Definition of score

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Score (v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally..

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Tie :: Tie (v. t.) To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with..
Crescendo :: Crescendo (a. & adv.) With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score..
Sulcation :: Sulcated (a.) Scored with deep and regular furrows; furrowed or grooved; as, a sulcated stem..
Hundred :: Hundred (a.) Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars..
Music :: Music (n.) The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score.
Score :: Score (n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket..
Score :: Score (n.) The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts..
Tally :: Tally (n.) Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept..
Twelvescore :: Twelvescore (n. & a.) Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty.
Yam :: Yam (n.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated..
Hundred :: Hundred (n.) The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C..
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race..
Nick :: Nick (n.) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning.
Opera :: Opera (n.) The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music..
Score :: Score (n.) A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.
Score :: Score (n.) A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
Fourscore :: Fourscore (n.) Four times twenty; eighty.
Score :: Score (n.) A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account..
Out :: Out (a.) Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.
Scorer :: Scorer (n.) One who, or that which, scores..
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