Definition
Meaning of 'man'
Meaning of 'man' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Man 
[ n.]
- A human being; -- opposed tobeast. [ n.]- Especially: An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child.
- The human race; mankind.
- The male portion of the human race.
- One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind.
- An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.
- A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose!
- A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife.
- One, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun.
- One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played.
2. Man [ v. t.]
- To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or
complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to
guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort. [ v. t.]- To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify.
- To tame, as a hawk.
- To furnish with a servants.
- To wait on as a manservant.
Meaning of 'man' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. man [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
Example in sentence:
- all the world loves a lover;
- she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women
Meaning (2):
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
Example in sentence:
- he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage;
- he taught me to set up the men on the chess board
Meaning (3):
- the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
- the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
Example in sentence:
- it was every man for himself
Meaning (4):
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
Example in sentence:
- Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man
Meaning (5):
- a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
- a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
Example in sentence:
- she takes good care of her man
Meaning (6):
- an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
- an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
Example in sentence:
- the army will make a man of you
Meaning (7):
- a male subordinate
- a male subordinate
Example in sentence:
- he awaited word from his man in Havana;
- the chief stationed two men outside the building
Meaning (8):
- an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
Example in sentence:
- there were two women and six men on the bus
Meaning (9):
- someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
- someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
Example in sentence:
- two men stood sentry duty
2. man [ v]
[ v]Meaning (10):
- take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place
- take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place
Example in sentence:
- Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning
Meaning (11):
- provide with workers
- provide with workers
Example in sentence:
- Students were manning the booths;
- We cannot man all the desks
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