English to English
pleasure

('pl/E//Z//@/r
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noun (n)
- a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience(noun.feeling)Example:
He was tingling with pleasure.
source: wordnet30 - a formal expression(noun.cognition)Example:
He serves at the pleasure of the President.
source: wordnet30 - an activity that affords enjoyment(noun.act)Example:
He puts duty before pleasure.
source: wordnet30 - sexual gratification(noun.act)Example:
He took his pleasure of her.
source: wordnet30 - The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.(verb)source: webster1913
- To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.(verb)source: webster1913