What is the meaning of ABLE. Phrases containing ABLE
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The rank of Able Seaman is the equivalent of Private in the Army or Air Force, with rank insignia of a single chevron. Derived from the term "Able Bodied Seaman".
Not able to go lower. "Is that the bed-rock price?â€
Worn by a sailor who is able to perform celestial navigation.
term used of a sealing skipper, who in time has brought in many loads of seals; and able man, physically
Gary Ablett is London Cockney rhyming slang for tablet.
May be able to.
From the similarity between their skin color and the color of smoke. Also from the way that they were said to be able to sneak around quietly, entering a room "like smoke".
v 1. To be able to manage; handle successfully: couldn't cut the long hours anymore. 2. To expel (a discharge of intestinal gas).Idioms:cut the cheese To expel intestinal gas.cut a fart To expel intestinal gas.
Black people who are able to play an electric guitar. Found offensive among certain groups.
1. One side of a vessel above the waterline. 2. All the guns on one side of a warship or mounted (in rotating turrets or barbettes) so as to be able fire on the same side of a warship. 3. The simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of warship or able to fire on the same side of a warship.
At sea, the quartermaster is the Master Seaman, Leading Seaman or Able Seaman who is in charge of the helmsman. In harbour, the quartermaster is the senior member of the gangway staff and is responsible for supervising the bosn's mate and the security of the brow.
(mak) n., (also spelled, mack), A male that is able to get with many women. “That guy in those fancy glasses is a mac.â€Â As a verb, to be outgoing about liking someone, to flirt with skill. “He was macking her during the whole evening and never left her side.†Also: mac-daddy, n., a popular male. [Etym., French, macineau, pimp]
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Slangs & AI derived meanings
A sailor, in the French language. English speaking sailors also use this term to describe an ordinary sailor. The term "Matey" was originally derived from this term.
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If you are a waiter in America and you serve a family of Brits, the tip is likely to be sod all or as you would call it - nothing. Because we don't know about tipping.
Sew up is old slang for exhaust; tire out; confound, outwit, cheat, swindle.
Double eyed is British slang for untrustworthy.
A punter, a chump, i.e. the customer of a prostitute. Has now become an insult in its own right
A white homosexual.
Kiwi is slang for a New Zealander.
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Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.
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To make able; to enable; to strengthen.
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Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging to Gyrinus and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also weaver, whirlwig, and whirlwig beetle.
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Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews.
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Not able or likely to succeed.
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Having performed wonders; able to perform wonderful things.
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Having no wings; not able to ascend or fly.
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comp. of Able.
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Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
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Able or tending to vivify, animate, or give life; vivifying.
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Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge, skill, or the like; impotent' weak; helpless; incapable; -- now usually followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase; as, unable for work; unable to bear fatigue.
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Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge of the effect of one's actions in an ordinary maner; -- said of persons.
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Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.
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Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing; far-reaching; as, a telescopic eye; telescopic vision.
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Drought-loving; able withstand the absence or lack of moisture.
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Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate.
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Developed in manhood; hence, able to beget; marriageable.
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superl. of Able.
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