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an
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
4. conj. (archaic) If
5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
An it harm none, do what ye will.
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
I was only going twenty miles an hour.
ornamental
1. adj. Serving as an ornament; having no purpose other than to make more beautiful
Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles.
2. n. An ornamental plant.
circular
1. adj. Of or relating to a circle.
2. adj. In the shape of, or moving in a circle.
3. adj. Circuitous or roundabout.
4. adj. Referring back to itself, so as to prevent computation or comprehension; infinitely recursive.
circular reasoning
Your dictionary defines "brave" as "courageous", and "courageous" as "brave". That's a circular definition.
a circular formula in a spreadsheet
5. adj. Distributed to a large number of persons.
6. adj. (obsolete) Perfect; complete.
7. adj. (archaic) Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior.
8. n. A printed advertisement, directive, or notice intended for mass distribution; a flyer
9. n. In administration, a circular letter
10. n. (dated) A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form.
11. n. A shuttle bus that runs in a loop.
band
1. n. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
2. n. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
3. n. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
4. n. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
5. n. A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
6. n. (architecture) A strip of decoration.
7. n. A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
8. n. In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
9. n. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
10. n. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
11. n. (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
12. n. (physics) A part of the radio spectrum.
13. n. (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
valence band; conduction band
14. n. (obsolete) A bond.
15. n. (obsolete) Pledge; security.
16. n. (especially, American English) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
17. n. (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
18. n. (medicine) (short for, band cell)
19. n. (slang) A wad of money totaling $10K, held together by a band; (by extension) money
20. v. (lbl, en, transitive) To fasten with a band.
21. v. (lbl, en, transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).
22. n. A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.
23. n. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.
24. n. A marching band.
25. n. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).
26. n. (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society.
27. n. (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.
28. v. (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
29. v. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of bind
made
1. n. (UK dialectal, or obsolete) A grub or maggot.
2. v. simple past tense and past participle of make
mak
1. v. (Wearside, dialectal) to make
make
1. v. To create.
2. v. To build, construct, or produce.
We made a bird feeder for our yard.
I'll make a man out of him yet.
3. v. To write or compose.
I made a poem for her wedding.
He made a will.
4. v. To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
make war
They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men.
5. v. (religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
God made earth and heaven.
6. v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
They made nice together, as if their fight never happened.
He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.
7. v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
8. v. To constitute.
They make a cute couple.
This makes the third infraction.
One swallow does not a summer make.
9. v. 1995, Harriette Simpson Arnow: Critical Essays on Her Work, p.46:
10. v. To add up to, have a sum of.
Two and four make six.
11. v. (intransitive, construed with of typically interrogative) To interpret.
I don’t know what to make of it.
12. v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
This company is what made you.
She married into wealth and so has it made.
13. v. (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
The citizens made their objections clear.
This might make you a bit woozy.
Did I make myself heard?
Scotch will make you a man.
14. v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
15. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
You're making her cry.
I was made to feel like a criminal.
16. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
The teacher made the student study.
Don’t let them make you suffer.
17. v. (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
18. v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
19. v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
20. v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
21. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
They made westward over the snowy mountains.
Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!
They made away from the fire toward the river.
22. v. To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
23. v. To move at (a speed).
The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
This baby can make 220 miles an hour.
24. v. To appoint; to name.
25. v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
26. v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
27. v. To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
They hope to make a bigger profit.
He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.
She made ten points in that game.
28. v. To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
29. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
30. v. To enact; to establish.
31. v. To develop into; to prove to be.
She'll make a fine president.
32. v. To form or formulate in the mind.
make plans
made a questionable decision
33. v. To perform a feat.
make a leap
make a pass
make a u-turn
34. v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
35. v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
36. v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
37. v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
38. v. (transitive, euphemism) To take the virginity of.
39. v. To have sexual intercourse with.
40. n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
What make of car do you drive?
41. n. How a thing is made; construction.
42. n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
The camera was of German make.
43. n. Quantity produced, especially of materials.
44. n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
45. n. A person's character or disposition.
46. n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
47. n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
48. n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
49. n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
50. n. (slang) Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
51. n. (slang) A promotion.
52. n. A home-made project
53. n. (basketball) A made basket.
54. n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
55. n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.
myek
1. v. (Geordie, dialectal) To make.
Will ye myek is a stotty for me bait pet?
E
1. n. (street slang) The illicit drug ecstasy (MDMA), particularly in pill form.
2. n. (especially, in LGBT contexts) The hormone estrogen/estradiol. (Contrast T, testosterone.)
3. n. The grade below D in some grading systems. In most such systems, it is a failing grade.
4. n. (abbreviation of episode) (installment of a series)
The pilot episode is S01E01.
5. Number. en-number, upper=E, lower=e
6. n. (mathematics) the base of the natural logarithm, 2.718281828459045…

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