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slang
     1. n. Language outside of conventional usage.
     2. n. Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.
     3. n. The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant.
     4. v. (transitive, dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at.
     5. v. (archaic) simple past tense of sling
     6. n. (dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
     7. n. (obsolete) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
     8. n. (obsolete) A counterfeit weight or measure.
     9. n. (obsolete) A travelling show, or one of its performances.
     10. n. (obsolete) A hawker's license.
     11. n. (obsolete) A watchchain.
     12. v. (transitive, AAVE, MLE) To sell (especially illegal drugs).
any
     1. adv. To even the slightest extent, at all.
           I will not remain here any longer.
           If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!
     2. det. At least one; of at least one kind. One at all.
           do you have any biscuits?;  do you have any food?;  I haven't got any money;  it won't do you any good
     3. det. No matter what kind.
           choose any items you want;  any person may apply
     4. pron. Any thing(s) or person(s).
           Any may apply.
debt
     1. n. An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
     2. n. The state or condition of owing something to another.
           I am in your debt.
     3. n. Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.
     4. n. (legal) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due.
collector
     1. n. A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.
           He is an avid collector of nineteenth-century postage stamps.
           That old piano is just a big dust collector.
     2. n. A person who is employed to collect payments.
           She works for the government as a tax collector.
     3. n. (electronics) The amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor.
     4. n. A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book.
     5. n. (historical) One holding a Bachelor of Arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.
     6. n. a major sewer which collects sewerage from a number of smaller branch sewers
     7. n. A mafioso whose task is to collect protection money from small businesses
regardless
     1. adj. Having no regard; heedless; careless.
     2. adv. Without attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences.
           Tatiana knew the yogurt had passed its expiry date, but she ate it regardless.
     3. prep. Paying no attention to; regardless of.
           Tatiana ate the cauliflower regardless of its colour.
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.
His
     1. pron. honoraltcaps, his
     2. det. Belonging to him.
     3. det. (dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
     4. det. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
     5. det. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.
           Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark.
           Sejanus his Fall
     6. pron. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
           The decision was his to live with.
     7. pron. alternative spelling of His
     8. n. plural of hi
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.
Her
     1. pron. honoraltcaps, her
     2. det. Belonging to her.
           This is her book
     3. pron. The form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc.
           Give it to her (after preposition)
           He wrote her a letter (indirect object)
           He treated her for a cold (direct object)
     4. n. (informal) A female person or animal.
           I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.
official
     1. adj. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
           official duties
     2. adj. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority
           an official statement or report
     3. adj. Approved by authority; authorized.
           The Official Strategy Guide
     4. adj.          (Of a statement) Dubious but recognized by authorities as truth and/or canon.
                    Despite these testimonies, "accidental asphyxiation" remains his official cause of death.
     5. adj. (pharmaceutical) Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
           an official drug or preparation
     6. adj. Discharging an office or function.
     7. adj. Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
     8. adj. Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
     9. adj. True, real, beyond doubt.
           Well, it's official: you lost your mind!
     10. n. An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
           David Barnes was the official charged with the running of the sports club.
           Last year, Yulong Snow Mountain park officials reported that 2.6 million visitors came to the mountain.
     11. n. A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.
           In most soccer games there are three officials: the referee and two linesmen.
status
     1. n. A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
           Superstition is highly correlated with economic status.
     2. n. Prestige or high standing.
     3. n. A situation or state of affairs.
           What's the status of the investigation?
           New York is known for its status as a financial center.
     4. n. (legal) The legal condition of a person or thing.
     5. n.          (Canada, almost always used to modify another noun) The state (of a Canadian Indian) of being registered under the Indian Act.
                    He is a status Indian.
     6. n. (social networking) A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.
           I'm just about to update my status to "busy".
     7. n. (medicine) (Short for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus.)
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