PROVERB | • proverb n. A phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations. • proverb n. A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable. • proverb n. A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference. |
PROVERBS | • proverbs n. Plural of proverb. • proverbs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proverb. • Proverbs prop.n. A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh, being a collection of moral maxims. |
PROVERBED | • proverbed v. Simple past tense and past participle of proverb. • PROVERB v. to speak of proverbially. |
PROVERBIAL | • proverbial adj. Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale. • proverbial adj. Not used in a literal sense, but as the subject of a well-known metaphor. • proverbial adj. Widely known; famous; stereotypical. |
PROVERBING | • proverbing v. Present participle of proverb. • PROVERB v. to speak of proverbially. |
PROVERBIALLY | • proverbially adv. In a manner that uses proverbs; in proverbs. • proverbially adv. In a manner reminiscent of a proverb. • PROVERBIAL adv. of or like a proverb. |
PROVERBIALISE | • proverbialise v. Alternative form of proverbialize. • PROVERBIALISE v. to make proverbial, also PROVERBIALIZE. |
PROVERBIALISM | • proverbialism n. A proverbial phrase. • PROVERBIALISM n. a saying in the form of, or like, a proverb. |
PROVERBIALIST | • proverbialist n. One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing. • proverbialist n. One who composes, collects, or studies proverbs. • PROVERBIALIST n. one who speaks a proverbialism. |
PROVERBIALIZE | • proverbialize v. (Transitive) To turn into a proverb. • proverbialize v. (Intransitive) To speak in proverbs. • PROVERBIALIZE v. to make proverbial, also PROVERBIALISE. |
PROVERBIALISED | • proverbialised v. Simple past tense and past participle of proverbialise. • PROVERBIALISE v. to make proverbial, also PROVERBIALIZE. |
PROVERBIALISES | • proverbialises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proverbialise. • PROVERBIALISE v. to make proverbial, also PROVERBIALIZE. |
PROVERBIALISMS | • proverbialisms n. Plural of proverbialism. • PROVERBIALISM n. a saying in the form of, or like, a proverb. |
PROVERBIALISTS | • proverbialists n. Plural of proverbialist. • PROVERBIALIST n. one who speaks a proverbialism. |
PROVERBIALIZED | • proverbialized v. Simple past tense and past participle of proverbialize. • PROVERBIALIZE v. to make proverbial, also PROVERBIALISE. |
PROVERBIALIZES | • proverbializes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proverbialize. • PROVERBIALIZE v. to make proverbial, also PROVERBIALISE. |
PROVERBIALISING | • proverbialising v. Present participle of proverbialise. • PROVERBIALISE v. to make proverbial, also PROVERBIALIZE. |
PROVERBIALIZING | • proverbializing v. Present participle of proverbialize. • PROVERBIALIZE v. to make proverbial, also PROVERBIALISE. |