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spiders
1. n. plural of spider
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of spider
spider
1. n. Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
2. n. (Internet) A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
3. n. (chiefly Australia, and New Zealand) A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).
4. n. (slang) A spindly person.
5. n. (slang) A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.
6. n. (snooker, billiards) A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension; a bridge.
7. n. (cookware, US, UK, chiefly historical, and now dialectal) A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.
8. n. (cooking) Implement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle; a spider skimmer
9. n. A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached
10. n. (slang) Heroin (street drug).
11. n. (music) Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.
12. n. A skeleton or frame with radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces, such as a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a
13. n. (fly fishing, England,) a soft-hackle fly
14. n. (sports) The network of wires separating the areas of a dartboard
15. v. To move like a spider.
16. v. To cover a surface like a cobweb.
17. v. (Internet, of a computer program) To follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines.
build
1. v. To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
2. v. To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
3. v. To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
4. v. To establish a basis for (something).
5. v. (intransitive) To form by combining materials or parts.
6. v. (intransitive) To develop in magnitude or extent.
7. v. (transitive, computing) To construct (software) by compiling its source code.
8. v. (intransitive, computing, of source code) To be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention.
This code won't build any more. Have you made any changes?
9. n. The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.
Rugby players are of sturdy build.
10. n. (computing) Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.
The computer company has introduced a new prototype build to beta testers.
11. n. (video games, slang) Any structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest, created by the player.
I made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game.
webs
1. n. plural of web
web
The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web.
1. n. Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web.
2. n. Specifically, the World Wide Web (often capitalized Web).
Let me search the web for that.
3. n. (baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
He caught the ball in the web.
4. n. A latticed or woven structure.
The gazebo's roof was a web made of thin strips of wood.
5. n. The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
6. n. (rail transport) The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail. Profile of flat-bottomed and bullhead railway rail showing the web
7. n. A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
8. n. The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers.
9. n. (manufacturing) A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
10. n. (lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
11. n. (dated) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.
12. n. A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
13. n. The blade of a sword.
14. n. The blade of a saw.
15. n. The thin, sharp part of a colter.
16. n. The bit of a key.
17. v. (intransitive) To construct or form a web.
18. v. To cover with a web or network.
19. v. To ensnare or entangle.
20. v. To provide with a web.
21. v. (transitive, obsolete) To weave.
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.
wait
1. v. (transitive, now rare) To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
2. v. (intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
Wait here until your car arrives.
3. v. (intransitive, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
She used to wait down at the Dew Drop Inn.
4. v. (transitive, obsolete) To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
5. v. (obsolete) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
6. v. (obsolete, colloquial) To defer or postpone (especially a meal).
to wait dinner
7. v. (intransitive) To remain celibate while one's lover is unavailable.
8. n. A delay.
I had a very long wait at the airport security check.
9. n. An ambush.
They laid in wait for the patrol.
10. n. (obsolete) One who watches; a watchman.
11. n. (in the obsolete, UK) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
12. n. (in the archaic, UK) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. formerly waites, wayghtes.
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).
insects
1. n. plural of insect
insect
1. n. An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
Our shed has several insect infestions, including ants, yellowjackets, and wasps.
2. n. (colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc
The swamp is swarming with every sort of insect.
3. n. (derogatory) A contemptible or powerless person.
The manager’s assistant was the worst sort of insect.
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
bumble
1. n. A confusion; a jumble.
2. v. To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes.
Spiders build webs and wait for insects to bumble into them.
3. v. (intransitive) To boom, as a bittern; to buzz, as a fly.
4. n. A bumble-bee.
5. n. (dialect) The bittern.
into
1. prep. Going inside (of).
Mary danced into the house.
2. prep. Going to a geographic region.
We left the house and walked into the street.
The plane flew into the open air.
3. prep. Against, especially with force or violence.
The car crashed into the tree; I wasn't careful, and walked into a wall
4. prep. Producing, becoming; (indicates transition into another form or substance).
I carved the piece of driftwood into a sculpture of a whale. Right before our eyes, Jake turned into a wolf!
5. prep. After the start of.
About 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot reported a fire on board.
6. prep. (colloquial) Interested in or attracted to.
She's really into Shakespeare right now; I'm so into you!
7. prep. (mathematics) Taking distinct arguments to distinct values.
The exponential function maps the set of real numbers into itself.
8. prep. (UK, archaic, India, mathematics) Expressing the operation of multiplication.(R:OED Online)
Five into three is fifteen.
9. prep. (mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".
Three into two won't go.
24 goes into 48 how many times?
10. prep. Investigating the subject (of).
Call for research into pesticides blamed for vanishing bees.
them
1. pron. Objective case of they: third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb.
Give it to them. (after preposition)
She wrote them a letter. (indirect object)
She treated them for a cold. (direct object)
2. pron. Objective case of they: third-person singular pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb.
If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them. (after preposition)
If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner. (indirect object)
If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them. (direct object)
3. det. (dialectal) Those.
Them kids need to grow up.

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