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ALL meanings of muse

muse
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  • intransitive verb muse think about 1
  • intransitive verb muse ponder, consider 1
  • noun muse Greek goddess 1
  • noun muse creative inspiration 1
  • verb without object muse to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject. 1
  • verb without object muse Archaic. to gaze meditatively or wonderingly. 1
  • verb with object muse to meditate on. 1
  • verb with object muse to comment thoughtfully or ruminate upon. 1
  • noun muse Classical Mythology. any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae. any goddess presiding over a particular art. 1
  • noun muse (sometimes lowercase) the goddess or the power regarded as inspiring a poet, artist, thinker, or the like. 1
  • noun muse (lowercase) the genius or powers characteristic of a poet. 1
  • noun Definition of muse in Technology (language)   OR-parallel logic programming. 1
  • noun muse Be absorbed in thought. 1
  • verb muse If you muse on something, you think about it, usually saying or writing what you are thinking at the same time. 0
  • countable noun muse A muse is a person, usually a woman, who gives someone, usually a man, a desire to create art, poetry, or music, and gives them ideas for it. 0
  • verb muse to reflect (about) or ponder (on), usually in silence 0
  • verb muse to gaze thoughtfully 0
  • noun muse a state of abstraction 0
  • noun muse a woman who inspires a creative artist, esp a poet 0
  • noun muse any of nine sister goddesses, each of whom was regarded as the protectress of a different art or science. Daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the nine are Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania 0
  • noun muse any of the Muses 0
  • noun muse the spirit that is thought to inspire a poet or other artist; source of genius or inspiration 0
  • noun muse a poet 0
  • intransitive verb muse to think deeply and at length; meditate 0
  • verb transitive muse to think or say meditatively 0
  • noun muse a musing; deep meditation 0
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