Mind
[maɪnd]
Definition
(noun.) that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; 'his mind wandered'; 'I couldn't get his words out of my head'.
(noun.) knowledge and intellectual ability; 'he reads to improve his mind'; 'he has a keen intellect'.
(noun.) attention; 'don't pay him any mind'.
(noun.) recall or remembrance; 'it came to mind'.
(noun.) your intention; what you intend to do; 'he had in mind to see his old teacher'; 'the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces'.
(verb.) keep in mind.
(verb.) be concerned with or about something or somebody.
(verb.) be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by; 'I don't mind your behavior'.
Edited by Joanne--From WordNet
Definition
(v.) The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritual nature; the soul; -- often in distinction from the body.
(v.) The state, at any given time, of the faculties of thinking, willing, choosing, and the like; psychical activity or state; as: (a) Opinion; judgment; belief.
(v.) Choice; inclination; liking; intent; will.
(v.) Courage; spirit.
(v.) Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc.
(n.) To fix the mind or thoughts on; to regard with attention; to treat as of consequence; to consider; to heed; to mark; to note.
(n.) To occupy one's self with; to employ one's self about; to attend to; as, to mind one's business.
(n.) To obey; as, to mind parents; the dog minds his master.
(n.) To have in mind; to purpose.
(n.) To put in mind; to remind.
(v. i.) To give attention or heed; to obey; as, the dog minds well.
Editor: Myra
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Soul, spirit, inner man.[2]. Intellect, understanding, reason, sense, brains, thinking principle, intellectual powers, common sense, intellectual faculties.[3]. Inclination, disposition, will, wish, liking, desire.[4]. Belief, opinion, thoughts, sentiments.[5]. Memory, remembrance, recollection.
v. a. [1]. Notice, heed, regard, mark, attend to, take notice of, pay attention to, give heed to, fix the mind on, trouble one's head about.[2]. Obey, be obedient to.[3]. [Poetical.] Remind, put in mind.
Editor: Woodrow
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Soul, spirit, intellect, understanding, opinion, sentiment, judgment, belief,choice, inclination, desire, will, liking, purpose, spirit, impetus, memory,remembrance, recollection
ANT:Body, limbs, organization, action, proceeding, conduct, object, indifference,coolness, aversion, forgetfulness, obviousness
Editor: Maynard
Definition
n. the faculty by which we think &c.: the understanding: the whole spiritual nature: memory: choice: intention: thoughts or sentiments: belief: cast of thought and feeling: (B.) disposition.—v.t. to attend to: to obey: (orig.) to remind: (Scot.) to remember.—v.i. (B.) to intend.—adj. Mind′ed having a mind: disposed: determined.—ns. Mind′edness inclination toward anything; Mind′er a care-taker: one taken care of as a pauper child by a private person.—adj. Mind′ful bearing in mind: taking thought or care: attentive: observant.—adv. Mind′fully.—n. Mind′fulness.—adj. Mind′less without mind: stupid.—n. Mind′-trans′ference thought-transference.—Mind one's p's and q's to be accurate and precise; Mind your eye (slang) take care what you are about.—Absence of mind inattention to what is going on at the time; Bear in mind to remember; Be out of one's mind to be forgotten: to be insane; Have a mind to wish or to be inclined strongly; Have half a mind to be somewhat inclined; Lose or Be out of one's mind to become insane; Make up one's mind to determine; Month's mind continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a month after death with masses esp. on 3d 7th and 30th days (also A monthly mind): any very strong desire or inclination; Never mind do not concern yourself; Of one mind agreed; Of two minds uncertain what to think or do; Presence of mind a state of calmness in which all the powers of the mind are on the alert and ready for action; Put in mind to warn or remind; Year's mind a commemorative service of a similar kind to the month's mind on the anniversary of a death.
Edited by Clio
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavor to ascertain its own nature the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with. From the Latin mens a fact unknown to that honest shoe-seller who observing that his learned competitor over the way had displayed the motto 'Mens conscia recti emblazoned his own front with the words Men's women's and children's conscia recti. '
Typed by Eugenia
Unserious Contents or Definition
No matter. MATTER,Never mind."
Checker: Raymond
Examples
- Wiley is another case of the creative mind harassed by the routineers. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I wish, Mr. Yeobright, you could give me something to keep that once belonged to her--if you don't mind. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The heart was thrilled, the mind astonished, by the power of the preacher: neither were softened. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He, the noble, the warlike, the great in every quality that can adorn the mind and person of man; he is fitted to be the Protector of England. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Everything that arose before his mind drifted him on, faster and faster, more and more steadily, to the terrible attraction. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But pride--where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Every vestige of the gentler thoughts which had filled her mind hardly a minute since seemed to be swept from it now. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Where affection is reciprocal and sincere, and minds are harmonious, marriage _must_ be happy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He knew that Mrs. Reggie didn't object to her visitors' suddenly changing their minds, and that there was always a room to spare in her elastic house. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Over many parts of Europe a sort of legendary overlordship of the Hellenic Eastern Empire held its place in men's minds. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We do know, however, that he arrived at a gen eralization--fantastic to most minds--that all things are water. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But I don't believe mother minds. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mind means carrying out instructions in action--as a child minds his mother--and taking care of something--as a nurse minds the baby. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- So that two mutually dangerous streams of anticipation were running through the minds of men in Western Europe towards the end of the war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Different benevolent-minded ladies and gentlemen in this neighbourhood and in London. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She wondered if she should have minded detection half so much from any one else. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He knew that his purpose was in the main a good one, and he placed implicit reliance on the high-minded Job. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- If I had never come into the property, I shouldn't have minded. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Are the honorable, the just, the high-minded and compassionate, the majority anywhere in this world? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Some evil-minded person who had seen him come upstairs with a handsome watch in his hand, perhaps. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- To drop the figure,--he saw and won the love of a high-minded and beautiful woman, in one of the northern states, and they were affianced. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- With an air of not minding Eugene at all, he feels that the subject is not altogether a safe one in that connexion. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I keep a Minding-School. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And indeed, sir, pursued Mr. Lorry, not minding him, I really don't know what you have to do with the matter. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But she could have laughed at herself for minding this change, if it had not been accompanied by what was a more serious annoyance. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Still go on as we do now--just live on from meeting to meeting, never minding about another day. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Oh, minding the house--pouring out syrup--pretending to be amiable and contented--learning to have a bad opinion of everybody. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I have been attending to mine own business, answered De Bracy calmly, as you, Fitzurse, have been minding yours. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Editor: Moore