us |
1. pron. (personal) Me and at least one other person; the objective case of we. | |
2. pron. (colloquial) Me. | |
Give us a look at your paper. | |
Give us your wallet! | |
3. pron. (Northern England) Our. | |
We'll have to throw us food out. | |
4. det. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person. | |
It's not good enough for us teachers. | |
5. n. plural of u | |
colloquial |
1. adj. (linguistics) Denoting a manner of speaking or writing that is characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal. | |
2. adj. Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty. | |
3. n. A colloquial word or phrase, colloquialism | |
a |
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
4. art. The same; one. | |
We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
Stand a tiptoe. | |
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
Torn a pieces. | |
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
A God’s name. | |
13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
To set the people a worke. | |
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
The times, they are a-changin'. | |
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
Jacob, when he was a dying | |
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
The name of John a Gaunt. | |
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
dish |
1. n. A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. | |
2. n. The contents of such a vessel. | |
a dish of stew | |
3. n. (metonym) A specific type of prepared food. | |
a vegetable dish | |
this dish is filling and easily made | |
4. n. (in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal. | |
It's your turn to wash the dishes. | |
5. n. (telecommunication) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl. | |
satellite dish | |
radar dish | |
6. n. (slang) A sexually attractive person. | |
7. n. The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity. | |
the dish of a wheel | |
8. n. A hollow place, as in a field. | |
9. n. (mining) A trough in which ore is measured. | |
10. n. (mining) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor. | |
11. n. (slang) Gossip | |
12. v. To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food. | |
The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch. | |
13. v. (informal, slang) To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another. | |
14. v. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish. | |
to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes | |
15. v. (slang) To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat. | |
that |
1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement. | |
He told me that the book is a good read. | |
I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British. | |
2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that. | |
Be glad that you have enough to eat. | |
3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that. | |
4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect. | |
The noise was so loud that she woke up. | |
The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed. | |
5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that. | |
6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb. | |
Was John there? — Not that I saw. | |
How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw. | |
7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish. | |
8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise. | |
9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. | |
That book is a good read. This one isn't. | |
That battle was in 1450. | |
That cat of yours is evil. | |
10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t | |
He went home, and after that I never saw him again. | |
11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said). | |
They're getting divorced. What do you think about that? | |
12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement. | |
The water is so cold! — That it is. | |
13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition). | |
The CPR course that she took really came in handy. | |
The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated. | |
14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.) | |
the place that = where or to which I went last year | |
the last time that = when I went to Europe | |
15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree. | |
"The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...". | |
16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions). | |
I'm just not that sick. | |
I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult. | |
17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions). | |
Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her. | |
18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those. | |
accompanies |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of accompany | |
accompany |
1. v. To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with. | |
Geoffrey accompanied the group on their pilgrimage. | |
2. v. To supplement with; add to. | |
3. v. (intransitive, music) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition. | |
4. v. (transitive, music) To perform an accompanying part next to (another instrument or musician). | |
The strings were accompanied by two woodwinds. | |
I will accompany her on the oboe. | |
5. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company. | |
6. v. (transitive, obsolete) To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with. | |
7. v. To be found at the same time. | |
Thunder almost always accompanies lightning during a rain storm. | |
accompany |
1. v. To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with. | |
Geoffrey accompanied the group on their pilgrimage. | |
2. v. To supplement with; add to. | |
3. v. (intransitive, music) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition. | |
4. v. (transitive, music) To perform an accompanying part next to (another instrument or musician). | |
The strings were accompanied by two woodwinds. | |
I will accompany her on the oboe. | |
5. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company. | |
6. v. (transitive, obsolete) To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with. | |
7. v. To be found at the same time. | |
Thunder almost always accompanies lightning during a rain storm. | |
the |
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already | |
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.) | |
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.) | |
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird. | |
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause. | |
The street that runs through my hometown. | |
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time. | |
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe. | |
God save the Queen! | |
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item. | |
That was the best apple pie ever. | |
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive. | |
That apple pie was the best. | |
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class. | |
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective. | |
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. | |
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar. | |
No one in the whole country had seen it before. | |
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning. | |
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun. | |
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”) | |
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention. | |
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery. | |
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives. | |
The hotter the better. | |
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks. | |
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children. | |
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it. | |
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone. | |
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it. | |
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it. | |
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that. | |
main |
1. adj. Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal. | |
2. adj. Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part. | |
Synonyms: largest | |
main timbers main branch of a river main body of an army | |
3. adj. Of force, strength, etc.: full, sheer, undivided. | |
4. adj. (dialectal) Big; angry. | |
5. adj. (nautical) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel. | |
6. adj. (obsolete) Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast. | |
7. adv. (Britain, dialectal) Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much. | |
8. v. (short for, mainline, , to inject (a drug) directly into a vein) | |
9. v. (transitive, gaming) To mainly play a specific character, or side, during a game. | |
He mains the same character as me in that game. | |
What race do you main and what is your favourite race to beat? | |
10. v. (obsolete) Of a road: to convert into a main or primary road. | |
11. n. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross. | |
12. n. (video gaming) The primary character that one plays in a video game in which one can play more than one character. | |
My WoW main has reached level cap and I’m on my way getting my first alt there as well. | |
13. n. A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main. | |
14. n. (informal) (short for, main course, , the principal dish of a meal) | |
I had scampi and chips for my main and a slice of cheesecake for dessert. | |
15. n. (now poetic) The high seas. | |
16. n. (now archaic, US dialectal) The mainland. | |
17. n. (nautical) (short for, mainsail) | |
18. n. (obsolete, except in might and main) Force, power, strength, violent effort. | |
19. n. (obsolete, gaming) A hand or match in a game of dice. | |
20. n. (obsolete, gaming) The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown. | |
21. n. (obsolete, gaming) A stake played for at dice. | |
22. n. (obsolete, gaming, sports) A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match. | |
23. n. A banker's shovel for coins. | |
24. n. (obsolete, rare) A basket for gathering grapes. | |
course |
1. n. A sequence of events. | |
The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another. | |
2. n. A normal or customary sequence. | |
3. n. A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding. | |
4. n. Any ordered process or sequence or steps. | |
5. n. A learning program, as in a school. | |
I need to take a French course. | |
6. n. (especially in medicine) A treatment plan. | |
7. n. A stage of a meal. | |
We offer seafood as the first course. | |
8. n. The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn. | |
9. n. A path that something or someone moves along. | |
His illness ran its course. | |
10. n. The itinerary of a race. | |
The cross-country course passes the canal. | |
11. n. A racecourse. | |
12. n. The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse. | |
13. n. (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc. | |
14. n. (golf) A golf course. | |
15. n. (nautical) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment. | |
The ship changed its course 15 degrees towards south. | |
16. n. (navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc. | |
A course was plotted to traverse the ocean. | |
17. n. (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast. | |
Main course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship. | |
18. n. (in the courses, obsolete, euphemistic) Menses. | |
19. n. A row or file of objects. | |
20. n. (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks. | |
On a building that size, two crews could only lay two courses in a day. | |
21. n. (roofing) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system. | |
22. n. (textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows. | |
23. n. (music) One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to played together. | |
24. v. To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood). | |
The oil coursed through the engine. | |
Blood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries. | |
25. v. To run through or over. | |
26. v. To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after. | |
27. v. To cause to chase after or pursue game. | |
to course greyhounds after deer | |
28. adv. (colloquial) alternative form of of course | |
a |
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
4. art. The same; one. | |
We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
Stand a tiptoe. | |
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
Torn a pieces. | |
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
A God’s name. | |
13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
To set the people a worke. | |
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
The times, they are a-changin'. | |
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
Jacob, when he was a dying | |
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
The name of John a Gaunt. | |
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
side |
1. n. A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape. | |
A square has four sides. | |
2. n. A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face. | |
A cube has six sides. | |
3. n. One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone. | |
Which side of the tray shall I put it on? The patient was bleeding on the right side. | |
4. n. A region in a specified position with respect to something. | |
Meet me on the north side of the monument. | |
5. n. The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back. | |
I generally sleep on my side. | |
6. n. One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.) | |
John wrote 15 sides for his essay! | |
7. n. One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing. | |
Look on the bright side. | |
8. n. One set of competitors in a game. | |
Which side has kick-off? | |
9. n. (Australia) A sports team. | |
10. n. A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition. | |
In the second world war, the Italians were on the side of the Germans. | |
11. n. (music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz. | |
12. n. (sports) Sidespin; english | |
He had to put a bit of side on to hit the pink ball. | |
13. n. (UK, Australia, Ireland, dated) A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (from when there were only two channels). | |
I just want to see what's on the other side — James said there was a good film on tonight. | |
14. n. (US, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish. | |
Do you want a side of cole-slaw with that? | |
15. n. A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another. | |
his mother's side of the family | |
16. n. (baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher | |
17. n. (slang) An unjustified air of self-importance. | |
18. v. (intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with". | |
Which will you side with, good or evil? | |
19. v. To lean on one side. | |
20. v. (transitive, obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward. | |
21. v. (transitive, obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match. | |
22. v. (transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides. | |
23. v. To furnish with a siding. | |
to side a house | |
24. v. (transitive, cooking) To provide with, as a side or accompaniment. | |
25. adj. Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral. | |
26. adj. Indirect; oblique; incidental. | |
a side issue; a side view or remark | |
27. adj. (UK archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching. | |
28. adj. (Scotland) Far; distant. | |
29. adv. (UK dialectal) Widely; wide; far. | |
dish |
1. n. A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. | |
2. n. The contents of such a vessel. | |
a dish of stew | |
3. n. (metonym) A specific type of prepared food. | |
a vegetable dish | |
this dish is filling and easily made | |
4. n. (in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal. | |
It's your turn to wash the dishes. | |
5. n. (telecommunication) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl. | |
satellite dish | |
radar dish | |
6. n. (slang) A sexually attractive person. | |
7. n. The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity. | |
the dish of a wheel | |
8. n. A hollow place, as in a field. | |
9. n. (mining) A trough in which ore is measured. | |
10. n. (mining) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor. | |
11. n. (slang) Gossip | |
12. v. To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food. | |
The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch. | |
13. v. (informal, slang) To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another. | |
14. v. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish. | |
to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes | |
15. v. (slang) To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat. | |