true : Idioms & Phrases

• (Law), a bill of indictment which is returned by the grand jury so indorsed, signifying that the charges to be true.
• a bill of indictment sanctioned by a grand jury.

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• noun United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
  Cy Young; Young.
  

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• adjective satellite not accurately fitted; not level
  untrue.
  
  • the frame was out of true
  • off-level floors and untrue doors and windows

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• varying from correct mechanical form, alignment, adjustment, etc.; said of a wall that is not perpendicular, of a wheel whose circumference is not in the same plane, and the like. Colloq.

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• noun conformity to reality or actuality
  trueness; truth; verity.
  
  • they debated the truth of the proposition
  • the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat
  • he was famous for the truth of his portraits
  • he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities

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• to happen as predicated or expected.

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• adjective satellite tested and proved to be reliable
  time-tested; tested; tried.
  

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• noun the angular distance of a point in an orbit past the point of periapsis measured in degrees
  

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• noun a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
  eubacteria; eubacterium.
  

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• noun an indictment endorsed by a grand jury
  

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• noun the true blackberry of Europe as well as any of numerous varieties having sweet edible black or dark purple berries
  Rubus fruticosus.
  

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• noun any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially of the suborder Heteroptera
  

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• noun feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
  cat.
  

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• noun any cedar of the genus Cedrus
  cedar; cedar tree.
  

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• noun an achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect; body parts and mental and sexual development are normal
  normal dwarf; hypoplastic dwarf; primordial dwarf.
  

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• noun any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas
  fir; fir tree.
  

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• noun any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
  Old World flycatcher; flycatcher.
  

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• noun insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs
  ranid.
  

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• noun any of numerous fungi of the division Eumycota
  

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• noun the space between the two true vocal folds
  rima glottidis; rima vocalis; glottis vera.
  

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• noun small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit
  Psidium guajava; guava; guava bush.
  

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• noun any plant of the genus Erica
  erica.
  

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• noun a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea
  jessamine; Jasminum officinale; common jasmine.
  

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• noun small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
  bay tree; Laurus nobilis; bay laurel; bay.
  

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• noun large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs
  

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• noun a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love
  lovers' knot; true lover's knot; love knot; lover's knot.
  
• noun a knot for tying the ends of two lines together
  truelove knot; fisherman's knot.
  

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• noun a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love
  lovers' knot; true lover's knot; love knot; lover's knot.
  

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• noun mahogany tree of West Indies
  Dominican mahogany; Swietinia mahogani; Cuban mahogany.
  

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• noun a marmoset
  

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• noun any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper
  pepper vine.
  

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• noun a coniferous tree
  pine tree; pine.
  

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• noun any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
  puffball.
  

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• noun one of the first seven ribs in a human being which attach to the sternum
  

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• noun Malaysian palm whose pithy trunk yields sago--a starch used as a food thickener and fabric stiffener; Malaya to Fiji
  Metroxylon sagu.
  

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• noun parasitic tree of Indonesia and Malaysia having fragrant close-grained yellowish heartwood with insect repelling properties and used, e.g., for making chests
  sandalwood tree; Santalum album.
  

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• noun any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers
  earless seal; hair seal.
  

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• noun erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
  tinnevelly senna; Alexandria senna; Indian senna; Alexandrian senna; Cassia augustifolia; Senna alexandrina; Cassia acutifolia.
  

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• noun a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes
  myxomycete; acellular slime mold; plasmodial slime mold.
  

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• noun any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
  sparrow.
  

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• noun a true statement
  truth.
  
  • he told the truth
  • he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it

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• . See under Time.

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• adjective satellite sexually faithful
  
  • she was true to her significant other

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• adjective satellite representing things or actions or conditions as they actually are
  true to life.
  
  • the novel about ghetto life was true to life
  • true-to-life duck decoys

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• noun tailless amphibian similar to a frog but more terrestrial and having drier warty skin
  

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• noun light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
  whitewood; tulipwood; white poplar; yellow poplar.
  

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• verb make level, square, balanced, or concentric
  true.
  
  • true up the cylinder of an engine

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• noun any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood
  vampire bat.
  

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• noun either of the two lower vocal folds that come together to form the glottis; produce a vocal tone when they are approximated and air from the lungs passes between them
  inferior vocal cord; inferior vocal fold; true vocal cord.
  

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• noun either of the two lower vocal folds that come together to form the glottis; produce a vocal tone when they are approximated and air from the lungs passes between them
  inferior vocal cord; inferior vocal fold; true vocal cord.
  

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• noun small active brownish or greyish Old World birds
  Old World warbler.
  

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• adjective satellite marked by unswerving loyalty
  
  • a true-blue American
  • a reliable true-blue country club conservative

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True"-blue` adjective

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1. Of inflexible honesty and fidelity; -- a term derived from the true, or Coventry, blue, formerly celebrated for its unchanging color. See True blue, under Blue.

True"-blue` noun

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1. A person of inflexible integrity or fidelity.

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True"-born` adjective

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1. Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, a true-born Englishman.

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True"-bred` adjective

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1. Of a genuine or right breed; as, a true-bred beast. Shak.
2. Being of real breeding or education; as, a true-bred gentleman.

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• adjective offering a series of statements each of which is to be judged as true or false
  
  • a true-false test

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True"-heart`ed adjective

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1. Of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless or deceitful; as, a truhearted friend. -- True"-heart`ed*ness, n.

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True"-pen`ny noun

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1. An honest fellow. Shak. Bacon.

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• adjective satellite representing things or actions or conditions as they actually are
  true to life.
  
  • the novel about ghetto life was true to life
  • true-to-life duck decoys

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