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monk

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun monk has 2 senses

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CIDE DICTIONARY
monk, n. [AS. munuc, munec, munc, L. monachus, Gr. , fr. mo`nos alone. Cf. Monachism.].
  •  A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
    "Monks in some respects agree with regulars, as in the substantial vows of religion; but in other respects monks and regulars differ; for that regulars, vows excepted, are not tied up to so strict a rule of life as monks are."  [1913 Webster]
  •  A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus.  [1913 Webster]
Monk bat (Zoöl.), a South American and West Indian bat (Molossus nasutus); -- so called because the males live in communities by themselves. -- Monk bird(Zoöl.), the friar bird. -- Monk seal (Zoöl.), a species of seal (Monachus albiventer) inhabiting the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic. -- Monk's rhubarb (Bot.), a kind of dock; -- also called patience (Rumex Patientia).
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
monk, n. a member of a religious community of men living under certain vows esp. of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

Derivative
monkish adj.
Etymology
OE munuc ult. f. Gk monakhos solitary f. monos alone
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THESAURUS

monk

Cape polecat, abbacomes, abbot, ape, ascetic, bar, beadsman, bear, brother, caloyer, cavy, celibataire, celibate, cenobite, chimp, chimpanzee, coenobite, conventual, conventual prior, coon, ferret, foumart, friar, glutton, grand prior, groundhog, guinea pig, hedgehog, hermit, hieromonach, lay abbot, lay brother, mendicant, misogamist, misogynist, monastic, monkey, mousehound, nun, opossum, palmer, pilgrim, pillar saint, pillarist, polecat, porcupine, possum, prairie dog, priest, prior, quill pig, raccoon, religieux, religious, single, skunk, stylite, unmarried, weasel, whistle-pig, wolverine, woodchuck, zoril
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Clergy

N clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery, the cloth, the desk, clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, pastor, shepherd, minister, father, father in Christ, padre, abbe, cure, patriarch, reverend, black coat, confessor, dignitaries of the church, ecclesiarch, hierarch, ebdomarius, eminence, reverence, elder, primate, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop, prelate, diocesan, suffragan, dean, subdean, archdeacon, prebendary, canon, rural dean, rector, parson, vicar, perpetual curate, residentiary, beneficiary, incumbent, chaplain, curate, deacon, deaconess, preacher, reader, lecturer, capitular, missionary, propagandist, Jesuit, revivalist, field preacher, churchwarden, sidesman, clerk, precentor, choir, almoner, suisse, verger, beadle, sexton, sacristan, acolyth, acolothyst, acolyte, altar boy, chorister, Pope, Papa, pontiff, high priest, cardinal, ancient flamen, flamen, confessor, penitentiary, spiritual director, cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer, canon regular, canon secular, Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites, Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite, Augustinian, Gilbertine, Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars, Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine, Templar, Hospitaler, Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite, abbess, prioress, canoness, religieuse, nun, novice, postulant, prophet, priest, high priest, Levite, Rabbi, Rabbin, Rebbe, scribe, mullah, muezzin, ayatollah, ulema, imaum, imam, sheik, sufi, kahin, kassis, mufti, hadji, dervish, fakir, faquir, brahmin, guru, kaziaskier, poonghie, sanyasi, druid, bonze, santon, abdal, Lama, talapoin, caloyer, the Reverend, the very Reverend, the Right Reverend, ordained, in orders, called to the ministry.

Celibacy

N celibacy, singleness, single blessedness, bachelorhood, bachelorship, misogamy, misogyny, virginity, pucelage, maidenhood, maidenhead, unmarried man, bachelor, Coelebs, agamist, old bachelor, misogamist, misogynist, monogamist, monk, unmarried woman, spinster, maid, maiden, virgin, feme sole, old maid, bachelor girl, girl-bachelor, nun, unmarried, unwed, unwedded, wifeless, spouseless, single.

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seam

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun seam has 3 senses

Verb seam has 1 sense

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CIDE DICTIONARY
seam, n. [See Saim.].
     Grease; tallow; lard.  Shak. Dryden.  [1913 Webster]
seam, n. [OE. seem, seam, AS. seám; akin to D. zoom, OHG. soum, G. saum, LG. soom, Icel. saumr, Sw. & Dan. söm, and E. sew. Sew to fasten with thread.].
  •  The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc.  [1913 Webster]
    "Precepts should be so finely wrought together . . . that no coarse seam may discover where they join."  [1913 Webster]
  •  A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.  [1913 Webster]
Seam blast, a blast made by putting the powder into seams or cracks of rocks. -- Seam lace, a lace used by carriage makers to cover seams and edges; -- called also seaming lace. -- Seam presser. (Agric.) (a) A heavy roller to press down newly plowed furrows. (b) A tailor's sadiron for pressing seams. Knight. -- Seam set, a set for flattering the seams of metal sheets, leather work, etc.
seam, v. t. 
  •  To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.  [1913 Webster]
    "Seamed o'er with wounds which his own saber gave."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.  [1913 Webster]
seam, v. i. 
     To become ridgy; to crack open.  [1913 Webster]
    "Later their lips began to parch and seam."  [1913 Webster]
seam, n. [AS. seám, LL. sauma, L. sagma a packsaddle, fr. Gr. . See Sumpter.].
     A denomination of weight or measure.  [1913 Webster]
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
seam, n. & v.
--n.
1 a line where two edges join, esp. of two pieces of cloth etc. turned back and stitched together, or of boards fitted edge to edge.
2 a fissure between parallel edges.
3 a wrinkle or scar.
4 a stratum of coal etc.
--v.tr.
1 join with a seam.
2 (esp. as seamed adj.) mark or score with or as with a seam.

Idiom
bursting at the seams full to overflowing. seam bowler Cricket a bowler who makes the ball deviate by bouncing off its seam.
Derivative
seamer n. seamless adj.
Etymology
OE seam f. Gmc
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THESAURUS

seam

abysm, abyss, ankle, arroyo, articulation, band, bed, bedding, belt, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, bond, boundary, box canyon, brand, breach, break, butt, canyon, cavity, cervix, chalk, chalk up, chap, chasm, check, check off, chimney, chink, cicatrix, cicatrize, cleft, cleuch, clinch, closure, clough, col, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, couche, coulee, couloir, coupling, course, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, cut, cwm, dapple, dash, deck, defile, define, delimit, dell, demarcate, dike, discolor, ditch, donga, dot, dovetail, draw, elbow, embrace, engrave, excavation, fault, fissure, flaw, fleck, floor, flume, fracture, freckle, furrow, gallery, gap, gape, gash, gliding joint, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hatch, hinge, hinged joint, hip, hole, impress, imprint, incision, interface, join, joining, joint, junction, juncture, kloof, knee, knuckle, layer, leak, ledge, level, line, link, lode, make a mark, mark, mark off, mark out, measures, miter, moat, mortise, mottle, neck, nick, notch, nullah, opening, overlayer, overstory, pass, passage, pencil, pepper, pivot, pivot joint, point, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, rabbet, ravine, rent, riddle, ridge, rift, rime, rupture, scar, scarf, scarify, scissure, score, scotch, scratch, seal, shelf, shoulder, slit, slot, speck, speckle, split, splotch, spot, stage, stain, stamp, step, stigmatize, stitch, story, stratum, streak, striate, stripe, substratum, superstratum, suture, symphysis, tattoo, thickness, tick, tick off, tie rod, tier, toggle, toggle joint, topsoil, trace, trench, underlayer, underline, underscore, understory, understratum, union, valley, vein, void, wadi, weld, wrist, zone
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Junction

N junction, joining, joinder, union connection, conjunction, conjugation, annexion, annexation, annexment, astriction, attachment, compagination, vincture, ligation, alligation, accouplement, marriage infibulation, inosculation, symphysis, anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation, meeting, reunion, assemblage, coition, copulation, sex, sexual congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making, joint, joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure, seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch, link, miter mortise, closeness, tightness coherence, combination, annexationist, joined, joint, conjoint, conjunct, corporate, compact, hand in hand, firm, fast, close, tight, taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved, inseparable, indissoluble, insecable, severable, jointly, in conjunction with, fast, firmly intimately, tria juncta in uno.

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