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Word Meanings - AFAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off. The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar. Beattie.

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  • RETAINMENT
    The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.
  • FASTENER
    One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
  • LOOSE
    laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. leás false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. lös, Goth. laus, and E. lose. 1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book. Her hair,
  • LOOSEN
    Etym: 1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth. After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree good by loosening
  • DETACHED
    Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels. "Extensive and detached empire." Burke. Detached escapement. See Escapement.
  • LOOSESTRIFE
    The name of several species of plants of the genus Lysimachia, having small star-shaped flowers, usually of a yellow color. Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in some species, crimson flowers. Gray. False loosestrife, a plant
  • DETACHMENT
    1. The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached. 2. That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service. Troops . . . widely scattered in little detachments.
  • SEPARATE
    pfref. se- aside + parare to make ready, prepare. See Parade, and cf. 1. To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner. From the fine gold I separate the alloy. Dryden. Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. Gen. xiii.
  • DETACH
    1. To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party. 2. To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially
  • ABROAD
    1. At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad. The fox roams far abroad. Prior. 2. Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad. I went to St. James',
  • LOOSENESS
    The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.
  • FASTENING
    Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.
  • LOOSELY
    In a loose manner.
  • LOOSENER
    One who, or that which, loosens.
  • RETAIN
    1. To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like. "Thy shape invisibleretain." Shak. Be obedient, and retain Unalterably firm his love entire. Milton. An executor
  • RETAINABLE
    Capable of being retained.
  • DETACHABLE
    That can be detached.
  • RETAINAL
    The act of retaining; retention.
  • RETAINER
    1. One who, or that which, retains. 2. One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on. 3. Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery. Cowell. 4. The act of a
  • FASTEN
    Etym: 1. To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window. 2. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to
  • INSEPARATE
    Not separate; together; united. Shak.
  • UNFASTEN
    To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.
  • COPPER-FASTENED
    Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.
  • UNLOOSEN
    To loosen; to unloose.
  • OUTLOOSE
    A loosing from; an escape; an outlet; an evasion. That "whereas" gives me an outloose. Selden.
  • REFASTEN
    To fasten again.
  • SEMIDETACHED
    Half detached; partly distinct or separate. Semidetached house, one of two tenements under a single roof, but separated by a party wall.

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