(n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
(n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus.
(n.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.
(n.) A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
(n.) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.
(n.) A swage or die used for shaping metals.
(n.) A head or reservoir of water.
(v. t.) To ornament with bosses; to stud.
(n.) A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tap the relevant details into Google, though, and the real names soon appear before your eyes: the boss in question, stern and yet oddly quixotic, is Phyllis Westberg of Harold Ober Associates.
(2) The pressure is ramping up on Asda boss Andy Clarke, who next week will reveal the chain’s sales performance for the quarter covering Christmas.
(3) Every time I have seen him since – you stand up straight and it’s: ‘Hi, boss.
(4) Remember, if he did seize group power and dispose of the Independent , he'd still be boss of the rest of INM: 200 or so papers and magazines around the world, dominant voices in Australasia, South Africa, India and Ireland itself, 100 million readers a week.
(5) His boss, the Molenbeek mayor Françoise Schepmans, said that the seven people arrested seemed to suggest a network based in Brussels connected with the Paris attacks.
(6) Finally, the general philosophy of BOSS and applications to a multi-processor assembly are discussed.
(7) Sometimes in the other team’s half, sometimes in front of his own box, sometimes as the last man.” Die Zeit singles out Bayern’s veteran midfielder Schweinsteiger for praise: “In this historic, dramatic and fascinating victory over Argentina , Schweinsteiger was the boss on the pitch.
(8) However, while he considers the stock undervalued, the hedge fund boss said the software firm had missed a string of opportunities under Ballmer's "Charlie Brown management", referring to the hapless star of the Peanuts cartoon strip.
(9) Worst building Facebook Twitter Pinterest Where Merkel bosses other European leaders around ... a whole street was annihilated for the Justus Lipsius building, home of the Council of the European Union This is where Angela Merkel bosses other European leaders around: the Justus Lipsius building, home of the Council of the European Union.
(10) The current CEO, the aptly named John Boss, took home $5.4m in salary and other compensation in 2015.
(11) "We are going to be working this record for the next 18 months," says the boss of Atlantic, standing on a small podium surrounded by Astroturf.
(12) It is one of six banks involved in talks with the Financial Conduct Authority over alleged rigging in currency markets and Ross McEwan, marking a year as RBS boss, also pointed to a string of other risks in a third quarter trading update.
(13) "Well…" His delightful press secretary, Lena, starts giggling as her boss tries to unknot himself from this contradiction.
(14) Memo to bosses: expect zero loyalty from your zero-hours workers | Barbara Ellen Read more Field asked them to detail the costs couriers are expected to meet themselves, such as uniform and fuel, as well as data on their average hourly rate and information about what efforts the companies go to to ensure owner-drivers are earning the “ national living wage ”.
(15) Former Marks & Spencer boss Rose, chairman of the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign, was on Monday highlighting an analysis that claimed to show EU membership was worth an average of £670,000 in extra trade for each business that exports or imports goods within the bloc.
(16) Werritty, 33, a Scottish Tory who first met Fox when the defence secretary went to speak at Edinburgh University – where Werritty was a student of public policy – had arrived in the emirate a few days earlier to set up meetings for his "boss".
(17) North American box office estimates, 8-10 April The Boss: $23.48m - NEW Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: $23.435m.
(18) A complex form of pluridistrectual dysmorphic disorder (hypertelorism, prognathism, frontal bossing, multiple cysts of the mandible, calcification in falx cerebri, etc) was also present, suggesting a limited form of Gorlin's syndrome (nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome).
(19) "How these union bosses get elected, how they raise money, how they disperse money is a complete and utter mystery.
(20) He took over from long-serving boss Bart Becht in 2011 .
Guv
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Along with Hytner's own production of the comedy One Man Two Guv'nors, it has staved off the financial difficulties that have troubled so many organisations in less commercial artforms since the government funding cuts of 2010.
(2) Asked whether, in retirement, she would still oppose a European central bank, Mr Skinner fed her a line, shouting: 'No, she's goin' to be the guv'nor.'
(3) We chatted it through and came to the conclusion that even condoning the presence of 'medicines' in the house I was staying, could lead to pressure being put on me, or in the worst case, if there was a raid on the house, it was highly unlikely that any of the "professionals " I was sharing the house with were going to say "it's a fair cop guv, That gear is all mine."
(4) A week or so after we speak, I go to see One Man, Two Guv'nors at the National, a comedy in which he takes the lead as a young man working for two highly demanding bosses.
(5) "Between you and me, guv … " he nearly whispered … "I always come off at Rotherham these days and take the A6195 through Rawmarsh, Brampton and Brierley.
(6) For some reason I brought out this character I called the Guv, who was like a London cab driver.
(7) 6 The Guv'nor is a good sort Generally, the guv'nor is good, moral and has the girls' best interests at heart.
(8) That team could conceivably have included the following names on the backs of their shirts: Seamo, Shaggy, Sick-Note, Gazza, Donkey, Psycho, Guv'nor (!
(9) Brian Reader, 77, known by his fellow raiders as “the Guv’nor” or “Master”, was not sentenced last week due to fears he had just months to live .
(10) The thought of striking doctors sitting at home, watching carnage unfold, and saying: “Not my problem, guv!” is so ludicrous that you would hope that it would be instantly dismissed.
(11) The first photograph that McCullin had printed in the Observer was a 1958 picture of a north London gang called "The Guv'nors" – a group of teddy boys resplendent in their exaggerated, smart clothes, rising through and out of a bomb-damaged building.
(12) Here is Next’s considered opinion on the current state of consumer demand, derived from a detailed analysis of its own trading in the past six weeks: “Dunno, guv, we only sell clothes and stuff.” The chief executive, Lord Wolfson, didn’t put it like that, of course.
(13) Vesicular phospholipid bilayer membranes in the form of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) were irradiated with fast neutron fluences ranging from 10(4) to 10(7) n cm-2.
(14) The phase behaviour of both non-irradiated and irradiated GUVs was investigated using an angular light scattering technique.
(15) The purported GABA uptake inhibitors nipecotate (NPA) and guvacine (GUV) acted as GABAa agonists, having pharmacological properties very similar to GABA itself.