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pudding
     1. n. Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.
     2. n. A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.
     3. n. A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.
     4. n. (Australia) Dessert; the dessert course of a meal.
           We have apple pie for pudding today.
     5. n. (originally) A sausage made primarily from blood.
     6. n. (slang) An overweight person.
     7. n. (slang) Entrails.
     8. n. (obsolete) Any food or victuals.
     9. n. (archaic, slang) A piece of good fortune.
made
     1. n. (UK dialectal, or obsolete) A grub or maggot.
     2. v. simple past tense and past participle of make
     mak
          1. v. (Wearside, dialectal) to make
     make
          1. v. To create.
          2. v.          To build, construct, or produce.
                        We made a bird feeder for our yard.
                        I'll make a man out of him yet.
          3. v.          To write or compose.
                        I made a poem for her wedding.
                        He made a will.
          4. v.          To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
                        make war
                        They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men.
          5. v.          (religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
                        God made earth and heaven.
          6. v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
                To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
                They made nice together, as if their fight never happened.
                He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.
          7. v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
          8. v. To constitute.
                They make a cute couple.
                This makes the third infraction.
                One swallow does not a summer make.
          9. v. 1995, Harriette Simpson Arnow: Critical Essays on Her Work, p.46:
          10. v. To add up to, have a sum of.
                Two and four make six.
          11. v. (intransitive, construed with of typically interrogative) To interpret.
                I don’t know what to make of it.
          12. v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
                This company is what made you.
                She married into wealth and so has it made.
          13. v. (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
                The citizens made their objections clear.
                This might make you a bit woozy.
                Did I make myself heard?
                Scotch will make you a man.
          14. v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
          15. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
                You're making her cry.
                I was made to feel like a criminal.
          16. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
                The teacher made the student study.
                Don’t let them make you suffer.
          17. v. (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
                His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
          18. v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
          19. v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
          20. v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
                We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
          21. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
                They made westward over the snowy mountains.
                Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!
                They made away from the fire toward the river.
          22. v. To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
          23. v. To move at (a speed).
                The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
                This baby can make 220 miles an hour.
          24. v. To appoint; to name.
          25. v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
          26. v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
          27. v. To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
                They hope to make a bigger profit.
                He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.
                She made ten points in that game.
          28. v. To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
          29. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
          30. v. To enact; to establish.
          31. v. To develop into; to prove to be.
                She'll make a fine president.
          32. v. To form or formulate in the mind.
                make plans
                made a questionable decision
          33. v. To perform a feat.
                make a leap
                make a pass
                make a u-turn
          34. v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
          35. v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
          36. v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
          37. v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
          38. v. (transitive, euphemism) To take the virginity of.
          39. v. To have sexual intercourse with.
          40. n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
                What make of car do you drive?
          41. n. How a thing is made; construction.
          42. n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
                The camera was of German make.
          43. n. Quantity produced, especially of materials.
          44. n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
          45. n. A person's character or disposition.
          46. n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
          47. n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
          48. n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
          49. n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
          50. n. (slang) Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
          51. n. (slang) A promotion.
          52. n. A home-made project
          53. n. (basketball) A made basket.
          54. n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
          55. n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.
     myek
          1. v. (Geordie, dialectal) To make.
                Will ye myek is a stotty for me bait pet?
by
     1. prep. Near or next to.
           The mailbox is by the bus stop.
     2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.
           Be back by ten o'clock!  We will send it by the first week of July.
     3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of.
           The matter was decided by the chairman.  The boat was swamped by the water.  He was protected by his body armour.
     4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
           There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
     5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.
     6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of.
           I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
     7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination.
           The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight.
     8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed.
           I sorted the items by category.  By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
     9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of.
           Our stock is up by ten percent.
     10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
           We went through the book page by page.  We crawled forward by inches.
     11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to.
           He cheated by his own admission.
     12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of.
           By Jove! I think she's got it!  By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
     13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
           It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix.  The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot.  The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm.
     14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
           She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.
     15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker.
           I watched as it passed by.
     16. adv. In the vicinity, near.
           There was a shepherd close by.
           The shop is hard by the High Street.
     17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
           I'll stop by on my way home from work.
           We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
     18. adv. Aside, away.
           The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
     19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary.
     20. n. (card games) A pass
     21. interj. alternative spelling of bye
boiling
     1. v. present participle of boil
     2. n. The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.
     3. n. An animation style with constantly changing wavy outlines, giving a shimmering or wobbling appearance.
     4. adj. That boils or boil.
           boiling kettle  boiling oil
     5. adj. (informal, hyperbole) Of a thing: extremely hot or active.
           The radiator is boiling – I’m going to turn it down a bit.
     6. adj. (informal, hyperbole) Of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot.
           I’m boiling – can’t we open a window?
     7. adj. (informal, hyperbole) Of the weather: very hot.
           It’s boiling out today!
     8. adv. (of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely
           He was boiling mad.
     boil
          1. n. A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
          2. n. The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
                Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.
          3. n. A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
          4. n. (rare, nonstandard) The collective noun for a group of hawks.
          5. v. To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
                Boil some water in a pan.
          6. v. (transitive, intransitive) To cook in boiling water.
                Boil the eggs for two minutes.
                Is the rice boiling yet?
          7. v. (intransitive) Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
                Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
          8. v. (intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) Said of weather being uncomfortably hot.
                It’s boiling outside!
          9. v. (intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot. See also seethe.
                I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?
          10. v. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
                to boil sugar or salt
          11. v. (obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.
          12. v. To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
                the boiling waves of the sea
          13. v. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
                His blood boils with anger.
bread
     1. n. A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
     2. n. Any variety of bread.
     3. n. (slang) Money.
     4. n. Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
     5. v. to coat with breadcrumbs
     6. n. (obsolete, or UK dialectal, Scotland) Breadth.
     7. v. (transitive, dialectal) To make broad; spread.
     8. v. To form in meshes; net.
     9. n. A piece of embroidery; a braid.
in
     1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
     2. prep.          Contained by.
                   The dog is in the kennel.
     3. prep.          Within.
     4. prep.          Surrounded by.
                   We are in the enemy camp.   Her plane is in the air.
     5. prep.          Part of; a member of.
                   One in a million.   She's in band and orchestra.
     6. prep.          Pertaining to; with regard to.
                   What grade did he get in English?
                   Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
     7. prep.          At the end of a period of time.
                   They said they would call us in a week.
     8. prep.          Within a certain elapsed time
                   Are you able to finish this in three hours?   The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
     9. prep.          During (said of periods of time).
                   in the first week of December;  Easter falls in the fourth lunar month;   The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
     10. prep.          (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
                   English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
     11. prep. Into.
           Less water gets in your boots this way.
     12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
           In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
     13. prep.          Indicating an order or arrangement.
                   My fat rolls around in folds.
     14. prep.          Denoting a state of the subject.
                   He stalked away in anger.   John is in a coma.
     15. prep.          Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
                   You've got a friend in me.   He's met his match in her.
     16. prep.          Wearing (an item of clothing).
                    I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
     17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
     18. prep.          (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
                   Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
                   The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
                    Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
     19. prep.          Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
                   Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
                   His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
                   When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
     20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
     21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
     22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
           Is Mr. Smith in?
     23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
           Suddenly a strange man walked in.
     24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
           He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
     25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
           What's that in?
     26. adv. After the beginning of something.
     27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
           His parents got him an in with the company
     28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
     29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
     30. adj. In fashion; popular.
           Skirts are in this year.
     31. adj. Incoming.
           the in train
     32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
     33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
           in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
     34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
     35. n. Inch.
milk
     1. n. A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverag
     2. n. A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, and/or soy beans. Also called non-dairy milk.
     3. n. (informal) An individual serving of milk.
     4. n. The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
     5. n. (slang) Semen.
     6. v. To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
           The farmer milked his cows.
     7. v. To draw (milk) from the breasts or udder.
           to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows
     8. v. To express any liquid (from any creature).
     9. v. (transitive, figurative) To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something).
           When the audience began laughing, the comedian milked the joke for more laughs.
     10. v. (of an electrical storage battery) To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation.
     11. v. (transitive, slang) To single-mindedly masturbate a male to ejaculation, especially for the amusement and/or satisfaction of the masturbator/trix rather than the person masturbated.
           Controlled milking can actually establish and consolidate a mistress’ dominance over her sub rather than diminish it.
with
     1. prep. Against.
           He picked a fight with the class bully.
     2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
           He went with his friends.
     3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
           She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
     4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
     5. prep. In support of.
           We are with you all the way.
     6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
           slain with robbers
     7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
           cut with a knife
     8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
     9. prep. Having, owning.
     10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
           Do you want to come with?
     11. adv. -->
     12. n. alternative form of withe
sugar
     1. n. Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.
     2. n. A specific variety of sugar.
     3. n. (chemistry) Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.
     4. n. A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.
           He usually has his coffee white with one sugar.
     5. n. A term of endearment.
           I'll be with you in a moment, sugar.
     6. n. (slang) A kiss.
     7. n. (chiefly southern US, slang) Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.
           I think John has a little bit of sugar in him.
     8. n. (informal) Diabetes.
     9. n. (dated) Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance, especially in chemistry.
           Sugar of lead (lead acetate) is a poisonous white crystalline substance with a sweet taste.
     10. n. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
     11. n. (US, slang) heroin Heroin.
     12. v. To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.
           John heavily sugars his coffee.
     13. v. To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.
           She has a gift for sugaring what would otherwise be harsh words.
     14. v. (US, Canada regional) In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the syrup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; with the prepositi
     15. v. (entomology) To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moth, moths.
     16. v. (programming, transitive) To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar.
     17. interj. (informal, euphemistic) Used in place of shit!
           Oh, sugar!
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.
spices
     1. n. plural of spice
     2. v. en-third person singular of spice
     spice
          1. n. Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food.
          2. n. (figurative) Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging.
          3. n. A synthetic cannabinoid drug.
          4. n. (Yorkshire) Sweets, candy.
          5. n. (obsolete) Species; kind.
          6. v. To add spice or spices to; season.
          7. v. To spice up.
          8. n. (nonce) plural of spouse
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