| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To complicate.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To confuse, bemuse, fuddle, perplex or puzzle. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To confound, befuddle, bewilder, distract or discomfit. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To derange, perturb, unsettle, disorganize or disarrange.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Present participle conjugation of the verb flurry.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (flurry) | 1. Move in an agitated or confused manner.[Wordnet]. 2. Cause to feel embarrassment.[Wordnet]. 3. To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: flurrying, flurried, flurries, flurrier, flurriers, flurryingly and flurriedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "FLURRYING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
Specialty Definition: flurry
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] A sudden blast or gust, or a light temporary breeze; as a flurry of wind. It is never with us applied to a storm of duration.. | 2: [Noun] A sudden shower of short duration; as a flurry of snow.. | 3: [Noun] Agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Wikipedic | Flurry is an OpenGL-based screensaver originally written by Calum Robinson, released under the BSD License for Mac OS X. It draws a complex 'flurry' of colourful particles on a black background. Mac OS X v10.2 was the first Mac OS to include a limited-function version of Flurry. The original, more customizable Flurry can be found on the author's website. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] a brief snowfall. (references) | 2: [Noun] a shower of dust, leaves etc brought on by a sudden gust of wind. (references) | 3: [Noun] any sudden activity; a stir The day before the wedding was a flurry of preparations. (references) | 4: [Verb] to agitate. (references) | 5: [Verb] to make embarrassed; to disconcert. (references) | 6: [Verb] to move or fall in a flurry. (references) |
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Common Expressions: flurry
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Flurry Star Wars | The fictional spaceship Flurry is the Escort Carrier in the book Truce at Bakura, which is set in the Star Wars universe. (references) | ||
| Gerald Flurry | Gerald Flurry, an ordained minister for over 30 years, is Pastor General of the Philadelphia Church of God. He is editor in chief of The Philadelphia Trumpet magazine, which has a monthly readership of over one million. (references) | ||
| Snow flurry | A light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: flurry | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Gerald Flurry | 12 | Flurry | 2 | |
| Snow flurry | 3 | Gerald Flurry | 12 | |
| Flurry | 2 | Snow flurry | 3 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
