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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Score \Score\, v. i. 1. To keep the score in a game; to act as scorer. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. To make or count a point or points, as in a game; to tally. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. To run up a score, or account of dues. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. To succeed in finding a partner for sexual intercourse; to make a sexual conquest. [slang] [PJC] 5. To purchase drugs illegally. [slang] [PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Score \Score\ (sk[=o]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scored} (sk[=o]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scoring}.] 1. To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash. [1913 Webster] Let us score their backs. --Shak. [1913 Webster] A briar in that tangled wilderness Had scored her white right hand. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] 2. Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally. [1913 Webster] 3. To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge. [1913 Webster] Madam, I know when, Instead of five, you scored me ten. --Swift. [1913 Webster] Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To engrave, as upon a shield. [R.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 5. To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game. [1913 Webster] 6. (Mus.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See {Score}, n., 9. [1913 Webster] 7. (Geol.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Score \Score\ (sk[=o]r), n. [AS. scor twenty, fr. sceran, scieran, to shear, cut, divide; or rather the kindred Icel. skor incision, twenty, akin to Dan. skure a notch, Sw. sk[*a]ra. See {Shear}.] 1. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account. [1913 Webster] Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness. [1913 Webster] He parted well, and paid his score. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf. [1913 Webster] But left the trade, as many more Have lately done on the same score. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] You act your kindness in Cydaria's score. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number. [1913 Webster] Amongst three or four score hogsheads. --Shak. [1913 Webster] At length the queen took upon herself to grant patents of monopoly by scores. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 5. A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] 6. A weight of twenty pounds. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 7. The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket. [1913 Webster] 8. A line drawn; a groove or furrow. [1913 Webster] 9. (Mus.) The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). [1913 Webster] 10. the grade received on an examination, such as those given in school or as a qualifying examination for a job or admission to school; -- it may be expressed as a percentage of answers which are correct, or as a number or letter; as, a score of 98 in a civil service exam. [PJC] {In score} (Mus.), having all the parts arranged and placed in juxtaposition. --Smart. {To quit scores}, to settle or balance accounts; to render an equivalent; to make compensation. [1913 Webster] Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it? --South. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: score n 1: a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?" [syn: {mark}, {grade}, {score}] 2: a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages; "he studied the score of the sonata" [syn: {score}, {musical score}] 3: a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0" 4: a set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one returned" 5: grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful" [syn: {score}, {account}] 6: the facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the score" 7: an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my score and I'll settle later" 8: a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) [syn: {score}, {scotch}] 9: a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score" [syn: {grudge}, {score}, {grievance}] 10: the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play" 11: a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse; "calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang" [syn: {sexual conquest}, {score}] v 1: gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" [syn: {score}, {hit}, {tally}, {rack up}] 2: make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" [syn: {score}, {nock}, {mark}] 3: make underscoring marks [syn: {score}, {mark}] 4: write a musical score for 5: induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" [syn: {seduce}, {score}, {make}] 6: get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance; "She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200" 7: assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" [syn: {grade}, {score}, {mark}] From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: score /skɔʀ/ point