tat

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun tat has 2 senses

tat(n = noun.attribute) cheapness, sleaze, tackiness - tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar;

is a kind of tastelessness

Derived form adjective tatty₂

tat(n = noun.act) thematic apperception test - a projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture;

is a kind of projective device, projective technique, projective test

Verb tat has 1 sense

tat(v = verb.creation) intertwine - make lacework by knotting or looping;

is one way to create from raw material, create from raw stuff

Derived form noun tatting₂

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

CIDE DICTIONARY

tat, n. [Hind. tāt.].

Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius, or jute. [1913 Webster]

tat, n. [Hind. tatt.].

A pony. [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tat, n. colloq.
1 a tatty or tasteless clothes; worthless goods. b rubbish, junk.
2 a shabby person.

tat, v. (tatted, tatting)
1 intr. do tatting.
2 tr. make by tatting.

tat, see TIT(2).

ROGET THESAURUS

tat

Junction

VB join, unite, conjoin, connect, associate, put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together, embody, reembody, roll into one, attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast, tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain, fetter, lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket, marry, bridge over, span, braze, pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet, impact, solder, set, weld together, fuse together, wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase, graft, ingraft, inosculate, entwine, intwine, interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, entangle, twine round, belay, tighten, trice up, screw up, be joined, hang together, hold together, cohere.

Crossing

VB cross, decussate, intersect, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, interdigitate, interlink, twine, entwine, weave, inweave, twist, wreathe, anastomose, inosculate, dovetail, splice, link, lace, tat, mat, plait, plat, braid, felt, twill, tangle, entangle, ravel, net, knot, dishevel, raddle.

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Major

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POS

Noun, Verb (intransitive), Adjective

HYPHEN

ma=jor

commissioned military officer

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Major has 4 senses

major(n = noun.person) - a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain;

is a kind of

major(n = noun.person) john major, john r. major, john roy major - British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943);

is a kind of national leader, solon, statesman

major(n = noun.person) - a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major"

Derived form verb major₁

major(n = noun.cognition) - the principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics"

Derived form verb major₁

Adjective Major has 8 senses

major(a = adj.all) - of greater importance or stature or rank; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways"

major(a = adj.all) - greater in scope or effect; "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding"

major(a = adj.all) - greater in number or size or amount; "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings"

Derived forms noun

majority₁

noun

majority₂

Antonym: minor

major(a = adj.all) - of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes; "his major field was mathematics"

major(a = adj.all) - of a scale or mode; "major scales"; "the key of D major"

major(a = adj.all) - of greater seriousness or danger; "a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness"

major(a = adj.all) - of full legal age;

Derived form noun

majority₃

Antonym: minor

major(s = adj.all) - of the elder of two boys with the same family name; "Jones major"

Verb Major has 1 sense

major(v = verb.cognition) - have as one's principal field of study; "She is majoring in linguistics"

is one way to

study

Derived forms noun major₄, noun major₃

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP

CIDE DICTIONARY

Major, a. [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. Master, Mayor, Magnitude, More, a.].

Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. [1913 Webster]
Of greater dignity; more important. Shak. [1913 Webster]
Of full legal age; adult. [1913 Webster]
Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone. [1913 Webster]

Major key (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds. -- Major offense (Law), an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault. -- Major scale (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major. See Scale, and Diatonic. -- Major second (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step. -- Major sixth (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful. -- Major third (Mus.), a third of two steps.

Major, n. [F. major. See Major, a.].

An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer. [1913 Webster]
A person of full age. [1913 Webster]
That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference]. [1913 Webster]
" In hypothetical syllogisms, the hypothetical premise is called the major." [1913 Webster]
A mayor. Bacon. [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Major, adj., n., & v.
--adj.
1 important, large, serious, significant (a major road; a major war; the major consideration must be their health).
2 (of an operation) serious or life-threatening.
3 Mus. a (of a scale) having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees. b (of an interval) greater by a semitone than a minor interval (major third). c (of a key) based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect (D major).
4 of full age.
5 Brit. (appended to a surname, esp. in public schools) the elder of two brothers or the first to enter the school (Smith major).
6 Logic a (of a term) occurring in the predicate or conclusion of a syllogism. b (of a premiss) containing a major term.
--n.
1 Mil. a an army officer next below lieutenant-colonel and above captain. b an officer in charge of a section of band instruments (drum major; pipe major).
2 a person of full age.
3 US a a student's special subject or course. b a student specializing in a specified subject (a philosophy major).
4 Logic a major term or premiss.
--v.intr. (foll. by in) US study or qualify in a subject (majored in theology).

Idiom

major axis the axis of a conic, passing through its foci. major-general an officer next below a lieutenant-general. major league US a league of major importance in baseball etc. major part (often foll. by of) the majority. major piece Chess a rook or queen. major planet Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune. major prophet Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, or Daniel. major suit Bridge spades or hearts.

Derivative

majorship n.

Etymology

ME f. L, compar. of magnus great

THESAURUS

Major

ADC, CO, OD, a cut above, above, academic specialty, adult, ahead, aide, aide-de-camp, area, ascendant, better, big, big-league, big-name, big-time, bigger, biggest, bigwig, bigwigged, brigadier, brigadier general, capital, capping, captain, chicken colonel, chief, chief of staff, chosen, classical education, cock, colonel, commandant, commander, commander in chief, commanding officer, commissioned officer, company officer, consequential, considerable, core curriculum, course, course of study, critical, crucial, curriculum, dangerous, discipline, distinguished, dominant, dominating, double-barreled, earthshaking, eclipsing, elder, eldest, elective, eminent, exceeding, excellent, excelling, exec, executive officer, extensive, fell, field, field marshal, field officer, finer, first lieutenant, first-born, firstling, five-star general, foremost, former, four-star general, general, general education, general officer, general studies, generalissimo, grand, grave, great, greater, grievous, grown man, grownup, heavyweight, hefty, high-powered, higher, humanities, important, in ascendancy, in the ascendant, jemadar, junior officer, key, key signature, keynote, large, large-scale, larger, legalis homo, liberal arts, lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, main, major general, major key, man, marechal, marked, marshal, material, mature man, mediant, minor, momentous, name, no chicken, notable, noteworthy, of choice, officer, older, oldest, one up on, one-star general, orderly officer, outstanding, over, paramount, pedal point, predominant, preeminent, primary, prime, primogenitary, principal, proseminar, quadrivium, rare, refresher course, risaldar, rivaling, scientific education, self-important, seminar, senior, senior officer, serious, shavetail, significant, sirdar, sizable, specialty, staff officer, star, stellar, study, subahdar, subaltern, subdiscipline, subdominant, subject, sublieutenant, submediant, substantial, subtonic, super, superior, supertonic, surpassing, technical education, the Old Man, the brass, three-star general, tonality, tonic, tonic key, top brass, topping, transcendent, transcendental, transcending, trivium, two-star general, ugly, upper, vital, woman, world-shaking, worst