| dated |
| 1. adj. Marked with a date. | |
| The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922. | |
| 2. adj. Outdated. | |
| "Omnibus" is a dated term for a bus. | |
| 3. v. simple past tense and past participle of date | |
| slang |
| 1. n. Language outside of conventional usage. | |
| 2. n. Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon. | |
| 3. n. The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant. | |
| 4. v. (transitive, dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at. | |
| 5. v. (archaic) simple past tense of sling | |
| 6. n. (dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. | |
| 8. n. (obsolete) A counterfeit weight or measure. | |
| 9. n. (obsolete) A travelling show, or one of its performances. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) A hawker's license. | |
| 11. n. (obsolete) A watchchain. | |
| 12. v. (transitive, AAVE, MLE) To sell (especially illegal drugs). | |
| cool |
| 1. adj. Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold. | |
| 2. adj. Allowing or suggesting heat relief. | |
| a cool grey colour | |
| 3. adj. Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself. | |
| 4. adj. Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical. | |
| His proposals had a cool reception. | |
| 5. adj. Calmly audacious. | |
| In control as always, he came up with a cool plan. | |
| 6. adj. Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount. | |
| 7. adj. (informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others. | |
| 8. adj. (informal) In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang. | |
| 9. adj. (informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem. | |
| Is it cool if I sleep here tonight? | |
| 10. adj. (informal) Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting. | |
| I'm completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me. | |
| 11. n. A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness. | |
| in the cool of the morning | |
| 12. n. A calm temperament. | |
| 13. n. The property of being cool, popular or in fashion. | |
| 14. v. (intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder. | |
| I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue. | |
| 15. v. To make cooler, less warm. | |
| 16. v. (figuratively, intransitive) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate. | |
| Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980. | |
| 17. v. To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate. | |
| 18. v. To kill. | |
| neat |
| 1. n. (archaic) A bull or cow. | |
| 2. n. (archaic) Cattle collectively. | |
| 3. adj. Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities. | |
| My room is neat because I tidied it this morning. She has very neat hair. | |
| 4. adj. Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below. | |
| I like my whisky neat. | |
| 5. adj. (chemistry) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent. | |
| The Arbuzov reaction is performed by adding the bromide to the phosphite, neat. The molecular beam was neat acetylene. | |
| 6. adj. (archaic) With all deductions or allowances made; net. | |
| 7. adj. Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful. | |
| The front room was neat and carefully arranged for the guests. | |
| 8. adj. Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise. | |
| Having the two protagonists meet in the last act was a particularly neat touch. | |
| 9. adj. (North American, colloquial) Good, excellent, desirable. | |
| Hey, neat convertible, man. | |
| 10. n. (informal) An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy. | |
| interesting |
| 1. adj. Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone. | |
| 2. adj. (euphemistic) strange or unusual, in a negative sense. | |
| The stew had an interesting flavor. | |
| 3. v. present participle of interest | |
| interest |
| 1. n. (finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed. | |
| Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5%. | |
| 2. n. A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity. | |
| He has a lot of interest in vintage cars. | |
| 3. n. Attention that is given to or received from someone or something. | |
| 4. n. An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor. | |
| When scientists and doctors write articles and when politicians run for office, they are required in many countries to declare any existing conflicts of interest. | |
| I have business interests in South Africa. | |
| 5. n. Something or someone one is interested in. | |
| Lexicography is one of my interests. | |
| Victorian furniture is an interest of mine. | |
| The main character's romantic interest will be played by a non-professional actor. | |
| 6. n. (obsolete, rare) Injury, or compensation for injury; damages. | |
| 7. n. (usually plural) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively. | |
| the iron interest; the cotton interest | |
| 8. v. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing. | |
| It might interest you to learn that others have already tried that approach. | |
| Action films don't really interest me. | |
| 9. v. (obsolete, often impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite. | |
| 10. v. (obsolete) To cause or permit to share. | |
