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quarter

/ quarter /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
Type of:
piece of leather
Has parts:
upper
verb Sense 2
divide into quarters
"quarter an apple"
Type of:
segment section
Derived:
one-fourth fourth fourth part twenty-five percent quartern
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
divide by four; divide into quarters
Type of:
divide fraction
Derived:
quartering
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Domain:
arithmetic
noun Sense 4
one of four periods of play into which some games are divided
"both teams scored in the first quarter"
Type of:
playing period period of play play
noun Sense 5
a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
"it''s a quarter til 4"
"a quarter after 4 o''clock"
Type of:
time unit unit of time
Has parts:
hour hr 60 minutes
noun Sense 6
one of four periods into which the school year is divided
"the fall quarter ends at Christmas"
Type of:
school term academic term academic session
Has parts:
school year academic year
noun Sense 7
a fourth part of a year; three months
"unemployment fell during the last quarter"
Type of:
time period period of time period
noun Sense 8
one of the four major division of the compass
"the wind is coming from that quarter"
Type of:
orientation
noun Sense 9
a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
Type of:
avoirdupois unit
Has parts:
hundredweight cwt short hundredweight
noun Sense 10
a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
Type of:
British capacity unit Imperial capacity unit
Has parts:
hundredweight cwt long hundredweight
Domain:
United Kingdom UK Great Britain
noun Sense 11
a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar
"he fed four quarters into the slot machine"
Type of:
coin
noun Sense 12
an unspecified person
"he dropped a word in the right quarter"
Type of:
person individual someone
noun Sense 13
a district of a city having some distinguishing character
"the Latin Quarter"
Type of:
city district
Kinds of:
ghetto kasbah casbah medina barrio
verb Sense 14
provide housing for (military personnel)
Type of:
lodge accommodate
Derived:
camp encampment cantonment bivouac billet
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Domain:
military armed forces armed services
verb Sense 15
pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
"in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
Type of:
kill
Derived:
one-fourth fourth fourth part twenty-five percent quartern
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 16
one of four equal parts
"a quarter of a pound"
Type of:
common fraction simple fraction
Derived:
draw draw and quarter
noun Sense 17
the rear part of a ship
Type of:
rear back
Has parts:
ship
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
17
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
68
Times Searched
2
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piece of leather segment section divide fraction playing period period of play play time unit unit of time school term academic term