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theatre
     1. n. (Australia, Canada, NZ, UK) alternative spelling of theater
     2. n. (US) Often used specifically of playhouses and drama, so as to distinguish from moviehouses and cinema.
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.
floor
     1. n. The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
           The room has a wooden floor.
     2. n. Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).
     3. n. The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
           Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.
           The floor of a cave served the refugees as a home.
           The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been.
     4. n. A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
     5. n. The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
           Wooden planks of the old bridge's floor were nearly rotten.
     6. n. A storey/story of a building.
           For years we lived on the third floor.
     7. n. In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
     8. n. Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
           Will the senator from Arizona yield the floor?
           The mayor often gives a lobbyist the floor.
     9. n. (nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
     10. n. (mining) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
     11. n. (mining) A horizontal, flat ore body.
     12. n. (mathematics) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
           The floor of 4.5 is 4.
     13. n. (gymnastics) An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface.
     14. n. (gymnastics) A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
     15. n. (finance) A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap.
     16. n. A dance floor.
     17. n. The area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition
     18. v. To cover or furnish with a floor.
           floor a house with pine boards
     19. v. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
     20. v. (driving, slang) To accelerate rapidly.
     21. v. To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
           floor an opponent
     22. v. To amaze or greatly surprise.
           We were floored by his confession.
     23. v. (colloquial) To finish or make an end of.
           floor a college examination
     24. v. (mathematics) To set a lower bound.
under
     1. prep. In or at a lower level than.
     2. prep. As a subject of; subordinate to.
           He served in World War II under General Omar Bradley.
     3. prep. Less than.
     4. prep. Below the surface of.
     5. prep. (figuratively) In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
           to collapse under stress; to give in under interrogation
     6. prep. As, in the character of.
           he writes books under the name John Smith
     7. adv. In a way lower or less than.
     8. adv. In a way inferior to.
     9. adv. (informal) In an unconscious state.
           It took the hypnotist several minutes to make his subject go under.
     10. adj. Being lower; being beneath something.
     11. adj. (medicine, colloquial) Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
           Ensure the patient is sufficiently under.
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.
stage
     1. n. A phase.
           He is in the recovery stage of his illness.
           Completion of an identifiable stage of maintenance such as removing an aircraft engine for repair or storage.
     2. n. (theater) A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.
           The band returned to the stage to play an encore.
     3. n. A floor or storey of a house.
     4. n. A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
     5. n. A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
     6. n. A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers.
           The stage pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies.
     7. n. (dated) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
     8. n. (dated) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road.
           a stage of ten miles
     9. n. (electronics) The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
           a 3-stage cascade of a 2nd-order bandpass Butterworth filter
     10. n. The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
           He placed the slide on the stage.
     11. n. (video games) A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.
           How do you get past the flying creatures in the third stage?
     12. n. A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.
     13. n. (geology) The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.
     14. v. To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
           The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice".
     15. v. To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
           The salesman’s demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective.
     16. v. (Of a protest or strike etc.) To carry out.
     17. v. To place in position to prepare for use.
           We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag.
           to stage data to be written at a later time
from
     1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
           This wine comes from France.
           I got a letter from my brother.
     2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
           He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
           He left yesterday from Chicago.
           Face away from the wall!
     3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
           20 from 31 leaves 11.
     4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
           An umbrella protects from the sun.
           He knows right from wrong.
which
     1. det. (interrogative) What, of those mentioned or implied.
           Which song made the charts?
     2. det. (relative) The one or ones that.
           Show me which one is bigger.
           They couldn't decide which song to play.
     3. det. (relative) The one or ones mentioned.
           He once owned a painting of the house, which painting would later be stolen.
           For several seconds he sat in silence, during which time the tea and sandwiches arrived.
           I'm thinking of getting a new car, in which case I'd get a red one.
     4. pron. (interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).
           Which is bigger?;  Which is which?
     5. pron. (relative) Who; whom; what (of those mentioned or implied).
           He walked by a door with a sign, which read: PRIVATE OFFICE.
           We've met some problems which are very difficult to handle.
           He had to leave, which was very difficult.
           No art can be properly understood apart from the culture of which it is a part.
     6. pron. (relative, archaic) Used of people (now generally who, whom or that).
     7. n. An occurrence of the word which.
contrivances
     1. n. plural of contrivance
     contrivance
          1. n. a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task
          2. n. a means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective
          3. n. something overly artful or artificial
such
     1. det. (demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
           I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before.  Such is life.
     2. det. (particularly used in formal documents) Any.
           the above address or at such other address as may notify
     3. det. Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to very much of.
           The party was such a bore.
     4. det. (obsolete) A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
     5. pron. A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned.
     6. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else.
As
     1. n. plural of A
           She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
     2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
           You’re not as tall as I am.
           It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
     3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
           The kidnappers released him as agreed.
           The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
           He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
     4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
     5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
           Do as I say!
           I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
           As you wish, my lord!
     6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
           As I came in, she flew.
     7. conj. At the same time that; while.
           He sleeps as the rain falls.
     8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
           As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
     9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
           As it’s too late, I quit.
     10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
           She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
           It's not so complicated as I expected.
     11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
     12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
     13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
     14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
     15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
     16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
           You are not as tall as me.
           They're big as houses.
     17. prep. In the role of.
           What is your opinion as a parent?
     18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
     19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
     20. n. plural of a
traps
     1. n. plural of trap
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of trap
     trap
          1. n. A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
                I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem.
          2. n. A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
                Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.
          3. n. A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
                Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck.
          4. n. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball
          5. n. The game of trapball itself.
          6. n. Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
                They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap.
          7. n. A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
          8. n. A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
          9. n. (historical) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
          10. n. (slang) A person's mouth.
                Keep your trap shut.
          11. n. (in the plural) Belongings.
          12. n. (slang) A cubicle (in a public toilet).
                I've just laid a cable in trap 2 so I'd give it 5 minutes if I were you.
          13. n. (sports) Trapshooting.
          14. n. (computing) An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
          15. n. (Australia, slang) A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
          16. n. (US, slang) A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold. (Also used attributively to describe things which are used for the sale of drugs, e.g.
          17. n. A kind of movable stepladder.
          18. n. (slang) A non-op trans woman or (femininely dressed) transvestite.
          19. n. (slang) A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's textual gender.
          20. n. (music) A fusion genre of hip-hop and electronic music.
          21. v. To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
                to trap foxes
          22. v. To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
          23. v. To provide with a trap.
                to trap a drain;  to trap a sewer pipe
          24. v. (intransitive) To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game
                trap for beaver
          25. v. (intransitive) To leave suddenly, to flee.
          26. v. (US, slang) To sell narcotics, especially in a public area.
          27. v. (computing, intransitive) To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
          28. n. A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
          29. v. To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
          30. n. (slang) The trapezius muscle.
are
     1. v. second-person singular present of be
           Mary, where are you going?
     2. v. first-person plural present of be
           We are not coming.
     3. v. second-person plural present of be
           Mary and John, are you listening?
     4. v. third-person plural present of be
           They are here somewhere.
     5. v. (East Yorkshire, Midlands) present of be
     6. n. (dialectal, or obsolete) grace, mercy
           To bid God's are.
           God's are is what children of God seech and seek.
     7. n. (obsolete) honour, dignity
     8. n. (rare) an accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a
     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.
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