To imply or intend to convey with one's words; used to correct or clarify one's previous utterance, or to seek such clarification.

simple past tense and past participle of means test

present participle of means test

Synonym of semantic loan

plural of mean white

(US, obsolete, ethnic slur, used by black slaves) Synonym of poor white trash (“a white person of low social status”)

To have good intentions; to do with a noble or positive purpose in mind.

plural of mean streak

(Marxism) All those things with the aid of which man acts upon the subject of his labor, and transforms it.

(idiomatic) Within an urban environment, a district or set of locales in which there is a high incidence of poverty, crime, disrepair, antisocial behavior, or other adverse conditions.