Courage; boldness; audacity; gall.
- the courage to carry on
- (in the plural) Mental agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotions.
- Patience; stamina; endurance, fortitude.
- (nonstandard, colloquial) A neuron.
- (in the plural) One's neural structures considered collectively as, and conceptually equated with, one's psyche.
- (botany) A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood.
- (polymer technology) The elastic resistance of raw rubber or other polymers to permanent deformation during processing.
- A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
- impudent aggressiveness
- any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
noun
noun
noun
noun
verb
- (transitive) To persuade somebody not to do (something).
- (transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
- advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
- deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
- try to prevent; show opposition to
noun
- (uncountable, figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.
- (countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
- (countable, figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
- the part of a network that connects other networks together
- fortitude and determination
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
- a central cohesive source of support and stability
verb
- (transitive) To give courage.
- (transitive, informal) To perform a neurectomy on (someone or something).
- (transitive, informal, rare) To get on (someone’s) nerves; to annoy, irritate, or bother (someone).
- (intransitive, informal, rare) To be nervous.
- (transitive) To give strength; to supply energy or vigour.
- get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
noun
- Courage; boldness; audacity; gall.
- the courage to carry on
- (in the plural) Mental agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotions.
- Patience; stamina; endurance, fortitude.
- (nonstandard, colloquial) A neuron.
- (in the plural) One's neural structures considered collectively as, and conceptually equated with, one's psyche.
- (botany) A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood.
- (polymer technology) The elastic resistance of raw rubber or other polymers to permanent deformation during processing.
- A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
- impudent aggressiveness
- any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
verb
- gain courage
- (idiomatic, transitive) To encourage; to hearten.
- (idiomatic, transitive, colloquial) To pass on to higher authority for resolution. See also pass the buck.
- (idiomatic, transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To hit or fight (someone).
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To become encouraged, reinvigorated, or cheerful; to summon one's courage or spirits; to pluck up courage.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To do better.
intj
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).
- (transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to.
- (transitive) To defy or challenge (someone to do something).
- (transitive) To terrify; to daunt.
- challenge
- take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
- to be courageous enough to try or do something