'Story' definitions:
Definition of 'story'
From: WordNet
noun
A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children" [syn: narrative, narration, story, tale]
noun
A piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"
noun
A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?" [syn: floor, level, storey, story]
noun
A record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead" [syn: history, account, chronicle, story]
noun
A short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious" [syn: report, news report, story, account, write up]
noun
A trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?" [syn: fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle]
Definition of 'Story'
From: GCIDE
- Story \Sto"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Storied; p. pr. & vb. n. Storying.] To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story. [1913 Webster]
- How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high. --Bp. Wilkins. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Story'
From: GCIDE
- Story \Sto"ry\, n. [OE. storie, OF. estoire, F. histoire, fr. L. historia. See History.]
- 1. A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record. [1913 Webster]
- One malcontent who did indeed get a name in story. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- Venice, with its unique city and its Impressive story. --Ed. Rev. [1913 Webster]
- The four great monarchies make the subject of ancient story. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Story'
From: GCIDE
- Story \Sto"ry\, n.; pl. Stories. [OF. estor['e], estor['e]e, built, erected, p. p. of estorer to build, restore, to store. See Store, v. t.] A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within. [Written also storey.] [1913 Webster]
- Note: A story comprehends the distance from one floor to another; as, a story of nine or ten feet elevation. The spaces between floors are numbered in order, from below upward; as, the lower, second, or third story; a house of one story, of two stories, of five stories. [1913 Webster]
- Story post (Arch.), a vertical post used to support a floor or superincumbent wall. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'story'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account,
- action,
- adventures,
- alibi,
- allegation,
- allegory,
- anagnorisis,
- anecdotage,
- anecdote,
- angle,
- annals,
- architectonics,
- architecture,
- argument,
- article,
- assertion,
- atmosphere,
- autobiography,
- back-fence gossip,
- background,
- band,
- beat,
- bed,
- bedding,
- belly laugh,
- belt,
- biographical sketch,
- biography,
- blague,
- blue story,
- book,
- budget of news,
- case history,
- catastrophe,
- characterization,
- chitchat,
- chronicle,
- chronicles,
- chronology,
- clerestory,
- Clio,
- cock-and-bull story,
- color,
- complication,
- confabulation,
- confessions,
- contention,
- continuity,
- contrivance,
- copy,
- couche,
- course,
- curriculum vitae,
- deck,
- denouement,
- description,
- design,
- detective story,
- development,
- device,
- diary,
- dirty joke,
- dirty story,
- dispatch,
- double entendre,
- entresol,
- epic,
- episode,
- epos,
- ethnic joke,
- exaggeration,
- exclusive,
- excuse,
- experiences,
- fable,
- fabliau,
- fabrication,
- facts,
- fairy,
- fairy tale,
- falling action,
- falsehood,
- falsity,
- farfetched story,
- farrago,
- feature,
- fib,
- fiction,
- first floor,
- fish story,
- flam,
- flat,
- flimflam,
- floor,
- folktale,
- fortunes,
- fun,
- funny story,
- gag,
- gallery,
- gest,
- ghost story,
- gimmick,
- good one,
- good story,
- gossip,
- gossiping,
- gossipmongering,
- gossipry,
- ground floor,
- groundless rumor,
- hagiography,
- hagiology,
- half-truth,
- historiography,
- history,
- howler,
- idle talk,
- incident,
- information,
- item,
- jape,
- jest,
- jestbook,
- joke,
- journal,
- laugh,
- layer,
- ledge,
- legal fiction,
- legend,
- level,
- lie,
- life,
- life and letters,
- life story,
- line,
- little white lie,
- local color,
- martyrology,
- measures,
- memoir,
- memoirs,
- memorabilia,
- memorial,
- memorials,
- mendacity,
- mezzanine,
- mezzanine floor,
- mood,
- motif,
- movement,
- Muse of history,
- mystery,
- myth,
- mythos,
- narration,
- narrative,
- necrology,
- news,
- news item,
- newsmongering,
- obituary,
- overlayer,
- overstory,
- panic,
- parable,
- peripeteia,
- photobiography,
- piece,
- piece of gossip,
- pious fiction,
- plan,
- play,
- plot,
- point,
- prevarication,
- profile,
- recital,
- recognition,
- record,
- recounting,
- release,
- report,
- representation,
- resume,
- rez-de-chaussee,
- rib tickler,
- riot,
- rising action,
- romance,
- saga,
- scenario,
- scheme,
- scoop,
- scream,
- seam,
- secondary plot,
- shelf,
- sick joke,
- sidesplitter,
- sight gag,
- slant,
- slight stretching,
- sport,
- spot news,
- stage,
- statement,
- step,
- stratum,
- street floor,
- structure,
- subject,
- subplot,
- substratum,
- summary,
- superstratum,
- switch,
- tale,
- talebearing,
- taletelling,
- talk,
- tall story,
- tall tale,
- taradiddle,
- tattle,
- testimony,
- thematic development,
- theme,
- theory of history,
- thickness,
- thriller,
- tidings,
- tier,
- tittle-tattle,
- tone,
- topic,
- topsoil,
- trumped-up story,
- twist,
- underlayer,
- understory,
- understratum,
- untruth,
- version,
- visual joke,
- wheeze,
- white lie,
- whodunit,
- wow,
- yarn,
- zone
Story, WY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Wyoming
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Story, WY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Wyoming
Population (2000) :
887
Housing Units (2000) :
667
Land area (2000) :
13.735136 sq. miles (35.573837 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.004788 sq. miles (0.012400 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
13.739924 sq. miles (35.586237 sq. km)
FIPS code :
73615
Located within :
Wyoming (WY), FIPS 56
Location :
44.576978 N, 106.908109 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
82842
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Story -- U.S. County in Iowa
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Story -- U.S. County in Iowa
Population (2000) :
79981
Housing Units (2000) :
30630
Land area (2000) :
572.860085 sq. miles (1483.700745 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.837251 sq. miles (2.168471 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
573.697336 sq. miles (1485.869216 sq. km)
Located within :
Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location :
42.024190 N, 93.528718 W
Words containing 'Story'
- Storied,
- Stories,
- Storying,
- Fish story,
- Ground story,
- Second story,
- Story City,
- Story County,
- Story post,
- Story, IA,
- Story, WY,
- War story,
- adventure story,
- blue story,
- cover story,
- detective story,
- dirty story,
- fairy story,
- funny story,
- ghost story,
- good story,
- lead story,
- life story,
- love story,
- mystery story,
- news story,
- old story,
- short story,
- sob story,
- tall story,
- Cock and bull story,
- Story City, IA,
- Story County, IA,
- Story-teller,
- Story-telling,
- Story-writer,
- shaggy dog story,
- cock-and-bull story,
- three-story three-storied three-storey three-storeyed