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he
     1. pron. (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.
     2. pron. (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant.
           The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?
     3. pron. (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown.
     4. n. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
     5. n. (informal) A male.
           Alex totally is a he.
     6. n. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
raises
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of raise
     2. n. plural of raise
     raise
          1. v. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
                to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself
          2. v.          To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
                        to raise a wall, or a heap of stones
          3. v.          To cause something to come to the surface of the sea.
                        The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.
          4. v.          (nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
                        to raise Sandy Hook light
          5. v.          (figurative) To cause (a dead person) to live again, to cause to be undead.
                        The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!
          6. v.          (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersin
          7. v. To create, increase or develop.
                We need to raise the motivation level in the company.
                to raise the quality of the products; to raise the price of goods
          8. v.          To collect.
                        to raise a lot of money for charity; to raise troops
          9. v.          To bring up; to grow; to promote.
                        We visited a farm where they raise chickens.
                        Chew with your mouth shut — were you raised in a barn?
                        to raise somebody to office
          10. v.          To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
                        A few important questions were raised after the attack.
          11. v.          (legal) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
                        There should be some consideration (i.e., payment or exchange) to raise a use.
          12. v.          To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
          13. v. To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
                Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police.
          14. v. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
                John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money.
          15. v. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
                Two raised to the fifth power equals 32.
          16. v. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
          17. v. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
          18. v. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
          19. v. (computing) To throw (an exception).
                A division by zero will raise an exception.
          20. n. (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
                The boss gave me a raise.
          21. n. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
          22. n. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
          23. n. (poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.
          24. n. A cairn or pile of stones.
His
     1. pron. honoraltcaps, his
     2. det. Belonging to him.
     3. det. (dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
     4. det. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
     5. det. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.
           Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark.
           Sejanus his Fall
     6. pron. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
           The decision was his to live with.
     7. pron. alternative spelling of His
     8. n. plural of hi
eye
     1. n. An organ through which animals see.
           Bright lights really hurt my eyes.
     2. n. The visual sense.
           The car was quite pleasing to the eye, but impractical.
     3. n. The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.
           Brown, blue, green, hazel eyes.
     4. n. Attention, notice.
           That dress caught her eye.
     5. n. The ability to notice what others might miss.
           He has an eye for talent.
     6. n. A meaningful stare or look.
           She was giving him the eye at the bar.   When the car cut her off, she gave him the eye.
     7. n. A private eye: a privately hired detective or investigator.
     8. n. A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
     9. n. A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.
     10. n. The relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other such storm.
     11. n. A mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling a human eye.
     12. n. The dark spot on a black-eyed pea.
     13. n. A reproductive bud in a potato.
     14. n. (informal) The dark brown center of a black-eyed Susan flower.
     15. n. A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc. — e.g. at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; through a crank; at the end of a rope; or
     16. n. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty.
     17. n. Tinge; shade of colour.
     18. n. One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese.
     19. n. (architecture) The circle in the centre of a volute.
     20. n. (typography) The enclosed counter (negative space) of the small letter e.
     21. n. (game of go) An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones.
     22. v. To observe carefully.
           After eyeing the document for an hour she decided not to sign it.
           They went out and eyed the new car one last time before deciding.
     23. v. To view something narrowly, as a document or a phrase in a document.
     24. v. To look at someone or something as if with the intent to do something with that person or thing.
     25. v. (obsolete) To appear; to look.
     26. n. A brood.
           an eye of pheasants
brows
     1. n. plural of brow
     brow
          1. n. The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow.
          2. n. The first tine of an antler's beam.
          3. n. The forehead.
          4. n. The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
                the brow of a precipice
          5. n. (mining) A gallery in a coal mine running across the face of the coal.
          6. n. (figurative) Aspect; appearance.
          7. n. (nautical) The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
          8. n. (nautical) The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.
          9. v. To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.
in
     1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
     2. prep.          Contained by.
                   The dog is in the kennel.
     3. prep.          Within.
     4. prep.          Surrounded by.
                   We are in the enemy camp.   Her plane is in the air.
     5. prep.          Part of; a member of.
                   One in a million.   She's in band and orchestra.
     6. prep.          Pertaining to; with regard to.
                   What grade did he get in English?
                   Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
     7. prep.          At the end of a period of time.
                   They said they would call us in a week.
     8. prep.          Within a certain elapsed time
                   Are you able to finish this in three hours?   The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
     9. prep.          During (said of periods of time).
                   in the first week of December;  Easter falls in the fourth lunar month;   The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
     10. prep.          (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
                   English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
     11. prep. Into.
           Less water gets in your boots this way.
     12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
           In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
     13. prep.          Indicating an order or arrangement.
                   My fat rolls around in folds.
     14. prep.          Denoting a state of the subject.
                   He stalked away in anger.   John is in a coma.
     15. prep.          Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
                   You've got a friend in me.   He's met his match in her.
     16. prep.          Wearing (an item of clothing).
                    I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
     17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
     18. prep.          (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
                   Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
                   The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
                    Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
     19. prep.          Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
                   Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
                   His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
                   When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
     20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
     21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
     22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
           Is Mr. Smith in?
     23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
           Suddenly a strange man walked in.
     24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
           He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
     25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
           What's that in?
     26. adv. After the beginning of something.
     27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
           His parents got him an in with the company
     28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
     29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
     30. adj. In fashion; popular.
           Skirts are in this year.
     31. adj. Incoming.
           the in train
     32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
     33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
           in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
     34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
     35. n. Inch.
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
lewd
     1. adj. Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.
     2. adj. (obsolete) Lay; not clerical.
     3. adj. (obsolete) Uneducated.
     4. adj. (obsolete) Vulgar, common; typical of the lower orders.
     5. adj. (obsolete) Base, vile, reprehensible.
way
     1. n. To do with a place or places.:
     2. n.          A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
                   Do you know the way to the airport?  Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut.  It's a long way from here.
     3. n.          A means to enter or leave a place.
                   We got into the cinema through the back way.
     4. n.          A roughly-defined geographical area.
                   If you're ever 'round this way, come over and visit me.
     5. n. A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
           You're going about it the wrong way.  He's known for his quirky ways.  I don't like the way she looks at me.
     6. n. A state or condition
           When I returned home, I found my house and belongings in a most terrible way.
     7. n. Personal interaction.:
     8. n.          Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way').
                   There's no way I'm going to clean up after you.
     9. n.          Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.
                   My little sister always whines until she gets her way.
     10. n. (paganism) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.
     11. n. (nautical) Speed, progress, momentum.
     12. n. A degree, an amount, a sense.
           In a large way, crocodiles and alligators are similar.
     13. n. (US, As the head of an interjectory clause) Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation.
           Way to ruin the moment, guys.
     14. n. (plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.
     15. n. (plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.
     16. interj. (only in reply to no way) It is true.
     17. v. (obsolete) To travel.
     18. adv. (informal, with comparative or modified adjective) Much.
           I'm way too tired to do that.
           I'm a way better singer than Emma.
     19. adv. (slang) Very.
           I'm way tired
           String theory is way cool, except for the math.
     20. adv. (informal) Far.
           I used to live way over there.
           The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill.
     21. n. The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.
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