Word Meanings - DAILY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin. Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. vi. 11. Bunyan has told us . . . that in New England his dream was the daily subject of the conversation
Additional info about word: DAILY
Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin. Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. vi. 11. Bunyan has told us . . . that in New England his dream was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands. Macaulay. Syn. -- Daily, Diurnal. Daily is Anglo-Saxon, and diurnal is Latin. The former is used in reference to the ordinary concerns of life; as, daily wants, daily cares, daily employments. The latter is appropriated chiefly by astronomers to what belongs to the astronomical day; as, the diurnal revolution of the earth. Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the regard of Heaven on all his ways. Milton. Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible diurnal sphere. Milton.
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- LABOR-SAVING
Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as, laborsaving machinery. - LABORIOUS
1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome. Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil, Laborious virtues all Learn these from Cato. Addison. 2. Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic. - DREAMINESS
The state of being dreamy. - SUBJECTION
1. The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing. The conquest of the kingdom, and subjection of the rebels. Sir M. Hale. 2. The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government - BREADEN
Made of bread. - SUBJECTIST
One skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist. - LABORED
Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style. - SUBJECTNESS
Quality of being subject. - LABOR
The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging. 7. Etym: (more info) 1. Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, - LABOROUS
Laborious. Wyatt. -- La"bor*ous*ly, adv. Sir T. Elyot. - DIURNALNESS
The quality of being diurnal. - BREADBASKET
The stomach. S. Foote. - BREAD
To spread. Ray. - DREAM
Dan. & Sw. dröm; cf. G. trügen to deceive, Skr. druh to harm, hurt, try to hurt. AS. dreám joy, gladness, and OS. dr joy are, perh., different words; cf. Gr. 1. The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the - BREADFRUIT
The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also breadfruit tree and bread tree. (more info) 1. The fruit of a tree found - BREADTHWISE
In the direction of the breadth. - BREADTHLESS
Without breadth. - DREAMER
1. One who dreams. 2. A visionary; one lost in wild imaginations or vain schemes of some anticipated good; as, a political dreamer. - LABORATORY
The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the - DIURNALIST
A journalist. Bp. Hall. - MISHAPPEN
To happen ill or unluckily. Spenser. - UNDREAMED; UNDREAMT
Not dreamed, or dreamed of; not thof. Unpathed waters, undreamed shores. Shak. - BEHAPPEN
To happen to. - OVERLABOR
1. To cause to labor excessively; to overwork. Dryden. 2. To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly. - COLABORER
One who labors with another; an associate in labor. - ELABORATION
The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, - UNLABORED
1. Not produced by labor or toil. "Unlabored harvests." Dryden. 2. Not cultivated; untitled; as, an unlabored field. 3. Not laboriously produced, or not evincing labor; as, an unlabored style or work. Tickell.