Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 126
Prod (n.) A light kind of crossbow; -- in the sense, often spelled prodd. -- Fairholt.
Prodded (imp. & p. p.) of Prod
Prodding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prod
Prod (v. t.) 刺；戳，桶；刺激；敦促；惹起 [（+into）] [O2] To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student. -- H. Taylor.
Prod (n.) A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" [syn: goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring].
Prod (n.) A pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion [syn: prod, goad].
Prod (v.) To push against gently; "She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant" [syn: nudge, poke at, prod].
Prod (v.) Urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window" [syn: prod, incite, egg on].
Prod (v.) Poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" [syn: jab, prod, stab, poke, dig].
Prodd (n.) A crossbow. See Prod, 3.
Pro-democracy (a.) 支持民主的 Denoting or relating to political activism directed toward the establishment of democratic government in a country.
‘The pro-democracy movement.’
Prodigal (a.) [Z] 非常浪費的，揮霍的；不吝惜的；十分慷慨的 [F]；（物產等）豐富的，大量的 [F] Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal man; the prodigal son; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses.
In fighting fields [patriots] were prodigal of blood. -- Dryden.
Syn: Profuse; lavish; extravagant; squandering; wasteful. See Profuse.
Prodigal (n.) 揮霍者；浪蕩子 [C] One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift. "Noble prodigals of life." -- Trench.
Prodigal (a.) Recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" [syn: extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift].
Prodigal (n.) A recklessly extravagant consumer [syn: prodigal, profligate, squanderer].
Prodigal (), Civil law, persons. Prodigals were persons who, though of full age, were incapable of managing their affairs, and of the obligations which attended them, in consequence of their bad conduct, and for whom a curator was therefore appointed.
Prodigal (), In Pennsylvania, by act of assembly, an habitual drunkard is deprived of the management of his affairs, when he wastes his property, and his estate is placed in the bands of a committee.
Prodigality (n.) Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony. "The prodigality of his wit." -- Dryden.
Prodigality (n.) The trait of spending extravagantly [syn: extravagance, prodigality, profligacy].
Prodigality (n.) Excessive spending [syn: extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life].
Prodigalize (v. i.) To act as a prodigal; to spend liberally.
Prodigalize (v. t.) To expend lavishly.
Prodigally (adv.) In a prodigal manner; with profusion of expense; extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate prodigally dissipated.
Prodigate (v. t.) To squander.
Prodigence (n.) Waste; profusion; prodigality.
Prodigious (a.) 巨大的；龐大的；異常的；驚人的；奇妙的；【古】預兆的；不祥的 Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous. [Obs. or R.] -- Spenser.
It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky. -- Sir T. Browne.
Prodigious (a.) Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder. "Prodigious might." -- Milton.
Syn: Huge; enormous; monstrous; portentous; marvelous; amazing; astonishing; extraordinary.
Prodigious (a.) So great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand" [syn: {colossal}, {prodigious}, {stupendous}].
Prodigious (a.) Of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision" [syn: {portentous}, {prodigious}].
Prodigious (a.) Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: {exceeding}, {exceptional}, {olympian}, {prodigious}, {surpassing}].
Prodigiously (adv.) 異常地，驚人地 Enormously; wonderfully; astonishingly; as, prodigiously great.
Prodigiously (adv.) Very much; extremely; as, he was prodigiously pleased. [Colloq.] -- Pope.
Prodigiously (adv.) To a prodigious degree; "the prices of farms rose prodigiously".
Prodigiousness (n.) 巨大；異常 The quality or state of being prodigious; the state of having qualities that excite wonder or astonishment; enormousness; vastness.
Prodigy (n.) <Networking> A commercial on-line conferencing service, co-developed by IBM and Sears, Roebuck, Inc.
Prodigy's main competitors are AOL and Compuserve. (1995-03-01)
Prodigies (n. pl. ) of Prodigy
Prodigy (n.) [C] 奇蹟，奇事；奇觀；奇才，天才；【古】預兆 Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies.
So many terrors, voices, prodigies, May warn thee, as a sure foregoing sign. --Milton.
Prodigy (n.) Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning.
Prodigy (n.) A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster. -- B. Jonson.
Syn: Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster.
Prodigy (n.) An unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration; "she is a chess prodigy".
Prodigy (n.) A sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" [syn: {omen}, {portent}, {presage}, {prognostic}, {prognostication}, {prodigy}].
Prodigy (n.) An impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality; "the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor".
Prodition (n.) 叛逆；叛國；謀反 Disclosure; treachery; treason. [Obs.] -- Ainsworth.
Proditor (n.) [C] 叛徒；叛國者，賣國賊 [（+to）]；背叛者，背信棄義的 [（+to）] A traitor. [Obs.]
Proditorious (a.) 叛變的; 不忠的 Treacherous; perfidious; traitorous. [Obs.] -- Daniel.
Proditorious (a.) Apt to make unexpected revelations. [Obs.] "Nature is proditorious." --Sir H. Wotton.
Proditorious (a.) (Archaic) Apt to betray secret thoughts.
Proditory (a.) 背叛的；不忠的；奸詐的；不牢靠的；危險的；變化莫測的 Treacherous. [Obs.]
Prodromal (a.) (Med.) 【醫】前驅病狀的 Of or pertaining to prodromes; as, the prodromal stage of a disease.
Prodromal (a.) Symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease [syn: {prodromal}, {prodromic}].
Prodrome (n.) 【醫】前驅症狀；病之前兆 A forerunner; a precursor.
Prodrome (n.) (Med.) A premonitory symptom; a symptom or sensation experienced by a person which presages the onset of a disease or abnormal physiological event; as, the prodrome of an epileptic seizure.
Prodrome (n.) An early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur [syn: {prodrome}, {prodroma}].
Prodromous (a.) 前驅的；先驅的；前兆的；作預備的 Precursory. [R.]
Prodromus (n.) A prodrome.
Prodromus (n.) A preliminary course or publication; -- used esp. in the titles of elementary works.
Prodromus (n.) (pl. -es) (Obsolete) S omething that alerts or forewarns.
Prodromus (n.) A preliminary publication or introductory work
Produced (imp. & p. p.) of Produce
Producing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Produce
Produce (v. t.) 生產，出產；製造；創作；生育；產（仔）；拿出；出示；提出；上演；上映；播放；出版；引起，產生；招致；【數】使（線）延長；使（面）擴展 To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.
Produce your cause, saith the Lord. -- Isa. xli. 21.
Your parents did not produce you much into the world. -- Swift.
Produce (v. t.) To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain.
This soil produces all sorts of palm trees. -- Sandys.
[They] produce prodigious births of body or mind. -- Milton.
The greatest jurist his country had produced. -- Macaulay.
Produce (v. t.) To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice produces misery.
Produce (v. t.) To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a manufacturer produces excellent wares.
Produce (v. t.) To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest produces an income; capital produces profit.
Produce (v. t.) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore. --Sir T. Browne.
Produce (v. t.) (Geom.) To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle.
Produce (v. i.) 生產；創作 To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects, consequences, or results.
Produce (n.) 產品；農產品 [U] That which is produced, brought forth, or yielded; product; yield; proceeds; result of labor, especially of agricultural labors ; hence, specifically, agricultural products.
Produce (n.) Fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market [syn: produce, green goods, green groceries, garden truck].
Produce (v.) Bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit" [syn: produce, bring forth].
Produce (v.) Create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" [syn: produce, make, create].
Produce (v.) Cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system" [syn: produce, bring about, give rise].
Produce (v.) Bring out for display; "The proud father produced many pictures of his baby"; "The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him" [syn: produce, bring forth].
Produce (v.) Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" [syn: grow, raise, farm, produce].
Produce (v.) Bring onto the market or release; "produce a movie"; "bring out a book"; "produce a new play" [syn: produce, bring on, bring out].
Produce (v.) Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" [syn: grow, develop, produce, get, acquire].
Producement (n.) Production.
Producent (n.) One who produces, or offers to notice.
Producer (n.) 生產者，製造者；（戲劇等的）演出人；舞臺監督；（電影、電視片等的）製作人，製片人；發生器，瓦斯發生爐 One who produces, brings forth, or generates.
Producer (n.) One who grows agricultural products, or manufactures crude materials into articles of use.
Producer (n.) (Iron & Steel Manuf.) A furnace for producing combustible gas which is used for fuel.
Producer (n.) Someone who manufactures something [syn: manufacturer, producer].
Producer (n.) Someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work).
Producer (n.) Something that produces; "Maine is a leading producer of potatoes"; "this microorganism is a producer of disease".
Producibility (n.) 可生產性 The quality or state of being producible. -- Barrow.
Producible (a.) 可生產的；可上演的；可延長的 Capable of being produced, brought forward, brought forth, generated, made, or extended. -- Pro*du"ci*ble*ness, n.
Product (n.) Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the products of the season, or of the farm; the products of manufactures; the products of the brain.
There are the product
Of those ill-mated marriages. -- Milton.
These institutions are the products of enthusiasm. -- Burke.
Product (n.) (Math.) The number or sum obtained by adding one number or quantity to itself as many times as there are units in another number; the number resulting from the multiplication of two or more numbers; as, the product of the multiplication of 7 by 5 is 35. In general, the result of any kind of multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication.
Syn: Produce; production; fruit; result; effect; consequence; outcome; work; performance.
Product (v. t.) To produce; to bring forward. "Producted to . . . examination." [Obs.] -- Foxe.
Product (v. t.) To lengthen out; to extend. [Obs.]
He that doth much . . . products his mortality. -- Hackett.
Product (v. t.) To produce; to make. [Obs.] -- Holinshed.
Product (n.) Commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" [syn: merchandise, ware, product].
Product (n.) An artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" [syn: product, production].
Product (n.) A quantity obtained by multiplication; "the product of 2 and 3 is 6" [syn: product, mathematical product].
Product (n.) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction; "a product of lime and nitric acid".
Product (n.) A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances; "skill is the product of hours of practice"; "his reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue".
Product (n.) The set of elements common to two or more sets; "the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things" [syn: intersection, product, Cartesian product].
Product () An expression in mathematics or computer programming consisting of two other expressions multiplied together. In mathematics, multiplication is usually represented by juxtaposition, e.g. "x y", whereas in programming, "*" is used as an infix operator, e.g. "salary * tax_rate.
In the most common type of product, each operand is a number ({integer, real number, fraction or imaginary number) but the term extends naturally to cover more complex operations like multiplying a string by an integer (e.g., in Perl, "foo" x 2) or multiplying vectors and matrices or more than two operands.
In type systems, a tuple is sometimes known as a "product type". (2006-10-12)
Productibility (n.) The state of being productible; producibility. -- Ruskin.
Productible (a.) Capable of being produced; producible.
Productile (a.) Capable of being extended or prolonged; extensible; ductile.
Production (n.) The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.
Production (n.) That which is produced, yielded, or made, whether naturally, or by the application of intelligence and labor; as, the productions of the earth; the productions of handicraft; the productions of intellect or genius.
Production (n.) The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
Syn: Product; produce; fruit; work; performance; composition.
Production (n.) The act or process of producing something; "Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of white blood cells".
Production (n.) A presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television; "have you seen the new production of Hamlet?"
Production (n.) An artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" [syn: product, production].
Production (n.) (Law) The act of exhibiting in a court of law; "the appellate court demanded the production of all documents".
Production (n.) The quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was up in the second quarter" [syn: output, yield, production].
Production (n.) A display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated; "she tends to make a big production out of nothing".
Production (n.) (Economics) Manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods of production".
Production (n.) The creation of value or wealth by producing goods and Services.
Productive (a.) Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the number or amount of products.
Productive (a.) Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing; originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit productive of heroic achievements.
And kindle with thy own productive fire. -- Dryden.
This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue, and making it productive of merit. -- Spectator.
Productive (a.) Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile; profitable. -- Pro*duc"tive*ly, adv. -- Pro*duc"tive*ness, n.
Productive (a.) Producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration" [ant: unproductive].
Productive (a.) Having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces" [syn: generative, productive] [ant: consumptive].
Productive (a.) Yielding positive results.
Productive (a.) Marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [syn: fat, fertile, productive, rich].
Productivity (n.) The quality or state of being productive; productiveness. -- Emerson.
Not indeed as the product, but as the producing power, the productivity. -- Coleridge.
Productivity (n.) The quality of being productive or having the power to produce [syn: productiveness, productivity] [ant: unproductiveness].
Productivity (n.) (Economics) The ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time.
Productivity (n.) [ U ] (C1) 生產率 The rate at which a company or country makes goods, usually judged in connection with the number of people and the amount of materials necessary to produce the goods.
// Studies show that if a working environment is pleasant, productivity increases.
// A productivity bonus/incentive
// Productivity in the steel industry improved by five percent last year.
Productress (n.) A female producer.
Productus (n.) (Paleon.) An extinct genus of brachiopods, very characteristic of the Carboniferous rocks.
Compare: Paleontology
Paleontology (British Palaeontology) (n.) 古生物學 The branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants.
‘Its biennial meetings in Strasbourg are major events in the geological calendar and the programmes include papers on most aspects of the Earth sciences, including palaeontology.’
Proeguminal (a.) Serving to predispose; predisposing; as, a proeguminal cause of disease.
Proem (n.) Preface; introduction; preliminary observations; prelude.
Proem (v. t.) To preface.
Proembryo (n.) The series of cells formed in the ovule of a flowering plant after fertilization, but before the formation of the embryo.
Proembryo (n.) The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the proembryo, or protonema, of mosses.
Proemial (a.) Introductory; prefatory; preliminary.
Proemptosis (n.) The addition of a day to the lunar calendar.
Proface (interj.) Much good may it do you! -- a familiar salutation or welcome.
Profanate (v. t.) To profane.
Profanation (v. t.) The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence; irreverent or too familiar treatment or use of what is sacred; desecration; as, the profanation of the Sabbath; the profanation of a sanctuary; the profanation of the name of God.
Profanation (v. t.) The act of treating with abuse or disrespect, or with undue publicity, or lack of delicacy.
Profane (a.) 世俗的，不敬神的，褻瀆的 Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired; as, a profane place.
Profane (a.) Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
Profane (a.) Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious.
Profane (a.) Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.
Profaned (imp. & p. p.) of Profane
Profaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Profane
Profane (v. t.) 褻瀆，玷污 To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God.
Profane (v. t.) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
Profane (a.) Characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" [syn: {blasphemous}, {blue}, {profane}].
Profane (a.) Not concerned with or devoted to religion; "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment" [syn: {profane}, {secular}] [ant: {sacred}].
Profane (a.) Not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled [syn: {profane}, {unconsecrated}, {unsanctified}].
Profane (a.) Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on" [syn: {blasphemous}, {profane}, {sacrilegious}].
Profane (v.) Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: {corrupt}, {pervert}, {subvert}, {demoralize}, {demoralise}, {debauch}, {debase}, {profane}, {vitiate}, {deprave}, {misdirect}].
Profane (v.) Violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God" [syn: {desecrate}, {profane}, {outrage}, {violate}].
Profanely (adv.) In a profane manner.
Profaneness (n.) The quality or state of being profane; especially, the use of profane language.
Profaner (n.) One who treats sacred things with irreverence, or defiles what is holy; one who uses profane language.
Profanity (n.) The quality or state of being profane; profaneness; irreverence; esp., the use of profane language; blasphemy.
Profanity (n.) That which is profane; profane language or acts.
Profection (n.) A setting out; a going forward; advance; progression.
Profectitious (a.) Proceeding from, as from a parent; derived, as from an ancestor.
Profert (n.) The exhibition or production of a record or paper in open court, or an allegation that it is in court.
Professed (imp. & p. p.) of Profess
Professing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Profess
Profess (v. t.) To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely. "Hear me profess sincerely." -- Shak.
The best and wisest of them all professed To know this only, that he nothing knew. -- Milton.
Profess (v. t.) To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put on or present an appearance of.
I do profess to be no less than I seem. -- Shak.
Profess (v. t.) To present to knowledge of, to proclaim one's self versed in; to make one's self a teacher or practitioner of, to set up as an authority respecting; to declare (one's self to be such); as, he professes surgery; to profess one's self a physician.