Winter (n.) The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.
Winter (n.) The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
Wintered (imp. & p. p.) of Winter
Wintering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Winter
Winter (v. i.) To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.
Winter (v. i.) To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw.
Winter-beaten (a.) Beaten or harassed by the severe weather of winter.
Wintergreen (n.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter.
Winter-ground (v. t.) To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant.
Winterkilled (imp. & p. p.) of Winterkill
Winterkilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Winterkill
Winterkill (v. t.) To kill by the cold, or exposure to the inclemency of winter; as, the wheat was winterkilled.
Winterly (a.) Like winter; wintry; cold; hence, disagreeable, cheerless; as, winterly news.
Winter-proud (a.) Having too rank or forward a growth for winter.
Winter-rig (v. t.) To fallow or till in winter.
Winter's bark () The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, / Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577.
Wintertide (n.) Winter time.
Winterweed (n.) A kind of speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) which spreads chiefly in winter.
Wintery (a.) Wintry.
Wintry (a.) Suitable to winter; resembling winter, or what belongs to winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy; wintery.
Winy (a.) Having the taste or qualities of wine; vinous; as, grapes of a winy taste.
Winze (n.) A small shaft sunk from one level to another, as for the purpose of ventilation.
Wipe (n.) The lapwing.
Wiped (imp. & p. p.) of Wipe
Wiping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wipe
Wipe (v. t.) To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel.
Wipe (v. t.) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; -- usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively.
Wipe (v. t.) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by out.
Wipe (n.) Act of rubbing, esp. in order to clean.
Wipe (n.) A blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe.
Wipe (n.) A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm.
Wipe (n.) A handkerchief.
Wipe (n.) Stain; brand.
Wiper (n.) One who, or that which, wipes.
Wiper (n.) Something used for wiping, as a towel or rag.
Wiper (n.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam.
Wiper (n.) A rod, or an attachment for a rod, for holding a rag with which to wipe out the bore of the barrel.
Wirbled (imp. & p. p.) of Wirble
Wirbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wirble
Wirble (v. i.) To whirl; to eddy.
Wirche (v. i. & t.) To work
Wire (n.) A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.
Wire (n.) A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.
Wired (imp. & p. p.) of Wire
Wiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wire
Wire (v. t.) To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
Wire (v. t.) To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
Wire (v. t.) To snare by means of a wire or wires.
Wire (v. t.) To send (a message) by telegraph.
Wire (v. i.) To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.
Wire (v. i.) To send a telegraphic message.
Wiredrew (imp.) of Wiredraw
Wiredrawn (p. p.) of Wiredraw
Wiredrawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wiredraw
Wiredraw (v. t.) To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel.
Wiredraw (v. t.) Hence, to draw by art or violence.
Wiredraw (v. t.) Hence, also, to draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument.
Wiredraw (v. t.) To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction.
Wire-drawer (n.) One who draws metal into wire.
Wire-heel (n.) A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast.
Wire-puller (n.) One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer.
Wire-pulling (n.) The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue.
Wire-tailed (a.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules.
Wirework (n.) Work, especially openwork, formed of wires.
Wire-worker (n.) One who manufactures articles from wire.
Wireworm (n.) One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub.
Wireworm (n.) A galleyworm.
Wiriness (n.) The quality of being wiry.
Wiry (a.) Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
Wiry (a.) Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution.
Wis (adv.) Certainly; really; indeed.
Wis (v. t.) To think; to suppose; to imagine; -- used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis.
Wisard (n.) See Wizard.
Wisdom (a.) The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity.
Wisdom (a.) The results of wise judgments; scientific or practical truth; acquired knowledge; erudition.
Wise (v.) Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.
Wise (v.) Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious.
Wise (v.) Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.
Wise (v.) Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.
Wise (v.) Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination.
Wise (v.) Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion.
Wiseacre (v.) A learned or wise man.
Wiseacre (v.) One who makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a would-be-wise person; hence, in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce.
Wise-hearted (a.) Wise; knowing; skillful; sapient; erudite; prudent.
Wise-like (a.) Resembling that which is wise or sensible; judicious.
Wiseling (n.) One who pretends to be wise; a wiseacre; a witling.
Wisely (adv.) In a wise manner; prudently; judiciously; discreetly; with wisdom.
Wiseness (n.) Wisdom.
Wished (imp. & p. p.) of Wish
Wishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wish
Wish (v. t.) To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.
Wish (v. t.) To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.
Wish (v. t.) To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate.
Wish (v. t.) To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of.
Wish (n.) Desire; eager desire; longing.
Wish (n.) Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.
Wish (n.) A thing desired; an object of desire.
Wishable (a.) Capable or worthy of being wished for; desirable.
Wishbone (n.) The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; -- called also merrythought, and wishing bone. See Merrythought, and Furculum.
Wishedly (adv.) According to wish; conformably to desire.