without
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Is without a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adv (English)
1. (archaic or literary) Outside, externally.Examples: "And as each and all of them were warmed without by the sun, so each had a private little sun for her soul to bask in; some dream, some affection, some hobby, at least some remote and distant hope which, though perhaps starving to nothing, still lived on, as hopes will."; "Strange silence here: without, the sounding street Heralds the world's swift passage to the fire"; "I knew that someone had entered the house cautiously from without."archaicliterarynot-comparable
2. (prostitution, euphemistic) Without a condom being worn.Examples: "“What's within reason?” “Hand-job, blow-job, full sex — straight, full service. Greek, maybe, if you're not too big. Golden shower, if you like, but not reverse. No hardsports. And absolutely nothing without.”"euphemisticnot-comparable
prep (English)
1. (archaic or literary) Outside of, beyond.Examples: "MACBETH: There's blood upon your face. FIRST MURDERER: 'Tis Banquo's then. MACBETH: 'Tis better thee without than he within."; "Without the gate / Some drive the cars, and some the coursers rein."; "From thence we came without the Eaſtern gate, (ſtanding on a low Banke, called the daughter of Syon, that over-toppeth the valley of Iehoſaphat,) unto an immoveable ſtone, upon the which they ſaid St. Stephen was ſtoned to death, the firſt Martyr of the Chriſtian faith; and the faithfull fore-runner of many noble followers."Antonyms: withinarchaicliterary
conj (English)
1. (archaic or dialectal) Unless, except (introducing a clause).Examples: "You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," but that ain't no matter."; "‘Why,’ he blurted, ‘because they say I've no right to come up like this—without we mean to marry—’"archaicdialectal
Definition source: Wiktionary