curate vs monk

curate

noun
  • A parish priest. 

  • An oxyanion of curium; any salt containing such an anion. 

  • An assistant rector or vicar. 

  • An assistant barman. 

verb
  • To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages. 

  • To act as a curator for. 

  • To work or act as a curator. 

monk

noun
  • A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service. 

  • in earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally. 

  • A judge. 

  • A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed; distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink. 

  • A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit. 

  • The bullfinch, common bullfinch, European bullfinch, or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula). 

  • A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine. 

  • The monkfish. 

  • A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthosternos. 

  • A monkey. 

  • An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships. 

  • A fuse for firing mines. 

verb
  • To be intoxicated or confused. 

  • To act like a monk; especially to be contemplative. 

  • To be attached in a way that sticks out. 

  • To be a monk. 

  • To monkey or meddle; to behave in a manner that is not systematic. 

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