n.
1.the specified day of the month
2.a particular day specified as the time something will happen
3.a meeting arranged in advance
4.a particular but unspecified point in time
5.the present
6.a participant in a date
7.the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred
8.sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed date v.
1.go on a date with
2.stamp with a date
3.assign a date to
4.date regularly
5.provide with a dateline
Idiom of the Day
shut (something) up or shut up (something)
to close the doors and windows of a building for a period of time
We decided to shut up our cottage for the winter.