Antonyms for marrow
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : mar-oh |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmær oʊ |
Definition of marrow
Origin :- late 14c., from Old English mearg "marrow," earlier mærh, from Proto-Germanic *mazga- (cf. Old Norse mergr, Old Saxon marg, Old Frisian merg, Middle Dutch march, Dutch merg, Old High German marg, German Mark "marrow"), from PIE *mozgo- "marrow" (cf. Sanskrit majjan-, Avestan mazga- "marrow," Old Church Slavonic mozgu, Lithuanian smagenes "brain"). Figurative sense of "inmost or central part" is attested from c.1400.
- noun heart, essence
- When she pressed a little she felt she distinguished the suffering cries of the marrow.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- The bone was formed by sifting pure smooth earth and wetting it with marrow.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- Worst of all and most fatal is the disease of the marrow, by which the whole course of the body is reversed.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- The first principle of all of them was the generation of the marrow.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- It is the pith and marrow of every substance, every relation, and every process.
- Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Lambert did some hard thinking for a little while, so hard that it wrenched him to the marrow.
- Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
- He is ready to eat me, and she to freeze the marrow in my bones.
- Extract from : « A Bride of the Plains » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
- In matters of form this poet is no romantic but a classic to the marrow.
- Extract from : « Views and Reviews » by William Ernest Henley
- Have no grit or zest for toiling and no marrow in their bones.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 3, 1916 » by Various
- A chill wind swept across the city and penetrated to the marrow.
- Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
Synonyms for marrow
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