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kite | quite |

As verbs the difference between kite and quite

is that kite is to fly a kite while quite is .

As a noun kite

is a bird of prey of the family accipitridae belonging to one of the following groups: or kite can be the stomach; belly or kite can be (label) a weight-measure unit from ancient egypt, equivalent to 01 deben.

kite

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae belonging to one of the following groups:
  • # Any bird of subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring.
  • # A bird of genus Elanus , having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering. Also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.
  • A lightweight toy or other device carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
  • A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
  • * {{quote-news, 1906, September 12, , Water Kites, Fairbanks Evening News, page=2 citation
  • , passage=The purpose of the water kite is to float beneath or beside the ship at a depth sufficient to insure safety.}}
  • (label) A quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair being consecutive.
  • (label) A fraudulent draft, such as a check one drawn on insufficient funds or with altered face value.
  • * {{quote-news, 1991, May 21, Alex Barnum, Suspect Named in Kiting Case, San Jose Mercury News citation
  • , passage= But she said, "if this was a kite , he didn't realize that you don't have the float time of the old days," which made check-kiting easier. }}
  • (label) A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
  • * {{quote-book, 2002, Erin Sullivan, Retrograde Planets: Traversing the Inner Landscape, page=144-145 citation
  • , passage=Frequently a kite formation is created by one of the planets in the trine by its opposition to another planet, which allows expulsion and redirection of the pent-up energy associated with a closed circuit.}}
  • (label) An aircraft, or aeroplane.
  • * {{quote-book, 2004, Harry Foxley, Marking Time: An Account Of Ordinary Soldiering, page=133 citation
  • , passage=This time, the engine roared and the kite rocked against the brakes then sluggishly rolled down the strip.}}
  • A lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding-sail.
  • * {{quote-book, 1863, , 3= English Traits, page=33
  • , passage=Our good master keeps his kites up to the last moment, studding-sails alow and aloft, and, by incessant straight steering, never loses a rod of way.}}
  • A spinnaker.
  • A short letter.
  • (label) A rapacious person.
  • * Shakespeare
  • A fish, the brill.
  • Derived terms
    {{der3, black kite , box kite , go fly a kite , high as a kite , kiteboarding , kite buggy , kite fishing , kite surfing , powerkite , stunt kite , yellow-billed kite}}

    Verb

    (kit)
  • To fly a kite.
  • To glide in the manner of a kite.
  • To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
  • To toss or cast.
  • * {{quote-book, 1942, , Phantom Lady, page=189 citation
  • , passage=Lombard swung at the sweet pea he had dropped, caught it neatly with the toe of his shoe, and kited it upward with grim zest, as though doing that made him feel a lot better.}}
  • (label) To write a check on an account with insufficient funds, expecting that funds will become available by the time the check clears.
  • (label) To cause an increase, especially in costs.
  • (label) To keep ahead of (a pursuing monster or mob) in order to attack it repeatedly from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
  • * {{quote-book, 2001, Juanita Jones, Everquest Player's Guide: Prima's Official Strategy Guide, page=87 citation
  • , passage=If you're pulling or kiting a creature and it aggros an innocent passer-by, it's your fault and you should apologize.}}
  • To deflect sideways in the water.
  • * {{quote-us-patent, 1973, Clarence K. Chatten, Weather Resistant Segmented Fairing for a Tow Cable, 3899991 citation
  • , passage=This column action causes the tow line to kite either to the port or the starboard side,
  • To send a short letter.
  • * {{quote-book, 1966, Rose Giallombardo, Society of Women: A Study of a Women's Prison citation
  • , passage=I have been working like a dam mule this morning and just found time to kite you.}}
  • To steal.
  • * {{quote-book, 1994, , The Shawshank Redemption, page=36 citation
  • , passage= Andy also kept a box of that in his cell, although he didn't get it from me — I imagine he kited it from the prison laundry.}}
  • (label) To hunt with a hawk.
  • (Francis Bacon)
    Derived terms
    * check kiting * kiter

    See also

    * * *

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain. Possibly from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (Scotland)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The stomach; belly.
  • Etymology 3

    Probably from Ancient Egyptian.

    Noun

    (kite)
  • (label) A weight-measure unit from Ancient Egypt, equivalent to 0.1 deben
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    quite

    English

    Alternative forms

    * quight (obsolete)

    Etymology 1

    A development of (quit), influence by (etyl) quite.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (lb) To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.
  • #With verbs, especially past participles.
  • #*, Book I:
  • #*:Thus when they had the witch disrobed quight , / And all her filthy feature open showne, / They let her goe at will, and wander wayes vnknowne.
  • #*2005 , Adrian Searle, The Guardian , 4 October:
  • #*:Nobuyoshi Araki has been called a monster, a pornographer and a genius - and the photographer quite agrees.
  • #With prepositional phrases and spatial adverbs.
  • #*1891 , (Thomas Nelson Page), On Newfound River :
  • #*:Margaret passed quite through the pines, and reached the opening beyond which was what was once the yard, but was now, except for a strip of flower-border and turf which showed care, simply a tangle of bushes and briars.
  • #*2010 , Joanna Briscoe, The Guardian , 30 October:
  • #*:Religion and parochial etiquette are probed to reveal unhealthy, and sometimes shockingly violent, internal desires quite at odds with the surface life of a town in which tolerance is preached.
  • #With predicative adjectives.
  • #*1914 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (The Son of Tarzan) :
  • #*:El Adrea was quite dead. No more will he slink silently upon his unsuspecting prey.
  • #*:
  • #*:In Lejeuneaceae vegetative branches normally originate from the basiscopic basal portion of a lateral segment half, as in the Radulaceae, and the associated leaves, therefore, are quite unmodified.
  • #With attributive adjectives, following an (especially indefinite) article; chiefly as expressing contrast, difference etc.
  • #*2003 , (Richard Dawkins), A Devil's Chaplain :
  • #*:When I warned him that his words might be offensive to identical twins, he said that identical twins were a quite different case.
  • #*2011 , Peter Preston, The Observer , 18 September:
  • #*:Create a new, quite separate, private company – say Murdoch Newspaper Holdings – and give it all, or most of, the papers that News Corp owns.
  • #Preceding nouns introduced by the indefinite article. Chiefly in negative constructions.
  • #*1791 , (James Boswell), (Life of Samuel Johnson) :
  • #*:I ventured to hint that he was not quite a fair judge, as Churchill had attacked him violently.
  • #*1920 , (John Galsworthy), (In Chancery) :
  • #*:And with a prolonged sound, not quite' a sniff and not ' quite a snort, he trod on Euphemia's toe, and went out, leaving a sensation and a faint scent of barley?sugar behind him.
  • #With adverbs of manner.
  • #*2009 , John F. Schmutz, The Battle of the Crater: A complete history :
  • #*:However, the proceedings were quite carefully orchestrated to produce what seemed to be a predetermined outcome.
  • #*2011 , Bob Burgess, The Guardian , 18 October:
  • #*:Higher education institutions in the UK are, quite rightly, largely autonomous.
  • (lb) In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.
  • #Coming before the indefinite article and an attributive adjective. (Now largely merged with moderative senses, below.)
  • #*1898 , (Charles Gavrice), Nell of Shorne Mills :
  • #*:"My little plot has been rather successful, after all, hasn't it?" "Quite a perfect success," said Drake.
  • #*2001 , Paul Brown, The Guardian , 7 February:
  • #*:While the government claims to lead the world with its plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the figures tell quite a different story.
  • #With plain adjectives, past participles, and adverbs.
  • #*
  • #*:“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
  • #*2010 , Dave Hill, The Guardian , 5 November:
  • #*:London Underground is quite unique in how many front line staff it has, as anyone who has travelled on the Paris Metro or New York Subway will testify.
  • #Coming before the definite article and an attributive superlative.
  • #*1910 , ‘(Saki)’, "The Soul of Laploshka", Reginald in Russia :
  • #*:Laploshka was one of the meanest men I have ever met, and quite one of the most entertaining.
  • #*1923 , "The New Pictures", Time , 8 October:
  • #*:Scaramouche has already been greeted as the finest French Revolution yet brought to the screen-and even if you are a little weary of seeing a strongly American band of sans-culottes demolish a pasteboard Paris, you should not miss Scaramouche, for it is quite the best thing Rex Ingram has done since The Four Horsemen.
  • #Before a noun preceded by an indefinite article; now often with ironic implications that the noun in question is particularly noteworthy or remarkable.
  • #*1830 , Senate debate, 15 April:
  • #*:To debauch the Indians with rum and cheat them of their land was quite a Government affair, and not at all criminal; but to use rum to cheat them of their peltry, was an abomination in the sight of the law.
  • #*2011 , Gilbert Morris, The Crossing :
  • #*:“Looks like you and Clay had quite a party,” she said with a glimmer in her dark blue eyes.
  • #Before a noun preceded by the definite article.
  • #*1871 , (Anthony Trollope), (The Eustace Diamonds) :
  • #*:It is quite the proper thing for a lady to be on intimate, and even on affectionate, terms with her favourite clergyman, and Lizzie certainly had intercourse with no clergyman who was a greater favourite with her than Mr. Emilius.
  • #*2006 , Sherman Alexie, "When the story stolen is your own", Time , 6 February:
  • #*:His memoir features a child named Tommy Nothing Fancy who suffers from and dies of a seizure disorder. Quite the coincidence, don't you think?
  • #
  • To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather.
  • Usage notes
    * This is a non-descriptive qualifier'', similar to fairly and rather and somewhat. Used where a plain adjective needs to be modified, but cannot be qualified. When spoken, the meaning can vary with the tone of voice and stress. ''He was quite big can mean anything from "not exactly small" to "almost huge".
    Synonyms
    * absolutely, fully, thoroughly, totally, utterly
    Antonyms
    * (to a great extent) slightly
    Derived terms
    * quite a few

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Indicates agreement; "exactly so".
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) quite.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (bullfighting) A series of passes made with the cape to distract the bull.
  • Statistics

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