Thesaurus: story

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1. 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.
2. n. A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.
3. n. 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.
4. n. A word/euphemism">euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story.
5. v. t. To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story.
6. n. 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
7. n. a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
8. n. a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
9. n. a record or narrative description of past events
10. n. a short account of the news
11. n. a trivial lie
12. 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.] 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. Story post (Arch.), a vertical post used to support a floor or superincumbent wall. 1. A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record. One malcontent who did indeed get a name in story. Barrow. Venice, with its unique city and its Impressive story. Ed. Rev. The four great monarchies make the subject of ancient story. Sir W. Temple. 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. 3. A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story. [Colloq.] To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story. How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing. Shak. It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high. Bp. Wilkins.