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Definition of Giant

1. Adjective. Of great mass; huge and bulky. "Jumbo shrimp"

2. Noun. Any creature of exceptional size.

3. Noun. A person of exceptional importance and reputation.

4. Noun. An unusually large enterprise. "Walton built a retail giant"

5. Noun. A very large person; impressive in size or qualities.

6. Noun. Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful.

7. Noun. An imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales.

8. Noun. A very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun).

Definition of Giant

1. n. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.

2. a. Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son.

Definition of Giant

1. Noun. (baseball) A player on the team the San Francisco Giants. ¹

2. Noun. (American football) A player on the team the New York Giants. ¹

3. Noun. A mythical human of very great size ¹

4. Noun. (mythology) Specifically, any of the Gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology. ¹

5. Noun. A very tall person. ¹

6. Noun. A tall species of a particular animal or plant. ¹

7. Noun. (astronomy) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (eg. red giant, blue giant). ¹

8. Noun. (computing) An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes. ¹

9. Noun. A very large organisation. ¹

10. Adjective. very large ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Giant

1. a person or thing of great size [n -S]

Medical Definition of Giant

1. 1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature. "Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise." 2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual. 3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power. Giant's Causeway, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland. Origin: OE. Giant, geant, geaunt, OF. Jaiant, geant, F. Geant, L. Gigas, fr. Gr, from the root of E. Gender, genesis. See Gender, and cf. Gigantic. Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son. Giant cell. A very large African heron (Ardeomega goliath). It is the largest heron known. Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole. Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin. Giant puffball, one of several species of very large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Giant

ghoulish ghoulishly ghoulishness ghoulishnesses ghouls ghrelin ghrelins ghutra ghutras ghyll

ghylls giallolino giambeux gianduja gianellaite giant (current term) giant-killer giant-killing giant anteater giant anteaters

giant armadillo giant armadillos giant axon giant axonal neuropathy giant bamboo giant cane giant cell giant cell aortitis giant cell arteritis

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