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but
     1. prep. (obsolete, outside, Scotland) Outside of.
           Away but the hoose and tell me whae's there.
     2. prep. Apart from, except (for), excluding.
           Everyone but Father left early.
           I like everything but that.
           Nobody answered the door when I knocked, so I had no choice but to leave.
     3. adv. Merely, only, just.
     4. adv. (Australian, conjunctive) Though, however.
           I'll have to go home early but.
     5. adv. Used as an intensifier.
           Nobody, but nobody, crosses me and gets away with it.
     6. conj. (following a negative clause or sentence) On the contrary, but rather (introducing a word or clause that contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence without the negation).
           I am not rich but (I am) poor;  not John but Peter went there.
     7. conj. However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (implies that the following clause is contrary to prior belief or contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence).
           She is very old but still attractive.
           You told me I could do that, but she said that I could not.
     8. conj. Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "ex
           I cannot but feel offended.
     9. conj. (archaic) Without its also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).
           It never rains but it pours.
     10. conj. (obsolete) Except with; unless with; without.
     11. conj. (obsolete) Only; solely; merely.
     12. conj. (obsolete) Until.
     13. n. An instance or example of using the word "but".
           It has to be done – no ifs or buts.
     14. n. (Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
     15. n. A limit; a boundary.
     16. n. The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.
     17. v. (archaic) Use the word "but".
           But me no buts.
the
     1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
           I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
           The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
           The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
     2. art.          Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
                    The street that runs through my hometown.
     3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
           No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
           God save the Queen!
     4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
           That was the best apple pie ever.
     5. art.          Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
                    That apple pie was the best.
     6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
     7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
           Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
     8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
           No one in the whole country had seen it before.
           I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
     9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
           A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
     10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
           That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
     11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
           The hotter the better.
           The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
           The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
           It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
     12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
           It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
           It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
           I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
supermarket
     1. n. A large self-service store that sells groceries and, usually, medications, household goods and/or clothing.
           I went to the supermarket to buy some food.
     2. n. A chain of such stores.
     3. n. (figurative) A one-stop shop; a place offering a range of products or services.
chain
     1. n. A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
           He wore a gold chain around the neck.
     2. n. A series of interconnected things.
           a chain of mountains
           a chain of ideas, one leading to the next
           This led to an unfortunate chain of events.
     3. n. A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
           That chain of restaurants is expanding into our town.
     4. n. (chemistry) A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
           When examined, the molecular chain included oxygen and hydrogen.
     5. n. (surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
     6. n. (surveying) A long measuring tape.
     7. n. A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a Gunter's surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 20.12 metres, 4 rods, or 100 links.
     8. n. (mathematics, set theory, order theory) A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
     9. n. (British) A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out).
     10. n. That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
           the chains of habit
     11. n. (nautical, in the plural) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
     12. n. (weaving) The warp threads of a web.
     13. v. To fasten something with a chain.
     14. v. (intransitive) To link multiple items together.
     15. v. To secure someone with fetters.
     16. v. To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
     17. v. (figurative) To obligate.
     18. v. (computing) To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
     19. v. (computing) To be chained to another data item.
     20. v. To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
     21. v. (transitive, computing, rare, associated with Acorn Computers) To load and automatically run (a program).
replied
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of reply
     reply
          1. v. (transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
                (intransitive) Please reply to my letter.
                (transitive) "Sorry I'm late," replied the student.
                (transitive) He replied that he was not sure.
          2. v. (intransitive) To act or gesture in response.
                Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.
          3. v. (intransitive) To repeat something back; to echo.
          4. n. A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.
          5. n. Something given in reply.
          6. n. A counterattack.
          7. n. (music) The answer of a figure.
that
     1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
           He told me that the book is a good read.
           I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British.
     2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
           Be glad that you have enough to eat.
     3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
     4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
           The noise was so loud that she woke up.
           The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed.
     5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
     6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
           Was John there? — Not that I saw.
           How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw.
     7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
     8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.
     9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
           That book is a good read. This one isn't.
           That battle was in 1450.
           That cat of yours is evil.
     10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t
           He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
     11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said).
           They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?
     12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement.
           The water is so cold! — That it is.
     13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition).
           The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
           The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.
     14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.)
           the place that = where or to which I went last year
           the last time that = when I went to Europe
     15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
           "The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...".
     16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
           I'm just not that sick.
           I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.
     17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
           Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.
     18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
because
     1. adv. (archaic) For the reason (that).
     2. adv. On account (of), for sake (of).
           My life is ruined because of you!
     3. adv. Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".
     4. conj. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
           I hid myself because I was afraid.
     5. conj. As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
           It must be broken, because I pressed the button and nothing happened.
           I don't think he is a nice person, because he yells at people for no reason.
     6. conj. (obsolete) So that, in order that.
     7. prep. (uncommon, slang) On account of, because of.
           I went to the store because hungry.
the
     1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
           I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
           The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
           The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
     2. art.          Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
                    The street that runs through my hometown.
     3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
           No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
           God save the Queen!
     4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
           That was the best apple pie ever.
     5. art.          Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
                    That apple pie was the best.
     6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
     7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
           Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
     8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
           No one in the whole country had seen it before.
           I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
     9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
           A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
     10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
           That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
     11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
           The hotter the better.
           The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
           The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
           It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
     12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
           It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
           It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
           I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
extension
     1. n. The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length or breadth; an increase
     2. n. The state of being extended
     3. n. That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension")
     4. n. A part of a building that has been extended from the original
     5. n. (semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.
     6. n. (banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
     7. n. (medicine) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
     8. n. (weightlifting) An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.
     9. n. (fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.
     10. n. (telecommunication) A numerical code used to specify a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
     11. n. (computing) A file extension.
           Files with the .txt extension usually contain text.
     12. n. (computing) An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
           a browser extension
     13. n. (logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.
     14. n. (grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.
would
     1. v. As a past-tense form of will.:
     2. v.          (obsolete) Wished, desired (something).
     3. v.          (archaic) Wanted to ( + bare infinitive).
     4. v.          Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to ( + bare infinitive); indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly.
     5. v.          Used with bare infinitive to form the "anterior future", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
     6. v.          (archaic) Used with ellipsis of the infinitive verb, or postponement to a relative clause, in various senses.
     7. v.          Was determined to; loosely, could naturally have been expected to (given the tendencies of someone's character etc.).
     8. v. As a modal verb, the subjunctive of will.:
     9. v.          Used to give a conditional or potential "softening" to the present; might, might wish.
     10. v.          Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality (with a bare infinitive); indicating an action or state that is conditional on another.
     11. v.          (chiefly archaic) Might wish ( + verb in past subjunctive); often used in the first person (with or without that) in the sense of "if only".
     12. v.          Used to impart a sense of hesitancy or uncertainty to the present; might be inclined to. Now sometimes colloquially with ironic effect.
     13. v.          Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …?
                   Would you pass the salt, please?
     14. v.          (chiefly archaic, transitive, or control verb) Might desire; wish (something).
     15. n. Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.
     will
          1. v. (rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
                Do what you will.
          2. v. (rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
          3. v. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
          4. v. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
          5. v. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
          6. v. (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
                Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
          7. n. One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
                Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.
          8. n. One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
                Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.
          9. n. The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
                Most creatures have a will to live.
          10. n. (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
          11. n. (archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.
          12. n. (archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
                He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
          13. v. (archaic) To wish, desire.
          14. v. (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
          15. v. To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
                All the fans were willing their team to win the game.
          16. v. To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
                He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.
take
     1. v. To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.
           They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands.
           I'll take that plate off the table.
     2. v.          To seize or capture.
                   take the guards prisoner
                   take prisoners
                   After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city.
     3. v.          To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
                   took ten catfish in one afternoon
     4. v.          (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
     5. v.          To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
                   Billy took her pencil.
     6. v.          To exact.
                   take a toll
                   take revenge
     7. v.          To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
                   took the next two tricks
                   took Smith's rook
     8. v. To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
           took third place
           took bribes
           The camera takes 35mm film.
     9. v.          To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
                   The store doesn't take checks.
                   She wouldn't take any money for her help.
                   Do you take credit?
                   The vending machine only takes bills, it doesn't take coins.
     10. v.          To accept and follow (advice, etc).
                   take my advice
     11. v.          To receive into some relationship.
                   take a wife
                   The school only takes new students in the fall.
                   The therapist wouldn't take him as a client.
     12. v.          (transitive, intransitive, legal) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
     13. v. To remove.
           take two eggs from the carton
     14. v.          To remove or end by death; to kill.
                   The earthquake took many lives.
                   The plague took rich and poor alike.
                   Cancer took her life.
                   He took his life last night.
     15. v.          To subtract.
                   take one from three and you are left with two
     16. v. To have sex with.
     17. v. To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
           Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.
           The woman guarding us looks like a professional, but I can take her!
     18. v. To grasp or grip.
           He took her hand in his.
     19. v. To select or choose; to pick.
           Take whichever bag you like.
           She took the best men with her and left the rest to garrison the city.
           I'll take the blue plates.
           I'll take two sugars in my coffee, please.
     20. v. To adopt (select) as one's own.
           She took his side in every argument.
           take a stand on the important issues
     21. v. To carry or lead (something or someone).
           She took her sword with her everywhere she went.
           I'll take the plate with me.
     22. v.          (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
                   The next bus will take you to Metz.
                   I took him for a ride
                   I took him down to London.
     23. v.          (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
                   These stairs take you down to the basement.
                   Stone Street took us right past the store.
     24. v.          To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
                   She took the steps two or three at a time/
                   He took the curve / corner too fast.
                   The pony took every hedge and fence in its path.
     25. v.          To escort or conduct (a person).
                   He took her to lunch at the new restaurant, took her to the movies, and then took her home.
     26. v.          (reflexive) To go.
     27. v. To use as a means of transportation.
           take the ferry
           I took a plane.
           He took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester.
           He's 96 but he still takes the stairs.
     28. v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
     29. v. To obtain for use by payment or lease.
           She took a condo at the beach for the summer.
           He took a full-page ad in the Times.
     30. v.          To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
                   They took two magazines.
                   I used to take The Sunday Times.
     31. v. To consume.
     32. v.          To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
                   take two of these and call me in the morning
                   take the blue pill
                   I take aspirin every day to thin my blood.
     33. v.          To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
                   The general took dinner at seven o'clock.
     34. v. To experience, undergo, or endure.
     35. v.          To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
                   take sun-baths
                   take a shower
                   She made the decision to take chemotherapy.
     36. v.          To experience or feel.
                   She takes pride in her work.
the
     1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
           I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
           The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
           The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
     2. art.          Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
                    The street that runs through my hometown.
     3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
           No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
           God save the Queen!
     4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
           That was the best apple pie ever.
     5. art.          Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
                    That apple pie was the best.
     6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
     7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
           Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
     8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
           No one in the whole country had seen it before.
           I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
     9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
           A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
     10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
           That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
     11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
           The hotter the better.
           The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
           The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
           It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
     12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
           It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
           It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
           I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
form
     1. n. To do with shape.:
     2. n.          The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
     3. n.          A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
     4. n.          (dated) A long bench with no back.
     5. n.          (fine arts) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
     6. n.          (crystallography) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
     7. n. (social) To do with structure or procedure.
     8. n.          An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
     9. n.          Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
     10. n.          Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
                   a republican form of government
     11. n.          Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
                   a matter of mere form
     12. n.          (archaic) A class or rank in society.
     13. n.          (UK) A criminal record; loosely, past history (in a given area).
     14. n.          (education) A class or year of school pupils (often preceded by an ordinal number to specify the year, as in sixth form).
     15. n. A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
           To apply for the position, complete the application form.
     16. n. Level of performance.
           The team's form has been poor this year.
           The orchestra was on top form this evening.
     17. n. (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
           participial forms;  verb forms
     18. n. The den or home of a hare.
     19. n. (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
     20. n. (taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
     21. n. (printing, dated) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
     22. n. (geometry) A quantic.
     23. n. (sports) A specific way of performing a movement.
     24. v. To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
           When you kids form a straight line I'll hand out the lollies.
     25. v. To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
           Roll out the dough to form a thin sheet.
     26. v. (intransitive) To take shape.
           When icicles start to form on the eaves you know the roads will be icy.
     27. v. To put together or bring into being; assemble.
           The socialists did not have enough MPs to form a government.
           Paul McCartney and John Lennon formed The Beatles in Liverpool in 1960.
     28. v. (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
           By adding "-ness", you can form a noun from an adjective.
     29. v. To constitute, to compose, to make up.
           Teenagers form the bulk of extreme traffic offenders.
     30. v. To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
           Singing in a choir helps to form a child's sociality.
     31. v. To provide (a hare) with a form.
     32. v. (electrical, historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead pero
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.
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.
internal
     1. adj. inside of something
           We saw the internal compartments.
     2. adj. within the body
           Her bleeding was internal.
     3. adj. concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community.
           The nation suffered from internal conflicts.
     4. adj. concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
           An internal investigation was conducted.
mezzanine
     1. n. A balcony in an auditorium.
     2. n. A secondary floor, in between the main floors of a building; entresol.
           On our way to the top floor, we stopped at the mezzanine.
     3. n. A small window used to light such a secondary floor.
     4. n. Additional flooring laid over a floor to bring it up to some height or level.
     5. n. (theatre) A floor under the stage, from which contrivances such as traps are worked.
     6. adj. (engineering) Fulfilling an intermediate or secondary function.
           To make interconnections easier, we added a mezzanine PCB.
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.
it
     1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals.
           Put it over there.
           Take each day as it comes.
           I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today.
     2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender.
           She took the baby and held it in her arms.
     3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
           It's me. John.
           Is it her?
     4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)
           It is nearly 10 o’clock.
           It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five.
           It’s very cold today.
           It’s lonely without you.
     5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms.
           stick it out
           live it up
           rough it
     6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i
           It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see)
           I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
           It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing)
           He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
           It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if)
     7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more.
           Are there more students in this class, or is this it?
           That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
     8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.
     9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what.
     10. det. (obsolete) its
     11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
     12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
           In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…
     13. n. (British) The game of tag.
           Let's play it at breaktime.
     14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.
     15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity.
           caught them doing it
     16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable.
did
     1. v. simple past tense of do
     do
          1. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker
          2. v.          (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
                        Do you go there often?
          3. v.          (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
                        I do not go there often.
                        Do not listen to him.
          4. v.          (auxiliary) A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
                        But I do go sometimes.
                        Do tell us.
                        It is important that he do come see me.
          5. v.          (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; not generally used with auxiliari
                        I play tennis; she does too.
                   #     They don't think it be like it is, but it do.
          6. v. To perform; to execute.
                All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?
          7. v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
          8. v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
                it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do;  this will do me, thanks.
          9. v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
                It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.
          10. v. To have (as an effect).
                The fresh air did him some good.
          11. v. (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
                Our relationship isn't doing very well;  how do you do?
          12. v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
                What does Bob do? — He's a plumber.
          13. v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something)
                "Don't forget to do your report" means something quite different depending on whether you're a student or a programmer.
          14. v. To cook.
                I'll just do some eggs.
          15. v. To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
                Let’s do New York also.
          16. v. To treat in a certain way.
          17. v. To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
          18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
          19. v. (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
                I did five years for armed robbery.
          20. v. To impersonate or depict.
                They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer.
          21. v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
          22. v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
          23. v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
                He got done for speeding.
                Teacher'll do you for that!
          24. v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
          25. v. To cheat or swindle.
                That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!
          26. v. To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
                the novel has just been done into English;  I'm going to do this play into a movie
          27. v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
                Aren't you done yet?
          28. v. (dated) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
          29. v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
          30. v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
          31. v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
                Do they do haircuts there?
                Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?
          32. v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
          33. v. To take drugs.
                I do cocaine.
          34. v. (transitive, in the form be doing somewhere) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
                What's that car doing in our swimming pool? -
          35. n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
                We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
          36. n. (informal) A hairdo.
                Nice do!
          37. n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
          38. n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
          39. n. (archaic) Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.
          40. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
          41. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.
          42. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
          43. adv. (rare) (abbreviation of ditto)
not
     1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
           Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
           Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
     2. adv. To no degree.
           That is not red; it's orange.
     3. conj. And not.
           I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
           He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
     4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
           I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!
           Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not!
     5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function.
           You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip.
     6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not.
need
     1. n. A requirement for something; something needed.
           There's no need to speculate; we can easily find out for sure.
           She grew irritated with his constant need for attention.
           Our needs are not being met.
           I've always tried to have few needs beyond food, clothing and shelter.
     2. n. Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
     3. v. To have an absolute requirement for.
           Living things need water to survive.
     4. v. To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
           After ten days of hiking, I needed a shower and a shave.
     5. v. (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
           You need not go if you don't want to.
     6. v. (intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.
     7. v. (obsolete, transitive) To be necessary (to someone).
planning
     1. v. present participle of plan
     2. n. Action of the verb to plan.
     3. n. The act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans.
     4. n. The act of making contingency plans.
     5. n. (informal, British) Planning permission.
           My neighbours were going to build an extension but they didn't get planning.
     plan
          1. n. A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
                The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available.
          2. n. A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
                He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control.
          3. n. A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the e
                Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors.
          4. n. A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
          5. n. A subscription to a service.
                a phone plan
                an Internet plan
          6. v. To design (a building, machine, etc.).
                The architect planned the building for the client.
          7. v. To create a plan for.
                They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.
          8. v. (intransitive) To intend.
                He planned to go, but work intervened.
          9. v. See plan on.
                I was planning on going, but something came up.
          10. v. (intransitive) To make a plan.
                They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies.
permission
     1. n. authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
           Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
     2. n. The act of permitting.
     3. n. (computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
           I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission.
     4. v. To grant or obtain authorization for.
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