(n) any of several Old World partially crustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals

mannequin

(n) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions, Syn. mannikin, manikin, model, manakin, fashion model, Example:she was too fat to be a mannequin

mannequin

(n) a life-size dummy used to display clothes, Syn. mannikin, manikin, form, manakin

manner

(n) how something is done or how it happens, Syn. fashion, mode, style, way, Example:her dignified manner; his rapid manner of talking; their nomadic mode of existence; in the characteristic New York style; a lonely way of life; in an abrasive fashion

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Manna

n. [ L., fr. Gr. ma`nna, Heb. mān; cf. Ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven). ] 1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. Ex. xvi. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food; called also manna lichen. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and Fraxinus rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Persian manna is the secretion of the camel's thorn (see Camel's thorn, under Camel); Tamarisk manna, that of the Tamarisk mannifera, a shrub of Western Asia; Australian, manna, that of certain species of eucalyptus; Briançon manna, that of the European larch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Manna insect (Zool), a scale insect (Gossyparia mannipara), which causes the exudation of manna from the Tamarix tree in Arabia. [ 1913 Webster ]

manna ash

n. (Bot.), A South Mediterranean ash (Fraxinus ornus) having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna.
Syn. -- flowering ash, Fraxinus ornus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Manna croup

[ Manna + Russ. & Pol. krupa groats, grits. ] 1. The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour by the millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for puddings, soups, etc. -- called also manna groats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The husked grains of manna grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

manna grass

n. (Bot.), Any of several tall slender grasses of the genus Glyceria. They have long loose panicles, have a sweet flavor or odor, and grow in moist places. Nerved manna grass is Glyceria nervata, and Floating manna grass is Glyceria fluitans. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

manna gum

n. (Bot.), A tall tree (Eucalyptus viminalis) yielding a false manna. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

manna lichen

n. Any of several Old World semicrustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals; same as manna{ 2 }. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

manned

adj. 1. Having a crew; -- of vehicles; as, a manned earth satellite was considered a necessary research step; to minimize casualties, the military used cruise missiles rather than manned aircraft for the bombardment. Opposite of unmanned. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

mannequin

n. 1. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; a fashion model. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- fashion model, model. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A three-dimensional model of a person, used to display clothes, especially in retail stores and in window displays; a dummy. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- manikin, mannikin, manakin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. A model of a human form used by tailors to help make clothing of the proper shape. [ PJC ]

Manner

n. [ OE. manere, F. manière, from OF. manier, adj., manual, skillful, handy, fr. (assumed) LL. manarius, for L. manuarius belonging to the hand, fr. manus the hand. See Manual. ] 1. Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land. 2 Kings xvii. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful, manner. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style. [ 1913 Webster ]

Specifically: (a) Customary method of acting; habit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them. Acts xvii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Air and manner are more expressive than words. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) pl. Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address; as, mind your manners!. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bread is in a manner common. 1 Sam. xxi.5. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds; as, all manners of people came to the rally. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

And they being afraid wondered, saying to one another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey him. Luke 8: 25.

Ye tithe mint, and rue, and all manner of herbs. Luke xi. 42. [ 1913 Webster ]

I bid thee say,
What manner of man art thou? Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In old usage, of was often omitted after manner, when employed in this sense. “A manner Latin corrupt was her speech.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

By any manner of means, in any way possible; by any sort of means. --
To be taken in the manner or
To be taken with the manner. [ A corruption of to be taken in the mainor. See Mainor. ] To be taken in the very act. [ Obs. ] See Mainor. --
To make one's manners, to make a bow or courtesy; to offer salutation. --
Manners bit, a portion left in a dish for the sake of good manners. Hallwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Method; mode; custom; habit; fashion; air; look; mien; aspect; appearance. See Method. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mannered

a. 1. Having a certain way, esp. a polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self; as, a well-mannered child. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give her princely training, that she may be
Mannered as she is born. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

His style is in some degree mannered and confined. Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Mannhaftigkeit { f }

manfulness

Mannigfaltigkeit { f }

diversity

Mannloch { n } (Fass)

manhole

Mannsbild { n }

man; fellow

Mannschaft { f } | Mannschaften { pl }

team | teams

Mannschaft { f }; Besatzung { f }; Crew { f } | Mannschaften { pl }; Besatzungen { pl }; Crews { pl }

crew | crews

Mannschaft { f }

workmanship

Mann { m } | Männer { pl } | an den Mann bringen | den starken Mann markieren | der rechte Mann am rechten Platz | seinen Mann stehen | seinen Mann stehen | der Mann auf der Straße

Mann { m }; männliches Wesen | Männer { pl }

male | males

Mannbarkeit { f }

pubescence

Mannequin { n }; Vorführdame { f } (veralt.)

mannequin; model; fashion model

Mannschaftsaufstellung { f }

team selection; line-up

Mannschaftsführer { m }; Mannschaftskapitän { m } | Mannschaftsführer { pl }

teamster; captain | teamsters

Mannschaftsgeist { m }

team spirit