Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 3
Mad () p. p. of Made. (Obs.)
Mad (a.) 發瘋的，發狂的；瘋狂的，狂熱的 [（+with）] Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.
I have heard my grandsire say full oft, Extremity of griefs would make men mad. -- Shak.
Mad (a.) Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform.
It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. -- Jer. 1. 88.
And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. -- Acts xxvi. 11.
Mad (a.) Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness. "Mad demeanor." -- Milton.
Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace. -- Franklin.
The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled. -- Jowett (Thucyd.).
Mad (a.) Extravagant; immoderate. "Be mad and merry." -- Shak. "Fetching mad bounds." -- Shak.
Mad (a.) Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.
Mad (a.) Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person. [Colloq.]
Mad (a.) Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle. [Colloq.]
Like mad, Like a mad person; in a furious manner; as, to run like mad. -- L'Estrange.
To run mad. (a) To become wild with excitement.
To run mad. (b) To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia.
To run mad after, To pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. "The world is running mad after farce." -- Dryden.
Madded (imp. & p. p.) of Mad.
Madding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mad.
Mad (v. t.) 【罕】使發狂；激怒 To make mad or furious; to madden.
Had I but seen thy picture in this plight, It would have madded me. -- Shak.
Mad (v. i.) 【罕】發狂；發怒 To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding. [Archaic] -- Chaucer.
Festus said with great voice, Paul thou maddest. -- Wyclif (Acts).
Had I but seen thy picture in this plight, It would have madded me. -- Shak.
Mad (n.) (Zool.) 蚯蚓 An earthworm. [Written also made.]
Mad (n.) 狂怒 [U] A fit or mood of bad temper.
Mad (n.) Anger, Fury.
Mad (a.) Roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark" [syn: {huffy}, {mad}, {sore}].
Mad (a.) Affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad" [syn: {brainsick}, {crazy}, {demented}, {disturbed}, {mad}, {sick}, {unbalanced}, {unhinged}].
Mad (a.) Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" [syn: {delirious}, {excited}, {frantic}, {mad}, {unrestrained}].
Mad (a.) Very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains" [syn: {harebrained}, {insane}, {mad}].
MAD, () Memory Address Driver strength (BIOS).
Madagascar (n.) 馬達加斯加共和國，簡稱馬達加斯加，前稱馬拉加西共和國，是一個位於非洲東南部近海的印度洋島嶼國家，該國包括馬達加斯加島（世界第四大島）及其周邊多個比較小的島嶼。岡瓦那超大陸在早侏羅紀解體後，馬達加斯加島在約8800萬年前從印度板塊分裂，當地的原生動植物因此得以在相對隔離的自然條件下演化。馬達加斯加也因此成為生物多樣性熱點地區，90%的野生動植物都是該國獨有。但是，島上多樣化的生態系統和獨特的野生動植物種類也日益受到迅速增長人口侵占的威脅。
Officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of East Africa. The nation comprises the island of Madagascar (the fourth-largest island in the world), and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from the Indian peninsula around 88 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation. Consequently, Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of its wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth. The island's diverse ecosystems and unique wildlife are threatened by the encroachment of the rapidly growing human population and other environmental threats.
Madams (n. pl. ) of Madam.
Mesdames (n. pl. ) of Madam..
Madam (n.) A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir ; often abbreviated ma'am when used as a term of address.
Madam (n.) The woman who is in charge of a household.
Madam (n.) The woman who is in charge of a brothel.
Madam (n.) A woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady" [syn: dame, madam, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman].
Madam (n.) A woman who runs a house of prostitution [syn: madam, brothel keeper].
Mesdames (n. pl. ) of Madame.
Madame (n.) My lady; -- a French title formerly given to ladies of quality; now, in France, given to all married women. -- Chaucer. Mad-apple
Madame (n.) Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
Mad-apple, Mad apple (n.) (Bot.) The eggplant bush ({Solanum melongena). See Eggplant.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, Solanum melongena.
Mad-apple, Mad apple (n.) The fruit of the eggplant bush, a large egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine.
Madbrain (a.) Hot-headed; rash. -- Shak. -- n. A rash or hot-headed person.
Madbrained (a.) Disordered in mind; hot-headed. -- Shak.
Madcap (a.) Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements. "The merry madcap lord." -- Shak.
Madcap (a.) Wild; reckless. "Madcap follies" -- Beau. & Fl.
Madcap (n.) A person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent person. -- Shak.
Madcap (a.) Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic) [syn: hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway(a), brainish].
Madcap (n.) A reckless impetuous irresponsible person [syn: daredevil, madcap, hothead, swashbuckler, lunatic, harum-scarum].
Maddened (imp. & p. p.) of Madden.
Maddening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Madden.
Madden (v. t.) To make mad; to drive to madness; to craze; to excite violently with passion; to make very angry; to enrage.
Madden (v. i.) To become mad; to act as if mad.
Madder (n.) A plant of the Rubia (R. tinctorum). The root is much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France and Holland. See Rubiaceous.
Madderwort (n.) A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceae) as the madder.
Madding (a.) Affected with madness; raging; furious.
Maddish (a.) Somewhat mad.
Made (n.) See Mad, n.
Made () imp. & p. p. of Make.
Made (a.) Artificially produced; pieced together; formed by filling in; as, made ground; a made mast, in distinction from one consisting of a single spar.
Madecass (n.) Alt. of Madecassee.
Madecassee (n.) A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See Malagasy.
Madecassee (a.) Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants.
Madefaction (n.) Alt. of Madefication
Madefication (n.) The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet.
Madefied (imp. & p. p.) of Madefy.
Madefying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Madefy.
Madefy (v. t.) To make wet or moist.
Madegassy (n. & a.) See Madecassee.
Madeira (n.) A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira.
Mesdemoiselles (n. pl. ) of Mademoiselle.
Mademoiselle (n.) A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss.
Mademoiselle (n.) A marine food fish (Sciaena chrysura), of the Southern United States; -- called also yellowtail, and silver perch.
Madge (n.) The barn owl.
Madge (n.) The magpie.
Mad-headed (a.) Wild; crack-brained.
Madhouse (n.) A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam.
Madia (n.) A genus of composite plants, of which one species (Madia sativa) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure. This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table.
Madid (a.) Wet; moist; as, a madid eye.
Madisterium (n.) An instrument to extract hairs.
Madjoun (n.) An intoxicating confection from the hemp plant; -- used by the Turks and Hindoos.
Madly (a.) In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly.
Madmen (n. pl. ) of Madman.
Madman (n.) A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.
Madnep (n.) The masterwort (Peucedanum Ostruthium).
Madness (a.) The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.
Madness (a.) Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly.
Madonna (n.) My lady; -- a term of address in Italian formerly used as the equivalent of Madame, but for which Signora is now substituted. Sometimes introduced into English.
Madonna (n.) A picture of the Virgin Mary (usually with the babe).
Madoqua (n.) A small Abyssinian antelope (Neotragus Saltiana), about the size of a hare.
Madrague (n.) A large fish pound used for the capture of the tunny in the Mediterranean; also applied to the seines used for the same purpose.
Madreperl (n.) Mother-of-pearl.
Madrepora (n.) A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched.
Madreporaria (n. pl.) An extensive division of Anthozoa, including most of the species that produce stony corals. See Illust. of Anthozoa.
Madrepore (n.) Any coral of the genus Madrepora; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.
Syn: stony coral, madriporian coral.
Madrepore (n.) Corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands [syn: stony coral, madrepore, madriporian coral].
Madreporian (a.) Alt. of Madreporic.
Madreporic (a.) (Zool.) Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
Madreporic plate (Zool.), A perforated plate in echinoderms, through which water is admitted to the ambulacral tubes; -- called also madreporic tubercule.
Madreporiform (a.) (Zool.) Resembling a madreporian coral in form or structure.
Madreporite (n.) (Paleon.) A fossil coral.
Madreporite (n.) (Zool.) The madreporic plate of echinoderms.
Madrier (n.) A thick plank, used for several mechanical purposes ; especially:
Madrier (n.) A plank to receive the mouth of a petard, with which it is applied to anything intended to be broken down.
Madrier (n.) A plank or beam used for supporting the earth in mines or fortifications.
Madrigal
(n.) A
little amorous poem, sometimes called a pastoral poem, containing some tender
and delicate, though simple, thought.
Whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook
to hear his madrigal. -- Milton.
Madrigal
(n.) (Mus.) An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four,
five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and
imitation, and adhering to the old church modes. Unlike the freer glee, it is
best sung with several voices on a part. See Glee.
Madrigal (n.) An unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form.
Madrigal (v.) Sing madrigals; "The group was madrigaling beautifully."
Madrigaler (n.) A madrigalist.
Madrigalist (n.) A composer of madrigals.
Madrigalist (n.) A singer of madrigals.
Madrilenian (a.) Of or pertaining to Madrid in Spain, or to its inhabitants.
Madrilenian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Madrid.
Madrina (n.) An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules. [S. America] madrona
Madrona apple (n.) One of the red berries borne by the madrone.
Madrona, madrona, Madrono (n.) (Bot.) A small evergreen tree or shrub ({Arbutus Menziesii}), of Pacific North America, having a smooth bark, thick glossy leathery leaves, and edible orange-red berries, which are often called {madro[~n]a apples}; the wood is used for furniture and the bark for tanning. [Written also {madro[~n]o}.]
Syn: madrona, manzanita, {Arbutus menziesii}.
Madrono (n.) Evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning [syn: {madrona}, {madrono}, {manzanita}, {Arbutus menziesii}].
Madwort (n.) A genus of cruciferous plants (Alyssum) with white or yellow flowers and rounded pods. A. maritimum is the commonly cultivated sweet alyssum, a fragrant white-flowered annual.
Maegbote (n.) Alt. of Magbote.
Magbote (n.) Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman.
Maelstrom (n.) A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.
Maelstrom (n.) Also Fig. ; as, a maelstrom of vice.
Maenad (n.) A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus.
Maenad (n.) A frantic or frenzied woman.
Maestoso (a. & adv.) Majestic or majestically; -- a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner.
Maestricht monitor () The Mosasaurus Hofmanni. See Mosasaurus.
Maestro (n.) A master in any art, especially in music; a composer.
Maffle (v. i.) To stammer.
Maffler (n.) A stammerer.
Magazine (n.) [C] 雜誌，期刊；（槍上的）彈倉，彈盒，彈盤；（照相機內的）軟片盒，底片盒 A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc. "Armories and magazines." -- Milton.