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quarter
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[ noun ] (mathematics) one of four equal parts
Examples "a quarter of a pound" Used in print (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)I 've got a quarter of a_million Germans in my state , and those krautheads tune_in on Father_Werther every_night , and if he tells them to go_out and piss in the public_square , that 's what they do . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)We were less than a quarter of a mile from the road , and we could trace its shape from the ribbon of powder smoke and dust that hung over it . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)A quarter inch this way or that for the hardbake , or the toffee , or the barley sugar , or the sardines , or the bitters , or the condensed_milk , or the stationery , or the needles - what could it mean ? (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)The events of the last quarter of an hour , mysterious to any bird accustomed only to the predictable life of coop and barnyard , had overcome the doctor 's hen and she gave_out a series of cackly wails , perhaps mourning her nest , but briefly enjoyed . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (geography) a district of a city having some distinguishing character
Examples "the Latin Quarter" Used in print (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)I will send you the best the quarter has to offer '' . (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)But this was not unusual , because youth in these quarters was always pushed at a distance from its elders . Sameness for the Old_Man was framed_in by a wall of ginkgo trees which divided these quarters from the city . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] consisting of one of four equivalent parts
Examples "a quarter pound of butter" Used in print (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)It was a quarter of seven when the crowd washed_me_up among the other gallants who had established the Astor steps as the beach-head from which to launch their night of merrymaking . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an unspecified person
Examples "he dropped a word in the right quarter" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a US coin worth one fourth of a dollar
Examples "he fed four quarters into the slot machine" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (nautical) the rear part of a ship
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[ verb ] kill by pulling the victim's body into pieces by having horses pull on each extremity
Synonyms Examples "people were executed by being quartered" Related terms |
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[ noun ] one of the four major division of the compass
Examples "the wind is coming from that quarter" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a fourth part of a year; three months
Examples "unemployment fell during the last quarter" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (education) one of four periods into which the school year is divided
Examples "the fall quarter ends at Christmas" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (sport) one of four periods of play into which some games are divided
Examples "both teams scored in the first quarter" Related terms |
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[ verb ] (mathematics) divide by four; divide into quarters
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[ noun ] a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
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[ verb ] (military,housing) provide housing for, of military personnel
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[ noun ] (British) a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
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[ verb ] pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
Synonyms Examples "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (clothing) piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
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