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obsolete
     1. adj. (of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject).
           It is speculated that, within a few years, the Internet's speedy delivery of news worldwide will make newspapers obsolete.
     2. adj. (biology) Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
     3. v. (transitive, US) To cause to become obsolete.
           This software component has been obsoleted.
           We are in the process of obsoleting this product.
musical
     1. adj. Of or relating to music.
     2. adj. Gifted or skilled in music.
     3. adj. Pleasing to the ear.
           Her voice had a musical quality.
     4. adj. Pertaining to a class of games in which players move while music plays, but have to take a fixed position when it stops; by extension, any situation where people repeatedly change positions.
     5. n. A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.
instruments
     1. n. plural of instrument
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of instrument
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.
small
     1. adj. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
           A small serving of ice cream.
           A small group.
           He made us all feel small.
     2. adj. (figuratively) Young, as a child.
           Remember when the children were small?
     3. adj. (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.
     4. adj. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
     5. adj. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
           a small space of time
     6. adj. topics, en, Size
     7. adv. In a small fashion.
     8. adv. In or into small pieces.
     9. adv. (obsolete) To a small extent.
     10. n. (rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
     11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To make little or less.
     12. v. (intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.
portable
     1. adj. Able to be carried or easily moved.
     2. adj. (computing) Of software, able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
     3. n. A portable building used for temporary purposes, particularly:
     4. n.          (clipping of portable toilet)
     5. n.          A trailer or other portable structure used for classes at a school.
     6. n. (computing) (clipping of portable computer)
     7. n. (video games) A hand-held video gaming device.
organ
     1. n. A larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
     2. n. (by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
     3. n. (musical instruments) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
     4. n. An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
     5. n. A species of cactus.
     6. n. (slang) The penis.
     7. v. (obsolete, transitive) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.
played
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of play
     play
          1. v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
                They played long and hard.
          2. v. To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
                He plays on three teams.  Who's playing now?  play football;  play sports;  play games
          3. v.          To compete against, in a game.
          4. v.          (in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
                         Look at the score now ... 23 plays 8!
          5. v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
          6. v. To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
                He plays the King, and she's the Queen.  No part of the brain plays the role of permanent memory.
          7. v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
          8. v.          (intransitive, of a musical instrument) To produce music.
          9. v.          (intransitive, especially, of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
                        I've practiced the piano off and on, but I still can't play very well.
          10. v.          (transitive, especially, of a person) To produce music (or a specified song or musical style) using (a specified musical instrument).
                        I'll play the piano and you sing.  Can you play an instrument?  We especially like to play jazz together.  Play a song for me.&ems
          11. v.          (transitive, ergative) To use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording.
                        You can play the DVD now.
          12. v.          (intransitive, of a theatrical performance) To be performed; (or of a, film) to be shown.
                        His latest film is playing in the local theatre tomorrow.
          13. v.          (transitive, of a theatrical company, or band, etc.) To perform in or at; to give performances in or at.
          14. v.          To act or perform (a play).
                        to play a comedy
          15. v. To behave in a particular way.:
          16. v.          (copulative) Contrary to fact, to give an appearance of being.
          17. v.          (intransitive) To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.
          18. v.          (intransitive) To act; to behave; to practice deception.
          19. v.          To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute.
                        to play tricks
          20. v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate.
                The fountain plays.
          21. v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
          22. v. To put in action or motion.
                to play cannon upon a fortification;  to play a trump in a card game
          23. v. To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
          24. v. (transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle someone.
                You played me!
          25. n. (formerly ) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
          26. n. Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
          27. n. (ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions ..., and initiated voluntarily when ... in a low-stress setting.".
          28. n. The conduct, or course of a game.
          29. n. An individual's performance in a sport or game.
          30. n. (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
          31. n. A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
          32. n. A theatrical performance featuring actors.
                We saw a two-act play in the theatre.
          33. n. A major move by a business.
          34. n. A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
          35. n. The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
                No wonder the fanbelt is slipping: there’s too much play in it.
                Too much play in a steering wheel may be dangerous.
          36. n. (informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
          37. n. (archaic, now usually in compounds) Activity relating to martial combat or fighting.
                handplay, swordplay
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
one
     1. num. (cardinal) The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
           In some religions, there is only one god.
           In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.
           One person, one vote.
     2. num. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
     3. num. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
     4. num. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
     5. pron. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
           The big one looks good.  I want the green one.  A good driver is one who drives carefully.
     6. pron. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
           She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.
     7. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
           One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed.  One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.
     8. pron. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
           "driver", noun: one who drives.
     9. n. The digit or figure 1.
     10. n. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
     11. n. (US) A one-dollar bill.
     12. n. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
     13. n. A joke or amusing anecdote.
     14. n. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
     15. n. (Internet slang) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
           A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
             Someone help me; I'm always losing!
           B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
             Why don't you just go away loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     16. adj. Of a period of time, being particular.
           One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
     17. adj. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
           My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other.".
     18. adj. Sole, only.
           He is the one man who can help you.
     19. adj. Whole, entire.
           Body and soul are not separate; they are one.
     20. adj. In agreement.
           We are one on the importance of learning.
     21. adj. The same.
           The two types look very different, but are one species.
     22. adj. Being a preeminent example.
           He is one hell of a guy.
     23. adj. Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
           The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.
     24. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.
hand
     1. n. The part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
           Her hands are really strong.
     2. n. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.:
     3. n.          A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
     4. n.          An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
     5. n. In linear measurement::
     6. n.          (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.
     7. n.          (obsolete) Three inches.
     8. n. A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
     9. n. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
     10. n. An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful.
           an old hand at speaking;  large farms need many farm hands
     11. n. An instance of helping.
           Bob gave Alice a hand to move the furniture.
     12. n. Handwriting; style of penmanship.
           a good hand
     13. n. A person's autograph or signature.
           Given under my Hand and Seal of the State this 1st Day of January, 2010.
     14. n. Personal possession; ownership.
     15. n. (usually in the hands) Management, domain, control.
           in safe hands;  in good hands;  He lost his job when the factory changed hands.  With the business back in the founder's hands, there is new hope for the company.  With John
     16. n. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.:
     17. n.          (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
     18. n.         # A round of a card game.
     19. n.          (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
     20. n.          (collective) The collective noun for a bunch of bananas.
     21. n. Applause.
           Give him a hand.
     22. n. (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
     23. n. (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
     24. n. A whole rhizome of ginger.
     25. n. The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
           This fabric has a smooth, soft hand.
     26. n. (archaic) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
     27. n. (archaic) Agency in transmission from one person to another.
           to buy at first hand (from the producer, or when new);  to buy at second hand (when no longer in the producer’s hand, or when not new);  It's not a rumor. I heard it at first hand.
     28. n. (obsolete) Rate; price.
     29. v. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
           He handed them the letter.   She handed responsibility over to her deputy.
     30. v. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
           to hand a lady into a carriage
     31. v. (transitive, obsolete) To manage.
     32. v. (transitive, obsolete) To seize; to lay hands on.
     33. v. (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
     34. v. (transitive, nautical, said of a sail) To furl.
     35. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To cooperate.
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.
bellows
     1. n. A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume wh
           When wood fires were common, so were bellows for helping start them.
     2. n. Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
     3. n. (informal, or archaic) The lungs.
     4. n. (photography) Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
     5. n. (figurative) That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.
     6. v. (intransitive, transitive) To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.
     7. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To expand and contract like a bellows.
     8. v. To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
     9. n. plural of bellow
     10. v. third-person singular present indicative of bellow
     bellow
          1. n. the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
          2. v. To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.
          3. v. To shout in a deep voice.
being
     1. v. present participle of be
     2. n. A living creature.
     3. n. The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
     4. n. (philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
     5. n. (philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
     6. n. (obsolete) An abode; a cottage.
     7. conj. (obsolete) Given that; since.
     be
          1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
          2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
                There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
          3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
                The cup is on the table.
          4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
                When will the meeting be?
          5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
                The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
                I have been to Spain many times.
                Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
          6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
                Knowledge is bliss.
                Hi, I’m Jim.
          7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
                3 times 5 is fifteen.
          8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
                François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
          9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
                The sky is blue.
          10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
                The sky is a deep blue today.
          11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
                The dog was drowned by the boy.
          12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
                The woman is walking.
                I shall be writing to you soon.
                We liked to chat while we were eating.
          13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
          14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
                I am to leave tomorrow.
                I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
          15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
                This building is three hundred years old.
                I am 75 kilograms.
                He’s about 6 feet tall.
          16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
                I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
          17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
                It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
                It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
                What time is it there? It’s night.
          18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
                It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
                It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
          19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
                It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
                Why is it so dark in here?
          20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
                "What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
                Why is he being nice to me?
worked
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of work
     2. adj. Designed or executed in a particular manner or to a particular degree.
     3. adj. Wrought.
     4. adj.          Processed in a particular way; prepared via labour.
     5. adj.          Decorated or embellished; embroidered.
     6. adj. Prepared so as to demonstrate the steps required.
     work
          1. n. (heading) Employment.
          2. n.          Labour, occupation, job.
                        My work involves a lot of travel.
          3. n.          The place where one is employed.
                        He hasn’t come home yet, he’s still at work.
          4. n.          One's employer
                        “I want to go to the R.E.M. reunion concert but I'm not sure if my work will let me off.”
          5. n. (heading) Effort.
          6. n.          Effort expended on a particular task.
                        Holding a brick over your head is hard work. It takes a lot of work to write a dictionary.
          7. n.          Sustained human effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
                        We know what we must do. Let's go to work.
          8. n.          Something on which effort is expended.
                        There's lots of work waiting for me at the office.
          9. n.          (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
                        Work is done against friction to drag a bag along the ground.
          10. n.          (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.
          11. n. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
                We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags.
          12. n. Product; the result of effort.:
          13. n.          (often, in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
                        There's a lot of guesswork involved.
          14. n.          (often, in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
                        We've got some paperwork to do before we can get started. The piece was decorated with intricate filigree work.
          15. n.          A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.
                        It is a work of art.
                        the poetic works of Alexander Pope
          16. n.          A fortification.
                        William the Conqueror fortified many castles, throwing up new ramparts, bastions and all manner of works.
          17. n. (slang) The staging of events to appear as real.
          18. n. (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
          19. n. The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
                Tell me you're using clean works at least.
          20. v. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
                He’s working in a bar.
          21. v.          Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business).
                        I work in a national park
                        she works in the human resources department
                        he mostly works in logging, but sometimes works in carpentry
          22. v.          Followed by as. Said of one's job title
                        I work as a cleaner.
          23. v.          Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs.
                        she works for Microsoft
                        he works for the president
          24. v.          Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.
                        I work closely with my Canadian counterparts
                        you work with computers
                        she works with the homeless people from the suburbs
          25. v. To effect by gradual degrees.
                he worked his way through the crowd
                the dye worked its way through
                using some tweezers, she worked the bee sting out of her hand
          26. v. To embroider with thread.
          27. v. To set into action.
                He worked the levers.
          28. v. To cause to ferment.
          29. v. (intransitive) To ferment.
          30. v. To exhaust, by working.
                The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted.
          31. v. To shape, form, or improve a material.
                He used pliers to work the wire into shape.
          32. v. To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
                she works the night clubs
                the salesman works the Midwest
                this artist works mostly in acrylics
          33. v. To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
          34. v. To provoke or excite; to influence.
                The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy.
          35. v. To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
                She knows how to work the system.
          36. v. To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
                I cannot work a miracle.
          37. v. To cause to work.
                He is working his servants hard.
          38. v. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
                he pointed at the car and asked, "Does it work"?;  he looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work;  my plan didn’t work
          39. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
                They worked on her to join the group.
          40. v. (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
          41. v. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
                His fingers worked with tension.
                A ship works in a heavy sea.
          42. v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
                this dough does not work easily;  the soft metal works well
          43. v. (transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
          44. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.
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.
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.
used
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of use
           You used me!
     2. v. (intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed to doing something
           He used to live here, but moved away last year.
     3. adj. That is or has or have been used.
           The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
     4. adj. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
           He bought a used car.
     5. adj. Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
           I got used to this weather.
     use
          1. n. The act of using.
                the use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations;  there is no use for your invention
          2. n. (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
                What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
          3. n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
                This tool has many uses.
          4. n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
                I have no further use for these textbooks.
          5. n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
          6. n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
          7. n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
          8. n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
                the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
          9. n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
          10. v. To utilize or employ.
          11. v.          To employ; to apply; to utilize.
                        Use this knife to slice the bread.
                        We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
          12. v.          (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
                        I used the money they allotted me.
                        We should use up most of the fuel.
                        She used all the time allotted to complete the test.
          13. v.          To exploit.
                        You never cared about me; you just used me!
          14. v.          To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
                         He uses cocaine. I have never used drugs.
          15. v.          (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
                        Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.
          16. v.          (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
                        I could use a drink. My car could use a new coat of paint.
          17. v. To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.)
                soldiers who are used to hardships and danger (still common)
                to use the soldiers to hardships and danger (now rare)
          18. v.          (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
          19. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
          20. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.
          21. v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
                I used to get things done.
          22. v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
                to use an animal cruelly
          23. v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
in
     1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
     2. prep.          Contained by.
                   The dog is in the kennel.
     3. prep.          Within.
     4. prep.          Surrounded by.
                   We are in the enemy camp.   Her plane is in the air.
     5. prep.          Part of; a member of.
                   One in a million.   She's in band and orchestra.
     6. prep.          Pertaining to; with regard to.
                   What grade did he get in English?
                   Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
     7. prep.          At the end of a period of time.
                   They said they would call us in a week.
     8. prep.          Within a certain elapsed time
                   Are you able to finish this in three hours?   The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
     9. prep.          During (said of periods of time).
                   in the first week of December;  Easter falls in the fourth lunar month;   The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
     10. prep.          (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
                   English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
     11. prep. Into.
           Less water gets in your boots this way.
     12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
           In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
     13. prep.          Indicating an order or arrangement.
                   My fat rolls around in folds.
     14. prep.          Denoting a state of the subject.
                   He stalked away in anger.   John is in a coma.
     15. prep.          Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
                   You've got a friend in me.   He's met his match in her.
     16. prep.          Wearing (an item of clothing).
                    I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
     17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
     18. prep.          (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
                   Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
                   The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
                    Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
     19. prep.          Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
                   Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
                   His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
                   When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
     20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
     21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
     22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
           Is Mr. Smith in?
     23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
           Suddenly a strange man walked in.
     24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
           He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
     25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
           What's that in?
     26. adv. After the beginning of something.
     27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
           His parents got him an in with the company
     28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
     29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
     30. adj. In fashion; popular.
           Skirts are in this year.
     31. adj. Incoming.
           the in train
     32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
     33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
           in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
     34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
     35. n. Inch.
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.
sixteenth
     1. num. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number sixteen.
     2. n. (fractional) One of sixteen equal parts of a whole.
           A sixteenth of 320 is 20.
and
     1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
     2. conj.          Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
     3. conj.          Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
     4. conj.          Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
     5. conj.          (obsolete) Yet; but.
     6. conj.          Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
     7. conj.          (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
     8. conj.          Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
     9. conj.          Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
     10. conj.          Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
     11. conj.          (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
     12. conj.          Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
     13. conj.          Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
     14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
     15. conj.          (now US dialect) If; provided that.
     16. conj.          (obsolete) As if, as though.
     17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
     18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
     19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
     20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
seventeenth
     1. num. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number seventeen.
     2. n. (fractional) One of seventeen equal parts of a whole.
           A seventeeth of 340 is 20.
     3. n. (music) An interval of two octaves and a third.
centuries
     1. n. plural of century
     century
          1. n. A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (infor
          2. n. A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen)
          3. n. A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
          4. n. A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.
          5. n. (cricket) A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
          6. n. (sports) A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.
          7. n. (US, informal) A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.
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