n. a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects"

n. songbirds having a chattering call

n. birds having a chattering call

n. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were"

n. people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"

n. an informal conversation

n. the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world"

n. people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"

n. live conversation on Internet by typing messages on a computer terminal

n. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"

n. everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"

v. to have an on-line conversation by typing messages into a keyboard

v. talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

adv. "They are newly married"; "we are fresh out of tomatoes"; "Grass new washed by the rain"

adj. in use after medieval times; "New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties"

adj. not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World"

adj. having no previous example or precedent or parallel; "a time of unexampled prosperity"

adj. used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"

adj. newly made; "a hot scent"

adj. (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new; "newfangled ideas"; "she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them"

adj. (unworn)

adj. not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"

adj. original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"

n. the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow"

n. the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"

n. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

n. disparaging terms for the common people

n. class composed of persons lacking noble or knightly or gentle rank

n. an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

n. a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"

n. a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"

n. a group of followers or enthusiasts

n. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

n. the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones; "there is no life on the moon"

n. all phenomena that are not artificial

n. an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

n. (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'"

n. the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected

n. the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

n. an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space"

n. the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air"

n. the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body

n. the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

v. exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"

v. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

v. talk volubly

v. make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies; "Health care should be socialized!"

v. be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy

v. to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance"

adj. characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine"

adj. belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders"

adj. imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"

adj. being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast"

adj. (unworn)

adj. having no precedent; novel; "an unprecedented expansion in population and industry"

adj. lacking practical experience or training

adj. having the lower score or lagging position in a contest; "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing"

adj. being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe"

adj. being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before; "stylistically innovative works"; "innovative members of the artistic community"; "a mind so innovational, so original"

adj. regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public; "a popular tourist attraction"; "a popular girl"; "cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular"

adj. being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast"

adj. not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World"

adj. being used or worked for the first time; "virgin wool"

adj. having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination"

adj. not conforming to accepted rules or standards; "her unconventional dress and hair style"

adj. being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast"

adj. recently made, produced, or harvested; "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent"

adj. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"

adj. not frequently used or experienced: "a rare word"; "an unwonted softness in her old face"

adj. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"

adj. radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history"

adj. unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young"

adj. not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind; "uncommon birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability"

adj. highly unusual or rare but not the single instance; "spoke with a unique accent"; "had unique ability in raising funds"; "a frankness unique in literature"; "a unique dining experience"

adv. later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday"

adj. used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"

adj. occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"

adj. recently made, produced, or harvested; "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent"

adj. belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"

adj. vs. worn, for example "uneroded"

adj. (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"

adj. in use after medieval times; "New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties"

adj. fresh; "caller fish"

adj. pleasingly firm and fresh and making a crunching noise when chewed; "crisp carrot and celery sticks"; "a firm apple"; "crunchy lettuce"

adj. cut recently; "fresh-cut flowers"

adj. not left to spoil; "the meat is still good"

adj. newly made; "the aroma of new-made bread"

adj. freshly made or left; "a warm trail"; "the scent is warm"

adj. radically new or original; "an avant-garde theater piece"

adj. done by hand without mechanical aids or devices; "a freehand drawing"

adj. original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"

adj. containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another"

adj. being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before; "stylistically innovative works"; "innovative members of the artistic community"; "a mind so innovational, so original"

adj. not derivative or imitative; "a natural underivative poet"

adj. (unworn)

adj. not worn by exposure to the weather; "chemical weathering was beginning to attack the unweathered bedrock"

adj. in training: "an apprentice carpenter"

adj. young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer"

adj. lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits"

adj. not initiated; deficient in relevant experience; "it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"; "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject"

adj. not having had extensive practice

adj. radically new or original; "an avant-garde theater piece"

adj. done by hand without mechanical aids or devices; "a freehand drawing"

adj. containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another"

adj. being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before; "stylistically innovative works"; "innovative members of the artistic community"; "a mind so innovational, so original"

adj. (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new; "newfangled ideas"; "she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them"

adj. not derivative or imitative; "a natural underivative poet"

n. any cognitive content held as true

adj. of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"

adj. showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"

adj. passed along for further use by others

adj. affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"

adj. out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"

adj. worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"

adj. having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap; "a mangy carpet"; "a mangy old fur coat"

adj. of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700"

adj. showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"

adj. affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"

adj. worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"

adj. having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap; "a mangy carpet"; "a mangy old fur coat"

adj. covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor"

adj. well known or easily recognized; "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests"

adj. not usual or common or ordinary; "a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite"