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VIM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)
Example:
a remarkable muscularity of style
Synonyms:
energy; muscularity; vigor; vigour; vim
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("vim" is a kind of...):
life; liveliness; spirit; sprightliness (animation and energy in action or expression)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vim"):
verve; vitality (an energetic style)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A healthy capacity for vigorous activity
Example:
he seemed full of vim and vigor
Synonyms:
energy; vim; vitality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("vim" is a kind of...):
good health; healthiness (the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vim"):
juice (energetic vitality)
ch'i; chi; ki; qi (the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health)
