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sam
1. v. (transitive, UK dialectal) To assemble.
2. v. (transitive, UK dialectal, of persons) To bring together; join (in marriage, friendship, love, etc.).
3. v. (transitive, UK dialectal, of things) To bring together; collect; put in order; arrange.
4. v. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To assemble; come together.
5. v. (transitive, UK dialectal) To coagulate; curdle (milk).
6. adv. (obsolete) Together
7. adj. (dialectal) Half or imperfectly done.
8. adj. (of food) Half-heated.
9. n. (slang) Federal narcotics agent.
posted
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of post
post
1. n. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
2. n. (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
3. n. A pole in a battery.
4. n. (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
5. n. (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
6. n. (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
7. n. (sports) A goalpost.
8. n. (obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
9. v. To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
Post no bills.
10. v. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
to post someone for cowardice
11. v. (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
12. v. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
13. v. (transitive, poker) To pay (a blind).
Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.
14. v. To put content online, usually through a publicly accessible mean, such as a video channel, gallery, message board, blog etc.
15. n. (obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route.
16. n. (dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
a stage or railway post
17. n. A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
18. n. (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
19. n. An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
sent via post; parcel post
20. n. A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
21. n. A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum.
22. n. A location on a basketball court near the basket.
23. n. (American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the faci
Two of the receivers ran post patterns.
24. n. (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
25. n. (obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
26. v. To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
27. v. To travel quickly; to hurry.
28. v. (UK) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
Mail items posted before 7.00pm within the Central Business District and before 5.00pm outside the Central Business District will be delivered the next working day.
29. v. (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
30. v. (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.
31. adv. With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly
32. adv. Sent via the postal service.
33. n. An assigned station; a guard post.
34. n. An appointed position in an organization, job.
35. v. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
36. v. To assign to a station; to set; to place.
Post a sentinel in front of the door.
37. prep. After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
38. n. (film, informal) Post-production.
an
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
4. conj. (archaic) If
5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
An it harm none, do what ye will.
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
I was only going twenty miles an hour.
inflammatory
1. adj. Tending to inflame or provoke somebody.
Sam posted an inflammatory comment to the newsgroup.
2. adj. Causing or caused by inflammation.
3. n. Any material that causes inflammation
comment
1. n. A spoken or written remark.
I have no comment on that.
Pay attention to the teacher's comments in the margin of your marked essay.
2. n. (programming) A remark in source code which does not affect the behavior of the program.
3. v. To remark.
4. v. (intransitive, with "on", or "about") To make remarks or notes.
5. v. (transitive, obsolete) To comment or remark on.
6. v. (transitive, software, of code) To insert comments into (source code).
I wish I'd commented this complicated algorithm back when I remembered how it worked.
7. v. (transitive, software, of code) To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.
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
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
newsgroup
1. n. A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject.

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