august | | |
n. (time) | 1. aug, august | the month following July and preceding September. |
| ~ gregorian calendar, new style calendar | the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752. |
| ~ assumption of mary, august 15, assumption | celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church. |
| ~ dormition, feast of dormition | celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th. |
| ~ gregorian calendar month | a month in the Gregorian calendar. |
| ~ mid-august | the middle part of August. |
adj. | 2. august, grand, lordly | of or befitting a lord.; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage" |
| ~ noble | of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times.; "of noble birth" |
adj. | 3. august, revered, venerable | profoundly honored.; "revered holy men" |
| ~ honourable, honorable | worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect.; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country" |
whitecap | | |
n. (event) | 1. white horse, whitecap | a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white. |
| ~ moving ridge, wave | one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water). |
fade | | |
n. (act) | 1. fade, slice, slicing | a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" |
| ~ golf shot, golf stroke, swing | the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it. |
n. (act) | 2. disappearance, fade | gradually ceasing to be visible. |
| ~ ending, termination, conclusion | the act of ending something.; "the termination of the agreement" |
v. (change) | 3. fade, melt | become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly.; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk" |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
v. (change) | 4. fade, wither | lose freshness, vigor, or vitality.; "Her bloom was fading" |
| ~ disappear, vanish, go away | get lost, as without warning or explanation.; "He disappeared without a trace" |
v. (change) | 5. blow over, evanesce, fade, fleet, pass, pass off | disappear gradually.; "The pain eventually passed off" |
| ~ disappear, vanish, go away | get lost, as without warning or explanation.; "He disappeared without a trace" |
v. (body) | 6. fade, languish | become feeble.; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon" |
| ~ degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop | grow worse.; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" |
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