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DAVIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States film actress (1908-1989)
Synonyms:
Bette Davis; Davis
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
actress (a female actor)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States tennis player who donated the Davis Cup for international team tennis competition (1879-1945)
Synonyms:
Davis; Dwight Davis; Dwight Filley Davis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
tennis player (an athlete who plays tennis)
Sense 3
Meaning:
American statesman; president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1808-1889)
Synonyms:
Davis; Jefferson Davis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)
Sense 4
Meaning:
United States jazz musician; noted for his trumpet style (1926-1991)
Synonyms:
Davis; Miles Davis; Miles Dewey Davis Jr.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
jazz musician; jazzman (a musician who plays or composes jazz music)
Sense 5
Meaning:
United States painter who developed an American version of cubism (1894-1964)
Synonyms:
Davis; Stuart Davis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
painter (an artist who paints)
Sense 6
Meaning:
English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)
Synonyms:
Davis; Davys; John Davis; John Davys
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)
Context examples:
In a study, scientists from the University of California, Davis; USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station; and University of Washington have found a way to resolve the conflict that has sprung up between protecting forests from increasingly frequent wildfires and droughts and preserving sufficient habitat for the endangered spotted owl, Strix occidentalis.
(Researchers find preserving spotted owl habitat may not require a tradeoff with wildfire risk after all, Wikinews)
The fasting-like diet promotes the growth of new insulin-producing pancreatic cells that reduce symptoms of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in mice, according to the study on mice and human cells led by Valter Longo, director of the Longevity Institute at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.
(Fasting-Mimicking Diet May Reverse Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A team led by Drs. Ronald Davis and Carlos Milla at Stanford University School of Medicine developed a wearable device and tested whether it could measure chloride and sodium levels in patients with cystic fibrosis.
(Diagnosing cystic fibrosis with wearable devices, NIH)
Scott Poethig, a plant biologist at Penn, and Aaron Leichty of the University of California, Davis, show that as part of an age-dependent phenomenon in plant development, the acacias develop the traits necessary to feed the ant colony: hollow, swollen thorns to house them; and nectaries and nutrient-rich leaflet tips called Beltian bodies to feed them.
(Between ants and acacias, timing is everything, National Science Foundation)
"You can go, Miss March," said Mr. Davis, looking, as he felt, uncomfortable.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The study, led by scientists at the University of California, Davis, reports that the Arctic has warmed by 0.75 degrees Celsius in the last decade alone.
(Warming at the poles will have global consequences, National Science Foundation)
But a new study at the University of California (UC), Davis, shows that more than a quarter of that nitrogen is derived from the weathering of Earth's bedrock.
(New source of global nitrogen discovered: Earth’s bedrock, National Science Foundation)
"You will now stand on the platform till recess," said Mr. Davis, resolved to do the thing thoroughly, since he had begun.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
As Amy returned from her last trip, Mr. Davis gave a portentous "Hem!" and said, in his most impressive manner...
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I dislike Mr. Davis's manner of teaching and don't think the girls you associate with are doing you any good, so I shall ask your father's advice before I send you anywhere else.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
