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hint — I noun adumbration, allusion, clue, connotation, covert allusion, cue, faint outline, faint suggestion, foreshadowing, idea, implication, indication, indirect suggestion, inference, inkling, insinuation, intimation, significatio, slight… … Law dictionary
trace — trace1 /trays/, n., v., traced, tracing. n. 1. a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige: traces of an advanced civilization among the ruins. 2. a barely discernible… … Universalium
hint — noun 1》 a slight or indirect indication. ↘a very small trace. 2》 a small piece of practical information. verb indicate indirectly. ↘(hint at) be a slight indication of. Origin C17 (in the sense occasion, opportunity ): appar. from obs. hent… … English new terms dictionary
hint — ► NOUN 1) a slight or indirect indication. 2) a very small trace. 3) a small piece of practical information. ► VERB 1) indicate indirectly. 2) (hint at) be a slight indication of … English terms dictionary
breath — noun Etymology: Middle English breth, from Old English brǣth; akin to Old High German brādam breath, and perhaps to Old English beorma yeast more at barm Date: before 12th century 1. a. air filled with a fragrance or odor b … New Collegiate Dictionary
inkling — noun Etymology: Middle English yngkiling whisper, mention, probably from inclen to hint at; akin to Old English inca suspicion Date: 1513 1. a slight indication or suggestion ; hint, clue < there was no path no inkling even of a track New Yorker… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Subindication — Sub*in di*ca tion, n. The act of indicating by signs; a slight indication. [R.] The subindication and shadowing of heavenly things. Barrow. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suggestion — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the act or process of suggesting b. something suggested 2. a. the process by which a physical or mental state is influenced by a thought or idea < the power of suggestion > b. the process by which one thought leads… … New Collegiate Dictionary
symptom — noun Etymology: Late Latin symptomat , symptoma, from Greek symptōmat , symptōma happening, attribute, symptom, from sympiptein to happen, from syn + piptein to fall more at feather Date: 1541 1. a. subjective evidence of disease or physical… … New Collegiate Dictionary
flicker — I. verb (flickered; flickering) Etymology: Middle English flikeren, from Old English flicorian Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to move irregularly or unsteadily ; flutter 2. to burn or shine fitfully or with a fluctuating light … New Collegiate Dictionary
