Man Definition–noun | 1. | an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman. | | 2. | a member of the species Homo sapiens or all the members of this species collectively, without regard to sex: prehistoric man. | | 3. | the human individual as representing the species, without reference to sex; the human race; humankind: Man hopes for peace, but prepares for war. | | 4. | a human being; person: to give a man a chance; When the audience smelled the smoke, it was every man for himself. | | 6. | a male lover or sweetheart. | | 7. | a male follower or subordinate: the king's men. He's the boss's number one man. | | 8. | a male employee or representative, esp. of a company or agency: a Secret Service man; a man fro
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m the phone company. | | 9. | a male having qualities considered typical of men or appropriately masculine: Be a man. The army will make a man of you. | | 13. | an enthusiast or devotee: I like jazz, but I'm essentially a classics man. | | 14. | Slang. male
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friend; ally: You're my main man. | | 15. | a term of familiar address to a man; fellow: Now, now, my good man, please calm down. | | 16. | Slang. a term of familiar address to a man or a woman: Hey, man, take it easy. | | 17. | one of the pieces used in playing certain games, as chess or checkers. | | 18. | History/Historical. a liegeman; vassal. | | 19. | Obsolete. manly character or courage. | | 20. | the man, Slang. | a. | a person or group asserting authority or power over another, esp. in a manner experienced as being oppressive, demeaning, or threatening, as an employer, the police, or a dominating racial group. | | b. | a person or group upon whom one is dependent, as the drug supplier for an addict. | Also, the Man. | –verb (used with object) | 21. | to furnish with men, as for service or defense. | | 22. | to take one's place for service, as at a gun or post: to man the ramparts. | | 23. | to strengthen, fortify, or brace; steel: to man oneself for the dangers ahead. | | 24. | Falconry. to accustom (a hawk) to the presence of men. | –interjection | 25. | Slang. an expression of surprise, enthusiasm, dismay, or other strong feeling: Man, what a ball game! | —Idioms | 26. | as one man, in complete agreement or accord; unanimously: They arose as one man to protest the verdict. | | 27. | be one's own man, | a. | to be free from restrictions, control, or dictatorial influence; be independent: Now that he has a business he is his own man. | | b. | to be in complete command of one's faculties: After a refreshing nap he was again his own man. | |
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| 28. | man and boy, ever since childhood: He's been working that farm, man and boy, for more than 50 years. | | 29. | man's man, a man who exemplifies masculine qualities. | | 30. | to a man, with no exception; everyone; all: To a man, the members of the team did their best. | |
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Tie Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or the like, drawn together and knotted: to tie a tin can on a dog's tail. | | 2. | to draw together the parts of with a knotted string or the like: to tie a bundle tight. | | 3. | to fasten by tightening and knotting the string or strings of: to tie one's shoes. | | 4. | to draw or fasten together into a knot, as a cord: to tie one's shoelace. | | 5. | to form by looping and interlacing, as a knot or bow. | | 6. | to fasten, join, or connect in any way. | | 7. | Angling. to design and make (an artificial fly). | | 8. | to bind or join closely or firmly: Great affection tied them. | | 9. | Informal. to unite in marriage. | | 10. | to confine, restrict, or limit: The weather tied him to the house. | | 11. | to bind or oblige, as to do something. | | 12. | to make the same score as; equal in a contest. | | 13. | Music. to connect (notes) by a tie. | –verb (used without object) | 14. | to make a tie, bond, or connection. | | 15. | to make or be the same score; be equal in a contest: The teams tied for first place in the league. | –noun | 16. | that with which anything is tied. | | 17. | a cord, string, or the like, used for tying, fastening, binding, or wrapping something. |
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| 19. | a low shoe fastened with a lace. | | 20. | a knot, esp. an ornamental one; bow. | | 21. | anything that fastens, secures, or unites. | | 22. | a bond or connection, as of affection, kinship, mutual interest, or between two or more people, groups, nations, or the like: family ties; the ties between Britain and the U.S. | | 23. | a state of equality in the result of a contest, as in points scored, votes obtained, etc., among competitors: The game ended in a tie. | | 24. | a match or contest in which this occurs. | | 25. | any of various structural members, as beams or rods, for keeping two objects, as rafters or the haunches of an arch, from spreading or separating. | | 26. | Music. a curved line connecting two notes on the same line or space to indicate that the sound is to be sustained for their joint value, not repeated. | | 27. | Also called, especially British, sleeper. Railroads. any of a number of closely spaced transverse beams, usually of wood, for holding the rails forming a track at the proper distance from each other and
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for transmitting train loads to the ballast and roadbed. | | 29. | Surveying. a measurement made to determine the position of a survey station with respect to a reference mark or other isolated point. | —Verb phrases | 30. | tie down, to limit one's activities; confine; curtail: He finds that a desk job ties him down. | | 31. | tie in, | a. | to connect or be connected; be consistent: His story ties in with the facts. | | b. | Surveying. to establish the position of (a point not part of a survey control). | | c. | to make a tie-in, esp. in advertising or a sale: The paperback book is tied in with the movie of the same title. | | | 32. | tie off, to tie a cord or suture around (a vein, blood vessel, or the like) so as to stop the flow within. | | 33. | tie up, | a. | to fasten securely by tying. | | d. | to bring to a stop; make inactive. | | e. | to invest or place (money) in such a way as to render unavailable for other uses. | | f. | to place (property) under such conditions or restrictions as to prevent sale or alienation. | | h. | to engage or occupy completely: I can't see you now, I'm all tied up. | | —Idioms | 34. | tie one on, Slang. to get drunk: Charlie sure tied one on last night! | | 35. | tie the knot. knot 1 (def. 18). | |
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