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An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
Moola Venkata Rangaiah, Indian film producer; Moola Narayana Swamy (born 1950), Indian film producer and entrepreneur; The Fabulous Moolah (1923–2007), ring name of professional wrestler Lillian Ellison
The story dates to before 1787, when the Moonrakers tale appeared in Francis Grose's Provincial Glossary. [3] Research by Wiltshire Council's Community History Project shows that a claim can be made for the Crammer, a pond at Southbroom, Devizes, as the original location for the tale. [4]
It requires regular maintenance, such as raking and patching, to keep it functional and safe. [271] The name golf is not an acronym for "Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden". [272] [273] It may have come from the Dutch word kolf or kolve, meaning "club", [273] or from the Scottish word goulf or gowf meaning "to strike or cuff". [272]
Wiktionary (UK: / ˈ w ɪ k ʃ ən ər i / ⓘ, WIK-shə-nər-ee; US: / ˈ w ɪ k ʃ ə n ɛr i / ⓘ, WIK-shə-nerr-ee; rhyming with "dictionary") is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary of terms (including words, phrases, proverbs, linguistic reconstructions, etc.) in all natural languages and in a number of artificial languages.
Langenscheidt dictionaries in various languages A multi-volume Latin dictionary by Egidio Forcellini Dictionary definition entries. A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical and stroke for logographic languages), which may include information on definitions ...
Rake (angle), a mathematical definition; Rake (cellular automaton), a cellular automaton pattern that moves while regularly emitting spaceships; Rake (software), a variant of the make program coded in the Ruby programming language
This led to the theatre positions "upstage" and "downstage", meaning, respectively, farther from or closer to the audience. The term " upstaging " refers to one actor moving to a more elevated position on the rake (stage), causing the upstaged actor (who stays more downstage, closer to the audience) to turn their back to the audience to address ...