|
|
Reverse Search
Reverse Search allows you to search within the full text of dictionary entries for words, word parts, and phrases.
Search for entries that contain:
Exact matches of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or the word "orange."
Any form of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or "apples" or "orange" or "oranges."
Exact matches of all of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" and the word "orange."
The exact sequence of words and/or characters entered in the search box (for example, a fragment of a word, a single word, multiple words, or even a phrase containing punctuation)
Example: Searching for "a variety of apple" identifies all entries that contain that phrase. Searching for "app" identifies all entries that contain the letters "app," such as occurrences of "apple," "application," and "apply."
Search within these fields:
Optional:
Limit by part of speech:
| aged |
elderly people collectively. [1/5 definitions] |
| ageism |
discrimination on the basis of age, esp. against the elderly or middle-aged. |
| antediluvian |
an old-fashioned or very elderly person. [1/4 definitions] |
| caregiver |
a medical worker who provides care and assistance to an ill, disabled, or elderly person. [1/2 definitions] |
| day care |
daytime care and supervision, in a home or day-care center, esp. for preschool children, or after-school or vacation care for older children, or supervised daytime care for elderly or disabled people. [1/2 definitions] |
| dowager |
a stately or dignified elderly woman, usu. of high social rank. [1/2 definitions] |
| elder statesman |
a retired, usu. elderly statesman whose advice is sought by government leaders. [1/2 definitions] |
| golden ager |
(informal) an elderly person, esp. one who has retired or is of retirement age. |
| grandam |
any elderly woman. [1/2 definitions] |
| granny |
any elderly woman. [1/5 definitions] |
| nursing home |
a residence, usu. operated as a public or commercial enterprise, that offers nursing care to the disabled, elderly, or the like. |
| old age pension |
(chiefly British) money that an elderly person receives from the government when he or she is no longer able to work. (Cf. social security.) |
| patriarch |
a usu. elderly male leader of a family or tribe. (Cf. matriarch.) [2/4 definitions] |
| rest home |
a residence that provides care for convalescents or elderly persons; nursing home. |
| senior citizen |
an elderly person, esp. one who is past the usual retirement age of sixty-five. |
| social security |
(often cap.) in the United States, an assistance plan for the elderly, unemployed, or disabled funded by mandatory contributions from employers, employees, and the government. [1/3 definitions] |
|
|