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Sour

//ˈsaʊə// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
Tasting of acidity.
"Lemons have a sour taste."
2
Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
"Don't drink that milk; it's turned sour."
3
Tasting or smelling rancid.
"His sour breath makes it unpleasing to talk to him."
4
Hostile or unfriendly.
"He gave me a sour look."
5
Excessively acidic and thus infertile. (of soil)
"sour land"

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6
Containing excess sulfur. (of petroleum)
"sour gas smells like rotten eggs"
7
Unfortunate or unfavorable.
"Let me embrace thee, sour adversity"
8
Off-pitch, out of tune.
"Unlike what the name implies, there is nothing inherently wrong with a sour note: It is perfectly well-tuned note that would sound normal in another context (and which presumably would not sound sour to someone unfamiliar with tonal music)."

Adjective

1
smelling of fermentation or staleness wordnet
2
showing a brooding ill humor wordnet
3
inaccurate in pitch wordnet
4
having a sharp biting taste wordnet
5
in an unpalatable state wordnet

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6
one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons wordnet

Noun

1
The sensation of a sour taste. countable, uncountable
2
the property of being acidic wordnet
3
A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar. countable, uncountable
4
the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth wordnet
5
Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice. broadly, countable, uncountable

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a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar wordnet
7
A sweet/candy having a sharply sour taste. countable, uncountable
"“You know I like them candies, especially the lemon sours.”"
8
A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect. countable, uncountable
"For many Years of Sorrow can dispense; A Dram of Sweet is worth a Pound of Sour"
9
The acidic solution used in souring fabric. countable, uncountable

Verb

1
To make sour. transitive
"Too much lemon juice will sour the recipe."
2
go sour or spoil wordnet
3
To become sour. intransitive
"So the sun's heat, with different powers, / Ripens the grape, the liquor sours."
4
make sour or more sour wordnet
5
To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted. transitive
"To sour your happiness I must report, / The queen is dead."

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To become disenchanted. intransitive
"We broke up after our relationship soured."
7
To make (soil) cold and unproductive. transitive
"stagnant water , which tends to sour the soil"
8
To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.
9
To process (fabric) after bleaching, using hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid to wash out the lime. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English sour, from Old English sūr (“sour”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour”), from Proto-Indo-European *súHros (“sour”). Cognate with West Frisian soer, Dutch zuur (“sour”), Low German suur, German sauer (“sour”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian sur, French sur (“sour”), Faroese súrur (“sour”), Icelandic súr (“sour, bitter”), Polish ser (“cheese”), Czech sýr (“cheese”), Slovak syr (“cheese”), Russian сырой (syroj, “raw”), Ukrainian сири́й (syrýj, “raw”), Old Church Slavonic сꙑръ (syrŭ, “moist, cheese”).

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