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poise
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES poised between sth and sth ▪ Ahead of it the Wyrmberg turned from a distant toy to several billion tons of rock poised between heaven and earth. ▪ Like families gathered at Christmas, social animals are poised between ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "weight, quality of being heavy," later "significance, importance" (mid-15c.), from Old French pois "weight, balance, consideration" (12c., Modern French poids ), from Medieval Latin pesum "weight," from Latin pensum "something weighted or weighed," ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Poise \Poise\, v. i. To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt. The slender, graceful spars Poise aloft in air. --Longfellow.
Usage examples of poise.
She was always so self-contained, so immaculate, so perfectly poised and turned out that his need to see her with her mouth swollen after love, her hair tangled by his fingers, her eyes languorous and heavy, her breathing quickened, sharp and desirous, was sometimes so great that he ached to reach out and take hold of her.
Clodius Afer asked in a cautionary tone, the helmet poised between his palms and the hinged cheek pieces flopping over the backs of his hands.
In the dingy little dining-room of the Albergo Monte Gazza, a mountain inn miles from anywhere, situation arduous for walkers and pointless for cars, tariff humanely adjusted to the purses of the penniless, his poise and finish made him a grotesque.
Still poised to run, Alec took a wary look back and realized his mistake.
There a snake was poised, not coiled, not menacing to strike, simply waiting, with round head alift and trembling tongue.
NORMALLY, Renz was a man of poise, while Alker was inclined to be nervous.
Even then, among the debris with smuts all over his face, he still retained his poise.
Grand Dame Alpha, stalking through the wolves with a strength and poise that Michael would never have imagined, considering her age.
The grosbeak sang on, a big Turnus butterfly sailed through the arbour and poised over the table.
And, last of those I knew well, Tamor the Armiger, Towering Tamor, poised upon the balls of his feet as though about to take flight, Grandfather Tamor, strong and dependable, quick in judgment, instant in action.
CHAPTER ONE BIG JOE, the tiger cat, poised for another playful spring at the tangle of cod line Asey Mayo was patiently unwinding in the woodshed of his Cape Cod home, abruptly changed his mind in mid - air.
Deep-piled and incredibly soft was the blue floor cloth beneath our feet, platforms large and small standing in many places upon it, slaves both male and female astand beside and about them, in the shadows, poised ever ready to be commanded to their tasks.
Occasionally they darted sidelong glances at the Baptist, shaking and nodding their heads as they spoke, but striving to maintain their poise.
Ollia Bekke poised tense and trembling, and with the first lick of blood-colored lightning from her Globe a slick of sweat shone on her brow.
The mind-calming Bene Gesserit regimen his mother had taught him kept him poised, ready to expand any opportunity.