budge

  • 1Budge — is a verb, meaning to move.Budge can also refer to: * Budge of court, free food and drink in a royal court * Budgebudge, a city in the state of West Bengal, India * Budge Hall, a building at Brigham Young UniversityPeople: * Bill Budge, computer… …

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  • 2Budge — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Don Budge (1915–2000),eigentlich John Donald Budge, US amerikanischer Tennisspieler E. A. Wallis Budge (1857–1934), eigentlich Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, englischer Ägyptologe, Orientalist… …

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  • 3budge — [bʌdʒ] v [I,T usually in negatives] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: bouger, from Latin bullire; BOIL1] 1.) to move, or to make someone or something move ▪ She leaned on the door, but it wouldn t budge. budge from ▪ Will hasn t budged from his …

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  • 4Budge — Budge, a. 1. Lined with budge; hence, scholastic. Budge gowns. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Austere or stiff, like scholastics. [1913 Webster] Those budge doctors of the stoic fur. Milton. [1913 Webster] {Budge bachelor}, one of a company of men… …

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  • 5budge — [ bʌdʒ ] verb intransitive or transitive usually in negatives to move, or to move something, especially something that is very heavy or is stuck: I pulled again, but the wheel wouldn t budge. It was wedged between two stones and we couldn t budge …

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  • 6budge up — (informal) To move closer together (eg along a bench) usu so as to make room for others • • • Main Entry: ↑budge * * * ˌbudge ˈup [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they budge up …

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  • 7Budge — (b[u^]j), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Budged} (b[u^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Budging}.] [F. bouger to stir, move (akin to Pr. bojar, bolegar, to stir, move, It. bulicare to boil, bubble), fr. L. bullire. See {Boil}, v. i.] To move off; to stir; to walk… …

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  • 8Budge — Budge, a. [See {Budge}, v.] Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obs.] South. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 9Budge — Budge, n. [OE. bouge bag, OF. boge, bouge, fr. L. bulga a leathern bag or knapsack; a Gallic word; cf. OIr. bolc, Gael. bolg. Cf. {Budge}, n.] A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; used formerly as an edging and ornament …

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  • 10budge — budge1 [buj] vt., vi. budged, budging [Fr < OFr bouger, to move < VL * bullicare, to boil < L bullire,BOIL1] 1. to move even a little [unable to budge the boulder] 2. to yield or cause to yield budge2 [buj] …

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