Definition of Parts

1. Noun. The local environment. "He hasn't been seen around these parts in years"


Definition of Parts

1. Noun. (plural of part) ¹

2. Noun. (plural only) intellectual ability or learning ¹

3. Noun. (plural only usually with “these” colloquial) vicinity, region ¹

4. Noun. (plural only euphemistic) The male genitals. ¹

5. Verb. (third-person singular of part) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parts

1. part [v] - See also: part

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parts

partocracies
partocracy
partocratic
partogram
partograms
parton
partonic
partons
partook
partridge
partridge pea
partridgeberries
partridgeberry
partridgelike
partridges
parts bin
parts catalog
parts catalogue
parts company
parts department
parts interpreter
parts interpreters
parts inventory
parts of human body
parts of speech
partscore
partscores
partsong
parture

Literary usage of Parts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On the Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection, Or, the by Charles Darwin (1883)
"... and the use or disuse of parts — Correlated Variation — Inheritance — Character of Domestic Varieties — Difficulty of distinguishing between Varieties ..."

2. Elements of Machine Design by Oscar Adolph Leutwiler (1917)
"The transmission of this motion gives rise to forces which must be resisted by the parts of the machine through which the forces are acting. ..."

3. Elements of Machine Design by Oscar Adolph Leutwiler (1917)
"The transmission of this motion gives rise to forces which must be resisted by the parts of the machine through which the forces are acting. ..."

4. Elements of Machine Design by Oscar Adolph Leutwiler (1917)
"The transmission of this motion gives rise to forces which must be resisted by the parts of the machine through which the forces are acting. ..."

5. An Advanced English Grammar: With Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge, Frank Edgar Farley (1913)
"—Use of words in the Sentence: the Eight parts of Speech; ... Substitutes for the parts of Speech: Phrases; Clauses; Compound and Complex Sentences. ..."

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