n.
1.a message that is stated or declared
2.a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
3.(music) the presentation of a musical theme
4.a nonverbal message
5.the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
6.(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
7.a document showing credits and debits
Idiom of the Day
scare up (somebody or something) or scare (somebody or something) up
to find someone or something, to gather something with some effort
We were able to scare up some sleeping bags so that we could go camping.
