Quarter - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
a quarter after 4 o'clock
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
- a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
- piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
verb
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him (syn: draw)
Extra examples
Cut the pie into quarters.
He was three quarters of an hour early.
The hunters quartered the deer.
We were quartered in log cabins at the camp.
They live less than a quarter mile from us.
A quarter of the population voted for him.
The clock struck the quarter.
Their heads and quarters were still rotting on poles.
The troops attacked the city from all quarters.
Even in the highest quarters justice ceased to be much considered.
We must find quarters before nightfall.
The king gave no quarter to traitors.
She quartered the sandwiches and put them on a serving tray.
He was then quartered in Edinburgh as a lieutenant.
It was an atmosphere of manners belonging to those who have quartered in various countries.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: quarter
he/she/it: quarters
present participle: quartering
past tense: quartered
past participle: quartered
singular: quarter
plural: quarters
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