Wee
[wiː] or [wi]
Definition
(noun.) a short time; 'bide a wee'.
(adj.) very early; 'the wee hours of the morning' .
Editor: Thea--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A little; a bit, as of space, time, or distance.
(a.) Very small; little.
Edited by Diana
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Little, small, diminutive, tiny, minikin, pygmy, pygmean, Liliputian.
Checker: Phelps
Definition
n. a short distance a short time.—adj. tiny.
Checker: Uriah
Examples
- And there, on the margin of the page, were the partially blurred imprints of four wee fingers and the outer half of the thumb. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- My rough beard wee distressing me beyond measure. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Even when she was just a baby her wee hand seemed to lead me down the right path as nothing else had ever done. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Upon the bed lay a similar gruesome thing, but smaller, while in a tiny cradle near-by was a third, a wee mite of a skeleton. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She followed the steps of the night, on its pathway of stars, far into the wee sma' hours ayont the twal'. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Burns, lamenting that his share uptears the bed of the wee modest crimson-tipped flower and sorrowing that he has turned the Mousie from its bit o' leaves and stibble by the cruel coulter. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Yes, bonny wee thing, I'll wear you in my bosom, lest my jewel I should tyne. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It had a pale ruddy sea-bottom, with black crabs and sea-weed moving sinuously under a transparent sea, that passed into flamy ruddiness above. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A weed like the Russian thistle, for instance, will defy all usual means for its extermination. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But I shall get on best at Chesney Wold, where there's more room for a weed than there is here; and the dear old lady will be made happy besides. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Taking the weed from his lips, he threw the remnant amongst the shrubswhere, for a moment, it lay glowing in the gloom. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Kelp is a species of sea-weed, which, when burnt, yields an alkaline salt, useful for making glass, soap, and for several other purposes. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But education is not a weed that will grow lustily in any soil, it is a necessary and delicate crop that may easily wilt and degenerate. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But it ain't weed neither. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Typist: Melba