WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
DEVIL DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
ROGET THESAURUS
Man
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Man has 11 senses
- man(n = noun.person) adult male - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" has parts: adult male body, man's body
- man(n = noun.person) military man, military personnel, serviceman - someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty" is a member of force, military force, military group, military unit
- man(n = noun.person) Array - the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself" is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- man(n = noun.animal) homo, human, human being - any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage; Array has parts: loin, lumbus, anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma, body hair, head of hair, mane, human head, foot, human foot, pes, arm, hand, manus, mitt, paw, face, human face
- man(n = noun.person) Array - a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana" is a kind of foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling
- man(n = noun.person) Array - an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you" is a kind of male, male person
- man(n = noun.person) gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, valet, valet de chambre - a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" is a kind of body servant, manservant
- man(n = noun.person) Array - a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man" is a kind of lover, male, male person
- man(n = noun.location) isle of man - one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea; Array is a part of british isles
- man(n = noun.artifact) piece - game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage" has particulars: black, checker, chequer, chess piece, chessman, tile, white
- man(n = noun.animal) human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, mankind, world - all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women" is a kind of group, grouping, homo, human, human being, man
has particulars: black man, white man, yellow man, baboo, babu, bachelor, unmarried man, bey, boy, beau, boyfriend, fellow, swain, young man, ex-boyfriend, bruiser, bull, samson, strapper, beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell, ejaculator, esq, esquire, castrate, eunuch, father figure, father surrogate, father-figure, buster, dude, fellow, galoot, geezer, gentleman, divorced man, grass widower, bozo, cat, guy, hombre, herr, hooray henry, housefather, hunk, ex, ex-husband, inamorato, iron man, ironman, ironside, adonis, middle-aged man, monsieur, old boy, old man, graybeard, greybeard, methuselah, old man, paterfamilias, patriarch, peter pan, ponce, posseman, senhor, shaver, signior, signor, signore, sir, stiff, he-man, macho-man, stud, tarzan, widower, widowman, philanderer, womaniser, womanizer, golden boy, wonder boy, young buck, young man
is a kind of adult, grownup, male, male person
Derived forms adjective manly1, adjective manly2
Antonym: woman
has particulars: air force officer, commander, artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner, bluejacket, navy man, sailor, sailor boy, commando, ranger, conscript, draftee, inductee, enlisted person, devil dog, leatherneck, marine, shipboard soldier, military officer, officer, noncombatant, occupier, striper, ex-serviceman, vet, veteran, veteran, veteran soldier, military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer
is a kind of skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
is a kind of hominid
is a member of genus homo
has particulars: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, mankind, world, homo erectus, homo soloensis, homo habilis, homo sapiens, homo sapiens neanderthalensis, neandertal, neandertal man, neanderthal, neanderthal man, homo rhodesiensis, rhodesian man
Derived forms adjective manly1, adjective manly2
Derived forms verb man2, verb man1
Antonym: woman
is a kind of island
is a kind of game equipment
Verb Man has 2 senses
- man(v = verb.social) Array - take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning" is one way to do work, work
- man(v = verb.competition) Array - provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths" is one way to staff
Derived form noun man7
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun man7
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
- A human being; -- opposed to
beast . [1913 Webster]"These men went about wide, and man found they none,
But fair country, and wild beast many [a] one." [1913 Webster]"The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me." [1913 Webster]"'Tain't a fit night out for man nor beast!" [PJC] - An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child. [1913 Webster]"When I became a man, I put away childish things." [1913 Webster]"Ceneus, a woman once, and once a man." [1913 Webster]
- The human race; mankind. [1913 Webster]"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion." [1913 Webster]"The proper study of mankind is man." [1913 Webster]
- The male portion of the human race. [1913 Webster]"Woman has, in general, much stronger propensity than man to the discharge of parental duties." [1913 Webster]
- One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind. Shak. [1913 Webster]"This was the noblest Roman of them all . . . the elements
So mixed in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world “This was a man!”" [1913 Webster] - An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject. [1913 Webster]"Like master, like man." [1913 Webster]"The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor." [1913 Webster]
- A term of familiar address at one time implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose! In the latter half of the 20th century it became used in a broader sense as simply a familiar and informal form of address, but is not used in business or formal situations; as, hey, man! You want to go to a movie tonight?. [1913 Webster]
- A married man; a husband; -- correlative to
wife . [1913 Webster]"I pronounce that they are man and wife." [1913 Webster]"every wife ought to answer for her man." [1913 Webster] - One, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun. [1913 Webster]"A man can not make him laugh." [1913 Webster]"A man would expect to find some antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old rostrum of a Roman ship." [1913 Webster]
- One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played. [1913 Webster]"
Man is often used as a prefix in composition, or as a separate adjective, its sense being usually self-explaining; as,man child,man eater orman eater,man- eating,man hater orman hater,man- hating,man hunter,man- hunting,man killer,man- killing,man midwife,man pleaser,man servant,man- shaped,man slayer,man stealer,man-stealing ,man thief,man worship, etc.
Man is also used as a suffix to denote a person of the male sex having a business which pertains to the thing spoken of in the qualifying part of the compound; ashman , butterman , laundryman , lumberman , milkman , fireman , repairman , showman , waterman , woodman . Where the combination is not familiar, or where some specific meaning of the compound is to be avoided,man is used as a separate substantive in the foregoing sense; as, appleman , clothman , coalman , hardwareman , woodman (as distinguished from woodman )." [1913 Webster]
- To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort. [1913 Webster]"See how the surly Warwick mans the wall !" [1913 Webster]"They man their boats, and all their young men arm." [1913 Webster]
- To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify. Addison. [1913 Webster]
- To tame, as a hawk. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To furnish with a servant or servants. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To wait on as a manservant. Shak. [1913 Webster]" In “Othello,” V. ii. 270, the meaning is uncertain, being, perhaps: To point, to aim, or to manage." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
--n. (pl. men)
1 an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy.
2 a a human being; a person (no man is perfect). b human beings in general; the human race (man is mortal).
3 a person showing characteristics associated with males (she's more of a man than he is).
4 a a worker; an employee (the manager spoke to the men). b a manservant or valet. c hist. a vassal.
5 a (usu. in pl.) soldiers, sailors, etc., esp. non-officers (was in command of 200 men). b an individual, usu. male, person (fought to the last man). c (usu. prec. by the, or poss. pron.) a person regarded as suitable or appropriate in some way; a person fulfilling requirements (I'm your man; not the man for the job).
6 a a husband (man and wife). b colloq. a boyfriend or lover.
7 a a human being of a specified historical period or character (Renaissance man). b a type of prehistoric man named after the place where the remains were found (Peking man; Piltdown man).
8 any one of a set of pieces used in playing chess, draughts, etc.
9 (as second element in comb.) a man of a specified nationality, profession, skill, etc. (Dutchman; clergyman; horseman; gentleman).
10 a an expression of impatience etc. used in addressing a male (nonsense, man!). b colloq. a general mode of address among hippies etc. (blew my mind, man!).
11 (prec. by a) a person; one (what can a man do?).
12 a person pursued; an opponent etc. (the police have so far not caught their man).
13 (the Man) US sl. a the police. b Blacksl. White people.
14 (in comb.) a ship of a specified type (merchantman; Indiaman).
--v.tr. (manned, manning)
1 supply (a ship, fort, factory, etc.) with a person or people for work or defence etc.
2 work or service or defend (a specified piece of equipment, a fortification, etc.) (man the pumps).
3 Naut. place men at (a part of a ship).
4 fill (a post or office).
5 (usu. refl.) fortify the spirits or courage of (manned herself for the task).
1 be free to act; be independent.
2 be in full possession of one's faculties etc. man about town a fashionable man of leisure. man and boy from childhood. man-at-arms (pl. men-at-arms) archaic a soldier, esp. when heavily armed and mounted. man Friday see FRIDAY. man-hour (or day etc.) an hour (or day etc.) regarded in terms of the amount of work that could be done by one person within this period. man in the moon the semblance of a face seen on the surface of a full moon. man in (US on) the street an ordinary average person, as distinct from an expert. man-made (esp. of a textile fibre) made by man, artificial, synthetic.
man of God
1 a clergyman.
2 a male saint. man of honour a man whose word can be trusted. man of the house the male head of a household. man of letters a scholar; an author. man of the moment a man of importance at a particular time.
man of straw
1 an insubstantial person; an imaginary person set up as an opponent.
2 a stuffed effigy.
3 a person undertaking a financial commitment without adequate means.
4 a sham argument set up to be defeated. man-of-war an armed ship, esp. of a specified country. man of the world see WORLD.
man-size (or -sized)
1 of the size of a man; very large.
2 big enough for a man. man to man with candour; honestly. men's (or men's room) a usu. public lavatory for men. my (or my good) man a patronizing mode of address to a man. separate (or sort out) the men from the boys colloq. find those who are truly virile, competent, etc. to a man all without exception.
DEVIL DICTIONARY
Man
n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be. His chief occupation is extermination of other animals and his own species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole habitable earh and Canada.
When the world was young and Man was new,
And everything was pleasant,
Distinctions Nature never drew
'Mongst kings and priest and peasant.
We're not that way at present,
Save here in this Republic, where
We have that old regime,
For all are kings, however bare
Their backs, howe'er extreme
Their hunger. And, indeed, each has a voice
To accept the tyrant of his party's choice.
A citizen who would not vote,
And, therefore, was detested,
Was one day with a tarry coat
(With feathers backed and breasted)
By patriots invested.
"It is your duty," cried the crowd,
"Your ballot true to cast
For the man o' your choice." He humbly bowed,
And explained his wicked past:
"That's what I very gladly would have done,
Dear patriots, but he has never run."
Apperton Duke