Synonyms: quarter
Definition: clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
Usage: he surrendered but asked for quarter
Similar words: mercifulness, mercy, clemency
Definition: leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
Usage: he threw himself on the mercy of the court
Synonyms: quarter
Definition: piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
Similar words: piece of leather
Definition: a separate part consisting of leather
Synonyms: stern, tail, after part, poop, quarter
Definition: the rear part of a ship
Definition: the side that goes last or is not normally seen
Usage: he wrote the date on the back of the photograph
Synonyms: quarter
Definition: a district of a city having some distinguishing character
Usage: the Latin Quarter
Similar words: city district
Definition: a district of a town or city
Synonyms: quarter
Definition: an unspecified person
Usage: he dropped a word in the right quarter
Similar words: somebody, someone, soul, mortal, person, individual
Definition: a human being
Usage: there was too much for one person to do
Synonyms: quarter
Definition: a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
Usage: he fed four quarters into the slot machine
Similar words: coin
Definition: a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
Synonyms: quarter
Definition: a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
Similar words: British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit
Definition: a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet
Synonyms: quarter
Definition: a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
Similar words: avoirdupois unit
Definition: any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights
Synonyms: twenty-five percent, one-fourth, one-quarter, quarter, quartern, fourth, fourth part
Definition: one of four equal parts
Usage: a quarter of a pound
Similar words: common fraction, simple fraction
Definition: the quotient of two integers
Synonyms: quarter
Definition: one of the four major division of the compass
Usage: the wind is coming from that quarter
Similar words: orientation
Definition: position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
Synonyms: quarter
Definition: a fourth part of a year; three months
Usage: unemployment fell during the last quarter
Similar words: time period, period, period of time
Definition: an amount of time
Usage: a time period of 30 years; hastened the period of time of his recovery; Picasso's blue period
Synonyms: quarter
Definition: one of four periods into which the school year is divided
Usage: the fall quarter ends at Christmas
Similar words: session, school term, academic session, academic term
Definition: the time during which a school holds classes
Usage: they had to shorten the school term
Synonyms: quarter
Definition: a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
Usage: it's a quarter til 4; a quarter after 4 o'clock
Similar words: unit of time, time unit
Definition: a unit for measuring time periods
Synonyms: quarter
Definition: (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
Usage: both teams scored in the first quarter
Similar words: part, section, division
Definition: one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
Usage: the written part of the exam; the finance section of the company; the BBC's engineering division
Synonyms: quarter
Definition: divide by four; divide into quarters
Synonyms: quarter
Definition: divide into quarters
Usage: quarter an apple
Similar words: section, segment
Definition: divide into segments
Usage: segment an orange; segment a compound word
Synonyms: quarter, draw, draw and quarter
Definition: pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
Usage: in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes
Similar words: kill
Definition: cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
Usage: This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank; The farmer killed a pig for the holidays
Synonyms: canton, quarter, billet
Definition: provide housing for (military personnel)
Similar words: accommodate, lodge
Definition: provide housing for
Usage: We are lodging three foreign students this semester