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"in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"verbpull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
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"a quarter of a pound"nounone of four equal partstype of:
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nounthe rear part of a ship
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verbprovide housing for (military personnel)type of:
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nouna district of a city having some distinguishing charactertype of:
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"unemployment fell during the last quarter"nouna fourth part of a year; three monthstype of:
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"he dropped a word in the right quarter"nounan unspecified person
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nouna quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)type of:part of:
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"he fed four quarters into the slot machine"nouna United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollartype of:
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"it's a quarter til 4" "a quarter after 4 o'clock"nouna unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hourtype of:part of:
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"he surrendered but asked for quarter"nounclemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponenttype of:
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verbdivide by four; divide into quarters
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"quarter an apple"verbdivide into quarters
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"both teams scored in the first quarter"noun(football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are dividedpart of:
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"the fall quarter ends at Christmas"nounone of four periods into which the school year is dividedtype of:part of:
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"the wind is coming from that quarter"nounone of the four major division of the compasstype of:
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nounpiece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamptype of:part of:
Definition that contains quarter
- house a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
- close engage at close quarters
- christmas a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
- stick a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- mission an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters
- van a camper equipped with living quarters
- center (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- camp temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
- hall a college or university building containing living quarters for students
- draw (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage