|
|
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:
| battalion |
a military unit usu. comprising a headquarters company and two or more infantry companies; the basic unit of a division. [1/2 definitions] |
| chasseur |
in the French army, a member of the light infantry or light cavalry, specially trained for rapid maneuvering. [1/3 definitions] |
| grunt |
(slang) an infantry soldier. [1/7 definitions] |
| hoplite |
in ancient Greece, an infantry soldier who was heavily armed. |
| infantryman |
a soldier in the infantry; foot soldier. |
| phalanx |
a body of infantry soldiers in ancient Greece, kept in close formation for protection. [1/3 definitions] |
| regiment |
a troop of infantry consisting of at least two battalions. [1/4 definitions] |
| Zouave |
a member of a former French infantry unit, originally composed of Algerians and characterized by their colorful Oriental uniforms and precision drilling. [1/2 definitions] |
|
|