mean

I. a.

1.

Middle, medium, average, moderate.

2.

Intermediate, intervening, coming between.

3.

Ignoble, plebeian, low, ordinary, common, vulgar, coarse, humble.

4.

Base, abject, grovelling, vile, contemptible, despicable, servile, beggarly, sneaking, dirty, scurvy, shabby, sorry, disingenuous, unfair, rascally, pitiful, base-minded, low-minded, dishonorable, spiritless.

5.

Sordid, penurious, miserly, stingy, niggardly, illiberal, ungenerous, selfish, narrow, mercenary, narrow-minded, parsimonious.

6.

Small, little, paltry, insignificant, diminutive, petty, poor, wretched, contemptible, despicable.

II. n.

1.

Medium, mediocrity, moderation, measure, middle state, middle course.

2.

Average.

3.

Instrument, method, mode, way, means, agency, instrumentality, measure.

III. v. a.

1.

Intend, signify, contemplate.

2.

Intend, purpose, design.

3.

Signify, indicate, imply, denote, purport, import, express.

IV. v. n.

Intend, purpose, design.