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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 | |