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| slang |
| 1. n. Language outside of conventional usage. | |
| 2. n. Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon. | |
| 3. n. The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant. | |
| 4. v. (transitive, dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at. | |
| 5. v. (archaic) simple past tense of sling | |
| 6. n. (dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. | |
| 8. n. (obsolete) A counterfeit weight or measure. | |
| 9. n. (obsolete) A travelling show, or one of its performances. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) A hawker's license. | |
| 11. n. (obsolete) A watchchain. | |
| 12. v. (transitive, AAVE, MLE) To sell (especially illegal drugs). | |
| 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. | |
| punishment |
| 1. n. The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction. | |
| 2. n. A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime. | |
| 3. n. A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution | |
| 4. n. (figuratively) Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished; rough handling | |
| a vehicle that can take a lot of punishment | |
| 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. | |
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| lashes |
| 1. n. plural of lash | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of lash | |
| lash |
| 1. n. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given. | |
| 2. n. (obsolete) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare. | |
| 3. n. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough. | |
| The culprit received thirty-nine lashes. | |
| 4. n. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut. | |
| 5. n. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash. | |
| 6. n. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure. | |
| 7. v. To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one. | |
| 8. v. To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash. | |
| 9. v. To throw out with a jerk or quickly. | |
| 10. v. To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity. | |
| to lash vice | |
| 11. v. (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike. | |
| 12. v. (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language. | |
| 13. v. (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down | |
| 14. v. To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten. | |
| to lash something to a spar | |
| lash a pack on a horse's back | |
| 15. adj. (obsolete) Remiss, lax. | |
| 16. adj. (obsolete) Relaxed. | |
| 17. adj. Soft, watery, wet. | |
| 18. adj. (Ulster) excellent, wonderful | |
| We’re off school tomorrow, it’s gonna be lash! | |
| That Chinese (food) was lash! | |
| 19. adj. (Britain) Drunk. | |
| strokes |
| 1. n. plural of stroke | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of stroke | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| whip |
| 1. n. A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herd | |
| I had to use the whip to get the sheep's attention. | |
| 2. n. The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture. | |
| Once he ran out of appeals, he knew he would soon feel the sting of the whip. | |
| 3. n. (hunting) A whipper-in. | |
| 4. n. (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes. | |
| I was going to vote against the bill, but the party whip came to see me and made it clear I needed to vote for it. | |
| 5. n. (politics) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament. | |
| 6. n. Whipped cream. | |
| Did you want to add some whip to your coffee, ma'am? | |
| 7. n. (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage. | |
| 8. n. (African American Vernacular English) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation. | |
| Come on, let's take my whip so we can get there in time. | |
| 9. n. (roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another. | |
| 10. n. A whipping motion; a thrashing about. | |
| I was startled by the whip of the rope when it finally snapped. | |
| 11. n. The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club. | |
| 12. n. Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion | |
| 13. n. A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit | |
| 14. n. (music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions. | |
| 15. v. To hit with a whip. | |
| The rider whipped the horse. | |
| 16. v. (transitive, by extension) To hit with any flexible object. | |
| I whipped her with a newspaper. | |
| 17. v. (transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game. | |
| 18. v. To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food. | |
| to whip eggs or cream | |
| 19. v. To urge into action. | |
| He whipped the department into shape. | |
| 20. v. (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling. | |
| 21. v. (transitive, nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip. | |
| 22. v. To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread. | |
| to whip a ruffle | |
| 23. v. To throw or kick an object at a high velocity. | |
| 24. v. To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts. | |
| 25. v. (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip. | |
| 26. v. (intransitive) To move very fast. | |
| 27. v. To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc. | |
| 28. v. (transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another. | |
| 29. v. (figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc. | |
| 30. v. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking. | |
| to whip wheat | |
| across |
| 1. prep. To, toward or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest). | |
| We rowed across the river. | |
| Fortunately, there was a bridge across the river. | |
| He came across the street to meet me. | |
| 2. prep. On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest). | |
| That store is across the street. | |
| 3. prep. (Southern US, AAVE) across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest). | |
| 4. prep. From one side to the other within (a space being traversed). | |
| The meteor streaked across the sky. | |
| He walked across the room. | |
| Could you slide that across the table to me, please? | |
| 5. prep. At or near the far end of (a space). | |
| 6. prep. Spanning. | |
| This poetry speaks across the centuries. | |
| 7. prep. Throughout. | |
| All across the country, voters were communicating their representatives. | |
| 8. prep. So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle. | |
| Lay the top stick across the bottom one. | |
| She had straps fastened across the conduit every six feet. | |
| 9. prep. In possession of full, up-to-date information about; abreast of. | |
| As a newspaper reporter, you should be across all these issues. | |
| 10. adv. From one side to the other. | |
| she helped the blind man across; the river is half a mile across | |
| 11. adv. On the other side. | |
| If we sail off at noon, when will we be across? | |
| 12. adv. In a particular direction. | |
| He leaned across for a book. | |
| 13. adv. (crosswords) Horizontally. | |
| I got stuck on 4 across. | |
| 14. n. (crosswords, often in combination) A word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue. | |
| I solved all of the acrosses, but then got stuck on 3 down. | |
| 1 Bygone hangout for 64-Acrosses | |
| 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. | |
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| back |
| 1. adj. (not comparable) Near the rear. | |
| Go in the back door of the house. | |
| 2. adj. (not comparable) Not current. | |
| I’d like to find a back issue of that magazine. | |
| 3. adj. (not comparable) Far from the main area. | |
| They took a back road. | |
| 4. adj. (not comparable) In arrear; overdue. | |
| They still owe three months' back rent. | |
| 5. adj. (not comparable) Moving or operating backward. | |
| back action | |
| 6. adj. (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel). | |
| The vowel of smallcaps - lot has a back vowel in most dialects of England. | |
| 7. adv. (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place. | |
| He gave back the money. He needs his money back. He was on vacation, but now he’s back. The office fell into chaos when you left, but now order is back. | |
| 8. adv. Away from the front or from an edge. | |
| Sit all the way back in your chair. | |
| Step back from the curb. | |
| 9. adv. In a manner that impedes. | |
| Fear held him back. | |
| 10. adv. In a reciprocal manner. | |
| If you hurt me, I'll hurt you back. | |
| 11. adv. Earlier, ago. | |
| many years back | |
| 12. n. The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly. | |
| Could you please scratch my back? | |
| 13. n. The spine and associated tissues. | |
| I hurt my back lifting those crates. | |
| 14. n. (slang) Large and attractive buttocks. | |
| 15. n. (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back. | |
| I still need to finish the back of your dress. | |
| 16. n. The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back. | |
| Can you fix the back of this chair? | |
| 17. n. (obsolete) That part of the body that bears clothing. (Now used only in the phrase clothes on one's back.) | |
| 18. n. That which is farthest away from the front. | |
| He sat in the back of the room. | |
| 19. n. The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side. | |
| Turn the book over and look at the back. | |
| 20. n. # The edge of a book which is bound. | |
| # The titles are printed on the backs of the books. | |
| 21. n. # (printing) The inside margin of a page. | |
| 22. n. # The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting. | |
| # Tap it with the back of your knife. | |
| 23. n. The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen. | |
| I hung the clothes on the back of the door. | |
| 24. n. Area behind, such as the backyard of a house. | |
| We'll meet out in the back of the library. | |
| 25. n. The part of something that goes last. | |
| The car was near the back of the train. | |
| 26. n. (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team. | |
| The backs were lined up in an I formation. | |
| 27. n. (figuratively) Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back. | |
| The small boat raced over the backs of the waves. | |
| 28. n. A support or resource in reserve. | |
| 29. n. (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship. | |
| The ship's back broke in the pounding surf. | |
| 30. n. (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage. | |
| 31. n. (slang) Effort, usually physical. | |
| Put some back into it! | |
| 32. n. A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail. | |
| Could I get a martini with a water back? | |
| 33. n. Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides. | |
| 34. v. (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction. | |
| the train backed into the station; the horse refuses to back | |
| 35. v. To support. | |
| I back you all the way; which horse are you backing in this race? | |
| 36. v. (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere. | |
| 37. v. (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship. | |
| 38. v. (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power. | |
| 39. v. (of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed. | |
| 40. v. To push or force backwards. | |
| to back oxen | |
| The mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet. | |
| 41. v. (transitive, obsolete) To get upon the back of; to mount. | |
| 42. v. (transitive, obsolete) To place or seat upon the back. | |
| 43. v. To make a back for; to furnish with a back. | |
| to back books | |
| 44. v. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of. | |
| 45. v. To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement. | |
| to back a letter; to back a note or legal document | |
| 46. v. (legal, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender). | |
| 47. v. To row backward with (oars). | |
| to back the oars | |
| 48. n. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc. | |
| 49. n. A ferryboat. | |
