Definition of tap

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Tap (v. t.) To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane..

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Metaphrase :: Metaphrase (n.) A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word; -- opposed to paraphrase..
Apposition :: Apposition (n.) The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed..
Figurative :: Figurative (a.) Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions..
Tap :: Tap (v. t.) To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing..
Touch :: Touch (v.) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but (see Top and but, under Top, n.), or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters..
Staple :: stapling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stapl.
Plethoric :: Plethoric (a.) Haeving a full habit of body; characterized by plethora or excess of blood; as, a plethoric constitution; -- used also metaphorically..
Pentaptych :: Pentaptych (n.) A picture, or combination of pictures, consisting of a centerpiece and double folding doors or wings, as for an altarpiece..
Taproot :: Taproot (n.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Tap :: Tap (n.) A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet..
Tapped :: Tapped (imp. & p. p.) of Ta.
Transumptive :: Transumptive (a.) Taking from one to another; metaphorical.
Tapis :: Tapis (v. t.) To cover or work with figures like tapestry.
Kinnikinic :: Kinnikinic (n.) Prepared leaves or bark of certain plants; -- used by the Indians of the Northwest for smoking, either mixed with tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a plant so used, as the osier cornel (Cornus stolonijra), and the bearberry (Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi)..
Tint :: Tint (n.) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
Antaphrodisiac :: Antaphrodisiac (n.) Anything that quells the venereal appetite.
Cataphractic :: Cataphractic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cataphract..
Horn :: Horn (n.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias)..
Skinker :: Skinker (n.) One who serves liquor; a tapster.
Interstapedial :: Interstapedial (a.) Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, between the stapes and the mediostapedial..
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