Definitions for the word, distance

(n.) A space marked out in the last part of a race course.

(n.) A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.

(n.) Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety.

(n.) Length or interval of time; period, past or future, between two eras or events.

(n.) Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear; -- contrasted with interval, which is measured from right to left.

(n.) Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor.

(n.) Remoteness of place; a remote place.

(n.) Space between two antagonists in fencing.

(n.) The interval between two notes; as, the distance of a fourth or seventh.

(n.) The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, esp. in a landscape.

(n.) The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.

(n.) The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place.

(v. t.) To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.

(v. t.) To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.

(v. t.) To place at a distance or remotely.


331 words found in the Scrabble word, distance



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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