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Traditional English :: ceaseless
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ceaseless.html - adj. without end; not ceasing. |
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English Idioms :: cease fire
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ceaseless.html - {v.} To give a military command ordering soldiers to stop shooting. * /"Cease fire!" the captain cried, and the shooting stopped./ |
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English Idioms :: cease-fire
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ceaseless.html - {n.} A period of negotiated nonaggression, when the warring parties involved promise not to attack. * /Unfortunately, the cease-fire in Bosnia was broken many times by all parties concerned./ |
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Traditional English :: cease
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ceaseless.html - v. & n. --v.tr. & intr. stop; bring or come to an end (ceased breathing). --n. (in without cease) unending. cease fire Mil. stop firing. cease-fire n. 1 the order to do this. 2 a period of truce; a suspension of hostilities. [ME f. OF cesser, L cessare frequent. of cedere cess- yield] |
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Traditional English :: ceaseless
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ceaseless.html - adj. without end; not ceasing. |
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English Idioms :: cease fire
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ceaseless.html - {v.} To give a military command ordering soldiers to stop shooting. * /"Cease fire!" the captain cried, and the shooting stopped./ |
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