containing |
1. v. present participle of contain | |
2. n. (in the plural) contents | |
contain |
1. v. To hold inside. | |
2. v. To include as a part. | |
3. v. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. | |
I'm so excited, I can hardly contain myself! | |
4. v. (mathematics, of a set etc., transitive) To have as an element or subset. | |
A group contains a unique inverse for each of its elements. | |
If that subgraph contains the vertex in question then it must be spanning. | |
5. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity. | |
sensible |
1. adj. (now dated, or formal) Perceptible by the senses. | |
2. adj. Easily perceived; appreciable. | |
3. adj. (archaic) Able to feel or perceive. | |
4. adj. (archaic) Liable to external impression; easily affected; sensitive. | |
a sensible thermometer | |
5. adj. Of or pertaining to the senses; sensory. | |
6. adj. (archaic) Cognizant; having the perception of something; aware of something. | |
7. adj. Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason. | |
8. adj. Characterized more by usefulness or practicality than by fashionableness, especially of clothing. | |
9. n. (obsolete) Sensation; sensibility. | |
10. n. (obsolete) That which impresses itself on the senses; anything perceptible. | |
11. n. (obsolete) That which has sensibility; a sensitive being. | |
moisture |
1. n. A moderate degree of wetness. | |
2. n. That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity. | |
All my body’s moisture Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heat. -William Shakespeare | |
3. n. (medicine) Skin moisture noted as dry, moist, clammy, or diaphoretic as part of the skin signs assessment. | |
usually |
1. adv. Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally. | |
Except for one or two days a year, he usually walks to work. | |
2. adv. Under normal conditions. | |
describing |
1. v. present participle of describe | |
describe |
1. v. To represent in words. | |
The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant. | |
The geographer describes countries and cities. | |
2. v. To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out. | |
to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle | |
3. v. (transitive, mathematics) To give rise to a geometrical structure. | |
The function describes a very complex surface. | |
4. v. (transitive, taxonomy) To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa. | |
The fungus was first described by a botanist. | |
5. v. (obsolete) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class. | |
air |
1. n. (meteorology) The substance constituting earth's atmosphere, particularly: | |
I'm going outside to get some air. | |
2. n. (historical, philosophy, alchemy) understood as one of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans. | |
3. n. (historical, medical) understood as a particular local substance with supposed effects on human health. | |
There was a tension in the air which made me suspect an approaching storm. | |
4. n. (physics) understood as a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases. | |
5. n. (usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered surrounded by th | |
The flock of birds took to the air. | |
6. n. A breeze; a gentle wind. | |
7. n. A feeling or sense. | |
to give it an air of artistry and sophistication | |
8. n. A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality. | |
9. n. (usually plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others. | |
putting on airs | |
10. n. (music) A song, especially a solo; an aria. | |
11. n. (informal) Nothing; absence of anything. | |
12. n. An air conditioner or the processed air it produces. Can be a mass noun or a count noun depending on context; similar to hair. | |
Could you turn on the air? | |
Hey, did you mean to leave the airs on all week while you were on vacation? | |
13. n. (obsolete, chemistry) Any specific gas. | |
14. n. (snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) A jump in which one becomes airborne. | |
15. n. A television or radio signal. | |
16. v. To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it. | |
17. v. To let fresh air into a room or a building, to ventilate. | |
It's getting quite stuffy in this room: let's open the windows and air it. | |
18. v. To discuss varying viewpoints on a given topic. | |
19. v. To broadcast, as with a television show. | |
20. v. (UK, MLE, slang) to ignore | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
atmosphere |
1. n. The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body. | |
2. n. The air in a particular place. | |
3. n. (figuratively) The apparent mood felt in an environment. | |
4. n. A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm) | |
damp |
1. adj. In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist. | |
The lawn was still damp so we decided not to sit down. | |
The paint is still damp, so please don't touch it. | |
2. adj. (figuratively) despondent; dispirited, downcast | |
3. adj. Permitting the possession of alcoholic beverages, but not their sale. | |
4. n. Moisture; humidity; dampness. | |
5. n. (archaic) Fog; fogginess; vapor. | |
6. n. (archaic) Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity. | |
7. n. (archaic, or historical, mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc. | |
8. v. (transitive, archaic) To dampen; to render damp; to make humid, or moderately wet | |
to damp cloth | |
9. v. (transitive, archaic) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage. | |
10. v. To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy). | |
* Hollow rollers damp vibration. - | |
moist |
1. adj. Slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp. | |
2. adj. Of eyes: tearful, wet with tears. | |
3. adj. Of weather, climate etc.: rainy, damp. | |
4. adj. (science, now historical) Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterised by wetness. | |
5. adj. (obsolete) Watery, liquid, fluid. | |
6. adj. (medicine) Characterised by the presence of pus, mucus etc. | |
7. adj. (colloquial) Sexually lubricated (of the vagina); sexually aroused, turned on (of a woman). | |
8. v. (obsolete, transitive) To moisten. | |
somewhat |
1. adv. (degree) To a limited extent or degree. | |
The crowd was somewhat larger than expected, perhaps due to the good weather. | |
The decision to shave or not is a somewhat personal one. | |
2. pron. (archaic) Something. | |
3. n. More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something. | |
4. n. A person or thing of importance; a somebody. | |
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 | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
watery |
1. adj. Wet, soggy or soaked with water. | |
2. adj. Diluted or having too much water. | |
3. adj. (of light) Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water. | |
4. adj. Weak and insipid. | |
5. adj. Discharging water or similar substance as a result of disease etc. | |
6. adj. Tearful. | |
As |
1. n. plural of A | |
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As. | |
2. adv. To such an extent or degree. | |
You’re not as tall as I am. | |
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive. | |
3. adv. In the manner or role specified. | |
The kidnappers released him as agreed. | |
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues. | |
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend. | |
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as). | |
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what. | |
Do as I say! | |
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know. | |
As you wish, my lord! | |
6. conj. At the same instant that; when. | |
As I came in, she flew. | |
7. conj. At the same time that; while. | |
He sleeps as the rain falls. | |
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that. | |
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy. | |
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since. | |
As it’s too late, I quit. | |
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. | |
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago. | |
It's not so complicated as I expected. | |
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. | |
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. | |
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. | |
14. conj. Expressing concession; though. | |
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than. | |
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. | |
You are not as tall as me. | |
They're big as houses. | |
17. prep. In the role of. | |
What is your opinion as a parent? | |
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra. | |
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. | |
20. n. plural of a | |
humid |
1. adj. Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery | |
humid earth | |
1667 - John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667) | |
Evening cloud, or humid bow. | |
earth |
1. n. Soil. | |
This is good earth for growing potatoes. | |
2. n. Any general rock-based material. | |
She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth. | |
3. n. The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea). | |
Birds are of the sky, not of the earth. | |
4. n. (British) A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner. | |
5. n. A fox's home or lair. | |
6. n. The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife). | |
7. n. (alchemy, philosophy, and Taoism) The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the four or five classical elements. | |
8. v. To connect electrically to the earth. | |
That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed. | |
9. v. To bury. | |
10. v. To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den. | |
11. v. (intransitive) To burrow. | |
consisting |
1. v. present participle of consist | |
consist |
1. v. (obsolete, copulative) To be. | |
2. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To exist. | |
3. v. (intransitive, with in) To be comprised or contained | |
4. v. (intransitive, with of) To be composed, formed, or made up (of). | |
The greeting package consists of some brochures, a pen, and a notepad. | |
5. n. (rail transport) A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit. | |
The train's consist included a baggage car, four passenger cars, and a diner. | |
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. | |
water |
1. n. A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gas | |
By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen. | |
2. n. (in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O. | |
May I have a glass of water? | |
Your plants need more water. | |
3. n. A serving of liquid water. | |
4. n. (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy. | |
He showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God. | |
5. n. (or in the plural) Water in a body; an area of open water. | |
The boat was found within the territorial waters. | |
These seals are a common sight in the coastal waters of Chile. | |
6. n. (poetic, archaic, or dialectal) A body of water, almost always a river. | |
7. n. A combination of water and other substance(s). | |
8. n. (sometimes ) Mineral water. | |
Perrier is the most popular water in this restaurant. | |
9. n. (often, in the plural) Spa water. | |
Many people visit Bath to take the waters. | |
10. n. (pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance. | |
ammonia water | |
11. n. Urine. | |
12. n. Amniotic fluid; used only in the plural in the UK but often also in the singular in North America, especially to avoid cacophony, as in this example: ( | |
Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s water breaks. (North America) | |
Before your child is born, your water(s) will break. (North America) | |
Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s waters break. (UK) | |
13. n. (colloquial, medicine) Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling. | |
He suffers from water on the knee. | |
14. n. (figuratively, in the or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition. | |
The rough waters of change will bring about the calm after the storm. | |
15. n. (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition. | |
I know he'll succeed. I feel it in my waters. | |
16. n. (dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities. | |
17. n. The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond. | |
a diamond of the first water is perfectly pure and transparent | |
18. n. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. | |
19. v. To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants). | |
20. v. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate. | |
21. v. To provide (animals) with water for drinking. | |
I need to go water the cattle. | |
22. v. (intransitive) To get or take in water. | |
The ship put into port to water. | |
23. v. (transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto. | |
Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree. | |
24. v. To dilute. | |
Can you water the whisky, please? | |
25. v. (transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting. | |
26. v. (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water. | |
Chopping onions makes my eyes water. | |
The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water. | |
27. v. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines. | |
to water silk | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
vapor |
1. n. Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air. | |
2. n. The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor. | |
4. v. To turn into vapor. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster. | |