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Features in Haskell programming language
This article describes the features in the programming language Haskell. A simple example that is often used to demonstrate the syntax of functional languages
Haskell_features
Functional programming language
features including type classes for type-safe operator overloading and monadic input/output (IO). It is named after logician Haskell Curry. Haskell's
Haskell
City in Oklahoma, United States
Haskell is a city in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,626 at the 2020 census, down from 2,007 in 2010. Haskell was established
Haskell,_Oklahoma
Compiler for Haskell programming language
The Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC) is a native or machine code compiler for the functional programming language Haskell. It provides a cross-platform
Glasgow_Haskell_Compiler
Educational programming language
standardized Haskell. It lacks some of the features of Haskell (such as the deriving clause in data type definitions), but includes several features which were
Gofer_(programming_language)
rewrite of nhc98 with more and better features. In particular, Yhc features integrated support for Hat, the Haskell tracer. The Yhc project uses Darcs for
Yhc
Topics referred to by the same term
and event management system Haskell Prelude, a standard module imported by default into Haskell programs; see Haskell features Honda Prelude, an automobile
Prelude
American filmmaker (1922–2015)
Haskell Wexler ASC (February 6, 1922 – December 27, 2015) was an American filmmaker, cinematographer, and documentarian. He won the Academy Award for
Haskell_Wexler
Elixir, Elm, F#, Go, Hack, Haskell, Julia, Kotlin, Nim, OCaml, Python, Rust, Scala, Swift and TypeScript. C++ features type aliasing with the using
Type_aliasing
Real World Haskell is an O'Reilly Media book, ISBN 978-0-596-51498-3, about the programming language Haskell by Bryan O'Sullivan, Don Stewart, and John
Real_World_Haskell
Design pattern in functional programming to build generic types
they can also be used to implement convenient language features. Some languages, such as Haskell, even offer pre-built definitions in their core libraries
Monad (functional programming)
Monad_(functional_programming)
American magazine editor
David Haskell is an American magazine editor, ceramicist, and distiller. He was named editor-in-chief of New York in 2019, replacing longtime editor Adam
David_Haskell_(editor)
Historic house in Illinois, United States
The Haskell Playhouse is a children's playhouse located in Haskell Park in Alton, Illinois. Dr. William Abraham Haskell, a physician and one of the wealthiest
Haskell_Playhouse
C-like programming language
fork actively used as the intermediate representation (IR) in the Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC) C-- is a "portable assembly language", designed to ease
C--
Intermediate structure between functors and monads
Haskell, but have since spread to other languages such as Idris, Agda, OCaml, Scala, and F#. Glasgow Haskell, Idris, and F# offer language features designed
Applicative_functor
This is a comparison of notable web frameworks, software used to build and deploy web applications. This article focuses on frameworks used for building
Comparison of server-side web frameworks
Comparison_of_server-side_web_frameworks
Strongly typed language that compiles to JavaScript
extensible records, but does not support some of the more advanced features of Haskell such as the generalized algebraic data type (GADT) and the type family
PureScript
Populated place in Passaic County, New Jersey, US
Haskell is an unincorporated community located within Wanaque Borough, in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Haskell was formed in 1898 as
Haskell,_New_Jersey
1933 192 6236 Appointment of Henery Roe Cloud as Superintendent of the Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas July 28, 1933 193 6237 Purchase of National
List of executive actions by Franklin D. Roosevelt
List_of_executive_actions_by_Franklin_D._Roosevelt
Fremantle Fry Gamble Garrard Godwin Goree Gregg Grimes Gwyn Hall Harrison Haskell Hazlett Howell Humiston Jeffords Jones Kelly Keogh Lang Latimer Lewis McCandless
List of monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield
List_of_monuments_of_the_Gettysburg_Battlefield
Functional programming language created in 2007
evaluation, and features such as a totality checker. Idris is designed to be a general-purpose programming language similar to Haskell, but may also be
Idris_(programming_language)
Compiler backend for multiple programming languages
CUDA, D, Delphi, Dylan, Forth, Fortran, FreeBASIC, Free Pascal, Halide, Haskell, Idris, Jai (only for optimized release builds), Java bytecode, Julia,
LLVM
Dynamic window manager for X Window System
functional programming language Haskell. Begun in March 2007, version 0.1 was announced in April 2007 as 500 lines of Haskell (which have since grown to 2000
Xmonad
Country in Rallies, Marches for Women's Reproductive Freedom". News & Photo Features. Retrieved October 18, 2021. "Remember Rosie Jimenez: National Mobilization
List of 2021 Women's March locations
List_of_2021_Women's_March_locations
Notable software packages that are nominal IDE
"Use F# on Windows". F# Software Foundation. Retrieved August 7, 2018. "Features – Rider". JetBrains. Retrieved August 7, 2018. "482387 – Add arm and aarch64
Comparison of integrated development environments
Comparison_of_integrated_development_environments
Historic house in Massachusetts, United States
The Captain Robert Haskell House is a First Period house at 680 Hale Street in the Beverly Farms area of Beverly, Massachusetts. Built ca. 1713, the house
Captain_Robert_Haskell_House
1945 film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
Haskell and later driven by Al Roberts is a customized 1941 Lincoln Continental V-12 convertible, a base model of a "Cabriolet" but one that features
Detour_(1945_film)
Botanical gardens in California, US
charged. Today's garden began in 1955 when Arnold D. Haskell bought the Norman's Nursery property. Haskell named the Library and Gardens after his mentor and
Sherman_Library_and_Gardens
Video game engine developed by Epic Games
Haskell and loves Haskell actually. So I think that's why he thought of people like me and Lennart and was keen to have us. But Verse isn't a Haskell
Unreal_Engine
Web development framework in Haskell
snaplets for features including file uploads, database connectivity (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.), generation of JavaScript from Haskell code, and more
Snap_(web_framework)
November 2013. "Haskell Wiki". Retrieved 26 November 2013. "Haskell Wiki Lazy Evaluation". Retrieved 26 November 2013. "Haskell Typing". HaskellWiki. Retrieved
Comparison of functional programming languages
Comparison_of_functional_programming_languages
28, 1974 The Living City (Twentieth Century Fund); John Barnes; camera: Haskell Wexler, Andy Costikian, Louis Clyde Stoumen; narrator: James Brill B&W
List of Encyclopædia Britannica Films titles
List_of_Encyclopædia_Britannica_Films_titles
Programming paradigm based on applying and composing functions
(PDF) on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2009-08-26. "Haskell in industry". Haskell Wiki. Retrieved 2009-08-26. Haskell has a diverse range of use commercially, from
Functional_programming
Proprietary language for AI accelerators
release, stating that Mojo 1.0 would stabilize core language features and that additional features, such as a match statement and enums, would follow in 1
Mojo_(programming_language)
American television series
Beaumont's memory. Other series regulars included Wally's old friend Eddie Haskell (Ken Osmond), his wife Gert (Ellen Maxted) and their sons Freddie and Bomber
The_New_Leave_It_to_Beaver
Software synthesizer
Retrieved 2016-07-15. "bindings-fluidsynth: Haskell FFI bindings for fluidsynth software synthesizer". Hackage.haskell.org. Retrieved 2016-07-15. "FluidSynth
FluidSynth
under Oberon) Swift (also under Ruby, Objective-C, and Haskell) Boo Cobra (syntax and features) ALGOL 68 ALGOL W Pascal Ada SPARK PL/SQL Turbo Pascal
Generational list of programming languages
Generational_list_of_programming_languages
Cybersecurity company
ISBN 978-1-83763-875-8. Ahmed, Mohiuddin; Moustafa, Nour; Barkat, Abu; Haskell-Dowland, Paul (2022-04-19). Next-Generation Enterprise Security and Governance
ANY.RUN
Programming languages parsing of command-line arguments
module std.getopt. Go provides the flag package for argument parsing. Haskell provides the library System.Console.GetOpt. An example of Java argument
Command-line_argument_parsing
parts are GPL with static linking exception Haddock Simon Marlow Text Haskell Any 2002 2.15.0 (2014) BSD HeaderDoc Apple Inc. Text AppleScript, Bash
Comparison of documentation generators
Comparison_of_documentation_generators
regular expression support does not necessarily support the full set of features of the library, e.g., GNU grep uses PCRE, but supports no lookahead, though
Comparison of regular expression engines
Comparison_of_regular_expression_engines
1987 American drama film by John Sayles
material, without destroying the ballad-like style. For the most part, Haskell Wexler's photography doesn't go overboard in finding poetry in the images
Matewan_(film)
Programming language
integration. It is nearly a superset of Haskell but does not support all language extensions of Haskell. In contrast to Haskell, Curry has built-in support for
Curry_(programming_language)
Proprietary No Ant, Maven, Gradle C, C++, Clojure, Elixir, Erlang, Go, Groovy, Haskell, Java, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala, Smalltalk Email,
Comparison of continuous integration software
Comparison_of_continuous_integration_software
Functional programming construct
as a general tool to process data based on its structure, e.g. C#, F#, Haskell, Java, ML, Python, Racket, Ruby, Rust, Scala, Swift and the symbolic mathematics
Pattern_matching
Type of antique Venus
(2001), p. 123. Haskell & Penny (1981), p. 316. Haskell & Penny (1981), p. 66 and note 316. Haskell & Penny (1981), p. 318. Haskell & Penny (1981), pp
Venus_Callipyge
Atom is a domain-specific language (DSL) in Haskell, for designing real-time embedded software. Originally intended as a high-level hardware description
Atom_(programming_language)
Object-oriented programming language and IDE
Visual Basic classic .NET C C++ C# COBOL Erlang Elixir Forth Fortran Go Haskell Java JavaScript Julia Kotlin Lisp Lua MATLAB ML Caml OCaml Standard ML
DataFlex
following table classifies some well-known software on the basis of its features and capabilities: Table explanation Software: The name of the application
Comparison of version-control software
Comparison_of_version-control_software
American/New Zealand television series
four along with a fourth director for second unit. Chris Graves, Charlie Haskell and Andrew Merrifield shot principal photography and Simon Rabbi shot second
Young_Hercules
Encrypted messaging application
held on SMP relay servers and deleted after delivery. Additional privacy features include "Incognito mode," which generates a random profile name and prevents
SimpleX_Chat
lazy language is a language with lazy evaluation semantics, similar to Haskell. In the following example, fibs is an infinite list which 1000th element
Racket_features
General-purpose programming language
projects worked in close collaboration; new features in Rust were tested out by the Servo team, and new features in Servo were used to give feedback back
Rust_(programming_language)
Perl software development platform
code of their editor is available, and a unique set of "Perl intuition" features that allow the IDE to understand details about project structure and content
Padre_(software)
Version of the C# programming language
of .NET Framework 3.5. It includes new features inspired by functional programming languages such as Haskell and ML, and is driven largely by the introduction
C_Sharp_3.0
Style of computer programming
They are known as parametric polymorphism in ML, Scala, Julia, and Haskell. (Haskell terminology also uses the term generic for a related but somewhat
Generic_programming
for National News Channel on Mars. Pat Haskell, portrayed by Lisa Carswell (season 5), Marcus' mother. John Haskell, portrayed by John Venable (season 5)
List of For All Mankind characters
List_of_For_All_Mankind_characters
Type system in computer science
associated with T. Type classes were first implemented in the language Haskell after first being proposed by Philip Wadler and Stephen Blott as an extension
Type_class
Double-entry accounting app
interface and automated transactions as strong features as well as the Common Lisp port and the Haskell port of the system. The Ledger system and file
Ledger_(software)
1984 studio album by the Bangles
vocals Michael Steele – bass guitar, backing vocals Guest musician Jimmie Haskell – string arrangement on "More Than Meets the Eye" Producer and Engineer
All Over the Place (The Bangles album)
All_Over_the_Place_(The_Bangles_album)
American soldier and journalist (1930–2005)
Colonel David Haskell Hackworth (November 11, 1930 – May 4, 2005) was a United States Army officer and journalist, who was highly decorated in both the
David_Hackworth
1969 film by Haskell Wexler
Medium Cool is a 1969 American drama film written and directed by Haskell Wexler and starring Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill
Medium_Cool
five National Natural Landmarks in Kansas. Big Basin Prairie Preserve Haskell-Baker Wetlands Monument Rocks Rock City List of National Historic Landmarks
List of National Natural Landmarks in Kansas
List_of_National_Natural_Landmarks_in_Kansas
to any data type. In the programming language Haskell, arrows allow functions (represented in Haskell by -> symbol) to combine in a reified form. However
Arrow_(computer_science)
Reproductive structure in flowering plants
Contemporary Ethnography. 48 (3): 429–447. doi:10.1177/0891241618792074. Haskell, David George (2026). How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature's
Flower
Programming language which compiles to JavaScript
inspired by Ruby, Python, and Haskell in an effort to enhance JavaScript's brevity and readability. Some added features include list comprehension and
CoffeeScript
integrated into the linux kernel or the userland utilities), see the security features of the Linux distribution for more details LXC is a front-end to this;
Comparison of open-source operating systems
Comparison_of_open-source_operating_systems
Linear filter used for texture analysis
com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/44630. This is another example implementation in Haskell: import Data.Complex gabor λ θ ψ σ γ x y = exp(-(x'^2 + γ^2 * y'^2) / (2*σ^2))
Gabor_filter
Typographical mark (\)
version 5.3 and higher, the backslash is used to indicate a namespace. In Haskell, the backslash is used both to introduce special characters and to introduce
Backslash
American clarinetist
Diana Haskell is an American clarinetist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. She has played with the Savannah Symphony Orchestra, the Charleston Symphony
Diana_Haskell
Programming language running on the Erlang virtual machine
Erlang's ecosystem. Elixir is aimed at large-scale sites and apps. It uses features of Ruby, Erlang, and Clojure to develop a high-concurrency and low-latency
Elixir_(programming_language)
Sculpture
(2002:61-77) Haskell & Penny 1981, p. 202. Winckelmann, Storia delle arti del disegno presso gli antichi, edited by Carlo Fea, noted by Haskell and Penny
Barberini_Faun
Functional programming language
data types, pattern matching, records, let expressions and modules, and a Haskell-like syntax. The system has Emacs, Atom, and VS Code interfaces but can
Agda_(programming_language)
American mixed-use rail trail
County) Greenfield River Halfway Pond Hamilton Hancock Harlow / Cooks Pond Haskell Swamp Hauk Swamp Hawksnest State Park Hawley Head Of The Plains Herman
Nashua_River_Rail_Trail
Web development programming language
concepts from Haskell with added type manipulation. Ajax call/response is serialized through a monad called transaction (corresponds to Haskell's input/output
Ur_(programming_language)
Programming language family
pragmatic general-purpose language. Clojure draws considerable influences from Haskell and places a very strong emphasis on immutability. Clojure provides access
Lisp_(programming_language)
Compositing C (GTK+) 1996 4.20.0 2024-12-15 GPL, LGPL 70 xmonad Dynamic Haskell 2007-03-06 0.18.1 2026-03-07 BSD-3-clause 2 worm Dynamic Nim 2021-12-12
Comparison of X window managers
Comparison_of_X_window_managers
2014 edition of the C++ programming language standard
(although in fact it slipped into 2010 and finally 2011). These are the features added to the core language of C++14. C++11 allowed lambda functions to
C++14
Horse racing track in New Jersey
LLC. Monmouth Park's marquee event is the Haskell Invitational, named after Amory L. Haskell. The Haskell was first run in 1968 as a handicap, but was
Monmouth_Park_Racetrack
Functional programming language
Clean shares many properties and syntax with a younger sibling language, Haskell: referential transparency, list comprehension, guards, garbage collection
Clean_(programming_language)
Program function without side effects
interfering with other invocations Bartosz Milewski (2013). "Basics of Haskell". School of Haskell. FP Complete. Archived from the original on 2016-10-27. Retrieved
Pure_function
Visual Basic classic .NET C C++ C# COBOL Erlang Elixir Forth Fortran Go Haskell Java JavaScript Julia Kotlin Lisp Lua MATLAB ML Caml OCaml Standard ML
Frink_(programming_language)
Series of horse races
Cesar del Rio, Copa De Oro Vinas De Chile, The Gold Cup at Santa Anita, Haskell Invitational, Belmont Oaks, Matron Stakes, Juddmonte International and
2014 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
2014_Breeders'_Cup_Challenge_series
Mountain range in Antarctica
-94.233. A small ridge with bare rock outcroppings located just north of Haskell Glacier and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south-southwest of Bonnabeau
Jones_Mountains
Syntactic construct for creating a list based on existing lists
subsequently developed standard pure lazy functional language Haskell includes many of Miranda's features, including list comprehensions. Comprehensions were proposed
List_comprehension
Proof assistant and programming language
language, later known as Lean 1 and 2, were experimental and contained features such as support for homotopy type theory-based foundations that were later
Lean_(proof_assistant)
Linux distribution
open-source components. Freespire has a number of in-house programs written in Haskell and OCaml, such as its ISO image builder, its hardware detection and autoconfiguration
Freespire
Programming language learning environment
Team, intended to explore whether new features may be added to the full website in the future. Experimental features currently under development include:
Scratch (programming language)
Scratch_(programming_language)
River in the United States
Baca County, Colorado. It joins the Cimarron River west of Satanta in Haskell County, Kansas. List of rivers of Colorado List of rivers of Kansas "North
North_Fork_Cimarron_River
List of terms created from a person's name
physicists – Curie, curium Pierre Curie, French physicist – Curie point Haskell Curry, American mathematician – currying, Curry's paradox, Curry–Howard
List_of_eponyms_(A–K)
General-purpose programming language
adding object-oriented (OOP) features, it has since expanded significantly over time adding more OOP and other features; as of 1997[update]/C++98 standardization
C++
Programming language
operating-system threads, similar to the scheduling performed in Erlang and Haskell's Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC) runtime implementation. While a standard library
Go_(programming_language)
Manner of writing source code
curly braces and semicolons). Haskell is a declarative language, there are statements, but declarations within a Haskell script. Example: let c_1 = 1 c_2
Programming_style
predictability, toolability, modularity, and metaprogrammability. Important features of Ceylon include: A type system enforcing null safety and list element
Ceylon_(programming_language)
Plateau in Antarctica
the Darwin Mountains. Mount Ellis rises over the north of the plateau. Haskell Ridge and Colosseum Ridge runs north from the plateau to the Darwin Glacier
Midnight_Plateau
Distributed version control system
correctness: the expressive type system of the functional programming language Haskell enforces some properties, and randomized testing via QuickCheck verifies
Darcs
Checking software against expectations
or "QuickCheck testing" since it was introduced and popularized by the Haskell library QuickCheck. Metamorphic testing (MT) is a property-based software
Software_testing
1978 American romantic period drama film by Terrence Malick
contributions by guitarist Leo Kottke, and photographed by Néstor Almendros and Haskell Wexler. Days of Heaven received positive reviews upon its original theatrical
Days_of_Heaven
1967 single by Bobbie Gentry
Billie Joe. The song was produced by Kelly Gordon and features a string arrangement by Jimmie Haskell. The single was released in September 1967 following
I_Saw_an_Angel_Die
d'un peuple. La Découverte, 1997. ISBN 2707127515. Abramson, Rudy, Jean Haskell, Jill Oxendine. Encyclopedia of Appalachia. University of Tennessee Press
Bibliography of encyclopedias: history
Bibliography_of_encyclopedias:_history
HASKELL FEATURES
HASKELL FEATURES
Male
Yiddish
Yiddish form of Hebrew Yechezqel, HASKEL means "God will strengthen."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Dorset, Northamptonshire, and Somerset named Caswell, from Old English cærse ‘(water)cress’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Hassell.
Male
Norwegian
Norwegian form of Old Norse Ãsketill, ASKEL means "divine kettle."
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : variant of Marshall, derived from an Anglo-Norman French form of Old French maresc(h)al ‘marshal’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Haskell.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Hassall in Cheshire, named from the genitive case of the Old English byname Hætt ‘hat’ (or possibly from Old English hægtesse ‘witch’) + Old English halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Gaskill.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Haskell.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places called Harwell in south Oxfordshire (formerly part of Berkshire) and Nottinghamshire. The former was named in Old English as ‘spring or stream by or from the gray one’, from HÄra ‘the gray’ (here referring to a certain hill) + wella; while the latter was named from Old English hÄ“ore, hÌ„re ‘pleasant’ + wella ‘stream’.
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Old Norse Arnkell, ARKELL means "eagle kettle."
Male
Yiddish
(×—Ö·×סְקֶעל) Yiddish form of Hebrew Yechezkel (English Ezekiel), CHASKEL means "God will strengthen."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Norman personal name Aschetil, from Old Norse Ãsketill, Ãskell, a compound áss ‘god’ + ketill ‘kettle’, ‘helmet’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the personal name Khaskl, a Yiddish form of the Hebrew name Yechezkel (see Ezekiel).
Boy/Male
Norse
Son of Dufniall.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the Norman personal name Aschetil (see Haskell).Stephen Hasket, a soap boiler and merchant of Salem, MA, was a native of Henstridge, Somerset, England. He came to Salem from Exeter, Devon, about 1666. His son Elias, born at Salem, went on to become governor of New Providence, Bahamas, before the people there revolted and sent him back to NY.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Hebrew
Intellect
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Haswell.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Northumberland)
English (chiefly Northumberland) : habitational name from a place named Haswell, notably the one in County Durham, which is named from Old English hæsel ‘hazelnut tree’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Tasgall, TASKILL means "divine kettle."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : vernacular spelling of Pascal.
HASKELL FEATURES
HASKELL FEATURES
Boy/Male
Tamil
Vishwanath | விஷà¯à®µà®¨à®¾à®¤
The Lord, King of the universe
Boy/Male
Buddhist, Indian, Sanskrit
Her Among the Donors
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Angle
Boy/Male
Tamil
Buddhi Priya | பà¯à®¤à¯à®¤à®¿ பà¯à®°à®¿à®¯Â
Knowledge
Boy/Male
Celtic American Gaelic English Scottish Irish
Slender.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Angel
Girl/Female
Indian
Great goddess.
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon
King of the gods.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Strong; Golden Eyes; Smoothing Flowers
Boy/Male
Sikh
The king of gods, The chief of gods
HASKELL FEATURES
HASKELL FEATURES
HASKELL FEATURES
HASKELL FEATURES
HASKELL FEATURES
a.
Wanting regular features; deformed.
superl.
Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features.
n.
An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary study for an original work.
n.
The science that treats of the physical features of the moon; -- corresponding to physical geography in respect to the earth.
n.
Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity.
n.
To draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought of.
a.
Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.
n.
The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features.
v. t.
To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.
superl.
Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the particulars of the resemblance; as, they are like each other in features, complexion, and many traits of character.
v. i.
To express amusement, pleasure, moderate joy, or love and kindness, by the features of the face; to laugh silently.
n.
Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; -- contrary to handsome.
n.
The heterodox Hindoo religion, of which the most striking features are the exaltation of saints or holy mortals, called jins, above the ordinary Hindoo gods, and the denial of the divine origin and infallibility of the Vedas. It is intermediate between Brahmanism and Buddhism, having some things in common with each.
v. i.
To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.
v.
Traits; features; lineaments.
n.
One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the plural.
n.
The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing.
n.
The science which treats of the earth's exterior physical features, climate, life, etc., and of the physical movements or changes on the earth's surface, as the currents of the atmosphere and ocean, the secular variations in heat, moisture, magnetism, etc.; physical geography.
n. pl.
An order of Tunicata, including Appendicularia, and allied genera; -- so called because certain larval features are retained by them through life. Called also Copelata. See Appendicularia.
superl.
Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features.