regional |
1. adj. Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district. | |
2. adj. Of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region. | |
3. adj. Of, or pertaining to, one part of the body. | |
4. adj. (Australia) Of a state or other geographic area, those parts which are not metropolitan, but are somewhat densely populated and usually contain a number of significant towns. | |
5. n. An entity or event with scope limited to a single region. | |
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. | |
submarine |
1. adj. Undersea. | |
2. adj. Hidden or undisclosed. | |
a submarine patent | |
3. adj. (baseball) Of a pitch, thrown with the hand lower than the elbow. | |
4. n. A boat that can go underwater. | |
5. n. A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread. | |
6. n. (baseball) Pitch delivered with an underhand motion. | |
7. n. Any submarine plant or animal. | |
8. n. (informal) A stowaway on a seagoing vessel. | |
9. v. (intransitive) To operate or serve on a submarine. | |
10. v. To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack. | |
11. v. (intransitive, sometimes figurative) To sink or submerge oneself. | |
sandwich |
1. n. A dish or foodstuff where two or more slices of bread serve as the wrapper or container of some other food. | |
2. n. (by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material. | |
3. n. (UK) A layer cake or sandwich cake. | |
4. v. To place one item between two other, usually flat, items | |
5. v. (figuratively) To put or set something between two others, in time. | |
6. adj. (US) Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner. | |