Sam (plural Sams)
A diminutive of the male given name Samuel, or rarely of Samson. Also used as a formal given name.
A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.
A Cantonese surname, a romanization of 岑 or 沈.
A town in Alibori department, Benin.
A town in Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso.
A town in Bourzanga department, Bam, Burkina Faso.
A village in Kongoussi department, Bam, Burkina Faso.
A Trans-New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea.
Sam
(Ireland, informal) The Sam Maguire Cup awarded to the All-Ireland GAA football winning team.
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SAM
(space science, NASA) Acronym of Sample Analysis at Mars. (a scientific instrument of the Mars Science Laboratory on board the Curiosity rover on Mars.)
SAM (plural SAMs)
(military) Initialism of surface-to-air missile.
(nanotechnology) Initialism of self-assembled monolayer.
(cardiology) Initialism of systolic anterior motion.
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Acronym
sam
surface-to-air missile
sam (third-person singular simple present sams, present participle samming, simple past and past participle sammed)
(transitive, UK dialectal) To assemble.
(transitive, UK dialectal, of persons) To bring together; join (in marriage, friendship, love, etc.).
(transitive, UK dialectal, of things) To bring together; collect; put in order; arrange.
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To assemble; come together.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To coagulate; curdle (milk).
• Often used with together or up
sam (not comparable)
(obsolete) Together
sam (not comparable)
(dialectal) Half or imperfectly done.
(of food) Half-heated.
sam (plural sams)
(slang) Federal narcotics agent.
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Source: Wiktionary
Sam, adv. Etym: [AS. same. See Same, a.]
Definition: Together. [Obs.] "All in that city sam." Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 November 2024
(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
