humble
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/ˈhʌmbəl/
English
Definitions
noun
- (Baltimore) An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.
verb
- To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of
- To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
adjective
- Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.“He lives in a humble one-bedroom cottage.”
- Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
- Near the ground.
noun
- A stag that has failed to grow antlers; a cow that has not developed horns.
- Especially in hummel corn: grain that lacks awns (beards or bristles), or has had its awns removed (barley, oats, etc.).
verb
- Of an animal: to remove the horns; to poll.
- To separate (barley, oats, etc.) from the awns.
Related words
Synonyms
abasedegradedepressdisgracehumiliatelowermortifymodestunassumingpollunskilledmeekinferiorlowlyhumiliatedsmalllowbornbaseborn