All 3 Uses of
uniform
in
The Hunger Games
- This has included scrubbing down my body with a gritty loam that has removed not only dirt but at least three layers of skin, turning my nails into uniform shapes, and primarily, ridding my body of hair.
p. 61.9uniform = consistent (all the same)
- Arrows with feathers cut in flawless uniform lines.
p. 101.1
- The flames that bear down on me have an unnatural height, a uniformity that marks them as human-made, machine-made, Gamemaker-made.
p. 173.1 *uniformity = consistency (being the same)
Definitions:
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(1)
(uniform as in: uniform consistency) consistent (the same in some way)
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:
more commonly, uniform refers to clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification. For example, an army uniform.