Cheap Definition–adjective | 1. | costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress. | | 2. | costing little labor or trouble: Words are cheap. | | 3. | charging low prices: a very cheap store. | | 4. | of little account; of small value; mean; shoddy: cheap conduct; cheap workmanship. | | 5. | embarrassed; sheepish: He felt cheap about his mistake. | | 6. | obtainable at a low rate of interest: when money is cheap. | | 7. | of decreased value or purchasing power, as currency depreciated due to inflation. | | 8. | stingy; miserly: He's too cheap to buy his own brother a cup of coffee. | –adverb | 9. | at a low price; at small cost: He is willing to sell cheap. | —Idioms | 10. | cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive: I found this old chair for eight dollars—it would be cheap at twice the price. | | 11. | on the cheap, Informal. inexpensively; economically: She enjoys traveling on the cheap. | |
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Flower Definition–noun | 1. | the blossom of a plant. | | 2. | Botany. | a. | the part of a seed plant comprising the reproductive organs and their envelopes if any, esp. when such envelopes are more or less conspicuous in form and color. | | b. | an analogous reproductive structure in other plants, as the mosses. | | | 3. | a plant, considered with reference to its blossom or cultivated for its floral beauty. | | 4. | state of efflorescence or bloom: Peonies were in flower. | | 5. | an ornament representing a flower. | | 6. | Also called fleuron, floret. Printing. an ornamental piece of type, esp. a stylized floral design, often used in a line to decorate chapter headings, page borders, or bindings. | | 7. | an ornament or adornment. | | 8. | the finest or most flourishing period: Poetic drama was in flower in Elizabethan England. | | 9. | the best or finest member or part of a number, body, or whole: the flower of American youth. | | 10. | the finest or choicest product or example. | | 11. | flowers, (used with a singular verb ) Chemistry. a substance in the form of a fine powder, esp. as obtained by sublimation: flowers of sulfur. | –verb (used without object) | 12. | to produce flowers; blossom; come to full bloom. | | 13. | to come out into full development; mature. | –verb (used with object) | 14. | to cover or deck with flowers. | | 15. | to decorate with a floral design. | |
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Girl Definition–noun | 1. | a female child, from birth to full growth. | | 2. | a young, immature woman, esp. formerly, an unmarried one. | | 3. | a daughter: My wife and I have two girls. | | 4. | Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a grown woman, esp. when referred to familiarly: She's having the girls over for bridge next week. | | 5. | girlfriend; sweetheart. | | 6. | Often Offensive. a female servant. | | 7. | Usually Offensive. a female employee. | | 8. | a female who is from or native to a given place: She's a Missouri girl. | | 9. | girls, (used with a singular or plural verb) | a. | a range of sizes from 7 to 14, for garments made for girls. | | b. | a garment in this size range. | | c. | the department or section of a store where these garments are sold. | | |
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Dress Definition–noun | 1. | an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece. | | 2. | clothing; apparel; garb: The dress of the 18th century was colorful. | | 4. | a particular form of appearance; guise. | | 5. | outer covering, as the plumage of birds. | –adjective | 6. | of or for a dress or dresses. | | 7. | of or for a formal occasion. | | 8. | requiring formal dress. | –verb (used with object) | 10. | to put formal or evening clothes on. | | 11. | to trim; ornament; adorn: to dress a store window; to dress a Christmas tree. | | 12. | to design clothing for or sell clothes to. | | 13. | to comb out and do up (hair). | | 14. | to cut up, trim, and remove the skin, feathers, viscera, etc., from (an animal, meat, fowl, or flesh of a fowl) for market or for cooking (often fol. by out when referring to a large animal): We dressed three chickens for the dinner. He dressed out the deer when he got back to camp. | | 15. | to prepare (skins, fabrics, timber, stone, ore, etc.) by special processes. | | 16. | to apply medication or a dressing to (a wound or sore). | | 17. | to make straight; bring (troops) into line: to dress ranks. | | 18. | to make (stone, wood, or other building material) smooth. | | 19. | to cultivate (land, fields, etc.). | | 20. | Theater. to arrange (a stage) by effective placement of properties, scenery, actors, etc. | | 21. | to ornament (a vessel) with ensigns, house flags, code flags, etc.: The bark was dressed with masthead flags only. | | 22. | Angling. | a. | to prepare or bait (a fishhook) for use. | | b. | to prepare (bait, esp. an artificial fly) for use. | | | 23. | Printing. to fit (furniture) around and between pages in a chase prior to locking it up. | | 24. | to supply with accessories, optional features, etc.: to have one's new car fully dressed. | –verb (used without object) | 25. | to clothe or attire oneself; put on one's clothes: Wake up and dress, now! | | 26. | to put on or wear formal or fancy clothes: to dress for dinner. | | 27. | to come into line, as troops. | | 28. | to align oneself with the next soldier, marcher, dancer, etc., in line. | —Verb phrases | 29. | dress down, | c. | to dress informally or less formally: to dress down for the shipboard luau. | | | 30. | dress up, | a. | to put on one's best or fanciest clothing; dress relatively formally: They were dressed up for the Easter parade. | | b. | to dress in costume or in another person's clothes: to dress up in Victorian clothing; to dress up as Marie Antoinette. | | c. | to embellish or disguise, esp. in order to make more appealing or acceptable: to dress up the facts with colorful details. | | —Idiom | 31. | dress ship, | a. | to dec
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