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Look up: humble

  1. Humble
    Humble is a city in Harris County Texas, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. humble
    [Adjective] Something that is small or has little value. A humble person is someone who is modest.
    Example: He is now an important business man but he came from humble beginnings.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary

  3. humble
    [adj] - low or inferior in station or quality 2. [adj] - used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) 3. [adj] - marked by meekness or modesty 4. [v] - cause to be unpretentious
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Humble
    Hum'ble adjective [ Compar. Humbler ; superl. Humblest .] [ French, from Latin humilis on the ground, low, from humus the earth, ground. See Homage , and confer Chameleon , Humiliate .] 1. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/69

  5. Humble
    Hum'ble adjective Hornless. See Hummel . [ Scot.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/69

  6. Humble
    Hum'ble transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Humbled ; present participle & verbal noun Humbling .] 1. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate. « Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues Have humbled to all strokes.» Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/69

  7. humble
    1. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage. 'THy humble nest built on the ground.' (Cowley) ... 2. Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. humble
    low adjective low or inferior in station or quality; `a humble cottage`; `a lowly parish priest`; `a modest man of the people`; `small beginnings`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. humble
    menial adjective used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. humble
    adjective marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; `a humble apology`; `essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions`- B.K.Malinowski
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. Humble
    `Humble` may refer to: *Humility (being humble) *Humble, Texas, USA *Humble Oil, a petroleum company which became part of Exxon *Humble Pie, an English rock band *Humblus / Humble, a legendary Danish king
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble

  12. Humble
    • (superl.) Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage. • (v. t.) To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate. • (superl.) Thinking lowly of one`s self; claiming little for one`s self; not proud, arrogant, or...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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9 November 2009

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On 9 November 1989 the Berlin Wall was finally breached by jubilant Berliners , unifying a city that had been divided for over 30 years. The 28-mile (45 km) barrier dividing Germany's capital was built in 1961 to prevent East Berliners fleeing to the West, but as Communism in the Soviet Republic and Eastern Europe began to crumble, pressure mounted on the East German authorities to open the Berlin border. At midnight on 9th November East Germany's Communist rulers gave permission for gates along the Wall to be opened after hundreds of people converged on crossing points. They surged through cheering and shouting and were be met by jubilant West Berliners on the other side. read more

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