meter — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A device that measures things.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

2. A device that measures things. A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   gas meter

3. One who metes or measures.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Dated
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   a labouring coal-meter

4. A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.

   Usage

   • US usage
   • Countable
   • Uncountable

Verb

1. To measure with a metering device.

2. To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.

3. To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).

Noun

1. A poem.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Obsolete
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   A meter of […]berses in the Utopian tongue

Noun

1. the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

   Synonyms

   metrem

   Broader terms

   metric linear unit

2. any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity

   Broader terms

   measuring instrumentmeasuring systemmeasuring device

3. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

   Synonyms

   metremeasurebeatcadence

   Broader terms

   poetic rhythmrhythmic patternprosody

4. rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration

   Synonyms

   metretime

   Broader terms

   rhythmicity

Verb

1. measure with a meter

   Broader terms

   quantifymeasure

   Examples

   meter the flow of water

2. stamp with a meter indicating the postage

   Broader terms

   stamp

   Examples

   meter the mail