meaning of score
1. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
2. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
3. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
4. The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl. , a large number.
5. A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.
6. A weight of twenty pounds.
7. The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.
8. A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
9. The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts.
10. To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash.
11. Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally.
12. To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge.
13. To engrave, as upon a shield.
14. To make a score of, as points, runs, etc. , in a game.
15. To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n. , 9.
16. To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch.
17. a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse; "calling his seduction of the girl a `score was a typical example of male
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Related Words
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