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Figure of speech
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expression
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" Expression " is the lead single released from Salt-n-Pepa 's third album, Blacks' Magic . The song was both written and produced by member Cheryl "Salt" James . The song became the group's second single to reach the top 40 in the US, peaking at number ...
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n. the expression on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" [syn: look , aspect , facial expression , face ] expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition" ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Expression \Ex*pres"sion\ ([e^]ks*pr[e^]sh"[u^]n), n. [L. expressio: cf. F. expression.] The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth. ...
Usage examples of expression.
The perfect expression of thought requires the physical accompaniments of language, gesture, etc.
The expression on his face was indescribable, wandering between amusement and affrontery, with a touch each of anger and exasperation.
Although the Pathfinder did not dare to look at Mabel while he made this direct allusion to his change of life, he would have given the world to know whether she was listening, and what was the expression of her countenance.
Then, as he stood with an expression of passive amazement on his face, the rapid feet came to the door of the dressing-room and that too was locked.
His lack of expression amply demonstrated that he awaited her reaction.
The expression she normally used was an artifice that affected only her lips, unlike her tepid analogue in the other frame who smiled with her whole face, on those few occasions she had reason to smile at all.
Esmenet knelt over her anguished face, and Kellhus stood above them, his expression watchful, wise, and sad.
Ensign Gage burst into the room, her expression warring between annoyance and chagrin.
Her eyes were widespread in an expression of horrified anticipation and fixed directly upon me as I came in sight above the edge of the deck.
When he stopped looking at her legs and breasts in anticipation he saw there was a daunting expression on her face.
In the East, where the thought of the apostolical succession of the bishops never received such pronounced expression as in Rome it was just this latter element that was almost exclusively emphasised from the end of the 3rd century.
To apperceive, for instance, the rules of government and agreement in grammar will have a very limited value if the student is not able to give expression to these in his own conversation.
The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive government of the United States, being not far distant, and the time actually arrived, when your thoughts must be employed designating the person, who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now apprize you of the resolution I have formed, to decline being considered among the number of those out of whom a choice is to be made.
With one of his customary sighs, a helpless expression that he thought he seemed to be making far too often these days, the portly master moved off to find the errant artillerist, taking with him a second-year student to replace the man.
Her artless dalliance and grace-- The joy that lighted up her brow-- The sweet expression of her face-- Her form--it stands before me now!