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climbing
     1. n. The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.
           The next day, the team had to wear special ice climbing footwear while repairing other research devices on the glacier.
     2. n. Climb; ascent.
     3. v. present participle of climb
     4. adj. (botany, of a plant) That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface.
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.
solid
     1. adj. (of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid or a gas.
           Almost all metals are solid at room temperature.
     2. adj. Large in size, quantity, or value.
     3. adj. Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
           solid gold, solid chocolate
     4. adj. Strong or unyielding.
           a solid foundation
     5. adj. (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
           That's a solid plan.
           Radiohead's on tour! Have you heard their latest album yet? It's quite solid.
           I don't think Dave would have done that. He's a solid dude.
     6. adj. Hearty; filling.
           a solid meal
     7. adj. Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
     8. adj. Sound; not weak.
           a solid constitution of body
     9. adj. (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
           American English writes many words as solid that British English hyphenates.
     10. adj. (printing, dated) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
     11. adj. (US, politics slang) United; without division; unanimous.
           The delegation is solid for a candidate.
     12. adj. Of a single color throughout.
           John painted the walls solid white.
           He wore a solid shirt with floral pants.
     13. adj. (of drawn lines) Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.
           The solid lines show roads, and the dotted lines footpaths.
     14. adj. (dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.
           A solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
     15. n. (chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).
     16. n. (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
     17. n. (informal) A favor.
           Please do me a solid: lend me your car for one week.
           I owe him; he did me a solid last year.
     18. n. An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
           I prefer solids over paisleys.
     19. n. (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.
           The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation.
     20. adv. Solidly.
     21. adv. (not comparable, typography) Without spaces or hyphens.
           Many long-established compounds are set solid.
grip
     1. v. To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
           That suitcase is heavy, so grip the handle firmly.
           The glue will begin to grip within five minutes.
           After a few slips, the tires gripped the pavement.
     2. v. To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense.
           He grips me.
     3. v. (intransitive) To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief.
           Let’s grip (get a coffee, hang, take a break, see a movie, etc.)
     4. v. To trench; to drain.
     5. n. A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
           It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.
           The ball will move differently depending on the grip used when throwing it.
     6. n. A handle or other place to grip.
           the grip of a sword
           There are several good grips on the northern face of this rock.
     7. n. (computing, GUI) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
     8. n. (film production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
     9. n. A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
     10. n. (chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something.
           That is a grip of cheese.
           She has the grip.
     11. n. (archaic) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
     12. n. An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
           He gave me a grip.
     13. n. A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.
           You're a real grip.
     14. n. (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
           I need to get a grip of nails for my project.
     15. n. (figurative) A tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
           in the grip of a blackmailer
     16. n. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
     17. n. (dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
     18. n. (obsolete) The griffin.
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?
     11. adv. -->
     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.
feet
     1. n. plural form of foot.
     2. n. (obsolete) Fact; performance; feat.
     foot
          1. n. A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
                A spider has eight feet.
          2. n. (anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
                Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
          3. n. (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
                We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.
                There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.
          4. n. The base or bottom of anything.
                I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.
          5. n. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
                We came and stood at the foot of the bed.
          6. n. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
                The host should sit at the foot of the table.
          7. n. A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
                The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.
          8. n. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
                The flag pole at the local high school is about 20 feet high.
          9. n. (music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
          10. n. (military, collective) Foot soldiers; infantry.
                King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.
          11. n. (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
          12. n. (sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
          13. n. (printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
          14. n. (printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
          15. n. (prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
          16. n. (phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
          17. n. (nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
                To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the sail.
          18. n. (billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
          19. n. (botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
          20. n. (malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
          21. n. (molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein.
          22. n. (geometry) The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
          23. n. (qualifier) Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
          24. n. (qualifier) Recognized condition; rank; footing.
          25. v. To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
          26. v. To pay (a bill).
          27. v. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
          28. v. To walk.
          29. v. To tread.
                to foot the green
          30. v. (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
          31. v. To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
          32. v. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
                to foot (or foot up) an account
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary