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however
1. adv. Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of (that).
He told me not to do it. I, however, did it anyway. / I did it anyway, however. / (sometimes proscribed:) However, I did it anyway.
She wanted to go; however, she decided against it.
2. adv. (degree) To whatever degree or extent
However clear you think you've been, many questions will remain.
3. adv. (manner) In whatever way or manner.
Let me know when you've had your interview, however it goes.
4. adv. An emphatic form of how.
However were you able to do it?
5. adv. (obsolete) In any case, at any rate, at all events.
6. conj. In whatever way or manner.
she offered to help however she could
7. conj. (proscribed) Although, though, but, yet.
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.
brit's
brit
1. v. To break in pieces; divide.
2. v. To bruise; indent.
3. v. (intransitive) To fall out or shatter (as overripe hops or grain).
4. v. (intransitive, dialectal) To fade away; alter.
5. n. One of the young of herrings, sprats etc
6. n. One of the tiny crustaceans, of the genus Calanus, that are part of the diet of right whales.
7. n. brit milah
is
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
2. n. plural of i
remember to dot your is
debut
1. n. A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.
2. n. The first public presentation of a theatrical play, motion picture, opera, musical composition, dance, or other performing arts piece.
Since making its debut two years ago, the program has gained cult status.
3. n. The first appearance of a debutante in society.
4. v. (transitive, chiefly US) to formally introduce, as to the public
Amalgamated Software Systems debuted release 3.2 in Spring of 2004.
5. v. (intransitive) to make one's initial formal appearance
Release 3.2 debuted to mixed reviews in Spring of 2004.
tries
1. n. plural of try
2. n. plural of trie
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of try
try
1. v. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t.
I'll come to dinner soon. I'm trying to beat this level first.
2. v. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
3. v. To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.
4. v. (one sort from another) To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out.
to try out the wild corn from the good
5. v. (nautical) To extract oil from blubber or fat; to melt down blubber to obtain oil
6. v. To extract wax from a honeycomb
7. v. To test, to work out.
8. v. To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
I tried mixing more white paint to get a lighter shade.
9. v. To put to test.
I shall try my skills on this.
10. v. (specifically) To test someone's patience.
You are trying my patience.
Don't fucking try me.
11. v. To taste, sample, etc.
Try this—you’ll love it.
12. v. To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a person's opinions
13. v. (legal) To put on trial.
He was tried and executed.
14. v. To experiment, to strive.
15. v. To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
16. v. To work on something.
You are trying too hard.
17. v. (obsolete) To do; to fare.
How do you try! (i.e., how do you do?)
18. v. To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions
19. v. (euphemism, of a couple) To attempt to conceive a child.
20. v. (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
21. v. To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
The light tries his eyes.
Repeated failures try one's patience.
22. v. (slang) To want
I am really not trying to hear you talk about my mama like that.
23. n. An attempt.
I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it.
24. n. An act of tasting or sampling.
I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it.
25. n. (rugby) A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
Today I scored my first try.
26. n. (dialect) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
27. n. (American football) a field goal or extra point
28. adj. (obsolete) Fine, excellent.
too
1. adv. (focus) Likewise.
2. adv. (conjunctive) Also; in addition.
3. adv. (degree) To an excessive degree; over; more than enough.
4. adv. (degree, colloquial) To a high degree, very.
She doesn't talk too much. I'm not too sure about this.
5. adv. (affirmation, colloquial) Used to contradict a negative assertion.
"You're not old enough yet." "I am, too!".
hard
1. adj. (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
2. adj. Resistant to pressure.
This bread is so stale and hard, I can barely cut it.
3. adj. (of drink or drugs) Strong.
4. adj. (of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
5. adj. (physics, of a ferromagnetic material) Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare sof
6. adj. (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
7. adj. Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand.
a hard problem
8. adj. Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
a hard life
9. adj. Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character
don't be so hard on yourself
10. adj. (dated) Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
11. adj. Unquestionable.
hard evidence
12. adj. (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
At the intersection, there are two roads going to the left. Take the hard left.
13. adj. (slang) Sexually aroused.
I got so hard watching two hot guys wrestle each other on the beach.
14. adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
15. adj. phonetics, uncomparable
16. adj. Plosive.
There is a hard c in "clock" and a soft c in "centre".
17. adj. Unvoiced
Hard k, t, s, ch, as distinguished from soft, g, d, z, j.
18. adj. Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized
The letter m - ru in Russian is always hard.
19. adj. (arts) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
20. adj. Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
21. adj. Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
22. adj. (uncomparable) In the form of a hard copy.
We need both a digital archive and a hard archive.
23. adv. (manner) With much force or effort.
He hit the puck hard up the ice.
They worked hard all week.
At the intersection, bear hard left.
The recession hit them especially hard.
Think hard about your choices.
24. adv. (manner) With difficulty.
His degree was hard earned.
The vehicle moves hard.
25. adv. (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
26. adv. (manner) Compactly.
The lake had finally frozen hard.
27. adv. (now archaic) Near, close.
28. n. (nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
29. n. (drugs, colloquial, slang) crack cocaine.
30. n. (motorsports) (ellipsis of hard tyre) (A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.)
to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.
2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
I have to do laundry today.
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
We are walking to the shop.
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
He devoted himself to education.
They drank to his health.
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
His face was beaten to a pulp.
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.
I have ten dollars to your four.
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
Three to the power of two is nine.
Three to the second is nine.
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
I gave the book to him.
12. prep. (time) Preceding.
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
There's a lot of sense to what he says.
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Please push the door to.
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
17. adv. misspelling of too
live
1. v. (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
He's not expected to live for more than a few months.
2. v. (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
I live at 2a Acacia Avenue. He lives in LA, but he's staying here over the summer.
3. v. (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
Her memory lives in that song.
4. v. (intransitive, hyperbole) To cope.
You'll just have to live with it! I can't live in a world without you.
5. v. (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
It is difficult to live in poverty. And they lived happily ever after.
6. v. To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
To live an idle or a useful life.
7. v. To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
8. v. (intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
No ship could live in such a storm.
9. v. (intransitive, followed by "on" or "upon") To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
It is hard to live on the minimum wage. They lived on stale bread.
10. v. (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
I'm sick of spending every day studying at home: I want to go out there and live!
11. adj. (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
The post office will not ship live animals.
12. adj. Being in existence; actual
He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.
13. adj. Having active properties; being energized.
14. adj. Operational; being in actual use rather than in testing.
15. adj. Taken from a living animal.
live feathers
16. adj. (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
the live spindle of a lathe
a live, or driving, axle
17. adj. (sports) Still in active play.
a live ball
18. adj. (broadcasting) Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.
The station presented a live news program every evening.
19. adj. Of a performance or speech, in person.
This nightclub has a live band on weekends.
20. adj. Of a recorded performance, made in front of an audience, or not having been edited after recording.
21. adj. Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island.
22. adj. (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
Use caution when working near live wires.
23. adj. (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
Tommy's blind was live, so he was given the option to raise.
24. adj. Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
25. adj. Being in a state of ignition; burning.
a live coal; live embers
26. adj. (obsolete) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.
a live man, or orator
27. adj. (obsolete) Vivid; bright.
28. adv. Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
The concert was broadcast live by radio.
29. adv. Of making a performance or speech, in person.
He'll be appearing live at the auditorium.
30. n. (obsolete) life.
up
1. adv. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
2. adv. (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely.
I will mix up the puzzle pieces.
Tear up the contract.
He really messed up.
Please type up our monthly report.
3. adv. To or from one's possession or consideration.
I picked up some milk on the way home.
The committee will take up your request.
She had to give up her driver's license after the accident.
4. adv. North.
I will go up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
5. adv. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.
Turn it up, I can barely hear it.
Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.
Cheer up, the weekend's almost here.
6. adv. (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
7. adv. (sailing) Against the wind or current.
8. adv. (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
9. adv. (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
The bowler pitched the ball up.
10. adv. (hospitality, US) Without additional ice.
Would you like that drink up or on ice?
11. adv. (academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
She's going up to read Classics this September.
12. adv. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
I was up to my chin in water.
A stranger came up and asked me for directions.
13. adv. To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
Drink up. The pub is closing.
Can you sum up your research?
The comet burned up in the atmosphere.
I need to sew up the hole in this shirt.
14. adv. Aside, so as not to be in use.
to lay up riches; put up your weapons
15. prep. Toward the top of.
The cat went up the tree. They walk up the steps.
16. prep. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
The information made its way up the chain of command to the general. I felt something crawling up my arm.
17. prep. Further along (in any direction).
Go up the street until you see the sign.
18. prep. From south to north of
19. prep. From the mouth towards the source (of a river or waterway).
20. prep. (vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with.
Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her.
21. prep. (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more remote from a central location).
22. adj. Awake.
I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up.
23. adj. Finished, to an end
Time is up!
24. adj. In a good mood.
I’m feeling up today.
25. adj. Willing; ready.
If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
26. adj. Next in a sequence.
Smith is up to bat.
27. adj. Happening; new.
What is up with that project at headquarters?
28. adj. Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
Put the notebook face up on the table.
Take a break and put your feet up.
29. adj. Larger; greater in quantity.
Sales are up from last quarter.
30. adj. Ahead; leading; winning.
The home team were up by two goals at half-time.
31. adj. Standing.
Get up and give her your seat.
32. adj. On a higher level.
The new ground is up.
33. adj. Available; made public.
The new notices are up as of last Tuesday.
34. adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
AAKK = aces up
QQ33 = queens up
35. adj. Well-informed; current.
I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
36. adj. (computing) Functional; working.
Is the server back up?
37. adj. (anchor, Adj_railway)(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
The London train is on the up line.
38. adj. Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
39. adj. (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
A Cosmopolitan is typically served up.
40. adj. (slang) Erect.
41. adj. (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
42. adj. (slang) well-known; renowned
43. n. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
Up is a good way to go.
44. n. A positive thing.
I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.
45. n. An upstairs room of a two story house.
She lives in a two-up two-down.
46. v. (transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise.
If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details.
We upped anchor and sailed away.
47. v. (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
48. v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.
2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
I have to do laundry today.
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
We are walking to the shop.
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
He devoted himself to education.
They drank to his health.
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
His face was beaten to a pulp.
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.
I have ten dollars to your four.
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
Three to the power of two is nine.
Three to the second is nine.
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
I gave the book to him.
12. prep. (time) Preceding.
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
There's a lot of sense to what he says.
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Please push the door to.
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
17. adv. misspelling of too
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.
occasion
1. n. A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
2. n. The time when something happens.
At this point, she seized the occasion to make her own observation.
3. n. An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
I had no occasion to feel offended, however.
4. n. Something which causes something else; a cause.
5. n. (obsolete) An occurrence or incident.
6. n. A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
I could think of two separate occasions when she had deliberately lied to me.
a momentous occasion in the history of South Africa
7. n. Need; requirement, necessity.
I have no occasion for firearms.
8. n. A special event or function.
Having people round for dinner was always quite an occasion at our house.
9. n. A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
10. v. To cause; to produce; to induce
it is seen that the mental changes are occasioned by a change of polarity
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
despite
1. n. (obsolete) Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
2. n. (archaic) Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
3. n. Evil feeling; malice, spite.
4. prep. In spite of, notwithstanding, regardless of.
5. v. (obsolete) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
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
pedigree
1. n. A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
2. n. A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage.
3. n. Good breeding or ancestry.
4. n. The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc.
5. n. The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse.
6. adj. Having a pedigree.
7. adj. Purebred.
8. v. To determine the pedigree of (an animal).
like
1. v. (transitive, archaic) To please.
2. v. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
I like hamburgers
I like skiing in winter
I like the Seattle Mariners this season
3. v. (obsolete) To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.
4. v. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
I like to go to the dentist every six months
She likes to keep herself physically fit
we like to keep one around the office just in case
5. v. (obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
6. v. (archaic) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.
He liked to have been too late.
7. v. To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.
8. v. (obsolete) To liken; to compare.
9. v. (Internet, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
I liked my friend's last status on Facebook.
I can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition.
10. n. (usually plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
Tell me your likes and dislikes.
11. n. (internet) An individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet.
12. adj. Similar.
My partner and I have like minds.
13. adj. (obsolete) Likely; probable.
14. adv. (informal) For example, such as: to introduce an example or list of examples.
There are lots of birds, like ducks and gulls, in this park.
15. adv. (archaic, colloquial) Likely.
16. adv. (obsolete) In a like or similar manner.
17. n. (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like.
It was something the likes of which I had never seen before.
18. n. (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
to play the like
19. conj. (colloquial) As, the way.
20. conj. As if; as though.
It looks like you've finished the project.
It seemed like you didn't care.
21. prep. Similar to, reminiscent of.
These hamburgers taste like leather.
22. part. (colloquial, Scotland, Geordie, Teesside, Scouse) A delayed filler.
He was so angry, like.
23. part. (colloquial) A mild intensifier.
She was, like, sooooo happy.
24. part. (colloquial) indicating approximation or uncertainty
There were, like, twenty of them.
And then he, like, got all angry and left the room.
25. part. (colloquial, slang) When preceded by any form of the verb to be, used to mean “to say” or “to think”; used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase.
I was like, “Why did you do that?” and he's like, “I don't know.”
26. interj. (Liverpool, Geordie) Used to place emphasis upon a statement.
divint ye knaa, like?
much
1. det. A large amount of.
2. det. (now archaic, or nonstandard) A great number of; many (people).
3. det. (now Caribbean, African-American) Many ( + plural noun).
4. adj. (obsolete) Large, great.
5. adv. To a great extent.
I don't like fish much.
He is much fatter than I remember him.
He left her, much to the satisfaction of her other suitor.
6. adv. Often; frequently.
Does he get drunk much?
7. pron. A large amount or great extent.
From those to whom much has been given much is expected.
British
1. adj. Of Britain
2. adj. Of the United Kingdom.
3. adj. Of the Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire.
4. adj. (historical) Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.
5. adj. (historical) Of the British Isles.
6. adj. Of British English.
hip
1. n. (anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
2. n. The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
3. n. In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
4. n. (slang) A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.
5. v. (chiefly sports) To use one's hips to bump into someone.
6. v. To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).
7. v. To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.
8. v. To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
9. n. The fruit of a rose.
10. adj. (slang) Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy.
11. v. (transitive, slang) To inform, to make knowledgeable.
hop
1. n. A short jump.
The frog crossed the brook in three or four hops.
2. n. A jump on one leg.
3. n. A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that take place on private plane.
4. n. (sports) A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
5. n. (US, dated) A dance.
6. n. (networking) The sending of a data packet from one host to another as part of its overall journey.
7. v. (intransitive) To jump a short distance.
8. v. (intransitive) To jump on one foot.
9. v. (intransitive) To be in state of energetic activity.
Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop.
The sudden rush of customers had everyone in the shop hopping.
10. v. To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
I hopped a plane over here as soon as I heard the news.
He was trying to hop a ride in an empty trailer headed north.
He hopped a train to California.
11. v. To jump onto, or over
12. v. (intransitive, usually in combination) To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
We were party-hopping all weekend.
We had to island hop on the weekly seaplane to get to his hideaway.
13. v. (obsolete) To walk lame; to limp.
14. v. To dance.
15. n. The plant (Humulus lupulus) from whose flowers, beer or ale is brewed.
16. n. (usually plural) The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc.
17. n. (US, slang) Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
18. n. The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
19. v. To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
20. v. (intransitive) To gather hops.
sounds
1. n. plural of sound
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of sound
sound
1. adj. Healthy.
He was safe and sound.
In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.
2. adj. Complete, solid, or secure.
Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.
3. adj. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
4. adj. (UK, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
"How are you?" - "I'm sound.".
That's a sound track you're playing.
See that man over there? He's sound. You should get to know him.
5. adj. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
Her sleep was sound.
6. adj. Heavy; laid on with force.
a sound beating
7. adj. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
a sound title to land
8. adv. Soundly.
9. interj. (UK, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
- I found my jacket.- Sound.
10. n. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him. Nobody made a sound.
11. n. A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
12. n. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc
13. n. Noise without meaning; empty noise.
14. n. earshot, Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
Stay within the sound of my voice.
15. v. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
When the horn sounds, take cover.
16. v. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
He sounded good when we last spoke.
That story sounds like a pack of lies!
17. v. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
19. v. (intransitive, legal, often, with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.
20. v. To cause to produce a sound.
Sound the alarm!
He sounds the instrument.
21. v. (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
The "e" in "house" isn't sounded.
22. n. (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
Puget Sound; Owen Sound
23. n. The air bladder of a fish.
Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
24. n. A cuttlefish.
25. v. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.
The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.
26. v. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.
27. v. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.
28. v. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra
29. n. (medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
30. n. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.
too
1. adv. (focus) Likewise.
2. adv. (conjunctive) Also; in addition.
3. adv. (degree) To an excessive degree; over; more than enough.
4. adv. (degree, colloquial) To a high degree, very.
She doesn't talk too much. I'm not too sure about this.
5. adv. (affirmation, colloquial) Used to contradict a negative assertion.
"You're not old enough yet." "I am, too!".
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.
awe
1. n. A feeling of fear and reverence.
2. n. A feeling of amazement.
3. n. (archaic) Power to inspire awe.
4. v. To inspire fear and reverence in.
5. v. To control by inspiring dread.
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.
American
1. n. Originally, a native or inhabitant of the British North American colonies of European descent; now, a person born in, or a citizen or inhabitant of, the United States of America.
2. n. An indigenous inhabitant of the Americas; a Native American or an American Indian (now chiefly with qualifying word).
3. n. An inhabitant of the Americas. More often this is specified as either North American, Central American or South American.
Every American's origin is, historically speaking, by immigration, if scientific speculation that points to a human origin in Africa and a migration to the New World from Eurasia turns out to b
4. n. (US printing rare dated) A size of type smaller than German, 1-point type.
5. adj. Of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified with a qualifier, such as "North American", "Central American", "South American", etc.
6. adj. Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people or its culture.
Thanksgiving is an American tradition.
He married an American woman in order to get an American passport.
7. adj. (finance) (of an option, not comparable) Can be exercised on any date between the issue date and the expiry date.
sounds
1. n. plural of sound
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of sound
sound
1. adj. Healthy.
He was safe and sound.
In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.
2. adj. Complete, solid, or secure.
Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.
3. adj. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
4. adj. (UK, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
"How are you?" - "I'm sound.".
That's a sound track you're playing.
See that man over there? He's sound. You should get to know him.
5. adj. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
Her sleep was sound.
6. adj. Heavy; laid on with force.
a sound beating
7. adj. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
a sound title to land
8. adv. Soundly.
9. interj. (UK, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
- I found my jacket.- Sound.
10. n. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him. Nobody made a sound.
11. n. A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
12. n. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc
13. n. Noise without meaning; empty noise.
14. n. earshot, Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
Stay within the sound of my voice.
15. v. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
When the horn sounds, take cover.
16. v. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
He sounded good when we last spoke.
That story sounds like a pack of lies!
17. v. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
19. v. (intransitive, legal, often, with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.
20. v. To cause to produce a sound.
Sound the alarm!
He sounds the instrument.
21. v. (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
The "e" in "house" isn't sounded.
22. n. (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
Puget Sound; Owen Sound
23. n. The air bladder of a fish.
Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
24. n. A cuttlefish.
25. v. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.
The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.
26. v. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.
27. v. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.
28. v. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra
29. n. (medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
30. n. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.

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