CHEER
\t͡ʃˈi͡ə], \tʃˈiə], \tʃ_ˈiə]\
Definitions of CHEER
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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urge on or encourage esp. by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
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give encouragement to
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show approval or good wishes by shouting; "everybody cheered the birthday boy"
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make cheerful
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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give encouragement to
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show approval or good wishes by shouting; "everybody cheered the birthday boy"
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urge on or encourage especially by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
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cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful; "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee"
By Princeton University
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The face; the countenance or its expression.
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Feeling; spirit; state of mind or heart.
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Gayety; mirth; cheerfulness; animation.
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That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a table loaded with good cheer.
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A shout, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc.
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To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.
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To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase.
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To be in any state or temper of mind.
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To utter a shout or shouts of applause, triumph, etc.
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To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous; - usually with up.
By Oddity Software
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The face; the countenance or its expression.
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Feeling; spirit; state of mind or heart.
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Gayety; mirth; cheerfulness; animation.
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That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a table loaded with good cheer.
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A shout, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc.
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To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.
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To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase.
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To be in any state or temper of mind.
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To utter a shout or shouts of applause, triumph, etc.
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To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous; - usually with up.
By Noah Webster.
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Temper or state of mind; especially, a state of gladness or joy; that which is furnished for entertainment; a shout of applause; sometimes, luck.
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To gladden; encourage; applaud; to greet, especially with shouts of welcome.
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To be come glad; with up; to shout applause, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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That which makes the countenance glad: joy: a shout: kind treatment: entertainment: fare.
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To make the countenance glad: to comfort: to encourage: to applaud.
By Daniel Lyons
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Joy; encouragement; an approving shout; fare.
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To comfort; encourage; applaud with a cheer.
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To give an approving shout.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Greek] The countenance and its expression of joyous feeling; —a state of gayety, mirth, or jollity; —provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; —outward expression of happiness or gayety, by shouting or acclamation, & c.; applause; encouragement.
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Entertainment, provisions; invitation to gayety; gayety, jollity; air of the countenance; temper of mind.
By Thomas Sheridan
