Crossword-Solution: MEASURE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Measure | n. | A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged. |
| Measure | n. | An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like. |
| Measure | n. | The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat. |
| Measure | n. | The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount. |
| Measure | n. | Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure. |
| Measure | n. | Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion. |
| Measure | n. | The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure. |
| Measure | n. | Undefined quantity; extent; degree. |
| Measure | n. | Regulated division of movement |
| Measure | n. | A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the minuet. |
| Measure | n. | The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats. |
| Measure | n. | The space between two bars. |
| Measure | a. | The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure. |
| Measure | a. | A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers. |
| Measure | a. | A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure. |
| Measure | a. | The act of measuring; measurement. |
| Measure | a. | Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures. |
| Measure | n. | To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise. |
| Measure | n. | To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature. |
| Measure | n. | To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance. |
| Measure | n. | To adjust by a rule or standard. |
| Measure | n. | To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; -- often with out or off. |
| Measure | v. i. | To make a measurement or measurements. |
| Measure | v. i. | To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally. |
| Measure | v. i. | To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| MEASURE | anagram | ERUSAEM |
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Sentences with MEASURE (5)
THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND One of the first things Peter did next day was to measure Wendy and John and Michael for hollow trees.
First he danced a solemn measure, Very slow in step and gesture, In and out among the pine-trees, Through the shadows and the sunshine, Treading softly like a panther.
Thus while God spake, ambrosial fragrance fill’d All Heav’n, and in the blessed Spirits elect Sense of new joy ineffable diffus’d: Beyond compare the Son of God was seen Most glorious, in him all his Father shon Substantially express’d, and in his face Divine compassion visibly appeerd, Love without end, and without measure Grace, Which uttering thus he to his Father spake.
Concealing his sad plight under a merry guise, the Fox indulged in a lavish praise of the water, saying it was excellent beyond measure, and encouraging him to descend.
Now, Alexandra could in a measure realize that Marie was, after all, Marie; not merely a “married woman.” Sometimes, when Alexandra thought of her, it was with an aching tenderness.
Quotes with MEASURE (3)
You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.
I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair. Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets. Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps. I hunger for your sleek laugh, your hands the color of a savage harvest, hunger for the pale stones of your fingernails, I want to eat your skin like a whole almond. I want to eat the sunbeam flaring in your lovely body, the sovereign nose of your arrogant face, I want to eat the fleeting…
Sleep my little baby-oh Sleep until you waken When you wake you'll see the world If I'm not mistaken... Kiss a lover Dance a measure, Find your name And buried treasure... Face your life Its pain, Its pleasure, Leave no path untaken.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 53 times in crossword archives (1951–2024).