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Overview of verb define

      »   The verb define has 4 meanings (first 4 from tagged texts)

• define -- (Give1.) Give, spring, springiness -- (the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length)
  
  1.) Give -- (cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold")
  
  give a Definition1.) Definition -- (a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol)
  
  2.) Definition -- (clarity of outline; "exercise had give his muscles superior definition")
  
  definition for the Meaning1.) Meaning, significance, signification, import -- (the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous")
  
  2.) Meaning, substance -- (the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?")
  
  meaning of a Word1.) Word -- (a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning")
  
  2.) Word -- (a brief statement; "he didn't say a word about it")
  
  word; "Define `sadness'")

• specify, define, Delineate1.) Define, delineate -- (show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object")
  
  2.) Specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate -- (determine the essential quality of)
  
  delineate, delimit, Delimitate1.) Specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate -- (determine the essential quality of)
  
  2.) Demarcate, delimit, delimitate -- (set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something)
  
  delimitate -- (Determine1.) Determine, find, find out, ascertain -- (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize")
  
  2.) Determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate -- (shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion")
  
  determine the Essential1.) Necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary -- (anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained")
  
  1.) Essential, indispensable -- (absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker")
  
  essential quality of)

• define -- (Determine1.) Determine, find, find out, ascertain -- (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize")
  
  2.) Determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate -- (shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion")
  
  determine the Nature1.) Nature -- (the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy")
  
  2.) Nature -- (a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women")
  
  nature of; "What Defines1.) Define -- (give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'")
  
  2.) Specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate -- (determine the essential quality of)
  
  defines a Good1.) Good -- (benefit; "for your own good"; "what's the good of worrying?")
  
  2.) Good, goodness -- (moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people")
  
  good wine?")

• define, Delineate1.) Define, delineate -- (show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object")
  
  2.) Specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate -- (determine the essential quality of)
  
  delineate -- (Show1.) Show -- (the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining; "a remarkable show of skill")
  
  2.) Display, show -- (something intended to communicate a particular impression; "made a display of strength"; "a show of impatience"; "a good show of looking interested")
  
  show the Form1.) Form, word form, signifier, descriptor -- (the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached")
  
  2.) Kind, sort, form, variety -- (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?")
  
  form or Outline1.) Outline, lineation -- (the line that appears to bound an object)
  
  2.) Outline, synopsis, abstract, precis -- (a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory)
  
  outline of; "The Tree1.) Tree -- (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
  
  2.) Tree, tree diagram -- (a figure that branches from a single root; "genealogical tree")
  
  tree was Clearly1.) Clearly -- (without doubt or question; "they were clearly lost"; "history has clearly shown the folly of that policy")
  
  2.) Intelligibly, clearly, understandably -- (in an intelligible manner; "the foreigner spoke to us quite intelligibly")
  
  clearly defined by the light"; "The Camera1.) Camera, photographic camera -- (equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other))
  
  2.) Television camera, tv camera, camera -- (television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam)
  
  camera could define the Smallest1.) Small, little -- (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group")
  
  2.) Minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized -- (limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country")
  
  smallest object")

Overview of adj defined
      »   The adj defined has 3 meanings (first 1 from tagged texts)

• defined -- (Clearly1.) Clearly -- (without doubt or question; "they were clearly lost"; "history has clearly shown the folly of that policy")
  
  2.) Intelligibly, clearly, understandably -- (in an intelligible manner; "the foreigner spoke to us quite intelligibly")
  
  clearly characterized or Delimited1.) Specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate -- (determine the essential quality of)
  
  2.) Subtend, delimit -- (be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry)
  
  delimited; "lost in a Maze1.) Maze, labyrinth -- (complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost)
  
  2.) Tangle, snarl, maze -- (something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations")
  
  maze of Words1.) Words -- (the words that are spoken; "I listened to his words very closely")
  
  2.) Lyric, words, language -- (the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language")
  
  words both defined and undefined"; "Each1.) Each -- ((used of count nouns) every one considered individually; "each person is mortal"; "each party is welcome")
  
  1.) Each, to each one, for each one, from each one, apiece -- (to or from every one of two or more (considered individually); "they received $10 each")
  
  each child has Clearly1.) Clearly -- (without doubt or question; "they were clearly lost"; "history has clearly shown the folly of that policy")
  
  2.) Intelligibly, clearly, understandably -- (in an intelligible manner; "the foreigner spoke to us quite intelligibly")
  
  clearly defined duties")

• defined, Outlined1.) Sketch, outline, adumbrate -- (describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas")
  
  2.) Draft, outline -- (draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech")
  
  outlined -- (Showing1.) Screening, showing, viewing -- (the display of a motion picture)
  
  2.) Display, exhibit, showing -- (something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art")
  
  showing clearly the Outline1.) Outline, lineation -- (the line that appears to bound an object)
  
  2.) Outline, synopsis, abstract, precis -- (a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory)
  
  outline or Profile1.) Profile -- (an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics; "a biochemical profile of blood"; "a psychological profile of serial killers")
  
  2.) Profile -- (a side view representation of an object (especially a human face))
  
  profile or Boundary1.) Boundary, bound, bounds -- (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)
  
  2.) Boundary, edge, bound -- (a line determining the limits of an area)
  
  boundary; "hills defined against the Evening1.) Evening, eve, even, eventide -- (the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake")
  
  2.) Evening -- (a later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire")
  
  evening sky"; "the Setting1.) Setting, scene -- (the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story")
  
  2.) Setting, background, scope -- (the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting")
  
  setting sun Showed1.) Show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate -- (show or demonstrate something to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington")
  
  2.) Prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew -- (establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture")
  
  showed the Outlined1.) Sketch, outline, adumbrate -- (describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas")
  
  2.) Draft, outline -- (draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech")
  
  outlined figure of a Man1.) Man, adult male -- (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus")
  
  2.) Serviceman, military man, man, military personnel -- (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty")
  
  man standing on the hill")

• defined, Formed1.) Form, constitute, make -- (to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction")
  
  2.) Form, organize, organise -- (create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company")
  
  formed, settled -- (Clearly1.) Clearly -- (without doubt or question; "they were clearly lost"; "history has clearly shown the folly of that policy")
  
  2.) Intelligibly, clearly, understandably -- (in an intelligible manner; "the foreigner spoke to us quite intelligibly")
  
  clearly defined; "I have no Formed1.) Form, constitute, make -- (to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction")
  
  2.) Form, organize, organise -- (create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company")
  
  formed opinion about the Chances1.) Opportunity, chance -- (a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance")
  
  2.) Luck, fortune, chance, hazard -- (an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance")
  
  chances of success")