hint+at+indirectly
11hint — 1. noun /hɪnt/ a) A clue. I needed a hint to complete the crossword. b) A small, barely detectable amount of. This entry requires a hint of irony. 2. verb /hɪnt/ a) To deliberately …
12hint — noun 1》 a slight or indirect indication. ↘a very small trace. 2》 a small piece of practical information. verb indicate indirectly. ↘(hint at) be a slight indication of. Origin C17 (in the sense occasion, opportunity ): appar. from obs. hent… …
13hint — hɪnt n. subtle suggestion, intimation, clue; barely noticeable amount v. allude to, suggest indirectly, intimate …
14To hint at — Hint Hint, v. i. To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something. [1913 Webster] We whisper, and hint, and chuckle. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] {To hint at}, to allude to lightly, indirectly, or cautiously. Syn …
15take a hint — to understand or do something that is communicated indirectly. I can take a hint – if you don t want to talk about it, that s OK with me. “Weren t you going to check your messages?” she asked. I took the hint and left …
16drop a hint — to suggest something indirectly to someone. I was hoping to see her again, so I dropped a hint, saying I wasn t doing anything this weekend …
17fish for — Angle for, try to get (by artifice), hint at indirectly …
18imply — im·ply /im plī/ vt im·plied, im·ply·ing 1: to recognize as existing by inference or necessary consequence esp. on legal or equitable grounds in ordinary circumstances...the law would imply that it was the duty of the hospital to use due care… …
19ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …
20cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …
