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that
     1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
           He told me that the book is a good read.
           I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British.
     2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
           Be glad that you have enough to eat.
     3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
     4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
           The noise was so loud that she woke up.
           The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed.
     5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
     6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
           Was John there? — Not that I saw.
           How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw.
     7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
     8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.
     9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
           That book is a good read. This one isn't.
           That battle was in 1450.
           That cat of yours is evil.
     10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t
           He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
     11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said).
           They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?
     12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement.
           The water is so cold! — That it is.
     13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition).
           The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
           The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.
     14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.)
           the place that = where or to which I went last year
           the last time that = when I went to Europe
     15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
           "The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...".
     16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
           I'm just not that sick.
           I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.
     17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
           Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.
     18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
preposterous
     1. adj. Absurd, or contrary to common sense.
Jersey
     1. n. A cow of the Jersey breed.
     2. n. A garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body.
     3. n. A shirt worn by a member of an athletic team, usually oversized, typically depicting the athlete's name and team number as well as the team's logotype.
     4. n. A type of fabric knit
with
     1. prep. Against.
           He picked a fight with the class bully.
     2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
           He went with his friends.
     3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
           She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
     4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
     5. prep. In support of.
           We are with you all the way.
     6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
           slain with robbers
     7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
           cut with a knife
     8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
     9. prep. Having, owning.
     10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
           Do you want to come with?
     11. adv. -->
     12. n. alternative form of withe
its
     1. det. Belonging to it.
     2. pron. The one (or ones) belonging to it.
     3. n. plural of it
purple
     1. n. A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
           (color panel, 800080)
     2. n. Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of im
           to put on the imperial purple
     3. n. (by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.
     4. n. Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
     5. n. The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
     6. n. (medicine) Purpura.
     7. n. Earcockle, a disease of wheat.
     8. n. Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus (formerly).
           the banded purple
     9. n. A cardinalate.
     10. adj. Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
     11. adj. (US politics) Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.
     12. adj. (in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
     13. adj. Imperial; regal.
     14. adj. Blood-red; bloody.
     15. adj. (of language) Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
     16. v. (intransitive) To turn purple in colour.
     17. v. To dye purple.
     18. v. To clothe in purple.
Union
     1. n. The 0-10-2 locomotive wheel arrangement. Derived from the name of the only U.S. company to use that configuration.
     2. n. The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
     3. n. The state of being united or joined.
     4. n. That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
     5. n. A trade union; a workers' union.
     6. n. An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
     7. n. A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
     8. n. (set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
     9. n. The act or state of marriage.
     10. n. (archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
     11. n. (programming) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
     12. n. (now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
     13. n. (historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.
     14. v. To combine sets using the union operation.
flag
     1. n. A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
     2. n. An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites).
     3. n. (nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
     4. n. (nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.
     5. n. (construction) (abbreviation of flagstone:) a construction material used for paving, flooring, roofing or tiling
     6. n. The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
     7. n. (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain option
     8. n. (computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
     9. n. (British) An abbreviation for capture the flag.
     10. n. (geometry) A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally, though in practice not always explicitly, including the null face and the polytope itsel
     11. n. (mathematics, linear algebra) A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space and ending with the vector space itself, such that each member of the sequence (until the last) i
     12. v. To furnish or deck out with flags.
     13. v. To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
     14. v. (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
           Please flag down a taxi for me.
     15. v. To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
           to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance
     16. v. (often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
           I've flagged up the need for further investigation into this.
           Users of the Internet forum can flag others' posts as inappropriate.
     17. v. (computing) To signal (an event).
           The compiler flagged three errors.
     18. v. (computing) To set a program variable to true.
           Flag the debug option before running the program.
     19. v. To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
     20. v. (sports) To penalize for an infraction.
           The defender was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct.
     21. v. (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.
           His strength flagged toward the end of the race.
     22. v. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
     23. v. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
           to flag the wings
     24. v. To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
     25. n. Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
     26. n. (obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod.
     27. n. A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
     28. n. (geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
     29. v. To pave with flagstones.
           Fred is planning to flag his patio this weekend.
     30. n. A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
     31. n. A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
     32. n. The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
     33. n. (music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary