Index of English words, starting with "ab"

(1) - Abaft (adv.) Toward the stern; aft; as, to go abaft.
(2) - Abaft (prep.) Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse.

(1) - Abalone (n.) A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.

(1) - Abandon (n.) A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.
(2) - Abandon (v.) Abandonment; relinquishment.
(3) - Abandon (v. t.) To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.
(4) - Abandon (v. t.) Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.
(5) - Abandon (v. t.) To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender.
(6) - Abandon (v. t.) To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

(1) - Abandoned (a.) Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain.
(2) - Abandoned (a.) Forsaken, deserted.
(3) - Abandoned (imp. & p. p.) of Abandon