Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
GREET
greet
(verb) react to in a certain way; “The President was greeted with catcalls”
greet
(verb) send greetings to
greet, recognize, recognise
(verb) express greetings upon meeting someone
greet
(verb) be perceived by; “Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
greet (third-person singular simple present greets, present participle greeting, simple past and past participle greeted)
(transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means e.g. writing or over the phone/internet
(transitive) To arrive at or reach, or meet (talking of something which brings joy)
(transitive) To accost; to address.
(intransitive, archaic) To meet and give salutations.
(transitive) To be perceived by (somebody).
Etymology 2
Adjective
greet (comparative more greet, superlative most greet)
(obsolete, outside, Scotland) Great.
Etymology 3
Verb
greet (third-person singular simple present greets, present participle greeting, simple past and past participle grat or grutten or greeted)
(Scotland, Northern England) To weep; to cry.
Noun
greet (uncountable)
(obsolete) Mourning, weeping, lamentation.
Anagrams
• Geter, egret, reget
Source: Wiktionary
Greet, a.
Definition: Great. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Greet, v. i. Etym: [OE. greten, AS. grtan, grlan; akin to Icel. grata, Sw. gita, Dan. grde, Goth. grctan; cf. Skr. hrd to sound, roar. sq. root50.]
Definition: To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.] [Written also greit.] Spenser.
Greet, n.
Definition: Mourning. [Obs.] Spenser.
Greet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Greeting.] Etym: [OE. greten, AS. grtan to address, approach; akin to OS. gr, LG gröten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. grüssen.]
1. To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token. My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you. Shak.
2. To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad. In vain the spring my senses greets. Addison.
3. To accost; to address. Pope.
Greet, v. i.
Definition: To meet and give salutations. There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. Shak.
Greet, n.
Definition: Greeting. [Obs.] F. Beaumont.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
23 December 2024
QUANDONG
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Coffee Trivia
