Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An expression of greeting or farewell.
- n. Roman Catholic Church Ave Maria.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Hail! Also, farewell!
- n. An Ave Maria (which see, under ave, interj.).
- n. A salutation.
- A contraction of Avenue (in an address).
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An ave Maria.
- n. A reverential salutation.
Etymologies
- Latin ave (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Latin avē. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Women are too soft about th ’eart to ‘ave the running of a grand place like Ringwood and to ’ave their fingers in such a deep purse as Morris’s was.””
“My thoughts exactly! although, La Paloma on 45th close to 9th ave is damn good.”
“I second that NYCGuy. 2nd ave is a bit too far from 6th.”
“Tie: Ma Po Tofu and Beef with Chili Sauce - Grand Sichuan either east side location but the 2nd ave is more a midtown lunch option”
“Tis a brother and sisterhood sort of comradeship they 'ave, which is well for 'em, since none o' the common folk care for their companionship.”
“But technically, 9th ave. is out of ML range … anybody got a bubble tea selection for Lane, more centrally located?”
“You must 'ave' ot tea, an 'wegetables, an' a bit o 'meat, now an' again, if you're goin 'to do work as is work.”
“You can be a rich man, with me, an 'ave' everythin 'you could wish for, an' if you was to say ` aye 'on those terms, I'd understand.”
“They 'ave 'alted Danny Deever by 'is coffin on the ground;”
“You of all people should know that standard British Army practice when faced by 'ordes of 'ostile hafricans is to get a bunch of thespiatic types to fix bayonets, form square be'ind a pile of mealie bags and 'ave 'em sing hat the enemy.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ave’.
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3-Letter Scrabble Words Which Do Not ...
A list of 3-letter words which cannot be formed by adding a letter to a 2-letter word (see Ken Clark's word lists found at http://www.seattlescrab...
ace, act, aff, aft, apo, app, apt, auk, ava, ave, avo, azo and 225 more...
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emordnilap
reviled, loot, no, ta, rat, part, pit, stop, spat, ten, mad, mart and 108 more...
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Palabras de 3 letras en Español.
¡La única lista que también incluye flexiónes verbales y pluralizaciones! Ayúdame a encontrarlas todas.
(Por ser una lista para Scrabble, los dígrafos ll, rr, y ch valen como una sola ...aba, aca, aga, ahe, ahi, aho, aja, aje, aji, ajo, ala, ale and 427 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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3 Letter Words
A list of English words that are three letters long.
ace, act, ade, ado, add, ads, age, ago, ail, air, aim, all and 397 more...
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Birds of Many Linguistic Feathers
"Bird" in a gazillion languages.
ushag, uccello, oiseau, ocell, 鸟, 鳥, vogel, πουλί, 새, pássaro, птица, pájaro and 60 more...
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Words That Can Be Typed Entirely With...
Words made of the following: qwertasdfgzxcvb. I've stood on the shoulders of giants... users mollusque and reesetee made similar lists before I even existed on Wordnik. :)
stewardesses, red tea, waves, axes, wrest, qat, waver, created, dressed, stress, crater, vexes and 50 more...
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Un zorro en España
intellectually ba..., elevator art, bulevar de los su..., vacas locas, fiebre del sábado..., las descalzas reales, discalced carmelites, reloj despertador, ratón, paseo por la ciudad, comí la placenta ..., calle valverde and 142 more...
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I Live a (SOWPODS) Hardscrabble Life
aa, ad, ae, ah, ai, am, an, ar, as, at, aw, ax and 168 more...
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Permutations
There are 17576 different sequences of three letters (26 x 26 x 26). How many of them occur in words? General rules of engagement: mononyms only, lower case preferred to upper case, short preferred...
aaargh, niqaabi, Isaac, raad, baaed, haaf, laager, aah, kamaaina, Naajaat, aak, aalii and 637 more...
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brink007's list
Pretty words.
torrent, breeze, dance, reticent, silence, cadence, harmony, sunlight, lily, violet, rose, briar and 33 more...
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Vowel Rich
Scrabble List: vowel dumps
aeon, aero, agee, agio, ague, aide, akee, alee, alae, aloe, amia, amie and 67 more...
Tweets
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PossibleUnderscore Or 'hail' (salutation) in Latin. Jul 18, 2009
sacredpound My favorite word in Spanish... means "bird." Apr 12, 2009