All 12 Uses of
content
in
Dune
- Jessica looked down at the cup in her hand, abruptly dashed its contents across Idaho's face.†
Book 1 (definition 1)
- =========================== There should be a science of discontent.†
Book 1 (definition 1)
- Right here in this tent—the tent itself, this pack and its contents, these stillsuits.†
Book 1 (definition 1)
- Now, Paul saw the contents of the mound exposed: the pale glistening gray of a stillsuit, a battered literjon, a kerchief with a small book in its center, the bladeless handle of a crysknife, an empty sheath, a folded pack, a paracompass, a distrans, a thumper, a pile of fist-sized metallic hooks, an assortment of what looked like small rocks within a fold of cloth, a clump of bundled feathers …. and the baliset exposed beside the folded pack.†
Book 2 (definition 1)
- It's the um-m-m-ah-h science of ah-h-h discontent," the Count said.†
Book 2 (definition 1) *
- The Baron raised his voice to surmount the sudden noise, said, "I hope you'll not be discontented with the performance of my nephew today, Count Fenring.†
Book 2 (definition 1)
- For Paul, she knew, she should take that spout and drink of the sack's contents, but as she bent to the proffered spout, her senses told her its peril.†
Book 2 (definition 1)
- She tasted the sack's contents in her nostrils, in the roof of her mouth, in her cheeks, in her eyes—a biting sweetness, now.†
Book 2 (definition 1)
- She drained the cup, feeling the energy and lift of its contents — hot and delicious.†
Book 3 (definition 1)
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- Then we'll have to be content with far less profit and a reduced harvest," Hawat said.†
Book 1 (definition 2)
- What's the delicate content of this note?†
Book 1 (definition 2) *
- Your suit will be more comfortable when you've adjusted to a lower wafer content in your body, " Stilgar had said.†
Book 2 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (content as in: content with how things are) satisfied
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(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) The word forms content and contents are also commonly used to refer to what is inside something else.