devil
Kelime Anlamı :

1. şeytan.
2. iblis.
3. cin.
4. yazar çırağı olarak çalışmak.
5. şeytan gibi tip.
6. yezit.
7. maltız.
8. stajyer avukat.
9. canlı ve dinamik kimse.
10. avukat stajeri olarak çalışmak.
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1. in many religions, the major personified spirit of evil, ruler of hell, and foe of god. used with the.
2. A subordinate evil spirit; a demon.
3. A wicked or malevolent person.
4. A person: a handsome devil; the poor devil.
5. an energetic, mischievous, daring, or clever person.
6. printing A printer's devil.
7. A device or machine, especially one having teeth or spikes and used for tearing.
8. an outstanding example, especially of something difficult or bad: has a devil of a temper.
9. A severe reprimand or expression of anger: gave me the devil for cutting class.
10. informal used as an intensive: who the devil do you think you are?
11. to season (food) heavily.
12. to annoy, torment, or harass.
13. to tear up (cloth or rags) in a toothed machine.
14. between the devil and the deep blue sea between two equally unacceptable choices.
15. full of the devil very energetic, mischievous, daring, or clever.
16. give the devil his due to give credit to a disagreeable or malevolent person.
17. go to the devil to be unsuccessful; fail.
18. go to the devil to become depraved.
19. go to the devil used in the imperative to express anger or impatience.
20. play the devil with to upset or ruin.
21. the devil take the hindmost let each person follow self-interest, leaving others to fare as they may.
22. the devil to pay trouble to be faced as a result of an action: there'll be the devil to pay if you allow the piglets inside the house.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. to make devilish, or like a devil.
2. in cookery, to season highly with mustard, pepper, etc., and broil.
3. to bother; torment.
4. to cut up, as cloth or rags, by means of a machine called a devil.
5. to do professional work (literary or legal) for another who receives all the credit, and sometimes also the remuneration or fee; act as a literary or legal devil.
6. A false accuser; a traducer or slanderer.
7. [this use of the original term
8. in christian theology, a powerful spirit of evil, otherwise called satan (the adversary or opposer): with the definite article, and always in the singular.
9. [used in the english versions of the new testament to translate the greek
10. A false god; an idol.
11. A person resembling a devil or demon in character; a malignantly wicked or cruel person; a fierce or fiendish person: often used with merely expletive or exaggerative force: as, he's the very devil for reckless dash.
12. A fellow; a rogue: used generally with an epithet (little, poor, etc.), and expressing slight contempt or pity: as, a shrewd little devil; a poor devil (an unfortunate fellow).
13. as an expletive: the deuce: now always with the article the, but formerly sometimes with the article a, or used absolutely, preceding a sentence or phrase, and serving, like deuce and other words of related import, as an ejaculation expressing sudden emotion, as surprise, wonder, vexation, or disgust.
14. before the indefinite article with a noun, an emphatic negative: as, devil a bit (not a bit). compare fiend, scotch fient, in similar use.
15. an errand-boy in a printing-office. see printer's devil, below.
16. A name of several instruments or mechanical contrivances.
17. among jewelers, a bunch of matted wire on which the parts ot lockets are placed for soldering.
18. nautical, the seam of a ship which margins the waterways: so called from its awkwardness of access in calking. hence the phrase the devil to pay, etc. see below.
19. the venus's-comb, Scandix pecten, from the long tapering beaks of the fruit.
20. over which, when first finished, the devil is supposed to have looked with a fierce and terrific countenance, as incensed and alarmed at this costly instance of devotion. ray thinks it more probable that it took its rise from a small image of the devil placed on the top of Lincoln college, oxford, over which he looks, seemingly with much fury.” (Grose, local proverbs.)
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22. A junior counsel who assists his superior, usually without financial reward.
23. in mathematics, a curve whose equation is y — x + ay + bx = o.
24. A ‘literaryor professionalhack’; one who does professional work for another who gets all the credit.
25. gunpowder moistened with water or alcohol so as to destroy the granulation and form a paste: used as a sort of firework by boys, and as a priming or fuse.
26. A moving whirlwind carrying up columns of sand, such as are common in india, persia, and countries having dry seasons: sometimes called dancing-devil or desert devil, and known in upper india by the local name bagoola (hind. bagū la).
27. A highly seasoned dish of crabs, chicken, eggs, or the like, cooked together.
28. the wheel-bug. also called the devil's riding-horse.
29. the american or virginia virgin's-bower, clematis Virginiana, so named from its gossamer-like fruit.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia