Lamp

From Fresh Dictionary

1 English
2 Old English
- 2.1 Pronunciation
- 2.2 Verb form

English

Etymology

Part or all of this page has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

From French lampe, Latin lampas, -adis, from Greek , , (meaning torch, fr. lampein to give light, to shine. Compare lampad, lantern.

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Noun

lamp (plural: lamps)

A device that generates heat, light or other radiation
A device containg oil, burnt through a wick for illumination
A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs

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Translations

Chinese (simplified): ç¯ (deng1)
Chinese (traditional): ç (deng1)

Russian: Ð»Ð°Ð¼Ð¿Ð° (lÃ¡mpa) f.
Telugu: à°¦à±à°ªà° (deepam), à°¦à°¿à°µà±à°µà± (divve)

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Verb

to lamp

((slang{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) to hit, clout, belt, wallop
to hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping
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