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Charleston, Yeager Airport (tourism) and true(1) (iou)


Charleston, Yeager Airport (tourism)


Charleston, Yeager Airport is in the US state of West Virgina. Its airport code is CRW.









true(1) (iou)



true adjective, noun, & adverb. [tru:]

A. adjective.
Steadfast in allegiance, loyal; faithful, constant. Now arch. exc. with to. OE.
Ld Berners Ye haue done as a trew subjet ought to do to his lorde. Sir W. Scott I will be true to my word. Plays International While most of the hard left writers..have softened..Bond remains resolutely true to the cause.
b. Reliable; trusty. Formerly also, sure, secure. arch. ME.
D. Greenwell To the rock the root adheres, in every fibre true.
Honest, honourable, upright, virtuous; straightforward; sincere. Now chiefly as passing into senses 3b, 5a. OE.
Addison Good Men and true for a Petty Jury.
Of a statement, report, etc.: consistent with fact; conforming with reality. ME.
J. Bingham The fact was too true, and the charge too well-grounded, to be denied. T. Wells Reading a true confessions magazine. Woman I only wish it were true!
b. Of a person: speaking truly, telling the truth; truthful; trustworthy in statement. ME.
Bible (AV): Proverbs 14:25 A true witnesse deliuereth soules: but a deceitfull witnesse speaketh lyes.
a. Of the right kind, fitting, proper. Also, rightful, lawful, legitimate. Now rare. LME.
Shakespeare Sonnets Methinks no face so gracious is.., No shape so true.
b. Accurately or exactly positioned, fitted, or formed; correctly balanced or aligned. LME.
A. C. Clarke The thin thread of light..climbed upward..straight and true as a laser beam. Ideal Home A perfect fit even if your walls are not true.
c. Conforming to a standard, pattern, or rule; exact, precise; correct. Also, (of a note) exactly in tune. M16.
J. Imison Clocks and watches..so regulated as to measure true equal time. Tennyson One..touch'd a jarring lyre at first, But ever strove to make it true.
d. Remaining constant to type; not subject to variation. rare. M19.
e. Of a compass bearing: measured relative to true north. M19.
f. Of the ground or Other surface, esp. as prepared for cricket, bowls, etc.: level and smooth. M19.
g. Of the wind: steady, uniform in direction and force. L19.
a. Genuine; rightly answering to the description; authentic; not counterfeit, synthetic, spurious, or imaginary. LME.
I. Murdoch This is deep true love and not a fantasy. Q A true maestro of the turntables.
b. techn. Conforming to the accepted or typical character of the class or kind whose name it bears; properly or strictly so called. LME.
b. noun.
A faithful or loyal person. rare. LME-M18.
That which is true; the truth. arch. rare. E19.
Accurate position; exact alignment. Only in out of the true, out of true below. L19.
C. adverb.
Faithfully. Formerly also, honestly; confidently. Long non-standard. ME.
In accordance with fact; truthfully. Also, certainly, without doubt, admittedly. ME.
Athenaeum If report speak true. Lancashire Life True, Blackburn has in recent years shown resilience.
a. Exactly, accurately, correctly. M16.
D. Bagley Instruments did not read true and there was no hope of getting a valid ground-sighting.
b. In agreement with the ancestral type; without variation. Chiefly in breed true. M19.
Genuinely; authentically. arch. L16.
Phrases: come true be the case or be realized in actual experience; actually happen or transpire. hold true: see HOLD verb. it is true certainly, admittedly; (as interjection) expr. agreement with or admitting the veracity of a statement etc. one of the truest: see ONE adjective, noun, & pronoun. out of the true, out of true not accurately or exactly positioned or aligned; deviating from a standard, pattern or rule. ring true: see RING verb1. show one's true colours: see COLOUR noun. so it isn't true to an almost incredible extent. too good to be true: see GOOD adjective. tried and true: see TRIED ppl adjective 3. true as steel: see STEEL noun1. true for you Anglo-Irish expr. assent to a remark made. true to consistent with, faithful to. true to form being or behaving as expected; faithful to all expectations. true to life: see LIFE noun. true to type = true to form above. twelve good men and true: see TWELVE adjective.
Special collocations & comb.: true bill (now Hist. exc. US) a bill of indictment found by a grand jury to be supported by sufficient evidence to justify the hearing of a case. true blue: see BLUE adjective. true-born adjective of genuine or legitimate birth; truly such by birth. true-bred adjective of a true or genuine breed; having or manifesting true breeding or Education. true bug an insect of the order Hemiptera. true-false adjective (Education & Psychology) designating a type of test question designed to elicit either the response 'true' or 'false' (or another pair of opposites); characterizing a test that uses this technique. true fly an insect of the order Diptera. true grit: see GRIT noun1 5. true-hearted adjective faithful, loyal; honest, sincere. true-heartedness loyalty, faithfulness; sincerity. true horizon: see HORIZON noun 3. true leaf a foliage leaf of a plant, as opp. to a seed-leaf or cotyledon. true left, true right the side which is on the left, right, as one looks down from a hill or downstream. true-metal adjective like that of genuine metal; fig. genuine, authentic. true molar: see MOLAR noun 1. true NORTH. truepenny arch. a trusty or honest person. true rib Anatomy any of the upper seven pairs of ribs, attached directly to the sternum. true right: see true left above. true topaz: see TOPAZ noun 1.