<B>maneuver, </B>noun, verb, <B>-vered,</B> <B>-vering.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a planned movement of troops, warships, or tanks. <BR> <I>Ex. Every year the army and navy hold maneuvers for practice.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a skillful plan or movement; clever trick. <BR> <I>Ex. When we refused to use his idea, he tried to force it on us by a series of maneuvers.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) the management of affairs by scheming. <BR> <I>Ex. when corruption shall be added to intrigue and maneuver in elections (John Adams).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to perform maneuvers. <BR> <I>Ex. The tanks maneuvered toward the front lines.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to plan skillfully; use clever tricks; scheme. <BR> <I>Ex. A scheming person is always maneuvering for some advantage.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to cause (troops, warships, or tanks) to perform maneuvers. <BR> <I>Ex. The admiral maneuvered his ships in the battle plan.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to force by skillful plans; get by clever tricks. <BR> <I>Ex. She maneuvered her lazy brother out of bed.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to move or manipulate skillfully. <BR> <I>Ex. He maneuvered his car through the heavy traffic with ease.</I> <DD> Also, (especially British,) <B>manoeuvre.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>maneuvers,</B> </I>a training exercise between two or more military or naval units, simulating combat situations. <BR> <I>Ex. The new soldiers were divided into opposing teams and went out on maneuvers in the field.</I> noun <B>maneuverer.</B> </DL>
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<B>maneuverability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or power of being maneuverable. <BR> <I>Ex. The paraboloid type of antenna has many advantages, especially maneuverability in scanning the sky (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
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<B>maneuverable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be maneuvered. <BR> <I>Ex. maneuverable scenery, a maneuverable gearshift.</I> </DL>
<B>man Friday,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a faithful servant or indispensable assistant. <DD><B> 2. </B>Robinson Crusoe's servant, whom he called <I>"my man Friday."</I> </DL>
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<B>manful, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> manly; brave; resolute. <BR> <I>Ex. explorers' manful attempts to reach the summit.</I> adv. <B>manfully.</B> noun <B>manfulness.</B> </DL>
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<B>mangabey, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a tropical African monkey having a very long tail, noted for the ease with which it is domesticated. </DL>
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<B>manganate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a salt of manganic acid. </DL>
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<B>manganese, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hard, brittle, grayish-white, metallic chemical element. It resembles iron but is not magnetic and is softer. Manganese is used chiefly in making alloys of steel, fertilizers, paints, insecticides, and industrial chemicals. </DL>
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<B>manganese dioxide,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a black crystal, or brownish-black powder, used especially in making dyes, paints, and dry-cell batteries, as an oxidizing agent. </DL>
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<B>manganese spar,</B> =rhodonite.</DL>
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<B>manganese steel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tough, durable cast steel containing up to 14 per cent of manganese. </DL>
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<B>manganese sulfate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white salt or rose-colored crystals derived by the action of sulfuric acid on manganese dioxide, used in fungicides, paints, dyes, and especially as an ingredient in fertilizers. </DL>
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<B>manganic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or like manganese. <DD><B> 2. </B>containing manganese, especially with a valence of six. </DL>
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<B>manganic acid,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an acid known only in the form of its salts. </DL>
<B>Manganin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.)an alloy of copper, manganese, and nickel, widely used in making various types of resistors. </DL>
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<B>manganite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a mineral, a hydrated oxide of manganese, occurring in steel-gray or iron-black masses or crystals. <DD><B> 2. </B>any salt of a group containing manganese with a valence of four, formed from several manganese hydroxides, and considered to be an acid. </DL>
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<B>manganous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> containing manganese, especially with a valence of two. </DL>
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<B>mange, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a skin disease of dogs, horses, sheep and cattle, caused by parasitic mites. It is much like the itch in man. Tiny skin sores form, and the hair or wool falls out in patches. </DL>
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<B>mangel, </B>noun. =mangel-wurzel.</DL>
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<B>mangel-wurzel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large, coarse variety of beet, used as food for cattle. </DL>
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<B>manger, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a box or trough in a barn or stable, built against the wall at the right height for horses or cattle to eat from. <BR> <I>Ex. And she ... wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn (Luke 2:7). His hay storage ... equipped with a movable manger, reduces labor (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Nautical.) a small space at the forward end of a deck, divided off by a bulkhead or board to shut off any water entering by the hawseholes. </DL>
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<B>mangle</B> (1), transitive verb, <B>-gled,</B> <B>-gling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to cut or tear (the flesh) roughly. <BR> <I>Ex. The two cats bit and clawed until both were much mangled.</I> (SYN) lacerate, mutilate. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to spoil; ruin. <BR> <I>Ex. The child mangled the music because it was too difficult for her to play. My mangled youth lies dead beneath the heap (Francis Thompson).</I> noun <B>mangler.</B> </DL>
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<B>mangle</B> (2), noun, verb, <B>-gled,</B> <B>-gling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a machine with rollers for pressing and smoothing sheets, towels, and other flat things after washing. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to press or make smooth in a mangle. noun <B>mangler.</B> </DL>
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<B>mango, </B>noun, pl. <B>-goes</B> or <B>-gos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a slightly sour, juicy, oval fruit with a thick, yellowish-red rind. Mangoes are eaten ripe or pickled when green. <DD><B> 2. </B>the tropical evergreen tree that it grows on. The mango belongs to the cashew family. </DL>
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<B>man-god, </B>noun, pl. <B>men-gods.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>one who is both a man and a god. <BR> <I>Ex. Prometheus, in the eyes of the Greek, was a man-god (North American Review).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a deified man. <BR> <I>Ex. The Christian world was sunk in the worship ... of men-gods (Thomas P. Thompson).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a god having the form of a man. <BR> <I>Ex. The old idolaters cut down a tree and made a man-god ... out of it (North American Review).</I> </DL>
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<B>mangold, </B>noun. =mangel-wurzel.</DL>
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<B>mangonel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a machine formerly used in war for throwing large stones or other objects. </DL>
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<B>mangosteen, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a juicy, edible fruit with a thick, reddish-purple rind. <DD><B> 2. </B>the tree of southeast Asia that it grows on. </DL>
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<B>mangrove, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a genus of tropical trees and shrubs having branches that send down many roots that look like additional trunks. Mangroves grow in coastal swamps and along the banks of brackish rivers. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of several similar plants or trees of tropical America and the southern coast of the United States, whose flowers are rich in nectar. </DL>
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<B>mangy, </B>adjective, <B>-gier,</B> <B>-giest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having or caused by the mange; like the mange; with the hair falling out. <DD><B> 2. </B>shabby and dirty. <BR> <I>Ex. a mangy dog.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) mean; contemptible. adv. <B>mangily.</B> noun <B>manginess.</B> </DL>
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<B>manhandle, </B>transitive verb, <B>-dled,</B> <B>-dling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to treat roughly; pull or push about. <BR> <I>Ex. If you worry me ... I'll catch you and manhandle you, and you'll die (Rudyard Kipling).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to move by human strength, without mechanical appliances. <BR> <I>Ex. The larger weapons will be marked by electricity, but are also capable of being manhandled (London Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>Manhattan, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cocktail consisting of rye whiskey, sweet vermouth, and usually bitters. </DL>
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<B>Manhattanese, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-ese.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of the borough of Manhattan; having to do with Manhattan, New York, or its inhabitants. <BR> <I>Ex. I was Manhattanese, friendly, and proud (Walt Whitman).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>=Manhattanite.</B> </DL>
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<B>Manhattanite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a native or inhabitant of the borough of Manhattan. <BR> <I>Ex. Even a Manhattanite can find his subway way to the Coney Island Aquarium (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>Manhattan Project,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the code name for the secret project of the Manhattan District, an organization originally responsible for atomic research on the atomic bomb. <BR> <I>Ex. The Manhattan Project was initiated because the physicists had come up with a revolutionary new concept (namely the nuclear chain reaction) (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>manhole, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hole through which a workman can enter a sewer, steam boiler, or underground chamber containing street wiring, gas or water mains, or telephone lines, to inspect or repair them. </DL>
