| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb mitre.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (mitre) | 1. To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter.[Websters]. 2. To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle.[Websters]. 3. To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction.[Websters]. 4. See Miter.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: mitring, mitred, mitres, mitrer, mitrers, mitringly and mitredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Expression | 1. Of Mitre.[Websters]. | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Common Expressions: mitre
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Bartolomé Mitre | Bartolomé Mitre Martínez (1821-1906) was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was president of the republic from 1862 to 1868. (references) | ||
| Bishop's Mitre | Bishop's Mitre is a mountain located on the northern coast of Labrador in the Kaumajet Mountains. (references) | ||
| Mitre box | Hand tool for guiding handsaws in making crosscuts or miter joints. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Mitre box | A mitre box is a woodworking tool used to guide a hand saw to make precise mitre cuts in a board. (references) | ||
| Mitre joint | Joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Mitre Peak (New Zealand) | Mitre Peak is an iconic mountain in the South Island of New Zealand. It is one of the most photographed peaks in the country. (references) | ||
| Mitre Peak (Pakistan) | Mitre Peak is a mountain in the Karakoram mountain range of Pakistan. (references) | ||
| Sergio Mitre | Sergio Armando Mitre (born June 16,1981 in Los Angeles, California) is a Major League Baseball pitcher on the Chicago Cubs. He throws and bats right handed. Mitre graduated from Montgomery High School in Chula Vista, California. He was the Chicago Cubs 7th-round selection in the 2001 draft out of San Diego City College. He made his major league debut for the Cubs in 2003 after being called up from the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx (Cubs AA team). He played in 3 games in 2003 (2 starts) and had an 0-1 win/loss record with an 8.31 Earned Run Average. In 2004, He started out the season on the Opening Day roster, filling in for the injured Mark Prior. He was sent down to the Iowa Cubs after Prior came back from injury. He then returned after the September roster expansions and pitched 4 games out of the bullpen. His season ending total was a 2-4 win/loss record with a 6.62 Earned Run Average in 12 games (9 starts). In 2005 he started off on AAA Iowa's roster, and on May 10, 2005, he was recalled from AAA Iowa, only to be sent down after two games and not pitching in either. On May 24, 2005, he was called up for a spot start and has been on the roster ever since. As of June 15, 2005, he had compiled a 2-1 record plus two no-decisions. On June 15, 2005, Mitre pitched his first complete game, along with his first shutout in a 14-0 victory over the Florida Marlins. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: mitre
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bishop's Mitre | Literature | Dean Stanley tells us that the cleft of a bishop's mitre represents the mark of the crease of the mitre, when folded and carried under the arm, like an opera hat. (Christian Institutions, p. 154.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| MITRE Corporation | Computing | MITRE Corporation A US federally funded R&D center, spun off in 1958 from the MIT Lincoln Laboratory (also an FFRDC). MITRE is a non-profit corporation chartered to do R&D in the public interest. MITRE were responsible for system engineering and implementation oversight of SAGE. MITRE does not stand for MIT Research and Engineering, though it could have. Home (http://www.mitre.org/). (1999-12-16). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.. | |
| Mitre Tavern | Literature | (The). A place of resort in the time of Shakespeare; it was in Bread Street, Cheapside. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: mitre
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| MITRE | English | Market Implementation of Teleworking in Rural Environments | N/A | |
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