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QUARTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
Example:
he surrendered but asked for quarter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
clemency; mercifulness; mercy (leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
piece of leather (a separate part consisting of leather)
Holonyms ("quarter" is a part of...):
upper (piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The rear part of a ship
Synonyms:
after part; poop; quarter; stern; tail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
back; rear (the side that goes last or is not normally seen)
Meronyms (parts of "quarter"):
escutcheon ((nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed)
skeg (a brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost)
Holonyms ("quarter" is a part of...):
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A district of a city having some distinguishing character
Example:
the Latin Quarter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
city district (a district of a town or city)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quarter"):
ghetto (formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live)
casbah; kasbah (an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located)
medina (the ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa)
skid road (the district of a town frequented by loggers)
barrio (a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States))
Sense 5
Meaning:
An unspecified person
Example:
he dropped a word in the right quarter
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
Example:
he fed four quarters into the slot machine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
coin (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
British capacity unit; Imperial capacity unit (a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet)
Meronyms (parts of "quarter"):
bushel (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Holonyms ("quarter" is a part of...):
cwt; hundredweight; long hundredweight (a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
avoirdupois unit (any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights)
Meronyms (parts of "quarter"):
stone (an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds)
lb; pound (16 ounces avoirdupois)
Holonyms ("quarter" is a part of...):
cental; centner; cwt; hundredweight; quintal; short hundredweight (a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds)
Sense 9
Meaning:
One of four equal parts
Example:
a quarter of a pound
Synonyms:
fourth; fourth part; one-fourth; one-quarter; quarter; quartern; twenty-five percent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
common fraction; simple fraction (the quotient of two integers)
Derivation:
quarter (divide into quarters)
quarter (pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him)
Sense 10
Meaning:
One of the four major division of the compass
Example:
the wind is coming from that quarter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
orientation (position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions)
Sense 11
Meaning:
A fourth part of a year; three months
Example:
unemployment fell during the last quarter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Derivation:
quarterly (of or relating to or consisting of a quarter)
Sense 12
Meaning:
One of four periods into which the school year is divided
Example:
the fall quarter ends at Christmas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
academic session; academic term; school term; session (the time during which a school holds classes)
Holonyms ("quarter" is a part of...):
academic year; school year (the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying)
Sense 13
Meaning:
A unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
Example:
a quarter after 4 o'clock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
time unit; unit of time (a unit for measuring time periods)
Holonyms ("quarter" is a part of...):
60 minutes; hour; hr (a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day)
Sense 14
Meaning:
(football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
Example:
both teams scored in the first quarter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
division; part; section (one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole)
Domain category:
professional basketball (playing basketball for money)
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
Holonyms ("quarter" is a part of...):
period of play; play; playing period ((in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they quarter ... he / she / it quarters
Past simple: quartered
Past participle: quartered
-ing form: quartering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Divide by four; divide into quarters
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "quarter" is one way to...):
divide; fraction (perform a division)
Domain category:
arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
quartering (dividing into four equal parts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Divide into quarters
Example:
quarter an apple
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "quarter" is one way to...):
section; segment (divide into segments)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
quarter (one of four equal parts)
quartering (dividing into four equal parts)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
Example:
in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes
Synonyms:
draw; draw and quarter; quarter
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "quarter" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
quarter (one of four equal parts)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Provide housing for (military personnel)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "quarter" is one way to...):
accommodate; lodge (provide housing for)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
quartering (living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel))
quarters (housing available for people to live in)
Context examples:
I had not the experience to steer at the gait we were going on a quartering course.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
As many as half of all women and a quarter of men older than 50 will break a bone due to osteoporosis.
(Osteoporosis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
The two houses were only a quarter of a mile apart; and, as they walked, Mrs. Morland quickly dispatched all that she felt on the score of James's disappointment.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
The Szgany are quartered somewhere in the castle and are doing work of some kind.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Henrietta remained with Louisa; but all the rest of the family were again in their usual quarters.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
They were not half living, or quarter living.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
“Maybe you are come to a place that will not prove much to your taste, but you will not be consulted as to your quarters, I promise you.”
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
It chanced on one of these rambles that their way led them down a by-street in a busy quarter of London.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
He put a quarter in the youngster's hand and held him in his arms a moment, soothing his sobs.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I’ll spring my cattle from the Castle Square at quarter before nine.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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