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west
     1. n. One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox, abbreviated as W.
     2. adj. Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
     3. adj. (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
     4. adj. Of or pertaining to the west; western.
     5. adj. From the West; occidental.
     6. adj. (ecclesiastial) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the east, or the part containing the chancel and choir.
     7. adv. Towards the west; westwards.
     8. v. To move to the west; (of the sun) to set.
country
     1. n. (chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region.
     2. n. A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, language speakers etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, speci
     3. n. The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area.
     4. n. (usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
     5. n. (ellipsis of country music)
     6. n. (mining) The rock through which a vein runs.
     7. n. (vulgar,) The female genitalia, especially the vagina.
     8. adj. From or in the countryside or connected with it.
     9. adj. Of or connected to country music.
to
     1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
           I want to leave.
           He asked me what to do.
           I don’t know how to say it.
           I have places to go and people to see.
     2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
           "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
           If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
     3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
           I have to do laundry today.
     4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
           We are walking to the shop.
     5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
           He devoted himself to education.
           They drank to his health.
     6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
           His face was beaten to a pulp.
     7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
           similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
     8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
           With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   t
     9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
           one to one = 1:1
           ten to one = 10:1.
           I have ten dollars to your four.
     10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
           Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
           Three to the power of two is nine.
           Three to the second is nine.
     11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
           I gave the book to him.
     12. prep. (time) Preceding.
           ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
     13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
           Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
           There's a lot of sense to what he says.
     14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
           Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
     15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
           Please push the door to.
     16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
     17. adv. misspelling of too
turn
     1. v. to make a non-linear physical movement.:
     2. v.          (intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
                   the Earth turns;  turn on the spot
     3. v.          To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
                   Turn the knob clockwise.
     4. v.          (intransitive) to change one's direction of travel.
                   She turned right at the corner.
     5. v.          (intransitive, figuratively) to change the course of.
     6. v.          To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
                   She turned the table legs with care and precision.
     7. v.          (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
     8. v.          To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
                   turn the bed covers;  turn the pages
     9. v.          (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
                   turn to page twenty;  turn through the book
     10. v.          (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
     11. v.          (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
                     
     12. v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
     13. v.          (copulative) To become (begin to be).
                   The leaves turn brown in autumn.   When I asked him for the money, he turned nasty.
     14. v.          To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
                   The hillside behind our house isn't generally much to look at, but once all the trees turn it's gorgeous.
     15. v.          To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
                   Midas made everything turn to gold.  He turned into a monster every full moon.
     16. v.         # (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
              #     This milk has turned; it smells awful.
     17. v.         # To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
              #     to turn cider or wine
     18. v.          To reach a certain age.
                   Charlie turns six on September 29.
     19. v.          To hinge; to depend.
                   The decision turns on a single fact.
     20. v.          To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
                   The prisoners turned on the warden.
     21. v.          To change personal condition.
     22. v.         # (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
     23. v.         # To become giddy; said of the head or brain.
     24. v.         # To sicken; to nauseate.
              #     The sight turned my stomach.
     25. v.         # To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
     26. v.         #:  
     27. v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
     28. v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
           They say they can turn the parts in two days.
     29. v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
     30. v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
           Ivory turns well.
     31. v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
     32. v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
     33. v. (archaic) To translate.
           to turn the Iliad
     34. v. (transitive, role-playing games) To magically or divinely attack undead.
     35. n. A change of direction or orientation.
           Give the handle a turn, then pull it.
     36. n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
     37. n.          (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
     38. n. A single loop of a coil.
     39. n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
           They took turns playing with the new toy.
     40. n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
           I cooked tonight, so it's your turn to do the dishes.
     41. n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
     42. n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
     43. n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
           They quote a three-day turn on parts like those.
     44. n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
           I've had a funny turn.
     45. n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
           She took a turn for the worse.
     46. n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
     47. n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
     48. n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
     49. n. A deed done to another.
           One good turn deserves another.
           I felt that the man was of a vindictive nature, and would do me an evil turn if he found the opportunitynb....
     50. n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
     51. n. Character; personality; nature.
     52. n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
     53. n. (circus, theatre, especially, physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
up
     1. adv. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
           I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
     2. adv. (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely.
           I will mix up the puzzle pieces.
           Tear up the contract.
           He really messed up.
           Please type up our monthly report.
     3. adv. To or from one's possession or consideration.
           I picked up some milk on the way home.
           The committee will take up your request.
           She had to give up her driver's license after the accident.
     4. adv. North.
           I will go up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
     5. adv. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
           Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.
           Turn it up, I can barely hear it.
           Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.
           Cheer up, the weekend's almost here.
     6. adv. (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
     7. adv. (sailing) Against the wind or current.
     8. adv. (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
     9. adv. (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
           The bowler pitched the ball up.
     10. adv. (hospitality, US) Without additional ice.
           Would you like that drink up or on ice?
     11. adv. (academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
           She's going up to read Classics this September.
     12. adv. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
           I was up to my chin in water.
           A stranger came up and asked me for directions.
     13. adv. To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
           Drink up. The pub is closing.
           Can you sum up your research?
           The comet burned up in the atmosphere.
           I need to sew up the hole in this shirt.
     14. adv. Aside, so as not to be in use.
           to lay up riches; put up your weapons
     15. prep. Toward the top of.
           The cat went up the tree.   They walk up the steps.
     16. prep. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
           The information made its way up the chain of command to the general.   I felt something crawling up my arm.
     17. prep. Further along (in any direction).
           Go up the street until you see the sign.
     18. prep. From south to north of
     19. prep. From the mouth towards the source (of a river or waterway).
     20. prep. (vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with.
           Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her.
     21. prep. (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more remote from a central location).
     22. adj. Awake.
           I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up.
     23. adj. Finished, to an end
           Time is up!
     24. adj. In a good mood.
           I’m feeling up today.
     25. adj. Willing; ready.
           If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
     26. adj. Next in a sequence.
           Smith is up to bat.
     27. adj. Happening; new.
           What is up with that project at headquarters?
     28. adj. Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
           Put the notebook face up on the table.
           Take a break and put your feet up.
     29. adj. Larger; greater in quantity.
           Sales are up from last quarter.
     30. adj. Ahead; leading; winning.
           The home team were up by two goals at half-time.
     31. adj. Standing.
           Get up and give her your seat.
     32. adj. On a higher level.
           The new ground is up.
     33. adj. Available; made public.
           The new notices are up as of last Tuesday.
     34. adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
           AAKK = aces up
           QQ33 = queens up
     35. adj. Well-informed; current.
           I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
     36. adj. (computing) Functional; working.
           Is the server back up?
     37. adj. (anchor, Adj_railway)(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
           The London train is on the up line.
     38. adj. Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
     39. adj. (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
           A Cosmopolitan is typically served up.
     40. adj. (slang) Erect.
     41. adj. (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
     42. adj. (slang) well-known; renowned
     43. n. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
           Up is a good way to go.
     44. n. A positive thing.
           I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.
     45. n. An upstairs room of a two story house.
           She lives in a two-up two-down.
     46. v. (transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise.
           If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details.
           We upped anchor and sailed away.
     47. v. (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
           It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
     48. v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
soil
     1. n. A mixture of sand and organic material, used to support plant growth.
     2. n. The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
     3. n. The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature
     4. n. Country or territory.
           The refugees returned to their native soil.
           Kenyan soil
     5. n. That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
     6. n. A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
     7. n. Dung; compost; manure.
           night soil
     8. v. To make dirty.
     9. v. (intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
           Light colours soil sooner than dark ones.
     10. v. (transitive, figurative) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
     11. v. (reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
     12. v. To make invalid, to ruin.
     13. v. To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
     14. n. (euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
     15. n. (medicine) A bag containing soiled items.
     16. n. A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
     17. v. To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to
           to soil a horse
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.
dig
     1. v. (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to m
           They dug an eight-foot ditch along the side of the road.
           In the wintertime, heavy truck tires dig into the road, forming potholes.
           If the plane can't pull out of the dive it is in, it'll dig a hole in the ground.
           My seven-year-old son always digs a hole in the middle of his mashed potatoes and fills it with gravy before he starts to eat them.
     2. v. To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
           to dig potatoes;   to dig up gold
     3. v. (mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
     4. v. (US, slang) To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
     5. v. (figurative) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
           to dig up evidence;   to dig out the facts
     6. v. To thrust; to poke.
     7. v. (volleyball) To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
     8. n. An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
     9. n. (US, colloquial dated) A plodding and laborious student.
     10. n. A thrust; a poke.
           He guffawed and gave me a dig in the ribs after telling his latest joke.
     11. n. (dialect) A tool for digging.
     12. n. (volleyball) A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
     13. v. (slang) To understand or show interest in.
           You dig?
     14. v. (slang) To appreciate, or like.
           Baby, I dig you.
     15. n. (medicine, colloquial) Digoxin.
           dig toxicity
up
     1. adv. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
           I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
     2. adv. (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely.
           I will mix up the puzzle pieces.
           Tear up the contract.
           He really messed up.
           Please type up our monthly report.
     3. adv. To or from one's possession or consideration.
           I picked up some milk on the way home.
           The committee will take up your request.
           She had to give up her driver's license after the accident.
     4. adv. North.
           I will go up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
     5. adv. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
           Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.
           Turn it up, I can barely hear it.
           Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.
           Cheer up, the weekend's almost here.
     6. adv. (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
     7. adv. (sailing) Against the wind or current.
     8. adv. (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
     9. adv. (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
           The bowler pitched the ball up.
     10. adv. (hospitality, US) Without additional ice.
           Would you like that drink up or on ice?
     11. adv. (academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
           She's going up to read Classics this September.
     12. adv. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
           I was up to my chin in water.
           A stranger came up and asked me for directions.
     13. adv. To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
           Drink up. The pub is closing.
           Can you sum up your research?
           The comet burned up in the atmosphere.
           I need to sew up the hole in this shirt.
     14. adv. Aside, so as not to be in use.
           to lay up riches; put up your weapons
     15. prep. Toward the top of.
           The cat went up the tree.   They walk up the steps.
     16. prep. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
           The information made its way up the chain of command to the general.   I felt something crawling up my arm.
     17. prep. Further along (in any direction).
           Go up the street until you see the sign.
     18. prep. From south to north of
     19. prep. From the mouth towards the source (of a river or waterway).
     20. prep. (vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with.
           Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her.
     21. prep. (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more remote from a central location).
     22. adj. Awake.
           I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up.
     23. adj. Finished, to an end
           Time is up!
     24. adj. In a good mood.
           I’m feeling up today.
     25. adj. Willing; ready.
           If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
     26. adj. Next in a sequence.
           Smith is up to bat.
     27. adj. Happening; new.
           What is up with that project at headquarters?
     28. adj. Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
           Put the notebook face up on the table.
           Take a break and put your feet up.
     29. adj. Larger; greater in quantity.
           Sales are up from last quarter.
     30. adj. Ahead; leading; winning.
           The home team were up by two goals at half-time.
     31. adj. Standing.
           Get up and give her your seat.
     32. adj. On a higher level.
           The new ground is up.
     33. adj. Available; made public.
           The new notices are up as of last Tuesday.
     34. adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
           AAKK = aces up
           QQ33 = queens up
     35. adj. Well-informed; current.
           I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
     36. adj. (computing) Functional; working.
           Is the server back up?
     37. adj. (anchor, Adj_railway)(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
           The London train is on the up line.
     38. adj. Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
     39. adj. (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
           A Cosmopolitan is typically served up.
     40. adj. (slang) Erect.
     41. adj. (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
     42. adj. (slang) well-known; renowned
     43. n. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
           Up is a good way to go.
     44. n. A positive thing.
           I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.
     45. n. An upstairs room of a two story house.
           She lives in a two-up two-down.
     46. v. (transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise.
           If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details.
           We upped anchor and sailed away.
     47. v. (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
           It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
     48. v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
roots
     1. n. plural of root
     2. n. Ancestry.
           I have both Irish and German roots.
     3. n. Beginnings; origin.
           Jazz has its roots in blues.
     root
          1. n. The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
                This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground.
          2. n. A root vegetable.
          3. n. The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
                Root damage is a common problem of overbrushing.
          4. n. The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
                The root is the only part of the hair that is alive.
          5. n. The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
                He dyed his hair black last month, so the grey roots can be seen.
          6. n. The primary source; origin.
                The love of money is the root of all evil.
          7. n. (arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
                The cube root of 27 is 3.
          8. n. (arithmetic) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, “the root of” is often abbreviated to “root”).
                Multiply by root 2.
          9. n. (analysis) A zero (of an equation).
          10. n. (graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
          11. n. (linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often der
          12. n. (philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.
          13. n. (music) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
          14. n. The lowest place, position, or part.
          15. n. (computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages account
                I have to log in as root before I do that.
          16. n. (computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
                I installed the files in the root directory.
          17. n. (slang) A penis, especially the base of a penis.
          18. v. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
          19. v. To be firmly fixed; to be established.
          20. v. (computing, slang) To break into a computer system and obtain root access.
                We rooted his box and planted a virus on it.
          21. v. To turn up or dig with the snout.
                A pig roots the earth for truffles.
          22. v. (by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
          23. v. (intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
                rooting about in a junk-filled drawer
          24. v. To root out; to abolish.
          25. v. (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang) To have sexual intercourse.
          26. v. (horticulture, intransitive) To grow roots
                The cuttings are starting to root.
          27. v. (horticulture, transitive) To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings
                We rooted some cuttings last summer.
          28. n. (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
                Fancy a root?
          29. n. (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A sexual partner.
          30. v. (intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)
                I'm rooting for you, don't let me down!
especially
     1. adv. (manner) In a special manner; specially.
     2. adv. (focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
     3. adv. (focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.
           Invite them all, especially Molly.
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.
Animal
     1. n. (slang) A fan of Kesha, an American singer.
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     3. n. In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plant, plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely
           A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants.
     4. n. In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
     5. n. In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fish, fishes, insect, insects, etc.).
     6. n. (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
           My students are animals.
     7. n. (informal) A person of a particular type.
           He's a political animal.
     8. n. matter, Matter, thing.
           a whole different animal
     9. adj. Of or relating to animals.
           animal instincts
     10. adj. Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
           animal passions
     11. adj. Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
     12. adj. (slang) Excellent
with
     1. prep. Against.
           He picked a fight with the class bully.
     2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
           He went with his friends.
     3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
           She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
     4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
     5. prep. In support of.
           We are with you all the way.
     6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
           slain with robbers
     7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
           cut with a knife
     8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
     9. prep. Having, owning.
     10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
           Do you want to come with?
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     12. n. alternative form of withe
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.
snout
     1. n. The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
           The pig rooted around in the dirt with its snout.
     2. n. The front of the prow of a ship or boat.(R:COED2, page=1811)
     3. n. (derogatory) A person's nose.
           His glasses kept slipping further down onto his prominent snout.
     4. n. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
           If you place the snout right into the bucket, it won't spray as much.
     5. n. The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
     6. n. The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
     7. n. (UK, slang) Tobacco; cigarettes.
     8. n. The terminus of a glacier.
     9. n. (slang) A police informer.
     10. n. A butterfly in the nymphalid subfamily , notable for the snout-like elongation on their heads.
     11. v. To furnish with a nozzle or point.
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