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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.
line
     1. n. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
           The arrow descended in a curved line.
     2. n.          (geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
     3. n.          (geometry, informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
     4. n.          (graph theory) An edge of a graph.
     5. n.          (geography) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
     6. n.          (geography, ‘the line’ or ‘equinoctial line’) The equator.
     7. n.          (music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
     8. n.          (cricket) The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
     9. n.          (soccer) The goal line.
     10. n. A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
     11. n. A hose or pipe, of any size.
           a brake line, the main water line to the house
     12. n. Direction, path.
           the line of sight;  the line of vision
     13. n. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
           I tried to make a call, but the line was dead.
           a dedicated line;  a shared line
           Please speak up, the line is very faint.
     14. n. A clothesline.
     15. n. A letter, a written form of communication.
           Drop me a line.
     16. n. A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
           a line of stages;  an express line
     17. n. (military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
     18. n. The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
     19. n. A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
     20. n. (obsolete) A measuring line or cord.
     21. n. That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
     22. n. A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
     23. n. Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
     24. n. A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contra
           The line forms on the right.
           There is a line of houses.
     25. n. (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery etc.
     26. n. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
     27. n. A small amount of text. Specifically:
     28. n.          A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of
                   The answer to the comprehension question can be found in the third line of the accompanying text.
     29. n.          A verse (in poetry).
     30. n.          A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie or the like.
                   He was perfecting his pickup lines for use at the bar.
                   "It is what it is" was one his more annoying lines.
     31. n.          A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
                   Don't feed me a line!
     32. n. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
     33. n. The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
           Remember, your answers must match the party line.
     34. n. A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
           line of business, product line
           How many buses does the line have?
           The airline is in danger of bankruptcy.
     35. n. (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
     36. n. A measure of length:
     37. n.          (historical) A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of
     38. n.          One twelfth of an inch.
     39. n.          One fortieth of an inch.
     40. n. (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
     41. n. (baseball, slang) The batter’s box.
     42. n. (fencing, ‘line of engagement’) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
     43. n. (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
           the engine is in line / out of line
     44. n. A small portion or serving (of a powdery illegal drug).
     45. n. (obsolete) Instruction; doctrine.
     46. n. (genetics) Population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
     47. n. (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
     48. n. (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
     49. n. (medicine, colloquial) A vascular catheter.
           patient had a line inserted
           line sepsis
     50. v. To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
           to line troops
     51. v. To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
           to line works with soldiers
     52. v. To form a line along.
     53. v. To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines.
           to line a copy book
     54. v. (transitive, obsolete) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
     55. v. To read or repeat line by line.
           to line out a hymn
     56. v. (intransitive, ‘line up’) To form or enter into a line.
     57. v. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
           Jones lined to left in his last at-bat.
     58. v. To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
     59. n. (obsolete) Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.
     60. v. To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
           The bird lines its nest with soft grass.
           to line a cloak with silk or fur
           to line a box with paper or tin
           paintings lined the walls of the cavernous dining room
     61. v. To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
     62. v. To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
           to line the shelves
     63. v. (transitive, now rare, of a dog) to copulate with, to impregnate.
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.
descent
     1. n. An instance of descending; act of coming down.
           We climbed the mountain with difficulty, but the descent was easier.
     2. n. A way down.
           We had difficulty in finding the correct descent.
     3. n. A sloping passage or incline.
           The descent into the cavern was wet and slippery.
     4. n. Lineage or hereditary derivation.
           Our guide was of Welsh descent.
           After that, the holiday went into a steep descent.
     5. n. A falling upon or invasion.
     6. n. (topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing. See Descent (mathematics).
traced
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of trace
     trace
          1. n. An act of tracing.
                Your cell phone company can put a trace on your line.
          2. n. An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
          3. n. A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
          4. n. A very small amount.
                All of our chocolates may contain traces of nuts.
          5. n. (electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
          6. n. An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
          7. n. One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
          8. n. (engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop actio
          9. n. (fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.
          10. n. The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
          11. n. (mathematics) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
          12. n. (grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.
          13. v. To follow the trail of.
          14. v. To follow the history of.
          15. v. To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
                He carefully traced the outlines of the old building before him.
          16. v. To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
          17. v. (transitive, obsolete) To copy; to imitate.
          18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To walk; to go; to travel.
          19. v. (transitive, obsolete) To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
          20. v. (lbl, en, computer, transitive) To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.
through
     1. prep. From one side of an opening to the other.
           I went through the window.
     2. prep. Entering, then later leaving.
           I drove through the town at top speed without looking left or right.
     3. prep. Surrounded by (while moving).
           We slogged through the mud for hours before turning back and giving up.
     4. prep. By means of.
           This team believes in winning through intimidation.
     5. prep. (North America) To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values.
           from 1945 through 1991;  the numbers 1 through 9;  your membership is active through March 15, 2013
     6. adj. Passing from one side of something to the other.
           Interstate highways form a nationwide system of through roads.
     7. adj. Finished; complete.
           They were through with laying the subroof by noon.
     8. adj. Valueless; without a future.
           After being implicated in the scandal, he was through as an executive in financial services.
     9. adj. No longer interested.
           She was through with him.
     10. adj. Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment.
           The through flight through Memphis was the fastest.
     11. adj. (association football) In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
     12. adv. From one side to the other by way of the interior.
           The arrow went straight through.
     13. adv. From one end to the other.
           Others slept; he worked straight through.
           She read the letter through.
     14. adv. To the end.
           He said he would see it through.
     15. adv. Completely.
           Leave the yarn in the dye overnight so the color soaks through.
     16. adv. Out into the open.
           The American army broke through at St. Lo.
     17. n. A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.
     18. n. (obsolete) A coffin, sarcophagus or tomb of stone; a large slab of stone laid on a tomb.
one
     1. num. (cardinal) The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
           In some religions, there is only one god.
           In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.
           One person, one vote.
     2. num. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
     3. num. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
     4. num. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
     5. pron. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
           The big one looks good.  I want the green one.  A good driver is one who drives carefully.
     6. pron. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
           She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.
     7. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
           One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed.  One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.
     8. pron. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
           "driver", noun: one who drives.
     9. n. The digit or figure 1.
     10. n. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
     11. n. (US) A one-dollar bill.
     12. n. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
     13. n. A joke or amusing anecdote.
     14. n. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
     15. n. (Internet slang) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
           A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
             Someone help me; I'm always losing!
           B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
             Why don't you just go away loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     16. adj. Of a period of time, being particular.
           One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
     17. adj. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
           My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other.".
     18. adj. Sole, only.
           He is the one man who can help you.
     19. adj. Whole, entire.
           Body and soul are not separate; they are one.
     20. adj. In agreement.
           We are one on the importance of learning.
     21. adj. The same.
           The two types look very different, but are one species.
     22. adj. Being a preeminent example.
           He is one hell of a guy.
     23. adj. Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
           The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.
     24. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.
parent
     1. n. One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
     2. n. A surrogate mother
     3. n. A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material
     4. n. A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
     5. n. (obsolete) A relative.
     6. n. The source or origin of something.
     7. n. (biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
     8. n. (attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.(R:COED2, page=1274)
     9. n.          A parent company.
     10. n. (computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
     11. v. To act as parent, to raise or rear.
As
     1. n. plural of A
           She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
     2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
           You’re not as tall as I am.
           It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
     3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
           The kidnappers released him as agreed.
           The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
           He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
     4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
     5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
           Do as I say!
           I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
           As you wish, my lord!
     6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
           As I came in, she flew.
     7. conj. At the same time that; while.
           He sleeps as the rain falls.
     8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
           As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
     9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
           As it’s too late, I quit.
     10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
           She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
           It's not so complicated as I expected.
     11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
     12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
     13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
     14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
     15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
     16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
           You are not as tall as me.
           They're big as houses.
     17. prep. In the role of.
           What is your opinion as a parent?
     18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
     19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
     20. n. plural of a
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.
from
     1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
           This wine comes from France.
           I got a letter from my brother.
     2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
           He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
           He left yesterday from Chicago.
           Face away from the wall!
     3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
           20 from 31 leaves 11.
     4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
           An umbrella protects from the sun.
           He knows right from wrong.
that
     1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
           He told me that the book is a good read.
           I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British.
     2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
           Be glad that you have enough to eat.
     3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
     4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
           The noise was so loud that she woke up.
           The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed.
     5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
     6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
           Was John there? — Not that I saw.
           How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw.
     7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
     8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.
     9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
           That book is a good read. This one isn't.
           That battle was in 1450.
           That cat of yours is evil.
     10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t
           He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
     11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said).
           They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?
     12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement.
           The water is so cold! — That it is.
     13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition).
           The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
           The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.
     14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.)
           the place that = where or to which I went last year
           the last time that = when I went to Europe
     15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
           "The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...".
     16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
           I'm just not that sick.
           I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.
     17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
           Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.
     18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
traced
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of trace
     trace
          1. n. An act of tracing.
                Your cell phone company can put a trace on your line.
          2. n. An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
          3. n. A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
          4. n. A very small amount.
                All of our chocolates may contain traces of nuts.
          5. n. (electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
          6. n. An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
          7. n. One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
          8. n. (engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop actio
          9. n. (fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.
          10. n. The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
          11. n. (mathematics) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
          12. n. (grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.
          13. v. To follow the trail of.
          14. v. To follow the history of.
          15. v. To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
                He carefully traced the outlines of the old building before him.
          16. v. To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
          17. v. (transitive, obsolete) To copy; to imitate.
          18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To walk; to go; to travel.
          19. v. (transitive, obsolete) To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
          20. v. (lbl, en, computer, transitive) To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.
through
     1. prep. From one side of an opening to the other.
           I went through the window.
     2. prep. Entering, then later leaving.
           I drove through the town at top speed without looking left or right.
     3. prep. Surrounded by (while moving).
           We slogged through the mud for hours before turning back and giving up.
     4. prep. By means of.
           This team believes in winning through intimidation.
     5. prep. (North America) To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values.
           from 1945 through 1991;  the numbers 1 through 9;  your membership is active through March 15, 2013
     6. adj. Passing from one side of something to the other.
           Interstate highways form a nationwide system of through roads.
     7. adj. Finished; complete.
           They were through with laying the subroof by noon.
     8. adj. Valueless; without a future.
           After being implicated in the scandal, he was through as an executive in financial services.
     9. adj. No longer interested.
           She was through with him.
     10. adj. Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment.
           The through flight through Memphis was the fastest.
     11. adj. (association football) In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
     12. adv. From one side to the other by way of the interior.
           The arrow went straight through.
     13. adv. From one end to the other.
           Others slept; he worked straight through.
           She read the letter through.
     14. adv. To the end.
           He said he would see it through.
     15. adv. Completely.
           Leave the yarn in the dye overnight so the color soaks through.
     16. adv. Out into the open.
           The American army broke through at St. Lo.
     17. n. A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.
     18. n. (obsolete) A coffin, sarcophagus or tomb of stone; a large slab of stone laid on a tomb.
another
     1. det. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
           Yes, I'd like another slice of cake, thanks.
     2. det. Not the same; different.
           Do you know another way to do this job?
     3. det. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; anyone else; someone else.
           He has never known another like her.
     4. pron. An additional one of the same kind.
           This napkin fell to the floor, could you please bring me another?
     5. pron. One that is different from the current one.
           I saw one movie, but I think I will see another.
     6. pron. One of a group of things of the same kind.
           His interests keep shifting from one thing to another.
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