Definitions
Ab - as a noun
The muscles of the abdomen
A bachelor's degree in arts and sciences
The eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the jewish calendar (in july and august)
Ab - as a verb
To abseil.
(now rare outside medicine) to miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.
To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
To terminate a process prior to completion.
Ab - as an adverb
On all sides; around.
Example: "I looked about at the scenery that surrounded me."
Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
Example: "Bits of old machinery were lying about."
From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
Example: "Walking about; rushing about; jumping about; thrashing about"
Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
Example: "Messing about; fooling about; loafing about"
Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
Example: "Dinner's about ready."
Near; in the vicinity.
To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
Example: "To face about; to turn oneself about"
In succession; one after another; in the course of events.
In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference.
Example: "A mile about, and a third of a mile across"
Ab - as a preposition
In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
Example: "The snake was coiled about his ankle."
Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
Example: "He was well known about town."
Indicates that something will happen very soon; indicates a plan or intention to do something.
Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
Example: "He talked a lot about his childhood."
Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
Example: "To be about one's business"
Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
Example: "I can't find my reading glasses, but they must be somewhere about the house."
On one's person; nearby the person.
Example: "I had no weapon about me but a stick."
In or near, as in mental faculties or in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.
Example: "He has his wits about him."
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
AB has a SCRABBLE points total of 4.
AB has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 5.
AB has a WORDFEUD points total of 5.
