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
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).
greet (comparative more greet, superlative most greet)
(obsolete, outside, Scotland) Great.
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.
greet (uncountable)
(obsolete) Mourning, weeping, lamentation.
• 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
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
