Definition of Kite

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Definition of Kite

Kite

Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.

Fig. : One who is rapacious.

A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.

A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.

A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.

Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill.

The brill.

To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6.

The belly.

A form of drag to be towed under water at any depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface; -- called also sentry.

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Kite Quotations

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.
Anais Nin

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.
Lauren Bacall

I very rarely saw Tom Kite around. I've talked to Tom about it. I don't think Michael Jordan needed to be on the captain's cart with Kite; he needed to be walking in the gallery, supporting them from outside the ropes.
Payne Stewart

Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving a public speech is well aware of the effects of attention.
Keith Henson

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.
Francis Quarles

You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite.
Alan Cohen

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.
John Petit-Senn

Kite Translations

kite in German is Drachen
kite in Norwegian is papirdrage
kite in Swedish is glada, drake att flyga med

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