p
/piː/
Dictionary
noun
- Abbreviation of penny; pence.
- Proton
noun
- One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
- One side of a paper leaf on which one has written or printed.
- Any record or writing; a collective memory.
"the page of history"
- The type set up for printing a page.
- A screenful of text and possibly other content.
- A web page.
- A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.
noun
- A serving boy – a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education.
- A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.
- A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
- (in libraries) The common name given to an employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.
- A boy child.
- A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman’s dress from the ground.
- A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
- A message sent to someone's pager.
- Any one of several species of colorful South American moths of the genus Urania.
preposition
- For each.
"$2.50 per dozen"
- To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).
"100 centimeters per meter"
- By the, by means of the, via the, through the.
"Introduce the endoscope per nasum."
- In accordance with.
"I parked my car at the curb per your request."
preposition
- After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
adverb
- Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.
- Prettily, in a pretty manner.
verb
- To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge
"Needlework purled with gold."
- An inverted stitch producing ribbing etc
"Knit one, purl two."
verb
- To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.
"The huntsman was purled from his horse."
verb
- To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
- To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
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