English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Aware (a.)

Apprised; informed; cognizant; conscious; as, he was aware of the enemy's designs.

Aware (a.)

Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

Awarn (v. t.)

To warn.

Awash (a.)

Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.

Away (adv.)

From a place; hence.

Away (adv.)

Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.

Away (adv.)

Aside; off; in another direction.

Away (adv.)

From a state or condition of being; out of existence.

Away (adv.)

By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.

Away (adv.)

On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away.

Away-going (a.)

Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; -- said of crops.

Awayward (adv.)

Turned away; away.

Awe (n.)

The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence.

Awe (v. t.)

To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.

Awe (n.)

Dread; great fear mingled with respect.

Awe-stricken (a.)

Awe-struck.

Awe-struck (a.)

Struck with awe.

Awearied (p. p.)

Wearied.

Aweary (a.)

Weary.

Aweather (adv.)

On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!