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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.
Captain
     1. n. An army officer title in most countries
     2. n. The title for someone who holds the captain job on a ship or other vessel.
           These islands were discovered by Captain Cook.
     3. n. A chief or leader.
     4. n. The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
           The captain is the last man to leave a sinking ship.
     5. n. An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
     6. n. A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
     7. n. A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or ran
     8. n. One of the athletes on a sports team who designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
     9. n. The leader of a group of workers.
           John Henry said to the captain, "A man ain't nothing but a man.".
     10. n. A maître d'.
     11. n. (southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
     12. n. (internet) Someone who provides contextual information for a post. Originally a shorthand for 'Captain Obvious'.
     13. v. (intransitive) To act as captain
     14. v. To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
blunderings
     1. n. plural of blundering
led
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of lead
     lead
          1. n. A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other m
          2. n. A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
          3. n. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
          4. n. (typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
                This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines.
          5. n. Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
          6. n. (plural leads) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
          7. n. A thin cylinder of black lead or plumbago (graphite) used in pencils.
          8. n. (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
                They pumped him full of lead.
          9. v. To cover, fill, or affect with lead
                continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
          10. v. (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
                to lead a page; leaded matter
          11. v. (heading, transitive) To guide or conduct.
          12. v.          To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
                        a father leads a child;  a jockey leads a horse with a halter;  a dog leads a blind man
          13. v.          To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in a
                        The guide was able to lead the tourists through the jungle safely.
          14. v.          (figuratively): To direct; to counsel; to instruct
                        A good teacher should lead their students to the right answer.
          15. v.          To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
                        to lead a political party
                        to lead the search team
          16. v.          To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spe
                        The evidence leads me to believe he is guilty.
          17. v. (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of t
          18. v. To begin, to be ahead.:
          19. v.          To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
                        the big sloop led the fleet of yachts;  the Guards led the attack;  Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages
          20. v.          (intransitive) To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.
          21. v.          (intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
          22. v.          (heading, sport)
          23. v.         # (transitive, cards, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
                   #     to lead trumps
                   #     He led the ace of spades.
          24. v.         # (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
          25. v.         # (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
          26. v.         # (baseball) To step off base and move towards the next base.
                   #     The batter always leads off base.
          27. v.         # (shooting) To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
          28. v.         # (transitive, climbing) Lead climb.
          29. v. To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
                to lead someone to a righteous cause
          30. v. (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
                the path leads to the mill;  gambling leads to other vices
          31. v. To produce (with to).
                The shock led to a change in his behaviour.
          32. v. misspelling of led
          33. n. The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
                to take the lead
                to be under the lead of another
                * At the time I speak of, and having a momentary lead, (...) I am sure I did my country important service. — Edmund Burke
          34. n. Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
                the white horse had the lead.
                to be in the lead
                She lost the lead.
                Smith managed to extend her lead over the second place to half a second.
          35. n. An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
          36. n. (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
                The runner took his lead from first.
          37. n. (card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
                your partner has the lead
          38. n. (acting) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
          39. n. (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
          40. n. A channel of open water in an ice field.
          41. n. (mining) A lode.
          42. n. (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
          43. n. A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
          44. n. In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
          45. n. (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
          46. n. (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
          47. n. Hypothesis that has not been pursued
                The investigation stalled when all leads turned out to be dead ends.
          48. n. Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
                The police have a couple of leads they will follow to solve the case.
          49. n. (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
                Joe is a great addition to our sales team, he has numerous leads in the paper industry.
          50. n. Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
          51. n. (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
          52. n. (newspapers) A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
          53. n. An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
          54. n. (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
          55. n. (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor
          56. n. (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
          57. n. (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
          58. n. (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
          59. n. (electrical) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
          60. n. (electrical) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
          61. adj. (not comparable) Foremost.
                The contestants are all tied; no one has the lead position.
          62. adj. (music) main, principal
                the lead guitarist
                lead trumpet
          63. v. misspelling of led
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
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.
loss
     1. n. an instance of losing, such as a defeat
           The match ended in their first loss of the season.
     2. n. The result of an alteration in a function or characteristic of the body, or of its previous integrity.
           Loss of an arm ; loss of weight ; loss of cognitive functions ; loss of appetite.
           In other areas, glacier loss creates serious risk of a dry period across the Third Pole, Wang said.
     3. n. the hurtful condition of having lost something or someone, particularly in death.
           We mourn his loss.
     4. n. (in the plural) casualties, especially physically eliminated victims of violent conflict
           The battle was won, but losses were great.
     5. n. (financial) the sum an entity loses on balance
           The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive.
     6. n. destruction, ruin
           It was a terrible crash: both cars were total losses
     7. n. (engineering) electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work
           The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss before the subsequent losses during transport over the grid
     8. v. (colloquial) alternative spelling of lost
of
     1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
     2. prep.          (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
     3. prep.          (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
     4. prep.          From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
                    There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
     5. prep.          (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
                    What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
     6. prep. Expressing separation.
     7. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
                    Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
     8. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
                    He seemed devoid of human feelings.
     9. prep.          (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
     10. prep. Expressing origin.
     11. prep.          (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
                    The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
     12. prep.          (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
                    The invention was born of necessity.
     13. prep.          (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
                    It is said that she died of a broken heart.
     14. prep.          (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
                    I am tired of all this nonsense.
     15. prep. Expressing agency.
     16. prep.          (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
                    I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
     17. prep.          (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
                    The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
     18. prep.          (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
                    It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
     19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
     20. prep.          (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
                    Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
     21. prep.          (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
                    She wore a dress of silk.
     22. prep.          (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
                    What a lot of nonsense!
     23. prep.          (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
                   Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
     24. prep.          (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
                    I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
     25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
     26. prep.          (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
                    I'm always thinking of you.
     27. prep.          (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
                    He told us the story of his journey to India.
     28. prep.          (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
                    This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
     29. prep. Having partitive effect.
     30. prep.          (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
                    Most of these apples are rotten.
     31. prep.          (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
     32. prep.          (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
                    On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
     33. prep.          (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
                    He is a friend of mine.
     34. prep. Expressing possession.
     35. prep.          Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
                    He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
     36. prep.          Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
                    The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
     37. prep.          Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
                    Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
     38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
     39. prep.          (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
                    She had a profound distrust of the police.
     40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
     41. prep.          (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
                    My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
     42. prep.          (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
                    Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
     43. prep.          (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
                    We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
     44. prep.          (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
                    It's not that big of a deal.
     45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
     46. prep.          (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
                    Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
     47. prep.          (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
                    I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
     48. prep.          (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
                    After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
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.
ship
     1. n. A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
     2. n. (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
     3. n. (archaic, nautical, formal) A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
     4. n. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
     5. n. (cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.
     6. v. To send by water-borne transport.
     7. v. To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
           to ship freight by railroad
     8. v. To release a product to vendors; to launch.
           Our next issue ships early next year.
           The developers had to ship the game two weeks late.
     9. v. To engage to serve on board a vessel.
           to ship seamen
           I shipped on a man-of-war.
     10. v. (intransitive) To embark on a ship.
     11. v. (transitive, nautical) To put in its place.
           to ship the tiller or rudder
     12. v. To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
           We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.
     13. v. To pass (from one person to another).
           Can you ship me the ketchup?
     14. v. (poker slang) To go all in.
     15. v. (sports) To trade or send a player to another team.
           Twins ship Delmon Young to Tigers.
     16. v. (rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
     17. n. (fandom) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional.
     18. v. (fandom) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, typically in fan fiction.
           I ship Kirk and Spock in “Star Trek”.
           I ship Peggy and Angie in “Marvel's Agent Carter”.
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