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noun
- (archaic except in dialects) A frog or toad.
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| Paddy |
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proper noun - An Irish nickname for Patrick, originally from Pí¡drig the Irish language form of Patrick; sometimes used as offensive slang for an Irish person.
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| pastoral |
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noun
- A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.
- Music: A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life. Moore
- Ecclesiastics: A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese; also (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.
- Quotations
- He wanders west as far as Memphis, a solitary migrant upon that flat and landscape. - 1985 w:Cormac McCarthy?, McCarthy?, w:Blood Meridian, Blood Meridian, chapter 1.
- Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.
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| pasturage |
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noun
- A pasture; land that is used for pasture.
- The grass or other vegetation eaten by livestock and found in a pasture.
- The right to graze livestock on a pasture.
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| pasture |
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noun
- Land on which cattle can be kept for feeding.
- ground covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock.
verb (pastures, pasturing, pastured)
- To move animals into a pasture to graze.
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| pick |
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noun
- A tool used for digging.
- A comb with long teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- A choice.
- (basketball) A screen
- (lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- An interception.
- (baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder
- (baseball) Short for pick-off
- (music) a tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar
verb
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- Don't at that scab.
- To remove a fruit or plant for consumption.
- It's time to the tomatoes.
- Decide between options.
- I'll the one with the nicest name.
- (cricket) to recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released
- He didn't the googly, and was bowled.
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| picker |
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noun
- One who picks.
- The apple climbed the tree.
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| pitchfork |
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noun
- Farm tool comprising a fork attached to a long handle used for pitching hay or bales of hay high up onto a haystack.
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| planter |
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noun
- a box or pot for plants, usually large and standing on the floor.
- (historical) any of the early English settlers, given the lands of the dispossessed Irish populace during the reign of Elizabeth I.
- a machine used for planting seeds
- a person who operates such a machine
- the owner of a plantation
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| plow |
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noun
- spelling; see plough.
verb
- spelling; see plough.
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| poor |
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adjective
- With little or no possessions or money.
- To be pitied.
- Oh you poor little thing.
- Of low quality.
- That was a poor performance.
- (i, with "the") Those people as a group who have no possessions or money.
- Usage notes: always takes the plural verb.
- :the poor are in a bad condition
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