English-Thai Dictionary

prostitute

N นักเขียน หรือ ศิลปิน ที่ ขาย งาน ราคา ถูก  nak-kian-rue-sin-la-pin-ti-kai-nang-ra-ka-tuk

 

prostitute

N โสเภ ณี  ผู้หญิง ขายตัว  bawd whore so-pe-ne

 

prostitute

VT ขายตัว  หากิน เป็น หญิง โสเภ ณี  kai-tua

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROSTITUTE

v.t.[L. prostituo; pro and statuo, to set. ] 1. To offer freely to a lewd use, or to indiscriminate lewdness.
Do not prostitute thy daughter. Leviticus 19:29.
2. To give up to any vile or infamous purpose; to devote to any thing base; to sell to wickedness; as, to prostitute talents to the propagation of infidel principles, to prostitute the press to the publication of blasphemy.
3. To offer or expose upon vile terms or to unworthy persons.

 

PROSTITUTE

a.Openly devoted to lewdness; sold to wickedness or to infamous purposes. Made bold by want and prostitute for bread.

 

PROSTITUTE

n.A female given to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet. 1. A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire.
No hireling she, no prostitute to praise.

 

PROSTITUTED

pp. Offered to common lewdness; devoted to base purposes.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROSTITUTE

Pros "ti *tute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prostituted; p. pr. & vb. n.Prostituting. ] Etym: [L. prostitutus, p. p. of prostituere to prostitute; pro before, forth + statuere to put, place. See Statute. ]

 

1. To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire. "Do not prostitute thy daughter. " Lev. xix. 29.

 

2. To devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low or indiscriminate use; as, to prostitute talents; to prostitute official powers. Milton.

 

PROSTITUTE

Pros "ti *tute, a. Etym: [L. prostitutus, p. p.]

 

Defn: Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes. Made bold by want, and prostitute for bread. Prior

 

PROSTITUTE

Pros "ti *tute, n. Etym: [L. prostituta.]

 

1. A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot.

 

2. A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire. No hireling she, no prostitute to praise. Pope.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prostitute

pros ti tute |ˈprästəˌt (y )o͞ot ˈprɑstəˌt (j )ut | ▶noun a person, typically a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment. • a person who misuses their talents or who sacrifices their self-respect for the sake of personal or financial gain: careerist political prostitutes. ▶verb [ with obj. ] offer (someone, typically a woman ) for sexual activity in exchange for payment: although she was paid $15 to join a man at his table, she never prostituted herself . • put (oneself or one's talents ) to an unworthy or corrupt use or purpose for the sake of personal or financial gain: his willingness to prostitute himself to the worst instincts of the electorate. DERIVATIVES pros ti tu tor |-ˌt (y )o͞otər |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (as a verb ): from Latin prostitut- ‘exposed publicly, offered for sale, ’ from the verb prostituere, from pro- ‘before ’ + statuere ‘set up, place. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

prostitute

pros ¦ti |tute |ˈprɒstɪtjuːt | ▶noun a person, typically a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment. ▶verb [ with obj. ] offer (someone, typically a woman ) for sexual activity in exchange for payment: although she was paid £15 to join a man at his table, she never prostituted herself . • put (oneself or one's talents ) to an unworthy or corrupt use for personal or financial gain: his willingness to prostitute himself to the worst instincts of the electorate. DERIVATIVES prostitutor noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (as a verb ): from Latin prostitut- ‘exposed publicly, offered for sale ’, from the verb prostituere, from pro- ‘before ’ + statuere ‘set up, place ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prostitute

prostitute noun undercover cops posing as prostitutes: call girl, whore; informal hooker; working girl, lady of the evening, streetwalker, member of the oldest profession, tart, moll, fille de joie, escort, courtesan, hustler; ho; dated scarlet woman, camp follower, cocotte, strumpet, harlot, trollop, woman of ill repute, wench. ▶verb they prostituted their art: betray, sacrifice, sell, sell out, debase, degrade, demean, devalue, cheapen, lower, shame, misuse, pervert; abandon one's principles (at the expense of ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prostitute

prostitute noun whore, sex worker, call girl, white slave; male prostitute, rent boy, call boy, gigolo; euphemistic model, escort, masseuse; Brit. tom; French fille de joie; Spanish puta; N. Amer. sporting girl /woman /lady, chippy; informal tart, pro, moll, tail, brass nail, grande horizontale, woman on the game, working girl, member of the oldest profession, renter, toy boy; N. Amer. informal hooker, hustler; black English ho; vulgar slang bumboy; dated streetwalker, woman of the streets, lady /woman of the night, scarlet woman, cocotte; archaic courtesan, strumpet, harlot, trollop, woman of ill repute, lady of pleasure, Cyprian, doxy, drab, quean, trull, wench; rare sing-song girl, succubus. ▶verb they couldn't bring themselves to prostitute their art by copying others: betray, sacrifice, profane, sell, sell out, debase, degrade, demean, devalue, cheapen, lower, misapply, misemploy, misuse, pervert, squander, waste; abandon one's principles, be untrue to oneself.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prostitute

pros ti tute /prɑ́stət j ùːt |prɔ́stɪ -/名詞 C 売春婦, 売春する [体を売る ]人 ▸ male prostitute 男娼 （だんしよう ）動詞 他動詞 1 ｟かたく ｠(金のために )〈才能 技術 〉を安売りする .2 〖～ oneself 〗売春する .