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goats (root: goat)

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Noun
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goat

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun goats has 4 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

goatsn. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. gāt; akin to D. geit, OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged, Goth. gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.].
     A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (Capra hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.  [1913 Webster]
    " The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat (Capra ægagrus), of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species of the domestic goat. The Rocky Mountain goat (Haplocercus montanus) is more nearly related to the antelopes. See Mazame."  [1913 Webster]
Goat antelope (Zoöl), one of several species of antelopes, which in some respects resemble a goat, having recurved horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short, flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara. -- Goat fig (Bot.), the wild fig. -- Goat house. (a) A place for keeping goats. (b) A brothel. [Obs.] -- Goat moth (Zoöl.), any moth of the genus Cossus, esp. the large European species (Cossus ligniperda), the larva of which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the he-goat. -- Goat weed (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus Capraria (Capraria biflora). -- Goat's bane (Bot.), a poisonous plant (Aconitum Lucoctonum), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from Switzerland into England; wolfsbane. -- Goat's foot (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel (Oxalis caprina) growing at the Cape of Good Hope. -- Goat's rue (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United States). -- Goat's thorn (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant (Astragalus Tragacanthus), found in the Levant. -- Goat's wheat (Bot.), the genus Tragopyrum (now referred to Atraphaxis).

OXFORD DICTIONARY

goats, n.
1 a a hardy lively frisky short-haired domesticated mammal, Capra aegagrus, having horns and (in the male) a beard, and kept for its milk and meat. b either of two similar mammals, the mountain goat and the Spanish goat.
2 any other mammal of the genus Capra, including the ibex.
3 a lecherous man.
4 colloq. a foolish person.
5 (the Goat) the zodiacal sign or constellation Capricorn.
6 US a scapegoat.

Idiom
get a person's goat colloq. irritate a person. goat-antelope any antelope-like member of the goat family, including the chamois and goral. goat-god Pan. goat moth any of various large moths of the family Cossidae. goat's-beard
1 a meadow plant, Tragopogon pratensis.
2 a herbaceous plant, Aruncus dioicus, with long plumes of white flowers.
Derivative
goatish adj. goaty adj.
Etymology
OE gat she-goat f. Gmc

THESAURUS

goats

Priapus, aphrodisiomaniac, balker, balky horse, billy, billy goat, broad jumper, buck, bucking bronco, buckjumper, butt, byword, byword of reproach, crock, crowbait, derision, dirty old man, doe, doeling, dog, dupe, eroticomaniac, erotomaniac, fair game, fall guy, figure of fun, flea, fool, frog, game, garron, gazelle, gazingstock, grasshopper, gynecomaniac, hack, he-goat, high jumper, hopper, hurdle racer, hurdler, jackrabbit, jade, jest, jestingstock, joke, jughead, jumper, jumping bean, jumping jack, kangaroo, kid, laughingstock, leaper, lecher, mockery, monkey, mountain goat, nag, nanny, nanny goat, old goat, patsy, plug, pole vaulter, roarer, rogue, rosinante, salmon, satyr, scalawag, scapegoat, she-goat, stag, stiff, stock, sunfisher, target, timber topper, toy, vaulter, victim, whipping boy, whistler, whoremaster, whoremonger

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Libertine

N libertine, voluptuary, rake, debauchee, loose fish, rip, rakehell, fast man, intrigant, gallant, seducer, fornicator, lecher, satyr, goat, whoremonger, paillard, adulterer, gay deceiver, Lothario, Don Juan, Bluebeard, chartered libertine, adulteress, advoutress, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, woman, woman of the town, streetwalker, Cyprian, miss, piece, frail sisterhood, demirep, wench, trollop, trull, baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, slut, minx, harridan, unfortunate, unfortunate female, unfortunate woman, woman of easy virtue, wanton, fornicatress, Jezebel, Messalina, Delilah, Thais, Phryne, Aspasia, Lais, lorette, cocotte, petite dame, grisette, demimonde, chippy, sapphist, spiritual wife, white slave, concubine, mistress, doxy, chere amie, bona roba, pimp, procurer, pander, pandar, bawd, conciliatrix, procuress, mackerel, wittol.

Leap

N leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation, ance, caper, curvet, caracole, gambade, gambado, capriole, demivolt, buck, buck jump, hop skip and jump, falcade, kangaroo, jerboa, chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea, buckjumper, wallaby, leaping, saltatory, frisky, on the light fantastic toe, di salto in salto.

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun rue has 4 senses

Verb rue has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

ruen. [F. rue, L. ruta, akin to Gr. ; cf. AS. rde.].
  •  A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.  [1913 Webster]
    "Then purged with euphrasy and rue
    The visual nerve, for he had much to see.
    "  [1913 Webster]
    "They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy water, incense, sulphur, rue, which from thence, as we suppose, came to be called herb of grace."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.  [1913 Webster]
Goat's rue. See under Goat. -- Rue anemone, a pretty springtime flower (Thalictrum anemonides) common in the United States. -- Wall rue, a little fern (Asplenium Ruta-muraria) common on walls in Europe.
ruev. t. [OE. rewen, reouwen, to grive, make sorry, AS. hreówan; akin to OS. hrewan, D. rouwen, OHG. hriuwan, G. reun, Icel. hruggr grieved, hrug sorrow. Ruth.].
  •  To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
    "I wept to see, and rued it from my heart."  [1913 Webster]
    "Thy will
    Chose freely what it now so justly rues.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  To cause to grieve; to afflict.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from.  [1913 Webster]
ruev. i. 
  •  To have compassion.  [1913 Webster]
    "God so wisly [i. e., truly] on my soul rue."  [1913 Webster]
    "Which stirred men's hearts to rue upon them."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.  [1913 Webster]
    "Work by counsel and thou shalt not rue."  [1913 Webster]
    "Old year, we'll dearly rue for you."  [1913 Webster]
ruen. [AS. hreów. See Rue, v. t.].
     Sorrow; repetance.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rue, v. & n.
--v.tr. (rues, rued, rueing or ruing) repent of; bitterly feel the consequences of; wish to be undone or non-existent (esp. rue the day).
--n. archaic 1 repentance; dejection at some occurrence.
2 compassion or pity.

rue, n. a perennial evergreen shrub, Ruta graveolens, with bitter strong-scented leaves formerly used in medicine.

Etymology
ME f. OF f. L ruta f. Gk rhute

THESAURUS

rue

affliction, anguish, be sorry for, bemoan, bewail, care, commiseration, compassion, compunction, contriteness, contrition, deplore, dole, grief, heartache, heartbreak, penance, penitently, regret, remorse, remorsefulness, repent, repentance, repine, rue the day, ruth, sympathy, woe

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Regret

VB regret, deplore, bewail, repine, cast a longing lingering look behind, rue, rue the day, repent, infandum renovare dolorem, prey on the mind, weigh on the mind, have a weight on the mind, leave an aching void.

Penitence

VB repent, be sorry for, be penitent, rue, regret, think better of, recant, knock under, plead guilty, sing miserere, sing de profundis, cry peccavi, own oneself in the wrong, acknowledge, confess, (disclose), humble oneself, beg pardon, turn over a new leaf, put on the new man, turn from sin, reclaim, repent in sackcloth and ashes, (do penance), learn by experience.

Unsavoriness

N unsavoriness, amaritude, acrimony, acridity (bitterness), roughness, acerbity, austerity, gall and wormwood, rue, quassia, aloes, marah, sickener, unsavory, unpalatable, unsweetened, unsweet, ill-flavored, bitter, bitter as gall, acrid, acrimonious, rough, offensive, repulsive, nasty, sickening, nauseous, loathsome, fulsome, unpleasant.

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