country : Idioms & Phrases

• adverb extending throughout an entire nation
  across the nation; nationally; nationwide.
  
  • nationally advertised
  • it was broadcast nationwide

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• noun any one of the countries occupying the African continent
  African nation.
  

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• noun any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent
  Asian nation.
  

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• noun a remote and undeveloped area
  backwoods; boondocks; hinterland.
  

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• noun any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula
  Balkan state; Balkan nation.
  

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• noun an area in central Kentucky noted for it bluegrass and thoroughbred horses
  Bluegrass Region; Bluegrass.
  

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• noun a small neutral state between two rival powers
  buffer state.
  

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• noun any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments
  Central American nation.
  

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• noun any of the countries in the British Commonwealth
  

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• (Law), the conclusion of a pleading by which a party "puts himself upon the country," i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury. Mozley & W.

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• noun a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
  C and W; country and western.
  

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• noun an aromatic fleshy herb of India and Ceylon to South Africa; sometimes placed in genus Plectranthus
  Coleus amboinicus; Plectranthus amboinicus; Coleus aromaticus.
  

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• noun a suburban club for recreation and socializing
  

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• noun a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
  country dancing; contredanse; contradance; contra danse.
  

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• noun a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital
  
  • do country doctors still make house calls?

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• noun a house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country
  

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• noun a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
  C and W; country and western.
  

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• noun the country where you were born
  motherland; country of origin; fatherland; homeland; native land.
  

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• noun people living in the same country; compatriots
  countryfolk.
  
• noun people raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics
  countryfolk.
  

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Coun"try seat`

Definitions

1. A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.

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• noun a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise
  trading post; general store.
  

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Coun"try-base` noun

Definitions

1. Same as Prison base.

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• adjective satellite rough and uncouth
  
  • a country boy

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• noun a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
  country dancing; contredanse; contradance; contra danse.
  
• verb perform a contradance
  contredanse; contra danse; contradance.
  

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Coun"try-dance` noun

Etymology

Prob. an adaptation of contradance.

Definitions

1. See Contradance.

   He had introduced the English country-dance to the knowledge of the Dutch ladies. Macualay.

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• adjective satellite typical of the country
  
  • country-style sausage
  • country music

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• noun a long race run over open country
  

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• across the country; not by the road. "The cross-country ride." Cowper.

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• adverb not following tracks or roads
  
  • they liked to race cross-country
• adverb across the countryside
  
  • the river runs cross-country
  • the road runs cross-country

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• noun riding horses across country over obstructions to demonstrate horsemanship
  cross-country jumping.
  

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• noun riding horses across country over obstructions to demonstrate horsemanship
  cross-country jumping.
  

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• noun the sport of skiing across the countryside (rather than downhill)
  

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• noun a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically
  

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• toward the sea, or toward the part where rivers discharge their waters into the ocean.

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• noun any one of the countries occupying the European continent
  European nation.
  

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• noun any state of which one is not a citizen
  
  • working in a foreign country takes a bit of getting used to

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• noun an area lying above the piedmont but below the timberline
  

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• noun the lowland region of western Europe on the North Sea: Belgium and Luxembourg and the Netherlands
  

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• noun the country where you were born
  motherland; country of origin; fatherland; homeland; native land.
  

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• the country of one's parents or ancestors; the country from which the people of a colony derive their origin.

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• noun any country on the North American continent
  North American nation.
  

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• noun the country of origin of an immigrant
  

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• noun an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum
  OPEC.
  

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• noun any one of the countries occupying Scandinavia
  Scandinavian nation.
  

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• noun any one of the countries occupying the South American continent
  South American nation.
  

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• to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads.

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• to appeal to one's constituents; to stand trial before a jury.

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• adverb to or in the interior of a country or region
  
  • they live upcountry

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• noun the southwestern part of England (including Cornwall and Devon and Somerset)
  

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