a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees, a beloved person; used as terms of endearment, the gathering of honey from hives, or the honey which is gathered, adjective_ of something having the color of honey, A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like that of most types of honey, Describing a thing involving or resembling honey, transitive verb_ To give a yellow or golden color to, To sweeten with honey; add honey to, intransitive verb_ To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn

one of the few Chinese merchants who, previous to the treaty of 1842, formed a guild which had the exclusive privilege of trading with foreigners, A Chinese warehouse, consisting of a succession of rooms or store-houses, verb_ obsolete To hang

High respect, as that shown for special merit; recognition or esteem, Any of the four or five highest cards, especially the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten of the trump suit, in card games such as bridge or whist, transitive verb_ To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used of the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship, To hold in respect; esteem, To bow to (another dancer) in square dancing

A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure, A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue, A loose pliable covering for the head and neck, often attached to a robe or jacket

A curved or sharply bent device, usually of metal, used to catch, drag, suspend, or fasten something else, Something shaped like a hook, especially, A stroke that sends a ball on such a course, intransitive verb_ To take strong hold of; captivate, To fasten by means of a hook or a hook and eye, To hit with a hook in boxing

A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring, a short distance, A light springy jump or leap, especially on one foot or with both feet at the same time, intransitive verb_ To jump on one foot or with both feet at the same time, To move with light bounding skips or leaps, transitive verb_ To flavor with hops

One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good, A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy, the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled, verb_ be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes, intend with some possibility of fulfilment, transitive verb_ To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of, obsolete To expect; to fear, intransitive verb_ To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; -- usually followed by for, To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by in

Simple past tense and past participle of hope

with hope; in a hopeful manner, It is hoped that; I hope; we hope, Usage Problem It is to be hoped

A plant, Matthiola incana, the common stock, Plural form of hope, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hope