giant
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: astronomy
computing
engineering
fantasy
gymnastics
hobbies
human-sciences
lifestyle
mathematics
mysticism
mythology
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
sciences
sports
Etymology: From Middle English geaunt, geant, from Old French geant, gaiant (Modern French géant) from Vulgar Latin *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”). Cognate to giga- (“1,000,000,000”). Displaced native Old English ent, eoten, and þyrs. Compare Modern English ent (“giant tree-man”), ettin ("a giant"), and thurse ("a giant").
Inflected forms:
form: giants
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: giaunt
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: giaunt
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
pos: noun
gloss: Specifically:
pos: noun
gloss: Specifically:
pos: noun
examples: The giants also had been outlawed along with Satan because they had fought against god.
gloss: A very tall and large person.
pos: noun
examples: "It's barbarous, Norsus." "It's Rome," said the giant flatly.
gloss: A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
pos: noun
gloss: A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature.
pos: noun
gloss: An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
pos: noun
gloss: A very large organization.
pos: noun
examples: The retail giant is set to acquire two more struggling high-street chains.
Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson says it will continue to sell its talc-based Johnson's Baby Powder in the UK and the rest of the world, despite stopping sales in the US and Canada.
Swiss food giant Nestlé confirmed the theft, which disappeared while traveling from central Italy to Poland.
gloss: A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
pos: noun
examples: But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…].
she's not the intellectual giant
gloss: A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.
pos: noun
gloss: Very large.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters …. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.
Synonyms: bulk
giant
behemoth
Brobdingnagian
colossus
ettin
Goliath
hulk
hunk
jumbo
leviathan
mammoth
mastodon
monster
mountain
thurse
titan
whale
whopper
Antonyms: dwarf
elf
midget
Related words: big
Derived words: Aphrodite Giant
bright giant
Easter giant
friendly giant
frost giant
gas giant
gentle giant
giantdom
giantesque
gianthood
giantin
giantish
giantize
giant kill
giant-killer
giantkiller
giant-killing
giantkind
giantlike
giantling
giantlore
giant maiden
giantry
Giant's Causeway
Giants Creek
giantship
giant stride
girus
hypergiant
ice giant
Jersey Giant
subgiant
supergiant
tech giant
Trembling Giant
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