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.) | |