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GIANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any creature of exceptional size
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("giant" is a kind of...):
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Derivation:
giant (of great mass; huge and bulky)
gigantic (so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An unusually large enterprise
Example:
Walton built a retail giant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("giant" is a kind of...):
enterprise (an organization created for business ventures)
Derivation:
gigantic (so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)
Synonyms:
giant; giant star
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("giant" is a kind of...):
star ((astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior)
Instance hyponyms:
Arcturus (the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth)
Capella (the brightest star in Auriga)
Sense 4
Meaning:
An imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("giant" is a kind of...):
imaginary being; imaginary creature (a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "giant"):
Argus ((Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by Hermes)
Cyclops ((Greek mythology) one of a group of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead)
giantess (a female giant)
ogre ((folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings)
Jotun; Jotunn ((Norse mythology) one of a group of giants often in conflict with the Aesir)
Mimir ((Norse mythology) giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom)
Derivation:
giant (of great mass; huge and bulky)
gigantic (so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A person of exceptional importance and reputation
Synonyms:
behemoth; colossus; giant; heavyweight; titan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("giant" is a kind of...):
important person; influential person; personage (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
Synonyms:
behemoth; colossus; giant; goliath; monster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("giant" is a kind of...):
anomaly; unusual person (a person who is unusual)
Derivation:
giant (of great mass; huge and bulky)
gigantic (so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A very large person; impressive in size or qualities
Synonyms:
giant; heavyweight; hulk; whale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("giant" is a kind of...):
large person (a person of greater than average size)
Derivation:
giant (of great mass; huge and bulky)
gigantic (so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of great mass; huge and bulky
Example:
jumbo shrimp
Synonyms:
elephantine; gargantuan; giant; jumbo
Classified under:
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Derivation:
giant (any creature of exceptional size)
giant (an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales)
giant (someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful)
giant (a very large person; impressive in size or qualities)
Context examples:
It is characterized by the presence of fibrohistiocytic cells, giant cells, and spindle cells arrranged iin a storiform pattern.
(Cardiac Unclassified Pleomorphic Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign neoplasm of bone comprised of giant cells (osteoclast-like) and mononuclear cells.
(Benign Giant Cell Tumor of Bone, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Examples include the diffuse giant cell tumor of tendon sheath and localized giant cell tumor of tendon sheath.
(Benign Synovial Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
It results in thrombocytopenia, prolonged bleeding time and the presence of giant platelets.
(Bernard-Soulier Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
In our solar system, the amount of carbon relative to hydrogen in the atmospheres of giant planets is significantly higher than that of the sun.
(Water common – yet scarce – in exoplanets, University of Cambridge)
Toby Jackson, a plant scientist in the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute, joined Gorgens on an expedition to visit the giants.
(Expedition finds tallest tree in the Amazon, University of Cambridge)
A giant cell glioblastoma occurring in adults.
(Adult Giant Cell Glioblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of non-neoplastic, histiocytic, osteoclast-like multinucleated giant cells.
(Ampulla of Vater Undifferentiated Carcinoma with Osteoclast-Like Giant Cells, NCI Thesaurus)
It is also used in certain patients to treat giant cell tumor of the bone that cannot be removed by surgery.
(AMG 162, NCI Dictionary)
It is also used to treat certain types of pancreatic cancer, a type of advanced kidney cancer, and subependymal giant cell astrocytoma in some patients, including children.
(Afinitor, NCI Dictionary)
