budge

Definition of Budge in English :

Noun

1. budge, don budge, john donald budge

United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000)

Verb

2. agitate, budge, shift, stir

move very slightly

Example Sentences:
'He shifted in his seat'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Budge

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verb (usually used with a negative)

1.

to move, however slightly

the car won't budge

2.

to change or cause to change opinions, etc

noun

a lambskin dressed for the fur to be worn on the outer side

noun

Don(ald). 1915–2000, US tennis player, the first man to win the Grand Slam of singles championships (Australia, France, Wimbledon, and the US) in one year (1938)

Budge

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verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: budged or ˈbudging

1.

to move even a little

unable to budge the boulder

2.

to yield or cause to yield

noun

1.

lambskin dressed so that the wool is worn outward, esp. as a trimming on academic gowns of the past

adjective

2. Archaic

solemn or pompous

Budge

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v. budged, budg·ing, budg·es

v.intr.

1. To move or stir slightly: The trapped child was stuck tight and couldn't budge.

2. To alter a position or attitude: had made the decision and wouldn't budge.

v.tr.

1. To cause to move slightly.

2. To cause to alter a position or attitude: an adamant critic who couldn't be budged.

n.

Fur made from lambskin dressed with the wool outside, formerly used to trim academic robes.

adj.
Archaic

Overformal; pompous.

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