Nim

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  • noun. A game in which players in turn remove small objects from a collection, such as matchsticks arranged in rows, and attempt to take, or avoid taking, the last one.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The margosa. See Melia. Also spelled neem.
  • To take; take in the hands; Jay hold of, in order to move, carry, or use.
  • To seize; seize upon; take away; remove; take unlawfully; filch; steal.
  • To conduct; lead.
  • To take to one's self; receive; accept; have.
  • To take: used in phrases corresponding in sense and nearly in form to ‘take the road,’ ‘take leave,’ ‘take advice,’ ‘take care,’ etc.
  • To begin.
  • To take; betake one's self; go.
  • To steal.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To take; to steal; to filch.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To take (in all senses); to seize.
  • verb. To take one's way; to go.
  • verb. To filch, steal.
  • verb. To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.
  • noun. A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table
  • Word Usage
    "Pojdzmy za nim is admittedly a sketch, but it is a story of deep and moving sensibility."
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    Form
    Nam  nimmed  nome  nomen  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    30-60  45  Mercator  OG  additur  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    filch  steal  take  
    verb-form
    nimmed  nimming  nims