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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.
small
1. adj. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
A small serving of ice cream.
A small group.
He made us all feel small.
2. adj. (figuratively) Young, as a child.
Remember when the children were small?
3. adj. (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.
4. adj. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
5. adj. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
a small space of time
6. adj. topics, en, Size
7. adv. In a small fashion.
8. adv. In or into small pieces.
9. adv. (obsolete) To a small extent.
10. n. (rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To make little or less.
12. v. (intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.
handbag
1. n. (mainly Commonwealth) A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items.
2. n. An subgenre of house music of the late 1980s, often with booming vocals.
3. v. (UK, transitive, humorous) Figuratively, to hit with a handbag; to attack verbally or subject to criticism (used of Margaret Thatcher). (attn, en, ety)
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
purse
1. n. A small bag for carrying money.
2. n. (US) A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)
3. n. A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
4. n. (historical) A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia.
5. v. To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.
6. v. To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.
7. v. To put into a purse.
8. v. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To steal purses; to rob.
with
1. prep. Against.
He picked a fight with the class bully.
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
He went with his friends.
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
5. prep. In support of.
We are with you all the way.
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
slain with robbers
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
cut with a knife
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
9. prep. Having, owning.
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
Do you want to come with?
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12. n. alternative form of withe
No
1. adv. (archaic) Alternative form of No.
2. n. Alternative form of No.
3. n. Alternative form of Noh: a form of classical Japanese drama.
4. det. Not any.
no one
There is no water left.
No hot dogs were sold yesterday.
No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous.
There was no score at the end of the first period. (The score was 0-0.)
5. det. Hardly any.
We'll be finished in no time at all.
6. det. Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
No smoking
There's no stopping her once she gets going.
7. det. Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.
My mother's no fool.
Working nine to five every day is no life.
8. adv. (now only used with comparatives, except in Scotland) Not, not at all.
It is a different kind of torture, but no less gruesome.
I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.
9. part. Used to show disagreement or negation.
No, you are mistaken.
No, you may not watch television now.
10. part. Used to show agreement with a negative question.
"Don’t you like milk?" "No" (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.")
11. part. (colloquial) As if to say, "No, don’t doubt this!", or to deny an imagined contradictory statement, used to show intense agreement
No, totally.
No, yeah, that's exactly right.
"Wow!" "Yeah, no, it was really awful!".
No, yeah
12. n. A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement or disapproval.
13. n. A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.
The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".
14. adv. (archaic) Alternative form of No.
15. n. Alternative form of No.
straps
1. n. plural of strap
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of strap
strap
1. n. A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
2. n. A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
3. n. Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
4. n. A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
5. n. A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
6. n. (carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
7. n. (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
8. n. (botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
9. n. (botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
10. n. A shoulder strap, see under shoulder.
11. n. (slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
12. v. To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
13. v. To fasten or bind with a strap.
14. v. To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop
to strap a razor -
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
handle
1. n. The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
2. n. An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool.
3. n. (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
The daily handle of a Las Vegas casino is typically millions of dollars.
4. n. (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
5. n. (slang) A name, nickname or pseudonym.
6. n. (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
This article describes how to find the module name from the window handle.
7. n. (Australia, New Zealand) A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. (See also pot and middy for other regional variations.)
8. n. (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol. (Called a sixty in Canada.)
9. n. (geography, Newfoundland, and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
the Handle of the Sug in Newfoundland
10. n. (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
11. n. (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.
12. v. To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
13. v. (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
14. v. To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
15. v. To manage, control, or direct.
16. v. To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
she handled the news with grace, the Persians handled the French ambassador shamefully
17. v. To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
18. v. To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock
19. v. (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
20. v. To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
I can't handle this hot weather.
21. v. (intransitive) To use the hands.
22. v. (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
the car handles well

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