p

Noun

p noun

1. Abbreviation of penny; pence.
2. Proton

p noun

1. One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
2. One side of a paper leaf on which one has written or printed.
3. Any record or writing; a collective memory.“the page of history”
4. The type set up for printing a page.

p noun

1. A serving boy – a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education.
2. A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.
3. A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
4. (in libraries) The common name given to an employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.

Verb

p verb

1. To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge“Needlework purled with gold.”
2. An inverted stitch producing ribbing etc“Knit one, purl two.”

p verb

1. To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.“The huntsman was purled from his horse.”

p verb

1. To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
2. To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.

Preposition

p preposition

1. For each.“$2.50 per dozen”
2. To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).“100 centimeters per meter”
3. By the, by means of the, via the, through the.“Introduce the endoscope per nasum.”
4. In accordance with.“I parked my car at the curb per your request.”

Preposition

p preposition

1. After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.

Adverb

p adverb

1. Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.
2. Prettily, in a pretty manner.