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

Definitions

1. noun. The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.
2. noun. The writ by which possession is obtained.
3. noun. Release from wardship; deliverance.
4. noun. That which is delivered out statedly or formally, as clothing, food, etc.
5. noun. The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.
6. noun. The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; as, a claret-colored livery.
7. noun. 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.
8. noun. Hence, any characteristic dress or outward appearance.
9. noun. An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.
10. noun. The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding; as, to keep one's horses at livery.
11. noun. The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept.
12. noun. A low grade of wool.
13. transitive verb. To clothe in, or as in, livery.
14. noun. the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay
15. noun. the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another

    Synonyms: delivery

16. noun. uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs
17. adjective. suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress

    Synonyms: bilious, liverish

Synonyms

delivery, bilious, liverish

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in livery:

livyer, verily

Common word forms

liveried, liveries, liveryless

Words from these letters

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