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by
     1. prep. Near or next to.
           The mailbox is by the bus stop.
     2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.
           Be back by ten o'clock!  We will send it by the first week of July.
     3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of.
           The matter was decided by the chairman.  The boat was swamped by the water.  He was protected by his body armour.
     4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
           There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
     5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.
     6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of.
           I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
     7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination.
           The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight.
     8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed.
           I sorted the items by category.  By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
     9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of.
           Our stock is up by ten percent.
     10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
           We went through the book page by page.  We crawled forward by inches.
     11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to.
           He cheated by his own admission.
     12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of.
           By Jove! I think she's got it!  By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
     13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
           It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix.  The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot.  The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm.
     14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
           She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.
     15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker.
           I watched as it passed by.
     16. adv. In the vicinity, near.
           There was a shepherd close by.
           The shop is hard by the High Street.
     17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
           I'll stop by on my way home from work.
           We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
     18. adv. Aside, away.
           The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
     19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary.
     20. n. (card games) A pass
     21. interj. alternative spelling of bye
extension
     1. n. The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length or breadth; an increase
     2. n. The state of being extended
     3. n. That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension")
     4. n. A part of a building that has been extended from the original
     5. n. (semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.
     6. n. (banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
     7. n. (medicine) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
     8. n. (weightlifting) An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.
     9. n. (fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.
     10. n. (telecommunication) A numerical code used to specify a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
     11. n. (computing) A file extension.
           Files with the .txt extension usually contain text.
     12. n. (computing) An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
           a browser extension
     13. n. (logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.
     14. n. (grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.
any
     1. adv. To even the slightest extent, at all.
           I will not remain here any longer.
           If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!
     2. det. At least one; of at least one kind. One at all.
           do you have any biscuits?;  do you have any food?;  I haven't got any money;  it won't do you any good
     3. det. No matter what kind.
           choose any items you want;  any person may apply
     4. pron. Any thing(s) or person(s).
           Any may apply.
similar
     1. adj. Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
     2. adj. (mathematics) Of geometrical figures including triangles, squares, ellipses, arcs and more complex figures, having the same shape but possibly different size, rotational orientation, and position; in
     3. n. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
     4. n. (homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.
separation
     1. n. The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
     2. n. The place at which a division occurs.
     3. n. An interval, gap or space that separates things.
     4. n. (legal) An agreement terminating a relationship between a married couple, but short of a divorce.
     5. n. (military) Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.
between
     1. prep. In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.)
           John stood between Amy and Mary.  Let's meet between two and three.
           I want to buy one that costs somewhere between forty and fifty dollars.
     2. prep. Done together or reciprocally.
           conversation between friends
     3. prep. Shared in confidence.
           Between you and me, I think the boss is crazy.  Let's keep this between ourselves.
     4. prep. In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places).
           He's between jobs right now.  The shuttle runs between the town and the airport.
     5. prep. Combined (by effort or ownership).
           Between us all, we shall succeed.  We've only got £5 between us.
           Between the leaky taps and the peeling wallpaper, there isn't much about this house to appeal to a buyer.
     6. prep. One of (representing a choice).
           You must choose between him and me.
           Some colour-blind people can't distinguish between red and green.
     7. n. A kind of needle, shorter than a sharp, with a small rounded eye, used for making fine stitches on heavy fabrics.
two
     1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••). Ordinal: second.
     2. num. Describing a set or group with two elements.
     3. n. The digit/figure 2.
           The number 2202 contains three twos.
     4. n. (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
     5. n. A child aged two.
           This toy is suitable for the twos and threes.
     6. n. The playing cards featuring two pips.
body
     1. n. Physical frame.
     2. n.          The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
                    I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.
     3. n.          The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
                    The body is driven by desires, but the soul is at peace.
     4. n.          A corpse.
                    Her body was found at four o'clock, just two hours after the murder.
     5. n.          (archaic, or informal except in compounds) A person.
                    What's a body gotta do to get a drink around here?
     6. n. Main section.
     7. n.          The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail).
                    The boxer took a blow to the body.
     8. n.          The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories.
                    The bumpers and front tyres were ruined, but the body of the car was in remarkable shape.
     9. n.          (archaic) The section of a dress extending from the neck to the waist, excluding the arms.
                    Penny was in the scullery, pressing the body of her new dress.
     10. n.          The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.
     11. n.          (programming) The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters.
                    In many programming languages, the method body is enclosed in braces.
     12. n. Coherent group.
     13. n.          A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass.
                    I was escorted from the building by a body of armed security guards.
     14. n.          An organisation, company or other authoritative group.
                    The local train operating company is the managing body for this section of track.
     15. n.          A unified collection of details, knowledge or information.
                    We have now amassed a body of evidence which points to one conclusion.
     16. n. Material entity.
     17. n.          Any physical object or material thing.
                    All bodies are held together by internal forces.
     18. n.          Substance; physical presence.
                    We have given body to what was just a vague idea.
     19. n.          Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.).
                    The red wine, sadly, lacked body.
     20. n.          An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise un.
                    The English Channel is a body of water lying between Great Britain and France.
     21. n. (printing) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
           a nonpareil face on an agate body
     22. n. (geometry) A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.
     23. v. To give body or shape to something.
     24. v. To construct the bodywork of a car.
     25. v. To embody.
     26. v. (transitive, slang) To murder someone.
     27. v. (transitive, slang) To utterly defeat someone.
     28. v. (transitive, slang) to hard counter a particular character build or play style. Frequently used in the passive voice form, get bodied by.
parts
     1. n. plural of part
     2. n. (plural only) Intellectual ability or learning.
           He was a man of great parts but little virtue.
     3. n. (plural only, usually with “these”, colloquial) Vicinity, region.
     4. n. (plural only, euphemistic) The genitals, short for private parts.
     5. v. third-person singular present indicative of part
     part
          1. n. A portion; a component.
          2. n.          A fraction of a whole.
                        Gaul is divided into three parts.
          3. n.          A distinct element of something larger.
                        The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.
          4. n.          A group inside a larger group.
          5. n.          Share, especially of a profit.
                        I want my part of the bounty.
          6. n.          A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
                        The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.
          7. n.          3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
          8. n.          A section of a document.
                        Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.
          9. n.          A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
          10. n.          (math, dated) A factor.
                        3 is a part of 12.
          11. n.          (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
          12. n. Duty; responsibility.
                to do one’s part
          13. n.          Position or role (especially in a play).
                        We all have a part to play.
          14. n.          (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
                        The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging.
          15. n.          Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
          16. n. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
                The part of his hair was slightly to the left.
          17. n. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
          18. n. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
          19. v. (intransitive) To leave someone's company; (rare, poetic, literary) to go way; to die; to get rid of something, stop using it.
          20. v. To cut hair with a parting; shed.
          21. v. To divide in two.
                to part the curtains
          22. v. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed.
                A rope parts.  His hair parts in the middle.
          23. v. (transitive, now rare) To divide up; to share.
          24. v. (obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
          25. v. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
          26. v. (obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
          27. v. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
                to part gold from silver
          28. v. (transitive, archaic) To leave; to quit.
          29. v. (transitive, internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
          30. adj. Fractional; partial.
                Fred was part owner of the car.
          31. adv. Partly; partially; fractionally.
                Part finished
such
     1. det. (demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
           I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before.  Such is life.
     2. det. (particularly used in formal documents) Any.
           the above address or at such other address as may notify
     3. det. Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to very much of.
           The party was such a bore.
     4. det. (obsolete) A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
     5. pron. A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned.
     6. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else.
As
     1. n. plural of A
           She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
     2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
           You’re not as tall as I am.
           It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
     3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
           The kidnappers released him as agreed.
           The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
           He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
     4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
     5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
           Do as I say!
           I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
           As you wish, my lord!
     6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
           As I came in, she flew.
     7. conj. At the same time that; while.
           He sleeps as the rain falls.
     8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
           As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
     9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
           As it’s too late, I quit.
     10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
           She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
           It's not so complicated as I expected.
     11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
     12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
     13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
     14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
     15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
     16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
           You are not as tall as me.
           They're big as houses.
     17. prep. In the role of.
           What is your opinion as a parent?
     18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
     19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
     20. n. plural of a
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.
buttocks
     1. n. plural of buttock.
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.
toes
     1. n. plural of toe
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of toe
     toe
          1. n. Each of the five digits on the end of the foot.
          2. n. An equivalent part in an animal.
          3. n. That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe.
          4. n. Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something.
                (golf) the extreme end of the head of a club.
                (cricket) the tip of the bat farthest from the handle
                (kayaking) the bow; the front of the kayak.
                (geology) a bulbous protrusion at the front of a lava flow or landslide.
          5. n. (dance) An advanced form of ballet primarily for the females, dancing ballet primarily using a Pointe shoe.
          6. n. An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle with positive toe (or toe in) signifying that the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back and negative toe (or toe out) the opposite.
          7. n. (engineering) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
          8. n. (engineering) A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, such as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved.
          9. n. (engineering) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
          10. n. (carpentry) The long side of an angled cut.
          11. v. To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.
          12. v. To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
          13. v. To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
                to toe the mark
          14. v. (construction) To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of the piece) into the piece to which it is to be fastened.
                The framers toed the irregular pieces into the sill.
          15. v. (golf) To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.
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