Definition of mean

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Mean (v. i.) To have a purpose or intention.

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Instrumentalness :: Instrumentalness (n.) Usefulness or agency, as means to an end; instrumentality..
Hydrometallurgy :: Hydrometallurgy (n.) The art or process of assaying or reducing ores by means of liquid reagents.
Responsibility :: Responsibility (n.) Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.
Sentence :: Sentence (n.) Sense; meaning; significance.
Lock :: Lock (v. i.) To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close..
Photograph :: Photograph (v. t.) To take a picture or likeness of by means of photography; as, to photograph a view; to photograph a group..
Reptile :: Reptile (n.) A groveling or very mean person.
Zoopraxiscope :: Zoopraxiscope (n.) An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a screen are made to exhibit the natural movements of animals, and the like..
Eudiometry :: Eudiometry (n.) The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it..
Screw :: Screw (v. t.) To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press..
Living :: Living (n.) Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate.
Demean :: Demean (n.) Resources; means.
Rope :: Rope (v. i.) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality..
Dyke :: Dyke (n.) See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.
Tripping :: Tripping (n.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages..
Toadstone :: Toadstone (n.) A local name for the igneous rocks of Derbyshire, England; -- said by some to be derived from the German todter stein, meaning dead stone, that is, stone which contains no ores..
Surgy :: Surgically (adv.) By means of surgery.
Management :: Management (v.) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a bad sense.
Pettifogger :: Pettifogger (n.) A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.
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