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continually
1. adv. In a continual manner; non-stop.
2. adv. In regular or repeated succession; very often.
fresh
1. adj. Newly produced or obtained.
He followed the fresh hoofprints to find the deer.
I seem to make fresh mistakes every time I start writing.
2. adj. Not cooked, dried, frozen, or spoiled.
After taking a beating in the boxing ring, the left side of his face looked like fresh meat.
I brought home from the market a nice bunch of fresh spinach leaves straight from the farm.
a glass of fresh milk
3. adj. (of plant material) Still green and not dried.
4. adj. Refreshing or cool.
What a nice fresh breeze.
5. adj. (of water) Without salt; not saline.
After a day at sea it was good to feel the fresh water of the stream.
6. adj. Rested; not tired or fatigued.
7. adj. In a raw or untried state; uncultured; unpracticed.
a fresh hand on a ship
8. adj. Youthful; florid.
9. adj. (slang) Good, fashionable.
a fresh pair of sneakers
10. adj. (figurative) Recent or new, sometimes to the point of causing extreme joy or extreme discomfort.
With his recent lottery prize fresh in his mind, Joe was too happy to contain himself.
With his recent breakup fresh in his mind, he was unable to concentrate on his task at work.
11. adv. recently; just recently; most recently
We are fresh out of milk.
12. n. A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood.
13. n. A stream or spring of fresh water.
14. n. The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea.
15. adj. Rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward.
No one liked his fresh comments.
16. adj. Sexually aggressive or forward; prone to caress too eagerly; overly flirtatious.
Hey, don't get fresh with me!
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.
self
1. pron. (obsolete) Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).
This argument was put forward by the defendant self.
2. pron. (commercial or humorous) Myself.
I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.
3. n. The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.
4. n. An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
5. n. (botany) A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).
6. n. (molecular biology, immunology) Any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogen
7. v. (botany) To fertilise by the same individual; to self-fertilise or self-pollinate.
8. v. (botany) To fertilise by the same strain; to inbreed.
9. adj. Having its own or a single nature or character, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; unmixed.
a self bow: one made from a single piece of wood
a self flower or plant: one which is wholly of one colour
10. adj. (obsolete) Same.
11. adj. (molecular biology, immunology) Of or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example
renewing
1. v. present participle of renew
2. n. A renewal.
renew
1. v. To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition.
2. v. To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted), to keep up a required supply of.
3. v. (theology) To make new spiritually; to regenerate.
4. v. (now rare, intransitive) To become new, or as new; to revive.
5. v. To begin again; to recommence.
6. v. (rare) To repeat.
7. v. (transitive, intransitive) To extend a period of loan, especially a library book that is due to be returned.
I'd like to renew these three books. Did you know that you can renew online?
8. n. synonym of renewal
often
1. adv. Frequently, many times.
I often walk to work when the weather is nice.
I've been going to the movies more often since a new theatre opened near me.
2. adj. (archaic) Frequent.
used
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of use
You used me!
2. v. (intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed to doing something
He used to live here, but moved away last year.
3. adj. That is or has or have been used.
The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
4. adj. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
He bought a used car.
5. adj. Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
I got used to this weather.
use
1. n. The act of using.
the use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations; there is no use for your invention
2. n. (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
3. n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
This tool has many uses.
4. n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
I have no further use for these textbooks.
5. n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
6. n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
7. n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
8. n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
9. n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
10. v. To utilize or employ.
11. v. To employ; to apply; to utilize.
Use this knife to slice the bread.
We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
12. v. (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
I used the money they allotted me.
We should use up most of the fuel.
She used all the time allotted to complete the test.
13. v. To exploit.
You never cared about me; you just used me!
14. v. To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
He uses cocaine. I have never used drugs.
15. v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.
16. v. (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
I could use a drink. My car could use a new coat of paint.
17. v. To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.)
soldiers who are used to hardships and danger (still common)
to use the soldiers to hardships and danger (now rare)
18. v. (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
19. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
20. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.
21. v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
I used to get things done.
22. v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
to use an animal cruelly
23. v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
metaphorically
1. adv. (manner) In a metaphoric manner; not literally; by means of metaphor.
He conveyed his teachings metaphorically.
2. adv. (speech act) Used to draw attention that what follows is a metaphor, not to be taken literally
Metaphorically, he was crushed.

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