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. | |