Plant with white spathe atop long green stalk

noun

1. Any of several herbs (genus Zantedeschia) of the arum family

verb

1. To speak in a loud distinct voice so as to be heard at a distance shout

   "call for help"

2. To make a request or demand

   "call for an investigation"

3. To utter a characteristic note or cry
4. To speak to or attempt to reach someone by means of a call see call

   "just called to say hello"

5. To make a demand in card games (as for a particular card or for a show of hands)
6. To give the calls for a square dance
7. To make a brief visit

   "called to pay his respects"

8. To summon to a particular activity, employment, or office

   "was called to active duty"

9. To invite or command to meet convoke

   "call a meeting"

10. To rouse from sleep or summon to get up
11. To attract (game) by imitating the characteristic cry
12. To halt (something, such as a baseball game) because of unsuitable conditions
13. To rule on the status of (a pitched ball, a player's action, etc.)

    "call balls and strikes"

14. To give the calls for (a square dance)
15. To speak of or address by a specified name give a name to

    "call her Kitty"

16. To temporarily transfer control of computer processing to (something, such as a subroutine or procedure)

noun

1. The act or process of voting again

   "The board ordered/held/scheduled a revote."

idiom

1. To stop (something) to bring (something) to an end

   "The chairman called a halt to the discussion."

idiom

1. To ask for a short period of time to stop doing something in order to rest or do something else

idiom

1. To go home or go to bed at the present time

   "I'm exhausted. I'm calling it a night."