dan

/dæn/

noun 10name 8prep 1

Collocations

ADJ.

cupid, cutting, good, live, new, old, senior-junior

The old dan horse finally retired after twenty years of hard work on the farm.

VERB + DAN

dumping, exclaimed, fire, holds, level, married, saw, see

She exclaimed dan when she saw the surprise party they had planned for her.

DAN + NOUN

amateur, andrei, buoy, buoys, erickso, geoffrey, group, i'll

Dan Geoffrey helped me fix my car last weekend.

PREP.

in, in, with

I danced in the rain with my friends last summer.

ADV.

often

I often dan around the kitchen while cooking dinner on weekends.

Definitions

noun

A title of honour or respect similar to "master" or "Sir", used of historical and legendary figures of the past.

Dan Phoebus, he with many a low'ring look / Had her beheld in yore in angry wise.

Old Dan Geoffrey, in whose gentle spright / The pure well-head of Poesy did dwell.

noun

A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.

noun

A rank of black belt in martial arts.

Someone who has achieved a level of black belt.

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Dan Phoebus, he with many a low'ring look / Had her beheld in yore in angry wise.

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Old Dan Geoffrey, in whose gentle spright / The pure well-head of Poesy did dwell.

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This senior-junior, giant-dwarf, dan Cupid.

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Carrying away of 25 great-lines, 3 dans, buoys, &c., of steam liner 'Star of the East'[…]

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Dumping dans. Dan buoys laid to mark a dumping ground. They are fitted with a topmark in the shape of a St. Andrews cross formed by battens 2 feet in length. Live dan. Dan buoy for which a[…]

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It's easy. It's nothin'. It's less dan nothin'.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, dan is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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