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Buddhism |
1. n. The religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Buddha. | |
to |
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive. | |
I want to leave. | |
He asked me what to do. | |
I don’t know how to say it. | |
I have places to go and people to see. | |
2. part. As above, with the verb implied. | |
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.". | |
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to. | |
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs. | |
I have to do laundry today. | |
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at. | |
We are walking to the shop. | |
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose. | |
He devoted himself to education. | |
They drank to his health. | |
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action. | |
His face was beaten to a pulp. | |
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application. | |
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking. | |
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a. | |
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t | |
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison. | |
one to one = 1:1 | |
ten to one = 10:1. | |
I have ten dollars to your four. | |
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation. | |
Three squared or three to the second power is nine. | |
Three to the power of two is nine. | |
Three to the second is nine. | |
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object. | |
I gave the book to him. | |
12. prep. (time) Preceding. | |
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour). | |
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains. | |
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it. | |
There's a lot of sense to what he says. | |
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At. | |
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y. | |
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position. | |
Please push the door to. | |
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind. | |
17. adv. misspelling of too | |
shave |
1. v. To make bald by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin. | |
2. v. To cut anything in this fashion. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means. | |
I had little time to shave this morning. | |
4. v. To cut finely, as with slices of meat. | |
5. v. To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing. | |
6. v. To reduce in size or weight. | |
7. v. (archaic, transitive) To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat. | |
8. v. (US, slang) To buy (a note) at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows. | |
9. n. An instance of shaving. | |
I instructed the barber to give me a shave. | |
10. n. A thin slice; a shaving. | |
11. n. (US, slang) An exorbitant discount on a note. | |
12. n. (US, slang) A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular. | |
13. n. A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a spokeshave. | |
the |
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already | |
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.) | |
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.) | |
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird. | |
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause. | |
The street that runs through my hometown. | |
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time. | |
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe. | |
God save the Queen! | |
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item. | |
That was the best apple pie ever. | |
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive. | |
That apple pie was the best. | |
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class. | |
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective. | |
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. | |
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar. | |
No one in the whole country had seen it before. | |
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning. | |
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun. | |
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”) | |
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention. | |
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery. | |
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives. | |
The hotter the better. | |
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks. | |
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children. | |
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it. | |
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone. | |
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it. | |
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it. | |
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that. | |
crown |
1. n. A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem. | |
2. n. (heraldry) A representation of such a headdress, as in heraldry; it may even be that only the image exists, no physical crown, as in the case of the kingdom of Belgium; by analogy such crowns can be a | |
3. n. A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor. | |
4. n. (by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor. | |
the martyr's crown | |
5. n. Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it. | |
6. n. (metonym) The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state. | |
7. n. (by extension, especially in legal) The state, the government (headed by a monarch). | |
Treasure recovered from shipwrecks automatically becomes property of the Crown. | |
8. n. The topmost part of the head. | |
9. n. The highest part of a hill. | |
10. n. Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the koruna | |
11. n. (historical) A former pre-decimalization British coin worth five shillings. | |
12. n. (botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet. | |
13. n. (forestry) The top of a tree. | |
14. n. (anatomy) The part of a tooth above the gums. | |
15. n. (dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth. | |
16. n. (nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling | |
17. n. (nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet | |
18. n. (nautical) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line. | |
19. n. (nautical, in the plural) The bights formed by the turns of a cable. | |
20. n. (paper) In England, a standard size of printing paper measuring 20 x 15 inches. | |
21. n. (paper) In American, a standard size of writing paper measuring 19 x 15 inches. | |
22. n. (chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location | |
23. n. (medical) During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina | |
24. n. (firearms) A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening | |
25. n. The upper range of facets in a rose diamond. | |
26. n. The dome of a furnace. | |
27. n. (geometry) The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters. | |
28. n. (religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure. | |
29. n. A whole turkey with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat. | |
30. n. The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands | |
31. adj. Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown. | |
crown prince | |
32. adj. Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees. | |
a crown fire | |
33. v. To place a crown on the head of. | |
34. v. To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc. | |
35. v. To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify. | |
36. v. To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect. | |
37. v. To declare (someone) a winner. | |
38. v. (medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening. | |
The mother was in the second stage of labor and the fetus had just crowned, prompting a round of encouragement from the midwives. | |
39. v. To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley. | |
40. v. To hit on the head. | |
41. v. (video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game. | |
42. v. (board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king. | |
“Crown me!” I said, as I moved my checker to the back row. | |
43. v. (firearms) To widen the opening of the barrel. | |
44. v. (military) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach. | |
45. v. (nautical) To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other. | |
46. v. (archaic) past participle of crow | |
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. | |
the |
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already | |
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.) | |
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.) | |
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird. | |
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause. | |
The street that runs through my hometown. | |
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time. | |
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe. | |
God save the Queen! | |
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item. | |
That was the best apple pie ever. | |
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive. | |
That apple pie was the best. | |
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class. | |
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective. | |
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. | |
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar. | |
No one in the whole country had seen it before. | |
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning. | |
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun. | |
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”) | |
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention. | |
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery. | |
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives. | |
The hotter the better. | |
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks. | |
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children. | |
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it. | |
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone. | |
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it. | |
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it. | |
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that. | |
head |
1. n. The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs. | |
Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite. | |
2. n. (people) To do with heads. | |
3. n. # Mental or emotional aptitude or skill. | |
# The company is looking for people with good heads for business. | |
# He has no head for heights. | |
# It's all about having a good head on your shoulders. | |
4. n. # Mind; one's own thoughts. | |
# This song keeps going through my head. | |
5. n. # A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication. | |
6. n. # A headdress; a covering for the head. | |
# a laced head; a head of hair | |
7. n. # An individual person. | |
# Admission is three dollars a head. | |
8. n. (animals) To do with heads. | |
9. n. # (measure word for livestock and game) A single animal. | |
# 200 head of cattle and 50 head of horses | |
# 12 head of big cattle and 14 head of branded calves | |
# at five years of age this head of cattle is worth perhaps $40 | |
# a reduction in the assessment per head of sheep | |
# they shot 20 head of quail | |
10. n. # The population of game. | |
# we have a heavy head of deer this year | |
# planting the hedges increased the head of quail and doves | |
11. n. # The antlers of a deer. | |
12. n. The topmost, foremost, or leading part. | |
What does it say at the head of the page? | |
13. n. The end of a table. | |
14. n. # The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor. | |
# During meetings, the supervisor usually sits at the head of the table. | |
15. n. # (billiards) The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked. | |
16. n. The principal operative part of a machine or tool. | |
17. n. # The end of a hammer, axe, golf club or similar implement used for striking other objects. | |
18. n. # The end of a nail, screw, bolt or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide. | |
# Hit the nail on the head! | |
19. n. # The sharp end of an arrow, spear or pointer. | |
# The head of the compass needle is pointing due north. | |
20. n. # (lacrosse) The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball. | |
21. n. # (music) A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound. | |
# Tap the head of the drum for this roll. | |
22. n. # A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium. | |
# The heads of your tape player need to be cleaned. | |
23. n. # (computing) The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data. | |
24. n. # (automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs. | |
25. n. The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages. | |
Pour me a fresh beer; this one has no head. | |
26. n. (engineering) The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel. | |
27. n. (UK, geology) Deposits near the top of a geological succession. | |
28. n. (medicine) The end of an abscess where pus collects. | |
29. n. (music) The headstock of a guitar. | |
30. n. (nautical) A leading component. | |
31. n. # The top edge of a sail. | |
32. n. # The bow of a vessel. | |
33. n. (British) A headland. | |
34. n. (social) A leader or expert. | |
35. n. The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front. | |
36. n. Leader; chief; mastermind. | |
I'd like to speak to the head of the department. | |
Police arrested the head of the gang in a raid last night. | |
37. n. A headmaster or headmistress. | |
I was called into the head's office to discuss my behaviour. | |
38. n. (music, slang) A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop. | |
Only true heads know this. | |
39. n. A significant or important part. | |
40. n. A beginning or end, a protuberance. | |
41. n. # The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it. | |
# The expedition followed the river all the way to the head. | |
42. n. # A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum. | |
# Give me a head of lettuce. | |
43. n. ## An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal. | |
44. n. ## The leafy top part of a tree. | |
45. n. # (anatomy) The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint. | |
46. n. # (nautical) The toilet of a ship. | |
# I've got to go to the head. | |
47. n. # (in the plural) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house. | |
48. n. A component. | |
49. n. # (jazz) The principal melody or theme of a piece. | |
50. n. # (linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a memb | |
51. n. Headway; progress. | |
We are having a difficult time making head against this wind. | |
52. n. Topic; subject. | |
We will consider performance issues under the head of future improvements. | |
53. n. Denouement; crisis. | |
These isses are going to come to a head today. | |
54. n. (fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy. | |
55. n. A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head. | |
Let the engine build up a good head of steam. | |
56. n. The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point. | |
57. n. More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight. | |
58. n. (slang) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex. | |
She gave great head. | |
59. n. (slang) The glans penis. | |
60. n. (slang) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs. | |
61. n. (obsolete) Power; armed force. | |
62. adj. Of, relating to, or intended for the head. | |
63. adj. Foremost in rank or importance. | |
the head cook | |
64. adj. Placed at the top or the front. | |
65. adj. Coming from in front. | |
head sea | |
As |
1. n. plural of A | |
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As. | |
2. adv. To such an extent or degree. | |
You’re not as tall as I am. | |
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive. | |
3. adv. In the manner or role specified. | |
The kidnappers released him as agreed. | |
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues. | |
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend. | |
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as). | |
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what. | |
Do as I say! | |
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know. | |
As you wish, my lord! | |
6. conj. At the same instant that; when. | |
As I came in, she flew. | |
7. conj. At the same time that; while. | |
He sleeps as the rain falls. | |
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that. | |
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy. | |
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since. | |
As it’s too late, I quit. | |
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. | |
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago. | |
It's not so complicated as I expected. | |
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. | |
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. | |
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. | |
14. conj. Expressing concession; though. | |
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than. | |
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. | |
You are not as tall as me. | |
They're big as houses. | |
17. prep. In the role of. | |
What is your opinion as a parent? | |
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra. | |
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. | |
20. n. plural of a | |
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. | |
sign |
1. n. (sometimes also used uncountably) A visible indication. | |
Their angry expressions were a clear sign they didn't want to talk. | |
Those clouds show signs of raining soon. | |
Those clouds show little sign of raining soon. | |
Signs of disease are objective, whereas symptoms are subjective. | |
The sharp sign indicates that the pitch of the note is raised a half step. | |
I gave them a thumbs-up sign. | |
2. n. (North America, AU) Physical evidence left by an animal. | |
The hunters found deer sign at the end of the trail. | |
3. n. A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures. | |
The sign in the window advertised a room for rent. | |
I missed the sign at the corner so I took the wrong turn. | |
4. n. A wonder; miracle; prodigy. | |
5. n. (astrology) An astrological sign. | |
Your sign is Taurus? That's no surprise. | |
6. n. (mathematics) Positive or negative polarity. (Note: it is improper to place a sign on the number zero) | |
I got the magnitude right, but the sign was wrong. | |
7. n. A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages. | |
8. n. Sign language in general. | |
Sorry, I don't know sign very well. | |
9. n. An omen. | |
"It's a sign of the end of the world," the doom prophet said. | |
10. n. (medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, is unlikely to be noticed by the patient. | |
11. n. A military emblem carried on a banner or standard. | |
12. v. To make a mark | |
13. v. (transitive, now rare) To seal (a document etc.) with an identifying seal or symbol. | |
The Queen signed her letter with the regal signet. | |
14. v. To mark, to put or leave a mark on. | |
15. v. To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it. | |
16. v. More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc. | |
I forgot to sign that letter to my aunt. | |
17. v. (transitive or reflexive) To write (one's name) as a signature. | |
Just sign your name at the bottom there. | |
I received a letter from some woman who signs herself ‘Mrs Trellis’. | |
18. v. (intransitive) To write one's signature. | |
Please sign on the dotted line. | |
19. v. (intransitive) To finalise a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label etc. | |
20. v. To engage (a sports player, musician etc.) in a contract. | |
It was a great month. I managed to sign three major players. | |
21. v. To make the sign of the cross | |
22. v. To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross. | |
23. v. (reflexive) To cross oneself. | |
24. v. To indicate | |
25. v. (intransitive) To communicate using a gesture or signal. | |
26. v. To communicate using gestures to (someone). | |
He signed me that I should follow him through the doorway. | |
27. v. (intransitive) To use sign language. | |
28. v. To furnish (a road etc.) with signs. | |
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. | |
humility |
1. n. The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior. | |
and |
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. | |
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs. | |
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences. | |
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first. | |
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but. | |
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often | |
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements. | |
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition. | |
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause. | |
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’. | |
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, | |
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other". | |
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb). | |
14. conj. Expressing a condition.: | |
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that. | |
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though. | |
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat. | |
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath. | |
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog. | |
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine. | |
religious |
1. adj. Concerning religion. | |
It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues. | |
2. adj. Committed to the practice of religion. | |
I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now. | |
3. adj. Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion. | |
I'm a religious fan of college basketball. | |
4. n. A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun. | |
vocation |
1. n. An inclination to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; often in response to a perceived summons; a calling. | |
2. n. An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified. | |