winnings : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   Wanamaker
         n 1: United States businessman whose business grew into one of
               the first department stores (1838-1922) [syn: {Wanamaker},
               {John Wanamaker}]

English Dictionary: winnings	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
waning adj (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases; "after full moon comes the waning moon" Antonym(s): waxing n a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent; "the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious"; "the waxing and waning of the moon" Antonym(s): waxing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weaning n the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal Synonym(s): weaning, ablactation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wine maker n someone who makes wine [syn: vintner, winemaker, {wine maker}] distillery where wine is made Synonym(s): winery, wine maker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wine making n the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine Synonym(s): winemaking, wine making
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wine-maker's yeast n used in making wine [syn: wine-maker's yeast, Saccharomyces ellipsoides]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winemaker n someone who makes wine [syn: vintner, winemaker, {wine maker}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winemaking n the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine Synonym(s): winemaking, wine making
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winning adj having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team" Synonym(s): victorious, winning very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality" Synonym(s): fetching, taking, winning n succeeding with great difficulty; "winning is not everything"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winning post n the post at the end of a racecourse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winning streak n a streak of wins
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winnings n something won (especially money) [syn: winnings, win, profits] Antonym(s): losings, losses
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winnowing n the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women" Synonym(s): winnow, winnowing, sifting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woman chaser n a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women Synonym(s): wolf, woman chaser, skirt chaser, masher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woman's body n the body of an adult woman [syn: adult female body, woman's body]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woman's clothing n clothing that is designed for women to wear
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woman's doctor n a specialist in gynecology [syn: gynecologist, gynaecologist, woman's doctor]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woman's hat n hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner [syn: millinery, woman's hat]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
womanise v have amorous affairs; of men; "He has been womanizing for years" Synonym(s): philander, womanize, womanise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
womaniser n a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them Synonym(s): womanizer, womaniser, philanderer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
womanish adj having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men; "womanish tears"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
womanishness n the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man); "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him" Synonym(s): effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
womanize v have amorous affairs; of men; "He has been womanizing for years" Synonym(s): philander, womanize, womanise to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to; "This hairdo feminizes the man" Synonym(s): feminize, feminise, effeminize, effeminise, womanize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
womanizer n a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them Synonym(s): womanizer, womaniser, philanderer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
womankind n women as distinguished from men
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Women's Army Corps n an army corps that was organized in World War II but is no longer a separate branch of the United States Army Synonym(s): Women's Army Corps, WAC
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
women's lib n the movement aimed at equal rights for women [syn: feminist movement, feminism, women's liberation movement, women's lib]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
women's liberation movement n the movement aimed at equal rights for women [syn: feminist movement, feminism, women's liberation movement, women's lib]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
women's liberationist n a supporter of feminism [syn: feminist, {women's rightist}, women's liberationist, libber]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
women's rightist n a supporter of feminism [syn: feminist, {women's rightist}, women's liberationist, libber]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wyoming n a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east Synonym(s): Wyoming, Equality State, WY
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wyomingite n a native or resident of Wyoming
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waning \Wan"ing\, n. The act or process of waning, or decreasing. This earthly moon, the Church, hath fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses. --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wane \Wane\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waning}.] [OE. wanien, AS. wanian, wonian, from wan, won, deficient, wanting; akin to D. wan-, G. wahnsinn, insanity, OHG. wan, wana-, lacking, wan[?]n to lessen, Icel. vanr lacking, Goth. vans; cf. Gr. [?] bereaved, Skr. [?]na wanting, inferior. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Want} lack, and {Wanton}.] 1. To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with {wax}, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon. Like the moon, aye wax ye and wane. Waning moons their settled periods keep. --Addison. 2. To decline; to fail; to sink. You saw but sorrow in its waning form. --Dryden. Land and trade ever will wax and wane together. --Sir J. Child.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wean \Wean\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weaning}.] [OE. wenen, AS. wenian, wennan, to accustom; akin to D. wennen, G. gew[94]hnen, OHG. giwennan, Icel. venja, Sw. v[84]nja, Dan. v[91]nne, Icel. vanr accustomed, wont; cf. AS. [be]wenian to wean, G. entw[94]hnen. See {Wont}, a.] 1. To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment. And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. --Gen. xxi. 8. 2. Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything. [bd]Wean them from themselves.[b8] --Shak. The troubles of age were intended . . . to wean us gradually from our fondness of life. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weanling \Wean"ling\, a. & n. from {Wean}, v. The weaning of the whelp is the great test of the skill of the kennel man. --J. H. Walsh. {Weaning brash}. (Med.) See under {Brash}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brash \Brash\, n. [See {Brash} brittle.] 1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness. 2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. 3. (Geol.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. --Lyell. 4. Broken fragments of ice. --Kane. {Water brash} (Med.), an affection characterized by a spasmodic pain or hot sensation in the stomach with a rising of watery liquid into the mouth; pyrosis. {Weaning brash} (Med.), a severe form of diarrhea which sometimes attacks children just weaned.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whine \Whine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whining}.] [OE. whinen, AS. hw[c6]nan to make a whistling, whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hv[c6]na, Sw. hvina, Dan. hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wih[omac]n, hweij[omac]n; perhaps of imitative origin. Cf. {Whinny}, v. i.] To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely. [bd]Whining plovers.[b8] --Spenser. The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a whining accent, craving liberty. --Sir P. Sidney. Dost thou come here to whine? --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whiningly \Whin"ing*ly\, adv. In a whining manner; in a tone of mean complaint.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whinny \Whin"ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whinnied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whinnying}.] [From {Whine}] To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Wine fly} (Zo[94]l.), small two-winged fly of the genus {Piophila}, whose larva lives in wine, cider, and other fermented liquors. {Wine grower}, one who cultivates a vineyard and makes wine. {Wine measure}, the measure by which wines and other spirits are sold, smaller than beer measure. {Wine merchant}, a merchant who deals in wines. {Wine of opium} (Pharm.), a solution of opium in aromatized sherry wine, having the same strength as ordinary laudanum; -- also {Sydenham's laudanum}. {Wine press}, a machine or apparatus in which grapes are pressed to extract their juice. {Wine skin}, a bottle or bag of skin, used, in various countries, for carrying wine. {Wine stone}, a kind of crust deposited in wine casks. See 1st {Tartar}, 1. {Wine vault}. (a) A vault where wine is stored. (b) A place where wine is served at the bar, or at tables; a dramshop. --Dickens. {Wine vinegar}, vinegar made from wine. {Wine whey}, whey made from milk coagulated by the use of wine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Win \Win\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Won}, Obs. {Wan}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Winning}.] [OE. winnen, AS. winnan to strive, labor, fight, endure; akin to OFries. winna, OS. winnan, D. winnen to win, gain, G. gewinnen, OHG. winnan to strive, struggle, Icel. vinna to labor, suffer, win, Dan. vinde to win, Sw. vinna, Goth. winnan to suffer, Skr. van to wish, get, gain, conquer. [root]138. Cf. {Venerate}, {Winsome}, {Wish}, {Wont}, a.] 1. To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country. [bd]This city for to win.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Who thus shall Canaan win.[b8] --Milton. Thy well-breathed horse Impels the flying car, and wins the course. --Dryden. 2. To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship. Thy virtue wan me; with virtue preserve me. --Sir P. Sidney. She is a woman; therefore to be won. --Shak. 3. To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury. 4. To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake. [Archaic] Even in the porch he him did win. --Spenser. And when the stony path began, By which the naked peak they wan, Up flew the snowy ptarmigan. --Sir W. Scott. 5. (Mining) To extract, as ore or coal. --Raymond. Syn: To gain; get; procure; earn. See {Gain}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Winning \Win"ning\, a. Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a winning address. [bd]Each mild and winning note.[b8] --Keble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Winning \Win"ning\, n. 1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition. 2. The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural. Ye seek land and sea for your winnings. --Chaucer. 3. (Mining) (a) A new opening. (b) The portion of a coal field out for working. {Winning headway} (Mining), an excavation for exploration, in post-and-stall working. {Winning post}, the post, or goal, at the end of a race.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Winning \Win"ning\, n. 1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition. 2. The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural. Ye seek land and sea for your winnings. --Chaucer. 3. (Mining) (a) A new opening. (b) The portion of a coal field out for working. {Winning headway} (Mining), an excavation for exploration, in post-and-stall working. {Winning post}, the post, or goal, at the end of a race.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Winning \Win"ning\, n. 1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition. 2. The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural. Ye seek land and sea for your winnings. --Chaucer. 3. (Mining) (a) A new opening. (b) The portion of a coal field out for working. {Winning headway} (Mining), an excavation for exploration, in post-and-stall working. {Winning post}, the post, or goal, at the end of a race.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Winningly \Win"ning*ly\, adv. In a winning manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Winningness \Win"ning*ness\, n. The quality or state of being winning. [bd]Winningness in style.[b8] --J. Morley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Winninish \Win"nin*ish\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The land-locked variety of the common salmon. [Canada]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Winnew \Win"new\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Winnowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Winnowing}.] [OE. windewen, winewen, AS. windwian; akin to Goth. winpjan (in comp.), winpi-skauro a fan, L. ventilare to fan, to winnow; cf. L. wannus a fan for winnowing, G. wanne, OHG. wanna. [?][?][?][?]. See {Wind} moving air, and cf. {Fan}., n., {Ventilate}.] 1. To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain. Ho winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing floor. --Ruth. iii. 2. 2. To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as had from good. Winnow well this thought, and you shall find This light as chaff that flies before the wind. --Dryden. 3. To beat with wings, or as with wings.[Poetic] Now on the polar winds; then with quick fan Winnows the buxom air. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Winnowing \Win"now*ing\, n. The act of one who, or that which, winnows.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Womanish \Wom"anish\, a. Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under {Effeminate}. [bd] Thy tears are womanish.[b8] --Shak. [bd] Womanish entreaties.[b8] --Macaulay. A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish, but audible, strong, and manlike. --Ascham. -- {Wom"anishly}, adv. -- {Wom"anish*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Womanish \Wom"anish\, a. Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under {Effeminate}. [bd] Thy tears are womanish.[b8] --Shak. [bd] Womanish entreaties.[b8] --Macaulay. A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish, but audible, strong, and manlike. --Ascham. -- {Wom"anishly}, adv. -- {Wom"anish*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Womanish \Wom"anish\, a. Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under {Effeminate}. [bd] Thy tears are womanish.[b8] --Shak. [bd] Womanish entreaties.[b8] --Macaulay. A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish, but audible, strong, and manlike. --Ascham. -- {Wom"anishly}, adv. -- {Wom"anish*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Womanize \Wom"an*ize\, v. t. To make like a woman; to make effeminate. [Obs.] --V. Knox.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Womankind \Wom"an*kind`\, n. The females of the human race; women, collectively. A sanctuary into which womankind, with her tools of magic, the broom and mop, has very infrequent access. --Hawthorne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woman's Christian Temperance Union \Woman's Christian Temperance Union\ An association of women formed in the United States in 1874, for the advancement of temperance by organizing preventive, educational, evangelistic, social, and legal work.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woning \Won"ing\, n. Dwelling. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wanamaker, IN Zip code(s): 46239
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wanamassa, NJ (CDP, FIPS 76700) Location: 40.23670 N, 74.02921 W Population (1990): 4530 (1675 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Winamac, IN (town, FIPS 84734) Location: 41.05285 N, 86.60331 W Population (1990): 2262 (1053 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46996
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Winnemucca, NV (city, FIPS 84800) Location: 40.96829 N, 117.72573 W Population (1990): 6134 (2442 housing units) Area: 19.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 89445
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Winona County, MN (county, FIPS 169) Location: 43.98482 N, 91.77491 W Population (1990): 47828 (17630 housing units) Area: 1622.2 sq km (land), 39.6 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Womens Bay, AK (CDP, FIPS 85680) Location: 57.68231 N, 152.66872 W Population (1990): 620 (255 housing units) Area: 116.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wyoming, DE (town, FIPS 81350) Location: 39.11682 N, 75.56059 W Population (1990): 977 (394 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Wyoming, IA (city, FIPS 87240) Location: 42.06011 N, 91.00484 W Population (1990): 659 (303 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52362 Wyoming, IL (city, FIPS 83687) Location: 41.06447 N, 89.77231 W Population (1990): 1462 (654 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61491 Wyoming, MI (city, FIPS 88940) Location: 42.89235 N, 85.70252 W Population (1990): 63891 (25056 housing units) Area: 62.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49509 Wyoming, MN (city, FIPS 72022) Location: 45.33360 N, 92.99600 W Population (1990): 2142 (733 housing units) Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Wyoming, NY (village, FIPS 83371) Location: 42.82514 N, 78.08549 W Population (1990): 478 (179 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14591 Wyoming, OH (city, FIPS 86730) Location: 39.22945 N, 84.48160 W Population (1990): 8128 (3280 housing units) Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Wyoming, PA (borough, FIPS 86856) Location: 41.30583 N, 75.84181 W Population (1990): 3255 (1564 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18644
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wyoming County, NY (county, FIPS 121) Location: 42.69887 N, 78.22835 W Population (1990): 42507 (15848 housing units) Area: 1535.8 sq km (land), 9.1 sq km (water) Wyoming County, PA (county, FIPS 131) Location: 41.52049 N, 76.01958 W Population (1990): 28076 (11857 housing units) Area: 1028.8 sq km (land), 19.7 sq km (water) Wyoming County, WV (county, FIPS 109) Location: 37.60983 N, 81.54120 W Population (1990): 28990 (11756 housing units) Area: 1297.3 sq km (land), 2.4 sq km (water)