from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. The fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. See Table at calendar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- proper n. The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May. Abbreviation: Apr or Apr.
- proper n. A female given name for somebody born in April; used since early 20th century.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The fourth month of the year.
- n. Fig.: With reference to April being the month in which vegetation begins to put forth, the variableness of its weather, etc.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The fourth month of the year, containing thirty days.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. the month following March and preceding May
Semana Santa (April ~April 3 - 12, Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday), which is Mexico's second largest holiday.
•April Fool's Day, April 1, 2009 is 04 / 01 / 2009, or 4012009, which has
April, without entering the cottage, hangs over the hungry nestlings watching them.] _April.
April comes along singing, and stands outside and out of sight to finish her song.] _April.
IV. iii.41 (352,6) To the April day again] That is, _to the wedding day_, called by the poet, satirically, _April day_, or _fool's day_.
The open streams API launched in April is a significant example.
Consumer prices rose 2.8 percent in April from a year earlier, the fastest pace in 18 months, and property prices jumped 12.8 percent, the statistics bureau said in statements today.
The cancellation of an invitation to speak to a legitimate campus group at Wyoming in April is a case in point.
Looking at the success rate of Senate predictions made in April is a sobering experience.
Marino, who has been detained as a danger to the community since his arrest in April, is still viewed by the feds as one of three family capos who serve on a ruling panel that now runs the beleaguered crime family - a factor that obviously has some bearing on the government's hard-nosed tactics.
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