names

1. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.

   I've never liked the name my parents gave me so I changed it at the age of twenty.

2. Reputation.
3. An abusive or insulting epithet.

   Stop calling me names!

4. A person (or legal person).
5. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
6. A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
7. An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
8. Authority.

   Halt in the name of the law!

1. (ditransitive) To give a name to.

   One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting.

2. To mention, specify.

   He named his demands.

3. To identify as relevant or important

   naming the problem

4. To publicly implicate.

   The painter was named as an accomplice.

5. To designate for a role.

   My neighbor was named to the steering committee.

6. (Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.

noun

Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.