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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.
chart
     1. n. A map.
     2. n.          A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.
     3. n.          A navigator's map.
     4. n. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.
     5. n.          A tabular presentation of data; a table.
     6. n.          A diagram.
     7. n.          A graph.
     8. n.          (anchor, musicChart)A record of a patient's diagnosis, care instructions, and recent history.
                   I snuck a look at his chart. It doesn't look good.
     9. n.          (anchor, musicChart)A ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music.
                   They're at the top of the charts again this week.
     10. n. A written deed; a charter.
     11. n. (topology) A subspace of a manifold used as part of an atlas
     12. v. To draw a chart or map of.
     13. v. To draw or figure out (a route or plan).
           Let's chart how we're going to get from here to there.
           We are on a course for disaster without having charted it.
     14. v. To record systematically.
     15. v. (intransitive, of a record or artist) To appear on a hit-recording chart.
           The song has charted for 15 weeks!
           The band first charted in 1994.
list
     1. n. A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
     2. n. Material used for cloth selvage.
     3. n. A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.
     4. n. (in the historical) The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
     5. n. (computing, programming) A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the LISP programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or mor
     6. n. (architecture) A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
     7. n. (carpentry) A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.
     8. n. (ropemaking) A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
     9. n. (tin-plate manufacture) The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
     10. n. (obsolete) A stripe.
     11. n. (obsolete) A boundary or limit; a border.
     12. v. To create or recite a list.
     13. v. To place in listings.
     14. v. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
     15. v. To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
           to list a door
     16. v. (transitive, agriculture) To plough and plant with a lister.
     17. v. (transitive, agriculture, chiefly Southern US) To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.
     18. v. (transitive, carpentry) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
           to list a board
     19. v. (transitive, military) To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
     20. v. (transitive, obsolete) To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.
     21. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
     22. n. (archaic) Art; craft; cunning; skill.
     23. v. (intransitive, poetic) To listen.
     24. v. (transitive, poetic) To listen to.
     25. v. (transitive, archaic) To be pleasing to.
     26. v. (transitive, archaic) To desire, like, or wish (to do something).
     27. n. (obsolete) Desire, inclination.
     28. n. (architecture) A tilt to a building.
     29. n. (nautical) A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.
     30. v. (transitive, nautical) To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
           the steady wind listed the ship
     31. v. (intransitive, nautical) To tilt to one side.
           the ship listed to port
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.
record
     1. n. An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
           The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.
           The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime.
     2. n. Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
           We have no record of you making this payment to us.
     3. n. A vinyl disc on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.
           I still like records better than CDs.
     4. n. (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
     5. n. The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
           The heat and humidity were both new records.
           The team set a new record for most points scored in a game.
     6. v. To make a record of information.
           I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.
     7. v. To make an audio or video recording of.
           Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.
     8. v. (transitive, legal) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
           When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house.
     9. v. (intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
     10. v. (intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
     11. v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.
     12. v. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.
     13. v. (obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.
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.
ancestors
     1. n. plural of ancestor
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of ancestor
     ancestor
          1. n. One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.
          2. n. An earlier type; a progenitor
                This fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
          3. n. (legal) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
          4. n. (figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
          5. v. To be an ancestor of.
to
     1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
           I want to leave.
           He asked me what to do.
           I don’t know how to say it.
           I have places to go and people to see.
     2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
           "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
           If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
     3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
           I have to do laundry today.
     4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
           We are walking to the shop.
     5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
           He devoted himself to education.
           They drank to his health.
     6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
           His face was beaten to a pulp.
     7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
           similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
     8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
           With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   t
     9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
           one to one = 1:1
           ten to one = 10:1.
           I have ten dollars to your four.
     10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
           Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
           Three to the power of two is nine.
           Three to the second is nine.
     11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
           I gave the book to him.
     12. prep. (time) Preceding.
           ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
     13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
           Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
           There's a lot of sense to what he says.
     14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
           Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
     15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
           Please push the door to.
     16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
     17. adv. misspelling of too
show
     1. v. To display, to have somebody see (something).
           The car's dull finish showed years of neglect.
           All he had to show for four years of attendance at college was a framed piece of paper.
     2. v. To bestow; to confer.
           to show mercy; to show favour; (dialectal) show me the salt please
     3. v. To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
     4. v. To guide or escort.
           Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.
           They showed us in.
     5. v. (intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
           Your bald patch is starting to show.
           At length, his gloom showed.
     6. v. (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
           We waited for an hour, but they never showed.
     7. v. (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
     8. v. (intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
           In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.
     9. v. (obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
     10. n. A play, dance, or other entertainment.
     11. n. An exhibition of items.
           art show;  dog show
     12. n. A demonstration.
           show of force
     13. n. A broadcast program/programme.
           radio show;  television show
     14. n. A movie.
           Let's catch a show.
     15. n. A project or presentation.
           Let's get on with the show.   Let's get this show on the road.   They went on an international road show to sell the shares to investors.   It was Apple's usual do
     16. n. Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
           The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show.
     17. n. Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
     18. n. (baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
           He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show.
     19. n. (mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
     20. n. (archaic) Pretence.
     21. n. (archaic) Sign, token, or indication.
     22. n. (obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
     23. n. (obsolete) Plausibility.
     24. n. (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
breeding
     1. n. Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
     2. n. The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
     3. n. The act of copulation in animals.
     4. n. The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
     5. n. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
     6. n. Descent; pedigree; extraction.
           Your dog has good breeding.
     7. n. (gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex, usually applied to gay pornography.
     8. adj. Of, relating to or used for breeding.
           Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.
     9. v. present participle of breed
           Through genetic manipulation and harsh training, I am breeding a species of super-dogs to take over the world.
     breed
          1. v. To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
          2. v. To give birth to; to be the native place of.
                a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men
          3. v. Of animals, to mate.
          4. v. To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
          5. v. To arrange the mating of specific animals.
                She wanted to breed her cow to the neighbor's registered bull.
          6. v. To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
                He tries to breed blue roses.
          7. v. To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
          8. v. To yield or result in.
                disaster breeds famine;  familiarity breeds contempt
          9. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before birth.
          10. v. To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; sometimes followed by up.
          11. v. To produce or obtain by any natural process.
          12. v. (intransitive) To have birth; to be produced, developed or multiplied.
          13. v. to ejaculate inside someone's ass
          14. n. All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
                a breed of tulip
                a breed of animal
          15. n. A race or lineage; offspring or issue.
          16. n. (informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.
                People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed.
especially
     1. adv. (manner) In a special manner; specially.
     2. adv. (focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
     3. adv. (focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.
           Invite them all, especially Molly.
distinguished
     1. adj. celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
           The lecture was attended by many distinguished mathematicians.
     2. adj. Having a dignified appearance or demeanor
           Her father was a distinguished gentleman, albeit a poor one.
     3. adj. (mathematics) Specified, noted.
           Let X be a topological space with a distinguished point p.
     4. v. simple past tense and past participle of distinguish
     distinguish
          1. v. To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics.
          2. v. To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.
          3. v. To make oneself noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments.
                The soldier distinguished himself in combat and received a medal.
          4. v. (transitive, obsolete) To make to differ.
breeding
     1. n. Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
     2. n. The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
     3. n. The act of copulation in animals.
     4. n. The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
     5. n. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
     6. n. Descent; pedigree; extraction.
           Your dog has good breeding.
     7. n. (gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex, usually applied to gay pornography.
     8. adj. Of, relating to or used for breeding.
           Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.
     9. v. present participle of breed
           Through genetic manipulation and harsh training, I am breeding a species of super-dogs to take over the world.
     breed
          1. v. To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
          2. v. To give birth to; to be the native place of.
                a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men
          3. v. Of animals, to mate.
          4. v. To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
          5. v. To arrange the mating of specific animals.
                She wanted to breed her cow to the neighbor's registered bull.
          6. v. To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
                He tries to breed blue roses.
          7. v. To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
          8. v. To yield or result in.
                disaster breeds famine;  familiarity breeds contempt
          9. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before birth.
          10. v. To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; sometimes followed by up.
          11. v. To produce or obtain by any natural process.
          12. v. (intransitive) To have birth; to be produced, developed or multiplied.
          13. v. to ejaculate inside someone's ass
          14. n. All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
                a breed of tulip
                a breed of animal
          15. n. A race or lineage; offspring or issue.
          16. n. (informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.
                People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed.
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