she |
1. pron. (personal) The female person or animal previously mentioned or implied. | |
I asked Mary, but she said that she didn’t know. | |
2. pron. (personal, sometimes affectionate) A ship or boat. | |
She could do forty knots in good weather. | |
She is a beautiful boat, isn’t she? | |
3. 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. | |
4. pron. (personal, dated) A country. | |
She is a poor place, but has beautiful scenery and friendly people. | |
5. 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). | |
6. n. A female. | |
Pat is definitely a she. | |
called |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of call | |
call |
1. n. A telephone conversation. | |
I received several phone calls today. | |
I received several calls today. | |
2. n. A short visit, usually for social purposes. | |
I paid a call to a dear friend of mine. | |
3. n. (nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port. | |
The ship made a call at Southampton. | |
4. n. A cry or shout. | |
He heard a call from the other side of the room. | |
5. n. A decision or judgement. | |
That was a good call. | |
6. n. The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal. | |
That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird. | |
7. n. A beckoning or summoning. | |
I had to yield to the call of the wild. | |
8. n. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor. | |
The Prime Minister has the call. | |
I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business. | |
9. n. (finance) An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time. | |
10. n. (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman. | |
11. n. (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.) | |
12. n. A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call). | |
13. n. (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point. | |
14. n. A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on. | |
There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9. | |
15. n. (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting. | |
16. n. A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt. | |
17. n. (nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty. | |
18. n. A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call. | |
19. n. An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor. | |
20. n. (archaic) Vocation; employment; calling. | |
21. n. (US, legal) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land. | |
22. n. (informal, slang) A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job. | |
23. v. To use one's voice.: | |
24. v. (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon. | |
That person is hurt; call for help! | |
25. v. (intransitive) To cry or shout. | |
26. v. To utter in a loud or distinct voice. | |
to call the roll of a military company | |
27. v. (transitive, intransitive) To contact by telephone. | |
Why don't you call me in the morning? Why don't you call tomorrow? | |
28. v. To declare in advance. | |
The captains call the coin toss. | |
29. v. To rouse from sleep; to awaken. | |
30. v. To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure. | |
After the third massive failure, John called the whole initiative. | |
31. v. (heading, intransitive) To visit. | |
32. v. To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again). | |
We could always call on a friend. The engineer called round whilst you were away. | |
33. v. To stop at a station or port. | |
This train calls at Reading, Slough and London Paddington. Our cruise ship called at Bristol Harbour. | |
34. v. To name, identify or describe.: | |
35. v. (ditransitive) To name or refer to. | |
Why don't we dispense with the formalities. Please call me Al. | |
36. v. (in passive) Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name. | |
I'm called John. A very tall building is called a skyscraper. | |
37. v. To predict. | |
He called twelve of the last three recessions. | |
38. v. To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact. | |
They call the distance ten miles. That's enough work. Let's call it a day and go home. | |
39. v. (obsolete) To disclose the class or character of; to identify. | |
40. v. (heading, sport) Direct or indirect use of the voice. | |
41. v. (cricket) (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run. | |
42. v. (baseball, cricket) (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions). | |
43. v. (intransitive, poker) To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting. | |
I bet $800 and Jane raised to $1600. My options: call (match her $1600 bet), reraise or fold. | |
44. v. (intransitive, poker, proscribed) To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to anno | |
I'll call your 300, and raise to 600! | |
45. v. To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on. | |
My partner called two spades. | |
46. v. (transitive, sometimes with for) To require, demand. | |
He felt called to help the old man. | |
47. v. (transitive, finance) To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium. | |
48. v. (transitive, banking) To demand repayment of a loan. | |
49. v. (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion. | |
A recursive function is one that calls itself. | |
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 | |
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. | |
useless |
1. adj. Without use or possibility to be used. | |
This fork has prongs that are bent. It's useless now. | |
2. adj. Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action). | |
I think it's useless to keep this discussion going. It's like talking to a wall. | |
I tried my best to make him quit smoking, but my efforts were useless. He now smokes six packs a day. | |
3. adj. (pejorative, of a person) good-for-nothing; not dependable. | |
Bill never mows the lawn, takes out the trash or anything. He's useless, but I love him anyways. | |
4. adj. (colloquial, of a person) unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting. | |
My brother is useless at most computer games, but he is an awesome PS2 player. | |
Why do you keep trying? You're obviously useless at it. | |
bureaucrat |
1. n. An official who is part of a bureaucracy. | |
2. n. (WMF jargon) A wiki user with the right to change user access levels. | |
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. | |
hung |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of hang | |
2. adj. Suspended by hanging. | |
3. adj. Having hanging additions or appendages. | |
4. adj. (law) Of a jury, unable to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial. | |
5. adj. Of a legislature, lacking a majority political party. | |
hung parliament | |
6. adj. (computing, colloquial) Of a computer or similar device, receiving power but not functioning as desired; working very slowly or not at all. The condition is often corrected by rebooting the computer. | |
7. adj. (colloquial, of a male, slightly vulgar) Having large genitals (often preceded by an adverb, e.g. well hung). | |
hang |
1. v. (intransitive) To be or remain suspended. | |
The lights hung from the ceiling. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To float, as if suspended. | |
The smoke hung in the room. | |
3. v. (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground. | |
4. v. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect. | |
He hung his head in shame. | |
5. v. To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger or the like. | |
Hang those lights from the ceiling. | |
It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than | |
6. v. (transitive, legal) To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck. | |
The culprits were hanged from the nearest tree. | |
7. v. (intransitive, legal) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose. | |
You will hang for this, my friend. | |
8. v. (intransitive, informal) To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly. | |
Are you busy, or can you hang with me? I didn't see anything, officer. I was just hanging. | |
9. v. To exhibit (an object) by hanging. | |
10. v. To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall). | |
Let's hang this cute animal design in the nursery. | |
11. v. To decorate (something) with hanging objects. | |
Let's hang the nursery with some new wallpaper. | |
12. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts. | |
13. v. To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous. | |
One obstinate juror can hang a jury. | |
14. v. (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard and mouse. | |
The computer has hung again. Not even pressing++ works. When I push this button the program hangs. | |
15. v. (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding. | |
The program has a bug that can hang the system. | |
16. v. (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture. | |
If you move there, you'll hang your queen rook. | |
17. v. (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture. | |
In this standard opening position White has to be careful because the pawn on e4 hangs. | |
18. v. (transitive, baseball, slang) Of a pitcher, to throw a hittable off-speed pitch. | |
19. n. The way in which something hangs. | |
This skirt has a nice hang. | |
20. n. (figuratively) A grip, understanding | |
He got the hang of it after only two demonstrations | |
21. n. (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input devices. | |
We sometimes get system hangs. | |
22. n. A sharp or steep declivity or slope. | |
23. n. (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap, processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches. | |
24. n. alternative spelling of Hang | |
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. | |