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story

38 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) story (noun)
  2. 2) story (verb)
  3. 3) story (noun)
  4. Story (biographical name)
  5. Story (biographical name)
  6. story-and-a-half (adjective)
  7. story line (noun)
  8. story pole (noun)
  9. attic story (noun)
  10. bedtime story (noun)
  11. cock-and-bull story (noun)
  12. cover story (noun)
  13. dope story (noun)
  14. first story (noun)
  15. fish story (noun)
  16. folk story (noun)
  17. frame story (noun)
  18. ghost story (noun)
  19. ground story (noun)
  20. half story (noun)
  21. horror story (noun)
  22. long-short story (noun)
  23. love story (noun)
  24. nancy-story (noun)
  25. old story (noun)
  26. running story (noun)
  27. second story (noun)
  28. second-story man (noun)
  29. shaggy-dog story (noun)
  30. short story (noun)

1sto·ry

noun \ˈstȯr-ē\
plural stories

Definition of STORY

1
archaic a : history 1 b : history 3
2
a : an account of incidents or events b : a statement regarding the facts pertinent to a situation in question c : anecdote; especially : an amusing one
3
a : a fictional narrative shorter than a novel; specifically : short story b : the intrigue or plot of a narrative or dramatic work
4
: a widely circulated rumor
5
: lie, falsehood
6
: legend, romance
7
: a news article or broadcast
8
: matter, situation

Origin of STORY

Middle English storie, from Anglo-French estoire, estorie, from Latin historia — more at history
First Known Use: 13th century

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with STORY

Corey, corrie, dory, glory, Gorey, gory, hoary, lorry, lory, nori, quarry, saury, Tory, zori

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