Dolphin Definition–noun | 1. | any of several chiefly marine, cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae, having a fishlike body, numerous teeth, and the front of the head elongated into a beaklike projection. |
| 3. | Nautical. | a. | a pile, cluster of piles, or buoy to which a vessel may be moored in open water. |
| b. | a cluster of piles used as a fender, as at the entrance to a dock. |
| c. | a pudding fender at the nose of a tugboat or on the side of a vessel. |
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| 4. | (initial capital letter ) Astronomy. the constellation Delphinus. |
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Gift Definition–noun | 1. | something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present. |
| 3. | something bestowed or acquired without any particular effort by the recipient or without its being earned: Those extra points he got in the game were a total gift. |
| 4. | a special ability or capacity; natural endowment; talent: the gift of saying the right thing at the right time. |
–verb (used with object) | 5. | to
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present with as a gift; bestow gifts upon; endow with. |
| 6. | to present (someone) with a gift: just the thing to gift the newlyweds. |
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