Found 2 items, similar to Adams.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Adams Adams n 1: American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803) [syn: Sam Adams, Samuel Adams ] 2: 6th President of the United States; son of John Adams (1767-1848) [syn: John Quincy Adams, President Adams, President John Quincy Adams] 3: 2nd President of the United States (1735-1826) [syn: John Adams , President Adams, President John Adams] 4: a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high) [syn: Mount Adams]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Adam Adam \Ad"am\, n. 1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race. [1913 Webster] 2. (As a symbol) “Original sin;” human frailty. [1913 Webster] And whipped the offending Adam out of him. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Adam's ale, water. [Coll.] Adam's apple. 1. (Bot.) (a) A species of banana (Musa paradisiaca). It attains a height of twenty feet or more. --Paxton. (b) A species of lime (Citris limetta). 2. The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first parent. Adam's flannel (Bot.), the mullein (Verbascum thapsus). Adam's needle (Bot.), the popular name of a genus (Yucca) of liliaceous plants. [1913 Webster]