"muse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mjuːz/ [UK], /mjuz/ [US] Audio: en-us-muse.ogg , en-au-muse.ogg Forms: muses [plural]
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  1. (of people) A source of inspiration. Synonyms (source of inspiration): Pierian spring Translations (a source of inspiration): musa [feminine] (Asturian), му́за (múza) [feminine] (Belarusian), awen [feminine] (Breton), му́за (múza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), musa [feminine] (Catalan), 繆斯 /缪斯 (Miùsī) (Chinese Mandarin), múza [feminine] (Czech), muse [common-gender] (Danish), muze [feminine] (Dutch), muzo (Esperanto), muusa (Finnish), runotar (Finnish), muse [feminine] (French), égérie [feminine] (French), musa [feminine] (Galician), Muse [feminine] (German), μούσα (moúsa) [feminine] (Greek), מוזה (múza) [masculine] (Hebrew), múzsa (Hungarian), ilham (Indonesian), musa (Interlingua), muse [feminine] (Italian), ミューズ (myūzu) (Japanese), 뮤즈 (myujeu) (Korean), Mūsa [feminine] (Latin), Muse (Luxembourgish), муза (muza) [feminine] (Macedonian), manawakura (Maori), muse (Norwegian Bokmål), musa [feminine] (Occitan), muza [feminine] (Polish), musa [feminine] (Portuguese), muză [feminine] (Romanian), му́за (múza) [feminine] (Russian), му́за [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), múza [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), múza [feminine] (Slovak), musa [feminine] (Spanish), musa [common-gender] (Swedish), esin [feminine] (Turkish), му́за (múza) [feminine] (Ukrainian), awen [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. (archaic) A poet; a bard. Tags: archaic
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Related terms: museum, music
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mjuːz/ [UK], /mjuz/ [US] Audio: en-us-muse.ogg , en-au-muse.ogg Forms: muses [plural]
enPR: myo͞oz Rhymes: -uːz Etymology: From Middle English musen, from Old French muser. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|musen}} Middle English musen, {{uder|en|fro|muser}} Old French muser Head templates: {{en-noun}} muse (plural muses)
  1. An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /mjuːz/ [UK], /mjuz/ [US] Audio: en-us-muse.ogg , en-au-muse.ogg Forms: muses [plural]
enPR: myo͞oz Rhymes: -uːz Etymology: From French musse. See muset. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|musse}} French musse Head templates: {{en-noun}} muse (plural muses)
  1. A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
    Sense id: en-muse-en-noun-88VDZvGk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /mjuːz/ [UK], /mjuz/ [US] Audio: en-us-muse.ogg , en-au-muse.ogg Forms: muses [present, singular, third-person], musing [participle, present], mused [participle, past], mused [past]
enPR: myo͞oz Rhymes: -uːz Etymology: From Middle English musen, from Old French muser. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|musen}} Middle English musen, {{uder|en|fro|muser}} Old French muser Head templates: {{en-verb}} muse (third-person singular simple present muses, present participle musing, simple past and past participle mused)
  1. (intransitive) To become lost in thought, to ponder. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: ponder Translations (to become lost in thought): замислям се (zamisljam se) (Bulgarian), dumat [imperfective] (Czech), přemítat [imperfective] (Czech), hloubat [imperfective] (Czech), uvažovat [imperfective] (Czech), mijmeren (Dutch), nadenken (Dutch), pohtia (Finnish), haikailla (Finnish), mietiskellä (Finnish), tuumia (Finnish), songer (French), grübeln (German), nachsinnen (German), sinnieren (German), melamun (Indonesian), termenung (Indonesian), meditare (Italian), 熟考する (jyukkōsuru) (Japanese), 瞑想する (meisōsuru) (Japanese), whakaaroaro (Maori), musen (Middle English), dumać (Polish), divagar (Portuguese), meòraich (Scottish Gaelic), dumať [imperfective] (Slovak), rozjímať [imperfective] (Slovak), düşünceye dalmak (Turkish), derin derin düşünmek (Turkish), düşüncelere dalmak (Turkish), задуматися (zadumatysja) (Ukrainian), замислитися (zamyslytysja) (Ukrainian)
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  2. (transitive) To say (something) with due consideration or thought. Tags: transitive Translations (to say with due consideration): dumat (Czech), lausua (Finnish), sinnieren (German), nachdenklich sagen (German), nachsinnen (German), zastanawiać się (Polish), meòraich (Scottish Gaelic), dumať [imperfective] (Slovak), rozjímať [imperfective] (Slovak), розмірко́вувати (rozmirkóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), роздумувати (rozdumuvaty) (Ukrainian)
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  3. (transitive) To think on; to meditate on. Tags: transitive Translations (to think on; to meditate on): размишлявам (razmišljavam) (Bulgarian), uvažovat [imperfective] (Czech), přemítat [imperfective] (Czech), hloubat [imperfective] (Czech), stilstaan bij (Dutch), nachsinnen (German), sinnieren (German), huritao (Maori), hurihuri (Maori), taute (Maori), musen (Middle English), cavilar (Spanish), meditar (Spanish), задуматися (zadumatysja) (Ukrainian), замислитися (zamyslytysja) (Ukrainian)
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  4. (transitive) To wonder at. Tags: transitive Translations (to wonder at): чудя се (čudja se) (Bulgarian), musen (Middle English), дивуватися (dyvuvatysja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-muse-en-verb-ClMwkNBw Disambiguation of 'to wonder at': 2 0 0 98
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Related terms: muser, musing, amuse
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "runotar"
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      "roman": "zamisljam se",
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      "word": "замислям се"
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      "word": "mietiskellä"
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      "word": "tuumia"
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      "word": "songer"
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      "code": "id",
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      "code": "id",
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      "word": "meditare"
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      "word": "熟考する"
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      "roman": "meisōsuru",
      "sense": "to become lost in thought",
      "word": "瞑想する"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to become lost in thought",
      "word": "whakaaroaro"
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      "code": "enm",
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      "sense": "to become lost in thought",
      "word": "musen"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to become lost in thought",
      "word": "dumać"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to become lost in thought",
      "word": "divagar"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to become lost in thought",
      "word": "meòraich"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "to become lost in thought",
      "word": "düşünceye dalmak"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to become lost in thought",
      "word": "derin derin düşünmek"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "to become lost in thought",
      "word": "düşüncelere dalmak"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "zadumatysja",
      "sense": "to become lost in thought",
      "word": "задуматися"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zamyslytysja",
      "sense": "to become lost in thought",
      "word": "замислитися"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to say with due consideration",
      "word": "dumat"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to say with due consideration",
      "word": "lausua"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to say with due consideration",
      "word": "sinnieren"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to say with due consideration",
      "word": "nachdenklich sagen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to say with due consideration",
      "word": "nachsinnen"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to say with due consideration",
      "word": "zastanawiać się"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to say with due consideration",
      "word": "meòraich"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "to say with due consideration",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "rozmirkóvuvaty",
      "sense": "to say with due consideration",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "rozdumuvaty",
      "sense": "to say with due consideration",
      "word": "роздумувати"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razmišljavam",
      "sense": "to think on; to meditate on",
      "word": "размишлявам"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to think on; to meditate on",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to think on; to meditate on",
      "word": "stilstaan bij"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to think on; to meditate on",
      "word": "nachsinnen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to think on; to meditate on",
      "word": "sinnieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to think on; to meditate on",
      "word": "huritao"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to think on; to meditate on",
      "word": "hurihuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to think on; to meditate on",
      "word": "taute"
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      "code": "enm",
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      "sense": "to think on; to meditate on",
      "word": "musen"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to think on; to meditate on",
      "word": "cavilar"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to think on; to meditate on",
      "word": "meditar"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čudja se",
      "sense": "to wonder at",
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      "code": "enm",
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      "sense": "to wonder at",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dyvuvatysja",
      "sense": "to wonder at",
      "word": "дивуватися"
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