Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)mean, mean valuean average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n Verbs
(v)mean, intendmean or intend to express or convey“You never understand what I mean!”,
“what do his words intend?” (v)entail, imply, meanhave as a logical consequence“The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers” (v)mean, intend, signify, stand fordenote or connote“‘maison’ means ‘house’ in French”,
“An example sentence would show what this word means” (v)intend, mean, thinkhave in mind as a purpose“I mean no harm”,
“I only meant to help you”,
“She didn't think to harm me”,
“We thought to return early that night” (v)meanhave a specified degree of importance“My ex-husband means nothing to me”,
“Happiness means everything” (v)think of, have in mind, meanintend to refer to“I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France”,
“Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!” (v)meandestine or designate for a certain purpose“These flowers were meant for you” Adjectives
(s)average, meanapproximating the statistical norm or average or expected value“the average income in New England is below that of the nation”,
“of average height for his age”,
“the mean annual rainfall” (s)hateful, meancharacterized by malice“a hateful thing to do”,
“in a mean mood” (s)base, mean, meanspiritedhaving or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality“that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble” (Edmund Burke),
“taking a mean advantage”,
“chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort” (Shakespeare),
“something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics” (s)beggarly, meanmarked by poverty befitting a beggar“a beggarly existence in the slums”,
“a mean hut” (s)mean, mingy, miserly, tight(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity“a mean person”,
“he left a miserly tip” (s)beggarly, mean(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt (s)bastardly, meanof no value or worth“I was caught in the bastardly traffic”