table

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.

   • Set that dish on the table over there, please.
   • He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.
2. 2

   A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game.

   • Alas poore Yorick […] VVhere be your Jibes now? Your Gambals? Your Songs? Your flaſhes of Merriment that were wont to ſet the Table on a Rore?
3. 3

   A two-dimensional presentation of data.

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   1. 4

      The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family

      The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.

   2. 5

      The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.

   3. 6

      A flat gravestone supported on pillars.

   4. 7

      A writing tablet.

   5. 8

      To tabulate

      To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.

      • to table fines
   6. 9

      To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table

      To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed.

      • 'April 13 1638, Henry Wotton, letter to John Milton At Siena I was tabled in the house of one Alberto Scipioni
   7. 10

      To delineate

      To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict.

      • c. 1607, Francis Bacon, letter to Tobie Matthew tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation
   8. 11

      To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly

      To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.

      • In a raucous Commons, the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, confirmed he had tabled a formal motion of confidence in the government, backed by other opposition leaders, which MPs would vote on on Wednesday.
   9. 12

      To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with

      To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something).

      • The legislature tabled the amendment, so they will not be discussing it until later.
      • The motion was tabled, ensuring that it would not be taken up until a later date.
   10. 13

       To represent a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth…

       To represent a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display.

   11. 14

       To join (pieces of timber) together using coaks.

   12. 15

       To put on a table.

   13. 16

       To show one's cards face-up, especially during showdown.

   14. 17

       To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in…

       To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.

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