Found 4 items, similar to Giant.
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: giant
giant
adj : of great mass; huge and bulky;
“a jumbo jet”;
“jumbo shrimp”
[syn:
elephantine,
gargantuan,
jumbo]
giant
n 1: any creature of exceptional size
2: a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn:
colossus,
behemoth,
heavyweight,
titan]
3: an unusually large enterprise;
“Walton built a retail giant”
4: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities [syn:
hulk,
heavyweight,
whale]
5: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
[syn:
goliath,
behemoth,
monster,
colossus]
6: an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears
in folklore and fair tales
7: a very bright star of large diameter and low density
(relative to the Sun) [syn:
giant star]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Giant
Giant
\Gi"ant\, n. [OE. giant, geant, geaunt, OF. jaiant, geant,
F. g['e]ant, L. gigas, fr. Gr. ?, ?, from the root of E.
gender, genesis. See
Gender, and cf.
Gigantic.]
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1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.
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Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise. --Milton.
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2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or
intellectual.
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3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or
power.
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Giant's Causeway, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in
the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.
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Giant
\Gi"ant\, a.
Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as,
giant brothers; a giant son.
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Giant cell. (Anat.) See
Myeloplax.
Giant clam (Zo["o]l.), a bivalve shell of the genus
Tridacna, esp.
T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500
pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to
contain holy water.
Giant heron (Zo["o]l.), a very large African heron
(
Ardeomega goliath). It is the largest heron known.
Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found
in Norway in connection with glaciers. See
Pothole.
Giant powder. See
Nitroglycerin.
Giant puffball (Bot.), a fungus (
Lycoperdon giganteum),
edible when young, and when dried used for stanching
wounds.
Giant salamander (Zo["o]l.), a very large aquatic
salamander (
Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It
is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long.
Giant squid (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of very
large squids, belonging to
Architeuthis and allied
genera. Some are over forty feet long.
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