dictionary definitions for "adam"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Adam
      n 1: (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man
           and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race
      2: Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in
         England and Scotland (1728-1792) [syn: Adam, Robert Adam]
      3: street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine [syn: Adam,
         ecstasy, XTC, go, disco biscuit, cristal, X, {hug
         drug}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Adam \Ad"am\, n.
     1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the
        progenitor of the human race.
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     2. (As a symbol) "Original sin;" human frailty.
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              And whipped the offending Adam out of him. --Shak.
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     Adam's ale, water. [Coll.]
  
     Adam's apple.
  
     1. (Bot.)
        (a) A species of banana (Musa paradisiaca). It attains a
            height of twenty feet or more. --Paxton.
        (b) A species of lime (Citris limetta).
  
     2. The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the
        neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so
        called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden
        fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first
        parent.
  
     Adam's flannel (Bot.), the mullein (Verbascum thapsus).
        
  
     Adam's needle (Bot.), the popular name of a genus (Yucca)
        of liliaceous plants.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:

  ADAM
  
     A Data Management system
  


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