From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
giant
adj : of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"
[syn: elephantine, gargantuan, jumbo]
n 1: any creature of exceptional size
2: a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn:
colossus, behemoth, heavyweight, titan]
3: an unusually large enterprise; "Walton built a retail giant"
4: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities [syn:
hulk, heavyweight, whale]
5: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
[syn: goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus]
6: an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears
in folklore and fair tales
7: a very bright star of large diameter and low density
(relative to the Sun) [syn: giant star]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Giant \Gi"ant\, n. [OE. giant, geant, geaunt, OF. jaiant, geant,
F. g['e]ant, L. gigas, fr. Gr. ?, ?, from the root of E.
gender, genesis. See Gender, and cf. Gigantic.]
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1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.
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Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise. --Milton.
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2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or
intellectual.
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3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or
power.
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Giant's Causeway, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in
the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Giant \Gi"ant\, a.
Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as,
giant brothers; a giant son.
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Giant cell. (Anat.) See Myeloplax.
Giant clam (Zool.), a bivalve shell of the genus
Tridacna, esp. T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500
pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to
contain holy water.
Giant heron (Zool.), a very large African heron ({Ardeomega
goliath}). It is the largest heron known.
Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found
in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole.
Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin.
Giant puffball (Bot.), a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum),
edible when young, and when dried used for stanching
wounds.
Giant salamander (Zool.), a very large aquatic salamander
(Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the
largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long.
Giant squid (Zool.), one of several species of very large
squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera.
Some are over forty feet long.
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