Giant
['dʒaɪənt]
Definition
(noun.) any creature of exceptional size.
(noun.) an unusually large enterprise; 'Walton built a retail giant'.
(noun.) an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales.
(noun.) someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful.
(noun.) a very large person; impressive in size or qualities.
Editor: Lorna--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.
(n.) A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
(n.) Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power.
(a.) Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Monster, Cyclops, Colossus, Hercules, huge man.
a. Huge, GIGANTIC.
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Definition
n. an individual whose stature and bulk exceed those of his species or race generally: a person of extraordinary powers:—fem. Gī′antess.—adj. gigantic.—ns. Gī′antism Gī′antship the quality or character of a giant.—adj. Gī′antly giant-like.—n. Gī′ant-pow′der a kind of dynamite.—adj. Gī′ant-rude (Shak.) enormously rude or uncivil.—n. Gī′antry giants collectively.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a giant appearing suddenly before you, denotes that there will be a great struggle between you and your opponents. If the giant succeeds in stopping your journey, you will be overcome by your enemy. If he runs from you, prosperity and good health will be yours.
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Examples
- The giant, steam, demanded and received the obeisance of every art before devoting his inexhaustible strength to their service. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Yet the force of this mighty giant is so completely under control, and may be brought to act so gently, as scarcely to crack a nut placed to receive its fall. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I tried to reach the porch of a great building near, but the mass of frontage and the giant spire turned black and vanished from my eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Orders were shouted, but it was too late to save the giant propellers, and with a crash we rammed them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- As on the former occasion he overthrew the cauldron before leaping, sinuous and catlike, into the lower branches of the forest giant. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- In a flash the operator switched on the current and the two men stood as if transfixed, hanging desperately to their weapons that were held aloft as by some giant’s hand. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Tars Tarkas, whose giant stature towered high above the rest of us, could see the farthest. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Was not the giant wave far higher than the precipice? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I had little hope that he could best his giant adversary who had mowed down all before him during the day. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- In the still uncultivated wilds of America, what wonder that among its other giant destroyers, Plague should be numbered! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The giant rolls consist of a pair of iron cylinders of massive size and weight, with removable wearing plates having irregular surfaces formed by projecting knobs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Some of the giant redwood logs must be split in the woods with powder before they can be handled on the saw carriage, and the average yield per acre is in the neighborhood of 150,000 feet. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Jesus had called men and women to a giant undertaking, to the renunciation of self, to the new birth into the kingdom of love. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You will never care any more about my one-eyed giant, Loo, said Fred at the end. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Tabor stands solitary and alone, a giant sentinel above the Plain of Esdraelon. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Bell Company fought alone against the Western Union, and it was a struggle of giants. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Raphael, Angelo, Canova--giants like these gave birth to the designs, and their own pupils carved them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- If old Father Fritz had seen the pair of ye, I think he would have insisted upon the marriage, so as to breed a race of giants. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- There may be giants and dwarfs,' the first peasant said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The turf was verdant, the gravelled walks were white; sun-bright nasturtiums clustered beautiful about the roots of the doddered orchard giants. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I say, there were giants on the earth in those days--giants that strove to scale heaven. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A race of gods or of giants must have inhabited Baalbec many a century ago. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Chicago White Sox were winning the American League pennant and the New York Giants were leading the National League. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Then, suddenly, the jungle giants whipped back, lashing their mighty tops in angry and deafening protest. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Of these latter, Thomas Alva Edison is one, but in the pages of history he stands conspicuously pre-eminent--a commanding towering figure, even among giants. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Nature there is totally confounded, and nothing mentioned but winged horses, fiery dragons, and monstrous giants. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- If I am a plaything for you giants, be gentle with me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The Labour of Men and Beasts now Done by Steam Giants. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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