the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"
delivered at the moment of parting as if in flight or retreat; "paused to deliver a parting shot at the door"; "a Parthian volley of expletives from Uncle Billy"- Bret Harte
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"
event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"
a torpid state resembling deep sleep
a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"
be asleep
be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people"
a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"
the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"
the facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the score"
a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages; "he studied the score of the sonata"
a set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one returned"
grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful"
a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0"
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my score and I'll settle later"
make underscoring marks
gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance; "She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200"
make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it"