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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.
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2. (As a symbol)
“Original sin;” human frailty.
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And whipped the offending Adam out of him. --Shak.
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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.
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