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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.
sub
     1. n. A submarine.
     2. n. A submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
           We can get subs at that deli.
     3. n. (informal) A substitute, often in sports.
           With the score 4 to 1, they brought in subs.
           She worked as a sub until she got her teaching certificate.
     4. n. (UK, informal, often in plural) A subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.
     5. n. (informal) A submissive in BDSM practices.
     6. n. (Internet, informal) A subtitle.
           I've just noticed a mistake in the subs for this film.
     7. n. (computing, programming) A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does).
     8. n. (colloquial) A subeditor.
     9. n. (colloquial) A subcontractor.
     10. n. (colloquial, dated) A subordinate.
     11. n. (colloquial, dated) A subaltern.
     12. v. (US, informal) To substitute for.
     13. v. (US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
     14. v. (UK, informal, football) To replace (a player) with a substitute.
           He never really made a contribution to the match, so it was no surprise when he was subbed at half time.
     15. v. (UK, informal, football) Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute.
           He was subbed on half way through the second half, and scored within minutes.
     16. v. (British) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
     17. v. (slang) To lend.
     18. v. (slang) To subscribe.
     19. v. (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
     20. prep. Under.
     21. v. To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
     22. v. (microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with an layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.
floor
     1. n. The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
           The room has a wooden floor.
     2. n. Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).
     3. n. The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
           Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.
           The floor of a cave served the refugees as a home.
           The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been.
     4. n. A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
     5. n. The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
           Wooden planks of the old bridge's floor were nearly rotten.
     6. n. A storey/story of a building.
           For years we lived on the third floor.
     7. n. In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
     8. n. Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
           Will the senator from Arizona yield the floor?
           The mayor often gives a lobbyist the floor.
     9. n. (nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
     10. n. (mining) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
     11. n. (mining) A horizontal, flat ore body.
     12. n. (mathematics) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
           The floor of 4.5 is 4.
     13. n. (gymnastics) An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface.
     14. n. (gymnastics) A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
     15. n. (finance) A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap.
     16. n. A dance floor.
     17. n. The area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition
     18. v. To cover or furnish with a floor.
           floor a house with pine boards
     19. v. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
     20. v. (driving, slang) To accelerate rapidly.
     21. v. To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
           floor an opponent
     22. v. To amaze or greatly surprise.
           We were floored by his confession.
     23. v. (colloquial) To finish or make an end of.
           floor a college examination
     24. v. (mathematics) To set a lower bound.
in
     1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
     2. prep.          Contained by.
                   The dog is in the kennel.
     3. prep.          Within.
     4. prep.          Surrounded by.
                   We are in the enemy camp.   Her plane is in the air.
     5. prep.          Part of; a member of.
                   One in a million.   She's in band and orchestra.
     6. prep.          Pertaining to; with regard to.
                   What grade did he get in English?
                   Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
     7. prep.          At the end of a period of time.
                   They said they would call us in a week.
     8. prep.          Within a certain elapsed time
                   Are you able to finish this in three hours?   The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
     9. prep.          During (said of periods of time).
                   in the first week of December;  Easter falls in the fourth lunar month;   The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
     10. prep.          (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
                   English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
     11. prep. Into.
           Less water gets in your boots this way.
     12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
           In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
     13. prep.          Indicating an order or arrangement.
                   My fat rolls around in folds.
     14. prep.          Denoting a state of the subject.
                   He stalked away in anger.   John is in a coma.
     15. prep.          Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
                   You've got a friend in me.   He's met his match in her.
     16. prep.          Wearing (an item of clothing).
                    I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
     17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
     18. prep.          (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
                   Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
                   The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
                    Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
     19. prep.          Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
                   Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
                   His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
                   When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
     20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
     21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
     22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
           Is Mr. Smith in?
     23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
           Suddenly a strange man walked in.
     24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
           He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
     25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
           What's that in?
     26. adv. After the beginning of something.
     27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
           His parents got him an in with the company
     28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
     29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
     30. adj. In fashion; popular.
           Skirts are in this year.
     31. adj. Incoming.
           the in train
     32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
     33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
           in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
     34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
     35. n. Inch.
between
     1. prep. In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.)
           John stood between Amy and Mary.  Let's meet between two and three.
           I want to buy one that costs somewhere between forty and fifty dollars.
     2. prep. Done together or reciprocally.
           conversation between friends
     3. prep. Shared in confidence.
           Between you and me, I think the boss is crazy.  Let's keep this between ourselves.
     4. prep. In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places).
           He's between jobs right now.  The shuttle runs between the town and the airport.
     5. prep. Combined (by effort or ownership).
           Between us all, we shall succeed.  We've only got £5 between us.
           Between the leaky taps and the peeling wallpaper, there isn't much about this house to appeal to a buyer.
     6. prep. One of (representing a choice).
           You must choose between him and me.
           Some colour-blind people can't distinguish between red and green.
     7. n. A kind of needle, shorter than a sharp, with a small rounded eye, used for making fine stitches on heavy fabrics.
main
     1. adj. Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
     2. adj. Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
           Synonyms: largest
           main timbers  main branch of a river  main body of an army
     3. adj. Of force, strength, etc.: full, sheer, undivided.
     4. adj. (dialectal) Big; angry.
     5. adj. (nautical) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
     6. adj. (obsolete) Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast.
     7. adv. (Britain, dialectal) Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.
     8. v. (short for, mainline, , to inject (a drug) directly into a vein)
     9. v. (transitive, gaming) To mainly play a specific character, or side, during a game.
           He mains the same character as me in that game.
           What race do you main and what is your favourite race to beat?
     10. v. (obsolete) Of a road: to convert into a main or primary road.
     11. n. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
     12. n.          (video gaming) The primary character that one plays in a video game in which one can play more than one character.
                   My WoW main has reached level cap and I’m on my way getting my first alt there as well.
     13. n. A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
     14. n. (informal) (short for, main course, , the principal dish of a meal)
           I had scampi and chips for my main and a slice of cheesecake for dessert.
     15. n. (now poetic) The high seas.
     16. n. (now archaic, US dialectal) The mainland.
     17. n. (nautical) (short for, mainsail)
     18. n. (obsolete, except in might and main) Force, power, strength, violent effort.
     19. n. (obsolete, gaming) A hand or match in a game of dice.
     20. n. (obsolete, gaming) The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.
     21. n. (obsolete, gaming) A stake played for at dice.
     22. n. (obsolete, gaming, sports) A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.
     23. n. A banker's shovel for coins.
     24. n. (obsolete, rare) A basket for gathering grapes.
floors
     1. n. plural of floor
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of floor
     floor
          1. n. The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
                The room has a wooden floor.
          2. n. Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).
          3. n. The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
                Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.
                The floor of a cave served the refugees as a home.
                The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been.
          4. n. A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
          5. n. The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
                Wooden planks of the old bridge's floor were nearly rotten.
          6. n. A storey/story of a building.
                For years we lived on the third floor.
          7. n. In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
          8. n. Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
                Will the senator from Arizona yield the floor?
                The mayor often gives a lobbyist the floor.
          9. n. (nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
          10. n. (mining) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
          11. n. (mining) A horizontal, flat ore body.
          12. n. (mathematics) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
                The floor of 4.5 is 4.
          13. n. (gymnastics) An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface.
          14. n. (gymnastics) A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
          15. n. (finance) A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap.
          16. n. A dance floor.
          17. n. The area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition
          18. v. To cover or furnish with a floor.
                floor a house with pine boards
          19. v. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
          20. v. (driving, slang) To accelerate rapidly.
          21. v. To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
                floor an opponent
          22. v. To amaze or greatly surprise.
                We were floored by his confession.
          23. v. (colloquial) To finish or make an end of.
                floor a college examination
          24. v. (mathematics) To set a lower bound.
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.
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.
building
     1. n. The act or process by which something is built; construction.
           The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks.
     2. n. A closed structure with walls and a roof.
           My sister lives in that apartment building.
     3. v. present participle of build
     build
          1. v. To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
          2. v. To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
          3. v. To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
          4. v. To establish a basis for (something).
          5. v. (intransitive) To form by combining materials or parts.
          6. v. (intransitive) To develop in magnitude or extent.
          7. v. (transitive, computing) To construct (software) by compiling its source code.
          8. v. (intransitive, computing, of source code) To be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention.
                This code won't build any more. Have you made any changes?
          9. n. The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.
                Rugby players are of sturdy build.
          10. n. (computing) Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.
                The computer company has introduced a new prototype build to beta testers.
          11. n. (video games, slang) Any structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest, created by the player.
                I made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game.
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