Definitions for proverb

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proverb prov·erb

Spelling: [prov-erb]

IPA: /ˈprɒv ərb/

Proverb is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in proverb (beoprrv).

Definitions for proverb

noun

1. a short popular saying, usually of unknown and ancient origin, that expresses effectively some commonplace truth or useful thought; adage; saw.
2. a wise saying or precept; a didactic sentence.
3. a person or thing that is commonly regarded as an embodiment or representation of some quality; byword.
4. Bible. a profound saying, maxim, or oracular utterance requiring interpretation.
5. a word that can substitute for a verb or verb phrase, as do in They never attend board meetings, but we do regularly.

verb (used with object)

1. to utter in the form of a proverb.
2. to make (something) the subject of a proverb.
3. to make a byword of.

Origin of proverb

1275-1325; Middle English proverbe Middle French Latin prōverbium adage, equivalent to prō- pro-¹ + verb(um) word + -ium Examples for proverb

There's no inconvenience but has its convenience, said Betty, giving me proverb for proverb.

This work takes a page from President Ronald Reagan, who liked to repeat the Russian proverb “trust but verify.”

An Italian proverb says: "The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses."

"Like master, like man" was a proverb which he saw daily fulfilled.

In the case of Kudo-kai case boss Nomura, the appropriate Japanese proverb appears to be: “The mouth is the gate of misfortune.”

The rich,” according to a Spanish proverb, “laugh carefully.

"In a multitude of counsellors there is wisdom," saith the proverb.

"As docile as Daisy" might have been a proverb in the neighborhood, so general was this view of her nature.

An Arabic proverb: “Think of the going-out before you enter.”

The catch phrase, which Reagan borrowed from a Russian proverb, was “trust but verify.”