having many meanings

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• List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L — Differences between American and British English American English …   Wikipedia

• List of New Zealand place names and their meanings — Placenames in New Zealand derive largely from British and Māori origins. An overview of naming practices can be found at New Zealand place names. * Akaroa Kāi Tahu Māori for Long Harbour . * Albert Town named after Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg… …   Wikipedia

• double meanings —  Anyone who has written headlines for a living will know the embarrassment that comes from causing hilarity to a large group of people by writing an inadvertently two faced headline. I have no doubt that someone at the Toronto Globe and Mail is… …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

• double meanings —    Anyone who has written headlines for a living will know the embarrassment that comes from causing hilarity to a large group of people by writing an inadvertently two faced headline. I have no doubt that someone at the Toronto Globe and Mail is …   Dictionary of troublesome word

• pol|y|se|my — «POL ee SEE mee», noun. Linguistics. the property of having many meanings; semantic diversity: »Words like “foot” and “head” show polysemy to a high degree. ╂[< Greek polýsēmos having many meanings < polýs many + sêma sign] …   Useful english dictionary

• polysemy — [päl′i sē΄mē] n. [ModL polysemia < LL polysemus, having many meanings < Gr polysēmos < poly , POLY + sēma, a sign: see SEMANTIC] the phenomenon of having or being open to several or many meanings polysemic [pol′y semik] adj. polysemous… …   English World dictionary

• polyseme —   n. word with many meanings.    ♦ polysemantic, a.    ♦ polysemous a. having many meanings.    ♦ polysemy, n …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Cinézio Feliciano Peçanha — (born 1960 in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro suburb, Brazil) Mestre Cobra Mansa, more commonly known as Cobrinha, Cobrinha Mansa , is a mestre or master of Capoeira Angola. He is one of the founders and the guiding light of an organization known …   Wikipedia

• Cobra Mansa — Mestre Cobra Mansa leading a Capoeira bateria Mestre Cobra Mansa (born Cinézio Feliciano Peçanha, 1960 in Duque de Caxias, Brazil) commonly known as Cobrinha, Cobrinha Mansa, is a mestre or master of Capoeira Angola …   Wikipedia

• Metamorphosen — Metamorphosen, Study for 23 Solo Strings, subtitled In memoriam , [1] is a composition by Richard Strauss, scored for ten violins, five violas, five cellos, and three double basses. It was composed during the closing months of the Second World… …   Wikipedia

• polychestic — adj. equivocal, ambiguous; having many meanings …   English contemporary dictionary