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device
English
Etymology
From Old French devis, from Latin divisus, past participle of dividere (“to divide”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??va?s/
- Rhymes: -a?s
Noun
device (plural devices)
- Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
- 1949. Geneva Convention on Road Traffic Chapter VI. Provisions Applicable to Cycles in International Traffic
- Every cycle shall be equipped with: [...] (b) an audible warning device consisting of a bell [...]
- 1949. Geneva Convention on Road Traffic Chapter VI. Provisions Applicable to Cycles in International Traffic
- (computer hardware) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
- A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
- His device is against Babylon, to destroy it.
- He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
- 1827 Hallam, Henry, The English Constitution, Harper
- Their recent device of demanding benevolences.
- (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
- 1979 Stiff Little Fingers, "Suspect Device":
- Inflammable material is planted in my head / It's a suspect device that's left 2000 dead
- 2014 September 3, Cliodhna Russell, The Journal "A viable device was found in Cavan today, it has now been made safe"
- THE ARMY BOMB Disposal Team rendered safe a viable device in Cavan this afternoon.
- 2014 August 3, Louise Kelly & Conor Feehan "Suspect device found at shopping centre revealed as hoax" Irish Independent
- The army bomb squad carried out two controlled explosions on the device. It was later found that the suspect device was a hoax and not a viable explosive.
- 1979 Stiff Little Fingers, "Suspect Device":
- (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
- (heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
- 1736. O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey. The Documentary History of the State of New York Chapter I, Article III: Enumeration of the Indian Tribes.
- The devices of these savages are the serpent, the Deer, and the Small Acorn.
- 1736. O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey. The Documentary History of the State of New York Chapter I, Article III: Enumeration of the Indian Tribes.
- (archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
- 1824. Landor, Walter Savage "King Henry IV and Sir Arnold Savage" from Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, page 44
- Moreover I must have instruments of mine own device, weighty, and exceeding costly
- 1976. The Eagles, "Hotel California"
- And she said,
- "We are all prisoners here,
- Of our own device"
- 1824. Landor, Walter Savage "King Henry IV and Sir Arnold Savage" from Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, page 44
- (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
- (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
- 1943 United States Post Office Department. A Description of United States Postage Stamps / Issued by the Post Office Department from July 1, 1847, to April 1, 1945 [sic], USGPO, Washington, p1:
- Prior to the issuance of the first stamps, letters accepted by postmasters for dispatch were marked "Paid" by means of pen and ink or hand stamps of various designs. [...] To facilitate the handling of mail matter, some postmasters provided special stamps or devices for use on letters as evidence of the prepayment of postage.
- 1943 United States Post Office Department. A Description of United States Postage Stamps / Issued by the Post Office Department from July 1, 1847, to April 1, 1945 [sic], USGPO, Washington, p1:
- (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
- (obsolete) Opinion; decision.
Synonyms
- (piece of equipment): apparatus, appliance, equipment, gadget, design, contrivance
- (project or scheme): scheme, project, stratagem, artifice
- (obsolete, power of devising): invention, contrivance
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Slovene
Noun
device
- genitive singular of devica
- nominative plural of devica
- accusative plural of devica
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drawing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??.(w)??(?)/
- (cot-caught merger) IPA(key): /?d??.??(?)/
- (intrusive R) IPA(key): /?d?????(?)/
- Rhymes: -????
- Rhymes: -????? (in some dialects)
Etymology 1
From Middle English drauinge, drawinge, alteration of earlier drawende, drawand, from Old English dragende, from Proto-Germanic *dragandz (“drawing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *dragan? (“to draw; pull”), equivalent to draw +? -ing.
Verb
drawing
- present participle of draw
Etymology 2
From Middle English drauing, drawing, equivalent to draw +? -ing.
Noun
drawing (countable and uncountable, plural drawings)
- A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
- (uncountable) The act of producing such a picture.
- Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
- The process of drawing or pulling something.
- Proverb: An official is great in his office as a well is rich in drawings of water.
- An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat.
- A small portion of tea for steeping.
Alternative forms
- dwg (abbreviation)
Derived terms
- drawing board
- technical drawing
Related terms
- draft
- drawer
- drawn work
Translations
See also
- sketch
- drafter
- draftsman
Anagrams
- Wingard, warding
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