Germ

  • 31germ — noun (C) 1 not technical a bacterium (bacteria) that can make you ill: This disinfectant kills all known germs. 2 the germ of an idea/theory/feeling etc the early stage of an idea, feeling etc that may develop into something bigger and more… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32germ — [[t]dʒɜrm[/t]] n. 1) mcr a microorganism, esp. when disease producing; microbe 2) bot a bud, offshoot, or seed 3) dvl the rudiment of a living organism; an embryo in its early stages 4) dvl the initial stage in development or evolution, as a germ …

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  • 33GERM — Команда была образована в 1996 г. в школе подмосковного Митино. Постоянный состав Germ a : Иван Печников вокал, гитара, Андрей Веригин барабаны. Дмитрий Семин бас. Их стиль фанковый грандж или гранджовый фанк. Тексты для Germ a пишут А. Веригин и …

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  • 34germ — [17] As its close relatives germane and germinate [17] suggest, germ has more to do etymologically with ‘sprouting’ and ‘coming to life’ than with ‘disease’. It comes via Old French germe from Latin germen ‘sprout, offshoot’, which may go back… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 35germ — noun 1) this detergent kills germs Syn: microbe, microorganism, bacillus, bacterium, virus; informal bug 2) a fertilized germ Syn: embryo, bud; seed, spore, ovule; egg, ovum …

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  • 36germ — [17] As its close relatives germane and germinate [17] suggest, germ has more to do etymologically with ‘sprouting’ and ‘coming to life’ than with ‘disease’. It comes via Old French germe from Latin germen ‘sprout, offshoot’, which may go back… …

    Word origins

  • 37germ — 1. A microbe; a microorganism. 2. A primordium; the earliest trace of a structure within an embryo. [L. germen, sprout, bud, g.] dental g. SYN: tooth g.. enamel g. the enamel …

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  • 38germ — See germ, microbe, bacteria, virus …

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  • 39germ — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. microorganism; seed, embryo; microbe, bacterium; beginning, rudiment; source, origin, cause. See littleness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Origin] Syn. inception, source, root, basis; see origin 3 . 2.… …

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  • 40germ — noun 1》 a microorganism, especially one which causes disease. 2》 a portion of an organism capable of developing into a new one or part of one.     ↘the embryo in a cereal grain or other plant seed. 3》 an initial stage from which something may… …

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