Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A satellite of Uranus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun [lowercase] An altar. See etymology and quotation.
- noun The innermost of the satellites of Uranus, discovered by Lassell in 1851. It revolves about its primary in 2½ days.
- noun [lowercase] In ornithology, applied to sundry birds of buoyant airy flight: as, the ariel swallow, Chelidon ariel; the ariel petrel, Procellaria ariel; the ariel toucan, Rhamphastos ariel.
- noun In zoology, an Arabian gazel, Gazella dama.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A variety of the gazelle (
Antilope dorcas , orGazella, dorcas ), found in Arabia and adjacent countries. - A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus.
- A beautiful Brazilian toucan
Ramphastos ariel ). - noun In the Cabala, a water spirit; in later folklore, a light and graceful spirit of the air.
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- proper noun biblical A name for the city of
Jerusalem . - proper noun A male
given name , also ascribed to spirits and angels in English literature. - proper noun A female
given name , used mainly since the 1980s. - proper noun Name of the twelfth and brightest
moon of theplanet Uranus .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Irish terrier as the Ariel is an Oregon-pine-planked schooner.
CHAPTER XX 2010
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Irish terrier as the Ariel is an Oregon-pine-planked schooner.
Chapter 20 1917
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The boat, which they called the Ariel, was twenty-eight feet long and eight feet broad, and this with the assistance of a lad they learned to manage fairly well.
Stories of Authors, British and American Edwin Watts Chubb 1912
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“Hello, I’m looking for Lia Kalayan,” I said, using the name Ariel had given me.
Last Lullaby Denise Hamilton 2004
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“Hello, I’m looking for Lia Kalayan,” I said, using the name Ariel had given me.
Last Lullaby Denise Hamilton 2004
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The poems in Ariel mark a departure from her earlier work into a more personal arena of poetry.
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That all said I predict that Ariel is going to be eliminated next week and it is going to come down to Tennille, Dave and Kevin and I think the final may actually include Tennille since I thinks he might actually be able to lead a kitchen better than she can cook.
'Hell's Kitchen' recap: Yes we can? No, they can't. | EW.com 2009
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Power will be mated through a conventional Sadev 6-speed sequential gearbox, although Ariel is exploring the possibility of a paddle shift option.
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It is lightweight and offers amplitude in Ariel moves and speed.
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As with the last couple of plays, we have an extended interruption of a musical nature - the pagan goddesses who appear to bless Ferdinand and Miranda, plus Ariel is using music as a weapon throughout the play.
Further BC bah humbug nwhyte 2009
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