3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Giant \Gi"ant\, n. [OE. giant, geant, geaunt, OF jaiant, geant,
F. g['e]ant, L. gigas, fr Gr ?, ?, from the root of E.
gender, genesis. See {Gender}, and cf {Gigantic}.]
1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.
Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise. --Milton.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Giant \Gi"ant\, a.
Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as
giant brothers; a giant son.
{Giant cell}. (Anat.) See {Myeloplax}.
{Giant clam} (Zo["o]l.), a bivalve shell of the genus
{Tridacna}, esp. {T. gigas}, which sometimes weighs 500
pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to
contain holy water.
{Giant heron} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Bot.), a fungus ({Lycoperdon giganteum}),
edible when young, and when dried used for stanching
wounds.
{Giant salamander} (Zo["o]l.), a very large aquatic
salamander ({Megalobatrachus maximus}), found in Japan. It
is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long.
{Giant squid} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of very
large squids, belonging to {Architeuthis} and allied
genera. Some are over forty feet long.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
giant
adj : of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jeg" [syn: {elephantine},
{gargantuan}, {jumbo}]
n 1: any creature of exceptional size
2: a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn: {colossus},
{behemoth}, {heavyweight}, {titan}]
3: an unusually large enterprise; "Walton built a retail giant"
4: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities [syn: {hulk},
{heavyweight}, {whale}]
5: someone who is abnormally large [syn: {goliath}, {behemoth},
{monster}, {colossus}]
6: an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears
in folklore and fair tales
7: a very bright star of large diameter and low density
(relative to the Sun) [syn: {giant star}]
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