Pyramid
['pɪrəmɪd]
Definition
(noun.) a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt.
(noun.) (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases.
(noun.) a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex.
(verb.) increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base.
(verb.) arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid.
(verb.) use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal.
(verb.) enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts.
Typed by Lisa--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a structure or edifice of this shape.
(n.) A solid figure contained by a plane rectilineal figure as base and several triangles which have a common vertex and whose bases are sides of the base.
(n.) The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot.
Editor: Nancy
Definition
n. a solid figure on a triangular square or polygonal base with triangular sides meeting in a point: (pl.) 'the Pyramids ' or great monuments of Egypt: a game played on a billiard-table in which the balls are arranged in pyramid shape.—adjs. Pyram′idal Pyramid′ic -al having the form of a pyramid.—advs. Pyram′idally Pyramid′ically.—ns. Pyramid′icalness; Pyramid′ion the small pyramidal apex of an obelisk; Pyram′idist one versed in the history of the Pyramids; Pyr′amis (Shak.) a pyramid:—pl. Pyram′ides.—adjs. Pyr′amoid Pyram′idoid.
Edited by Jeanne
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of pyramids, denotes that many changes will come to you. If you scale them, you will journey along before you find the gratification of desires. For the young woman, it prognosticates a husband who is in no sense congenial. To dream that you are studying the mystery of the ancient pyramids, denotes that you will develop a love for the mysteries of nature, and you will become learned and polished.
Checker: Roy
Examples
- It was a small pyramid of black, putty-like stuff, exactly like the one upon the table of the study. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In the construction of a temple or a pyramid not merely was it necessary to have regard to the points of the compass, but care must be taken to have the sides at right angles. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- No, indeedyou shall be indifferent to me, as the shabbiest bouquet in your pyramid. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- We paid it, too, for we were purposely spread very far apart over the vast side of the Pyramid. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Still, that mountain, prodigious as it was, was nothing to the Pyramid of Cheops. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is more cold within her, than a fire left by gypsies in winter-time, the spent embers crowned by a pyramid of snow. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The Great Pyramid put it into his head to go up the Nile. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The answer vouchsafed to Mademoiselle St Pierre from the estrade was given in the gesticulation of a hand from behind the pyramid. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It is an accretion of power around a center of influence, cemented by patronage, graft, favors, friendship, loyalties, habits,--a human grouping, a natural pyramid. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The New York of Newland Archer's day was a small and slippery pyramid, in which, as yet, hardly a fissure had been made or a foothold gained. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It is best to build the pile in the form of a pyramid. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Only a poor girl—only a stroller—only James Harthouse made nothing of—only James Harthouse a Great Pyramid of failure. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I said, Sirrah, I will give you a hundred dollars to jump off this pyramid head first. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He touched it once more, wishing us a good journey; and we left him standing on the pavement, as respectable a mystery as any pyramid in Egypt. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- This was the sole vestige of democracy in the astounding pyramid. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You shall walk up the pyramids of Egypt! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- On the palm were three little pyramids of black, doughy clay. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- We repined that the pyramids had outlasted the embalmed body of their builder. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Only by the use of large and strong ropes could they have moved the massive stones seen in their pyramids and temples. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At the distance of a few miles the Pyramids rising above the palms, looked very clean-cut, very grand and imposing, and very soft and filmy, as well. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- If we were lying in sight of the Pyramids of Egypt, they would not come on deck until after breakfast, now-a-days. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is more famous than the Parthenon; it is older than the Pyramids. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We are about starting to the illustrious Pyramids of Egypt, and the donkeys for the voyage are under inspection. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He landed his troops hurriedly, and the battle of the Pyramids made him master of Egypt. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Pyramids of skulls were his particular architectural fancy; after the storming of Ispahan he made one of 70,000. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Checker: Sherman