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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.
coat
     1. n. An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.Wp
     2. n. A covering of material, such as paint.Wp
     3. n. The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.Wp
           When the dog shed its coat, it left hair all over the furniture and the carpet.
     4. n. (nautical) Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
     5. n. (obsolete) A petticoat.
     6. n. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
     7. n. A coat of arms.Wp
     8. n. A coat card.
     9. v. To cover with a coat of some material
           One can buy coated frying pans, which are much easier to wash up than normal ones.
     10. v. To cover as a coat.
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.
burnt
     1. v. (Commonwealth, UK) simple past tense and past participle of burn
     2. adj. Damaged or injured by fire or heat.
     3. adj. (of food) Carbonised.
           The toast was too burnt to eat.
     4. adj. (of a person) Having a sunburn.
     5. adj. (of a colour) Being darker than standard, especially browner.
     burn
          1. n. A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
                She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.
          2. n. A sensation resembling such an injury.
                chili burn from eating hot peppers
          3. n. The act of burning something.
                They're doing a controlled burn of the fields.
          4. n. (slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
          5. n. (slang) An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
          6. n. Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
                One and, two and, keep moving; feel the burn!
          7. n. (chiefly prison slang) tobacco
          8. n. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
                They have a good burn.
          9. n. A disease in vegetables; brand.
          10. v. To cause to be consumed by fire.
                He burned his manuscript in the fireplace.
          11. v. (intransitive) To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
                He watched the house burn.
          12. v. To overheat so as to make unusable.
                He burned the toast. The blacksmith burned the steel.
          13. v. (intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
                The grill was too hot and the steak burned.
          14. v. To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
                to burn a hole;  to burn letters into a block
          15. v. To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
                She burned the child with an iron, and was jailed for ten years.
          16. v. (transitive, surgery) To cauterize.
          17. v. To sunburn.
                She forgot to put on sunscreen and burned.
          18. v. To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
                to burn the mouth with pepper
          19. v. (intransitive) To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
                The child's forehead was burning with fever.  Her cheeks burned with shame.
          20. v. (chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
                A human being burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration.  to burn iron in oxygen
          21. v. (chemistry, dated) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.
                Copper burns in chlorine.
          22. v. (transitive, computing) To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
                We’ll burn this program onto an EEPROM one hour before the demo begins.
          23. v. (transitive, slang) To betray.
                The informant burned him.
          24. v. (transitive, slang) To insult or defeat.
                I just burned you again.
          25. v. To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
                We have an hour to burn.
                The company has burned more than a million dollars a month this year.
          26. v. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
                You're cold... warm... hot... you're burning!
          27. v. (intransitive, curling) To accidentally touch a moving stone.
          28. v. (transitive, cards) In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
          29. v. (photography) To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge).
          30. v. (intransitive, physics, of an element) To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star
          31. v. (intransitive, slang) To discard.
          32. n. (Scotland, northern England) A stream.
soot
     1. n. Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.
     2. v. To cover or dress with soot.
           to soot land
inside
     1. n. The interior or inner or lesser part.
           The inside of the building has been extensively restored.
     2. n. The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
           The car in front drifted wide on the bend, so I darted up the inside to take the lead.
     3. n. (colloquial) (in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.
           Eating that stuff will damage your insides.
     4. n. (dated, UK, colloquial) A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
     5. prep. Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference.
           He placed the letter inside the envelope.
     6. prep. Within a period of time.
     7. adv. Within or towards the interior of something, especially a building.
           It started raining, so I went inside.
     8. adv. Intimately, secretly. (feeling or thinking without expressing it)
           Are you laughing at us inside?
     9. adv. (colloquial) In prison.
           He's inside, doing a stretch for burglary.
     10. adj. Originating from or arranged by someone inside an organisation.
           The reporter had received inside information about the forthcoming takeover.
           The robbery was planned by the security guard: it was an inside job.
           They wanted to know the inside story behind the celebrity's fall from grace.
     11. adj. (baseball) A pitch that is toward the batter as it crosses home plate.
           The first pitch is ... just a bit inside.
     12. adj. Nearer to the interior of a running track, horse racing course etc.
           Because of the tighter bend, it's harder to run in an inside lane.
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.
cooking
     1. n. The process of preparing food by using heat.
     2. n. (rare) An instance of preparing food by using heat.
     3. n. The result of preparing food by using heat.
     4. n.          One's ability to prepare food; cookery.
                    My cooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal.
                    I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university.
     5. n.          The style or genre of food preparation.
                    What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.
     6. adj. (informal) In progress, happening.
           The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking.
     7. v. present participle of cook
     cook
          1. n. (cooking) A person who prepares food for a living.
          2. n. (cooking) The head cook of a manor house
          3. n. (slang) One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
                Police found two meth cooks working in the illicit lab.
          4. n. (slang) A session of manufacturing certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
          5. n. A fish, the European striped wrasse,.
          6. v. To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
                I'm cooking bangers and mash.
          7. v. (intransitive) To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
                He's in the kitchen, cooking.
          8. v. (intransitive) To be being cooked.
                The dinner is cooking on the stove.
          9. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To be uncomfortably hot.
                Look at that poor dog shut up in that car on a day like today - it must be cooking in there.
          10. v. (slang) To execute by electric chair.
          11. v. (transitive, slang) To hold onto (a grenade) briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
                I always cook my frags, in case they try to grab one and throw it back.
          12. v. To concoct or prepare.
          13. v. To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
          14. v. (intransitive, jazz, slang) To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.)
                Watch this band: they cook!
                Crank up the Coltrane and start cooking!
          15. v. (intransitive, idiomatic, music, slang) To play music vigorously.
                On the Wagner piece, the orchestra was cooking!
          16. v. (obsolete, rare, intransitive) To make the noise of the cuckoo.
          17. v. (dialect) To throw.
vessel
     1. n. (nautical) Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat.
     2. n. A craft designed for transportation through air or space.
     3. n. (obsolete, or dialectal) Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals.
     4. n. A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher.
     5. n. A person as a container of qualities or feelings.
     6. n. (biology) A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.
           Blood and lymph vessels are found in humans; xylem and phloem vessels are found in plants.
     7. v. To put into a vessel.
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.
has
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of have
     have
                Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast, third-person singular present tense hath, present participle haveing, and second-person singular past tense hadst.
          1. v. To possess, own, hold.
                I have a house and a car.
                Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street!
          2. v. To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
                I have two sisters.
                I have a lot of work to do.
          3. v. To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
                I have breakfast at six o'clock.
                Can I have a look at that?
                I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now.
          4. v. To be scheduled to attend or participate in.
                What class do you have right now? I have English.
                Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day.
          5. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) (Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.)
                I have already eaten today.
                I had already eaten.
          6. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
                I have to go.
          7. v. To give birth to.
                The couple always wanted to have children.
                My wife is having the baby right now!
                My mother had me when she was 25.
          8. v. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
                He's always bragging about how many women he's had.
          9. v. To accept as a romantic partner.
                Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.
          10. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
                They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.
          11. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
                He had him arrested for trespassing.
                The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears.
          12. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
                The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.
                I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.
          13. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
                Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.
          14. v. (Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below.))
                We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we?
                Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she?
                (UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he?
          15. v. (UK, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
                I could have him!
                I'm gonna have you!
          16. v. (dated) To be able to speak a language.
                I have no German.
          17. v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
                Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.
          18. v. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
                He had a cold last week.
          19. v. To experience, go through, undergo.
                We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.
                He had surgery on his hip yesterday.
                I'm having the time of my life!
          20. v. To trick, to deceive.
                You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.
          21. v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.
                The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it.
                I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night.
          22. v. (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
                I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it.
          23. v. To host someone; to take in as a guest.
                Thank you for having me!
          24. v. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
                What do you have for problem two?
                I have two contacts on my scope.
          25. v. (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
                We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon.
          26. n. A wealthy or privileged person.
          27. n. (uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing.
          28. n. (AU, NZ, informal) A fraud or deception; something misleading.
                They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have.
formed
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of form
     form
          1. n. To do with shape.:
          2. n.          The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
          3. n.          A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
          4. n.          (dated) A long bench with no back.
          5. n.          (fine arts) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
          6. n.          (crystallography) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
          7. n. (social) To do with structure or procedure.
          8. n.          An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
          9. n.          Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
          10. n.          Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
                        a republican form of government
          11. n.          Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
                        a matter of mere form
          12. n.          (archaic) A class or rank in society.
          13. n.          (UK) A criminal record; loosely, past history (in a given area).
          14. n.          (education) A class or year of school pupils (often preceded by an ordinal number to specify the year, as in sixth form).
          15. n. A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
                To apply for the position, complete the application form.
          16. n. Level of performance.
                The team's form has been poor this year.
                The orchestra was on top form this evening.
          17. n. (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
                participial forms;  verb forms
          18. n. The den or home of a hare.
          19. n. (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
          20. n. (taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
          21. n. (printing, dated) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
          22. n. (geometry) A quantic.
          23. n. (sports) A specific way of performing a movement.
          24. v. To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
                When you kids form a straight line I'll hand out the lollies.
          25. v. To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
                Roll out the dough to form a thin sheet.
          26. v. (intransitive) To take shape.
                When icicles start to form on the eaves you know the roads will be icy.
          27. v. To put together or bring into being; assemble.
                The socialists did not have enough MPs to form a government.
                Paul McCartney and John Lennon formed The Beatles in Liverpool in 1960.
          28. v. (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
                By adding "-ness", you can form a noun from an adjective.
          29. v. To constitute, to compose, to make up.
                Teenagers form the bulk of extreme traffic offenders.
          30. v. To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
                Singing in a choir helps to form a child's sociality.
          31. v. To provide (a hare) with a form.
          32. v. (electrical, historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead pero
over
     1. adj. Discontinued; ended or concluded.
           The show is over.
     2. adv. Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
           Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting.
           Let me think that over.
           I'm going to look over our department's expenses.
     3. adv. To an excessive degree; overly.
     4. adv. From an upright position to being horizontal.
           He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out.
           That building just fell over!
           He bent over to touch his toes.
     5. adv. Horizontally; left to right or right to left.
           Slide the toilet-paper dispenser's door over when one roll is empty in order to reveal the other.
           I moved over to make room for him to sit down.
     6. adv. From one position or state to another.
           Please pass that over to me.
           He came over to our way of thinking on the new project.
           Come over and play!
           I'll bring over a pizza.
     7. adv. Overnight (throughout the night).
           We stayed over at Grandma's.
           Can I sleep over?
     8. adv. (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
           I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over.
     9. adv. (procedure word, military) a procedure word meaning that a station is finished transmitting and is expecting a response.
           Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over.
           Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over.
     10. n. (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
     11. n. Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
     12. prep. Physical positioning.
     13. prep.          On top of; above; higher than; further up.
                   Hold the sign up over your head.   climb up the ladder and look over the roof
     14. prep.          Across or spanning.
                   There is a bridge over the river.
     15. prep.          In such a way as to cover.
                   drape the fabric over the table;  there is a roof over the house
     16. prep.          From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
                   The dog jumped over the fence.
                   I'll go over the fence first and then help you.
                   Let's walk over the hill to get there.
     17. prep. By comparison.
     18. prep.          More than; to a greater degree.
                   I prefer the purple over the pink.
     19. prep.          Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far.
                   I think I’m over my limit for calories for today.
     20. prep.          (in certain collocations) As compared to.
                   Sales are down this quarter over last.
     21. prep. Indicating relative status, authority, or power
           The owner's son lorded over the experienced managers.
           The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom.
     22. prep. (mathematics) Divided by.
           four over two equals two over one
     23. prep. (poker) (Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.)
           9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes
     24. prep. Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
           We got over the engineering problems and the prototype works great.
           I am over my cold and feel great again.
           I know the referee made a bad call, but you have to get over it your annoyance with the referee's decision.
           She is finally over the distress of losing her job.
           He is finally over his distress over the loss of the relationship with his ex-girlfriend.
     25. prep. While using, especially while consuming.
     26. prep. Concerning or regarding.
           The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best.
     27. prep. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
           We triumphed over difficulties.
           The bill was passed over the veto.
           It was a fine victory over their opponents.
     28. interj. In radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive reply.
           How do you receive? Over!
     29. n. (rare, dialectal, or obsolete) A shore, riverbank.
           The sea's over.
repeated
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of repeat
     2. adj. Having been said or done again.
     repeat
          1. v. To do or say again (and again).
                The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result.
          2. v. (intransitive) To happen again; recur.
          3. v. To echo the words of (a person).
          4. v. (intransitive) To strike the hours, as a watch does.
          5. v. (obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
          6. v. (legal, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
          7. v. (procedure word, military) To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insuffici
                Add 100, left 50. Repeat, over.
                Use "say again" instead of repeat on the radio. Repeat will bring in artillery fire.
          8. n. An iteration; a repetition.
                We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
          9. n. A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
          10. n. (genetics, biochemistry) A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
          11. n. (music) A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.
use
     1. n. The act of using.
           the use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations;  there is no use for your invention
     2. n. (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
           What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
     3. n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
           This tool has many uses.
     4. n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
           I have no further use for these textbooks.
     5. n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
     6. n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
     7. n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
     8. n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
           the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
     9. n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
     10. v. To utilize or employ.
     11. v.          To employ; to apply; to utilize.
                   Use this knife to slice the bread.
                   We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
     12. v.          (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
                   I used the money they allotted me.
                   We should use up most of the fuel.
                   She used all the time allotted to complete the test.
     13. v.          To exploit.
                   You never cared about me; you just used me!
     14. v.          To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
                    He uses cocaine. I have never used drugs.
     15. v.          (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
                   Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.
     16. v.          (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
                   I could use a drink. My car could use a new coat of paint.
     17. v. To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.)
           soldiers who are used to hardships and danger (still common)
           to use the soldiers to hardships and danger (now rare)
     18. v.          (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
     19. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
     20. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.
     21. v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
           I used to get things done.
     22. v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
           to use an animal cruelly
     23. v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
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.
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.
renders
     1. n. plural of render
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of render
     render
          1. v. (ditransitive) To cause to become.
                The shot rendered her immobile.
          2. v. To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
                The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully.
          3. v. To translate into another language.
                to render Latin into English
          4. v. To pass down.
                render a verdict (i.e., deliver a judgment)
          5. v. To make over as a return.
                They had to render the estate.
          6. v. To give; to give back; to deliver.
                render aid; render money
                to render an account of what really happened
          7. v. to give up; to yield; to surrender.
          8. v. (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
                rendering images
          9. v. To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
          10. v. To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
                rendering of fat into soap
          11. v. (intransitive, cooking) For fat to drip off meat from cooking.
                Bacon is very fatty when raw; however, most of the fat will render during cooking.
          12. v. (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.
                to render with stucco
          13. v. (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
                A rope renders well, that is, passes freely.
          14. v. (nautical) To yield or give way.
          15. v. (obsolete) To return; to pay back; to restore.
          16. v. (obsolete) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
          17. n. Stucco or plaster applied to walls (mostly to outside masonry walls).
          18. n. (computer graphics) A digital image produced by rendering a model.
                A low-resolution render might look blocky.
          19. n. (obsolete) A surrender.
          20. n. (obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.
          21. n. (obsolete) An account given; a statement.
          22. n. One who rends.
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.
surface
     1. n. The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
     2. n. The outside hull of a tangible object.
     3. n. (figurative) Outward or external appearance.
           On the surface, the spy looked like a typical businessman.
     4. n. (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space.
     5. n. (fortification) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
     6. v. To provide something with a surface.
     7. v. To apply a surface to something.
     8. v. (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
     9. v. To bring to the surface.
     10. v. (intransitive) To come out of hiding.
     11. v. (intransitive) For information or facts to become known.
     12. v. To make information or facts known.
     13. v. (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
     14. v. (intransitive) To appear or be found.
non
     1. adv. obsolete form of none
sticking
     1. v. present participle of stick
     2. n. A sequence or arrangement of drum notes to be played with drumsticks.
     stick
          1. n. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
                        The beaver's dam was made out of sticks.
          2. n.          A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
                        I found several good sticks in the brush heap.
                        What do you call a boomerang that won't come back? A stick.
          3. n.          (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
                        I found enough sticks in dumpsters at construction sites to build my shed.
          4. n.          A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
                        I don’t need my stick to walk, but it’s helpful.
          5. n.          A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
                        As soon as the fight started, the guards came in swinging their sticks.
          6. n.          (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
          7. n.          (nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
          8. n.          (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
                        We were so poor we didn't have one stick of furniture.
          9. n. Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
                Sealing wax is available as a cylindrical or rectangular stick.
                        The recipe calls for half a stick of butter.
                        Don’t hog all that gum, give me a stick!
          10. n.          (slang) A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
                        Cigarettes are taxed at one dollar per stick.
          11. n. Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.
          12. n.          A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
                         (US)     My parents bought us each a stick of cotton candy.
          13. n.          (archaic) A scroll that is rolled around (mounted on, attached to) a stick.
          14. n.          (military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves
          15. n. A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.
          16. n.          (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (th
                        I grew up driving a stick, but many people my age didn’t.
          17. n.         # (US, colloquial) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
                   #     I grew up driving stick, but many people my age didn't.
          18. n.          (aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to
          19. n.          (aviation) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
          20. n.          (computing) A memory stick.
          21. n.          (dated, metal typesetting) A composing stick, the tool used by compositors to assemble lines of type.
          22. n.          (jazz, slang) The clarinet. (more often called the liquorice stick)
          23. n. (sports) A stick-like item:
                        Tripping with the stick is a violation of the rules.
          24. n.          (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
          25. n.          (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
                        His wedge shot bounced off the stick and went in the hole.
          26. n.          (US, slang) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
                        His stroke with that two-piece stick is a good as anybody's in the club.
          27. n.         # The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
                   #     He shoots a mean stick of pool.
          28. n. (sports) Ability; specifically:
          29. n.          (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
          30. n.          (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
          31. n.          (baseball) General hitting ability.
          32. n.          (hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
          33. n. (slang) A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.)
          34. n.          A thin or wiry person; particularly a flat-chested woman.
          35. n.          (magic) An assistant planted in the audience.
          36. n.          A stiff, stupidly obstinate person.
          37. n.          (military aviation, from joystick) A fighter pilot.
          38. n.          (military, South Africa) A small group of (infantry) soldiers.
          39. n. Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior.
          40. n.          A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to
          41. n.          (slang) Corporal punishment; beatings.
          42. n.          (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
                        He really gave that digging some stick. = he threw himself into the task of digging
                        She really gave that bully some stick. = she berated him (this sense melts into the previous sense, "punishment")
                        Give it some stick!
          43. n.          (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
          44. n. A measure.
          45. n.          (obsolete) An English Imperial unit of length equal to 2 inches.
          46. n.          (archaic, rare) A quantity of eels, usually 25.
          47. v. (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
          48. v. (transitive, printing, slang) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.
                to stick type
          49. n. (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
          50. n. (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
          51. n. A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
          52. v. (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
                The tape will not stick if it melts.
          53. v. (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
                The lever sticks if you push it too far up.
          54. v. To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
          55. v. (intransitive) To persist.
                His old nickname stuck.
          56. v. (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
          57. v. (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
                Just stick to your strategy, and you will win.
          58. v. (dated, intransitive) To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse (in negative phrases).
          59. v. (dated, intransitive) To be puzzled (at something), have difficulty understanding.
          60. v. (dated, intransitive) To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
          61. v. To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
                Stick the label on the jar.
          62. v. To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
                Stick your bag over there and come with me.
          63. v. To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
                The balloon will pop when I stick this pin in it.
                to stick a needle into one's finger
          64. v.          (transitive, now only in dialects) To stab.
          65. v. To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
                to stick an apple on a fork
          66. v. (transitive, archaic) To adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing.
          67. v. (transitive, gymnastics) To perform (a landing) perfectly.
                Once again, the world champion sticks the dismount.
          68. v. (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
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