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pork
     1. n. The meat of a pig; swineflesh.
           The cafeteria serves pork on Tuesdays.
     2. n. (US, politics slang) Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or his or her constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.
     3. v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with (someone).
           Animal House, Universal Pictures, 1978: Boon: Marlene! Don't tell me you're gonna pork Marlene Desmond!Otter: Pork?Boon: You're gonna hump her brains out, aren't you?Otter: Boon, I anticipate a
comes
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of come
     2. n. (music) The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.
     come
          1. v. (intransitive) To move from further away to nearer to.
                She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes...
          2. v.          To move towards the speaker.
                        I called the dog, but she wouldn't come.
                        Stop dawdling and come here!
          3. v.          To move towards the listener.
                        Hold on, I'll come in a second.
                        You should ask the doctor to come to your house.
          4. v.          To move towards the object that is the focus of the sentence.
                        No-one can find Bertie Wooster when his aunts come to visit.
                        Hundreds of thousands of people come to Disneyland every year.
          5. v.          (in subordinate clauses and gerunds) To move towards the agent or subject of the main clause.
                        King Cnut couldn't stop the tide coming.
                        He threw the boomerang, which came right back to him.
          6. v.          To move towards an unstated agent.
                        The butler should come when called.
          7. v. (intransitive) To arrive.
          8. v. (intransitive) To appear, to manifest itself.
                The pain in his leg comes and goes.
          9. v. (intransitive) To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.
                Which letter comes before Y?   Winter comes after autumn.
          10. v. (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
                He came after a few minutes.
          11. v. (copulative figuratively, with close) To approach a state of being or accomplishment.
                They came very close to leaving on time.   His test scores came close to perfect.
                One of the screws came loose, and the skateboard fell apart.
          12. v. (figuratively, with to) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
                He came to SF literature a confirmed technophile, and nothing made him happier than to read a manuscript thick with imaginary gizmos and whatzits.
          13. v. (copulative, archaic) To become, to turn out to be.
                He was a dream come true.
          14. v. (intransitive) To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
                He's as tough as they come.   Our milkshakes come in vanilla, strawberry and chocolate flavours.
          15. v. (slang) To carry through; to succeed in.
                You can't come any tricks here.
          16. v. (intransitive) Happen.
                This kind of accident comes when you are careless.
          17. v. (intransitive, with from or sometimes of) To have as an origin, originate.
          18. v.          To have a certain social background.
          19. v.          To be or have been a resident or native.
                        Where did you come from?
          20. v.          To have been brought up by or employed by.
                        She comes from a good family.
                        He comes from a disreputable legal firm.
          21. v.          To begin (at a certain location); to radiate or stem (from).
                        The river comes from Bear Lake.
                        Where does this road come from?
          22. v. (intransitive, of grain) To germinate.
          23. n. (obsolete) Coming, arrival; approach.
          24. n. (vulgar, slang) Semen
          25. n. (vulgar, slang) Female ejaculatory discharge.
          26. prep. Used to indicate an event, period, or change in state occurring after a present time.
                Leave it to settle for about three months and, come Christmas time, you'll have a delicious concoction to offer your guests.
                Come retirement, their Social Security may turn out to be a lot less than they counted on.
          27. interj. An exclamation to express annoyance.
                Come come! Stop crying.  Come now! You must eat it.
          28. interj. An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.
                Come come! You can do it.  Come now! It won't bite you.
          29. n. (typography) alternative form of comma in its medieval use as a middot ⟨·⟩ serving as a form of colon.
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.
French
     1. n. A Romance language spoken primarily in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec, Valle d'Aosta and many former French colonies.
     2. n. (collective in the plural) People of France, collectively.
           The French and the English have often been at war.
     3. n. (informal) Vulgar language.
           Pardon my French.
     4. adj. Of or relating to France.
           the French border with Italy
     5. adj. Of or relating to the people or culture of France.
           French customs
     6. adj. Of or relating to the French language.
           French verbs
     7. adj. (prostitute's slang) Oral sex, usually meaning fellatio, sometimes cunnilingus. Oxford English Dictionary (subscription required). Retrieved: 2015-10-06.
     8. v. alternative case form of french
     9. v. To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
     10. v. To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth.
     11. v. (intransitive) To kiss in this manner.
     12. v. (cuisine) To French trim; to stylishly expose bone by removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or bone-in rib-eye steak).
whence
     1. adv. (archaic, formal, or literary) From where; from which place or source.
           Whence came I?
           "Pork" comes from French, whence we get most of our modern cooking terms.
     2. conj. (literary, poetic) Used for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated.
           The work is slow and dangerous, whence the high costs.
           I scored more than you in the exam, whence we can conclude that I am better at the subject than you are.
we
     1. pron. (personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.)
     2. pron. (personal) The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)
     3. pron. (personal) The speaker/writer alone. (This use of we is the editorial we, used by writers and others, including royalty—the royal we—as a less personal substitute for I. The reflexive case of this sen
     4. pron. (personal) The plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.
           How are we all tonight?
     5. pron. (personal, generally considered patronising) A second- or third-person pronoun for a person in the speaker's care.
           How are we feeling this morning?
     6. det. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
           We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.
get
     1. v. (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
           I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.
           Lance is going to get Mary a ring.
     2. v. To receive.
           I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.
           You need to get permission to leave early.
           He got a severe reprimand for that.
     3. v. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. (See usage notes.)
           I've got a concert ticket for you.
     4. v. (copulative) To become.
           I'm getting hungry; how about you?
           Don't get drunk tonight.
     5. v. To cause to become; to bring about.
           That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it.
           I'll get this finished by lunchtime.
           I can't get these boots off upright - (or on'upright,).
     6. v. To fetch, bring, take.
           Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?
           I need to get this to the office.
     7. v. To cause to do.
           Somehow she got him to agree to it.
           I can't get it to work.
     8. v. (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards
           The actors are getting into position.
           When are we going to get to London?
           I'm getting into a muddle.
           We got behind the wall.
     9. v. To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
           to get a mile
     10. v. To cause to come or go or move.
     11. v. To cause to be in a certain status or position.
     12. v. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
           We ought to get moving or we'll be late.
           After lunch we got chatting.
     13. v. To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
           I normally get the 7:45 train.
           I'll get the 9 a.m. flight to Boston.
     14. v. To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
           Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.
     15. v. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something).
           I'm so jealous that you got to see them perform live!
           The finders get to keep 80 percent of the treasure.
     16. v. (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it)
           Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny.
           I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!
           I mentioned that I was feeling sad, so she mailed me a box of chocolates. She gets me.
     17. v. (transitive, informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
           "You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot.".
     18. v. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
           He got bitten by a dog.
     19. v. To become ill with or catch (a disease).
           I went on holiday and got malaria.
     20. v. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
           He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time.
     21. v. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
           That question's really got me.
     22. v. To find as an answer.
           What did you get for question four?
     23. v. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
           The cops finally got me.
           I'm gonna get him for that.
     24. v. To hear completely; catch.
           Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?
     25. v. To getter.
           I put the getter into the container to get the gases.
     26. v. (now rare) To beget (of a father).
     27. v. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
           to get a lesson;  to get out one's Greek lesson
     28. v. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
           Get her with her new hairdo.
     29. v. (informal, mostly, imperative) Go away; get lost.
     30. v. (euphemism) To kill.
           They’re coming to get you, Barbara.
     31. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
     32. n. (dated) Offspring.
     33. n. Lineage.
     34. n. (sports) A difficult return or block of a shot.
     35. n. Something gained.
     36. n. (UK, regional) A git.
     37. n. (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
most
     1. det. superlative degree of much.
           The teams competed to see who could collect the most money.
     2. det. superlative degree of many: the comparatively largest number of (ngd, construed with the definite article)
           The team with the most points wins.
     3. det. superlative degree of many: the majority of; more than half of (ngd, construed without the definite article)
           Most bakers and dairy farmers have to get up early.
           Winning was not important for most participants.
     4. adv. Forms the superlative of many adjectives.
           This is the most important example.
           Correctness is most important.
     5. adv. To a great extent or degree; highly; very.
           This is a most unusual specimen.
     6. adv. (informal, chiefly US) Almost.
     7. adv. superlative form of many: most many
     8. adv. superlative form of much: most much
     9. pron. The greater part of a group, especially a group of people.
           Most want the best for their children.
           The peach was juicier and more flavourful than most.
     10. n. The greatest amount.
           The most I can offer for the house is $150,000.
     11. n. The greater part.
           Most of the penguins were friendly and curious.
           Most of the rice was spoiled.
     12. n. A record-setting amount.
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.
our
     1. det. Belonging to us.
     2. det. Of, from, or belonging to the nation, region, or language of the speaker.
     3. det. (Northern England, Scotland) Used before a person's name to indicate that the person is in one's family, or is a very close friend.
           I'm going to see our Terry for tea.
     4. v. misspelling of are
modern
     1. adj. Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
           Our online interactive game is a modern approach to teaching about gum disease.  Although it was built in the 1600s, the building still has a very modern look.
     2. adj. (history) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.
     3. n. Someone who lives in modern times.
     4. n. The modern time.
cooking
     1. n. The process of preparing food by using heat.
     2. n. (rare) An instance of preparing food by using heat.
     3. n. The result of preparing food by using heat.
     4. n.          One's ability to prepare food; cookery.
                    My cooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal.
                    I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university.
     5. n.          The style or genre of food preparation.
                    What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.
     6. adj. (informal) In progress, happening.
           The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking.
     7. v. present participle of cook
     cook
          1. n. (cooking) A person who prepares food for a living.
          2. n. (cooking) The head cook of a manor house
          3. n. (slang) One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
                Police found two meth cooks working in the illicit lab.
          4. n. (slang) A session of manufacturing certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
          5. n. A fish, the European striped wrasse,.
          6. v. To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
                I'm cooking bangers and mash.
          7. v. (intransitive) To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
                He's in the kitchen, cooking.
          8. v. (intransitive) To be being cooked.
                The dinner is cooking on the stove.
          9. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To be uncomfortably hot.
                Look at that poor dog shut up in that car on a day like today - it must be cooking in there.
          10. v. (slang) To execute by electric chair.
          11. v. (transitive, slang) To hold onto (a grenade) briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
                I always cook my frags, in case they try to grab one and throw it back.
          12. v. To concoct or prepare.
          13. v. To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
          14. v. (intransitive, jazz, slang) To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.)
                Watch this band: they cook!
                Crank up the Coltrane and start cooking!
          15. v. (intransitive, idiomatic, music, slang) To play music vigorously.
                On the Wagner piece, the orchestra was cooking!
          16. v. (obsolete, rare, intransitive) To make the noise of the cuckoo.
          17. v. (dialect) To throw.
terms
     1. n. plural of term
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of term
     term
          1. n. Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
                Be sure to read the terms and conditions before signing.
          2. n. That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
          3. n. (geometry, archaic) A point, line, or superficies that limits.
                A line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
          4. n. A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
                "Algorithm" is a term used in computer science.
          5. n. Relations among people.
                We are on friendly terms with each other.
          6. n. Part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year.
          7. n. Duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length.
                He was sentenced to a term of six years in prison.
                near-term, mid-term and long-term goals
                the term allowed to a debtor to discharge his debt
          8. n. (of a patent) The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
          9. n. (archaic) A menstrual period.
          10. n. (mathematics) Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
                All the terms of this sum cancel out.
                One only term is odd nobr - in ( 12; 3; 4 ).
          11. n. (logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
          12. n. (astrology) An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
          13. n. (architecture) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr.
          14. n. (nautical) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
          15. v. To phrase a certain way; to name or call.
          16. adj. (medicine, colloquial) Born or delivered at term.
                term neonate
          17. n. (computing, informal) terminal (computer program that emulates a physical terminal)
          18. v. To terminate one's employment
          19. n. One whose employment has been terminated
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary