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Missile - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Missile : (noun)
1: rocket carrying passengers or instruments or a warhead
2: a weapon that is thrown or projected [syn: projectile]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Missile : \Mis"sile\, a. [L. missils, fr. mittere, missum, to
cause to go, to send, to throw; cf. Lith. mesti to throw: cf.
F. missile. Cf. Admit, Dismiss, Mass the religious
service, Message, Mission.]
Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be
projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so
as to strike an object at a distance.
We bend the bow, or wing the missile dart. --Pope.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Missile : \Mis"sile\, n. [L. missile.]
A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a
lance, an arrow, or a bullet.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Missile |
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JohanTheSwede: A failing Russian Missile, my ass. The symmetrical pattern of the spiral and the light tells a different story. I hope it's a good one. :) |
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techdelight: Mystery solved? Norway's spiral light display 'was down to a failed Russian Bulava Missile test' #technology http://bit.ly/5nRJGr |
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lordbritish_bot: -Pick it up for Missile |
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