judging |
1. v. present participle of judge | |
2. v. (obsolete) present participle of judg | |
3. n. The act of making a judgment. | |
judge |
1. n. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice. | |
2. n. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question. | |
3. n. A person officiating at a sports event or similar. | |
At a boxing match, the decision of the judges is final. | |
4. n. A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion. | |
She is a good judge of wine. | |
They say he is a poor judge of character considering all the unreliable friends he has made. | |
5. v. To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on. | |
A higher power will judge you after you are dead. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge. | |
Justices in this country judge without appeal. | |
7. v. To form an opinion on. | |
I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit. | |
8. v. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc. | |
We cannot both be right: you must judge between us. | |
9. v. To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose. | |
I judge it safe to leave the house once again. | |
10. v. (intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer. | |
I judge from the sky that it might rain later. | |
11. v. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing. | |
by |
1. prep. Near or next to. | |
The mailbox is by the bus stop. | |
2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval. | |
Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July. | |
3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of. | |
The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour. | |
4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of. | |
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare | |
5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of. | |
6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of. | |
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking. | |
7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination. | |
The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight. | |
8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed. | |
I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife. | |
9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of. | |
Our stock is up by ten percent. | |
10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another. | |
We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches. | |
11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to. | |
He cheated by his own admission. | |
12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of. | |
By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this. | |
13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something. | |
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm. | |
14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of. | |
She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress. | |
15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker. | |
I watched as it passed by. | |
16. adv. In the vicinity, near. | |
There was a shepherd close by. | |
The shop is hard by the High Street. | |
17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business. | |
I'll stop by on my way home from work. | |
We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave. | |
18. adv. Aside, away. | |
The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring. | |
19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary. | |
20. n. (card games) A pass | |
21. interj. alternative spelling of bye | |
Her |
1. pron. honoraltcaps, her | |
2. det. Belonging to her. | |
This is her book | |
3. pron. The form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc. | |
Give it to her (after preposition) | |
He wrote her a letter (indirect object) | |
He treated her for a cold (direct object) | |
4. n. (informal) A female person or animal. | |
I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her. | |
press |
1. n. A device used to apply pressure to an item. | |
a flower press | |
2. n. A printing machine. | |
Stop the presses! | |
3. n. A collective term for the print-based media (both the people and the newspapers). | |
according to a member of the press; This article appeared in the press. | |
4. n. A publisher. | |
5. n. (especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard). | |
Put the cups in the press. Put the ironing in the linen press. | |
6. n. (weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs. | |
7. n. (wagering) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet. | |
He can even the match with a press. | |
8. n. Pure, unfermented grape juice. | |
I would like some Concord press with my meal tonight. | |
9. n. A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy. | |
10. n. (obsolete) A crowd. | |
11. v. to exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight | |
12. v. to compress, squeeze | |
to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice | |
13. v. to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug | |
She took her son, and press'd | |
The illustrious infant to her fragrant breast (Dryden, Illiad, VI. 178.) | |
14. v. to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth | |
to press cloth with an iron | |
to press a hat | |
15. v. (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas. | |
16. v. to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction | |
to press a crowd back | |
17. v. (transitive, obsolete) to weigh upon, oppress, trouble | |
He turns from us; | |
Alas, he weeps too! Something presses him | |
He would reveal, but dare not.-Sir, be comforted. (Fletcher, Pilgrim, I. 2.) | |
18. v. to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel | |
19. v. To try to force (something upon someone); to urge or inculcate. | |
to press the Bible on an audience | |
20. v. to hasten, urge onward | |
to press a horse in a race | |
21. v. to urge, beseech, entreat | |
God heard their prayers, wherein they earnestly pressed him for the honor of his great name. (Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 35) | |
22. v. to lay stress upon, emphasize | |
If we read but a very little, we naturally want to press it all; if we read a great deal, we are willing not to press the whole of what we read, and we learn what ought to be pressed and what n | |
23. v. to throng, crowd | |
24. v. (transitive, obsolete) to print | |
25. v. To force into service, particularly into naval service. | |
cuttings |
1. n. plural of cutting | |
cutting |
1. n. The action of the verb to cut. | |
How many different cuttings can this movie undergo? | |
2. n. A section removed from the larger whole. | |
3. n. A newspaper clipping. | |
4. n. A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant. | |
5. n. An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance. | |
The actor had to make his cutting shorter to fit the audition time. | |
6. n. The editing of film or other recordings. | |
7. n. Self-harm; the act of cutting one's own skin. | |
8. n. (machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material. | |
Turning, boring, milling, and drilling are all different kinds of metal cutting processes. | |
9. n. A narrow passage, dug for a road, railway or canal to go through. | |
10. adj. (not comparable) That is used for cutting. | |
I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap. | |
11. adj. Of remarks, criticism, etc., potentially hurtful. | |
The director gave the auditioning actors cutting criticism. | |
12. adj. (India) Half-size beverage. | |
cutting chai | |
13. v. present participle of cut | |
whenever |
1. conj. At any time that. | |
Visit whenever you want to. | |
2. conj. Every time that. | |
Whenever he has a pair of aces, his eyelids twitch. | |
3. conj. (Irish, Southern US) When. | |
Whenever I was a child, I lived in Arkansas. | |
4. adv. At any time. | |
Feel free to visit whenever. | |
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. | |
journalist |
1. n. (originally) The keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly. | |
2. n. One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press. | |
3. n. A reporter, who professionally does living reporting on news and current events. | |
Is |
1. n. plural of I | |
2. 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. | |
3. n. plural of i | |
remember to dot your is | |
be |
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence. | |
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist. | |
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place. | |
The cup is on the table. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place. | |
When will the meeting be? | |
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar. | |
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come. | |
I have been to Spain many times. | |
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating. | |
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same. | |
Knowledge is bliss. | |
Hi, I’m Jim. | |
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same. | |
3 times 5 is fifteen. | |
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal. | |
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995. | |
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it. | |
The sky is blue. | |
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase. | |
The sky is a deep blue today. | |
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice. | |
The dog was drowned by the boy. | |
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses. | |
The woman is walking. | |
I shall be writing to you soon. | |
We liked to chat while we were eating. | |
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go". | |
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic. | |
I am to leave tomorrow. | |
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car. | |
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement. | |
This building is three hundred years old. | |
I am 75 kilograms. | |
He’s about 6 feet tall. | |
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years. | |
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.) | |
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day. | |
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.) | |
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo. | |
What time is it there? It’s night. | |
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event. | |
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period) | |
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him. | |
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like. | |
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid. | |
Why is it so dark in here? | |
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way. | |
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.". | |
Why is he being nice to me? | |
within |
1. prep. Indicates spatial enclosure or containment. | |
within his hearing; within her studio | |
2. prep. Indicates figurative inclusion within the scope of. | |
within five seconds of breaking the record; within an inch of falling overboard | |
3. prep. Before the specified duration ends. | |
Leave here within three days. | |
4. adv. In or into the interior; inside. | |
earshot |
1. n. A distance from which sound is still audible | |
I'll row out on the lake but stay within earshot. | |
She |
1. pron. honoraltcaps, she | |
2. n. An ethnic group in southern China. | |
3. n. A language of the Hmong-Mien language family spoken by the She people. | |
4. pron. (personal) The female person or animal previously mentioned or implied. | |
I asked Mary, but she said that she didn’t know. | |
5. pron. (personal, sometimes affectionate) A ship or boat. | |
She could do forty knots in good weather. | |
She is a beautiful boat, isn’t she? | |
6. pron. (personal, affectionate) Another machine (besides a ship), such as a car. | |
She only gets thirty miles to the gallon on the highway, but she’s durable. | |
7. pron. (personal, dated) A country. | |
She is a poor place, but has beautiful scenery and friendly people. | |
8. pron. (personal) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant (used in a work, along with or in place of he, as an indefinite pronoun). | |
9. n. A female. | |
Pat is definitely a she. | |
embarks |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of embark | |
embark |
1. v. To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane. | |
All passengers please embark now. | |
2. v. To start, begin. | |
Phil embarked on his journey yesterday. | |
3. v. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard. | |
4. v. To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair. | |
He embarked his fortune in trade. | |
on |
1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating. | |
2. adj. Performing according to schedule. | |
Are we still on for tonight? | |
Is the show still on? | |
3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate. | |
You can't do that; it's just not on. | |
4. adj. (informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed. | |
"Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!". | |
Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now. | |
5. adj. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter. | |
6. adj. (euphemistic) Menstruating. | |
7. adv. To an operating state. | |
turn the television on | |
8. adv. Along, forwards (continuing an action). | |
drive on, rock on | |
9. adv. In continuation, at length. | |
and so on. | |
He rambled on and on. | |
10. adv. (not US) Later. | |
Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village. | |
11. prep. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above. | |
on the table; on the couch | |
The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder. | |
12. prep. At or near; adjacent to. | |
Soon we'll pass a statue on the left. | |
The fleet is on the American coast. | |
Croton-on-Hudson, Rostov-on-Don, Southend-on-Sea | |
13. prep. Covering. | |
He wore old shoes on his feet. | |
14. prep. At the date of. | |
Born on the 4th of July. | |
15. prep. Some time during the day of. | |
I'll see you on Monday. The bus leaves on Friday. Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy. | |
16. prep. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something. | |
A book on history. The World Summit on the Information Society. | |
17. prep. Touching; hanging from. | |
The fruit ripened on the trees. The painting hangs on the wall. | |
18. prep. (informal) In the possession of. | |
I haven't got any money on me. | |
19. prep. Because of, or due to. | |
To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery. To contact someone on a hunch. | |
20. prep. Upon; at the time of (and often because of). | |
On Jack's entry, William got up to leave. | |
On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins. | |
21. prep. Paid for by. | |
The drinks are on me tonight, boys. The meal is on the house. I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company. | |
22. prep. Used to indicate a means or medium. | |
I saw it on television. Can't you see I'm on the phone? | |
23. prep. Indicating a means of subsistence. | |
They lived on ten dollars a week. The dog survived three weeks on rainwater. | |
24. prep. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity). | |
He's on his lunch break. on vacation; on holiday | |
25. prep. Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with. | |
to play on a violin or piano | |
Her words made a lasting impression on my mind. | |
26. prep. Regularly taking (a drug). | |
You've been on these antidepressants far too long. He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something. | |
27. prep. Under the influence of (a drug). | |
He's acting crazy because he's on crack right now. | |
28. prep. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain. | |
a function on | |
29. prep. (mathematics) HavingV^n as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n. | |
an operator on | |
30. prep. (mathematics) Generated by. | |
the free group on four letters | |
31. prep. Supported by (the specified part of itself). | |
A table can't stand on two legs. After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels. | |
32. prep. At a given time after the start of something; at. | |
33. prep. In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series. | |
heaps on heaps of food | |
mischief on mischief; loss on loss | |
34. prep. (obsolete, regional) of | |
35. prep. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in. | |
I depended on them for assistance. | |
He will promise on certain conditions. | |
Do you ever bet on horses? | |
36. prep. Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion. | |
Have pity or compassion on him. | |
37. prep. (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of. | |
38. prep. In the service of; connected with; of the number of. | |
He is on a newspaper; I am on the committee. | |
39. prep. By virtue of; with the pledge of. | |
He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour. | |
40. prep. To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon. | |
On us be all the blame. | |
A curse on him! | |
Please don't tell on her and get her in trouble. | |
He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since. | |
He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession. | |
41. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) to switch on | |
Can you on the light? | |
42. prep. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without. | |
43. n. In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun. | |
Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun". | |
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. | |
single |
1. adj. Not accompanied by anything else; one in number. | |
Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now? | |
The vase contained a single long-stemmed rose. | |
2. adj. Not divided in parts. | |
The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate. | |
3. adj. Designed for the use of only one. | |
a single room | |
4. adj. Performed by one person, or one on each side. | |
a single combat | |
5. adj. Not married or (in modern times) not involved in a romantic relationship without being married or not dating anyone exclusively. | |
Forms often ask if a person is single, married, divorced or widowed. In this context, a person who is dating someone but who has never married puts "single". | |
Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website. | |
6. adj. (botany) Having only one rank or row of petals. | |
7. adj. (obsolete) Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit. | |
8. adj. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed. | |
9. adj. (obsolete) Simple; foolish; weak; silly. | |
10. n. (music) A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B. | |
11. n. (music) A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track. | |
The Offspring released four singles from their most recent album. | |
12. n. One who is not married. | |
He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there. | |
13. n. (cricket) A score of one run. | |
14. n. (baseball) A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base. | |
15. n. (dominoes) A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end. | |
16. n. A bill valued at $1. | |
I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change. | |
17. n. (UK) A one-way ticket. | |
18. n. (Canadian football) A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's end zone or has exited that end zone. Officially known in the rules as a rouge. | |
19. n. (tennis, chiefly in the plural) A game with one player on each side, as in tennis. | |
20. n. One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness. | |
21. n. (Scotland) A handful of gleaned grain. | |
22. v. To identify or select one member of a group from the others; generally used with out, either to single out or to single (something) out. | |
Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag. | |
Yvonne always wondered why Ernest had singled her out of the group of giggling girls she hung around with. | |
23. v. (baseball) To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base. | |
Pedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention. | |
24. v. (agriculture) To thin out. | |
25. v. (of a horse) To take the irregular gait called singlefoot. | |
26. v. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. | |
27. v. To take alone, or one by one. | |
minded |
1. adj. Having a mind (inclination) for something or a certain way of thinking about things. | |
literary-minded | |
literature-minded | |
two-minded | |
2. adj. Having a preference for doing something; having a likelihood, or disposition to carry out an act. | |
I am minded to refuse the request. | |
3. v. simple past tense and past participle of mind | |
mind |
1. n. The ability for rational thought. | |
Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever. | |
2. n. The ability to be aware of things. | |
There was no doubt in his mind that they would win. | |
3. n. The ability to remember things. | |
My mind just went blank. | |
4. n. The ability to focus the thoughts. | |
I can’t keep my mind on what I’m doing. | |
5. n. Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities. | |
He was one of history’s greatest minds. | |
6. n. Judgment, opinion, or view. | |
He changed his mind after hearing the speech. | |
7. n. Desire, inclination, or intention. | |
She had a mind to go to Paris. | |
I have half a mind to do it myself. | |
8. n. A healthy mental state. | |
I, ______ being of sound mind and body, do herebynb... | |
You are losing your mind. | |
9. n. (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based. | |
The mind is a process of the brain. | |
10. n. Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death. | |
a month's or monthly mind; a year's mind | |
11. v. (now regional) To remember. | |
12. v. (now rare except in phrases) To attend to, concern oneself with, heed, be mindful of. | |
You should mind your own business. | |
13. v. (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by. | |
I wouldn't mind an ice cream right now. | |
14. v. To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time. | |
Would you mind my bag for me? | |
15. v. (chiefly in the imperative) To make sure, to take care (that). | |
Mind you don't knock that glass over. | |
16. v. To be careful about. | |
17. v. (United Kingdom, Ireland) Take note; (used to point out an exception or caveat.) | |
I'm not very healthy—I do eat fruit sometimes, mind. | |
18. v. (obsolete) To have in mind; to intend. | |
19. v. (obsolete) To put in mind; to remind. | |
mission |
1. n. A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer. | |
2. n. Religious evangelism. | |
3. n. (in the plural, "the missions") third world charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid. | |
4. n. (Catholic tradition) an infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme. | |
5. n. A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy. | |
6. n. (obsolete) dismissal; discharge from service | |
7. n. A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work. | |
Many cities across the Americas grew from Spanish missions. | |
8. v. To send on a mission. | |
9. v. do missionary work, proselytize | |
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 | |
appear |
1. v. (intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To come before the public. | |
A great writer appeared at that time. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person t | |
4. v. (intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest. | |
5. v. (intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look. | |
He appeared quite happy with the result. | |
6. v. To bring into view. | |
As |
1. n. plural of A | |
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As. | |
2. adv. To such an extent or degree. | |
You’re not as tall as I am. | |
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive. | |
3. adv. In the manner or role specified. | |
The kidnappers released him as agreed. | |
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues. | |
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend. | |
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as). | |
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what. | |
Do as I say! | |
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know. | |
As you wish, my lord! | |
6. conj. At the same instant that; when. | |
As I came in, she flew. | |
7. conj. At the same time that; while. | |
He sleeps as the rain falls. | |
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that. | |
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy. | |
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since. | |
As it’s too late, I quit. | |
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. | |
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago. | |
It's not so complicated as I expected. | |
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. | |
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. | |
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. | |
14. conj. Expressing concession; though. | |
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than. | |
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. | |
You are not as tall as me. | |
They're big as houses. | |
17. prep. In the role of. | |
What is your opinion as a parent? | |
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra. | |
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. | |
20. n. plural of a | |
rude |
1. adj. Bad-mannered. | |
This girl was so rude towards her boyfriend by screaming at him for no apparent reason. | |
Karen broke up with Fred because he was often rude to her. | |
2. adj. Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive. | |
3. adj. Tough, robust. | |
4. adj. Undeveloped, unskilled, basic. | |
5. adj. Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health. | |
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. | |
conceited |
1. adj. Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical. | |
2. adj. (rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device. | |
3. adj. (obsolete) Endowed with fancy or imagination. | |
4. adj. (obsolete) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful. | |
5. v. simple past tense and past participle of conceit | |
conceit |
1. n. (obsolete) Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought. | |
2. n. The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension. | |
a man of quick conceit | |
3. n. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy. | |
4. n. (obsolete) Opinion, (neutral) judgment. | |
5. n. (now rare, dialectal) Esteem, favourable opinion. | |
6. n. A novel or fanciful idea; a whim. | |
7. n. (rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device. | |
8. n. Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris. | |
9. n. Design; pattern. | |
10. v. (obsolete) To form an idea; to think. | |
11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To conceive. | |
As |
1. n. plural of A | |
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As. | |
2. adv. To such an extent or degree. | |
You’re not as tall as I am. | |
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive. | |
3. adv. In the manner or role specified. | |
The kidnappers released him as agreed. | |
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues. | |
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend. | |
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as). | |
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what. | |
Do as I say! | |
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know. | |
As you wish, my lord! | |
6. conj. At the same instant that; when. | |
As I came in, she flew. | |
7. conj. At the same time that; while. | |
He sleeps as the rain falls. | |
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that. | |
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy. | |
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since. | |
As it’s too late, I quit. | |
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. | |
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago. | |
It's not so complicated as I expected. | |
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. | |
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. | |
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. | |
14. conj. Expressing concession; though. | |
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than. | |
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. | |
You are not as tall as me. | |
They're big as houses. | |
17. prep. In the role of. | |
What is your opinion as a parent? | |
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra. | |
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. | |
20. n. plural of a | |
possible |
1. adj. (usually not comparable) Able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible. | |
Rain tomorrow is possible, but I wouldn't bet on it. | |
It's not just possible, it's probable. | |
2. adj. (comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible. | |
It's possible for anyone to learn to pay the bagpipes. | |
3. adj. Being considered, e.g. for a position. | |
Jones and Smith are both possible for the opening in sales. | |
4. adj. Apparently valid, likely, plausible. | |
5. n. A possible one. | |
6. n. (colloquial, rare) A possible choice, notably someone being considered for a position. | |
Jones is a possible for the new opening in sales. | |
7. n. (rare) A particular event that may happen. | |