Definition of portion

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Portion (v. t.) To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.

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Rhythm :: Rhythm (n.) In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effect, as in music poetry, the dance, or the like..
Turret :: Turret (n.) The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation.
Undue :: Undue (a.) Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law..
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
Part :: Part (n.) To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share.
Gothic :: Gothic (a.) Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions -- prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See Illust. of Abacus, and Capital..
Perisperm :: Perisperm (n.) The albumen of a seed, especially that portion which is formed outside of the embryo sac..
Antitragus :: Antitragus (n.) A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha of the external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear..
Chief :: Chief (n.) The principal part; the most valuable portion.
Heart :: Heart (n.) The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and within; the inmost or most essential part of any body or system; the source of life and motion in any organization; the chief or vital portion; the center of activity, or of energetic or efficient action; as, the heart of a country, of a tree, etc..
Prostomium :: Prostomium (n.) That portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth.
Particle :: Particle (n.) Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue..
Time :: Time (n.) Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof..
Square :: Square (n.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers..
Eventration :: Eventration (n.) A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen..
Instep :: Instep (n.) The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint.
Hotchpotch :: Hotchpotch (n.) A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of
Bait :: Bait (v. i.) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey..
Lopsided :: Lopsided (a.) Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; full of idiosyncrasies.
Block :: Block (v. t.) A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not..
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