| AW | <abbreviation> Atomic weight. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| awake | 1. To rouse from sleep.; to wake; to awaken. "Where morning's earliest ray . . . Awake her." (Tennyson) "And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish." (Matt. Viii. 25) 2. To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity, or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties. "I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie." (Goldsmith) "It way awake my bounty further." (Shak) "No sunny gleam awakes the trees." (Keble) Origin: Awoke, Awaked; Awaked; (Obs) Awaken, Awoken; . Awaking. The form Awoke is sometimes used as a] [AS. Awaecnan, v. I. (imp. Awc), and awacian, v. I. (imp. Awacode). See Awaken, Wake. Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action. "Before whom awake I stood." (Milton) "She still beheld, Now wide awake, the vision of her sleep." (Keats) "He was awake to the danger." (Froude) Origin: From awaken, old p. P. Of awake. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| awareness | The act of "taking account" of an object or state of affairs. It does not imply assessment of nor attention to the qualities or nature of the object. (12 Dec 1998) |
| away | 1. From a place; hence. "The sound is going away." (Shak) "Have me away, for I am sore wounded." (2 Chron. Xxxv. 23) 2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home. 3. Aside; off; in another direction. "The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun." (Lockyer) 4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence. "Be near me when I fade away." (Tennyson) 5. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come ~; begone; take ~. "And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down." (Exod. Xix. 24) 6. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away. It is much used in phrases signifying moving or going from; as, go away, run away, etc.; all signifying departure, or separation to a distance. Sometimes without the verb; as, whither away so fast ? "Love hath wings, and will away." . It serves to modify the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal, loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw away; to trifle away; to squander away, etc. Sometimes it has merely an intensive force; as, to blaze away. Away with, bear, abide. "The calling of assemblies, I can not away with." ((Isa. I. 13)), i. E, "I can not bear or endure [it]" Away with one, signifies, take him away. "Away with, crucify him." . To make away with. To kill or destroy. To carry off. Origin: AS. Aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| awl | A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc. Origin: OE. Aul, awel, al, AS. L, awel; akin to Icel. Alr, OHG. Ala, G. Ahle, Lith. Yla, Skr. Ara. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| awlwort | <botany> A plant (Subularia aquatica), with awl-shaped leaves. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| awn | <botany> A bristle-like appendage, for example on the tip or back of the lemma of a grass floret. (09 Oct 1997) |
| awned | <botany> Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded. (12 Mar 1998) |
| awry | 1. Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry. 2. Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely. (12 Mar 1998) |