Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter K - Page 6
Kidding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kid.
Kid (v. i.) To bring forth a young goat.
Kid (a.) Made of kidskin; as, kid gloves.
Kid (v. t.) To talk with in a joking or jesting manner; as, she kidded him about his freckles. Often used with around; as, he was just kidding around about the fire.
Kid (v. t.) To jokingly tell a false story to; to fool; as, John told Pete that he had talked to the movie star, but he was only kidding him..
Kid (v. i.) To tell a false story, as a jest; as, he was kidding about being a pilot. "Are you kidding?"
Kid (n.) A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze. [Prov. Eng.] -- Wright.
Kid (p. p.) of Kythe. [Obs.] -- Gower. -- Chaucer.
Kid (v. t.) See Kiddy, v. t. [Slang]
Kid (n.) A young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling].
Kid (n.) Soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; "kid gloves" [syn: kid, kidskin].
Kid (n.) English dramatist (1558-1594) [syn: Kyd, Kid, Thomas Kyd, Thomas Kid]
Kid (n.) A human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college" [syn: child, kid] [ant: parent].
Kid (n.) Young goat.
Kid (v.) Tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my leg?" [syn: pull the leg of, kid].
Kid (v.) Be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter].
Kid, () Kernel language for Id. A refinement of P-TAC, used as an intermediate language for Id. Lambda-calculus with
first-class let-blocks and I-structures.
["A Syntactic Approach to Program Transformations", Z. Ariola et al, SIGPLAN Notices 26(9):116-129 (Sept 1991)].
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Kid, () The young of the goat. It was much used for food (Gen. 27:9; 38:17; Judg. 6:19; 14:6). The Mosaic law forbade to dress a kid in the milk of its dam, a law which is thrice repeated (Ex. 23:19; 34:26; Deut. 14:21). Among the various reasons assigned for this law, that appears to be the most satisfactory which regards it as "a protest against cruelty and outraging the order of nature." A kid cooked in its mother's milk is "a gross, unwholesome dish, and calculated to kindle animal and ferocious passions, and on this account Moses may have forbidden it.
Besides, it is even yet associated with immoderate feasting; and originally, I suspect," says Dr. Thomson (Land and the Book), "was connected with idolatrous sacrifices."
Kidde (imp.) of Kythe. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Compare: Kythe
Kythe, Kithe (v. t.) [imp. Kydde, Kidde; p. p. Kythed, Kid; p. pr. & vb. n. Kything.] To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. [Obs. Or Scot.]
For gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse. -- Chaucer.
Kidderminster (n.) A kind of ingrain carpeting, named from the English town where formerly most of it was manufactured.
Kiddier (n.) A huckster; a cadger.
Kiddle (n.) A kind of basketwork wear in a river, for catching fish.
Kiddow (n.) The guillemot.
Kiddy (v. t.) To deceive; to outwit; to hoax.
Kiddy (n.) A young fellow; formerly, a low thief.
Kiddyish (a.) Frolicsome; sportive.
Kidfox () A young fox.
Kidling (n.) A young kid.
Kidnaped (imp. & p. p.) of Kidnap.
Kidnapped () of Kidnap.
Kidnaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kidnap.
Kidnapping () of Kidnap.
Kidnapping (n.) [ C or U ] 綁架；劫持 An occasion when someone is kidnapped.
Kidnap (v. t.) To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place.
Kidnap (v.) [ T ] (- pp -) 綁架；劫持 To take a person away illegally by force, usually in order to demand money in exchange for releasing them.
// The wife of a businessman was kidnapped from her home in London last night.
Kidnap (n.) [ C or U ] 綁架；劫持 The crime of taking someone away by force and demanding money in exchange for releasing them.
Kidnaper (n.) Alt. of Kidnapper.
Kidnapper (n.) 綁票者；拐子 [C] One who steals or forcibly carries away a human being; a manstealer.
Kidnapper (n.) Someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) [syn: kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor, snatcher].
Kidneys (n. pl. ) of Kidney.
Kidney (n.) (Anat.) 【解】腎臟 [C]；（動物的可食用的）腰子 [C] [U] A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.
Note: In man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one on each side of vertebral column in the back part of the abdomen, each kidney being connected with the bladder by a long tube, the ureter, through which the urine is constantly excreted into the bladder to be periodically discharged.
Kidney (n.) Habit; disposition; sort; kind ; as, a man of a different kidney. -- Shak.
There are in later times other decrees, made by popes of another kidney. -- Barrow.
Millions in the world of this man's kidney. -- L'Estrange.
Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on prudence. -- Burns.
Note: This use of the word perhaps arose from the fact that the kidneys and the fat about them are an easy test of the condition of an animal as to fatness. "Think of that, -- a man of my kidney; -- . . . as subject to heat as butter." -- Shak.
Kidney (n.) A waiter. [Old Cant] -- Tatler.
Floating kidney. See Wandering kidney, under Wandering.
Kidney bean (Bot.), A sort of bean; -- so named from its shape. It is of the genus Phaseolus ({Phaseolus vulgaris). See under Bean.
Kidney ore (Min.), A variety of hematite or iron sesquioxide, occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses.
Kidney stone. (Min.) See Nephrite, and Jade.
Kidney vetch (Bot.), A leguminous herb of Europe and Asia ({Anthyllis vulneraria), with cloverlike heads of red or yellow flowers, once used as a remedy for renal disorders, and also to stop the flow of blood from wounds; lady's-fingers. Kidney-form
Kidney (n.) Either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine; "urine passes out of the kidney through ureters to the bladder".
Kidney-form (a.) Alt. of Kidney-shaped
Kidney-shaped (a.) Having the form or shape of a kidney; reniform; as, a kidney-shaped leaf.
Kidneywort (n.) A kind of saxifrage (Saxifrage stellaris).
Kidneywort (n.) The navelwort.
Kie (n. pl.) Kine; cows.
Kiefekil (n.) A species of clay; meerschaum.
Kier (n.) A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve.
Kieselguhr (n.) Siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of dynamite.
Kieserite (n.) Hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt mines of Stassfurt, Prussian Saxony.
Kieve (n.) See Keeve, n.
Kike (v. i.) To gaze; to stare.
Kike (v. t. & i.) To kick.
Kilderkin (n.) A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure.
Kill (n.) 獵獲物 [S]；屠殺（尤指獵殺鳥獸）[the S] A kiln. [Obs.]
Kill (n.) A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.
Killed (imp. & p. p.) of Kill.
Killing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kill.
Kill (v. t.) 殺死；宰；扼殺，毀掉 (v. i.) 殺死；引起死亡；（植物等）被弄死 To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay.
Kill (v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book.
Kill (v. t.) To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.
Kill (v. t.) To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.
Kill (v. t.) To waste or spend unprofitably; -- usually used of time; as, he killed an hour waiting for the doctor to see him.
Kill (v. t.) To cancel or forbid publication of (a report, article, etc.), after it has been written; as, they killed the article after getting threats of a lawsuit.
{To kill time}, To busy one's self with something which occupies the attention, or makes the time pass without tediousness.
Kill (n.) The act of killing.
// "There is none like to me!" says the cub in the pride of his earliest kill. -- Kipling.
Kill (n.) An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey.
// If ye plunder his kill from a weaker, devour not all in thy pride. -- Kipling.
Kill (n.) The act of terminating a life [syn: {killing}, {kill}, {putting to death}].
Kill (n.) The destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission".
Kill (v.) Cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays".
Kill (v.) Thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal" [syn: {kill}, {shoot down}, {defeat}, {vote down}, {vote out}].
Kill (v.) End or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!" [syn: {stamp out}, {kill}].
Kill (v.) Be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills".
Kill (v.) Be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!".
Kill (v.) Overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!".
Kill (v.) Hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball".
Kill (v.) Hit with great force; "He killed the ball".
Kill (v.) Deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa".
Kill (v.) Cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars".
Kill (v.) Drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work" [syn: {toss off}, {pop}, {bolt down}, {belt down}, {pour down}, {down}, {drink down}, {kill}].
Kill (v.) Mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" [syn: {kill}, {obliterate}, {wipe out}].
Kill (v.) Tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her".
Kill (v.) Cause to cease operating; "kill the engine".
Kill (v.) Destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods".
Killdee (n.) Alt. of Killdeer
Killdeer (n.) A small American plover (Aegialitis vocifera).
Killer (n.) [C] 殺人者，兇手；嗜殺成性的人（或動物）；致命之物；極危險之物 One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills.
Killer (n.) A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which several species are known.
Killer whale (n.) 虎鯨（學名：Orcinus orca, 英語：Killer whale 或 Orca）為齒鯨小目中海豚科下體型最大的海洋物種，又稱為殺手鯨、殺人鯨、逆戟鯨。地球上的所有大洋中都有虎鯨生活，且為全球性分布，除了在波羅的海、黑海及北冰洋部分地區，在冰冷的南北極地區，溫帶亞熱帶到熱帶海域都有分布。
虎鯨是一種非常聰 明的食肉動物，位於海洋食物鏈的最頂端，食性廣泛，但不同生態型的虎鯨會對應相當專一的食性，例如居留型虎鯨幾乎只吃魚類，某族群的虎鯨只吃海豹， 另外還有遷徙型虎鯨群則會獵殺其他海洋哺乳動物，包括海豹、海獅、海象，甚至是鯨目的其他物種（如海豚）與大型鯨魚。現今世界上有五類不同外型與生態習性 特徵不同的虎鯨，是否可分成單獨的種族和亞種仍在討論中。虎鯨是一種高度社會化的動物，居留型的虎鯨會形成非常穩定的母系社會家族。虎鯨的一些複雜社會行 為、捕獵技巧和聲音交流，被認為是虎鯨擁有自己的文化的證據。[2]
The killer whale or orca (Orcinus orca) is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family, of which it is the largest member. Killer whales have a diverse diet, although individual populations often specialize in particular types of prey. Some feed exclusively on fish, while others hunt marine mammals such as seals and dolphins. They have been known to attack baleen whale calves, and even adult whales. Killer whales are apex predators, as no animal preys on them. A cosmopolitan species, they can be found in each of the world's oceans in a variety of marine environments, from Arctic and Antarctic regions to tropical seas, absent only from the Baltic and Black seas, and some areas of the Arctic Ocean.
Killer whales are highly social; some populations are composed of matrilineal family groups (pods) which are the most stable of any animal species. Their sophisticated hunting techniques and vocal behaviours, which are often specific to a particular group and passed across generations, have been described as manifestations of animal culture.
Killesse (n.) A gutter, groove, or channel.
Killesse (n.) A hipped roof.
Killifish (n.) Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with black. Called also minnow, and brook fish. See Minnow.
Killigrew (n.) The Cornish chough. See under Chough.
Killikinick (n.) See Kinnikinic.
Killing (a.) Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible.
Kill-joy (n.) One who causes gloom or grief; a dispiriting person.
Killock (n.) A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stone inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together.
Killow (n.) An earth of a blackish or deep blue color.
Kiln (n.) （用來燒或烘乾磚等的）窯，爐 [C] A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone.
Kiln (n.) A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.
Kiln (n.) A furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
Kiln (n.) A furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.
Kiln (v. t.) 把……放在窯內燒（或烘乾） To burn, bake, or treat in a kiln.
Kiln-dry (v. t.) To dry in a kiln; as, to kiln-dry meal or grain.
Kilnhole (n.) The mouth or opening of an oven or kiln.
Kilos (n. pl. ) of Kilo
Kilo (n.) An abbreviation of Kilogram.
Kilogram (n.) Alt. of Kilogramme
Kilogramme (n.) A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is equal to the weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39?Fahrenheit.
Kilogrammeter (n.) Alt. of Kilogrammetre.
Kilogrammetre (n.) A measure of energy or work done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram through the height of one meter, in the latitude of Paris.
Kiloliter (n.) Alt. of Kilolitre.
Kilolitre (n.) A measure of capacity equal to a cubic meter, or a thousand liters. It is equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet, and to 220.04 imperial gallons, or 264.18 American gallons of 321 cubic inches.
Kilometer (n.) Alt. of Kilometre.
Kilometre (n.) A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.8 feet, or 62137 of a mile.
Kilostere (n.) A cubic measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent to 35,315 cubic feet.
Kilowatt (n.) One thousand watts.
Kilt () p. p. from Kill.
Kilt (n.) A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg.
Kilted (imp. & p. p.) of Kilt.
Kilting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kilt.
Kilt (v. t.) To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes.
Kilted (a.) Having on a kilt.
Kilted (a.) Plaited after the manner of kilting.
Kilted (a.) Tucked or fastened up; -- said of petticoats, etc.
Kilter (n.) See Kelter.
Kilting (n.) A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one.
Kimbo (a.) Crooked; arched; bent.
Kimmerian (a.) See Cimmerian.
Kimnel (n.) A tub. See Kemelin.
Kimry (n.) See Cymry.
kin () A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
Kin (n.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.
Kin (n.) Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
Kin (n.) Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
Kin (a.) Of the same nature or kind; kinder.
Kinaesodic (a.) Kinesodic.
Kinaesthesis (n.) The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles.
Kinate (n.) See Quinate.
Kincob (n.) India silk brocaded with flowers in silver or gold.
Kincob (a.) Of the nature of kincob; brocaded.