English Dictionary: geduftetem |
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gadabout
n 1: a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- get about
- v
- move around; move from place to place; "How does she get
around without a car?"
Synonym(s): get around, get about
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- get off the ground
- v
- get started or set in motion, used figuratively; "the
project took a long time to get off the ground"
Synonym(s): get off the ground, take off
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- get the better of
- v
- win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties";
"defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
Synonym(s): get the better of, overcome, defeat
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- go to bed
- v
- prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He
goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
Synonym(s): go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire Antonym(s): arise, get up, rise, turn out, uprise
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- go to pot
- v
- become ruined; "His business went to pot when economy
soured"
Synonym(s): go to pot, go to the dogs
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- godfather
- n
- any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism
- someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- good afternoon
- n
- a conventional expression of greeting or farewell [syn:
good afternoon, afternoon]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- good faith
- n
- having honest intentions; "he acted in good faith"; "doubt
was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants"
Synonym(s): good faith, straightness
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gadabout \Gad"a*bout`\, n.
A gadder [Colloq.]
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Godfather \God"fa`ther\, v. t.
To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.
[R.] --Burke.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Godfather \God"fa`ther\, n. [AS. godf[91]der. Cf. {Gossip}.]
A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes
himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction.
There shall be for every Male-child to be baptized,
when they can be had, two Godfathers and one Godmother;
and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers;
and Parents shall be admitted as Sponsors, if it is
desired. --Book of
Common Prayer
(Prot. Episc.
Ch., U. S. ).
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