| 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. | |
| German |
| 1. n. A native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of German citizenship or nationality. | |
| 2. n. A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany; a person of German descent. | |
| 3. n. (historical) A member of a Germanic tribe. | |
| Rome was sacked by Germans and the Western Roman Empire collapsed. | |
| 4. n. A German wine. | |
| 5. n. (US printing rare dated) A size of type between American and Saxon, 1½-point type. | |
| 6. n. An Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg and a small part of Belgium. | |
| German has three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter. | |
| 7. adj. Of or relating to the nation of Germany. | |
| 8. adj. Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent. | |
| Her German husband has blond hair. | |
| 9. adj. Of, in or relating to the German language. | |
| We take German classes twice a week. | |
| Because the instructions were German, Yves couldn't read them. | |
| 10. adj. (obsolete except in set terms) Having the same mother and father; a full (brother or sister). | |
| brother-german | |
| 11. adj. (obsolete except in set terms) Being born to one’s blood aunt or uncle, a first (cousin). | |
| cousin-german | |
| 12. adj. (obsolete) Closely related, akin. | |
| 13. n. (obsolete) A near relative. | |
| 14. n. An elaborate round dance, often with a waltz movement. | |
| 15. n. A social party at which the german is danced. | |
| woman |
| 1. n. An adult female human. | |
| 2. n. (collective) All females collectively; womankind. | |
| 3. n. A wife (or sometimes a fiancée or girlfriend). | |
| 4. n. A female who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.) | |
| 5. n. A female attendant or servant. | |
| 6. v. To staff with female labor. | |
| 7. v. To make effeminate or womanish. | |
| 8. v. To furnish with, or unite to, a woman. | |
| 9. v. To call (a person) "woman" in a disrespectful fashion. | |
