MPage 89
- English Word Meal Definition The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal.
- English Word Meal Definition Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse.
- English Word Meal Definition Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated.
- English Word Meal Definition To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.
- English Word Meal Definition To pulverize; as, mealed powder.
- English Word Meal-mouthed Definition See Mealy-mouthed.
- English Word Mealies Definition Maize or Indian corn; -- the common name in South Africa.
- English Word Mealiness Definition The quality or state of being mealy.
- English Word Mealtime Definition The usual time of eating a meal.
- English Word Mealy Definition Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy potato.
- English Word Mealy Definition Overspread with something that resembles meal; as, the mealy wings of an insect.
- English Word Mealy-mouthed Definition Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language.
- English Word Mean Definition To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?
- English Word Mean Definition To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.
- English Word Mean Definition To have a purpose or intention.
- English Word Mean Definition Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar; humble.
- English Word Mean Definition Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.
- English Word Mean Definition Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
- English Word Mean Definition Of poor quality; as, mean fare.
- English Word Mean Definition Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality.
- English Word Mean Definition Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.
- English Word Mean Definition Intermediate in excellence of any kind.
- English Word Mean Definition Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.
- English Word Mean Definition That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure.
- English Word Mean Definition A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities.
- English Word Mean Definition That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument.
- English Word Mean Definition Hence: Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance.
- English Word Mean Definition A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part.
- English Word Mean Definition Meantime; meanwhile.
- English Word Mean Definition A mediator; a go-between.