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engineering
     1. v. present participle of engineer
     2. n. The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.
     3. n. The area aboard a ship where the engine is located.
     4. n. Actions controling the motion, shape, and/or substance of any physical object(s).
     5. n. Designates office area of the professional engineering staff.
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.
map
     1. n. A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary.
     2. n. A graphical representation of the relationships between objects, components or themes.
     3. n. (mathematics) A function.
           Letf be a map from\mathbbR to\mathbbR
     4. n. The butterfly.
     5. n. (old-fashioned) The face.
     6. n. (board games, computer games) A predefined and confined imaginary area where a game session takes place.
           I don't want to play this map again!
     7. v. To create a visual representation of a territory, etc. via cartography.
     8. v. To inform someone of a particular idea.
     9. v. (mathematics, transitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To act as a function on something, taking it to something else.
           f mapsA toB, mapping everya\in A tof(a)\in B.
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.
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.
drawing
     1. v. present participle of draw
     2. n. A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
     3. n. (qualifier) The act of producing such a picture.
     4. n. Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
     5. n. The process of drawing or pulling something.
           Proverb: An official is great in his office as a well is rich in drawings of water.
     6. n. An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is sel
     7. n. A small portion of tea for steeping.
     draw
          1. v. To move or develop something.:
          2. v.          To sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.
          3. v.          To deduce or infer.
                        He tried to draw a conclusion from the facts.
          4. v.          (intransitive) (of drinks, especially tea) To leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase.
                        Tea is much nicer if you let it draw for three minutes before pouring.
          5. v.          To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, etc.
                        to draw money from a bank
          6. v.          To take into the lungs; to inhale.
          7. v.          (used with prepositions and adverbs) To move; to come or go.
                        We drew back from the cliff edge.
                        The runners drew level with each other as they approached the finish line.
                        Draw near to the fire and I will tell you a tale.
          8. v.          To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.
          9. v.          (transitive, obsolete) To withdraw.
          10. v.          (archaic) To draw up (a document).
                        to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange
          11. v. To exert or experience force.:
          12. v.          To drag, pull.
          13. v.          (intransitive) To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling.
                        This horse draws well.
                        A ship's sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind.
          14. v.          To pull out (as a gun from a holster, or a tooth).
                        They drew their swords and fought each other.
          15. v.          To undergo the action of pulling or dragging.
                        The carriage draws easily.
          16. v.          (archery) To pull back the bowstring and its arrow in preparation for shooting.
          17. v.          (of curtains, etc.) To close.
                        You should draw the curtains at night.
          18. v.          (of curtains, etc.) To open.
                        She drew the curtains to let in the sunlight.
          19. v.          (cards) To take the top card of a deck into hand.
                        At the start of their turn, each player must draw a card.
          20. v. (heading, fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
          21. v.          To extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out, primarily water or blood.
                        draw water from a well;  draw water for a bath;  the wound drew blood
          22. v.          To drain by emptying; to suck dry.
          23. v.          (figurative) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.
          24. v.          To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.
                        A ship draws ten feet of water.
          25. v.          (intransitive, medicine, dated) To work as an epispastic; said of a blister, poultice, etc.
          26. v.          (intransitive, dated) To have a draught; to transmit smoke, gases, etc.
                        A chimney or flue draws.
          27. v.          (analogous) To consume, for example, power.
                        The circuit draws three hundred watts.
          28. v. To change in size or shape.:
          29. v.          To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch.
                        to draw a mass of metal into wire
          30. v.          (intransitive) To become contracted; to shrink.
          31. v. To attract or be attracted.:
          32. v.          To attract.
                        The citizens were afraid the casino would draw an undesirable element to their town.  I was drawn to her.
          33. v.          To induce a reticent person to speak.
                        He refused to be drawn on the subject
          34. v.          (hunting) To search for game.
          35. v.          To cause.
          36. v.          (intransitive) To exert an attractive force; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.
          37. v. (Usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.
                She had to draw upon her experience to solve the problem.
          38. v. To disembowel.
                He will be hanged, drawn and quartered.
          39. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
                We drew last time we played.  I drew him last time I played him.  I drew my last game against him.
          40. v. A random selection process.
          41. v.          To select by the drawing of lots.
                        The winning lottery numbers were drawn every Tuesday.
          42. v.          To win in a lottery or similar game of chance.
                        He drew a prize.
          43. v.          (poker) To trade in cards for replacements in draw poker games; to attempt to improve one's hand with future cards. See also draw out.
                        Jill has four diamonds; she'll try to draw for a flush.
          44. v. (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
          45. v. (cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
          46. v. (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
          47. v. (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.
          48. n. The result of a contest in which neither side has won; a tie.
                The game ended in a draw.
          49. n. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
                The draw is on Saturday.
          50. n. Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
          51. n. (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out. Different from a tie.
          52. n. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
          53. n. (curling) A shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
          54. n. (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
          55. n. (colloquial) Cannabis.
          56. n. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
          57. n. (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
          58. n. (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
          59. n. (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
of
     1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
     2. prep.          (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
     3. prep.          (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
     4. prep.          From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
                    There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
     5. prep.          (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
                    What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
     6. prep. Expressing separation.
     7. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
                    Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
     8. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
                    He seemed devoid of human feelings.
     9. prep.          (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
     10. prep. Expressing origin.
     11. prep.          (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
                    The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
     12. prep.          (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
                    The invention was born of necessity.
     13. prep.          (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
                    It is said that she died of a broken heart.
     14. prep.          (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
                    I am tired of all this nonsense.
     15. prep. Expressing agency.
     16. prep.          (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
                    I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
     17. prep.          (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
                    The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
     18. prep.          (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
                    It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
     19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
     20. prep.          (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
                    Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
     21. prep.          (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
                    She wore a dress of silk.
     22. prep.          (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
                    What a lot of nonsense!
     23. prep.          (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
                   Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
     24. prep.          (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
                    I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
     25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
     26. prep.          (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
                    I'm always thinking of you.
     27. prep.          (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
                    He told us the story of his journey to India.
     28. prep.          (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
                    This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
     29. prep. Having partitive effect.
     30. prep.          (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
                    Most of these apples are rotten.
     31. prep.          (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
     32. prep.          (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
                    On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
     33. prep.          (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
                    He is a friend of mine.
     34. prep. Expressing possession.
     35. prep.          Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
                    He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
     36. prep.          Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
                    The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
     37. prep.          Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
                    Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
     38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
     39. prep.          (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
                    She had a profound distrust of the police.
     40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
     41. prep.          (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
                    My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
     42. prep.          (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
                    Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
     43. prep.          (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
                    We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
     44. prep.          (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
                    It's not that big of a deal.
     45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
     46. prep.          (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
                    Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
     47. prep.          (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
                    I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
     48. prep.          (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
                    After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
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.
construction
     1. n. The process of constructing.
           Construction is underway on the new bridge.
     2. n. Anything that has been constructed.
           The engineer marvelled at his construction.
     3. n. The trade of building structures.
           He had worked in construction all his life.
     4. n. A building, model or some other structure.
           The office was a construction of steel and glass.
     5. n. (arts) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
           "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.
     6. n. The manner in which something is built.
           A thing of simple construction.
     7. n. (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
     8. n. The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
           American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.
     9. n. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
     10. n. (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.
site
     1. n. (obsolete) Sorrow, grief.
     2. n. The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position
           the site of a city or of a house -
     3. n. A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation
           a site for a church -
     4. n. The posture or position of a thing.
           2006, Ernest B Abbott, A Legal Guide to Homeland Security and Emergency Management for State and Local Governments, American Bar Association, (ISBN, 1590315936)
           Maintain site setbacks as far as possible from roadways and other routes providing rapid public access.
     5. n. A computer installation, particularly one associated with an intranet or internet service or telecommunications.
     6. n. A website.
     7. n. (category theory) A category together with a choice of Grothendieck topology.
     8. n. Region of a protein, a piece of DNA or RNA where chemical reactions take place.
     9. n. A part of the body which has been operated on.
     10. v. (architecture) To situate or place a building.
           The U.K. government is dusting off an alternative plan to site the center at a military outfit such as Porton Down.
showing
     1. v. present participle of show
     2. n. An occasion when something is shown.
           We went to the midnight showing of the new horror movie.
     3. n. A result, a judgement.
           He made a poor showing at his first time at bat.
     show
          1. v. To display, to have somebody see (something).
                The car's dull finish showed years of neglect.
                All he had to show for four years of attendance at college was a framed piece of paper.
          2. v. To bestow; to confer.
                to show mercy; to show favour; (dialectal) show me the salt please
          3. v. To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
          4. v. To guide or escort.
                Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.
                They showed us in.
          5. v. (intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
                Your bald patch is starting to show.
                At length, his gloom showed.
          6. v. (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
                We waited for an hour, but they never showed.
          7. v. (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
          8. v. (intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
                In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.
          9. v. (obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
          10. n. A play, dance, or other entertainment.
          11. n. An exhibition of items.
                art show;  dog show
          12. n. A demonstration.
                show of force
          13. n. A broadcast program/programme.
                radio show;  television show
          14. n. A movie.
                Let's catch a show.
          15. n. A project or presentation.
                Let's get on with the show.   Let's get this show on the road.   They went on an international road show to sell the shares to investors.   It was Apple's usual do
          16. n. Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
                The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show.
          17. n. Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
          18. n. (baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
                He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show.
          19. n. (mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
          20. n. (archaic) Pretence.
          21. n. (archaic) Sign, token, or indication.
          22. n. (obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
          23. n. (obsolete) Plausibility.
          24. n. (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
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.
position
     1. n. A place or location.
     2. n. A post of employment; a job.
     3. n. A status or rank.
           Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
     4. n. An opinion, stand or stance.
           My position on this issue is unchanged.
     5. n. A posture.
           Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.
     6. n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
           Stop running all over the field and play your position!
     7. n. (finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm or institution.
     8. n. (finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.
     9. n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
     10. n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
     11. v. To put into place.
of
     1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
     2. prep.          (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
     3. prep.          (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
     4. prep.          From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
                    There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
     5. prep.          (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
                    What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
     6. prep. Expressing separation.
     7. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
                    Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
     8. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
                    He seemed devoid of human feelings.
     9. prep.          (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
     10. prep. Expressing origin.
     11. prep.          (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
                    The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
     12. prep.          (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
                    The invention was born of necessity.
     13. prep.          (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
                    It is said that she died of a broken heart.
     14. prep.          (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
                    I am tired of all this nonsense.
     15. prep. Expressing agency.
     16. prep.          (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
                    I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
     17. prep.          (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
                    The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
     18. prep.          (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
                    It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
     19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
     20. prep.          (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
                    Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
     21. prep.          (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
                    She wore a dress of silk.
     22. prep.          (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
                    What a lot of nonsense!
     23. prep.          (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
                   Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
     24. prep.          (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
                    I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
     25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
     26. prep.          (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
                    I'm always thinking of you.
     27. prep.          (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
                    He told us the story of his journey to India.
     28. prep.          (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
                    This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
     29. prep. Having partitive effect.
     30. prep.          (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
                    Most of these apples are rotten.
     31. prep.          (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
     32. prep.          (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
                    On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
     33. prep.          (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
                    He is a friend of mine.
     34. prep. Expressing possession.
     35. prep.          Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
                    He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
     36. prep.          Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
                    The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
     37. prep.          Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
                    Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
     38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
     39. prep.          (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
                    She had a profound distrust of the police.
     40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
     41. prep.          (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
                    My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
     42. prep.          (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
                    Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
     43. prep.          (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
                    We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
     44. prep.          (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
                    It's not that big of a deal.
     45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
     46. prep.          (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
                    Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
     47. prep.          (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
                    I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
     48. prep.          (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
                    After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
roads
     1. n. plural of road
     2. n. (nautical, occasionally in the singular) A roadstead.
     road
          1. n. (obsolete) The act of riding on horseback.
          2. n. (obsolete) A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid.
          3. n. (nautical, often, in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor.
          4. n. A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate m
          5. n. (figuratively) A path chosen in life or career.
          6. n. An underground tunnel in a mine.
          7. n. (US, railroads) A railway or (railroads) a single railway track.
          8. n. (obsolete) A journey, or stage of a journey.
          9. n. A way or route.
          10. adj. (US, Canada sports) At the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road.
buildings
     1. n. plural of building
     building
          1. n. The act or process by which something is built; construction.
                The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks.
          2. n. A closed structure with walls and a roof.
                My sister lives in that apartment building.
          3. v. present participle of build
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.
other
     1. adj. See other (determiner) below
     2. adj. second.
           I get paid every other week.
     3. adj. Alien.
     4. adj. Different.
     5. adj. (obsolete) Left, as opposed to right.
     6. n. An other one, more often rendered as another.
           I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others.
     7. n. The other one; the second of two.
           One boat is not better than the other.
     8. det. Not the one or ones previously referred to.
           Other people would do it differently.
     9. adv. Apart from; in the phrase "other than".
           Other than that, I'm fine.
     10. adv. (obsolete) Otherwise.
           It shall none other be. — Chaucer.
           If you think other. — Shakespeare.
     11. v. To regard, label or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.
     12. v. To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.
constructions
     1. n. plural of construction
     construction
          1. n. The process of constructing.
                Construction is underway on the new bridge.
          2. n. Anything that has been constructed.
                The engineer marvelled at his construction.
          3. n. The trade of building structures.
                He had worked in construction all his life.
          4. n. A building, model or some other structure.
                The office was a construction of steel and glass.
          5. n. (arts) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
                "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.
          6. n. The manner in which something is built.
                A thing of simple construction.
          7. n. (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
          8. n. The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
                American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.
          9. n. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
          10. n. (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.
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