cant – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: nonsense,
bunk,
nonsensicality,
hokum,
meaninglessness,
side,
slope,
incline,
non-standard speech,
talk,
talking,
edge,
move
cant
v.
turn, slant, invert
n.
jargon, slang; hypocrisy, false piousness; slope, slant
CANT
CANT may refer to:
In
music:
Cant
Cant,
CANT,
canting, or
canted may refer to:
in
languages:
Song of Songs
The
Song of Songs, also known as the
Song of Solomon, the
Canticle of Canticles, or simply
Canticles (
Hebrew:
Šîr HašŠîrîm ;
Greek:
asma asmaton, both meaning "song of songs"), is one of the
megillot (scrolls) of the
Ketuvim (the "Writings", the last section of the
Tanakh or
Hebrew Bible), and the fifth of the "wisdom" books of the Christian
Old Testament.
cant
Noun
1. stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
(synonym) buzzword
(hypernym) nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
2. a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
(synonym) bank, camber
(hypernym) slope, incline, side
(derivation) cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
3. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
(synonym) jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
(hypernym) non-standard speech
(hyponym) street name
(class) wog
(class) square, straight
4. insincere talk about religion or morals
(synonym) pious platitude
(hypernym) talk, talking
5. two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
(synonym) bevel, chamfer
(hypernym) edge
(hyponym) splay
(derivation) cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
Verb
1. heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
(synonym) cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) cock
(derivation) bank, camber
Cant
(a.)
Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.
(n.)
A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction.
(n.)
A corner; angle; niche.
(n.)
A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
(n.)
A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
(n.)
A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.
(n.)
A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant.
(n.)
An affected, singsong mode of speaking.
(n.)
An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.
(n.)
An outer or external angle.
(n.)
The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.
(n.)
The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.
(n.)
Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.
(v. i.)
To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.
(v. i.)
To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.
(v. i.)
To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.
(v. t.)
To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.
(v. t.)
To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.
(v. t.)
To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.
(v. t.)
to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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cant
edge
edging
cânt
(cântec) = song
lit. canto
