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organ

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1. organ - Noun

2. organ - Verb

3. Organ - Proper noun

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An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government.

A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants.

A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine.

A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc.

A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ.

To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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My brain it's my second favorite organ. Woody Allen

I am an organ of the Lord, and sweetly... do I glorify the King, all atremble before Him. Gregory of Nazianzus

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room. Winston Churchill

I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ. W. Somerset Maugham

The young man plays the flute, the middle aged man plays the harpsichord, the old man plays the organ. Sicilian Proverb

The greatness of man's male organ don't call it an hydro cell. African Proverb

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