All 3 Uses of
console
in
Oryx and Crake
- These were the same birds that always called like this as dusk approached, and at dawn just before the sun came up, and Oryx was consoled by their sounds.†
p. 124.1consoled = comforted (emotionally)
- Soon the women would be consoling him, and he'd roll around in their sympathy, soak in it, massage himself with it.†
p. 191.4 *consoling = comforting (emotionally)
- After she'd gone Jimmy moped •for a week, and not even LyndaLee's dirty-mouthed convulsions could console him.†
p. 76.3 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(console as in: console her grief) to comfort (emotionally)
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(2)
(console as in: plug it into the console) controls or video monitor(s) for electrical equipment; or a cabinet made to hold electronic equipment
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, console can refer to a storage compartment between the bucket seats of a car.