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mulch
     1. n. (agriculture, horticulture) Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.
           An organic mulch is a mulch made of natural substances such as leaves or grass clippings.
     2. n. (agriculture) A material used as mulch, as a decorative redwood bark mulch.
     3. v. (agriculture) To apply mulch.
           Mulch your vegetable garden to retain moisture and keep weeds down.
     4. v. (agriculture) To turn into mulch.
           I decided to mulch the grass clippings.
Your
     1. pron. honoraltcaps, your
     2. det. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
           Let's meet tomorrow at your convenience.
           Is this your cat?
     3. det. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
     4. det. A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
           Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
           Your Show of Shows
           Your World with Neil Cavuto
           Not Your Average Travel Guide
     5. det. (Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
           Your man just bought a new car.
           Have you seen what your one over there is doing?
     6. contraction. misspelling of you're
vegetable
     1. n. Any plant.
     2. n. A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, or spice in the culinary sense.
     3. n. The edible part of such a plant.
     4. n. (figuratively, derogatory) A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a brain-dead person.
     5. adj. Of or relating to plants.
     6. adj. Of or relating to vegetables.
garden
     1. n. An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
           a vegetable garden  a flower garden
     2. n.          (in the plural) Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.
                   You can spend the afternoon walking around the town gardens.
     3. n.          (attributive) Taking place in, or used in, such a garden.
                   a garden party;  a garden spade;  a garden path
     4. n. The grounds at the front or back of a house.
           This house has a swimming pool, a tent, a swing set and a fountain in the garden.  We were drinking lemonade and playing croquet in the garden.  Our garden is overgrown with weeds.
     5. n. (cartomancy) The twentieth Lenormand card.
     6. n. (slang) Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.
     7. v. (intransitive, chiefly North America) to grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden.
           I love to garden — this year I'm going to plant some daffodils.
     8. v. (intransitive, cricket) of a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities.
     9. adj. Common, ordinary, domesticated.
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
retain
     1. v. To keep in possession or use.
     2. v. To keep in one's pay or service.
     3. v. To employ by paying a retainer.
     4. v. To hold secure.
     5. v. (obsolete) To restrain; to prevent.
     6. v. (obsolete) To belong; to pertain.
moisture
     1. n. A moderate degree of wetness.
     2. n. That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
           All my body’s moisture Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heat. -William Shakespeare
     3. n. (medicine) Skin moisture noted as dry, moist, clammy, or diaphoretic as part of the skin signs assessment.
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.
keep
     1. v. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
           to keep silence;  to keep one's word;  to keep possession
     2. v. (heading, transitive) To hold the status of something.
     3. v.          To maintain possession of.
                   I keep a small stock of painkillers for emergencies.
     4. v.          To maintain the condition of.
                   I keep my specimens under glass to protect them.
                   The abundance of squirrels kept the dogs running for hours.
     5. v.          To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
                   I used to keep a diary.
     6. v.          To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
     7. v.          (archaic) To remain in, to be confined to.
     8. v.          To restrain.
                   I keep my brother out of trouble by keeping him away from his friends and hard at work.
     9. v.          (with from) To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
                   May the Lord keep you from harm.
     10. v.          To supply with necessities and financially support a person.
                   He kept a mistress for over ten years.
     11. v.          (of living things) To raise; to care for.
                   He has been keeping orchids since retiring.
     12. v.          To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
     13. v.          To have habitually in stock for sale.
     14. v. (heading, intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
     15. v.          (obsolete) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
                   She kept to her bed while the fever lasted.
     16. v.          To continue.
                   I keep taking the tablets, but to no avail.
     17. v.          To remain edible or otherwise usable.
                   Potatoes can keep if they are in a root cellar.
                   Latex paint won't keep indefinitely.
     18. v.          (copulative) To remain in a state.
                   The rabbit avoided detection by keeping still.
                   Keep calm! There's no need to panic.
     19. v. (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
     20. v. (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
           Godfrey Evans kept for England for many years.
     21. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
     22. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
           School keeps today.
     23. v. To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
     24. v. (transitive, dated) To confine oneself to; not to quit; to remain in.
           to keep one's house, room, bed, etc.
     25. v. (transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
     26. n. (obsolete) Care, notice
     27. n. (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
     28. n. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
           He works as a cobbler's apprentice for his keep.
     29. n. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
     30. n. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
           to be in good keep
     31. n. (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
     32. n. (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
weeds
     1. n. plural of weed
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of weed
     3. n. (obsolete) Clothes.
     weed
          1. n. Any plant regarded as unwanted at the place where, and at the time when it is growing.
                If it isn't in a straight line or marked with a label, it's a weed.
          2. n. Short for duckweed.
          3. n. (archaic, or obsolete) Underbrush; low shrubs.
          4. n. A drug or the like made from the leaves of a plant.
          5. n.          (slang) Cannabis.
          6. n.          (with "the", slang) Tobacco.
          7. n.          (obsolete) A cigar.
          8. n. A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.
          9. n. (UK, informal) A puny person; one who has little physical strength.
          10. n. (figuratively) Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
          11. v. To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area.
                I weeded my flower bed.
          12. n. (archaic) A garment or piece of clothing.
          13. n. (archaic) Clothing collectively; clothes, dress.
          14. n. (archaic) An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge.
          15. n. (archaic, especially, in the plural as "widow's weeds") (Female) mourning apparel.
                He wore a weed on his hat.
          16. n. (Scotland) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which befalls those who are about to give birth, are giving birth, or have recently given birth or miscarried or aborted.
          17. v. simple past tense and past participle of wee
down
     1. n. (especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland
           We went for a walk over the downs.
           The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east England.
     2. n. (usually plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
     3. n. (mostly) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
     4. n. (American football) Any of the four chances for a team to successfully move the ball for the yards needed to keep possession of the ball.
           first down, second down, etc.
     5. adv. (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
           The cat jumped down from the table.
     6. adv. (comparable) At a lower and/or further along or away place or position along a set path.
           His place is farther down the road.
           The company was well down the path to bankruptcy.
     7. adv. South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
           I went down to Miami for a conference.
     8. adv. (Ireland) Away from the city (even if the location is to the North).
           He went down to Cavan.
           down on the farm
           down country
     9. adv. (sport) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
     10. adv. Into a state of non-operation.
           The computer has been shut down.
           They closed the shop down.
     11. adv. To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
           Smith was sent down to the minors to work on his batting.
           After the incident, Kelly went down to Second Lieutenant.
     12. adv. (anchor, Adv_rail)(rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
     13. adv. (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
           Down, boy! (such as to direct a dog to stand on four legs from two, or to sit from standing on four legs.)
     14. adv. (academia) Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
           He's gone back down to Newcastle for Christmas.
     15. adv. From a remoter or higher antiquity.
     16. adv. From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence.
     17. adv. From less to greater detail.
     18. adv. (intensifier) Used with verbs to add emphasis to the action of the verb.
           They tamped (down) the asphalt to get a better bond.
     19. adv. Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, rather than being of indefinite duration.
           He boiled the mixture./He boiled down the mixture.
           He sat waiting./He sat down and waited.
     20. prep. From the higher end to the lower of.
           The ball rolled down the hill.
     21. prep. From one end to another of.
           The bus went down the street.
           They walked down the beach holding hands.
     22. adj. (informal) sad, unhappy, Depressed, feeling low.
     23. adj. Sick or ill.
           He is down with the flu.
     24. adj. At a lower level than before.
           The stock market is down.
           Prices are down.
     25. adj. Having a lower score than an opponent.
           They are down by 3-0 with just 5 minutes to play.
           He was down by a bishop and a pawn after 15 moves.
           At 5-1 down, she produced a great comeback to win the set on a tiebreak.
     26. adj. (baseball, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
           Two down and one to go in the bottom of the ninth.
     27. adj. (colloquial) With "on", negative about, hostile to
           Ever since Nixon, I've been down on Republicans.
     28. adj. (not comparable, North America, slang) Comfortable with, accepting of.
           He's chill enough; he'd probably be totally down with it.
           Are you down to hang out at the mall, Jamal?
           As long as you're down with helping me pick a phone, Tyrone.
     29. adj. (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
           The system is down.
     30. adj. Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
           Two down and three to go. (Two tasks completed and three more still to be done.)
           Ten minutes down and nothing's happened yet.
     31. adj. (not comparable military, police slang) Wounded and unable to move normally; killed.
           We have an officer down outside the suspect's house.
           There are three soldiers down and one walking wounded.
     32. adj. (not comparable military, aviation slang) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
           We have a chopper down near the river.
     33. adj. Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
           It's two weeks until opening night and our lines are still not down yet.
     34. adj. (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.
     35. v. To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
           He downed an ale and ordered another.
     36. v. To cause to come down; to knock down or subdue.
           The storm downed several old trees along the highway.
     37. v. (transitive, pocket billiards) To put a ball in a pocket; to pot a ball.
           He downed two balls on the break.
     38. v. (transitive, American football) To bring a play to an end by touching the ball to the ground or while it is on the ground.
           He downed it at the seven-yard line.
     39. v. To write off; to make fun of.
     40. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go down; to descend.
     41. n. A negative aspect; a downer.
           I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.
     42. n. (dated) A grudge (on someone).
     43. n. An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
     44. n. (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
           I bet after the third down, the kicker will replace the quarterback on the field.
     45. n. (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
           I haven't solved 12 or 13 across, but I've got most of the downs.
     46. n. A downstairs room of a two-story house.
           She lives in a two-up two-down.
     47. n. Down payment.
     48. n. Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
     49. n. (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
     50. n. The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
     51. n. That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
     52. v. To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
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