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Sweet. Google has added a new feature to its main search interface. Entering define before your search term will conduct your normal search as well as provide a definition of the term or terms. The function appears to be relying heavily on Princeton’s WordNet software, which is quite an adequate base from which to work. It would be really neat if Google worked on WordNet and integrated its enhancements back in.

Examples: define Pakistan, define Google, define Dave, define 42, define RSS, define Radio—more evidence that Google is blacklisting Dave’s products: they didn’t even mention his software!!!, define apple, and define f*ck