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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.
bowl
     1. n. A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
     2. n. As much as is held by a bowl.
           You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had three bowls already.
     3. n. A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
     4. n. The round hollow part of anything.
           Direct the cleaning fluid around the toilet bowl and under the rim.
     5. n.          The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.
     6. n.          A part of a pipe or bong packed with marijuana for smoking
                    Let's smoke a bowl!
     7. n.          (typography) A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.
     8. n. A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
     9. n. (sports) An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
     10. n. (American football) A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)
     11. n. The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
     12. n. The action of bowling a ball.
     13. n. (in the but used with a singular verb) The game of bowls.
     14. v. To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
     15. v. (intransitive) To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
     16. v. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
           We were bowled rapidly along the road.
     17. v. To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
toss
     1. n. A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
     2. n. (cricket, football) The toss of a coin before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
     3. n. (British slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
           I couldn't give a toss about her.
     4. n. (British slang) A state of agitation.
     5. n. (Billingsgate Fish Market slang) A measure of sprats.
     6. v. To throw with an initial upward direction.
           Toss it over here!
     7. v. To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
           to toss the head
     8. v. To agitate; to make restless.
     9. v. To subject to trials; to harass.
     10. v. To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
           I'll toss you for it.
     11. v. (informal) To discard: to toss out
           I don't need it any more; you can just toss it.
     12. v. To stir or mix (a salad).
           to toss a salad; a tossed salad.
     13. v. (British slang) To masturbate
     14. v. (transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
           "Someone tossed just his living room and bedroom." / "They probably found what they were looking for.".
     15. v. (intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
           tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep
     16. v. (intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
     17. v. (obsolete) To keep in play; to tumble over.
           to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar
     18. v. (rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
     19. v. (British slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.
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.
onion
     1. n. A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
     2. n. The bulb of such a plant.
     3. n. The genus as a whole.
     4. n. (obsolete baseball slang) A ball.
     5. n. (colloquial, chiefly archaic) A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
quarters
     1. n. plural of quarter.
     2. n. (pluralonly, military) Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.
     3. n. (by extension) The place where someone or something lives
     4. n. A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
     5. n. Quarterfinals.
     quarter
          1. adj. Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.
          2. adj. (chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (1/4, 25%).
                a quarter hour; a quarter century; a quarter note; a quarter pound
          3. adj. (chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
                A quarter day is one terminating a quarter of the year.
                A quarter session is one held quarterly at the end of a quarter.
          4. n. Any fourth of something, particularly:
          5. n.          A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
          6. n.          (now primarily, financial) A quarter of the year, 3 months; a season.
          7. n.          (historical) The quarter-ton or tun, divided into 8 bushels, the medieval English unit of volume and weight named by the Magna Carta as the basis for m
          8. n.          (historical) The quarter-yard, divided into 4 nails, an obsolete English unit of length long used in the cloth trade
          9. n.          (historical) The watch: A quarter of the night, nominally 3 hours but varying over the year.
          10. n.          (heraldry) A charge occupying a fourth of a coat of arms, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line fr
          11. n.          (basketball) A period into which a game is divided. (usually 8, 10 or 12 minutes according to the rules).
          12. n.          quarterfinal
          13. n. Any substantial fraction of something less than half, particularly:
          14. n.          A division or section of a town or other area, whether or not it constituted a fourth of the whole.
          15. n.          (usually plural) A living place, from which:
          16. n.         # (military slang) A quartermaster; a quartermaster sergeant.
          17. n.         # (obsolete except in phrase no quarter) Amity, friendship, concord; (now) accommodation given to a defeated opponent, mercy.
          18. n.          The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
          19. n.          (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
          20. v. To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
          21. v. To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
                Quarter the horses in the third stable.
          22. v. (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
          23. v. To quartersaw.
          24. v. (obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
          25. v. topics, en, Four, Coins
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.
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.
tablespoon
     1. n. (Canada, US) A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl.
     2. n. (Australia, New Zealand, Northern UK) A spoon too large for eating, usually used for cooking or serving.
     3. n. (cooking) A unit of volume, the value of which varies regionally; in the US: three teaspoons or roughly 15 ml; in Britain and Canada: exactly 15 ml; in Australia: four teaspoons or 20 ml.
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.
oil
     1. n. Liquid fat.
     2. n. Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
     3. n. An oil painting.
     4. v. To lubricate with oil.
     5. v. To grease with oil for cooking.
vinegar
     1. n. A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.
     2. n. Any variety of vinegar.
           a range of herb-flavoured vinegars
     3. v. To season or otherwise treat with vinegar.
thyme
     1. n. Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as the garden thyme, , a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.
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.
seasoning
     1. n. (cooking) Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as a condiment, herb or spice.
     2. n. (figurative, by extension) Anything added to increase enjoyment.
     3. n. A coat of burnt soot inside a cooking vessel, which has formed over repeated use, and which renders the surface non sticking.
     4. n. (archaic) An alcoholic intoxication.
           Some of our gentlemen officers, happening to stop at a tavern, or rather a sort of grogshop, took such a seasoning that two or three of them became “quite frisky.”
     5. v. present participle of season
     season
          1. n. Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
          2. n. A part of a year when something particular happens
                mating season
                the rainy season
                the football season
          3. n. (obsolete) That which gives relish; seasoning.
          4. n. (cricket) The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
          5. n. (North America, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of e
                The third season of “Friends” aired from 1996 to 1997.
          6. n. (archaic) An extended, undefined period of time.
          7. v. To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.
          8. v. To make fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure
                to season oneself to a climate
          9. v. Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices
                The timber needs to be seasoned.
          10. v. (intransitive) To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
          11. v. (intransitive) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance
                The wood has seasoned in the sun.
          12. v. (obsolete) To copulate with; to impregnate.
heat
     1. n. Thermal energy.
           This furnace puts out 5000 BTUs of heat.   That engine is really throwing off some heat.   Removal of heat from the liquid caused it to turn into a solid.
     2. n. The condition or quality of being hot.
           Stay out of the heat of the sun!
     3. n. An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
           The chili sauce gave the dish heat.
     4. n. A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
           It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment.
     5. n. An undesirable amount of attention.
           The heat from her family after her DUI arrest was unbearable.
     6. n. (slang) The police.
           The heat! Scram!
     7. n. (slang) One or more firearms.
     8. n. (baseball) A fastball.
           The catcher called for the heat, high and tight.
     9. n. A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
           The male canines were attracted by the female in heat.
     10. n. A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race
           The runner had high hopes, but was out of contention after the first heat.
     11. n. One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
           I can make a scroll like that in a single heat.
     12. n. A hot spell.
           The children stayed indoors during this year's summer heat.
     13. n. Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
           I'm freezing; could you turn on the heat?
     14. n. The output of a heating system.
           During the power outage we had no heat because the controls are electric.   Older folks like more heat than the young.
     15. v. To cause an increase in temperature of an object or space; to cause something to become hot (often with "up").
           I'll heat up the water.
     16. v. To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
     17. v. To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
     18. v. To arouse, to excite (sexually).
           The massage heated her up.
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.
frying
     1. v. present participle of fry
     2. n. The action of the verb fry.
     fry
          1. v. A method of cooking food.
          2. v.          To cook (something) in hot fat.
                        I am frying the eggs.
          3. v.          (intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
                        The eggs are frying.
          4. v. To be affected by extreme heat or current.
          5. v.          (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
                        You'll fry if you go out in this sun with no sunblock on.
          6. v.          (intransitive, slang) To be executed by the electric chair.
                        He's guilty of murder — he's going to fry.
          7. v.          (transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
                        If you apply that much voltage, you'll fry the resistor.
          8. n. (usually in fries, mainly, , Canada, , and , US) A fried strip of potato.
          9. n. (Ireland, British) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
          10. n. (colloquial, archaic) A state of excitement.
                to be in a fry
          11. n. (now chiefly UK dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
          12. n. Young fish; fishlings.
          13. n. (archaic) A swarm, especially of something small.
                a fry of children
          14. n. (UK dialectal) The spawn of frogs.
          15. n. A kind of sieve.
          16. n. A drain.
pan
     1. n. A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
     2. n. The contents of such a receptacle.
     3. n. A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
     4. n. (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
     5. n. A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
     6. n. (geography) a specific type of lake, natural depression or basin. They are sometimes associated with desert areas.
     7. n. Strong adverse criticism.
     8. n. A loaf of bread.
     9. n. (now) The chamber pot in a close stool; label, en, now the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.
     10. n. (slang) A human face, a mug.
     11. n. (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
     12. n. A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
     13. n. The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.
     14. n. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
     15. n. (figurative) The brain, seen as one's intellect
     16. n. (carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
     17. n. The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil; hardpan.
     18. v. To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
     19. v. To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.
     20. v. (intransitive) With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.
     21. v. (transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
     22. v. (informal) To criticize harshly a work (like a book, movie, etc.)
     23. v. (intransitive) Of a camera, etc.: to turn horizontally.
     24. v. (intransitive, photography) To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film
     25. v. (audio) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
     26. n. alternative form of paan
     27. v. To join or fit together; to unite.
     28. n. A part; a portion.
     29. n. (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
     30. n. A leaf of gold or silver.
     31. adj. (informal) Pansexual.
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.
when
     1. adv. (interrogative) Used to introduce questions about time.
           When will they arrive?
     2. adv. Used to introduce indirect questions about time.
           Do you know when they arrived?
           Do you know when they will arrive?
           Do you know when they arrive?
     3. adv. At an earlier and less prosperous time.
           He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when.
     4. adv. (indirect question) Used to refer to doubts about time.
     5. adv. (relative) At which, on which, during which. Often omitted or replaced with that.
           That was the day when the Twin Towers fell.
     6. conj. At what time.
           They were told when to sleep.
           He doesn't know when to stop talking.
     7. conj. At such time as.
           I’m happiest when I’m working.
     8. conj. At the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.
           It was raining when I came yesterday.
           The show will begin when I get there.
           The game is over when the referee says it is.
           Be careful when crossing the street.
           Pay attention when spoken to.
           When (you are) angry, count to ten before speaking or acting.
           That time when the dog stole the turkey from the table.
     9. conj. Since; given the fact that.
           I don't see the point of putting up Christmas decorations when I am the only person who is going to see them.
     10. pron. (interrogative) What time; which time.
           Since when do I need your permission?
     11. n. The time at which something happens.
           A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
     12. interj. That's enough, a command to stop adding something, especially an ingredient of food or drink.
it's
     1. det. (now nonstandard) alternative form of its
     it
          1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals.
                Put it over there.
                Take each day as it comes.
                I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today.
          2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender.
                She took the baby and held it in her arms.
          3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
                It's me. John.
                Is it her?
          4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)
                It is nearly 10 o’clock.
                It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five.
                It’s very cold today.
                It’s lonely without you.
          5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms.
                stick it out
                live it up
                rough it
          6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i
                It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see)
                I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
                It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing)
                He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
                It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if)
          7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more.
                Are there more students in this class, or is this it?
                That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
          8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.
          9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what.
          10. det. (obsolete) its
          11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
          12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
                In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…
          13. n. (British) The game of tag.
                Let's play it at breaktime.
          14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.
          15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity.
                caught them doing it
          16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable.
     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
hot
     1. adj. (of an object) Having a high temperature.
           He forgot the frying pan was hot, and dropped it suddenly.
     2. adj. (of the weather) Causing the air to be hot.
           It is too hot to be outside.  It is hotter in summer than in winter.
     3. adj. (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
           I was so hot from being in the sun too long.  Aren't you hot with that thick coat on?
     4. adj. (of a temper) Easily provoked to anger.
           Be careful, he has a hot temper and may take it out on you.
     5. adj. Feverish.
     6. adj. (of food) Spicy.
           Before moving to India, I never ate hot food. The Indians love spicy food.
     7. adj. (informal) Very good, remarkable, exciting.
           He's a hot young player, we should give him a trial.
     8. adj. Stolen.
           hot merchandise
     9. adj. (incomparable) Electrically charged.
           a hot wire
     10. adj. (informal) Radioactive.
     11. adj. (slang) Very physically and/or sexually attractive.
           That girl is hot!
     12. adj. (slang) Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
     13. adj. (slang) Sexually aroused; horny.
     14. adj. Popular; in demand.
           His new pickup is hot!
     15. adj. Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
           Am I warm yet? — You're hot!
     16. adj. Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
     17. adj. Fresh; just released.
     18. adj. Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
     19. adj. (slang) Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
           He was finished in a hot minute.
           I dated him for a hot second.
     20. v. (with up) To heat; to make or become hot.
     21. v. (with up) To become lively or exciting.
throw
     1. v. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.
           A thrown nail.
     2. v. To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
           throw a shoe;   throw a javelin;   the horse threw its rider
     3. v. To eject or cause to fall off.
     4. v. To move to another position or condition; to displace.
           throw the switch
     5. v. (ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
     6. v. (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
     7. v. (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
           If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid operation exception.
     8. v. (sports) To intentionally lose a game.
           The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match.
     9. v. (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
           The deliberate red herring threw me at first.
     10. v. (figuratively) To send desperately.
           Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle.
     11. v. To imprison.
           The magistrate ordered the suspect to be thrown into jail.
     12. v. To organize an event, especially a party.
     13. v. To roll (a die or dice).
     14. v. To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
     15. v. (transitive, bridge) To discard.
     16. v. (martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
     17. v. (transitive, said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
     18. v. To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
     19. v. To project or send forth.
     20. v. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
     21. v. To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole c
     22. v. (baseball, slang) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
     23. v. To install a bridge.
     24. n. The flight of a thrown object
           What a great throw by the quarterback!
     25. n. The act of throwing something.
           With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow.
     26. n. One's ability to throw
           He's got a girl's throw.
           He's always had a pretty decent throw.
     27. n. A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.
     28. n. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
     29. n. A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
           Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw.
     30. n. Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.
     31. n. (veterinary) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
     32. v. (transitive, said of animals) To give birth to.
     33. n. (obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
     34. n. (obsolete) A period of time; a while.
     35. n. misspelling of throe
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.
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.
onions
     1. n. plural of onion
     onion
          1. n. A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
          2. n. The bulb of such a plant.
          3. n. The genus as a whole.
          4. n. (obsolete baseball slang) A ball.
          5. n. (colloquial, chiefly archaic) A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
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.
brown
     1. n. A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
           The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.
           (color panel, 623017)
     2. n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
     3. n. Black tar heroin.
     4. n. (slang) A copper coin.
     5. n. (sometimes capitalised) A person of Middle Eastern, Latino or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance.
     6. adj. Having a brown colour.
     7. adj. (obsolete) Gloomy.
     8. adj. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
     9. v. (intransitive) To become brown.
           Fry the onions until they brown.
     10. v. (cooking, transitive) To cook something until it becomes brown.
           Brown the onions in a large frying pan.
     11. v. (intransitive, transitive) To tan.
           Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.
     12. v. To make brown or dusky.
     13. v. To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.
     14. v. (demography, transitive, intransitive, slang) To turn progressively more Middle Eastern, Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
           the browning of America
all
     1. adv. (degree) intensifier.
           It suddenly went all quiet.
           She was all, “Whatever.”
     2. adv. (poetic) Entirely.
     3. adv. Apiece; each.
           The score was 30 all when the rain delay started.
     4. adv. (degree) So much.
           Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets.
     5. adv. (obsolete, poetic) even; just
     6. det. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or un).
           All contestants must register at the scorer’s table.  All flesh is originally grass.  All my friends like classical music.
     7. det. Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).
           The store is open all day and all night. (= through the whole of the day and the whole of the night.)
           I’ve been working on this all year. (= from the beginning of the year until now.)
     8. det. (obsolete) Any.
     9. det. Only; alone; nothing but.
           He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice.
     10. pron. Everything.
           some gave all they had;  she knows all and sees all;  Those who think they know it all are annoying to those of us who do.
     11. pron. Everyone.
           A good time was had by all.
     12. n. (with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.
           She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line.
     13. n. The totality of one's possessions.
     14. conj. (obsolete) although
     15. adj. (dialect, Pennsylvania) All gone; dead.
           The butter is all.
over
     1. adj. Discontinued; ended or concluded.
           The show is over.
     2. adv. Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
           Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting.
           Let me think that over.
           I'm going to look over our department's expenses.
     3. adv. To an excessive degree; overly.
     4. adv. From an upright position to being horizontal.
           He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out.
           That building just fell over!
           He bent over to touch his toes.
     5. adv. Horizontally; left to right or right to left.
           Slide the toilet-paper dispenser's door over when one roll is empty in order to reveal the other.
           I moved over to make room for him to sit down.
     6. adv. From one position or state to another.
           Please pass that over to me.
           He came over to our way of thinking on the new project.
           Come over and play!
           I'll bring over a pizza.
     7. adv. Overnight (throughout the night).
           We stayed over at Grandma's.
           Can I sleep over?
     8. adv. (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
           I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over.
     9. adv. (procedure word, military) a procedure word meaning that a station is finished transmitting and is expecting a response.
           Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over.
           Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over.
     10. n. (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
     11. n. Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
     12. prep. Physical positioning.
     13. prep.          On top of; above; higher than; further up.
                   Hold the sign up over your head.   climb up the ladder and look over the roof
     14. prep.          Across or spanning.
                   There is a bridge over the river.
     15. prep.          In such a way as to cover.
                   drape the fabric over the table;  there is a roof over the house
     16. prep.          From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
                   The dog jumped over the fence.
                   I'll go over the fence first and then help you.
                   Let's walk over the hill to get there.
     17. prep. By comparison.
     18. prep.          More than; to a greater degree.
                   I prefer the purple over the pink.
     19. prep.          Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far.
                   I think I’m over my limit for calories for today.
     20. prep.          (in certain collocations) As compared to.
                   Sales are down this quarter over last.
     21. prep. Indicating relative status, authority, or power
           The owner's son lorded over the experienced managers.
           The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom.
     22. prep. (mathematics) Divided by.
           four over two equals two over one
     23. prep. (poker) (Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.)
           9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes
     24. prep. Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
           We got over the engineering problems and the prototype works great.
           I am over my cold and feel great again.
           I know the referee made a bad call, but you have to get over it your annoyance with the referee's decision.
           She is finally over the distress of losing her job.
           He is finally over his distress over the loss of the relationship with his ex-girlfriend.
     25. prep. While using, especially while consuming.
     26. prep. Concerning or regarding.
           The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best.
     27. prep. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
           We triumphed over difficulties.
           The bill was passed over the veto.
           It was a fine victory over their opponents.
     28. interj. In radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive reply.
           How do you receive? Over!
     29. n. (rare, dialectal, or obsolete) A shore, riverbank.
           The sea's over.
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