marathon, endurance contest
(noun) any long and arduous undertaking
Marathon, battle of Marathon
(noun) a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians
marathon
(noun) a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards
Source: WordNet® 3.1
marathon (plural marathons)
A 42.195 kilometre (26 mile 385 yard) road race.
(figuratively, by extension) Any extended or sustained activity.
marathon (third-person singular simple present marathons, present participle marathoning, simple past and past participle marathoned)
To run a marathon.
(informal, transitive) To watch or read a large number of instalments of (a film, book, TV series, etc.) in one sitting.
Marathon
A town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.
Source: Wiktionary
22 June 2025
(noun) an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
