The meaning of Page

noun

An attendant in a hotel who performs services such as carrying guests' luggage.

Usage examples:

Numerous taxicabs and limousines pulled up to the gilded doorway, dropping off guests while young b…

noun

A person employed to carry bags, open doors, etc. for guests in a hotel

Usage examples:

He followed a bellboy across the lobby to the lift., she gave the bellboy a generous tip.

noun

Another term for bellboy.

noun

A nickname for a liveried pageboy, now normally only in pantomimes.

Usage examples:

Teenager scott garnham, star of last october's half a sixpence, is equally at home in comedy roles,…

verb

A small disc or knob sewn on to a garment, either to fasten it by being pushed through a slit made for the purpose or for decoration.

noun

A small, usually circular object that is sewn on a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing, and is used to fasten it

Usage examples:

When you pay the admission fee at the museum, they give you a button to wear to show you’ve paid., …

noun

An individual leaf of paper or parchment, either loose as one of a series or forming part of a bound volume, which is numbered on the recto or front side only.

Usage examples:

‘restored and put under glass, the folios could be gingerly handled, and it was possible to photogr…

noun

A book made of paper of a large size, especially one of the earliest books printed in europe

noun

A flattened structure of a higher plant, typically green and blade-like, that is attached to a stem directly or via a stalk. leaves are the main organs of photosynthesis and transpiration.

Usage examples:

Many of the trees had lost their leaves

verb

(of a plant, especially a deciduous one in spring) put out new leaves.

Usage examples:

Many plants need a period of dormancy before they leaf and flower

noun

Any of the flat, usually green parts of a plant that are joined at one end to the stem or branch

Usage examples:

By early november it’s getting cold and the trees are starting to lose their leaves., some of the l…

noun

A page in a hotel or attending a bride at a wedding.

Usage examples:

The fashion shows will provide plenty of creative ideas for brides and grooms, but will also extend…

noun

A right-hand page of an open book, or the front of a loose document.

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However, it was very much the habit to place the blank sheet as the recto (looking at the opening o…

phrasal verb

Order or request that something be sent to one.

Usage examples:

Send for our mail order catalogue

phrasal verb

Order or instruct someone to come to one; summon.

Usage examples:

If you don't go i shall send for the police

phrasal verb

To request or demand that someone or something come

Usage examples:

Once he was settled in america, he sent for his wife.

noun

A large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used on a bed to cover the mattress and as a layer beneath blankets when these are used.

Usage examples:

Sleeping blankets and covers, sheets and quilts have been made - with the children's assistance.

verb

Cover with or wrap in a sheet of cloth.

Usage examples:

Lorry drivers don't sheet their loads

verb

Make a sail more or less taut.

Usage examples:

Notice also how he is sheeting in the sail

noun

A position to the left or right of an object, place, or central point.

Usage examples:

A town on the other side of the river

verb

Support or oppose in a conflict, dispute, or debate.

Usage examples:

He felt that max had betrayed him by siding with beatrice

verb

Order (someone) to be present.

Usage examples:

A waiter was summoned

verb

Ask to come

verb

To order someone come to a particular place, or to officially tell someone to be present

Usage examples:

The president summoned an emergency meeting of his advisers., i have been summoned to appear in cou…

noun

A left-hand page of an open book, or the back of a loose document.

Usage examples:

Happily, the verso of the title page tells us why: it's printed in 11.75 point on 15.5 point minion…

noun

The back of something that is printed on both sides