Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
embar |
verb t. |
To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars., To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up. |
embay |
verb t. |
To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing., To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay. |
embed |
verb t. |
To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand. |
ember |
noun |
A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; — used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire., Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts. |
embow |
verb t. |
To bend like a bow; to curve. |
embox |
verb t. |
To inclose, as in a box; to imbox. |
emeer |
noun |
Same as Emir., An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials. |
emend |
verb t. |
To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal. |
emery |
noun |
Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum. |
emmet |
noun |
An ant. |
emmew |
verb t. |
To mew or coop up. |
emong |
preposition |
Alt. of Emongst |
emove |
verb t. |
To move. |
empte |
verb t. |
To empty. |
empty |
superl. |
Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; — said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles., Free; clear; devoid; — often with of., Having nothing to carry; unburdened., Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; — said of language; as, empty words, or threats., Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; — said of pleasure, the world, etc., Producing nothing; unfruitful; — said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine., Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb., Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams., An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; — used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, “special rates for empties.”, To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern., To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean., To become empty. |
emule |
verb t. |
To emulate. |
emyds |
plural |
of Emyd |