Humble
Humble (hum"b'l; 277) , adjective
[French, from Latin humilis on the ground, low, from humus the earth, ground. See Homage, and compare Chameleon, Humiliate.]
1.
Near the ground; not high or lofty.
Thy humble nest built on the ground.
2.
Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; modest; as, a humble cottage. Used to describe objects.
3.
Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; weak; modest. Used to describe people.
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
She should be humble who would please.
Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our... religion we can never hope to be a happy nation.
Collocations (2)
Humble plant (Botany) , a species of sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa (Mimosa sensitiva).
To eat humble pie , to endure mortification; to submit or apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or humiliation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See Humbles. — Halliwell
Humble , adjective
Hornless. See Hummel. [Scottish]
Humble , transitive verb
1.
To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.
Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues
Have humbled to all strokes.
The genius which humbled six marshals of France.
2.
To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used reflexively.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you.