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quarter
('kw/O/rt/@/r
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noun (n)
- one of four equal parts(noun.quantity)Example:
A quarter of a pound.
source: wordnet30 - a district of a city having some distinguishing character(noun.location)Example:
The Latin Quarter.
source: wordnet30 - (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided(noun.time)Example:
Both teams scored in the first quarter.
source: wordnet30 - a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour(noun.time)Example:
It's a quarter til 4.
A quarter after 4 o'clock.
source: wordnet30 - one of four periods into which the school year is divided(noun.time)Example:
The fall quarter ends at Christmas.
source: wordnet30 - a fourth part of a year; three months(noun.time)Example:
Unemployment fell during the last quarter.
source: wordnet30 - one of the four major division of the compass(noun.linkdef)Example:
The wind is coming from that quarter.
source: wordnet30 - a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)(noun.quantity)source: wordnet30
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)(noun.quantity)source: wordnet30
- a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar(noun.possession)Example:
He fed four quarters into the slot machine.
source: wordnet30 - an unspecified person(noun.person)Example:
He dropped a word in the right quarter.
source: wordnet30 - piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent(noun.act)Example:
He surrendered but asked for quarter.
source: wordnet30 - One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him(verb.social)Example:
In the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes.
source: wordnet30 - divide into quarters(verb.contact)Example:
Quarter an apple.
source: wordnet30 - divide by four; divide into quarters(verb.cognition)source: wordnet30
- To divide into four equal parts.(verb)source: webster1913
- To lodge; to have a temporary residence.(verb)source: webster1913
- To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.(verb)source: webster1913