giant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: giant	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for giant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
giant adj of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp" Synonym(s): elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo n any creature of exceptional size a person of exceptional importance and reputation Synonym(s): colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan an unusually large enterprise; "Walton built a retail giant" a very large person; impressive in size or qualities Synonym(s): giant, hulk, heavyweight, whale someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful Synonym(s): giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun) Synonym(s): giant star, giant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Giant \Gi"ant\, n. [OE. giant, geant, geaunt, OF. jaiant, geant, F. g[82]ant, L. gigas, fr. Gr. [?], [?], from the root of E. gender, genesis. See {Gender}, and cf. {Gigantic}.] 1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature. Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise. --Milton. 2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual. 3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power. {Giant's Causeway}, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Giant \Gi"ant\, a. Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son. {Giant cell}. (Anat.) See {Myeloplax}. {Giant clam} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve shell of the genus {Tridacna}, esp. {T. gigas}, which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water. {Giant heron} (Zo[94]l.), a very large African heron ({Ardeomega goliath}). It is the largest heron known. {Giant kettle}, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See {Pothole}. {Giant powder}. See {Nitroglycerin}. {Giant puffball} (Bot.), a fungus ({Lycoperdon giganteum}), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds. {Giant salamander} (Zo[94]l.), a very large aquatic salamander ({Megalobatrachus maximus}), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long. {Giant squid} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of very large squids, belonging to {Architeuthis} and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long.