(n.) That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses.
(n.) A story respecting saints; especially, one of a marvelous nature.
(n.) Any wonderful story coming down from the past, but not verifiable by historical record; a myth; a fable.
(n.) An inscription, motto, or title, esp. one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
(v. t.) To tell or narrate, as a legend.
Example Sentences:
(1) Totò was a legend in the Vesuvian city – a comedian of genius; poignant, mysterious.
(2) Hollywood legend has it that, at the first Academy awards in 1929, Rin Tin Tin the dog won most votes for best actor.
(3) However the imagery is more complex, because scholars believe it also relates to another cherished pre-Raphaelite Arthurian legend, Sir Degrevaunt who married his mortal enemy's daughter.
(4) So Fifa left that group out and went ahead with the draw – according to legend, plucking names from the Jules Rimet trophy itself – and, after Belgium were chosen but decided not to participate, Wales came out next.
(5) When you score a hat trick in the first 16 minutes of a World Cup Final with tens of millions of people watching across the world, essentially ending the match and clinching the tournament before most players worked up a sweat or Japan had a chance to throw in the towel, your status as a sports legend is forever secure – and any favorable comparisons thrown your way are deserved.
(6) "On 22 May," reads the legend above their black fedora hats, "Jens and Sedsel will choose who's in charge in Europe .
(7) The home fans were lifted by the sight of Billy Bonds, a legend in these parts, being presented with a lifetime achievement award before the kick-off and the former West Ham captain and manager probably would have enjoyed playing in Allardyce's combative midfield.
(8) A walk around Old Trafford brought home to Turner that he was in the company of living legends.
(9) The usual legend under the symbol is Satyamev Jayate , translated as "truth alone triumphs".
(10) In legend, Gilgamesh fell asleep on the water side and let slip from his fingers the plant of eternal youth.
(11) Both men had been members of the peshmerga for more than 30 years, and each had stories of struggle and sacrifice that were true to the Kurdish force's legend.
(12) The Gayes’ lawyer branded Williams and Thicke liars who went beyond trying to emulate the sound of Gaye’s late-1970s music and copied the R&B legend’s hit Got to Give It Up outright.
(13) The fact-checking website Snopes.com was launched to correct urban legends and false rumours.
(14) He survived, and The Horse Whisperer became the stuff of literary legend, one of the bestselling books of all time and a Hollywood movie starring Robert Redford.
(15) At the Forum Rodgers and Chic will be part of a lineup that includes DJs past and present, from Studio 54 legend Nicky Siano to Chicago house star Derrick Carter.
(16) Life in short Age 50 Family Married with two children Education Emanuel school, London; Queen's College, Oxford Career Telecoms engineer (1976-78); software engineer (1978); consultant, Cern, Geneva (1978-80); founding director of Image Computer Systems (1981-84); Cern Fellowship (1984-94); developed global hypertext project which became world wide web and designed URL (universal resource locator) and HTML (hypertext markup language) Publication Weaving the Web (1999) Awards OBE (1997); KBE (2004) Quote "Legend has it that every new technology is first used for something related to sex or pornography.
(17) The latter is something of a legend in Bowie mythology and rumoured to be the subject of his song Never Let Me Down .
(18) It’s bigoted, racist rhetoric.” “This is an urban legend that has been going on for 14 years,” said Ryan Jacobs, a city hall spokesman.
(19) Stevens, a legend in Alaska, helped the territory gain statehood.
(20) He is like a Sir Bobby Charlton and Denis Law who I remember watching – the whole club here is a legend.” Martino was certainly correct when he said during the build up – probably to the consternation of the promoter – that there was no way the match would have any bearing on this year’s Ballon d’Or.
Meth
Definition:
(n.) See Meathe.
Example Sentences:
(1) The degree of increase in Meth responsiveness elicited by the initial provocation is a major factor in determining the airway response to a subsequent HS challenge.
(2) Enhanced H2O2 generation was observed in PMP activated by long-term stimulation followed by triggering with PMA, but not observed by triggering with Meth A cells.
(3) Known as crank, crystal, ice, crystal meth, and speed, MAP can be produced easily from ephedrine, and it is widely available.
(4) You are hunting for signs of the assembly of injuries - a broken nose, knocked-out teeth, fractured eye socket - incurred by falling face-first down a fire escape in Michigan while high on crystal meth, crack cocaine and cheap wine.
(5) The interaction between the MetR activator protein and the S. typhimurium metH control region was investigated.
(6) The Dyn system associated with the nucleus accumbens responded in a similar manner in that MK801 totally blocked the METH-induced increases; moreover, NMDA elevated the Dyn content in this structure.
(7) The vitamin B12 (B12)-mediated repression of the metE gene in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium requires the B12-dependent transmethylase, the metH gene product.
(8) OK-432 at a dose of 0.1, 1 or 10 KE was administered orally every 3 days or every other day for 30 days to subcutaneously Meth A tumor-inoculated mice.
(9) Like METH, single or multiple doses of either drug caused marked reductions in both tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) activity and concentrations of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5HT) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA) in several brain regions.
(10) As soon as I called them and was like, 'Hey guys, it's OK, I'm not smoking meth or anything,' it was OK." He adds, frowning: "I don't really know why it happened… My girlfriend told me everyone had been saying, [he puts on a sulky voice] 'Man, Mac's shows aren't crazy any more.'
(11) Tolerance in some endocrine systems appears to be quite long-lasting, as CS, TSH and PRL responses to METH challenge were still decreased 3 weeks after withdrawal from the ID regimen.
(12) The chief executive is pinning early hopes on Breaking Bad, a gritty US drama in which a chemistry teacher with terminal cancer sets up a crystal meth lab, which was barely noticed when it aired on 5USA, although for all its merits it might not exactly be classified as family entertainment.
(13) Furthermore, F-drugs could be utilized to probe the microenvironmental pH in Meth-A cells, in which the drug was located by the ratio of fluorescent intensities at 450 and 490 nm.
(14) The induction of IFN-gamma production by in vivo tumor-sensitized T cells is tumor specific, in that spleen cells from mice immunized against Meth A fibrosarcoma can produce IFN in response to irradiated Meth A cells but not in response to another syngeneic tumor M109 lung carcinoma.
(15) Splenic cells obtained from Meth-A inoculated mice which received combination therapy were not only NK-sensitive YAC-1 and LAK-sensitive EL-4 cells, but also NK-resistant Meth-A cells, as shown in a 4-h 51Cr-release assay.
(16) In this investigation, primary myocardial cell cultures were established from 3-5-day-old Sprague-Dawley rats to describe the adverse effects of Coc and Meth on the myocardium.
(17) During a raid in 2013 on a village in Guangdong province nicknamed “China’s number one drug village”, police closed dozens of secret drug labs producing meth and ketamine and confiscated at least three tonnes of drugs worth about £142m.
(18) Pharmaceutical dosage was set at approximately 30% of the increased life span (ILS) for Meth-A.
(19) No excellent antitumor effects of three platinum complexes were observed against Lewis lung carcinoma and B16 melanoma implanted s.c. even at triple injection every other day, and no effect was obtained against Meth-A fibrosarcoma under similar conditions.
(20) Eight metH mutants in Salmonella typhimurium with closely linked sites of mutation which could grow only on methionine were isolated from a metE mutant deficient in N(5)-methyltetrahydropteroyltriglutamate-homocysteine transmethylase; their deficiency in cobalamin-dependent N(5)-methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine transmethylase was supported by the results of enzyme studies of one of them.