Dictionary Entry
livery
livery is a 6-letter English word with 17 senses as noun, transitive verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 17 senses
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- 1noun
The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.
- 2noun
The writ by which possession is obtained.
- 3noun
Release from wardship; deliverance.
- 4noun
That which is delivered out statedly or formally, as clothing, food, etc.
- 5noun
The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.
- 6noun
The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; as, a claret-colored livery.
- 7noun
Hence, also, the peculiar dress or garb appropriated by any association or body of persons to their own use; as, the livery of the London tradesmen, of a priest, of a charity school, etc.; also, the whole body or company of persons wearing such a garb, and entitled to the privileges of the association; as, the whole livery of London.
- 8noun
Hence, any characteristic dress or outward appearance.
- 9noun
An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.
- 10noun
The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding; as, to keep one's horses at livery.
- 11noun
The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept.
- 12noun
A low grade of wool.
- 13transitive verb
To clothe in, or as in, livery.
- 14noun
the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay
- 15noun
the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
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- 16noun
uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs
- 17adjective
suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
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