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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.
viscous
1. adj. Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid.
2. adj. (physics) Of or pertaining to viscosity.
sweet
1. adj. Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
a sweet apple
2. adj. Having a taste of sugar.
3. adj. (wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.
Sweet wines are better dessert wines.
4. adj. Not having a salty taste.
sweet butter
5. adj. Having a pleasant smell.
a sweet scent.
6. adj. Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
sweet milk
7. adj. Having a pleasant sound.
a sweet tune
8. adj. Having a pleasing disposition.
a sweet child
9. adj. Having a helpful disposition.
It was sweet of him to help out.
10. adj. (mineralogy) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.
sweet soil
sweet crude oil
11. adj. (informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.
The new Lexus was a sweet birthday gift.
12. adj. (anchor, be_sweet_on)(informal, followed by on) Romantically fixated, enamoured with , fond of
The attraction was mutual and instant; they were sweet on one another from first sight.
13. adj. (obsolete) Fresh; not salt or brackish.
sweet water
14. adj. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.
a sweet face; a sweet colour or complexion
15. adv. In a sweet manner.
16. n. The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
17. n. (British) A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.
18. n. (British) A food eaten for dessert.
Can we see the sweet menu, please?
19. n. sweetheart; darling.
20. n. (obsolete) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.
21. n. (obsolete) Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.
fluid
1. n. Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
2. n. (specifically, medicine, colloquial, typically in the plural) Intravenous fluids.
3. adj. (not comparable) Of or relating to fluid.
4. adj. In a state of flux; subject to change.
5. adj. Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.
6. adj. (of an asset) Convertible into cash.
7. adj. (rare) Genderfluid.
produced
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of produce
produce
1. v. To yield, make or manufacture; to generate.
2. v. To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
3. v. (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
4. v. (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
to produce a side of a triangle
5. v. (obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.
to produce a man's life to threescore
6. v. (music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.
highly produced sound
7. n. Items produced.
8. n. Amount produced.
9. n. Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.
10. n. Offspring.
11. n. (Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies.
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.
plant
1. n. (botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colourful plants around the border.
2. n. (botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloro
3. n. (ecology) Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.
4. n. (proscribed as biologically inaccurate) Any creature that grows on soil or similar surfaces, including plants and fungi.
5. n. A factory or other industrial or institutional building or facility.
6. n. An object placed surreptitiously in order to cause suspicion to fall upon a person.
That gun's not mine! It's a plant! I've never seen it before!
7. n. Anyone assigned to behave as a member of the public during a covert operation (as in a police investigation).
8. n. A person, placed amongst an audience, whose role is to cause confusion, laughter etc.
9. n. (snooker) A play in which the cue ball knocks one (usually red) ball onto another, in order to pot the second; a set.
10. n. Machinery, such as the kind used in earthmoving or construction.
11. n. (obsolete) A young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff.
12. n. (obsolete) The sole of the foot.
13. n. (dated, slang) A plan; a swindle; a trick.
14. n. An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth.
15. n. (US, dialect) A young oyster suitable for transplanting.
16. v. To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
17. v. To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.
That gun's not mine! It was planted there by the real murderer!
18. v. To place or set something firmly or with conviction.
Plant your feet firmly and give the rope a good tug.
to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a flag; to plant one's feet on solid ground
19. v. To place in the ground.
20. v. To furnish or supply with plants.
to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest
21. v. To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
22. v. To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish.
to plant a colony
23. v. To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of.
to plant Christianity among the heathen
24. v. To set up; to install; to instate.
nectar
1. n. (chiefly mythology) The drink of the gods.
2. n. (by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice.
3. n. (botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds.
4. v. (intransitive) To feed on nectar.
by
1. prep. Near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.
Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July.
3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of.
The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour.
4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.
6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of.
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination.
The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight.
8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed.
I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of.
Our stock is up by ten percent.
10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches.
11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to.
He cheated by his own admission.
12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of.
By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm.
14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.
15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker.
I watched as it passed by.
16. adv. In the vicinity, near.
There was a shepherd close by.
The shop is hard by the High Street.
17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
I'll stop by on my way home from work.
We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
18. adv. Aside, away.
The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary.
20. n. (card games) A pass
21. interj. alternative spelling of bye
Bees
1. n. plural of Bee
2. n. plural of bee
bee
1. n. A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species)
2. n. A contest, especially for spelling; see spelling bee.
geography bee
3. n. A gathering for a specific purpose, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.
4. n. (obsolete) A ring or torque; a bracelet.
5. v. (obsolete) past of be; been
Cride out, Now now Sir knight, shew what ye bee
6. n. (nautical, usually plural) Any of the pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through.

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