part : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the rear part of a ship
  poop; quarter; tail; stern.
  

WordNet

• noun an integer that is not an exact divisor of some quantity
  aliquant.
  
  • 5 is an aliquant part of 12

WordNet

• noun an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity
  aliquot.
  
  • 4 is an aliquot part of 12

WordNet

• (Scots Law), share or concern by aiding and abetting a criminal in the perpetration of a crime, whether by advice or by assistance in the execution; complicity.

Webster 1913

• noun a component of an automobile
  auto part.
  
  • his business is auto parts

WordNet

• noun the lowest part in polyphonic music
  bass.
  

WordNet

• noun a small role
  minor role.
  

WordNet

• noun any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
  

WordNet

• noun a component of an automobile
  auto part.
  
  • his business is auto parts

WordNet

• noun a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing
  body structure; anatomical structure; bodily structure; structure.
  
  • he has good bone structure

WordNet

• noun something determined in relation to something that includes it
  portion; part; component; constituent.
  
  • he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself
  • I read a portion of the manuscript
  • the smaller component is hard to reach
  • the animal constituent of plankton

WordNet

• noun any body part visible externally
  

WordNet

• noun one part in five equal parts
  one-fifth; twenty percent; fifth.
  

WordNet

• noun the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808
  mantissa.
  

WordNet

• so far as concerns me; for my share.

Webster 1913

• adverb in large part; mainly or chiefly
  mostly; largely.
  
  • These accounts are largely inactive

WordNet

• in reference to the larger part of a thing, or to the majority of the persons, instances, or things referred to; as, human beings, for the most part, are superstitious; the view, for the most part, was pleasing.

Webster 1913

Fore" part`, Fore"part` noun (Also<

• Fore part
• Forepart

)

Definitions

1. The part most advanced, or first in time or in place; the beginning.

Webster 1913

• noun harmony in which each chord has four notes that create four melodic lines
  

WordNet

• noun one of four equal parts
  twenty-five percent; one-quarter; quartern; one-fourth; fourth; quarter.
  
  • a quarter of a pound

WordNet

• noun a place of especial strength
  

WordNet

• noun the part of a complex number that has the square root of -1 as a factor
  imaginary part.
  

WordNet

• noun the part of a complex number that has the square root of -1 as a factor
  imaginary part.
  

WordNet

• as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a friendly manner. Hooker.

Webster 1913

• unfavorably; with displeasure.

Webster 1913

• in some degree; partly.

Webster 1913

• of bodies, those smaller particles into which a body may be reduced without loss of its original constitution, as by mechanical division.

Webster 1913

• parts of the meridian in Mercator's projection, corresponding to each minute of latitude from the equator up to 70 or 80 degrees; tabulated numbers representing these parts used in projecting charts, and in solving cases in Mercator's sailing.

Webster 1913

• noun the role of the character after whom the play is named
  title role.
  

WordNet

• an essential or constituent portion; a reduplicative phrase. Cf. might and main, kith and kin, etc. "She was . . . part and parcel of the race and place." Howitt.

Webster 1913

• noun vocal music for several voices in independent parts (usually performed without accompaniment)
  

WordNet

• noun a word that names a part of a larger whole
  meronym.
  
  • `brim' and `crown' are meronyms of `hat'

WordNet

• noun one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context
  form class; word class.
  

WordNet

• (Gram.), a sort or class of words of a particular character; thus, the noun is a part of speech denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a part of speech which asserts something of the subject of a sentence.

Webster 1913

• (Law), one of several owners or tenants in common. See Joint tenant, under Joint.

Webster 1913

• singing in which two or more of the harmonic parts are taken.

Webster 1913

• a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct vocal parts. "A part song differs from a madrigal in its exclusion of contrapuntual devices; from a glee, in its being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to each part." Stainer & Barrett.

Webster 1913

• noun the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole
  meronymy.
  

WordNet

• verb give up what is not strictly needed
  dispense with; give up; spare.
  
  • he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey

WordNet

• noun a tagging program whose labels indicate a word's part of speech
  pos tagger.
  

WordNet

• noun a person who owns something in common with others
  

WordNet

• noun singing with three or more voice parts
  

WordNet

• adjective involving less than the standard or customary time for an activity
  parttime.
  
  • part-time employees
  • a part-time job
• adverb for less than the standard number of hours
  half-time.
  
  • he works part-time

WordNet

• noun someone who works less than the customary or standard time
  

WordNet

• noun a leaf having margins incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes
  

WordNet

• noun a bin for holding spare parts
  

WordNet

• noun a list advertising parts for machinery along with prices
  parts catalog.
  

WordNet

• noun a list advertising parts for machinery along with prices
  parts catalog.
  

WordNet

• noun the division of a business (e.g. a service garage) that sells replacement parts
  

WordNet

• noun an inventory of replacement parts
  

WordNet

• noun any part of a plant or fungus
  plant structure.
  

WordNet

• noun external sex organ
  privates; genitals; genitalia; crotch; genital organ.
  

WordNet

• (Naut.), that part of a rope that is hauled upon, in distinction from the standing part.

Webster 1913

• noun one part in sixteen equal parts
  sixteenth; one-sixteenth.
  

WordNet

• noun an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
  spare.
  

WordNet

• . (Naut.) (a) That part of a tackle which is made fast to a block, point, or other object . (b) That part of a rope around which turns are taken with the running part in making a knot of the like.

Webster 1913

• verb share in something
  participate.
  

WordNet

• noun a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts
  ten percent; one-tenth; tenth.
  

WordNet

• noun one part in thirty-two equal parts
  thirty-second; one-thirty-second.
  

WordNet

Three"-part`ed adjective

Definitions

1. Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.

Webster 1913

• (Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate.

Webster 1913

• to sustain the part of one of the characters in a play; hence, to simulate; to dissemble.

Webster 1913

• to take the character of; to fulfill the duties of.

Webster 1913

• (Naut.), to break it.

Webster 1913

• to separate, as travelers or companions.

Webster 1913

• to share; as, they take part in our rejoicing.

Webster 1913

• to unite with; to join with. take part in = participate in

Webster 1913

• noun one part in twelve equal parts
  duodecimal; twelfth; one-twelfth.
  

WordNet

• adjective satellite involving two parts or elements
  two-way; bipartite.
  
  • a bipartite document
  • a two-way treaty

WordNet

Two"-part`ed adjective

Definitions

1. (Biol.) Divided from the border to the base into two distinct parts; bipartite.

Two"-part`ed adjective

Definitions

1. (Bot.) Divided from the border to the base into two distinct parts; bipartite.

Webster 1913

• noun a part written for a singer
  

WordNet

• noun a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
  divide; watershed.
  

WordNet

• noun a place of especial vulnerability
  soft spot; weak spot.
  

WordNet

• noun the semantic relation that holds between a whole and its parts
  holonymy.
  

WordNet