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1. (n.) pyramid
a massive quadrilateral masonry structure having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, as a tomb built in ancient Egypt, or stepped and sharply sloping sides, as a temple platform built in pre-Columbian Central America.
2. pyramid
any object or arrangement of objects shaped like a pyramid.
3. pyramid
a system or structure resembling a pyramid, as in hierarchical form.
4. pyramid
a solid having a polygonal base, and triangular sides that meet in a point.
5. pyramid
any crystalline form the planes of which intersect all three of the axes.
6. pyramid
any of various anatomical parts or structures of pyramidal form.
7. pyramid
the series of transactions involved in pyramiding.
8. (v.i.) pyramid
to take, or become disposed in, the form of a pyramid.
9. pyramid
to speculate in securities trading by using paper profits as margin for additional buying and selling.
10. pyramid
to increase gradually, as with the completion of each phase.
11. (v.t.) pyramid
to arrange in the form of a pyramid.
12. pyramid
to raise or increase (costs, wages, etc.) by adding amounts gradually.
13. pyramid
to cause to increase at a steady and progressive rate.
14. pyramid
to employ in speculative pyramiding.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < L p&ymacr;ramid-, s. of p&ymacr;ramis < Gk p&ymacr;ramís; r. earlier, ME pyramis < L, as above)
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1. (noun) pyramid
a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
2. (noun) pyramid
(stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases
3. (verb) Pyramid, Great Pyramid, Pyramids of Egypt
a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
4. (verb) pyramid
enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
5. (verb) pyramid
use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal
6. (verb) pyramid
arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid
7. (verb) pyramid
increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base
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1. (noun) pyramid
a four-sided solid shape with a point at the top
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1. (noun) Pyramid
a solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a structure or edifice of this shape
2. (noun) Pyramid
a solid figure contained by a plane rectilineal figure as base and several triangles which have a common vertex and whose bases are sides of the base
3. (noun) Pyramid
the game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot
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Sense: a solid shape usually with a square or triangular base, and sloping triangular sides meeting in a point.
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 Afrikaans: piramied |
 Arabic: شَكْل هَرَمي |
 Bulgarian: пирамида |
 Brazilian: pirâmide |
 Czech: pyramida |
 German: die Pyramide |
 Danish: pyramide |
 Greek: πυραμίδα |
 Spanish: pirámide |
 Estonian: püramiid |
 Farsi: هرم |
 Finnish: pyramidi |
 French: pyramide |
 Hebrew: פִּירָמִידָה |
 Hindi: पिरामिड |
 Hungarian: gúla |
 Indonesian: piramida |
 Icelandic: pÿramídi |
 Italian: piramide |
 Japanese: 角錐形のもの |
 Korean: 피라미드 |
 Lithuanian: piramidė |
 Latvian: piramīda |
 Malay: piramid |
 Dutch: piramide |
 Norwegian: pyramide |
 Polish: piramida |
 Persian: هرم |
 Pashto: هرم، |
 Portuguese: pirâmide |
 Romanian: piramidă |
 Russian: пирамида |
 Slovak: pyramída |
 Slovenian: piramida |
 Serbian: piramida |
 Swedish: pyramid |
 Thai: สิ่งของที่มีรูปทรงเหมือนพ |
 Turkish: piramit |
 Taiwanese: 棱錐體 |
 Ukrainian: піраміда |
 Urdu: مخروطي |
 Vietnamese: hình chóp |
 Chinese: 棱锥体 |
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