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horace
  • n  Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
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horace greeley
  • n  United States journalist with political ambitions (1811-1872)
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hop-step-and-jump
  • n  an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement
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hop clover
  • n  prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America
  • n  clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
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hop hornbeam
  • n  any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops
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hop pole
  • n  a tall pole to support the wires on which the hop plant is trained
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horace mann
  • n  United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859)
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horace walpole
  • n  English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)
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hope
  • n  a specific instance of feeling hopeful
    it revived their hope of winning the pennant
  • n  the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
    in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope
  • n  grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
  • n  someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
    he was their best hope for a victory
  • n  United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)
  • n  one of the three Christian virtues
  • v  expect and wish
    I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise
  • v  be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
  • v  intend with some possibility of fulfilment
    I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening
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hope chest
  • n  chest for storage of clothing (trousseau) and household goods in anticipation of marriage
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hopefulness
  • n  full of hope
  • n  the feeling you have when you have hope
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