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Giant Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Giant?
[n] any creature of exceptional size
[n] an unusually large enterprise; "Walton built a retail giant" [n] a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun) [n] an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fair tales [n] a person of exceptional importance and reputation [n] someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful [n] a very large person; impressive in size or qualities [adj] of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp" Synonyms | Synonyms for Giant: behemoth | big | colossus | elephantine | gargantuan | giant star | goliath | heavyweight | hulk | jumbo | large | monster | titan | whale Related Terms | Find terms related to Giant: abysmal | Amazon | Antaeus | astronomic | Atlantean | Atlas | bean pole | behemoth | Briareus | Brobdingnagian | bully | bullyboy | Charles Atlas | colossal | colossus | Cyclopean | Cyclops | elephantine | enormous | epic | gangling | gangly | Gargantua | Gargantuan | giantlike | gigantic | Goliath | gorilla | grenadier | gross | Herculean | Hercules | heroic | Homeric | huge | hulking | immense | infinite | jumbo | lank | lanky | leggy | lengthy | leviathan | long | long-legged | longlegs | longshanks | mammoth | mighty | monster | monstrous | monumental | mountainous | muscle man | ogre | Orion | Polyphemus | powerhouse | prodigious | profound | rangy | Samson | seven-footer | stalwart | statuesque | strong man | strong-arm man | stupendous | superhuman | Superman | tall | Tarzan | the mighty | the strong | Titan | titanic | tough | tough guy | tower of strength | towering | tremendous | vast | whale See Also | animal | animate being | anomaly | Arcturus | Argus | beast | brute | Capella | creature | Cyclops | enterprise | fauna | giantess | imaginary being | imaginary creature | important person | influential person | Jotun | Jotunn | large person | Mimir | ogre | personage | star | unusual person Giant In Webster's Dictionary \Gi"ant\, n. [OE. giant, geant, geaunt, OF. jaiant, geant,
F. g['e]ant, L. gigas, fr. Gr. ?, ?, from the root of E.
gender, genesis. See {Gender}, and cf. {Gigantic}.]
1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.
Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise. --Milton.
2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or
intellectual.
3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or
power.
{Giant's Causeway}, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in
the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.
\Gi"ant\, a. Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son. {Giant cell}. (Anat.) See {Myeloplax}. {Giant clam} (Zo["o]l.), a bivalve shell of the genus {Tridacna}, esp. {T. gigas}, which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water. {Giant heron} (Zo["o]l.), a very large African heron ({Ardeomega goliath}). It is the largest heron known. {Giant kettle}, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See {Pothole}. {Giant powder}. See {Nitroglycerin}. {Giant puffball} (Bot.), a fungus ({Lycoperdon giganteum}), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds. {Giant salamander} (Zo["o]l.), a very large aquatic salamander ({Megalobatrachus maximus}), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long. {Giant squid} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of very large squids, belonging to {Architeuthis} and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long. |
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