Crossword-Solution: PARTICLE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Particle | n. | A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of dust. |
| Particle | n. | Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue. |
| Particle | n. | A crumb or little piece of concecrated host. |
| Particle | n. | The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity. |
| Particle | n. | A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AERTE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PARTICLE (5)
Not a footstep or wheel was audible anywhere around, and the dead silence was broken only by a heavy particle falling from a tree through the evergreens and alighting with a smart rap upon the coffin of poor Fanny.
These are not so much live usages in themselves as examples of a live meta-usage: that is, it has become a standard joke or linguistic maneuver to "explain" otherwise mysterious circumstances by inventing nonce particle names.
Here he looks to find a tiny particle of the demolished larva, ofttimes not more than a speck of moisture.
But the Monarch replied, “If you were a Man of sense—though, as you appear to have only one voice I have little doubt you are not a Man but a Woman—but, if you had a particle of sense, you would listen to reason.
Care should be observed to keep the solution clean, and allow no particle of dust to come in contact with the surface of the plate.
Quotes with PARTICLE (3)
Did you know I always thought you were braver than me? Did you ever guess that that was why I was so afraid? It wasn't that I only loved some of you. But I wondered if you could ever love more than some of me. I knew I'd miss you. But the surprising thing is, you never leave me. I never forget a thing. Every kind of love, it seems, is the only one. It doesn't happen twice. And I never expected that you could have a broken heart and love with it too, so much that it doesn't se…
I guess I think differently than most folks. I think the reason the world is a mystical, enchanting place, is because of the cycle of life. My body will decompose, but maybe some little element of it will be transformed into a particle of dirt, over years and years, and then a glorious flower will be nurtured by this particle of dirt. Then this flower will nourish a random bumblebee, who in turn will be eaten by a raven. So, in some future life, I'll be able to fly. I look fo…
… for overstrong was the command to hold fast to each smallest particle of time, to the smallest particle of every circumstance, and to embody all of them in memory as if they could be preserved in memory through all deaths for all times.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 25 times in crossword archives (1971–2023).