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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.
wet
     1. adj. Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
           Synonyms: wetting
           Water is wet.
     2. adj. Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
           Synonyms: damp, saturated, soaked, Thesaurus:wet
           I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.
     3. adj. Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
     4. adj. Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
           This pen’s a wet writer, so it’ll feather on this cheap paper.
     5. adj. Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
     6. adj. Of weather or a time period: rainy.
           Synonyms: damp, raining, rainy
           It’s going to be wet tomorrow.
     7. adj. (slang) Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
           Synonyms: green, wet behind the ears
           That guy’s wet; after all, he just started yesterday.
     8. adj. (slang) (of women) Sexually aroused and thus having a vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
           Synonyms: horny, moist, Thesaurus:randy
           He got me all wet.
     9. adj. (Britain, slang) Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
           Synonyms: feeble, hopeless, useless
           Don’t be so wet.
     10. adj. (slang) Permitting alcoholic beverages, as during Prohibition.
     11. adj. (slang) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
     12. adj. (biology, chemistry) Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
     13. adj. (chemistry) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
           the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed
     14. n. Liquid or moisture.
     15. n. Rainy weather.
           Don't go out in the wet.
     16. n. (Australia) Rainy season. (often capitalized)
     17. n. (UK, pejorative) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s, contrasted with dry.
     18. n. (colloquial) An alcoholic drink.
     19. n. (US, colloquial) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
     20. v. To cover or impregnate with liquid.
     21. v. To accidentally urinate in or on.
           Johnny wets the bed several times a week.
     22. v. (intransitive) To make or become wet.
     23. v. (transitive, soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
     24. v. misspelling of whet
putrid
     1. adj. Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
     2. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
     3. adj. Vile, disgusting.
     4. adj. Morally corrupt
     5. adj. Totally objectionable
pressure
     1. n. A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
           Apply pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.
     2. n. A contrasting force or impulse of any kind
           the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
     3. n. Distress.
           She has felt pressure lately because her boss expects her to get the job done by the first.
     4. n. Urgency
           the pressure of business
     5. n. (obsolete) Impression; stamp; character impressed.
     6. n. (physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area.
     7. v. To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.
           Do not let anyone pressure you into buying something you do not want.
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.
My
     1. n. megayear
     2. pron. alternative case form of my often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
     3. det. First-person singular possessive determiner. See.
     4. det.          Belonging to me.
                    I can't find my book.
     5. det.          Associated with me.
                    My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.
                    Don't you know my name?
                    I recognised him because he had attended my school.
     6. det.          Related to me.
                    My parents won't let me go out tonight.
     7. det.          In the possession of me.
                    I have to take my books back to the library soon.
     8. interj. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
           My, what big teeth you have!
legs
     1. n. plural of leg
     2. n. (bingo) eleven
     3. n. viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting
     4. v. third-person singular present indicative of leg
     leg
          1. n. The lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle.
                Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.
          2. n. (anatomy) The portion of the lower appendage of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
          3. n. A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
                The left leg of these jeans has a tear.
          4. n. A stage of a journey, race etc.
                After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.
          5. n. (nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
          6. n. (nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
          7. n. (sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
          8. n. (geometry) One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
          9. n. (geometry) One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
          10. n. A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath.
                the legs of a chair or table
          11. n. (usually used in plural) evidence, the ability for a thing or idea to succeed or persist
          12. n. (slang) A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
          13. n. An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also wat
          14. n. In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
          15. n. (cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.
          16. n. (telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
          17. n. (electrical) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
          18. n. (US, slang) An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.
          19. v. To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
          20. v. To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.
          21. v. To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
          22. v. To apply force using the leg (as in 'to leg a horse').
          23. n. abbreviation of legislature
                One argument made a lot in the leg was that the bill would simplify voting.
          24. adj. abbreviation of legislative
                The party wants to tackle social issues in the next leg term.
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