shall |
1. v. (modal, auxiliary verb, defective) Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural. | |
I shall sing in the choir tomorrow. | |
I hope that we shall win the game. | |
2. v. Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural. | |
(determination): You shall go to the ball! | |
(obligation): Citizens shall provide proof of identity. | |
3. v. Used in questions with the first person singular or plural to suggest a possible future action. | |
Shall I help you with that? | |
Shall we go out later? | |
Let us examine that, shall we? | |
4. v. (obsolete) To owe. | |
I |
1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence. | |
(audio, Here I am, sir.ogg, Audio) | |
2. pron. (nonstandard, hypercorrection) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence. | |
3. n. (metaphysics) The ego. | |
4. n. (US, roadway) Interstate. | |
5. n. (grammar) (abbreviation of instrumental case) | |
6. pron. nonstandard spelling of I | |
leave |
1. v. To have a consequence or remnant. | |
2. v. To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (somet | |
I left my car at home and took a bus to work. The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread. There's not much food left. We'd be | |
3. v. To cause, to result in. | |
The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes. Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life. | |
4. v. To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself. | |
Leave your hat in the hall. We should leave the legal matters to lawyers. I left my sewing and went to the window to watch the fallin | |
5. v. To depart; to separate from. | |
6. v. To let be or do without interference. | |
I left him to his reflections. I leave my hearers to judge. | |
7. v. To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with. | |
I left the country and I left my wife. | |
8. v. To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project). | |
I left the band. | |
9. v. (intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state. | |
I think you'd better leave. | |
10. v. To transfer something. | |
11. v. To transfer possession of after death. | |
When my father died, he left me the house. | |
12. v. To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit. | |
I'll leave the car in the station so you can pick it up there. | |
13. v. To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with. | |
Can't we just leave this to the experts? | |
14. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To remain (behind); to stay. | |
15. v. (transitive, archaic) To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund). | |
16. n. (cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball. | |
17. n. (billiards) The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or onl | |
18. n. Permission to be absent; time away from one's work. | |
I've been given three weeks' leave by my boss. | |
19. n. (dated, or legal) Permission. | |
Might I beg leave to accompany you? | |
The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences. | |
20. n. (dated) Farewell, departure. | |
I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance. | |
21. v. To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant. | |
22. v. (intransitive, rare) To produce leaves or foliage.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. | |
23. v. (obsolete) To raise; to levy. | |
stay |
1. v. To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady. | |
2. v. To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time. | |
3. v. To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder. | |
4. v. To restrain; withhold; check; stop. | |
5. v. To cause to cease; to put an end to. | |
6. v. To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back. | |
The governor stayed the execution until the appeal could be heard. | |
7. v. (transitive, obsolete) To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist. | |
8. v. (transitive, obsolete) To wait for; await. | |
9. v. (transitive, obsolete) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for. | |
10. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To rest; depend; rely. | |
11. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To stop; come to a stand or standstill. | |
12. v. (intransitive, archaic) To come to an end; cease. | |
That day the storm stayed. | |
13. v. (intransitive, archaic) To dwell; linger; tarry; wait. | |
14. v. (intransitive, dated) To make a stand; to stand firm. | |
15. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end. | |
That horse stays well. | |
16. v. (intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide. | |
We stayed in Hawaii for a week. I can only stay for an hour. | |
17. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait; rest in patience or expectation. | |
18. v. (intransitive, obsolete, used with on or upon) To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance. | |
19. v. (intransitive) To continue to have a particular quality. | |
Wear gloves so your hands stay warm. | |
20. v. (intransitive, US South, AAVE, colloquial, non-standard) To live; reside | |
Hey, where do you stay at? | |
21. n. Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time; sojourn. | |
I hope you enjoyed your stay in Hawaii. | |
22. n. A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment. | |
The governor granted a stay of execution. | |
23. n. (archaic) A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress. | |
stand at a stay | |
24. n. A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence. | |
25. n. (nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels. | |
26. n. Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety. | |
27. n. (obsolete) Hindrance; let; check. | |
28. n. A prop; a support. | |
29. n. A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing. | |
Where are the stays for my collar? | |
30. n. (plural) A corset | |
31. n. (archaic) A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on. | |
32. n. (nautical) A strong rope supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel. | |
33. n. A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element. | |
The engineer insisted on using stays for the scaffolding. | |
34. n. (chain-cable) The transverse piece in a link. | |
35. v. To brace or support with a stay or stays | |
stay a mast | |
36. v. (transitive, nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays. | |
37. v. (transitive, nautical) To tack; put on the other tack. | |
to stay ship | |
38. v. (intransitive, nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship. | |
39. adj. (UK dialectal) Steep; ascending. | |
40. adj. (UK dialectal) (of a roof) Steeply pitched. | |
41. adj. (UK dialectal) Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer. | |
42. adj. (UK dialectal) Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud. | |
43. adv. (UK dialectal) Steeply. | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
undress |
1. v. (reflexive) To remove one's clothing. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To remove one’s clothing. | |
3. v. To remove the clothing of (someone). | |
4. v. (transitive, figuratively) To strip of something. | |
5. v. To take the dressing, or covering, from. | |
to undress a wound | |
6. n. The state of having few or no clothes on. | |
7. n. A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress. | |