Adding and Adder
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Add.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
noun
- A person who adds numbers.
- A machine that adds numbers.
- Small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia.
- synonyms: common viper, Vipera berus
adverb
- In the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born.
- usage: "in AD 200"
- synonyms: AD, A. D., anno Domini
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (n.) One who or that which, adds; especially, a machine for adding numbers.
- (n.) A serpent.
- (n.) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho.
- (n.) In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc.
- (n.) Same as Sea Adder.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary