| 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. | |
| also |
| 1. adv. (conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too. | |
| They had porridge for breakfast, and also toast. | |
| 2. adv. (obsolete) To the same degree or extent; so, as. | |
| removes |
| 1. n. plural of remove | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of remove | |
| remove |
| 1. v. To move something from one place to another, especially to take away. | |
| He removed the marbles from the bag. | |
| 2. v. (obsolete, formal) To replace a dish within a course. | |
| 3. v. To murder. | |
| 4. v. (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman. | |
| 5. v. To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.). | |
| 6. v. (intransitive, now rare) To depart, leave. | |
| 7. v. (intransitive) To change one's residence; to move. | |
| 8. v. To dismiss or discharge from office. | |
| The President removed many postmasters. | |
| 9. n. The act of removing something. | |
| 10. n. (archaic) Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced, or the replacement. | |
| 11. n. (British) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last | |
| 12. n. A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove") | |
| 13. n. Distance in time or space; interval. | |
| 14. n. (dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move. | |
| 15. n. The act of resetting a horse's shoe. | |
| rust |
| 1. n. The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation. | |
| The rust on my bicycle chain made cycling to work very dangerous. | |
| 2. n. A similar substance based on another metal (usually with qualification, such as "copper rust"). | |
| aerugo. Green or blue-green copper rust; verdigris. (American Heritage Dictionary, 1973) | |
| 3. n. A reddish-brown color. | |
| (color panel, B7410E) | |
| 4. n. A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus. | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To oxidize, especially of iron or steel. | |
| The patio furniture had rusted in the wind-driven spray. | |
| 6. v. To cause to oxidize. | |
| The wind-driven spray had thoroughly rusted the patio furniture. | |
| 7. v. (intransitive) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust. | |
| 8. v. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To (cause to) degenerate in idleness; to make or become dull or impaired by inaction. | |
| from |
| 1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at. | |
| This wine comes from France. | |
| I got a letter from my brother. | |
| 2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at. | |
| He had books piled from floor to ceiling. | |
| He left yesterday from Chicago. | |
| Face away from the wall! | |
| 3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation. | |
| 20 from 31 leaves 11. | |
| 4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of. | |
| An umbrella protects from the sun. | |
| He knows right from wrong. | |
| chromium |
| 1. n. A metallic chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24. | |
| bumpers |
| 1. n. plural of bumper | |
| bumper |
| 1. n. (obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim. | |
| 2. n. (colloquial, now mostly, attributive) Anything large or successful. | |
| 3. n. (automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender | |
| 4. n. Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact | |
| 5. n. Someone or something that bumps. | |
| 6. n. (cricket) A bouncer. | |
| 7. n. (billiards) A side wall of a pool table. | |
| 8. n. (broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements. | |
| 9. n. (slang) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer. | |
| 10. n. (slang) A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable. | |
| 11. n. (music) An extra musician (not notated in the score) who assists the principal French horn by playing less-exposed passages, so that the principal can save their 'lip' for difficult solos. Also applie | |
| 12. n. (pinball) An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score. | |
| 13. adj. (colloquial) Large; filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo. | |
| We harvested a bumper crop of arugula and parsnips this year. | |
| 14. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To drink from the vessels called bumpers. | |
