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| slang |
| 1. n. Language outside of conventional usage. | |
| 2. n. Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon. | |
| 3. n. The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant. | |
| 4. v. (transitive, dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at. | |
| 5. v. (archaic) simple past tense of sling | |
| 6. n. (dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. | |
| 8. n. (obsolete) A counterfeit weight or measure. | |
| 9. n. (obsolete) A travelling show, or one of its performances. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) A hawker's license. | |
| 11. n. (obsolete) A watchchain. | |
| 12. v. (transitive, AAVE, MLE) To sell (especially illegal drugs). | |
| an |
| 1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound | |
| 2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable | |
| 3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable | |
| 4. conj. (archaic) If | |
| 5. conj. (archaic) So long as. | |
| An it harm none, do what ye will. | |
| 6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though. | |
| 7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri). | |
| 8. prep. In each; to or for each; per. | |
| I was only going twenty miles an hour. | |
| ulterior |
| 1. adj. Situated beyond, or on the farther side. | |
| 2. adj. Beyond what is obvious or evident. | |
| 3. adj. Being intentionally concealed so as to deceive. | |
| 4. adj. (archaic) Happening later; subsequent. | |
| an ulterior action | |
| scheme |
| 1. n. A systematic plan of future action. | |
| 2. n. A plot or secret, devious plan. | |
| 3. n. An orderly combination of related parts. | |
| 4. n. A chart or diagram of a system or object. | |
| 5. n. (mathematics) A type of topological space. | |
| 6. n. (chiefly Scotland) A council housing estate. | |
| 7. n. (rhetoric) An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words. | |
| 8. n. (astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event. | |
| 9. n. (internet) Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such ashttp: ornews:. | |
| 10. n. (pensions) A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members. | |
| 11. v. (intransitive) To plot, or contrive a plan. | |
| or |
| 1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
| In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
| He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
| 2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
| 3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
| 4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
| It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
| 5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
| The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
| 6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
| 7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
| 10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
| 11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
| plan |
| 1. n. A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc. | |
| The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available. | |
| 2. n. A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal. | |
| He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control. | |
| 3. n. A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the e | |
| Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors. | |
| 4. n. A method; a way of procedure; a custom. | |
| 5. n. A subscription to a service. | |
| a phone plan | |
| an Internet plan | |
| 6. v. To design (a building, machine, etc.). | |
| The architect planned the building for the client. | |
| 7. v. To create a plan for. | |
| They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month. | |
| 8. v. (intransitive) To intend. | |
| He planned to go, but work intervened. | |
| 9. v. See plan on. | |
| I was planning on going, but something came up. | |
| 10. v. (intransitive) To make a plan. | |
| They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies. | |
