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     1. n. plural of example
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of example
right
     1. adj. (archaic) Straight, not bent.
           a right line
     2. adj. (geometry) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
           The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.
     3. adj. (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
           a right triangle, a right prism, a right cone
     4. adj. Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
           I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along.
           It's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work.
     5. adj. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
           Is this the right software for my computer?
     6. adj. Healthy, sane, competent.
           I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
     7. adj. Real; veritable (used emphatically).
           You've made a right mess of the kitchen!
     8. adj. (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
     9. adj. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
     10. adj. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: →
           After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.
     11. adj. Designed to be placed or worn outward.
           the right side of a piece of cloth
     12. adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
     13. adv. On the right side.
     14. adv. Towards the right side.
     15. adv. Exactly, precisely.
           The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.
           Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film.
     16. adv. Immediately, directly.
           Can't you see it? It's right beside you!
           Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view.
     17. adv. (UK, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
           I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?
           I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much.
     18. adv. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
     19. adv. In a correct manner.
           Do it right or don't do it at all.
     20. adv. (dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.
           Sir, I am right glad to meet you …
           Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life.
           The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci.
     21. interj. Yes, that is correct; I agree.
     22. interj. I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
     23. interj. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
           - After that interview, I don't think we should hire her.- Right — who wants lunch?
     24. interj. Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.
           You're going, right?
     25. interj. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
     26. n. That which complies with justice, law or reason.
           We're on the side of right in this contest.
     27. n. A legal, just or moral entitlement.
           You have no right to go through my personal diary.
           see also in right of
     28. n. The right side or direction.
           The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.
     29. n. The right hand.
     30. n. (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
           The political right holds too much power.
     31. n. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
     32. v. To correct.
           Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.
     33. v. To set upright.
           The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
     34. v. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
           When the wind died down, the ship righted.
     35. v. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
           to right the oppressed
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tickle
     1. n. The act of tickling.
     2. n. An itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling.
           I have a persistent tickle in my throat.
     3. n. (cricket, informal) A light tap of the ball.
     4. n. (Newfoundland) A narrow strait.
     5. v. To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which causes laughter and twitching.
           He tickled Nancy's tummy, and she started to giggle.
     6. v. (intransitive, of a body part) To feel as if the body part in question is being tickled.
           My nose tickles, and I'm going to sneeze!
     7. v. To appeal to someone's taste, curiosity etc.
     8. v. To cause delight or amusement in.
           He was tickled to receive such a wonderful gift.
     9. v. (intransitive) To feel titillation.
     10. v. To catch fish in the hand (usually in rivers or smaller streams) by manually stimulating the fins often illegal
     11. v. (archaic) To be excited or heartened.
     12. adj. Changeable, capricious; insecure.
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.
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.
throat
     1. n. The front part of the neck.
           The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat.
     2. n. The gullet or windpipe.
           As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat.
     3. n. A narrow opening in a vessel.
           The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle.
     4. n. Station throat.
     5. n. The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
     6. n. (nautical) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
     7. n. (nautical) That end of a gaff which is next the mast.
     8. n. (nautical) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
     9. n. (shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.
     10. n. (botany) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
     11. v. (now uncommon) To utter in or with the throat.
           to throat threats
     12. v. (informal) To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat).
     13. v. (dialect) To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary