A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances, The art or theory of writing or producing these works, A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life

Plural of phasis, Plural form of phase

Any of the forms or states, solid, liquid, gas, or plasma, in which matter can exist, depending on temperature and pressure, That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object, A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time, verb_ Common misspelling of faze, genetics, informal, transitive To determine haplotypes in (data) when genotypes are known, To begin?if construed with "in"?or to discontinue?if construed with out?(doing) something over a period of time (i.e. in phases), transitive verb_ To plan or carry out systematically by phases, To set or regulate so as to be synchronized

One of four equal parts, A coin equal to one fourth of the dollar of the United States and Canada, One fourth of an hour; 15 minutes, One fourth of a year; three months, One of the two phases of the moon at which the moon, as viewed from Earth, appears to be half illuminated by the sun. The quarter phases mark the quarter and three-quarter points of the moon's revolution about the Earth

The moon as it appears at a particular time in its cycle of phases, Moonlight, Something in the shape of a moon, especially of a half-moon or crescent, intransitive verb_ To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner, colloquial (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone, transitive verb_ To expose to the rays of the moon, To expose one's naked buttocks to (a person); -- a vulgar sign of contempt or disrespect, sometimes done as a prank

one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year, A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon. In the Gregorian calendar there are twelve months_ January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December, A period extending from a date in one calendar month to the corresponding date in the following month