paragraph

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A distinct division of written or printed matter that begins on a new, usually indented line, consists of one or more sentences, and typically deals with a single thought or topic or quotes one speaker's continuous words.
2. n. A mark ( ¶ ) used to indicate where a new paragraph should begin or to serve as a reference mark.
3. n. A brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.
4. v. To divide or arrange into paragraphs.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A distinct part of a discourse or writing relating to a particular point, whether consisting of one sentence or of many sentences: in this sense the word does not necessarily imply the division defined below.
2. n. A division of written or printed matter, usually formed by beginning on a new line, and by leaving a small blank space before the first letter.
3. n. A short passage; a brief notice, a in a newspaper.
4. n. A character having the form ¶, used to mark or (in manuscript for the press or in proof) to give direction for the beginning of a new paragraph, or as a mark of reference. This character is a reversed P, the initial letter of paragraph. Abbreviated par.
5. To form into or write in paragraphs.
6. To mention or speak of in a paragraph; specifically, to make the subject of a paragraph or brief notice in a newspaper.
7. Same as paraph.

Wiktionary

1. n. A passage in text that is about a different subject from the preceding text, marked by commencing on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented.
2. v. To sort text into paragraphs.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character ¶, commonly used in the text as a reference mark to a footnote, or to indicate the place of a division into sections.
2. n. A distinct part of a discourse or writing; any section or subdivision of a writing or chapter which relates to a particular point, whether consisting of one or many sentences. The division is sometimes noted by the mark ¶, but usually, by beginning the first sentence of the paragraph on a new line and at more than the usual distance from the margin, also called indenting the line. See indentation{4}.
3. n. A brief composition complete in one typographical section or paragraph; an item, remark, or quotation comprised in a few lines forming one paragraph
4. v. To divide into paragraphs; to mark with the character ¶.
5. v. To express in the compass of a paragraph.
6. v. To mention in a paragraph or paragraphs.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher
2. v. divide into paragraphs, as of text
3. v. write about in a paragraph
4. n. one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line