powerful : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: powerful	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for powerful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
powerful adv (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily" Synonym(s): mighty, mightily, powerful, right adj having great power or force or potency or effect; "the most powerful government in western Europe"; "his powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument" Antonym(s): powerless strong enough to knock down or overwhelm; "a knock-down blow" Synonym(s): knock-down(a), powerful having great influence Synonym(s): potent, powerful (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms" Synonym(s): brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewy displaying superhuman strength or power; "herculean exertions" Synonym(s): herculean, powerful
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Powerful \Pow"erful\, a. 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense; as, a powerful* man or beast; a powerful engine; a powerful argument; a powerful light; a powerful vessel. The powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities. --Shak. 2. (Mining) Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn: Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- {Pow"erfully}, adv. -- {Pow"erfulness}, n.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PowerFuL A language combining {functional programming} and {logic programming}, using "angelic Powerdomains". (1998-06-30)