KITE
\kˈa͡ɪt], \kˈaɪt], \k_ˈaɪ_t]\
Definitions of KITE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
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a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
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fly a kite; "Kids were kiting in the park"; "They kited the Red Dragon model"
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soar or fly like a kite; "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains"
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get credit or money by using a bad check; "The businessman kited millions of dollars"
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increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently; "He kited many checks"
By Princeton University
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Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
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Fig. : One who is rapacious.
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A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
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A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
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A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.
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Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill.
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The belly.
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To raise money by kites; as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6.
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A form of drag to be towed under water at any depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface; - called also sentry.
By Oddity Software
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Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
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Fig. : One who is rapacious.
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A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
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A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
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A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.
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Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill.
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The belly.
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To raise money by kites; as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6.
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A form of drag to be towed under water at any depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface; - called also sentry.
By Noah Webster.
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A bird of prey, of the hawk family; a light frame of wood covered with paper or linen, for flying in the air; a light lofty sail; kite balloon, a captive balloon used for observation purposes.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] A rapacious bird of the genus Falco, distinguished from hawks and falcons by having a forked tail and by the length of its wings;— one who is rapacious light frame of wood covered with paper for flying in the air;— fictitious commercial paper; accommodation bill;— the stomach. [Scot.]
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