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botany
1. n. The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.
2. n. The plant life of a geographical area.
the botany of Greenland
3. n. The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
4. n. A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.
trailing
1. adj. (rail transport, of points and crossovers) That converges in the direction of travel.
2. v. present participle of trail
3. n. Fabric or other material that trails.
trail
1. v. To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
The hunters trailed their prey deep into the woods.
2. v. To drag (something) behind on the ground.
You'll get your coat all muddy if you trail it around like that.
3. v. To leave (a trail of).
He walked into the house, soaking wet, and trailed water all over the place.
4. v. To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.
His new film was trailed on TV last night.
There were no surprises in this morning's much-trailed budget statement.
5. v. To be losing, to be behind in a competition.
6. v. (military) To carry (a firearm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.
7. v. To flatten (grass, etc.) by walking through it; to tread down.
8. v. (dated) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
9. n. The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.
10. n. A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.
11. n. A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.
12. n. (graph theory) A walk in which all the edges are distinct.
on
1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
2. adj. Performing according to schedule.
Are we still on for tonight?
Is the show still on?
3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate.
You can't do that; it's just not on.
4. adj. (informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
"Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!".
Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now.
5. adj. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
6. adj. (euphemistic) Menstruating.
7. adv. To an operating state.
turn the television on
8. adv. Along, forwards (continuing an action).
drive on, rock on
9. adv. In continuation, at length.
and so on.
He rambled on and on.
10. adv. (not US) Later.
Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village.
11. prep. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
on the table; on the couch
The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder.
12. prep. At or near; adjacent to.
Soon we'll pass a statue on the left.
The fleet is on the American coast.
Croton-on-Hudson, Rostov-on-Don, Southend-on-Sea
13. prep. Covering.
He wore old shoes on his feet.
14. prep. At the date of.
Born on the 4th of July.
15. prep. Some time during the day of.
I'll see you on Monday. The bus leaves on Friday. Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy.
16. prep. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something.
A book on history. The World Summit on the Information Society.
17. prep. Touching; hanging from.
The fruit ripened on the trees. The painting hangs on the wall.
18. prep. (informal) In the possession of.
I haven't got any money on me.
19. prep. Because of, or due to.
To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery. To contact someone on a hunch.
20. prep. Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
On Jack's entry, William got up to leave.
On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins.
21. prep. Paid for by.
The drinks are on me tonight, boys. The meal is on the house. I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company.
22. prep. Used to indicate a means or medium.
I saw it on television. Can't you see I'm on the phone?
23. prep. Indicating a means of subsistence.
They lived on ten dollars a week. The dog survived three weeks on rainwater.
24. prep. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity).
He's on his lunch break. on vacation; on holiday
25. prep. Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
to play on a violin or piano
Her words made a lasting impression on my mind.
26. prep. Regularly taking (a drug).
You've been on these antidepressants far too long. He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something.
27. prep. Under the influence of (a drug).
He's acting crazy because he's on crack right now.
28. prep. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain.
a function on
29. prep. (mathematics) HavingV^n as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
an operator on
30. prep. (mathematics) Generated by.
the free group on four letters
31. prep. Supported by (the specified part of itself).
A table can't stand on two legs. After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels.
32. prep. At a given time after the start of something; at.
33. prep. In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
heaps on heaps of food
mischief on mischief; loss on loss
34. prep. (obsolete, regional) of
35. prep. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in.
I depended on them for assistance.
He will promise on certain conditions.
Do you ever bet on horses?
36. prep. Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
Have pity or compassion on him.
37. prep. (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of.
38. prep. In the service of; connected with; of the number of.
He is on a newspaper; I am on the committee.
39. prep. By virtue of; with the pledge of.
He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour.
40. prep. To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
On us be all the blame.
A curse on him!
Please don't tell on her and get her in trouble.
He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since.
He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession.
41. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) to switch on
Can you on the light?
42. prep. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without.
43. n. In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun.
Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun".
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.
ground
1. n. The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
2. n. Terrain.
3. n. Soil, earth.
The worm crawls through the ground.
The fox escaped from the hounds by going to ground.
4. n. The bottom of a body of water.
5. n. Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
6. n. reason, Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
You will need to show good grounds for your action.
He could not come on grounds of health, or on health grounds.
7. n. Background, context, framework, surroundings.
8. n. (historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
9. n. (metaphorical) Hence, by extension, advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
10. n. plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
crimson flowers on a white ground
11. n. In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
12. n. In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
Brussels ground
13. n. In etching, a gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
14. n. (architecture, mostly, in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.
15. n. A soccer stadium.
Manchester United's ground is known as Old Trafford.
16. n. (electricity, Canadian, and US) An electrical conductor connected to the ground.
17. n. (electricity, Canadian, and US) A level of electrical potential used as a zero reference.
18. n. (cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (h
19. n. (music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
20. n. (music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
21. n. The pit of a theatre.
22. v. (US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
23. v. To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing him/her to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
If you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you.
Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!
My kids are currently grounded from television.
24. v. To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.
25. v. To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
Jim was grounded in maths.
26. v. (baseball) to hit a ground ball; to hit a ground ball which results in an out. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb).
Jones grounded to second in his last at-bat.
27. v. (cricket) (of a batsman) to place his bat, or part of his body, on the ground behind the popping crease so as not to be run out
28. v. (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
The ship grounded on the bar.
29. v. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
30. v. (fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
31. v. To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
I ground myself with meditation.
32. v. simple past tense and past participle of grind
I ground the coffee up nicely.
33. adj. Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
ground mustard seed
34. adj. Processed by grinding.
lenses of ground glass
grind
1. v. To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
2. v. To shape with the force of friction.
grind a lens
grind an axe
3. v. (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
4. v. To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
This corn grinds well.
Steel grinds to a sharp edge.
5. v. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
6. v. (sports) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
7. v. To oppress, hold down or weaken.
8. v. (slang) To rotate the hips erotically.
9. v. (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
10. v. (video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
11. v. To operate by turning a crank.
to grind an organ
12. v. To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
13. v. To instill through repetitive teaching.
Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.
14. v. (slang) To eat.
Eh, brah, let's go grind.
15. v. (slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
16. n. The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
17. n. Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
18. n. A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
This bag contains espresso grind.
19. n. A tedious and laborious task.
Synonyms: chore
This homework is a grind.
20. n. A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
21. n. (archaic, slang) One who studies hard; a swot.
22. n. grindcore, Grindcore (subgenre of heavy metal)
23. n. A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
procumbent
1. adj. prone or prostrate
2. adj. (botany) That trails along the ground
3. adj. (dentistry) inclined towards the lips

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