prohibited |
1. adj. Forbidden; unallowed | |
2. v. simple past tense and past participle of prohibit | |
prohibit |
1. v. To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit. | |
The restaurant prohibits smoking on the patio. | |
from |
1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at. | |
This wine comes from France. | |
I got a letter from my brother. | |
2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at. | |
He had books piled from floor to ceiling. | |
He left yesterday from Chicago. | |
Face away from the wall! | |
3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation. | |
20 from 31 leaves 11. | |
4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of. | |
An umbrella protects from the sun. | |
He knows right from wrong. | |
being |
1. v. present participle of be | |
2. n. A living creature. | |
3. n. The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state. | |
4. n. (philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept). | |
5. n. (philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality. | |
6. n. (obsolete) An abode; a cottage. | |
7. conj. (obsolete) Given that; since. | |
be |
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence. | |
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist. | |
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place. | |
The cup is on the table. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place. | |
When will the meeting be? | |
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar. | |
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come. | |
I have been to Spain many times. | |
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating. | |
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same. | |
Knowledge is bliss. | |
Hi, I’m Jim. | |
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same. | |
3 times 5 is fifteen. | |
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal. | |
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995. | |
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it. | |
The sky is blue. | |
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase. | |
The sky is a deep blue today. | |
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice. | |
The dog was drowned by the boy. | |
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses. | |
The woman is walking. | |
I shall be writing to you soon. | |
We liked to chat while we were eating. | |
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go". | |
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic. | |
I am to leave tomorrow. | |
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car. | |
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement. | |
This building is three hundred years old. | |
I am 75 kilograms. | |
He’s about 6 feet tall. | |
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years. | |
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.) | |
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day. | |
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.) | |
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo. | |
What time is it there? It’s night. | |
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event. | |
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period) | |
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him. | |
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like. | |
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid. | |
Why is it so dark in here? | |
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way. | |
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.". | |
Why is he being nice to me? | |
traded |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of trade | |
trade |
1. n. Buying and selling of goods and services on a market. | |
2. n. A particular instance of buying or selling. | |
I did no trades with them once the rumors started. | |
3. n. An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another. | |
4. n. Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work. | |
The skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions. | |
5. n. Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries. | |
It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade. | |
6. n. The skilled practice of a practical occupation. | |
He learned his trade as an apprentice. | |
7. n. (or un) An occupation in the secondary sector; as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one. | |
After failing his entrance exams, he decided to go into a trade. | |
Most veterans went into trade when the war ended. | |
8. n. (UK) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers. | |
Even before noon there was considerable trade. | |
9. n. (mostly, in the plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator. | |
They rode the trades going west. | |
10. n. (only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries. | |
Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades. | |
11. n. (LGBT, slang) A brief sexual encounter. | |
Josh picked up some trade last night. | |
12. n. (obsolete) Instruments of any occupation. | |
13. n. (mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine. | |
14. n. (obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path; passage. | |
15. n. (obsolete) Course; custom; practice; occupation. | |
16. v. (intransitive) To engage in trade | |
This company trades in precious metal. | |
17. v. (intransitive) To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions. | |
18. v. To give (something) in exchange for. | |
Will you trade your precious watch for my earring? | |
19. v. (gardening, transitive, or intransitive) To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return. | |
20. v. (intransitive, or transitive) To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood. | |
21. v. (intransitive) To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with). | |