Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
An object of an ardent desire.
A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
An inclination or talent.
A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
Such a subunit as a component of a barn's framing, joined to other bents by girts and summer beams.
Such a subunit as a reinforcement to, or integral part of, a bridge's framing.
Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
A grassy area, grassland.
The old dried stalks of grasses.
A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
Homosexual.
Inaccurately aimed.
Suffering from the bends.
Corrupt, dishonest.
Determined or insistent.
Folded, dented.
High from both marijuana and alcohol.
leading a life of crime.