p

/piː/

noun

  1. 1

    Abbreviation of penny; pence.

  2. 2

    Proton

noun

  1. 1

    One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.

  2. 2

    One side of a paper leaf on which one has written or printed.

  3. 3

    Any record or writing; a collective memory.

    “the page of history”
  4. 4

    The type set up for printing a page.

  5. 5

    A screenful of text and possibly other content.

  6. 6

    A web page.

  7. 7

    A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.

noun

  1. 1

    A serving boy – a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education.

  2. 2

    A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.

  3. 3

    A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.

  4. 4

    (in libraries) The common name given to an employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.

  5. 5

    A boy child.

  6. 6

    A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman’s dress from the ground.

  7. 7

    A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.

  8. 8

    A message sent to someone's pager.

  9. 9

    Any one of several species of colorful South American moths of the genus Urania.

Synonyms

preposition

  1. 1

    For each.

    “$2.50 per dozen”
  2. 2

    To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).

    “100 centimeters per meter”
  3. 3

    By the, by means of the, via the, through the.

    “Introduce the endoscope per nasum.”
  4. 4

    In accordance with.

    “I parked my car at the curb per your request.”

Synonyms

preposition

  1. 1

    After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.

adverb

  1. 1

    Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.

  2. 2

    Prettily, in a pretty manner.

verb

  1. 1

    To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge

    “Needlework purled with gold.”
  2. 2

    An inverted stitch producing ribbing etc

    “Knit one, purl two.”

verb

  1. 1

    To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.

    “The huntsman was purled from his horse.”

verb

  1. 1

    To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.

  2. 2

    To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.

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