Nim

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. Archaic To steal; pilfer.
  • n. A game in which players in turn remove small objects from a collection, such as matchsticks arranged in rows, and attempt to take, or avoid taking, the last one.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To take (in all senses); to seize.
  • v. To take one's way; to go.
  • v. To filch, steal.
  • v. To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.
  • n. A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To take; to steal; to filch.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To take; take in the hands; Jay hold of, in order to move, carry, or use.
  • To seize; seize upon; take away; remove; take unlawfully; filch; steal.
  • To conduct; lead.
  • To take to one's self; receive; accept; have.
  • To take: used in phrases corresponding in sense and nearly in form to ‘take the road,’ ‘take leave,’ ‘take advice,’ ‘take care,’ etc.
  • To begin.
  • To take; betake one's self; go.
  • To steal.
  • n. The margosa. See Melia. Also spelled neem.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table
  • Verb Form
    nimmed    nimming    nims   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    table game   
    Cross Reference
    nim-bark    nim-tree   
    Form
    Nam    nimmed    nomen    nome   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    take    steal    filch   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dechoth    ohh    diddy    scribit    peris    sinit    OG    nupta    fercula    fulva