god

god

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ɡɒd/]

Senses

1. god (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.

Example: The most frequently used name for the Islamic god is Allah.

2. god (noun) — sense 2

Definition: An idol.: A representation of a deity, especially a statue or statuette.

3. god (noun) — sense 3

Definition: An idol.: Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed.

Example: Leo Messi is my god!

4. god (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To idolize.

Example: a. 1866, Edward Bulwer Lytton, "Death and Sisyphus".
To men the first necessity is gods; / And if the gods were not, / " Man would invent them, tho' they godded stones.

5. god (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To deify.

Example: Then got he bow and shafts of gold and lead, / In which so fell and puissant he grew, / That Jove himselfe his powre began to dread, / And, taking up to heaven, him godded new.

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