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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.
nurse
     1. n. (archaic) A wet-nurse.
     2. n. A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
           They hired a nurse to care for their young boy
     3. n. A person trained to provide care for the sick.
           The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward
     4. n. One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.
     5. n. (horticulture) A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
     6. n. (nautical) A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
     7. n. A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
     8. n. A nurse shark.
     9. v. to breastfeed
           She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy.
     10. v. to care for the sick
           She nursed him back to health.
     11. v. to treat kindly and with extra care
           She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed.
     12. v. to manage with care and economy
           Synonyms: husband
     13. v. to drink slowly
     14. v. to foster, to nourish
     15. v. to hold closely to one's chest
           Would you like to nurse the puppy?
     16. v. to strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots
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.
His
     1. pron. honoraltcaps, his
     2. det. Belonging to him.
     3. det. (dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
     4. det. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
     5. det. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.
           Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark.
           Sejanus his Fall
     6. pron. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
           The decision was his to live with.
     7. pron. alternative spelling of His
     8. n. plural of hi
wound
     1. n. An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
     2. n. (figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
           It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.
     3. n. (criminal legal) An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
     4. v. To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
           The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.
     5. v. To hurt (a person's feelings).
           The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.
     6. v. simple past tense and past participle of wind
     wind
          1. n. Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
                The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.
                As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.
                The winds in Chicago are fierce.
                There was a sudden gust of wind.
          2. n. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
                the wind of a cannon ball;  the wind of a bellows
          3. n. The ability to breathe easily.
                After the second lap he was already out of wind.
                The fall knocked the wind out of him.
          4. n. News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.)
                Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend.
          5. n. (India, and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
          6. n. (colloquial) Flatus.
                Eww. Someone just passed wind.
          7. n. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
          8. n. (music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
          9. n. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the "four winds".
          10. n. Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
          11. n. A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
          12. n. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
          13. n. A bird, the dotterel.
          14. n. (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
          15. v. To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
          16. v. To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen.
                The boxer was winded during round two.
          17. v. (reflexive) To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath.
                I can’t run another step — I’m winded.
          18. v. (British) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
          19. v. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
          20. v. To perceive or follow by scent.
                The hounds winded the game.
          21. v. To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
          22. v. To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
                to wind thread on a spool or into a ball
          23. v. To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
                Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.
          24. v. To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
          25. v. To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight.
                Vines wind round a pole.  The river winds through the plain.
          26. v. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
          27. v. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
          28. v. To cover or surround with something coiled about.
                to wind a rope with twine
          29. v. To make a winding motion.
          30. n. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
          31. n. topics, en, Atmospheric phenomena
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
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
sponge
     1. n. Any of various marine invertebrates, mostly of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
     2. n. A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
     3. n. A porous material such as sponges consist of.
     4. n. (informal) A heavy drinker.
     5. n. A type of light cake.
     6. n. (British) A type of steamed pudding.
     7. n. (slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
     8. n. A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
     9. n. Any sponge-like substance.
     10. n.          (baking) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
     11. n.          Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
     12. n.          Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
     13. n. A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
     14. n. The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
     15. v. (intransitive, slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others.
           He has been sponging off his friends for a month now.
     16. v. To get by imposition; to scrounge.
           to sponge a breakfast
     17. v. To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
     18. v. To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
     19. v. To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
     20. v. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
     21. v. (intransitive, baking) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
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