(v. t.) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung; -- done to remove the superfluous mordant.
(v. i.) To void excrement.
Example Sentences:
(1) A total of 202 cultures of yeasts were isolated and characterized from king crab and Dungeness crab meat.
(2) 15 species were found on dung pellets of wild living herbivorous mammals.
(3) dives females oviposited in a medium of rat dung and water.
(4) Dorian Lucas, a nuclear specialist at energy consultancy, Inenco, made his comments after it was revealed that power group, EDF, had won permission to change the rules for its Dungeness B station.
(5) The result of this investigation indicated that probably the majority of the indoor catches are due to the migration of outdoor-produced sandflies specially in close surroundings where dried cow dung droppings were left.
(6) It was in the US that things really kicked off, when Giuliani declared: “The idea of, in the name of art, having a city subsidise art, so-called works of art, in which people are throwing elephant dung at a picture of the Virgin Mary, is sick.” He threatened to remove funding from the Brooklyn Museum unless “the director comes to his senses”.
(7) The only site rejected in the draft document was Dungeness, chiefly because of its "unique ecosystem".
(8) The composition of the myxobacterial flora depends on ecological factors (kind of dung pellets, rock, bark and pH).
(9) A smaller group of 9 horses showed a subacute course while 22 horses had chronic enteritis with intermittent diarrhoea--often semisolid like cow's dung--increased peristalsis, weight loss and, in some cases, hypoproteinaemia with subcutaneous edema.
(10) The dung of both the white rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simum, and the black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis, is considered to be a possible alternative site for the immatures of C. kanagai.
(11) Also featured are the puffer fish, dung beetle, veiled chameleon and moon jellyfish.
(12) Among dairy cows, wet cattle dung and all that, he was in a tie and jacket.
(13) Clifford Newbold, an architect who was involved in the design of Milbank Tower and Dungeness Lighthouse, had hoped to restore the palace to its Georgian splendour, but he died last year.
(14) The adults, puparium and 3rd instar larva of a dung-breeding fly, Musca nevilli sp.
(15) Predictions for this model are tested using all available data from the dung fly, Scatophaga stercoraria.
(16) The incidence of extensive damage to natural dung pats within five days of deposition, caused by biotic factors, another possible cause of D viviparus third stage larvae dispersal, varied from 0 to 92 per cent of the pats depending on their degree of dryness.
(17) Invasion by the recently defined dung beetle, Maladera matrida, is a new phenomenon which causes extreme distress, usually starting after invasion by the insect in the early morning hours.
(18) The quantitative and comparative analysis of the Purkinje cells indicates the higher mean linear density in the anterior lobe, with regard to posterior lobe, in the cerebellum of the dung cook, Gallus gallus.
(19) In 1999 Rudy Giuliani, the then mayor of New York City, tried to shut down Charles Saatchi's Sensation exhibition after taking offence at Chris Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary, which featured a portrait of the Virgin Mary created partly from elephant dung.
(20) The transmission of Johne's disease was possibly promoted by furnishing the shelters with a scraper system to remove the dung, which system also reached the compartment housing young cattle.
Dunk
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) They not only started the season with journeyman windmill dunk specialist Gerald Green on their roster – he was one of Phoenix's starters.
(2) And Chalmers alley-oop pass to LeBron who dunks it, the Heat are still here.
(3) If you raise the floor of a basketball court by just a few inches, you will see many more slam dunks."
(4) 3.02am BST Heat 38-42 Spurs, 5:20, second quarter And Ginobili steals on the next possession, hey here's something good, he gets the ball into Tony Parker's capable hands and the point guard hits a two-pointer, Lewis misses a jumper on the other end and Duncan turns a Diaw steal into a dunk and now it's Miami's turn to take a time out.
(5) They can’t be charged with obstructing official business, since (according to the prosecutor) they did indeed cooperate with the investigation an tell the truth during the formal investigation.” The “best bet” would be obstruction of justice, he said, based on their initial false statements, but “that only works if they made the false statement with the purpose of hindering the discovery of a crime.” “There is an argument that their initial statements were made with that purpose,” he said, “though I don’t think it’s a slam dunk.” Since the officers cooperated with the formal investigation, Simmons said it’s unlikely Deters would want to present an aggressive case to the grand jury, as “it is always difficult to get police officers to testify against their fellow officers and it looks like these two did tell the truth when it really mattered.” Meanwhile, it emerged on Friday that Tensing was seeking reinstatement on the UC police force through his union.
(6) The Slam Dunk Contest, sorry the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest disappointed for the second year in a row.
(7) As Motion's prologue makes clear, this is a "found poem" – the literary equivalent of the objet trouvé (did Damien Hirst "make" that sheep he dunked in formaldehyde?
(8) Meanwhile, the Rising Stars game somehow featured less defense than the All-Star Game, Usain Bolt, despite the pregame hype, faltered in the Celebrity All-Star Game after an early dunk and nobody cares, or ever will care, about Shooting Stars or the Skills Challenge, sorry the Taco Bell Skills Challenge, not even the winners.
(9) A fast break dunk by Iguodala with 5:12 left in the third extended the Warriors’ lead to 61-51.
(10) Then Tiago Spillter dunks and the Spurs bench applauds in response.
(11) 1.41am BST Indiana Pacers 12-6 Miami Heat - 7:05 remaining, 1st Quarter And David West makes um two straight dunks and that will quiet the Miami crowd real good, a good time for a Heat timeout which they take.
(12) 3.01am BST Spurs 58-34 Heat, 5:52 remaining, 2nd quarter Chris Bosh makes a dunk, I love Chris Bosh.
(13) • Oh and I suppose the Dunk of the Week should rightfully go to this year's Slam Dunk Contest winner Terrence Ross.
(14) Judging by the slapdash nature of the marking at that set piece, Hughton’s side were missing the customarily commanding presence of the suspended Lewis Dunk at the heart of their defence.
(15) Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos is supremely confident that reviving the sitcom Arrested Development, which was made available globally online last night in a single 15-episode junkie-pleasing hit, will be the latest "slam dunk" in the video streaming service's mission to revolutionise the TV industry.
(16) Denver's Wilson Chandler scored 17 points, Nate Robinson added 16, and Kenneth Faried had a key block and transition dunk with 33 seconds left to lift the Nuggets past the Washington Wizards 75-74.
(17) In addition to the prerequisite leaping ability, long-term success in "playing above the rim" requires experience, exceptional physical agility, and the mental discipline to anticipate and avoid slam-dunk opportunities with high risk for personal injury.
(18) On the contrary, if Obama doesn't deliver a "slam dunk" on Tuesday, we'll see another round of liberal hand-wringing and conservative victory laps.
(19) Mario Chalmers dunks, Duncan dunks and LeBron finally hits his first shot of the game, with a jumper.
(20) Paul George had the Dunk of the Year Facebook Twitter Pinterest No we're not going to argue about this, Indiana Pacers guard Paul George had the Dunk of the Year.