Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English variant of
natch .
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Examples
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To be asked what it means to be part of that national ménage is not much different from being asked what it is to be a Jones, a Murphy or a Savage.
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Her ménage is certainly susceptible of improvement, especially in the article of cooking; but one would prefer living on any sort of victuals not poisoned in such pleasant company to having preparations of these and stupidity therewith.
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This early style of Aikido was extremely hard and one would learn good ukemi simply to survive injury, today many students have ukemi that resembles an acrobat or a gymnast and is used more to make their nage ` look spectacular `.
Aikido in the UK – the Beginning « English Lesson Plans « Free Lesson Plans « Literacy News 2010
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TV Guide Magazine: How have fans who've followed you since your Sister, Sister days reacted to seeing you as Melanie, a character who just last week was considering a ménage à trois to spice up her marriage?
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In contrast the experienced Aikidoist harmonizes or blends his energy in order to guide his uke to where both the uke and the nage (thrower) wants to go.
Susan Harrow: Mindfulness Practice for Aikido and Tea Ceremony 2010
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It's about uke and nage aligning their bodies, mind, energy.
Susan Harrow: Mindfulness Practice for Aikido and Tea Ceremony 2010
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Then Mr. Gurney backs up, starts over and spins an elaborately fictionalized version in which he not only meets Cornell, the flamboyantly foul-mouthed McClintic (Boyd Gaines), and Gertrude Macy (Brenda Wehle), Cornell's hard-nosed business manager and offstage lover, but looks on in amazement as the members of this oddly sorted m nage trois drop their masks of propriety and share with him their inmost hopes and fears.
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We wrote at the time that Sarah Palin's coi nage was sensationalistic, but it was meant to illustrate a larger truth about a world of finite resources and infinite entitlement wants.
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In contrast the experienced Aikidoist harmonizes or blends his energy in order to guide his uke to where both the uke and the nage (thrower) wants to go.
Susan Harrow: Mindfulness Practice for Aikido and Tea Ceremony 2010
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It's about uke and nage aligning their bodies, mind, energy.
Susan Harrow: Mindfulness Practice for Aikido and Tea Ceremony 2010
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