Victorian Definition–adjective | 1. | of or pertaining to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian poets. |
| 2. | having the characteristics usually attributed to the Victorians, esp. prudishness and observance of the conventionalities. |
| 3. | Architecture. | a. | noting or pertaining to the architecture, furnishings, and decoration of English-speaking countries between c1840 and c1900, characterized by rapid changes of style as a consequence of aesthetic and philosophical controversy, technological innovations, and changes of fashion, by the frequent presence of ostentatious ornament, and by an overall trend from classicism at the start to romanticism and eclecticism at the middle of the period and thence to classicism again, with attempts at stylistic innovation occurring from time to time. |
| b. | noting or pertaining to the massive, elaborate work characteristic esp. of the period c1855–80, derived mainly from the Baroque and Gothic styles and characterized by the presence of heavy carved ornament, elaborate moldings, etc., by the use of strong and generally dark colors, by the frequent use of dark varnished woodwork, by the emphasis on geometrical form rather than on textural effects, and frequently by an effect of harshness. |
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–noun | 4. | a person who lived during the Victorian period. |
| 5. | a house in or imitative of the Victorian style. |
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House Definition–noun | 1. | a building in which people live; residence for human beings. |
| 3. | (often initial capital letter ) a family, including ancestors and descendants: the great houses of France; the House of Hapsburg. |
| 4. | a building for any purpose: a house of worship. |
| 5. | a theater, concert hall, or auditorium: a vaudeville house. |
| 6. | the audience of a theater or the like. |
| 7. | a place of shelter for an animal, bird, etc. |
| 8. | the building in which a legislative or official deliberative body meets. |
| 9. | (initial capital letter) the body itself, esp. of a bicameral legislature: the House of Representatives. |
| 10. | a quorum of such a body. |
| 11. | (often initial capital letter) a commercial establishment; business firm: the House of Rothschild; a publishing house. |
| 13. | the management of a commercial establishment or of a gambling casino: rules of the house. |
| 14. | an advisory or deliberative group, esp. in church or college affairs. |
| 15. | a college in an English-type university. |
| 16. | a residential hall in a college or school; dormitory. |
| 17. | the members or residents of any such residential hall. |
| 18. | Informal. a brothel; whorehouse. |
| 19. | British. a variety of lotto or bingo played with paper and pencil, esp. by soldiers as a gambling game. |
| 20. | Also called parish. Curling. the area enclosed by a circle 12 or 14 ft. (3.7 or 4.2 m) in diameter at each end of the rink, having the tee in the center. |
| 21. | Nautical. any enclosed shelter above the weather deck of a vessel: bridge house; deck house. |
| 22. | Astrology. one of the 12 divisions of the celestial sphere, numbered counterclockwise from the point of the eastern horizon. | <
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–verb (used with object) | 23. | to put or receive into a house, dwelling, or living quarters: More than 200 students were housed in the dormitory. |
| 24. | to give shelter to; harbor; lodge: to house flood victims in schools. |
| 25. | to provide with a place to work, study, or the like: This building houses our executive staff. |
| 26. | to provide storage space for; be a receptacle for or repository of: The library houses 600,000 books. |
| 27. | to remove from exposure; put in a safe place. |
| 28. | Nautical.
| b. | to lower (an upper mast) and make secure, as alongside the lower mast. |
| c. | to heave (an anchor) home. |
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| 29. | Carpentry. | a. | to fit the end or edge of (a board or the like) into a notch, hole, or groove. |
| b. | to form (a joint) between two pieces of wood by fitting the end or edge of one into a dado of the other. |
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–verb (used without object) | 30. | to take shelter; dwell. |
–adjective | 31. | of, pertaining to, or noting a house. |
| 32. | for or suitable for a house: house paint. |
| 33. | of or being a product made by or for a specific retailer and often sold under the store's own label: You'll save money on the radio if you buy the house brand. |
| 34. | served by a restaurant as its customary brand: the house wine. |
—Idioms| 35. | bring down the house, to call forth vigorous applause from an audience; be highly successful: The children's performances brought down the house. |
| 36. | clean house. clean (def. 48). |
| 37. | dress the house, Theater. | a. | to fill a theater with many people admitted on free passes; paper the house. |
| b. | to arrange or space the seating of patrons in such a way as to make an audience appear larger or a theater or nightclub more crowded than it actually is. |
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| 38. | keep house, to maintain a home; manage a household. |
| 39. | like a house on fire or afire, very quickly; with energy or enthusiasm: The new product took off like a house on fire. |
| 40. | on the house, as a gift from the management; free: Tonight the drinks are on the house. |
| 41. | put or set one's house in order, | a. | to settle one's affairs. |
| b. | to improve one's behavior or correct one's faults: It is easy to criticize others, but it would be better to put one's own house in order first. |
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Plan Definition–noun | 1. | a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans. |
| 2. | a design or scheme of arrangement: an elaborate plan for seating guests. |
| 3. | a specific project or definite purpose: plans for the future. |
| 4. | Also called plan view. a drawing made to scale to represent the top view or a horizontal section of a structure or a machine, as a floor layout of a building. |
| 5. | a representation of a thing drawn on a plane, as a map or diagram: a plan of the dock area. |
| 6. | (in perspective drawing) one of several planes in front of a represented object, and perpendicular to the line between the object and the eye. |
| 7. | a formal program for specified benefits, needs, etc.: a pension plan. |
–verb (used with object) | 8. | to arrange a method or scheme beforehand for (any work, enterprise, or proceeding): to plan a new recreation center. |
| 9. | to make plans for: to plan one's vacation. |
| 10. | to draw or make a diagram or layout of, as a building. |
–verb (used without object) | 11. | to make plans: to plan ahead; to plan for one's retirement. |
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