Thesaurus: phrase

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1. n. A word/brief">brief word/expression">expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase.
2. n. A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human.
3. n. A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression.
4. n. A short clause or portion of a period.
5. v. t. To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style.
6. v. i. To use proper or fine phrases.
7. v. i. To group notes into phrases; as, he phrases well. See Phrase, n., 4.
8. n. an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
9. n. a short musical passage
10. n. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
11. n. dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
12. v. put into words or an expression