Definition of plural

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Plural (n.) The plural number; that form of a word which expresses or denotes more than one; a word in the plural form.

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Hostile :: Hostile (n.) An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural..
Pluralize :: Pluralize (v. t.) To multiply; to make manifold.
Inward :: Inward (n.) That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera..
Temporality :: Temporality (n.) That which pertains to temporal welfare; material interests; especially, the revenue of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay fees, tithes, and the like; -- chiefly used in the plural..
Slum :: Slum (n.) A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives..
Pluralism :: Pluralism (n.) The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
Stew :: Stew (v. t.) A brothel; -- usually in the plural.
Force :: Force (n.) Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; -- an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation..
Pantalet :: Pantalet (n.) One of the legs of the loose drawers worn by children and women; particularly, the lower part of such a garment, coming below the knee, often made in a separate piece; -- chiefly in the plural..
Grocery :: Grocery (n.) The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; -- in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense..
Shear :: Shear (v. t.) A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See Shears..
Megrim :: Megrim (n.) A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits..
Seed :: Seed (n.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.
Tasmanian :: Tasmanian (a.) Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Tasmania; specifically (Ethnol.), in the plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania, but is now extinct..
Been :: Been () The past participle of Be. In old authors it is also the pr. tense plural of Be. See 1st Bee.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast; -- chiefly in the plural.
Steem :: Steelyard (n.) A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards..
Sweetmeat :: Sweetmeat (n.) Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; -- usually in the plural; a confect; a confection..
Preserve :: Preserve (n.) That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural..
Were :: Were () The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be..
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