merchandise, ware, product
(noun) commodities offered for sale; “good business depends on having good merchandise”; “that store offers a variety of products”
ware
(noun) articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: ‘silverware’, ‘software’
consume, squander, waste, ware
(verb) spend extravagantly; “waste not, want not”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ware (comparative more ware, superlative most ware)
(poetic) Aware.
Replaced by intensified form aware.
ware (uncountable)
(obsolete) The state of being aware; heed.
ware (usually uncountable, plural wares)
(uncountable, usually, in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
(in the plural) See wares.
(uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
(countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
(Ireland) Crockery.
ware (third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)
(obsolete or dialectal) To be ware or mindful of something.
(obsolete) To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary.
ware (comparative more ware, superlative most ware)
(obsolete) Wary; cautious.
ware
(obsolete, UK, dialect) Seaweed.
ware (third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)
(nautical) To wear, or veer.
ware
Old eye dialect spelling of were.
• -wear, Wear, arew, wear
Ware
A town in Hertfordshire, England
A surname.
• -wear, Wear, arew, wear
Source: Wiktionary
Ware, obs. imp. of Wear.
Definition: Wore.
Ware, v. t. (Naut.)
Definition: To wear, or veer. See Wear.
Ware, n. Etym: [AS. war.] (Bot.)
Definition: Seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ware goose (Zoöl.), the brant; -- so called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed. [Prov. Eng.]
Ware, n. Etym: [OE. ware, AS. waru; akin to D. waar, G. waare, Icel. & Sw. vara, Dan. vare; and probably to E. worth, a. See Worth, a.]
Definition: Articles of merchandise; the sum of articles of a particular kind or class; style or class of manufactures; especially, in the plural, goods; commodities; merchandise. "Retails his wares at wakes." Shak. "To chaffer with them and eke to sell them their ware." Chaucer. It the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the Sabbath, or on the holy day. Neh. x. 31.
Note: Although originally and properly a collective noun, it admits of a plural form, when articles of merchandise of different kinds are meant. It is often used in composition; as in hardware, glassware, tinware, etc.
Ware, a. Etym: [OE. war, AS. wær. sq. root142. See Wary.]
Definition: A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard. See Beware. [Obs.] She was ware and knew it bet [better] than he. Chaucer. Of whom be thou ware also. 2. Tim. iv. 15. He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition. Latimer. The only good that grows of passed fear Is to be wise, and ware of like again. Spenser.
Ware, n. Etym: [AS. waru caution.]
Definition: The state of being ware or aware; heed. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Ware, v. t. Etym: [As. warian.]
Definition: To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against. "Ware that I say." Chaucer. God . . . ware you for the sin of avarice. Chaucer. Then ware a rising tempest on the main. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 December 2024
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
