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man
v. supply with men (as for service, defense, etc.); take one's place for service; strengthen, brace
 
interj. expression or feeling that has no actual meaning (as in "Man, that was a hard task to do"; "Man, I am so tired")
 
n. adult male human; human being, person; human race, mankind; husband, boyfriend (Informal); game piece used in board games like checkers or chess
 
Man
n. Isle of Man, island between England and Ireland; town in West Virginia (USA); town in Ivory Coast


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Man
A man is a male human. The term man (irregular plural: men) is used for an adult human male, with the term boy being the usual term for a human male child or adolescent human male. However, man can refer to humanity as a whole.
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Man (disambiguation)
man is a male human.Depending on the context Man and its irregular Germanic plural Men may be used irrespective of age, or as an opposite to boy (in its normal sense restricted to male minors) only for adult men.The same word can also be used irrespective of sex, especially in scientific and poetic language; see Mannaz for etymology:Human, humans considered as a speciesHomo (genus), humans and their close relatives considered as a genusFirst man or woman, found in mythical traditions of human originsThe Man, derisive slang phrase used to describe higher authorityMan, a (mainly US origin) term of exasperation Man and in some cases Men may refer to:In Celtic mythology, the sea god Manannan
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Man
Noun
1. one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea
(synonym) Isle of Man
(hypernym) island

 
man
Noun
1. an adult male person (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
(synonym) adult male
(antonym) woman, adult female
(hypernym) male, male person
(hyponym) Adam
(part-meronym) adult male body, man's body
2. someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty"
(synonym) serviceman, military man, military personnel
(hypernym) skilled worker, trained worker
(hyponym) air force officer, commander
(member-holonym) military unit, military force, military group, force
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
3. the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself"
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
4. all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
(synonym) world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind
(hypernym) group, grouping
(member-meronym) people
5. any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae
(synonym) homo, human being, human
(hypernym) hominid
(hyponym) Homo erectus
(member-holonym) genus Homo
(member-meronym) homo erectus
(part-meronym) loin, lumbus
(class) prepubescent, prepubertal
6. a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana"
(hypernym) subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier
7. an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you"
(hypernym) male, male person
8. a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man"
(antonym) woman
(hypernym) male, male person
(classification) colloquialism
9. a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"
(synonym) valet, valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman
(hypernym) manservant
10. game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
(synonym) piece
(hypernym) game equipment
(hyponym) black
Verb
1. take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"
(hypernym) work, do work
(derivation) valet, valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman
2. provide with men; "We cannot man all the desks"
(hypernym) staff
(hyponym) crew
(derivation) valet, valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman


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man
pron. you, one, person

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Man (île de Man)
n. Isle of Man, island between England and Ireland; town in West Virginia (USA); town in Ivory Coast

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