Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 43
Alight (v. i.) （從車輛、馬背等）下來 [（+from）]；（鳥等）飛落；（雪花等）飄落 [（+on）] To come or chance (upon). [R.]
Alight (a.) Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. "The lamps were alight." -- Dickens.
Alight (a.) Lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: {ablaze(p)}, {afire(p)}, {aflame(p)}, {aflare(p)}, {alight(p)}, {on fire(p)}].
Alight (v.) To come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him" [syn: {alight}, {light}, {perch}].
Alight (v.) Come down; "the birds alighted" [syn: {alight}, {climb down}].
Align (v. t.) (v. i.) 排列，排成一行，結盟 (v. t.) 使結盟，使成一行 To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.
Align (v. t.) To form in line; to fall into line.
Align (v.) Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table" [syn: {align}, {aline}, {line up}, {adjust}] [ant: {skew}].
Align (v.) Be or come into adjustment with.
Align (v.) Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking [syn: {align}, {array}].
Align (v.) Bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts" [syn: {align}, {ordinate}, {coordinate}].
Alignment (n.) 隊列，排成直線；調準，校直 The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.
Alignment (n.) (Engin.) The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.
Alignment (n.) An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty [syn: alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement] [ant: nonalignment, nonalinement].
Alignment (n.) The spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines.
Alignment (n.) (Astronomy) Apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac [syn: conjunction, alignment].
Alignment (n.) The act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other.
Alike (a.) 相同的，相像的 [F] Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference. [Now used only predicatively.]
The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. -- Ps. cxxxix. 12.
Alike (adv.) 一樣地，相似地 In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike concerned in religion.
Alike (adv.) Equally; "parents and teachers alike demanded reforms" [syn: alike, likewise].
Alike (adv.) In a like manner; "they walk alike".
Alike (a.) Having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generally alike in background and taste" [syn: alike(p), similar, like] [ant: dissimilar, unalike].
Alike-minded (a.) Like-minded. [Obs.]
Aliment (n.) 食物；養料；生活必需品；撫養費；生計 That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support.
Aliments of their sloth and weakness. -- Bacon.
Aliment (n.) An allowance for maintenance. [Scot.]
Aliment (v. t.) 向……提供營養物；扶養 To nourish; to support.
Aliment (v. t.) To provide for the maintenance of. [Scot.]
Aliment (n.) A source of materials to nourish the body [syn: nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals].
Aliment (v.) Give nourishment to [syn: nutrify, aliment, nourish].
Aliments () In the Roman and French law this word signifies the food and other things necessary to the support of life, as clothing and the like. The same name is given to the money allowed for aliments. Dig. 50, 16, 43.
Aliments () By the common law, parents and children reciprocally owe each other aliments or maintenance. (q.v.) Vide 1 Bl. Com. 447; Merl. Rep. h.t.; Dig. 25, 3, 5. In the common law, the word alimony (q.v.) is used. Vide Allowance to a Prisoner.
Alimental (a.) 食物的；滋養物的；富有養分的 Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.
Alimental (a.) Of or providing nourishment; "good nourishing stew" [syn: alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive].
Alimentally (adv.) So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. -- Sir T. Browne.
Alimentariness (n.) The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality. [R.]
Alimentary (a.) 營養的；給予扶助的，供養的；食物的；滋養的 Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances.
{Alimentary canal}, The entire channel, extending from the mouth to the anus, by which aliments are conveyed through the body, and the useless parts ejected.
Alimentary canal (n.) Tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination [syn: alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tube, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract].
Alimentary (a.) Of or providing nourishment; "good nourishing stew" [syn: {alimentary}, {alimental}, {nourishing}, {nutrient}, {nutritious}, {nutritive}].
Alimentary canal (n.) [ C ] 消化道 The parts of the body that food goes through as it is eaten and digested.
Alimentation (n.) The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.
Alimentation (n.) State or mode of being nourished. -- Bacon.
Alimentation (n.) A source of materials to nourish the body [syn: nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals].
Alimentation (n.) The act of supplying food and nourishment [syn: feeding, alimentation].
Alimentiveness (n.) The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. [Chiefly in Phrenol.]
Alimonious (a.) Affording food; nourishing. [R.] "Alimonious humors." -- Harvey.
Alimony (n.) 瞻養費 Maintenance; means of living.
Alimony (n.) (Law) An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same. --Wharton. Burrill.
Alimony (n.) Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated [syn: alimony, maintenance].
Alinasal (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.
Aline (v. t.) To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align. -- Evelyn.
Aline (v.) Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table" [syn: align, aline, line up, adjust] [ant: skew].
Aline, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 214
Housing Units (2000): 127
Land area (2000): 0.263139 sq. miles (0.681528 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.263139 sq. miles (0.681528 sq. km)
FIPS code: 01350
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.510112 N, 98.448632 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 73716
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Aline, OK
Aline
Alineation (n.) See Allineation.
Allineation, Alineation (n.) Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. -- Whewell.
The allineation of the two planets. -- C. A. Young.
Alinement (n.) Same as Alignment.
Note: [The Eng. form alinement is preferable to alignment, a bad spelling of the French]. -- New Eng. Dict. (Murray).
Alinement (n.) An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty [syn: alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement] [ant: nonalignment, nonalinement].
Aliner (n.) One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line. -- Evelyn.
Alioth (n.) (Astron.) A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper.
Aliped (a.) (Zool.) Wing-footed, as the bat.
Aliped (n.) An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat.
Aliquant (a.) (Math.) 【數】不能整除的 An aliquant part of a number or quantity is one which does not divide it without leaving a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquant part of 16. Opposed to aliquot.
Aliquant (n.) 不能整除的數 An integer that is not an exact divisor of some quantity; "5 is an aliquant part of 12" [syn: aliquant, aliquant part] [ant: aliquot, aliquot part].
Aliquot (a.) (Math.) An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will divide it without a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquot part of 15. Opposed to aliquant.
Aliquot (a.) Signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity.
Aliquot (n.) An integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity; "4 is an aliquot part of 12" [syn: aliquot, aliquot part] [ant: aliquant, aliquant part].
Aliseptal (a.) (Anat.) Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.
Alish (a.) Like ale; as, an alish taste.
Alisphenoid (a.) Alt. of Alisphenoidal
Alisphenoidal (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal.
Alisphenoid (n.) (Anat.) The alisphenoid bone.
Alitrunk (n.) The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax. -- Kirby.
Aliturgical (a.) (Eccl.) Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered. -- Shipley.
Aliunde (adv. & a.) (Law) From another source; from elsewhere; as, a case proved aliunde; evidence aliunde.
Aliunde () From another place; evidence given aliunde, as, when a will contains an ambiguity, in some cases, in order to ascertain the meaning of the testator, evidence aliunde will be received.
Alive (a.) [F] 活著的；現存的 [Z]；有活力的，有生氣的，活躍的 Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.
Alive (a.) In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep the fire alive; to keep the affections alive.
Alive (a.) Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged.
The Boyne, for a quarter of a mile, was alive with muskets and green boughs. -- Macaulay.
Alive (a.) Sprightly; lively; brisk. -- Richardson.
Alive (a.) Having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive.
Tremblingly alive to nature's laws. -- Falconer.
Alive (a.) Of all living (by way of emphasis).
Northumberland was the proudest man alive. -- Clarendon.
Note: Used colloquially as an intensive; as, man alive!
Note: Alive always follows the noun which it qualifies.
Alive (a.) Possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary" [syn: alive(p), live] [ant: dead].
Alive (a.) (Often followed by `with') full of life and spirit; "she was wonderfully alive for her age"; "a face alive with mischief".
Alive (a.) Having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news" [syn: animated, alive] [ant: unanimated].
Alive (a.) (Followed by `to' or `of') Aware of; "is alive to the moods of others".
Alive (a.) In operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition" [syn: active, alive(p)].
Alive (a.) Mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament" [syn: alert, alive(p), awake(p)].
Alive (a.) Capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive" [syn: alive, live].
Alizari (n.) (Com.) The madder of the Levant. -- Brande & C.
Alizarin (n.) (Chem.) A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially as an an orange-red crystalline compound from anthracene. It is used in making red pigments (such as the Turkish reds), and in dyeing.
Alizarin (n.) An orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing [syn: alizarin, alizarine].
Alkahest (n.) The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. -- Al`ka*hes"tic, a.
Alkahest (n.) Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists [syn: alkahest, alcahest, universal solvent].
Alkalamide (n.) (Chem.) One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals. Alkalescence
Alkalescence (n.) Alt. of Alkalescency
Alkalescency (n.) A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant. --Ure.
Alkalescent (a.) Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.
Alkalis (n. pl. ) of Alkali
Alkalies (n. pl. ) of Alkali
Alkali (n.) 【化】鹼；強鹼；鹼金屬 [U] [C]；（土壤中所含對農作物有害的）可溶性無機鹽 [C]；（美國西部）土壤含鹼地區 Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.
Alkali (n.) (Chem.) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
Alkali (n.) Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters. [Western U. S.]
Fixed alkalies, Potash and soda.
Vegetable alkalies. Same as Alkaloids.
Volatile alkali, Ammonia, so called in distinction from the fixed alkalies.
Alkali (n.) Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia" [syn: {base}, {alkali}].
Alkali (n.) A mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture.
Alkalifiable (a.) Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.
Alkalified (imp. & p. p.) of Alkalify
Alkalifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alkalify
Alkalify (v. t.) To convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to.
Alkalify (v. i.) To become changed into an alkali.
Alkalify (v.) Turn basic and less acidic; "the solution alkalized" [syn: alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify] [ant: acetify, acidify].
Alkalimeter (n.) An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture. Alkalimetric
Alkalimetric (a.) Alt. of Alkalimetrical
Alkalimetrical (a.) Of or pertaining to alkalimetry.
Alkalimetry (n.) (Chem.) The art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.
Alkalimetry (n.) Volumetric analysis using standard solutions of alkali to measure the amount of acid present.
Alkaline (a.) 【化】鹼的；含鹼的；鹼性的 Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali.
Alkaline earths, Certain substances, as lime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of the qualities of alkalies.
Alkaline metals, Potassium, sodium, c[ae]sium, lithium, rubidium.
Alkaline reaction, A reaction indicating alkalinity, as by the action on limits, turmeric, etc.
Alkaline (a.) Relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7; "alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone" [syn: {alkaline}, {alkalic}] [ant: {acidic}, {amphiprotic}, {amphoteric}].
Alkalinity (n.) The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property. -- Thomson.
Alkalinity (n.) pH values above 7 [ant: acidity].
Alkalious (a.) Alkaline. [Obs.]
Alkalizate (a.) Alkaline. [Obs.] -- Boyle.
Alkalizate (v. t.) To alkalizate. [R.] -- Johnson.
Alkalization (n.) The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.
Alkalized (imp. & p. p.) of Alkalize
Alkalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alkalize
Alkalize (v. t.) To render alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to. Alkaloid
Alkalize (v.) Turn basic and less acidic; "the solution alkalized" [syn: alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify] [ant: acetify, acidify].
Alkaloid (a.) Alt. of Alkaloidal
Alkaloid (n.) [ C ] (Specialized) 生物鹼（植物中的化學物質，常用於製藥或作為毒物） A type of chemical found in plants that often acts as a drug or poison, or is used in medicines.
// Morphine and cocaine are powerful alkaloids.
Alkaloidal (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.
Alkaloidal (a.) of or pertaining to alkaloids.
Alkaloid (n.) An organic base, especially one of a class of substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals.
Note: Alkaloids all contain nitrogen, carbon, and hydrogen, and many of them also contain oxygen. They include many of the active principles in plants; thus, morphine and narcotine are alkaloids found in opium.
Alkaloid (n.) Natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants.
Alkanet (n.) (Chem.) A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.
Alkanet (n.) (Bot.) A boraginaceous herb ({Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet.
Alkanet (n.) (Bot.) The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon.
Compare: Bugloss
Bugloss (n.; pl. Buglosses.) (Bot.) A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the Anchusa officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue.
Small wild bugloss, The Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis.
Viper's bugloss, A species of Echium.
Alkanet (n.) Perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers [syn: bugloss, alkanet, Anchusa officinalis].
Alkargen (n.) (Chem.) Same as Cacodylic acid.
Compare: Cacodylic
Cacodylic (a.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, cacodyl.
Cacodylic acid, A white, crystalline, deliquescent substance, (CH3)2AsO.OH, obtained by the oxidation of cacodyl, and having the properties of an exceedingly stable acid; -- also called alkargen.
Alkarsin (n.) (Chem.) A spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also Cadel's fuming liquid.
Alkazar () See Alcazar.
Alkekengi (n.) (Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato. -- D. C. Eaton.
Alkermes (n.) (Old Pharmacy) A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.
Alkoran (n.) The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.
Alkoranic (a.) Same as Alcoranic.
Alkoranist (n.) Same as Alcoranist.
All (a.) The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us).
Prove all things: hold fast that which is good. -- 1 Thess. v. 21.
All (a.) Any. [Obs.] "Without all remedy." -- Shak.
Note: When the definite article "the," or a possessive or a demonstrative pronoun, is joined to the noun that all qualifies, all precedes the article or the pronoun; as, all the cattle; all my labor; all his wealth; all our families; all your citizens; all their property; all other joys.
Note: This word, not only in popular language, but in the Scriptures, often signifies, indefinitely, a large portion or number, or a great part. Thus, all the
cattle in Egypt died, all Judea and all the region round about Jordan, all men held John as a prophet, are not to be understood in a literal sense, but as including a large part, or very great numbers.
All (a.) Only; alone; nothing but.
I was born to speak all mirth and no matter. -- Shak.
All the whole, The whole (emphatically). [Obs.] "All the whole army." -- Shak.
All (adv.) Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. "And cheeks all pale." -- Byron.
Note: In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all too much, all so long, etc., this word retains its appropriate sense or becomes intensive.
All (adv.) Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) [Obs. Or Poet.]
All as his straying flock he fed. -- Spenser.
A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined. -- Gay.
All to, or All-to. In such phrases as "all to rent," "all to break," "all-to frozen," etc., which are of frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb, equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether.
But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all (as it does in "all forlorn," and similar expressions), and the to properly belongs to the following word, being a kind of intensive prefix (orig. meaning asunder and answering to the LG. ter-, HG. zer-). It is frequently to be met with in old books, used without the all. Thus Wyclif says, "The vail of the temple was to rent:" and of Judas, "He was hanged and to-burst the middle:" i. e., burst in two, or asunder.
All along. See under Along.
All and some, Individually and collectively, one and all. [Obs.] "Displeased all and some." -- Fairfax.
All but. Scarcely; not even. [Obs.] -- Shak.
All but. Almost; nearly. "The fine arts were all but proscribed." -- Macaulay.
All hollow, Entirely, completely; as, to beat any one all hollow. [Low]
All one, The same thing in effect; that is, wholly the same thing.
All over, Over the whole extent; thoroughly; wholly; as, she is her mother all over. [Colloq.]
All the better, Wholly the better; that is, better by the whole difference.
All the same, Nevertheless. "There they [certain phenomena] remain rooted all the same, whether we recognize them or not." -- J. C. Shairp. "But Rugby is a very nice place all the same." -- T. Arnold. -- See also under All, n.
All (n.) The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at stake.
Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. -- Shak.
All that thou seest is mine. -- Gen. xxxi. 43.
Note: All is used with of, like a partitive; as, all of a thing, all of us.
After all, After considering everything to the contrary; nevertheless.
All in all, A phrase which signifies all things to a person, or everything desired; (also adverbially) wholly; altogether.
Thou shalt be all in all, and I in thee, Forever. -- Milton.
Trust me not at all, or all in all. -- Tennyson.
All in the wind (Naut.), A phrase denoting that the sails are parallel with the course of the wind, so as to shake.
All told, All counted; in all.
And all, And the rest; and everything connected. "Bring our crown and all." -- Shak.
At all. In every respect; wholly; thoroughly. [Obs.] "She is a shrew at al(l)." -- Chaucer.
At all. A phrase much used by way of enforcement or emphasis, usually in negative or interrogative sentences, and signifying in any way or respect; in the least degree or to the least extent; in the least; under any circumstances; as, he has no ambition at all; has he any property at all? "Nothing at all." -- Shak. "If thy father at all miss me." -- 1 Sam. xx. 6.
Over all, Everywhere. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Note: All is much used in composition to enlarge the meaning, or add force to a word. In some instances, it is completely incorporated into words, and its final consonant is dropped, as in almighty, already, always: but, in most instances, it is an adverb prefixed to adjectives or participles, but usually with a hyphen, as, all-bountiful, all-glorious, allimportant, all-surrounding, etc. In others it is an adjective; as, allpower, all-giver. Anciently many words, as, alabout, alaground, etc., were compounded with all, which are now written separately.
All (conj.) Although; albeit. [Obs.]
All they were wondrous loth. -- Spenser. all
All (adv.) To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea" [syn: wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole] [ant: part, partially, partly]
All (a.) Quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class; "we sat up all night"; "ate all the food"; "all men are mortal"; "all parties are welcome" [ant: no(a), some(a)].
All (a.) Completely given to or absorbed by; "became all attention" Alla breve ()(Old Church Music).
With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the time signature by ?.
Alla breve (n.) A musical time signature indicating two or four half notes to a measure.
Allah (n.) The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally.
Allah (n.) Muslim name for the one and only God.
Allah (n.) The Mahometan Supreme Being, as distinguished from the Christian, Jewish, and so forth.
Allah's good laws I faithfully have kept, And ever for the sins of man have wept; And sometimes kneeling in the temple I Have reverently crossed my hands and slept. Junker Barlow
All-a-mort (a.) See Alamort.