Lexis Rex Home



English Sentence Analyser

Use this page to analyse and learn English text. You can copy text into the box below or get a random sentence from our database. Press the Analyse button to get translations of the text and words.




line
     1. n. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
           The arrow descended in a curved line.
     2. n.          (geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
     3. n.          (geometry, informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
     4. n.          (graph theory) An edge of a graph.
     5. n.          (geography) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
     6. n.          (geography, ‘the line’ or ‘equinoctial line’) The equator.
     7. n.          (music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
     8. n.          (cricket) The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
     9. n.          (soccer) The goal line.
     10. n. A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
     11. n. A hose or pipe, of any size.
           a brake line, the main water line to the house
     12. n. Direction, path.
           the line of sight;  the line of vision
     13. n. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
           I tried to make a call, but the line was dead.
           a dedicated line;  a shared line
           Please speak up, the line is very faint.
     14. n. A clothesline.
     15. n. A letter, a written form of communication.
           Drop me a line.
     16. n. A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
           a line of stages;  an express line
     17. n. (military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
     18. n. The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
     19. n. A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
     20. n. (obsolete) A measuring line or cord.
     21. n. That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
     22. n. A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
     23. n. Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
     24. n. A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contra
           The line forms on the right.
           There is a line of houses.
     25. n. (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery etc.
     26. n. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
     27. n. A small amount of text. Specifically:
     28. n.          A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of
                   The answer to the comprehension question can be found in the third line of the accompanying text.
     29. n.          A verse (in poetry).
     30. n.          A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie or the like.
                   He was perfecting his pickup lines for use at the bar.
                   "It is what it is" was one his more annoying lines.
     31. n.          A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
                   Don't feed me a line!
     32. n. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
     33. n. The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
           Remember, your answers must match the party line.
     34. n. A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
           line of business, product line
           How many buses does the line have?
           The airline is in danger of bankruptcy.
     35. n. (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
     36. n. A measure of length:
     37. n.          (historical) A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of
     38. n.          One twelfth of an inch.
     39. n.          One fortieth of an inch.
     40. n. (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
     41. n. (baseball, slang) The batter’s box.
     42. n. (fencing, ‘line of engagement’) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
     43. n. (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
           the engine is in line / out of line
     44. n. A small portion or serving (of a powdery illegal drug).
     45. n. (obsolete) Instruction; doctrine.
     46. n. (genetics) Population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
     47. n. (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
     48. n. (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
     49. n. (medicine, colloquial) A vascular catheter.
           patient had a line inserted
           line sepsis
     50. v. To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
           to line troops
     51. v. To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
           to line works with soldiers
     52. v. To form a line along.
     53. v. To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines.
           to line a copy book
     54. v. (transitive, obsolete) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
     55. v. To read or repeat line by line.
           to line out a hymn
     56. v. (intransitive, ‘line up’) To form or enter into a line.
     57. v. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
           Jones lined to left in his last at-bat.
     58. v. To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
     59. n. (obsolete) Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.
     60. v. To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
           The bird lines its nest with soft grass.
           to line a cloak with silk or fur
           to line a box with paper or tin
           paintings lined the walls of the cavernous dining room
     61. v. To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
     62. v. To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
           to line the shelves
     63. v. (transitive, now rare, of a dog) to copulate with, to impregnate.
Me
     1. n. en-abbr
     2. n. (chemistry) (abbreviation of methyl)
     3. pron. alternative case form of me often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
     4. pron. As the direct object of a verb.
           Can you hear me?
     5. pron. (obsolete) Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb.
     6. pron. As the object of a preposition.
           Come with me.
     7. pron. As the indirect object of a verb.
           He gave me this.
     8. pron. (US, colloquial) Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.
     9. pron. (colloquial) As the complement of the copula (“be” or “is”).
           It wasn't me.
     10. pron. (Australia, British, New Zealand, colloquial) My; preceding a noun, marking ownership.
     11. pron. (colloquial, with "and") As the subject of a verb.
           Me and my friends played a game.
     12. pron. (nonstandard, not with "and") As the subject of a verb.
     13. det. (UK regional, Ireland) alternative form of my
up
     1. adv. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
           I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
     2. adv. (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely.
           I will mix up the puzzle pieces.
           Tear up the contract.
           He really messed up.
           Please type up our monthly report.
     3. adv. To or from one's possession or consideration.
           I picked up some milk on the way home.
           The committee will take up your request.
           She had to give up her driver's license after the accident.
     4. adv. North.
           I will go up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
     5. adv. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
           Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.
           Turn it up, I can barely hear it.
           Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.
           Cheer up, the weekend's almost here.
     6. adv. (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
     7. adv. (sailing) Against the wind or current.
     8. adv. (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
     9. adv. (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
           The bowler pitched the ball up.
     10. adv. (hospitality, US) Without additional ice.
           Would you like that drink up or on ice?
     11. adv. (academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
           She's going up to read Classics this September.
     12. adv. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
           I was up to my chin in water.
           A stranger came up and asked me for directions.
     13. adv. To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
           Drink up. The pub is closing.
           Can you sum up your research?
           The comet burned up in the atmosphere.
           I need to sew up the hole in this shirt.
     14. adv. Aside, so as not to be in use.
           to lay up riches; put up your weapons
     15. prep. Toward the top of.
           The cat went up the tree.   They walk up the steps.
     16. prep. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
           The information made its way up the chain of command to the general.   I felt something crawling up my arm.
     17. prep. Further along (in any direction).
           Go up the street until you see the sign.
     18. prep. From south to north of
     19. prep. From the mouth towards the source (of a river or waterway).
     20. prep. (vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with.
           Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her.
     21. prep. (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more remote from a central location).
     22. adj. Awake.
           I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up.
     23. adj. Finished, to an end
           Time is up!
     24. adj. In a good mood.
           I’m feeling up today.
     25. adj. Willing; ready.
           If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
     26. adj. Next in a sequence.
           Smith is up to bat.
     27. adj. Happening; new.
           What is up with that project at headquarters?
     28. adj. Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
           Put the notebook face up on the table.
           Take a break and put your feet up.
     29. adj. Larger; greater in quantity.
           Sales are up from last quarter.
     30. adj. Ahead; leading; winning.
           The home team were up by two goals at half-time.
     31. adj. Standing.
           Get up and give her your seat.
     32. adj. On a higher level.
           The new ground is up.
     33. adj. Available; made public.
           The new notices are up as of last Tuesday.
     34. adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
           AAKK = aces up
           QQ33 = queens up
     35. adj. Well-informed; current.
           I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
     36. adj. (computing) Functional; working.
           Is the server back up?
     37. adj. (anchor, Adj_railway)(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
           The London train is on the up line.
     38. adj. Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
     39. adj. (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
           A Cosmopolitan is typically served up.
     40. adj. (slang) Erect.
     41. adj. (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
     42. adj. (slang) well-known; renowned
     43. n. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
           Up is a good way to go.
     44. n. A positive thing.
           I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.
     45. n. An upstairs room of a two story house.
           She lives in a two-up two-down.
     46. v. (transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise.
           If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details.
           We upped anchor and sailed away.
     47. v. (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
           It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
     48. v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
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.
sturdy
     1. adj. Of firm build; stiff; stout; strong.
           a sturdy oak tree
     2. adj. Solid in structure or person.
           It was a sturdy building, able to withstand strong winds and cold weather.
           The dog was sturdy and could work all day without getting tired.
     3. adj. (obsolete) Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn.
     4. adj. Resolute, in a good sense; or firm, unyielding quality.
           a man of sturdy piety or patriotism
     5. n. A disease in sheep and cattle, caused by a tapeworm and marked by great nervousness or by dullness and stupor.
hillbilly
     1. n. (often pejorative) Someone who is from the hills; especially from a rural area, with a connotation of a lack of refinement or sophistication.
     2. n. A white person from the rural southern part of the United States, especially the Southeastern states.
     3. v. To emphasize one's rural or humble upbringing; to use unsophisticated charm.
     4. v. To portray or act as an uneducated and unsophisticated fool.
     5. v. To perform or experience stereotypically hillbilly-like actions.
boy
     1. n. A young male, particularly
           Kate is dating a boy named Jim.
     2. n.          A male child or teenager, as distinguished from infants or adults.
     3. n. (diminutive) A male child: a son of any age.
     4. n. (affectionate, diminutive) A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker.
     5. n. (obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave.
     6. n. (now rare and usually offensive outside some Commonwealth nations) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly:
     7. n.          A younger such worker.
     8. n.          (historical, or offensive) A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address.
     9. n.          (obsolete) A male camp follower.
     10. n. (now offensive) Any non-white male, regardless of age.
     11. n. A male animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male dog.
           C'mere, boy! Good boy! Who's a good boy?
           Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?
     12. n. (historical, military) A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
     13. n. (US, slang) Heroin.
     14. interj. Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.
           Boy, that was close!
           Boy, that tastes good!
           Boy, I wish I could go to Canada!
     15. v. to use the word boy to refer to someone
           Don't boy me!
     16. v. to act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage)
for
     1. conj. (dated) Because.
     2. prep. Towards.
           The astronauts headed for the moon.
     3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
           I have something for you.
     4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
           We're having a birthday party for Janet.
           The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
           The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
     5. prep. Supporting.
           All those for the motion raise your hands.
     6. prep. Because of.
           He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
           (UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
           She was the worse for drink.
     7. prep. Over a period of time.
           I've lived here for three years.
           They fought for days over a silly pencil.
     8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
     9. prep. On behalf of.
           I will stand in for him.
     10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
     11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
           I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
           He's going for his doctorate.
           Do you want to go for coffee?
           People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
           Can you go to the store for some eggs?
           I'm saving up for a car.
           Don't wait for an answer.
           What did he ask you for?
     12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
           Run for the hills!
           He was headed for the door when he remembered.
     13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
           Fair for its day.
           She's spry for an old lady.
     14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
     15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
           For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
           All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
     16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
           In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
     17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
           At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
     18. prep. To be, or as being.
     19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
     20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
next
     1. adj. nearest, Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
     2. adj. Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately preceding or following in order.
           the next chapter; the next man I see; the next week; the Sunday next before Easter
     3. adj. (figuratively) Following in a hypothetical sequence of some kind.
     4. det. The one immediately following the current or most recent one
           Next week would be a good time to meet.
           I'll know better next time.
     5. det. Closest to seven days (one week) in the future.
           The party is next Tuesday; that is, not this Tuesday, but nine days from now.
     6. adv. In a time, place or sequence closest or following.
           They live in the next closest house.
           It's the next best thing to ice cream.
           Next, we stripped off the old paint.
     7. adv. On the first subsequent occasion
           Financial panic, earthquakes, oil spills, riots. What comes next?
           When we next meet, you'll be married.
     8. prep. On the side of; next to.
     9. n. The one that follows after this one.
           Next, please, don't hold up the queue!
time
     1. n. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past.
           Time stops for nobody.   the ebb and flow of time
     2. n.          (physics, usually) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
                   Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.
     3. n.          (physics) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
                   Time slows down when you approach the speed of light.
     4. n.          (physics, reductionistic definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
                   An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change.
     5. n. A duration of time.
     6. n.          A quantity of availability of duration.
                   More time is needed to complete the project.   You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute.   Are you finish
     7. n.          A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
                   a long time;  Record the individual times for the processes in each batch.   Only your best time is compared with the other compet
     8. n.          (slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
                   The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.   He is not living at home because he is doing time.
     9. n.          An experience.
                   We had a wonderful time at the party.
     10. n.          An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
                   Roman times;  the time of the dinosaurs
     11. n.          (with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
                   In my time, we respected our elders.
     12. n.          (only in singular, sports) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
     13. n. An instant of time.
     14. n.          How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
                   Excuse me, have you got the time?   What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock?   A computer keeps time using a clock battery
     15. n.          A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
                   it’s time for bed;  it’s time to sleep;  we must wait for the right time;  it's time we were going
     16. n.          A numerical indication of a particular moment.
                   at what times do the trains arrive?;  these times were erroneously converted between zones
     17. n.          An instance or occurrence.
                   When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember.
                   see you another time;  that’s three times he’s made the same mistake
                   Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that!
     18. n.          (of pubs) Closing time.
                   Last call: it's almost time.
     19. n.          The hour of childbirth.
     20. n.          (as someone's time) The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
                    It was his time.
     21. n. The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
           Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.
     22. n. Ratio of comparison.
           your car runs three times faster than mine;  that is four times as heavy as this
     23. n. (grammar, dated) Tense.
           the time of a verb
     24. n. (music) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.
           common or triple time;   the musician keeps good time.
     25. v. To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
           I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.
     26. v. To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
           The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.
           The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.
     27. v. (obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
     28. v. (obsolete) To pass time; to delay.
     29. v. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
     30. v. To measure, as in music or harmony.
     31. interj. (tennis) Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary