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The definitions you specify for a word don't actually define it, they merely name a concept on your map. The concept is far richer than the "definition" by which you found it, and the lever of the word that you attached to it allows to patch into the deeper machinery of your mind. You can make use the levers yourself, to craft new structures with your own machinery.
A definition is not merely a name on your map, it's the location in the greater scheme of the map, the longitude and latitude. A definition fixes a notion with respect to some other notions, all of which together form your machinery, your belief network, your map. This machinery may bear no relation to reality, but then, to me, the point of definitions is to be clear, not accurate.