Definitions by jafje

Sanctimonious 

Holier-than-thou: Making an exaggerated show of holiness or moral superiority.

Sanctimonious like to act as if they're holy.

Sanctimonious by Jafje April 15, 2007

Mock 

ADJECTIVE:

1. Imitation: made to appear like something else, usually something older or more expensive.

2. Pretend: Done as an act, especially in order to amuse people.

3. Practice: done as practice for the real thing.

1. To mock leather.
2. Frowned in mock disapproval.
3. Mock exams.

Mock by Jafje April 15, 2007

Mock 

VERB:

1. To treat somebody or something with scorn or contempt.

2. Mimic somebody: To imitate somebody in a way that is intended to make that person appear silly or ridiculous.

3. To prevent something from succeeding in a way that causes frustration or humiliation.

4. To provoke or annoy someone.

VERB:

1. Mocking someone in an annoying way.
2. Mocking someone in a funny way.
3. Just mock someone.
4. It's the same as provoking someone in an annoying way.

Mock by Jafje April 15, 2007

Erect

1. Straight and vertical: In an upright position.

2. Physiology firm and rigid: Stiff and swollen as a result of being filled with blood, e.g. when sexually aroused.

3. Right side up: Describes an optically produced image that is right side up and not inverted.

4. To build a structure from basic parts and materials.

5. To fix something in an upright position.

6. To bring an organization, system, or theory into being.

7. To draw or construct a line or figure on a given base.

1. An erect plant stem.
2. An erect penis.
3. An erect picture.
4. The building was erected in 1885.
5. Fixing things..
6. The corporation erected a new legal department to deal with mergers and acquisitions.
7. Drawing an erect graph.

Erect by Jafje April 15, 2007

Aperture 

1. A small narrow opening.

2. A fixed or adjustable opening in a piece of equipment such as a camera or microscope that lets light pass through a lens or mirror.

3. The diameter of an aperture in a piece of equipment such as a camera.

See definition of aperture above.

Aperture by Jafje April 15, 2007

Hasten 

1. To do or say something without delay, often in order to correct what might otherwise be a misleading impression.

2. To speed something up.

3. To go somewhere quickly or without delay.

1. "But she's perfectly right," he hastened to add.
2. A vacation would hasten his recovery.
3. He hastened to her side.

Hasten by Jafje April 15, 2007

Rampart

NOUN:
A defensive fortification made of an earthen embankment, often topped by a low protective wall.

VERB:
To protect or fortify somebody or something with ramparts or something similar.

That castle's fortified with ramparts.

Rampart by Jafje April 15, 2007