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. | |
Dutch |
1. adj. Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language. | |
2. adj. (archaic, or regional, except in set terms) Pertaining to Germanic-speaking peoples on the European continent, chiefly the Dutch, the Germans, and the Goths; Teutonic; Germanic. Especially refers to G | |
3. adj. (obsolete outside certain fixed expressions, or in the sense of "thrifty", now possibly offensive, pejorative) Substitute, inferior, ersatz (as seen in expressions such as Dutch courage, Dutch treat | |
4. n. The main language of the Netherlands and Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium). | |
5. n. (archaic) German; the main language of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany, Austria, Alsace, Luxembourg). | |
6. n. (collective, plural) The people of the Netherlands. | |
The Dutch will vote on the matter next month. | |
7. v. To treat cocoa beans or powder with an alkali solution to improve the color or flavor. | |
8. n. (slang) wife | |
9. v. (altcaps, Dutch), treat cocoa with alkali | |
hoe |
1. n. An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows. | |
2. n. The horned or piked dogfish. | |
3. v. To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool. | |
to hoe the earth in a garden | |
Every year, I hoe my garden for aeration. | |
I always take a shower after I hoe in my garden. | |
4. v. To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe. | |
to hoe corn | |
5. n. (US, slang) alternative spelling of ho (whore, prostitute). | |
6. v. (US, slang) alternative spelling of ho (to prostitute). | |
7. n. A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory. | |
manipulated |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of manipulate | |
manipulate |
1. v. To move, arrange or operate something using the hands | |
2. v. To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something | |
3. v. (transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose | |
4. v. To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use | |
5. v. (intransitive, dated) To use the hands, especially in scientific experiments. | |
by |
1. prep. Near or next to. | |
The mailbox is by the bus stop. | |
2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval. | |
Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July. | |
3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of. | |
The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour. | |
4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of. | |
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare | |
5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of. | |
6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of. | |
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking. | |
7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination. | |
The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight. | |
8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed. | |
I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife. | |
9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of. | |
Our stock is up by ten percent. | |
10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another. | |
We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches. | |
11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to. | |
He cheated by his own admission. | |
12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of. | |
By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this. | |
13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something. | |
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm. | |
14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of. | |
She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress. | |
15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker. | |
I watched as it passed by. | |
16. adv. In the vicinity, near. | |
There was a shepherd close by. | |
The shop is hard by the High Street. | |
17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business. | |
I'll stop by on my way home from work. | |
We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave. | |
18. adv. Aside, away. | |
The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring. | |
19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary. | |
20. n. (card games) A pass | |
21. interj. alternative spelling of bye | |
both |
1. det. Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items. | |
"Did you want this one or that one?" — "Give me both.". | |
Both children are such dolls. | |
2. det. Each of the two kinds; one and the other kind; referring to several individuals or items which are divided into two groups. | |
3. conj. Including both of (used with and). | |
Both you and I are students. | |
4. conj. (obsolete) Including all of (used with and). | |
pushing |
1. v. present participle of push | |
2. adj. That pushes forward; pressing, driving. | |
3. adj. (now rare) Aggressively assertive; pushy. | |
4. n. The act by which something is pushed. | |
We were soon separated by the pushings and shovings of the crowd. | |
push |
1. v. (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force. | |
In his anger he pushed me against the wall and threatened me. | |
You need to push quite hard to get this door open. | |
2. v. To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action. | |
3. v. To press or urge forward; to drive. | |
to push an objection too far; to push one's luck | |
4. v. To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.). | |
Stop pushing the issue — I'm not interested. | |
They're pushing that perfume again. | |
There were two men hanging around the school gates today, pushing drugs. | |
5. v. (informal, transitive) To approach; to come close to. | |
My old car is pushing 250,000 miles. | |
He's pushing sixty. (= he's nearly sixty years old) | |
6. v. (intransitive) To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents. | |
During childbirth, there are times when the obstetrician advises the woman not to push. | |
7. v. (intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action. | |
8. v. To make a higher bid at an auction. | |
9. v. (poker) To make an all-in bet. | |
10. v. (chess, transitive) To move (a pawn) directly forward. | |
11. v. (computing) To add (a data item) to the top of a stack. | |
12. v. (computing) To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers. | |
13. v. (obsolete) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore. | |
14. v. To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot. | |
15. v. (snooker) To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot) | |
16. n. A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing. | |
Give the door a hard push if it sticks. | |
17. n. An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents. | |
One more push and the baby will be out. | |
18. n. A great effort (to do something). | |
Some details got lost in the push to get the project done. | |
Let's give one last push on our advertising campaign. | |
19. n. An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action. | |
20. n. (military) A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in th | |
21. n. A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score | |
22. n. (computing) The addition of a data item to the top of a stack. | |
23. n. (Internet) The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request, as in server push, push technology. | |
24. n. (dated) A crowd or throng or people | |
25. n. (snooker) A foul shot in which the cue ball is in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time | |
26. n. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A pustule; a pimple. | |
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. | |
pulling |
1. v. present participle of pull | |
2. n. The act by which something is pulled. | |
pull |
1. n. An act of pulling (applying force) | |
He gave the hair a sharp pull and it came out. | |
2. n. An attractive force which causes motion towards the source | |
The spaceship came under the pull of the gas giant. | |
iron fillings drawn by the pull of a magnet | |
She took a pull on her cigarette. | |
3. n. Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope | |
a zipper pull | |
4. n. (slang) Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing. | |
In weights the favourite had the pull. | |
5. n. Appeal or attraction (as of a movie star) | |
6. n. (Internet) The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology | |
7. n. A journey made by rowing | |
8. n. (dated) A contest; a struggle. | |
a wrestling pull | |
9. n. (obsolete, poetic) Loss or violence suffered. | |
10. n. (slang) The act of drinking. | |
to take a pull at a mug of beer | |
11. n. (cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side. | |
12. n. (golf) A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path. | |
13. v. (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force. | |
When I give the signal, pull the rope. | |
You're going to have to pull harder to get that cork out of the bottle. | |
14. v. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck. | |
to pull fruit from a tree; to pull flax; to pull a finch | |
15. v. To attract or net; to pull in. | |
16. v. To draw apart; to tear; to rend. | |
17. v. (ambitransitive, UK, Ireland, slang) To persuade (someone) to have sex with one. | |
I pulled at the club last night. | |
He's pulled that bird over there. | |
18. v. To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability. | |
Each day, they pulled the old bread and set out fresh loaves. | |
19. v. (transitive, informal) To do or perform. | |
He regularly pulls 12-hour days, sometimes 14. | |
You'll be sent home if you pull another stunt like that. | |
20. v. To retrieve or generate for use. | |
I'll have to pull a part number for that. | |
21. v. To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field. | |
22. v. (intransitive) To row. | |
23. v. To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.). | |
24. v. (video games, ambitransitive) To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target. | |
25. v. To score a certain amount of points in a sport. | |
26. v. (horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning. | |
The favourite was pulled. | |
27. v. (printing, dated) To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever. | |
28. v. (cricket, golf) To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.) | |
29. v. (UK) To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source. | |
Let's stop at Finnigan's. The barman pulls a good pint. | |
30. v. (rail transportation, US, of a railroad car) To pull out from a yard or station; to leave. | |
31. interj. (sports) Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched. | |