What is the meaning of STORY. Phrases containing STORY
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n.
A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified.
n.
A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story.
n.
The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Story
v.
To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; -- said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.
a.
Being below the surface of the ground; as, an underground story or apartment.
n.
A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it.
v. t.
A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.
n.
Something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; a variant of a story or a word.
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Not true; false; contrary to the fact; as, the story is untrue.
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Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.
v. t.
To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story.
adv.
Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it.
adv.
Up the stairs; in or toward an upper story.
n.
Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode.
n.
In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition.
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One who tells stories; a narrator of anecdotes,incidents, or fictitious tales; as, an amusing story-teller.
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Story; discourse.
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The clearstory, or upper story, of a building.
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A romantic story in verse; as, the "Romaunt of the Rose."
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