Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
ALIGN
align, aline, line up, adjust
(verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; “align the car with the curb”; “align the sheets of paper on the table”
align, ordinate, coordinate
(verb) bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; “align the wheels of my car”; “ordinate similar parts”
align, array
(verb) align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
align
(verb) be or come into adjustment with
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
align (third-person singular simple present aligns, present participle aligning, simple past and past participle aligned)
(intransitive) To form a line; to fall into line.
(transitive) To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
(transitive, computing) To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size.
(intransitive) To identify with or match the behaviour, thoughts, etc of another person.
Synonyms: coordinate, synchronize
(bioinformatics) To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA or protein sequences which have regions of similarity.
Anagrams
• Gilan, Glina, Laing, Langi, Liang, algin, ganil, liang, ligan, linga
Source: Wiktionary
A*lign", v. t. Etym: [F. aligner; Ă (L. ad) + ligne (L. linea) line. See Line, and cf. Allineate.]
Definition: To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.
A*lign", v. t.
Definition: To form in line; to fall into line.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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