Definition of And
What does the word And mean?
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part of speech: conjunction
Connecting words, clauses, and sentences, as cakes a. buns, black a. brown bread, buy a. sell. Special uses: four a. twenty (but twenty- four); two hundred a. forty, two thousand a. forty (but two thousand four hundred); two a. ten pence, two pounds a. ten pence (but two pound ten); miles a. (=innumerable) miles; nice a. (=nicely) thin; try a. (to) come, mind a. (to) bring; there are books a. (different kinds of, good and bad) books; two a. two, by twos; stir, a. (=if you stir) you are a dead man. [old English]
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