names
/neɪmz/
Dictionary
noun
- Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
"I've never liked the name my parents gave me so I changed it at the age of twenty."
- Reputation.
- An abusive or insulting epithet.
"Stop calling me names!"
- A person (or legal person).
- Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
- A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
- An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
- Authority.
"Halt in the name of the law!"
Synonyms:proper name
verb
- (ditransitive) To give a name to.
"One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting."
- To mention, specify.
"He named his demands."
- To identify as relevant or important
"naming the problem"
- To publicly implicate.
"The painter was named as an accomplice."
- To designate for a role.
"My neighbor was named to the steering committee."
- (Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
noun
- Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
Synonyms:cush-cush
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