Uk English Meaning of device
device
Other Uk English words related to device
- ruse
- scheme
- trick
- artifice
- bluff
- deception
- dodge
- fetch
- gambit
- gimmick
- template
- knack
- play
- ploy
- sleight
- Sleight of hand
- ploy
- wile
- blind
- cheating
- chicanery
- trickery
- craft
- cunning
- trickery
- Duplicity
- end run
- fakery
- feint
- flimflam
- fraud
- front
- gaff
- hoax
- juggle
- juggling
- Legerdemain
- sham
- shenanigans
- Skullduggery
- skulduggery
- Smoke screen
- swindle
- trickery
- fraud
Nearest Words of device
Definitions and Meaning of device in English
device (n)
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
any clever maneuver
any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)
device (n.)
That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.
Improperly, an heraldic bearing.
Anything fancifully conceived.
A spectacle or show.
Opinion; decision.
FAQs About the word device
device
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose, something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect, any clever maneuver, any ornamental
ruse,scheme,trick,artifice,bluff,deception,dodge,fetch,gambit,gimmick
Allergy,aversion,Detachment,disinclination,Dislike,Disgust,neutrality,objectivity,apathy,aversion
deviatory => deviatory, deviator => deviator, deviationist => deviationist, deviationism => deviationism, deviation => deviation,
