Honey

['hʌnɪ] or ['hʌni]

Definition

(noun.) a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees.

(verb.) sweeten with honey.

(adj.) of something having the color of honey .

Edited by Eileen--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.

(n.) That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.

(n.) Sweet one; -- a term of endearment.

(v. i.) To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.

(v. t.) To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey.

Typed by Harrison

Definition

n. a sweet thick fluid collected by bees from the flowers of plants: anything sweet like honey.—v.t. to sweeten: to make agreeable:—pr.p. hon′eying; pa.p. hon′eyed (-′id).—adj. (Shak.) sweet.—ns. Hon′ey-bag an enlargement of the alimentary canal of the bee in which it carries its load of honey; Hon′eybear a South American carnivorous mammal about the size of a cat with a long protrusive tongue which it uses to rob the nests of wild bees; Hon′ey-bee the hive-bee; Hon′ey-buzz′ard a genus of buzzards or falcons so called from their feeding on bees wasps &c.; Hon′eycomb a comb or mass of waxy cells formed by bees in which they store their honey: anything like a honeycomb.—v.t. to fill with cells: to perforate.—adj. Hon′eycombed (-kōmd) formed like a honeycomb.—ns. Hon′ey-crock (Spens.) a crock or pot of honey; Hon′eydew a sugary secretion from the leaves of plants in hot weather: a fine sort of tobacco moistened with molasses.—adjs. Hon′eyed Hon′ied covered with honey: sweet: flattering; Hon′eyless destitute of honey.—ns. Hon′ey-guide -indicator a genus of African birds supposed to guide men to honey by hopping from tree to tree with a peculiar cry; Hon′ey-lō′cust an ornamental North American tree; Hon′eymoon Hon′eymonth the first month after marriage commonly spent in travelling before settling down to the business of life.—v.i. to keep one's honeymoon.—adj. Hon′ey-mouthed having a honeyed mouth or speech: soft or smooth in speech.—ns. Hon′ey-stalk prob. the flower of the clover; Hon′ey-suck′er a large family of Australian birds; Hon′eysuckle a climbing shrub with beautiful cream-coloured flowers so named because honey is readily sucked from the flower.—adjs. Hon′ey-sweet sweet as honey; Hon′ey-tongued having a honeyed tongue or speech: soft or pleasing in speech.—Virgin honey honey that flows of itself from the comb; Wild honey honey made by wild bees.

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