'NO' definitions:

Definition of 'no'

From: WordNet
adverb
Referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present; "he was no heavier than a child" [syn: no, no more]
adverb
Not in any degree or manner; not at all; "he is no better today"
adverb
Used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc or especially to emphasize a negative statement; "no, you are wrong"
adjective
Quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of; "we have no bananas"; "no eggs left and no money to buy any"; "have you no decency?"; "did it with no help"; "I'll get you there in no time" [ant: all(a), some(a)]
noun
A negative; "his no was loud and clear" [ant: yes]
noun
A radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known [syn: nobelium, No, atomic number 102]

Definition of 'NO'

From: GCIDE
  • Nitric \Ni"tric\, a. [Cf. F. nitrique. See Niter.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid. [1913 Webster]
  • Nitric acid, a colorless or yellowish liquid obtained by distilling a nitrate with sulphuric acid. It is powerfully corrosive, being a strong acid, and in decomposition a strong oxidizer.
  • Nitric anhydride, a white crystalline oxide of nitrogen (N2O5), called nitric pentoxide, and regarded as the anhydride of nitric acid.
  • Nitric oxide, a colorless poisous gas (NO) obtained by treating nitric acid with copper. On contact with the air or with oxygen, it becomes reddish brown from the formation of nitrogen dioxide (NO2, also called nitric dioxide or nitric peroxide). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'No'

From: GCIDE
  • No \No\ (n[=o]), a. [OE. no, non, the same word as E. none; cf. E. a, an. See None.] Not any; not one; none; as, yes, we have no bananas; -- often used as a quantifier. [1913 Webster]
  • Let there be no strife . . . between me and thee. --Gen. xiii. 8. [1913 Webster]
  • That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: In Old England before a vowel the form non or noon was used. "No man." "Noon apothercary." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'No'

From: GCIDE
  • No \No\, adv. [OE. no, na, AS. n[=a]; ne not + [=a] ever. AS. ne is akin to OHG. ni, Goth. ni, Russ. ne, Ir., Gael. & W. ni, L. ne, Gr. nh (in comp.), Skr. na, and also to E. prefix un-. [root] 193. See Aye, and cf. Nay, Not, Nice, Nefarious.] Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic. [1913 Webster]
  • We do no otherwise than we are willed. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • I am perplx'd and doubtful whether or no I dare accept this your congratulation. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
  • There is none righteous, no, not one. --Rom. iii. 10. [1913 Webster]
  • No! Nay, Heaven forbid. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'No'

From: GCIDE
  • No \No\ (n[=o]), n.; pl. Noes (n[=o]z).
  • 1. A refusal by use of the word no; a denial. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'no'

From: GCIDE
  • nay \nay\ (n[=a]), adv. [Icel. nei; akin to E. no. See No, adv.]
  • 1. No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. Opposed to aye or yea. See also Yes. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • And eke when I say "ye," ne say not "nay." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • I tell you nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. --Luke xiii. 3. [1913 Webster]
  • And now do they thrust us out privily? nay, verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. --Acts xvi. 37. [1913 Webster]
  • He that will not when he may, When he would he shall have nay. --Old Prov. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Before the time of Henry VIII. nay was used to answer simple questions, and no was used when the form of the question involved a negative expression; nay was the simple form, no the emphatic. --Skeat. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Nay in this sense may be interchanged with yea. "Were he my brother, nay, my kingdom's heir." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'no'

From: GCIDE
  • no \no.\ n. Number; -- the number designating place in an ordered sequence; as, no. 2. [abbrev.] [WordNet 1.5]

Definition of 'NO'

From: Easton
  • No or No-A'mon, the home of Amon, the name of Thebes, the ancient capital of what is called the Middle Empire, in Upper or Southern Egypt. "The multitude of No" (Jer. 46:25) is more correctly rendered, as in the Revised Version, "Amon of No", i.e., No, where Jupiter Amon had his temple. In Ezek. 30:14, 16 it is simply called "No;" but in ver. 15 the name has the Hebrew Hamon prefixed to it, "Hamon No." This prefix is probably the name simply of the god usually styled Amon or Ammon. In Nah. 3:8 the "populous No" of the Authorized Version is in the Revised Version correctly rendered "No-Amon."
  • It was the Diospolis or Thebes of the Greeks, celebrated for its hundred gates and its vast population. It stood on both sides of the Nile, and is by some supposed to have included Karnak and Luxor. In grandeur and extent it can only be compared to Nineveh. It is mentioned only in the prophecies referred to, which point to its total destruction. It was first taken by the Assyrians in the time of Sargon (Isa. 20). It was afterwards "delivered into the hand" of Nebuchadnezzar and Assurbani-pal (Jer. 46:25, 26). Cambyses, king of the Persians (B.C. 525), further laid it waste by fire. Its ruin was completed (B.C. 81) by Ptolemy Lathyrus. The ruins of this city are still among the most notable in the valley of the Nile. They have formed a great storehouse of interesting historic remains for more than two thousand years. "As I wandered day after day with ever-growing amazement amongst these relics of ancient magnificence, I felt that if all the ruins in Europe, classical, Celtic, and medieval, were brought together into one centre, they would fall far short both in extent and grandeur of those of this single Egyptian city." Manning, The Land of the Pharaohs.

Definition of 'NO'

From: Hitchcock
    No, stirring up; forbidding

Synonyms of 'no'

From: Moby Thesaurus