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Webster 1913 Edition
Giant
Gi′ant
,Noun.
1.
A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.
Giants
of mighty bone and bold emprise. Milton.
2.
A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
3.
Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power.
Giant’s Causeway
, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.
Gi′ant
,Adj.
Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power;
as,
giant
brothers; a giant
son.Giant cell
. (Anat.)
See
– Myeloplax
. Giant clam
(Zool.)
, a bivalve shell of the genus
– Tridacna
, esp. T. gigas
, which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water. Giant heron
(Zool.)
, a very large African heron (
– Ardeomega goliath
). It is the largest heron known. Giant kettle
, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See
– Pothole
. Giant powder
. See
– Nitroglycerin
. Giant puffball
(Bot.)
, a fungus (
– Lycoperdon giganteum
), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds. Giant salamander
(Zool.)
, a very large aquatic salamander (
– Megalobatrachus maximus
), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long. Giant squid
(Zool.)
, one of several species of very large squids, belonging to
Architeuthis
and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long.Webster 1828 Edition
Giant
GI'ANT
,Noun.
1.
A man of extraordinary bulk and stature. Giants of mighty bone, and bold emprise.
2.
A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual. The judge is a giant in his profession.Giants-causey, a vast collection of basaltic pillars in the county of Antrim, in Ireland.
GI'ANT
,Adj.
Definition 2024
Giant
Giant
See also: giant
English
Noun
Giant (plural Giants)
- (baseball) A player on the team the San Francisco Giants.
- (American football) A player on the team the New York Giants.
Anagrams
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giant
See also: Giant
English
Alternative forms
- giaunt (obsolete)
Noun
giant (plural giants)
- A mythical human of very great size.
- (mythology) Specifically, any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
- A very tall person.
- A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
- (astronomy) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
- (computing) An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
- A very large organisation.
- The retail giant is set to acquire two more struggling high-street chains.
- A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
- 1879, Richard Jefferies, The Amateur Poacher, chapter1:
- But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […].
- 1879, Richard Jefferies, The Amateur Poacher, chapter1:
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mythical human
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Greek mythological creature
very tall person
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luminous star
Adjective
giant (not comparable)
- Very large.
- 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
- The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters …. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.
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