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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.
bullets
1. n. plural of bullet
2. n. (poker slang) A pair of aces as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of bullet
bullet
1. n. A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
2. n. (informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
3. n. Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.
4. n. (typography) A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, (•), often used in lieu of numbers for marking items in a list. (see also bulleted)
5. n. (banking, finance) A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment.
6. n. A rejection letter, as for employment, admission to a school or a competition.
John's not going to any of his top schools; he got a bullet from the last of them yesterday.
7. n. (slang) An ace (the playing card).
8. n. (figuratively) Anything that is projected extremely fast.
9. n. (in attributive use) Very fast (speedy).
bullet train
bullet chess
10. n. (obsolete) A small ball.
11. n. (obsolete) A cannonball.
12. n. (fishing) A plumb or sinker.
13. n. (obsolete) The fetlock of a horse.
14. n. (Ireland, particularly in Northern Ireland) The heavy projectile thrown in a game of road bowling.
15. v. (transitive, informal) To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
16. v. (intransitive, informal) To speed, like a bullet.
Their debut started slow, but bulleted to number six in its fourth week.
17. v. (transitive, informal) To make a shot, especially with great speed.
He bulleted a header for his first score of the season.
pattered
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of patter
patter
1. n. A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard surface.
I could hear the patter of mice running about in the dark.
2. v. To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.
The bullets pattered into the log-cabin walls.
3. v. To spatter; to sprinkle.
4. n. Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer, or banter during a sports event.
5. v. To speak in such a way – glibly and rapidly, such as from an auctioneer, or when bantering during a sports event.
6. n. One who pats.
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.
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.
log
1. n. The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
They walked across the stream on a fallen log.
2. n. Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
3. n. A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
4. n. Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
5. n. (nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
6. n. (figuratively) A blockhead; a very stupid person.
7. n. (surfing slang) A longboard.
8. n. (figuratively) A rolled cake with filling.
9. n. (mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
10. n. (vulgar) A piece of feces.
11. v. To cut trees into logs.
12. v. To cut down (trees).
13. v. (intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
14. n. A logbook, or journal of a vessel (or aircraft)'s progress
15. n. A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
16. n. (computer science) Specifically, an append-only sequence of records written to disk
17. v. To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
to log the miles travelled by a ship
18. v. To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook
19. v. To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by chip log.
20. v. (obsolete) To move to and fro; to rock.
21. n. (historical units of measure) A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ⅓(nbsp)L).
22. n. logarithm.
To multiply two numbers, add their logs.
cabin
1. n. (US) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.
Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin.
2. n. (informal) A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people.
3. n. A compartment on land, usually composed of logs.
4. n. A private room on a ship.
the captain's cabin: Passengers shall remain in their cabins.
5. n. The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.
6. n. The passenger area of an airplane.
7. n. (travel, aviation) The section of a passenger plane having the same class of service.
8. n. (rail transport, informal) A signal box.
9. n. A small room; an enclosed place.
10. n. (Indian English) A private office; particularly of a doctor, businessman, lawyer, or other professional.
11. v. To place in a cabin.
12. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a cabin; to lodge.
walls
1. n. plural of wall
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of wall
wall
1. n. A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
2. n. A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
The town wall was surrounded by a moat.
3. n. Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
We're adding another wall in this room during the remodeling. The wind blew against the walls of the tent.
4. n. A point of desperation.
5. n. A point of defeat or extinction.
6. n. An impediment to free movement.
A wall of police officers met the protesters before they reached the capitol steps.
As Goebbels put it, “We want to build a wall, a protective wall.” , Timothy Snyder, The New York Times, June 14, 2018, How Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany?
7. n. A type of butterfly.
8. n. (often, in combination) A barrier.
a seawall; a firewall
9. n. A barrier to vision.
10. n. Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall.
a wall of sound; a wall of water
11. n. (anatomy, zoology, botany) A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity.
12. n. (auction) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.
Synonyms: chandelier
13. n. (US, slang) A doctor who tries to admit as few patients as possible.
14. n. (soccer) A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.
15. n. (Internet) A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user.
16. v. To enclose with a wall
He walled the study with books.
17. v. (with "in") To enclose by surrounding with walls.
They had walled in the garden
18. v. (with "off") To separate with a wall
The previous owners had walled off two rooms, making an apartment.
19. v. (with "up") To seal with a wall
They walled up the basement space that had been used as a coal bin.
20. v. To boil.
21. v. To well, as water; spring.
22. n. (chiefly dialectal) A spring of water.
23. n. (nautical) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.

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