[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cypher \cy"pher\ s?"f?r, n.  v.
   see cipher.
   1913 webster
see also:
cipher 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cypher
     n 1: a mathematical element that when added to another number
          yields the same number syn: zero, 0, nought, cipher
     2: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing i had
        ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had
        done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all
        for naught"; "i didn't hear zilch about it" syn: nothing,
         nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, goose
        egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip
     3: a person of no influence syn: cipher, nobody, nonentity
     4: a secret method of writing syn: cipher, cryptograph, secret
        code
     5: a message written in a secret code syn: cipher
     v 1: convert ordinary language into code; "we should encode the
          message for security reasons" syn: encode, code, encipher,
           cipher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code ant:
           decode
     2: make a mathematical calculation or computation syn: calculate,
         cipher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
see also:
zero 0 nought cipher nothing nil 
nix nada null aught goose egg 
naught zilch zip nobody nonentity 
cryptograph secret code encode code encipher 
encrypt inscribe write in code decode calculate 
compute work out reckon figure 

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