ceil (third-person singular simple present ceils, present participle ceiling, simple past and past participle ceiled)
(transitive) To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar.
(mathematics) To set a higher bound.
ceil (plural ceils)
(poetic) a ceiling
ceil
(math) Abbreviation of ceiling.
• -icle, Celi, ICLE, ILEC, Icel., ciel, lice
Source: Wiktionary
Ceil, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ceiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Ceiling.] Etym: [From an older noun, fr. F. ciel heaven, canopy, fr. L. carlum heaven, vault, arch, covering; cf. Gr.
1. To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room. The greater house he ceiled with fir tree. 2 Chron. iii. 5
2. To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 December 2024
(verb) commit fraud and steal from one’s employer; “We found out that she had been fiddling for years”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
