Riese — meaning in English

English meaning

• colossus noun A statue of enormous size, especially referring to famous ancient examples like the Colossus of Rhodes.
• giant noun A legendary humanlike being of enormous size and strength.
• hulk noun A large, bulky ship, especially an old one that is no longer seaworthy.

Senses

Riese is used for these senses in English:

• colossus (by extension) Any creature or thing of gigantic size.
• giant A mythical human of very great size.
• giant Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
• giant A very tall and large person.
• giant (astronomy) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
• hulk (figuratively) A big (and possibly clumsy) person.

colossus — full definition

1. noun A statue of enormous size, especially referring to famous ancient examples like the Colossus of Rhodes.
2. noun A person or thing of enormous size, power, or influence.

giant — full definition

1. noun A legendary humanlike being of enormous size and strength.
2. noun A person or thing that is exceptionally large, powerful, or important in its field.
3. adjective Extremely large.

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