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English - English Dict (Wordnet)
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Noun - a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase
- (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
- for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
- the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced
- the housing or outer covering of something
- the clock has a walnut case
- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- a specific state of mind that is temporary
- nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- the quantity contained in a case
- a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
- he stated his case clearly
- a problem requiring investigation
- Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly
- the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities
- a person requiring professional services
- a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor
- a portable container for carrying several objects
- the musicians left their instrument cases backstage
- the actual state of things
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
- the family brought suit against the landlord
- a special set of circumstances
- in that event, the first possibility is excluded
- it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled
- an occurrence of something
- it was a case of bad judgment
- another instance occurred yesterday
- but there is always the famous example of the Smiths
Verb - enclose in, or as if in, a case
- my feet were encased in mud
- look over, usually with the intention to rob
- They men cased the housed
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