| 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. | |
| synthetic |
| 1. adj. Of, or relating to synthesis. | |
| 2. adj. (chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained). | |
| 3. adj. Artificial, not genuine. | |
| 4. adj. (grammar) Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word. Compare analytic. | |
| 5. adj. (linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the use of bound morphemes to indicate syntactic relationships. Compare analytic. | |
| 6. n. A synthetic compound. | |
| compound |
| 1. n. an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined | |
| 2. n. a group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices | |
| 3. adj. composed of elements; not simple | |
| a compound word | |
| 4. adj. (music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth). | |
| 5. n. Anything made by combining several things. | |
| 6. n. (chemistry, dated) A substance made from any combination elements. | |
| 7. n. (chemistry) A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight. | |
| 8. n. (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example laptop, formed from lap and top. | |
| 9. n. (rail) a compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders. | |
| 10. v. To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts. | |
| to compound a medicine | |
| 11. v. To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite. | |
| 12. v. To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else. | |
| 13. v. (transitive, legal) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated. | |
| to compound a debt | |
| 14. v. To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise. | |
| 15. v. (intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration. | |
| 16. v. (transitive, obsolete) To compose; to constitute. | |
| 17. v. (intransitive, finance) To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest. | |
| 18. v. To worsen a situation | |
