monitor, monitor lizard, varan
(noun) any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
monitor
(noun) a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
monitor
(noun) electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
monitor, monitoring device
(noun) display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor
Monitor
(noun) an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac
admonisher, monitor, reminder
(noun) someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
proctor, monitor
(noun) someone who supervises (an examination)
monitor, supervise
(verb) keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance; “we are monitoring the air quality”; “the police monitor the suspect’s moves”
monitor
(verb) check, track, or observe by means of a receiver
Source: WordNet® 3.1
monitor (plural monitors)
Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc, of something.
(computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
(computing) A program for viewing and editing.
(British, archaic) A student leader in a class.
(nautical) One of a class of relatively small armored warships designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than combat with other ships.
(archaic) An ironclad.
A monitor lizard.
(obsolete) One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
(engineering) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring the several tools successively into position.
A monitor nozzle.
monitor (third-person singular simple present monitors, present participle monitoring, simple past and past participle monitored)
(transitive) To watch over; to guard.
• oversee, supervise, track
• montoir, tromino
Monitor
Any of several publications e.g. the "Christian Science Monitor".
(freemasonry) A text of works or instruction which are not secret and may be written e.g. "Indiana Monitor and Freemasons' Guide".
• montoir, tromino
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"i*tor, n. Etym: [L., fr. monere. See Monition, and cf. Mentor.]
1. One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution. You need not be a monitor to the king. Bacon.
2. Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species (V. Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long.
4. Etym: [So called from the name given by Captain Ericson, its designer, to the first ship of the kind.]
Definition: An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns.
5. (Mach.)
Definition: A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting. Monitor top, the raised central portion, or clearstory, of a car roof, having low windows along its sides.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2025
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
