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.

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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.

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