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northumbria)
pleasant
1. adj. Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
We had a pleasant walk around the town.
It wasn't so hot outside, but pleasant enough to have lunch in the garden.
2. adj. (obsolete) Facetious, joking.
3. n. (obsolete) A wit; a humorist; a buffoon.
fair
1. adj. (literary or archaic) Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
Monday's child is fair of face.
There was once a knight who wooed a fair young maid.
2. adj. Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
one's fair name
After scratching out and replacing various words in the manuscript, he scribed a fair copy to send to the publisher.
3. adj. Light in color, pale, particularly as regards skin tone but also referring to blond hair.
She had fair hair and blue eyes.
4. adj. Just, equitable.
He must be given a fair trial.
5. adj. Adequate, reasonable, or decent.
The patient was in a fair condition after some treatment.
6. adj. (nautical, of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.
7. adj. Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.
a fair sky; a fair day
8. adj. Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
a fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view
9. adj. (shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
10. adj. (baseball) Between the baselines.
11. adj. (rugby, of a catch) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
12. adj. (cricket, of a ball delivered by the bowler) Not a no-ball.
13. n. Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
When will we learn to distinguish between the fair and the foul?
14. n. (obsolete) A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
15. n. (obsolete) Fairness, beauty.
16. n. A fair woman; a sweetheart.
17. n. (obsolete) Good fortune; good luck.
18. v. To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
19. v. To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
20. v. To construct or design a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline or reduce air drag or water resistance.
21. v. (obsolete) To make fair or beautiful.
22. adv. clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably
23. n. A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
24. n. An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
25. n. An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
26. n. A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).
favorable
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
agreeable
1. adj. Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful.
agreeable manners
agreeable remarks
an agreeable person
fruit agreeable to the taste
2. adj. (colloquial) Willing; ready to agree or consent.
3. adj. Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; followed by to, or rarely by with.
4. adj. In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; used adverbially
Agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.
5. n. Something pleasing; anything that is agreeable.
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
deal
1. n. (obsolete) A division, a portion, a share.
We gave three deals of grain in tribute to the king.
2. n. (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
3. v. To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory.
4. v. To administer or give out, as in small portions.
5. v. To distribute cards to the players in a game.
I was dealt four aces.
The cards were shuffled, and the croupier dealt.
6. v. (baseball) To pitch.
The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger.
7. v. (intransitive) To have dealings or business.
8. v. (intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
9. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To take action; to act.
10. v. (intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
She deals in gold.
11. v. To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
This club takes a dim view of members who deal drugs.
12. v. (intransitive) To be concerned with.
13. v. (intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.
I can't deal with this.
I don't think he wants to go. — Yeah, well, we're going anyway, and he can deal.
14. n. (archaic in general sense) An act of dealing or sharing out.
15. n. The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
I didn’t have a good deal all evening.
I believe it's your deal.
16. n. A particular instance of buying or selling; a transaction
We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight.
17. n. Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
18. n. An agreement between parties; an arrangement
He made a deal with the devil.
19. n. (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
What's the deal?
20. n. (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork.
21. n. Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
22. n. A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
23. n. (archaic) A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.
24. adj. Made of deal.
A plain deal table
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?
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12. n. alternative form of withe

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