Poised
[pɒɪzd] or [pɔɪzd]
Definition
(adj.) marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action; 'a gull in poised flight'; 'George's poised hammer' .
Editor: Moll--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Poise
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Examples
- He arranged an electrometer, consisting of an iron needle poised on a pivot, by which to note the action of the magnet. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Then he turned to watch the proceeding below, poised like some wild bird ready to take swift wing at the first sign of danger. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Nearer and nearer she came to where Tarzan of the Apes crouched upon his limb, the coils of his long rope poised ready in his hand. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Three balanced cantilevers are employed, poised on four gigantic steel tube legs supported on four huge masonry piers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- She poised herself on her sound foot, and she took her crutch, and beat it furiously three times on the ground. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- For what seemed an eternity to my overwrought nerves I remained poised thus. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- She glanced behind, and with a wild cry of laughter and challenge, veered, poised, and was gone beyond the grey stone buttress. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- On he hurried, his spear poised for the throw. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He seemed to see her poised on the brink of a chasm, with one graceful foot advanced to assert her unconsciousness that the ground was failing her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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