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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.
incoming
1. adj. Coming (or about to come) in; arriving.
Incoming tides cause a tidal bore in many rivers.
2. adj. Succeeding to an office.
The incoming prime minister gave a press conference.
3. n. The act of coming in; arrival
4. interj. (military) a warning that something is coming towards you; especially enemy artillery fire
tides
1. n. plural of tide
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of tide
tide
1. n. The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.
2. n. A stream, current or flood.
3. n. (chronology, obsolete, except in liturgy) Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.
4. n. (regional, archaic) A time.
The doctor's no good this tide.
5. n. (regional, archaic) A point or period of time identified or described by a qualifier (found in compounds).
Eventide, noontide, morrowtide, nighttide, moon-tide, harvest-tide, wintertide, summertide, springtide, autumn-tide etc.,.
6. n. (mining) The period of twelve hours.
7. n. Something which changes like the tides of the sea.
8. n. Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
9. n. (obsolete) Violent confluence
10. v. To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
11. v. (intransitive) To pour a tide or flood.
The ocean tided most impressively, even frightening
12. v. (intransitive, nautical) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
13. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To happen, occur.
bathed
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of bathe
2. v. simple past tense and past participle of bath
bath
1. n. A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
2. n. A building or area where bathing occurs.
3. n. The act of bathing.
4. n. A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.
a bath of heated sand, ashes, steam, or hot air
5. v. To wash a person or animal in a bath
6. n. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23(nbsp)L or 6 gallons).
bathe
1. v. (intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
2. v. (intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
3. v. To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.
We bathe our baby before going to bed; other parents do it in the morning if they have time.
4. v. To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.
The nurse bathed his wound with a sponge.
The incoming tides bathed the coral reef.
5. v. (figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.
The room was bathed in moonlight.
A dense fog bathed the city streets.
6. v. (intransitive) To sunbathe.
The women bathed in the sun.
7. n. (UK, colloquial) The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.
I'm going to have a midnight bathe tonight.
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.
coral
1. n. A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps.
2. n. A colony of marine polyps.
3. n. A somewhat yellowish pink colour, the colour of red coral.
(color panel, FF7F50)
4. n. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; so called from their colour.
5. n. (historical) A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
6. adj. Made of coral.
7. adj. Having the yellowish pink colour of coral.
reef
1. n. A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water.
2. n. (Australia, South Africa) A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
3. n. (nautical) A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed in a high wind.
4. n. A reef knot.
5. v. (nautical) To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
6. v. (Australian) To pull or yank strongly, especially in relation to horse riding.
7. v. (nautical, of paddles) To move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply.
Reef the paddles.
8. adj. Scabby; scurvy.
9. n. (Now chiefly dialectal) The itch; any eruptive skin disorder.
10. n. (Now chiefly dialectal) Dandruff.

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