Both

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Both \Both\ (b[=o]th), a. or pron. [OE. bothe, ba[thorn]e, fr.
     Icel. b[=a][eth]ir; akin to Dan. baade, Sw. b[*a]da, Goth.
     baj[=o][thorn]s, OHG. beid[=e], b[=e]d[=e], G. & D. beide,
     also AS. begen, b[=a], b[=u], Goth. bai, and Gr. 'a`mfw, L.
     ambo, Lith. ab[`a], OSlav. oba, Skr. ubha. [root]310. Cf.
     {Amb-}.]


     The one and the other; the two; the pair, without exception
     of either.
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     Note: It is generally used adjectively with nouns; as, both
           horses ran away; but with pronouns, and often with
           nous, it is used substantively, and followed by of.
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     Note: It frequently stands as a pronoun.
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                 She alone is heir to both of us.   --Shak.
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                 Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto
                 Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
                                                    --Gen. xxi.
                                                    27.
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                 He will not bear the loss of his rank, because he
                 can bear the loss of his estate; but he will bear
                 both, because he is prepared for both.
                                                    --Bolingbroke.
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     Note: It is often used in apposition with nouns or pronouns.
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                 Thy weal and woe are both of them extremes.
                                                    --Shak.
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                 This said, they both betook them several ways.
                                                    --Milton.
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     Note: Both now always precedes any other attributive words;
           as, both their armies; both our eyes.
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     Note: Both of is used before pronouns in the objective case;
           as, both of us, them, whom, etc.; but before
           substantives its used is colloquial, both (without of)
           being the preferred form; as, both the brothers.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Both \Both\, conj.
     As well; not only; equally.
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     Note: Both precedes the first of two co["o]rdinate words or
           phrases, and is followed by and before the other, both
           . . . and . . .; as well the one as the other; not only
           this, but also that; equally the former and the latter.
           It is also sometimes followed by more than two
           co["o]rdinate words, connected by and expressed or
           understood.
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                 To judge both quick and dead.      --Milton.
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                 A masterpiece both for argument and style.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
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                 To whom bothe heven and erthe and see is sene.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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                 Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
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                 He prayeth well who loveth well
                 Both man and bird and beast.       --Coleridge.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  both
       adj : (used with count nouns) two considered together; the two;
             "both girls are pretty" [syn: {both(a)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "both":
     a deux, brace, couple, couplet, distich, double harness, doublet,
     duad, duet, duo, dyad, either, for two, match, mates, pair,
     set of two, span, team, tete-a-tete, the two, twain, two, twosome,
     yoke