Word Meanings - WHIP-SHAPED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or stem.
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- ROUNDWORM
A nematoid worm. - ROUNDISH
Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n. - SHAPE
is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. 1. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. li. 5. Grace shaped her limbs, and - TAPERED
Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir. T. Warton. - ROUNDABOUTNESS
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness. - ROUNDFISH
Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. A lake whitefish , less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska. - ROUND-UP
The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in. - ROUNDSMAN
A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen. - SLENDER
Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i. -- Slen"der*ly, adv. -- Slen"der*ness, n. (more info) slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin, slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. slinderen, - ROUNDHEADED
Having a round head or top. - ROUNDHEAD
A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. Toone. - ROUND
To whisper. Shak. Holland. The Bishop of Glasgow rounding in his ear, "Ye are not a wise man," . . . he rounded likewise to the bishop, and said, "Wherefore brought ye me here" Calderwood. - TAPERING
Becoming gradually smaller toward one end. -- Ta"per*ing*ly, adv. - ROUNDURE
Roundness; a round or circle. Shak. - ROUNDEL
A rondelay. "Sung all the roundel lustily." Chaucer. Come, now a roundel and a fairy song. Shak. 2. Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle. The Spaniards, casting themselves into roundels, . . . made a flying march to Calais. Bacon. - SHAPER
1. One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes. The secret of those old shapers died with them. Lowell. 2. That which shapes; a machine for giving a particular form or outline to an object. Specifically; A kind of planer in which the tool, - SHAPELY
1. Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical. T. Warton. Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn. Pope. Where the shapely column stood. Couper. 2. Fit; suitable. Shaply for to - SHAPOO
The oörial. - ROUNDNESS
1. The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc. 2. Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone. - ROUNDED
Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 11. - MISGROUND
To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall. - MISHAPPEN
To happen ill or unluckily. Spenser. - SPINDLE-SHAPED
Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots. (more info) 1. Having the shape of a spindle. - GROUNDWORK
That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden. - UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
Wildcat insurance. - DIAMOND-SHAPED
Shaped like a diamond or rhombus. - STRAP-SHAPED
Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla. - PLAYGROUND
A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school. - GROUNDEN
p. p. of Grind. Chaucer. - AWL-SHAPED
Subulate. See Subulate. Gray. (more info) 1. Shaped like an awl. - SWORD-SHAPED
Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like. - QUARTER ROUND
An ovolo. - FIDDLE-SHAPED
Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray.