English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Thought (n.)

A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better.

Thoughtful (a.)

Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind.

Thoughtful (a.)

Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain; thoughtful in seeking truth.

Thoughtful (a.)

Anxious; solicitous; concerned.

Thoughtless (adv.)

Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act.

Thoughtless (adv.)

Giddy; gay; dissipated.

Thoughtless (adv.)

Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull.

Thousand (n.)

The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects.

Thousand (n.)

Hence, indefinitely, a great number.

Thousand (n.)

A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI/.

Thousand (a.)

Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.

Thousand (a.)

Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely.

Thousand legs

A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm.

Thousandfold (a.)

Multiplied by a thousand.

Thousandth (a.)

Next in order after nine hundred and ninty-nine; coming last of a thousand successive individuals or units; -- the ordinal of thousand; as, the thousandth part of a thing.

Thousandth (a.)

Constituting, or being one of, a thousand equal parts into which anything is divided; the tenth of a hundredth.

Thousandth (a.)

Occurring as being one of, or the last one of, a very great number; very small; minute; -- used hyperbolically; as, to do a thing for the thousandth time.

Thousandth (n.)

The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a thousand equal parts into which a unit is divided.

Thowel (n.)

Alt. of Thowl

Thowl (n.)

A thole pin.