paragraph

paragraph
    n 1: one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to
         separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new
         indented line
    v 1: divide into paragraphs, as of text; "This story is well
         paragraphed"
    2: write about in a paragraph; "All her friends were paragraphed
       in last Monday's paper"
    3: write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher
    

Paragraph \Par"a*graph\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paragraphed}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Paragraphing}.]
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   1. To divide into paragraphs; to mark with the character
      [para].
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   2. To express in the compass of a paragraph; as, to paragraph
      an article.
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   3. To mention in a paragraph or paragraphs
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Paragraph \Par"a*graph\, n. [F. paragraphe, LL. paragraphus, fr.
   Gr. para`grafos (sc. grammh`) a line or stroke drawn in the
   margin, fr. paragra`fein to write beside; para` beside +
   gra`fein to write. See {Para-}, and {Graphic}, and cf.
   {Paraph}.]
   1. Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to
      call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change
      of subject; now, the character [para], commonly used in
      the text as a reference mark to a footnote, or to indicate
      the place of a division into sections.
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   Note: This character is merely a modification of a capital P
         (the initial of the word paragraph), the letter being
         reversed, and the black part made white and the white
         part black for the sake of distinctiveness.
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   2. A distinct part of a discourse or writing; any section or
      subdivision of a writing or chapter which relates to a
      particular point, whether consisting of one or many
      sentences. The division is sometimes noted by the mark
      [para], but usually, by beginning the first sentence of
      the paragraph on a new line and at more than the usual
      distance from the margin, also called indenting the line.
      See {indentation}[4].

   3. A brief composition complete in one typographical section
      or paragraph; an item, remark, or quotation comprised in a
      few lines forming one paragraph; as, a column of news
      paragraphs; an editorial paragraph.
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107 Moby Thesaurus words for "paragraph":
      adjectival phrase, article, back matter, book, causerie, chapter,
      clause, column, conceive, construction, couch, couch in terms,
      descant, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation,
      embody in words, essay, etude, examination, excursus, exposition,
      express, expression, fascicle, feature, first approach, folio,
      formularize, formulate, frame, front matter, gathering,
      give expression to, give words to, headed group, homily, idiom,
      idiotism, installment, introductory study, livraison, locution,
      lucubration, manner of speaking, memoir, monograph, morceau, note,
      noun phrase, number, outline, page, pandect, paper, part, passage,
      peculiar expression, period, phrasal idiom, phrase, piece,
      preliminary study, present, prolegomenon, put, put in words,
      research paper, rhetorize, screed, section, sentence, serial,
      set out, set phrase, sheet, signature, sketch, special article,
      standard phrase, state, study, style, survey, syntactic structure,
      term, term paper, text, theme, thesis, tract, tractate, treatise,
      treatment, turn of expression, turn of phrase, usage, utterance,
      verb complex, verb phrase, verbalism, verse, volume,
      way of speaking, word, word-group