Hyper Dictionary

English Dictionary Computer Dictionary Thesaurus Dream Dictionary Medical Dictionary


Search Dictionary:  

GAUZY: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:  'gozee

Matching Terms:  gauze, gauze bandage, Gauziness

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"
 
 Synonyms: cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, thin, transparent, vaporous
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gauz"y\, a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, gauze; thin and slight as
gauze.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: airy, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, clear, clear as crystal, crystal, crystal-clear, crystalline, dainty, delicate, diaphane, diaphanous, diluted, downy, ethereal, filmy, fine, fine-drawn, fine-grained, finespun, flimsy, fluffy, frail, fuzzy, girlish, gossamer, gossamery, gracile, insubstantial, lacy, light, light-pervious, limpid, lucid, misty, nonopaque, papery, peekaboo, pellucid, pubescent, rare, rarefied, refined, revealing, satin, satiny, see-through, sheer, silky, slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, small, smooth, subtle, svelte, sylphlike, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied, thinnish, thin-set, thin-spun, threadlike, transparent, transpicuous, unclouded, vague, velutinous, velvety, wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, willowy, wiredrawn, wispy
 

 

 

 

COPYRIGHT © 2000-2003 WEBNOX CORP. HOME | ABOUT HYPERDICTIONARY