Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

torpidmore about torpid

torpid


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Torpid  \Tor"pid\,  n.  [See  {Torpid},  a.]  [Slang,  Oxford 
  University,  Eng.] 
  1.  An  inferior  racing  boat,  or  one  who  rows  in  such  a  boat. 
 
  2.  pl  The  Lenten  rowing  races. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Torpid  \Tor"pid\,  a.  [L.  torpidus  fr  torpere  to  be  stiff, 
  numb,  or  torpid;  of  uncertain  origin.] 
  1.  Having  lost  motion,  or  the  power  of  exertion  and  feeling; 
  numb;  benumbed;  as  a  torpid  limb. 
 
  Without  heat  all  things  would  be  torpid.  --Ray. 
 
  2.  Dull;  stupid;  sluggish;  inactive.  --Sir  M.  Hale. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  torpid 
  adj  1:  slow  and  apathetic;  "she  was  fat  and  inert";  "a  sluggish 
  worker";  "a  mind  grown  torpid  in  old  age"  [syn:  {inert}, 
  {sluggish}] 
  2:  (biology)  in  a  condition  of  biological  rest  or  suspended 
  animation;  "dormant  buds";  "a  hibernating  bear";  "torpid 
  frogs"  [syn:  {dormant},  {hibernating(a)}] 




more about torpid