SOUR
\sˈa͡ʊ͡ə], \sˈaʊə], \s_ˈaʊə]\
Definitions of SOUR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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make sour or more sour
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go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"
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one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
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having a sharp biting taste
By Princeton University
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make sour or more sour
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go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"
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one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
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having a sharp biting taste
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
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Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned.
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Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply.
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Afflictive; painful.
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Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
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To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances.
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To make cold and unproductive, as soil.
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To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.
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To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly.
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To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.
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To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity.
By Oddity Software
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Having an acid or sharp, biting taste; turned or changed so as to become acid, rancid, or musty; cross.
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To turn to acid; to make or become cross.
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Sourly.
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Sourness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Sourly.
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Sourness.
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Having a pungent, acid taste: turned, as milk: rancid: crabbed or peevish in temper: bitter.
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To make sour or acid: to make cross, peevish, or discontented.
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To become sour or acid: to become peevish or crabbed.
By Daniel Lyons
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Sourly.
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Sourness.
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To make or become sour or morose.
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Sharp to the taste; acid; fermented.
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Austere; morose.
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Something sour.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Acid; sharp to the taste; acid and astringent; harsh of temper; crabbed; peevish; expressing peevishness; harsh to the feelings; rancid; turned, as milk.
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To make acid; to make harsh, cold, or unkindly; to make cross, peevish, or discontented.
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To turn acid; to become peevish or crabbed.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Acid; having a pungent taste; harsh of temper or disposition; morose; turned, as milk.
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To make or become acid; to cause to have a sharp taste; to acquire the quality of tartness; to make harsh in temper; to become crabbed or peevish.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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