·noun Meantime; meanwhile.
II. Mean ·noun A mediator; a go-between.
III. Mean ·vi To have a purpose or intention.
IV. Mean ·superl Of poor quality; as, mean fare.
V. Mean ·adj Intermediate in excellence of any kind.
VI. Mean ·superl Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality.
VII. Mean ·superl Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar; humble.
VIII. Mean ·adj Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.
IX. Mean ·noun A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part.
X. Mean ·superl Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
XI. Mean ·superl Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.
XII. Mean ·vt To Signify; to Indicate; to Import; to Denote.
XIII. Mean ·noun That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument.
XIV. Mean ·vt To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, ·etc.; to Intend; to Purpose; to Design; as, what do you mean to do ?.
XV. Mean ·noun Hence: Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance.
XVI. Mean ·adj Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.
XVII. Mean ·noun That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure.
XVIII. Mean ·noun A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities.