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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.
sports
     1. n. plural of sport
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of sport
     3. v. To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.
     sport
          1. n. Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
          2. n. Something done for fun despite being intended for and primarily used for serious goals.
          3. n. A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
          4. n. Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
          5. n. (obsolete) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.
          6. n. (obsolete) Mockery; derision.
          7. n. A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
          8. n. Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
          9. n. (biology, botany, zoology) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both muta
          10. n. (slang) A sportsman; a gambler.
          11. n. (slang) One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
          12. n. (obsolete) An amorous dalliance.
          13. n. (informal, usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
          14. n. (obsolete) Play; idle jingle.
          15. v. (intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.
                children sporting on the green
          16. v. (intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
                Jen sports with Bill's emotions.
          17. v. To display; to have as a notable feature.
                Jen's sporting a new pair of shoes;  he was sporting a new wound from the combat
          18. v. (reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
          19. v. To represent by any kind of play.
          20. v. To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
          21. v. To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
          22. v. To close (a door).
team
     1. n. A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
     2. n. Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
           We need more volunteers for the netball team.
           The IT manager leads a team of three software developers.
     3. n. (obsolete) A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
     4. n. (legal) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, go
     5. v. (intransitive) To form a group, as for sports or work.
           They teamed to complete the project.
     6. v. (intransitive, by extension) To go together well; to harmonize.
     7. v. To convey or haul with a team.
           to team lumber
     8. v. To form together into a team.
           to team oxen
     9. v. To give work to a gang under a subcontractor.
     10. v. misspelling of teem
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