GANG
\ɡˈaŋ], \ɡˈaŋ], \ɡ_ˈa_ŋ]\
Definitions of GANG
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 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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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To go; to walk.
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A going; a course.
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A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.
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A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows.
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A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays.
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The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
By Oddity Software
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To go; to walk.
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A going; a course.
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A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.
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A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows.
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A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays.
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The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, Danish, Dutch, German, Swedish] A going;—a number going in company; a crew; a band; a troop;—portion of a ship’s crew detailed for special service;—in mining, a course or vein;—the substance which contains the ore; a gangue.
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