What is the meaning of MAY. Phrases containing MAY
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n.
That in or through which one walks; place or distance walked over; a place for walking; a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise; way; road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of wandering; range; as, a sheep walk.
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That may be sailed over, as water or air; navigable.
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Capable of being vended, or sold; that may be sold; salable.
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A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power.
v. t.
To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.
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The whimbrel; -- called also May fowl, May curlew, and May whaap.
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That may be vitrified; vitrifiable.
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The office of a mayor.
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Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc.
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The merrymaking of May Day.
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Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous.
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The tenant in a writ of right; one who calls in another to establish his warranty of title. In common recoveries, there may be a single voucher or double vouchers.
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Fig.: Any cavity, or hollow place, in which any function may be conceived of as operating.
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A limited reciprocating motion of a particle of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from its position of equilibrium, when that equilibrium has been disturbed, as when a stretched cord or other body produces musical notes, or particles of air transmit sounds to the ear. The path of the particle may be in a straight line, in a circular arc, or in any curve whatever.
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A tall pole erected in an open place and wreathed with flowers, about which the rustic May-day sports were had.
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The office, or the term of office, of a mayor.
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The wife of a mayor.
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A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made.
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The celebrating of May Day.
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Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng; sonant; intonated; voiced. See Voice, and Vowel, also Guide to Pronunciation, // 199-202.
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