woman

[Wom·an]

When a little girl grows up, she becomes a woman, otherwise known as an adult female.

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An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

Noun
women as a class; "it''s an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"

Noun
a human female who does housework; "the char will clean the carpet"

Noun
an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"

Noun
a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man; "he was faithful to his woman"


n.
An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

n.
The female part of the human race; womankind.

n.
A female attendant or servant.

v. t.
To act the part of a woman in; -- with indefinite it.

v. t.
To make effeminate or womanish.

v. t.
To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.


Woman

Wom"an n.; pl. Women . [OE. woman, womman, wumman, wimman, wifmon, AS. w'c6fmann, w'c6mmann; w'c6f woman, wife + mann a man. See Wife, and Man.] 1. An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.
Women are soft, mild pitiful, and flexible.
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman.
I have observed among all nations that the women ornament themselves more than the men; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest.
2. The female part of the human race; womankind.
Man is destined to be a prey to woman.
3. A female attendant or servant. " By her woman I sent your message." Shak. Woman hater, one who hates women; one who has an aversion to the female sex; a misogynist. Swift.

Woman

Wom"an, v. t. 1. To act the part of a woman in; -- with indefinite it. Daniel. 2. To make effeminate or womanish. [R.] Shak. 3. To furnish with, or unite to, a woman. [R.] "To have him see me woman'd." Shak.

An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

To act the part of a woman in; -- with indefinite it.

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Usage Examples

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.

A beauty is a woman you notice a charmer is one who notices you.

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

A lot of the songs start with an image. I was sitting there playing the guitar and I pictured this old, dirty green car, with the window rolled down, in the hot, hot, hot Texas heat, and this beautiful woman I knew when I was a kid sitting behind the wheel, looking out at me.

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.

A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.

A loving family provides the foundation children need to succeed, and strong families with a man and a woman - bonded together for life - always have been, and always will be, the key to such families.

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.

A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy.

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.

A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman physician that forms a situation of singular and painful loneliness, leaving her without support, respect or professional counsel.

A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.

A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated and turned out to grass.

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