Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northwest Belgium on the North Sea west of Bruges. It was a German submarine base during World War I and was severely damaged by Allied bombing during World War II.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To show; exhibit; manifest.
- To show itself; be exhibited or manifested.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To exhibit; to manifest.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The largest coastal city of
Belgium .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the hotel in Ostend I was talking to the patron when two German guests, who had visited him every summer for the past ten years, were in the act of leaving.
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Ostend, which is much frequented by Germans, and where the Doctor treated himself and his spouse to what he called a
Vanity Fair 2006
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American ministers to European countries, Messrs. Buchanan, Mason and Soule, met at Ostend and formulated a plan for the purchase, signing and issuing what came to be known as the Ostend manifesto.
Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom Trumbull White 1904
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Britain, France, and Spain met at Ostend in Belgium in 1854 and issued what was called the Ostend Manifesto.
A Brief History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892
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The seasons for the baths were the most productive periods of the Doctor's practice -- he united business with pleasure, and his chief place of resort was Ostend, which is much frequented by Germans, and where the Doctor treated himself and his spouse to what he called a
Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Their report, the so-called Ostend Manifesto, was leaked to the press and caused such an uproar that the administration was forced to disavow it.
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Their report, the so-called Ostend Manifesto, was leaked to the press and caused such an uproar that the administration was forced to disavow it.
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They were back in a few months 'time, and came with the force that tore down the name Ostend on the station and from the public buildings, and put up the name "Calais," with the intent and purpose of leading the German soldiers to believe they were m Calais; as the German soldiers were led to believe, when they were firing across the inundated lands in Belgium, that they were firing across the Straits of Dover.
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Straits of Dover, carried out bombing raids against German bases and dockyards, such as Ostend, Zeebrugge, and Bruges, and co-operated with monitors in the bombardment of the Belgian coast.
Aviation in Peace and War Frederick Hugh Sykes 1915
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Many of the old fortressed towns, such as Ostend, Courtrai,
A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald 1879
biocon commented on the word Ostend
The initial letter of ostend (verb) should be lowercase.
September 18, 2011