Chess (Noun)
Meaning 1
Weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Wheat fields are often infested with weedy annuals like chess, reducing their overall yield and quality.
- In a competition to grow a healthy wheat crop, chess proved to be the most troublesome weed to deal with.
- A herbicide designed specifically to target chess, has shown significantly positive results in initial field trials.
- Chess has been reported to decrease wheat yields by as much as 30 percent if left unchecked in fields.
- Winter wheat farmers routinely report battles with stubborn infestations of chess each year during the harvest.
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Meaning 2
A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- She beat her opponent in four moves, a new record for a game of chess.
- The chess club at school was looking for new members to join their weekly matches.
- As a grandmaster, he had been playing chess professionally since he was a teenager.
- I try to play chess whenever I can to improve my problem-solving skills.
- Learning chess strategies helped him develop his logical thinking.