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Pant
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- 1 A river in Essex, England, which forms the upper part of the Blackwater. countable, uncountable
- 2 A surname.
- 3 A locality in Austwick parish, North Yorkshire, England. countable, uncountable
- 4 A village in Llanymynech and Pant parish, Shropshire, England, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SJ2722). countable, uncountable
- 5 A locality in Ayrshire, Scotland. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A village and community in Merthyr Tydfil borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO0609). countable, uncountable
- 1 A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
- 2 A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
- 3 Any public drinking fountain.
- 4 a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open wordnet
- 5 Eager longing. figuratively
"Indeed, the projections, cravings, and everyday frolics common to trysts among buzz-activist Hollywood stars and starlets, plus their many common folk imitators, go forward with eager pant."
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- 6 Of or relating to pants. attributive
"pant leg"
- 7 (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately wordnet
- 8 A violent palpitation of the heart. obsolete
"To this great fairy I'll commend thy acts, / Make her thanks bless thee. O thou day o' the world, / Chain mine arm'd neck; leap thou, attire and all; / Through proof of harness to my heart, and there / Ride on the pants triumphing."
- 9 the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine) wordnet
- 1 To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp. ambitransitive
"Pluto pants for breath from out his cell."
- 2 breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted wordnet
- 3 To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. intransitive
"As the hart panteth after the water brooks."
- 4 utter while panting, as if out of breath wordnet
- 5 To long for (something); to be eager for (something). obsolete, transitive
"Then shall our hearts pant thee."
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- 6 Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate. intransitive
"Yet might her piteous heart be seen to pant and quake"
- 7 To sigh; to flutter; to languish. intransitive
"[T]he whiſp'ring Breeze / Pants on the Leaves, and dies upon the Trees."
- 8 To heave, as the breast. intransitive
- 9 To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc. intransitive
Etymology
From Middle English panten, whence also English dialectal pank. Possibly from Old French pantoyer, a byform or of Old French pantoisier (“to be breathless”) (compare modern French panteler (“to gasp for breath”)), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *pantasiō (“struggling for breath when having a nightmare”), from Ancient Greek φαντασιόω (phantasióō, “I am subject to hallucinations”), from φαντασία (phantasía, “appearance, image, fantasy”).
From Middle English panten, whence also English dialectal pank. Possibly from Old French pantoyer, a byform or of Old French pantoisier (“to be breathless”) (compare modern French panteler (“to gasp for breath”)), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *pantasiō (“struggling for breath when having a nightmare”), from Ancient Greek φαντασιόω (phantasióō, “I am subject to hallucinations”), from φαντασία (phantasía, “appearance, image, fantasy”).
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As a place name, usually from Proto-Brythonic *panto (“hollow”), or its descendant forms Cumbric pant and Welsh pant.
Borrowed from Marathi पंत (panta).
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