Words

[wɜːdz] or [wɝdz]

Definition

(noun.) language that is spoken or written; 'he has a gift for words'; 'she put her thoughts into words'.

(noun.) the words that are spoken; 'I listened to his words very closely'.

Checked by Felicia--From WordNet

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. pl. [1]. Language, accents, tongues, talk, discourse.[2]. Dispute, wrangling, bickering, altercation, logomachy, war of words.

Edited by Bernice

Examples

Miss Mills had a wonderful flow of words, and liked to pour them out. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
There were only these few words in her neatly flowing hand:-- I have told Mrs. Casaubon. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
My next words, as true as the good God is above us, will put my life into your hands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
No, it is not selfishness or conceit, said he, answering, as was his wont, my thoughts rather than my words. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
His mother left the room; then, moved by insupportable regret, I just murmured the words Dr. Bretton. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
The stranger insisted on making Mr. Godfrey precede him; Mr. Godfrey said a few civil words; they bowed, and parted in the street. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Opening the door, he spoke a few words quickly but quietly to two females who ran to meet him in the passage. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
And as this,' he added, after these magnanimous words, 'is not a fit scene for the boy--David, go to bed! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
It is only by the use of words as symbols that scientific thought is possible. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Oh, I do not mind singing, said Caliphronas, going to the piano; if the words of my songs were translated, you would find them very harmless. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Those were the exact words she used--taken down in my diary the moment I got home. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
The Germans were doubled up with laughter, hearing his strange droll words, his droll phrases of dialect. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
At these latter words the girl shivered again, and for a moment paused in her rowing, seeming to turn deadly faint. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
You need not fear to hear the few remaining words we have to say. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
In the same odd way, yet with the same rapidity, he then produced singly, and rubbed out singly, the letters forming the words Bleak House. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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