'Very well'的English词汇
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- of the highest quality
- (UK, military, nautical, historical) Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having at least 100 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 850–875, and weighing approximately 2,500 tons burthen.
- (idiomatic) Superb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality.
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- exhibiting self-importance
- given or giving freely
- generous and understanding and tolerant
- prodigious
- above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- serious or severe
- (of animals) fully developed
- feeling self-importance
- significant
- loud and firm
- marked by intense physical force
- conspicuous in position or importance
- Popular.
- Of great size, large.
- (of a city) Populous.
- (informal) Important or significant.
- Having large muscles, especially visible ones such as the chest and arm muscles.
- (informal) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous. [with of ‘someone’]
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein; often capitalized; sometimes humorous) Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
- Specifically, big-breasted.
- (informal, slang, rare, of someone's age) Old, mature. Used to imply that someone is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
- Having a large penis.
- (informal) Enthusiastic (about). [with on ‘someone/something’]
- (informal) Fat.
- (sometimes figurative) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
- (informal) Adult; (of a child) older.
- (university slang) An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
- (ageplay) The participant in age roleplay who acts out the older role.
- An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
- Someone or something that is large in stature.
- (in the plural) The big leagues, big time.
- (UK, informal) Term of greeting, equivalent to how are you or hello.
- Used to express exasperation or frustration, often reduplicated or with already.
- Used as a general lead-in or beginning.
- Used to fill space or pauses.
- Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
- Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement.
- Used to sarcastically or sardonically indicate agreement with the previous statement.
- Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.
- Used in turn-taking, serving as a request to the speaker to grant the turn to the interrupter.
- Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
- (computing) Used to dismiss a dialog box or confirm a prompt.
- Very much.
- Indeed.
- In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; likewise, also.
- (informal) at all (negative clause).
- To the (explicitly stated) extent.
- To the (implied) extent.
- (with as): To such an extent or degree; as.
- Very (positive or negative clause).
- in the same way; also
- to a very great extent or degree
- (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
- in truth (often tends to intensify)
- in the way indicated
- (usually followed by ‘that’) to an extent or degree as expressed
- in a manner that facilitates
- in such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied
- subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
- to a certain unspecified extent or degree
- Used as a question to ask for further explanation of something said, often rhetorically or in a dismissive or impolite manner.
- Used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response to a question.
- Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.
- Very good, excellent.
- Having an especially fine size or texture; made of very small particles or threads.
- Extremely refined or sophisticated; very elegant.
- Of a very high or pure grade or quality.
- Extremely subtle or refined; extremely sensitive to slight impressions or perceptions.
- excessively delicate or refined
- of extremely fine size or texture
- (used especially of merchandise) very fine in quality
- a cruel and brutal fellow
- a hired thug
- A sex worker's minder.
- (dialectal) A companion; mate (male or female).
- A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.
- A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.
- Any of various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper gobies.
- (field hockey) A standoff between two players from the opposing teams, who repeatedly hit each other's hockey sticks and then attempt to acquire the ball, as a method of resuming the game in certain circumstances.
- (mining) A miner's hammer.
- The small scrum in the Eton College field game.
- (uncountable) Bully beef.
- A hired thug.
- the act of cracking something
- the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)
- a sudden sharp noise
- The formation of cracks on a surface.
- The production of a crack sound.
- (organic chemistry, petrochemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
- A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.
- (rail transport, historical) A horse-drawn railway carriage used on some branch lines.
- (India) An open sedan chair formed by suspending a rudimentary frame or strong cloth from a pole or set of poles.
- A dandy roller.
- (India) A boatman, a rower.
- (India) A Shaiva mendicant who carries a small rod.
- (British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
- Something excellent in its class.
- excellent
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect
- uppercase
- of major significance or importance
- relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
- (applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; commanding; illustrious; eminent.
- (of an abstract noun) Much, more than usual.
- Impressive or striking.
- (informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
- Taking much space; large.
- (applied to persons) Of much talent or achievements.
- Important, consequential.
- Much in use; favoured.
- (informal, British) Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.
- (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]
- Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.
- a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field
- (in combinations such as "two-greats", "three-greats" etc.) An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.
- (music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
- A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
- excellent
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- having a sharp cutting edge or point
- intense or sharp
- Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
- (British) Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
- (chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
- Fierce, intense, vehement.
- Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
- Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
- Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
- excellent
- showing care in execution
- clean or organized
- free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
- (of an alcoholic drink) without water
- superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
- Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
- (chemistry) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
- Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
- Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
- Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity.
- (Canada, US, colloquial) Good, excellent, desirable; interesting; cool.
- Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
- excellent
- skilled through long experience
- of long duration; not new
- (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
- just preceding something else in time or order
- belonging to some prior time
- (used for emphasis) very familiar
- Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life.
- That is no longer in existence.
- Of a species or language, belonging to a lineage that is distantly related to others.
- (UK) Being a graduate or alumnus of a school, especially a public school.
- Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
- Familiar.
- (informal, of a person or pet) Indicating affection and familiarity.
- Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
- Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
- A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive, and combined with another adjective.
- Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
- Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
- Obsolete; out-of-date.
- Having existed or lived for the specified time.
- Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
- Former, previous.
- past times
- (slang, most often plural) One's parents.
- (slang) A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.
- (Australia, uncountable) A typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method.
- (with the, invariable plural only) People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
- the act of breaking something into small pieces
- The complete and sudden ruin or ruination of something.
- The hitting of something extremely hard.
- The deformation of something through continuous pressure.
- (informal, idiomatic) An overwhelming victory or success.
- The destruction or disintegration of something by being smashed.
- The breaking or destruction of (something brittle) in a violent manner.
- (slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
- the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
- A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
- The act of swelling; increase in size.
- (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
- (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
- A bulge or protuberance.
- The front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
- (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
- (geology) An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.
- A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
- (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
- come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
- come up, as of a liquid
- expand abnormally
- increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
- cause to become swollen
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
- (transitive) To cause to grow gradually in force or loudness.
- To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
- (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
- (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
- (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
- To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
- To protuberate; to bulge out.
- (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
- (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
- Very much; to a great degree.
- In a bad manner.
- to a severe or serious degree
- evilly or wickedly
- without skill or in a displeasing manner
- very much; strongly
- in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
- unfavorably or with disapproval
- with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display
- (‘ill’ is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
- with great intensity (‘bad’ is a nonstandard variant for ‘badly’)
- in a disobedient or naughty way
- (countable, figurative) The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything.
- (uncountable, slang, African-American Vernacular, MLE) Oral stimulation of the male member, a blowjob (more commonly top).
- (West Midlands, Wales) A freeze pop, irrespective of brand.
- The very topmost point.
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- the extreme top or summit
- a person responsible for hiring workers
- a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments
- a person who exercises control and makes decisions
- a circular rounded projection or protuberance
- a person who exercises control over workers
- A person in charge of a business or company.
- (geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
- (humorous) One's wife.
- (architecture) A roughly cut stone set in place for later carving.
- (mechanics) A protrusion; frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
- (archery) A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
- A head or reservoir of water.
- A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
- (informal, especially India, MLE and Philippines) A term of address to a man, especially a customer, but also sometimes to a friend or acquaintance of equal standing.
- A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
- The head of a political party in a given region or district.
- A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
- (Australia) The male owner or man in charge of a large rural property.
- (video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
- A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
- (architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
- commend
- repeat a passage from
- refer to
- refer to for illustration or proof
- make reference to
- call in an official matter, such as to attend court
- advance evidence for
- To mention by way of explanation.
- (transitive, law) To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
- (transitive) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- (transitive) To mention; to make mention of.
- To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
- a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- an official recognition of merit
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- (Internet, plural only) A social media feed, a list of replies or posts mentioning a person.
- A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.
- A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.
- A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
- (by extension) A military or administrative subdivision.
- (by extension, figurative) A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.
- (Internet, television) A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.
- One who bans something.
- Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.
- A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia and Tuva, made during the Qing dynasty; at that time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided into banners.
- (by extension) The military unit under such a flag or standard.
- (heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.
- (journalism) The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
- a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
- any distinctive flag
- long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
- (of knowledge) Thoroughly; extremely well.
- (not comparable) With the inside surface turned to be on the outside.
- (of characteristic existence) Completely; through and through; to the core.
- (cricket) Describes the hitting of a ball that pitched outside of leg stump to the off side of the field.
- with the inside facing outward
- thoroughly; from every perspective
- (programming, not comparable) Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
- More remote of two.
- Distant; remote in space.
- Remote in time.
- Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality.
- Long.
- Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position.
- located at a great distance in time or space or degree
- beyond a norm in opinion or actions
- being of a considerable distance or length
- being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle
- a flavorful addition on top of a dish
- (fishing) The tail of an artificial fly.
- Any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza.
- (nautical) Either of the cables that support the ends of a spar or boom.
- (nautical) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.
- The act of cutting off the top of something.
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- commend
- repeat a passage from
- refer to
- refer to for illustration or proof
- make reference to
- call in an official matter, such as to attend court
- advance evidence for
- To mention by way of explanation.
- (transitive, law) To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
- (transitive) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- (transitive) To mention; to make mention of.
- To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
- a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- an official recognition of merit
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- (Internet, plural only) A social media feed, a list of replies or posts mentioning a person.
- A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.
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- of the highest quality
- (UK, military, nautical, historical) Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having at least 100 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 850–875, and weighing approximately 2,500 tons burthen.
- (idiomatic) Superb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality.
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- exhibiting self-importance
- given or giving freely
- generous and understanding and tolerant
- prodigious
- above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- serious or severe
- (of animals) fully developed
- feeling self-importance
- significant
- loud and firm
- marked by intense physical force
- conspicuous in position or importance
- Popular.
- Of great size, large.
- (of a city) Populous.
- (informal) Important or significant.
- Having large muscles, especially visible ones such as the chest and arm muscles.
- (informal) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous. [with of ‘someone’]
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein; often capitalized; sometimes humorous) Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
- Specifically, big-breasted.
- (informal, slang, rare, of someone's age) Old, mature. Used to imply that someone is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
- Having a large penis.
- (informal) Enthusiastic (about). [with on ‘someone/something’]
- (informal) Fat.
- (sometimes figurative) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
- (informal) Adult; (of a child) older.
- (university slang) An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
- (ageplay) The participant in age roleplay who acts out the older role.
- An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
- Someone or something that is large in stature.
- (in the plural) The big leagues, big time.
- (UK, informal) Term of greeting, equivalent to how are you or hello.
- Used to express exasperation or frustration, often reduplicated or with already.
- Used as a general lead-in or beginning.
- Used to fill space or pauses.
- Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
- Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement.
- Used to sarcastically or sardonically indicate agreement with the previous statement.
- Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.
- Used in turn-taking, serving as a request to the speaker to grant the turn to the interrupter.
- Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
- (computing) Used to dismiss a dialog box or confirm a prompt.
- Very much.
- Indeed.
- In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; likewise, also.
- (informal) at all (negative clause).
- To the (explicitly stated) extent.
- To the (implied) extent.
- (with as): To such an extent or degree; as.
- Very (positive or negative clause).
- in the same way; also
- to a very great extent or degree
- (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
- in truth (often tends to intensify)
- in the way indicated
- (usually followed by ‘that’) to an extent or degree as expressed
- in a manner that facilitates
- in such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied
- subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
- to a certain unspecified extent or degree
- Used as a question to ask for further explanation of something said, often rhetorically or in a dismissive or impolite manner.
- Used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response to a question.
- Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.
- Very much; to a great degree.
- In a bad manner.
- to a severe or serious degree
- evilly or wickedly
- without skill or in a displeasing manner
- very much; strongly
- in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
- unfavorably or with disapproval
- with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display
- (‘ill’ is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
- with great intensity (‘bad’ is a nonstandard variant for ‘badly’)
- in a disobedient or naughty way
- (countable, figurative) The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything.
- (uncountable, slang, African-American Vernacular, MLE) Oral stimulation of the male member, a blowjob (more commonly top).
- (West Midlands, Wales) A freeze pop, irrespective of brand.
- The very topmost point.
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- the extreme top or summit
- (of knowledge) Thoroughly; extremely well.
- (not comparable) With the inside surface turned to be on the outside.
- (of characteristic existence) Completely; through and through; to the core.
- (cricket) Describes the hitting of a ball that pitched outside of leg stump to the off side of the field.
- with the inside facing outward
- thoroughly; from every perspective
- (programming, not comparable) Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
- More remote of two.
- Distant; remote in space.
- Remote in time.
- Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality.
- Long.
- Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position.
- located at a great distance in time or space or degree
- beyond a norm in opinion or actions
- being of a considerable distance or length
- being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle
- excellent
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect
- uppercase
- of major significance or importance
- relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
- (applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; commanding; illustrious; eminent.
- (of an abstract noun) Much, more than usual.
- Impressive or striking.
- (informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
- Taking much space; large.
- (applied to persons) Of much talent or achievements.
- Important, consequential.
- Much in use; favoured.
- (informal, British) Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.
- (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]
- Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.
- a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field
- (in combinations such as "two-greats", "three-greats" etc.) An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.
- (music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
- A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
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- Very good, excellent.
- Having an especially fine size or texture; made of very small particles or threads.
- Extremely refined or sophisticated; very elegant.
- Of a very high or pure grade or quality.
- Extremely subtle or refined; extremely sensitive to slight impressions or perceptions.
- excessively delicate or refined
- of extremely fine size or texture
- (used especially of merchandise) very fine in quality
- a cruel and brutal fellow
- a hired thug
- A sex worker's minder.
- (dialectal) A companion; mate (male or female).
- A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.
- A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.
- Any of various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper gobies.
- (field hockey) A standoff between two players from the opposing teams, who repeatedly hit each other's hockey sticks and then attempt to acquire the ball, as a method of resuming the game in certain circumstances.
- (mining) A miner's hammer.
- The small scrum in the Eton College field game.
- (uncountable) Bully beef.
- A hired thug.
- the act of cracking something
- the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)
- a sudden sharp noise
- The formation of cracks on a surface.
- The production of a crack sound.
- (organic chemistry, petrochemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
- A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.
- (rail transport, historical) A horse-drawn railway carriage used on some branch lines.
- (India) An open sedan chair formed by suspending a rudimentary frame or strong cloth from a pole or set of poles.
- A dandy roller.
- (India) A boatman, a rower.
- (India) A Shaiva mendicant who carries a small rod.
- (British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
- Something excellent in its class.
- excellent
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect
- uppercase
- of major significance or importance
- relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
- (applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; commanding; illustrious; eminent.
- (of an abstract noun) Much, more than usual.
- Impressive or striking.
- (informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
- Taking much space; large.
- (applied to persons) Of much talent or achievements.
- Important, consequential.
- Much in use; favoured.
- (informal, British) Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.
- (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]
- Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.
- a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field
- (in combinations such as "two-greats", "three-greats" etc.) An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.
- (music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
- A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
- excellent
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- having a sharp cutting edge or point
- intense or sharp
- Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
- (British) Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
- (chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
- Fierce, intense, vehement.
- Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
- Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
- Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
- excellent
- showing care in execution
- clean or organized
- free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
- (of an alcoholic drink) without water
- superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
- Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
- (chemistry) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
- Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
- Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
- Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity.
- (Canada, US, colloquial) Good, excellent, desirable; interesting; cool.
- Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
- excellent
- skilled through long experience
- of long duration; not new
- (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
- just preceding something else in time or order
- belonging to some prior time
- (used for emphasis) very familiar
- Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life.
- That is no longer in existence.
- Of a species or language, belonging to a lineage that is distantly related to others.
- (UK) Being a graduate or alumnus of a school, especially a public school.
- Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
- Familiar.
- (informal, of a person or pet) Indicating affection and familiarity.
- Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
- Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
- A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive, and combined with another adjective.
- Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
- Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
- Obsolete; out-of-date.
- Having existed or lived for the specified time.
- Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
- Former, previous.
- past times
- (slang, most often plural) One's parents.
- (slang) A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.
- (Australia, uncountable) A typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method.
- (with the, invariable plural only) People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
- the act of breaking something into small pieces
- The complete and sudden ruin or ruination of something.
- The hitting of something extremely hard.
- The deformation of something through continuous pressure.
- (informal, idiomatic) An overwhelming victory or success.
- The destruction or disintegration of something by being smashed.
- The breaking or destruction of (something brittle) in a violent manner.
- (slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
- the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
- A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
- The act of swelling; increase in size.
- (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
- (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
- A bulge or protuberance.
- The front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
- (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
- (geology) An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.
- A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
- (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
- come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
- come up, as of a liquid
- expand abnormally
- increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
- cause to become swollen
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
- (transitive) To cause to grow gradually in force or loudness.
- To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
- (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
- (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
- (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
- To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
- To protuberate; to bulge out.
- (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
- (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
- a person responsible for hiring workers
- a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments
- a person who exercises control and makes decisions
- a circular rounded projection or protuberance
- a person who exercises control over workers
- A person in charge of a business or company.
- (geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
- (humorous) One's wife.
- (architecture) A roughly cut stone set in place for later carving.
- (mechanics) A protrusion; frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
- (archery) A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
- A head or reservoir of water.
- A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
- (informal, especially India, MLE and Philippines) A term of address to a man, especially a customer, but also sometimes to a friend or acquaintance of equal standing.
- A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
- The head of a political party in a given region or district.
- A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
- (Australia) The male owner or man in charge of a large rural property.
- (video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
- A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
- (architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
- A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.
- A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
- (by extension) A military or administrative subdivision.
- (by extension, figurative) A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.
- (Internet, television) A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.
- One who bans something.
- Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.
- A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia and Tuva, made during the Qing dynasty; at that time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided into banners.
- (by extension) The military unit under such a flag or standard.
- (heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.
- (journalism) The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
- a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
- any distinctive flag
- long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
- a flavorful addition on top of a dish
- (fishing) The tail of an artificial fly.
- Any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza.
- (nautical) Either of the cables that support the ends of a spar or boom.
- (nautical) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.
- The act of cutting off the top of something.