Dart \Dart\, v. i.

1. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart. [1913 Webster]

2. To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Dart \Dart\ (d[aum]rt), n. [OF. dart, of German origin; cf. OHG. tart javelin, dart, AS. dara[eth], daro[eth], Sw. dart dagger, Icel. darra[eth]r dart.]

1. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow. [1913 Webster]

And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. --2 Sa. xviii. 14. [1913 Webster]

2. Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart. [1913 Webster]

The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart. --Hannan More. [1913 Webster]

3. A spear set as a prize in running. [Obs.]

--Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

4. (Zool.) A fish; the dace. See Dace. [1913 Webster]

Dart sac (Zool.), a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Dart \Dart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darted; p. pr. & vb. n. Darting.]

1. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch. [1913 Webster]

2. To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams. [1913 Webster]

Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart? --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

dart

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Dart \Dart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darted; p. pr. & vb. n. Darting.]

1. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.

2. To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.

Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart? --Pope.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Dart \Dart\, v. i.

1. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.

2. To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Dart \Dart\, n. [OF. dart, of German origin; cf. OHG. tart javelin, dart, AS. dara?, daro?, Sw. dart dagger, Icel. darra?r dart.]

1. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.

And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. --2 Sa. xviii. 14.

2. Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.

The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart. --Hannan More.

3. A spear set as a prize in running. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

4. (Zo["o]l.) A fish; the dace. See Dace.

Dart sac (Zo["o]l.), a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)