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Definition: Meaning of, P.E. in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / piː /

  • noun
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P.E. pes
  1. the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its position; stored energy
    SYNONYM
    potential energy
    ANTONYM
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P.E. used in phrases

  • Bo Peep
  • Lady Peel (noun)
    1. 1898-1989 born in Canada british actress
  • Liquid Pred (noun)
    1. trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol ; used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant
  • Little Bo Peep
    1. a character in a NURSERY RHYME (= old song or poem for young children) . She is a young girl who loses the sheep that she is supposed to be taking care of. The rhyme goes: Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep/And doesn't know where to find them;/Leave them alone, and they'll come home,/Bringing their tails behind them.
  • Mondrian, Piet
    1. (1872-1944) a Dutch painter famous for his ABSTRACT work involving only straight lines and squares or RECTANGLE s of colour
  • Pasolini, Pier Paolo
    1. (1922-75) an Italian film director, poet, and writer, who was murdered on a beach near Rome. He used his films, which include Oedipus Rex (1967) and Medea (1970), to criticize society.
  • Peel (noun)
    1. 1788-1850 british politician
  • Peel, Robert
    1. (1788-1850) a British Conservative politician who established the first official British police force and introduced freedoms for Roman Catholics. He was PRIME MINISTER from 1834 to 1835 and 1841 to 1846.
  • Pied Piper (noun)
    1. the Pied Piper (of Hamelin) the main character in an old story about a man who got rid of all the rats from the town of Hamelin in Germany, by playing his FLUTE and making the rats follow him into the river and DROWN in it. When he was not paid for this job, the Pied Piper played his FLUTE again and led away all the town's children too.
    2. someone that other people like or admire, who attracts many followers
  • Pied Piper of Hamelin (noun)
    1. the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning
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