LIKE A MAN / WOMAN POSSESSED

Meaning of LIKE A MAN / WOMAN POSSESSED in English

like a man / woman possessed | like one posˈsessed

with a lot of force or energy :

He flew out of the room like a man possessed.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

LIKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POSSESSED — balbal;tinag'iya
English-Visayan vocabulary
POSSESSED — adjective Date: 1534 1. a. influenced or controlled by something (as an evil spirit, a passion, or an idea), mad …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WOMAN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) battered woman syndrome woman suffrage Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Английский словарь Британика
MAN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) 2002– Man Booker Prize de Man Paul Declaration of the Rights of Man and …
Английский словарь Британика
WOMAN — I. ˈwu̇mən sometimes especially in the South ˈwōm- or ˈwəm- noun ( plural wom·en ˈwimə̇n) Etymology: Middle English woman, wumman, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIKE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POSSESSED — -st adjective Etymology: from past participle of possess 1. obsolete : held as a possession 2. a. : influenced or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POSSESSED — (imp. & p. p.) of Possess
Английский словарь Webster
POSSESSED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Possess
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
-WOMAN
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WOMAN — — womanless , adj. /woom"euhn/ , n. , pl. women /wim"in/ , v. , adj. n. 1. the female human …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POSSESSED — — possessedly /peuh zes"id lee, -zest"lee/ , adv. — possessedness , n. /peuh zest"/ , adj. 1. spurred or moved …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAN
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIKE — like 1 — liker , n. /luyk/ , adj., ( Poetic ) liker, likest , prep., adv., conj., n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WOMAN — adj. female (e.g.: a woman bus driver; a woman dentist); like a woman, womanly; of woman
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POSSESSED — adj. occupied by a demonic spirit or force; crazy, insane, mad
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MAN — I. ˈman, in compounds ˌman or mən noun ( plural men ˈmen, in compounds ˌmen or mən) Etymology: Middle English, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIKE
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WOMAN — ˈwō- or ˈwə- noun ( plural wom·en ˈwi-mən) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wīfman, from wīf woman, wife + …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POSSESSED — Date: 1534 1. a. (1) : influenced or controlled by something (as an evil spirit, a passion, or an idea) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WOMAN — noun a female attendant or servant. 2. woman ·vt to make effeminate or womanish. 3. woman ·vt to furnish with, …
Webster English vocab
POSSESSED — impf & ·p.p. of possess.
Webster English vocab
MAN — vt to tame, as a hawk. 2. man ·noun the human race; mankind. 3. man ·vt to furnish with a …
Webster English vocab
LIKE — adj likely; probably. 2. like ·adj in a like or similar manner. 3. like ·vi to be pleased; to choose. …
Webster English vocab
POSSESSED — adjective (of a demon or spirit, especially an evil one) have complete power over. → possess
Concise Oxford English vocab
WOMAN — [wom.an] n, pl wom.en [ME, fr. OE wifman, fr. wif woman, wife + man human being, man] (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POSSESSED — [pos.sessed] adj (1534) 1 a (1): influenced or controlled by something (as an evil spirit or a passion) (2): mad, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WOMAN
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POSSESSED — / pəˈzest; NAmE / adjective [ not before noun ] possessed (by sth) ( of a person or their mind …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAN — / mæn; NAmE / noun , verb , exclamation ■ noun ( pl. men / men; NAmE /) MALE PERSON …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIKE — / laɪk; NAmE / preposition , verb , conjunction , noun , adjective , adverb ■ preposition 1. similar to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOMAN — wom ‧ an S1 W1 /ˈwʊmən/ BrE AmE noun ( plural women /ˈwɪmɪn/) [ Word Family: noun : ↑ woman …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POSSESSED — pos ‧ sessed /pəˈzest/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . if someone is possessed, their mind is controlled by something evil: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MAN — I. man 1 S1 W1 /mæn/ BrE AmE noun ( plural men /men/) [ Word Family: noun : ↑ man …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — I. like 1 S1 W1 /laɪk/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ like 6 ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WOMAN
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAN — n. & v. --n. (pl. men) 1 an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WOMAN
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAN — n. & v. n. (pl. men) 1 an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WOMAN
Oxford English vocab
MAN — n. & v. --n. (pl. men) 1. an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — 1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — I. PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES /laɪk, laɪk/ ( likes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOMAN — ( women) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A woman is an …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POSSESSED — 1. If someone is described as being possessed by an evil spirit, it is believed that their mind and body …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAN — ( men, mans, manning, manned) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POSSESSED — 1. If someone is described as being ~ by an evil spirit, it is believed that their mind and body …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WOMAN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a career woman (= one whose job is very important to her ) ▪ Career …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POSSESSED — adjective PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES what possessed sb (to do sth)? ▪ I don't know what possessed me to buy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MAN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WOMAN — [noun] [plural] women - an adult female human being"What's your new boss like?" "She seems to be a very nice …
Cambridge English vocab
POSSESSED — [adjective] [after verb; not gradable] [formal or literary]If you are possessed of something you own it or have it as …
Cambridge English vocab
WOMAN — n. battered woman syndrome woman suffrage Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MAN — n. Mountain Man 2002 Man Booker Prize de Man Paul Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POSSESSED — Synonyms and related words : abandoned, amok, bedeviled, bellowing, berserk, besotted, bewitched, bursting with happiness, by one, carried away, collected, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MAN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WOMAN — n. fancy woman kept woman little woman old woman
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
POSSESSED — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: CALM 2, collected, composed, easy, placid, poised, self-composed, self-possessed, serene, tranquil
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MAN — n. confidence man con man fancy man fighting man hatchet man hit man iron man ladies' man man at arms …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
POSSESSED — adjective Synonyms: calm 2, collected, composed, easy, placid, poised, self-composed, self-possessed, serene, tranquil
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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