English to English
queen
(kw/i/n
)
noun (n)
- the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs(noun.animal)source: wordnet30
- a female sovereign ruler(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- the wife or widow of a king(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind(noun.person)Example:
Paris is the queen of cities.
The queen of ocean liners.
source: wordnet30 - a competitor who holds a preeminent position(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- (chess) the most powerful piece(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males(noun.animal)source: wordnet30
- The wife of a king.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess(verb.social)source: wordnet30
- become a queen(verb.motion)Example:
Her pawn queened.
source: wordnet30 - To act the part of a queen.(verb)source: webster1913
- To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.(verb)source: webster1913