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kent |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of ken | |
2. n. (Scotland) A shepherd's staff. | |
3. n. (Scotland) A pole or pike. | |
4. v. (Scotland) To propel (a boat) using a pole. | |
ken |
1. v. (obsolete) To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life). | |
2. n. Knowledge, perception, or sight. | |
3. n. (nautical) Range of sight. | |
4. v. (transitive, mostly, Scotland) To know, perceive or understand. | |
5. v. (obsolete, mostly, Scotland) To discover by sight; to catch sight of; to descry. | |
6. n. (slang) A house, especially a den of thieves. | |
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. | |
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. | |
plural |
1. adj. Consisting of or containing more than one of something. | |
2. adj. (comparable) Pluralistic. | |
3. n. (grammar) The plural number. | |
4. n. (grammar) A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form. | |
low |
1. adj. Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty. | |
standing on low ground in a low valley, ringed by low hills a low wall a low shelf | |
2. adj. Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than | |
the low countries Low German | |
3. adj. (baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees. | |
the pitch (or: the ball) was low | |
4. adj. Of less than normal height; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured. | |
a low bow a low tide the Mississippi is unusually low right now | |
5. adj. Not high in status, esteem or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar). | |
low birth low rank the low officials of the bureaucracy low-quality fabric playing low tricks on them a person of low mind | |
Now that was low even for you! | |
6. adj. Humble, meek, not haughty. | |
7. adj. Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence. | |
She had a low opinion of cats. He took a low view of dogs. | |
8. adj. Being a nadir, a bottom. | |
the low point in her career | |
9. adj. Depressed in mood, dejected, sad. | |
low spirits | |
10. adj. Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak. | |
a low pulse | |
made (or: laid) low by sickness | |
11. adj. Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc). | |
My credit union charges a low interest rate. Jogging during a whiteout, with such low temperatures and low visibility, is dangerous. The store sold bread at low prices, and milk a | |
12. adj. Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative). | |
diets low in vitamin A made from low-carbon steel | |
13. adj. Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply. | |
running low on cash | |
14. adj. (especially in the field of biology) Simple in complexity or development; (in several set phrases) favoring simplicity; see e.g. low church, Low Tory. | |
low protozoan animals, low cryptogamic plants, and other low organisms | |
15. adj. (in several set phrases) Being near the equator. | |
the low northern latitudes | |
16. adj. (acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat. | |
The note was too low for her to sing. | |
Generally, European men have lower voices than their Indian counterparts. | |
17. adj. Quiet; soft; not loud. | |
They spoke in low voices so I would not hear what they were saying. | |
Why would you want to play heavy metal at such a low volume? | |
18. adj. (phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate. | |
19. adj. (card games) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc. | |
a low card | |
20. adj. (archaic) Not rich, seasoned, or nourishing; plain, simple. | |
a low diet | |
21. adj. (of an, automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed. | |
low gear | |
22. n. Something that is low; a low point. | |
You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank. | |
Economic growth has hit a new low. | |
23. n. The minimum value attained by some quantity within a specified period. | |
Unemployment has reached a ten-year low. | |
24. n. A depressed mood or situation. | |
He is in a low right now | |
25. n. (meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression. | |
A deep low is centred over the British Isles. | |
26. n. The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle. | |
Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour. | |
27. n. (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn. | |
28. n. (slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense. | |
He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low. | |
29. adv. Close to the ground. | |
30. adv. Of a pitch, at a lower frequency. | |
31. adv. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently. | |
to speak low | |
32. adv. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply. | |
He sold his wheat low. | |
33. adv. In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly. | |
34. adv. In a time approaching our own. | |
35. adv. (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution. | |
The moon runs low, i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian. | |
36. v. (obsolete, transitive) To depress; to lower. | |
37. v. (obsolete) simple past tense of laugh. | |
38. v. (intransitive) To moo. | |
The cattle were lowing. | |
39. n. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze. | |
40. v. (Scotland) To burn; to blaze. | |
41. n. (archaic, or obsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus. | |
42. n. (Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill. | |
43. n. cln, en, basic words, three-letter words | |
marshy |
1. adj. Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy. | |
2. adj. Growing in marshy ground. | |
ground |
1. n. The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground. | |
2. n. Terrain. | |
3. n. Soil, earth. | |
The worm crawls through the ground. | |
The fox escaped from the hounds by going to ground. | |
4. n. The bottom of a body of water. | |
5. n. Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork. | |
6. n. reason, Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause. | |
You will need to show good grounds for your action. | |
He could not come on grounds of health, or on health grounds. | |
7. n. Background, context, framework, surroundings. | |
8. n. (historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground". | |
9. n. (metaphorical) Hence, by extension, advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse. | |
10. n. plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set. | |
crimson flowers on a white ground | |
11. n. In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief. | |
12. n. In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied. | |
Brussels ground | |
13. n. In etching, a gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle. | |
14. n. (architecture, mostly, in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached. | |
Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them. | |
15. n. A soccer stadium. | |
Manchester United's ground is known as Old Trafford. | |
16. n. (electricity, Canadian, and US) An electrical conductor connected to the ground. | |
17. n. (electricity, Canadian, and US) A level of electrical potential used as a zero reference. | |
18. n. (cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (h | |
19. n. (music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody. | |
20. n. (music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song. | |
21. n. The pit of a theatre. | |
22. v. (US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground. | |
23. v. To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing him/her to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges. | |
If you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you. | |
Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night! | |
My kids are currently grounded from television. | |
24. v. To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly. | |
Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded. | |
25. v. To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles. | |
Jim was grounded in maths. | |
26. v. (baseball) to hit a ground ball; to hit a ground ball which results in an out. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb). | |
Jones grounded to second in his last at-bat. | |
27. v. (cricket) (of a batsman) to place his bat, or part of his body, on the ground behind the popping crease so as not to be run out | |
28. v. (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed. | |
The ship grounded on the bar. | |
29. v. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly. | |
30. v. (fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament. | |
31. v. To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of. | |
I ground myself with meditation. | |
32. v. simple past tense and past participle of grind | |
I ground the coffee up nicely. | |
33. adj. Crushed, or reduced to small particles. | |
ground mustard seed | |
34. adj. Processed by grinding. | |
lenses of ground glass | |
grind |
1. v. To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion. | |
2. v. To shape with the force of friction. | |
grind a lens | |
grind an axe | |
3. v. (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface. | |
4. v. To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction. | |
This corn grinds well. | |
Steel grinds to a sharp edge. | |
5. v. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate. | |
6. v. (sports) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing. | |
7. v. To oppress, hold down or weaken. | |
8. v. (slang) To rotate the hips erotically. | |
9. v. (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other. | |
10. v. (video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal. | |
11. v. To operate by turning a crank. | |
to grind an organ | |
12. v. To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank. | |
13. v. To instill through repetitive teaching. | |
Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn. | |
14. v. (slang) To eat. | |
Eh, brah, let's go grind. | |
15. v. (slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge. | |
16. n. The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction. | |
17. n. Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground. | |
18. n. A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans. | |
This bag contains espresso grind. | |
19. n. A tedious and laborious task. | |
Synonyms: chore | |
This homework is a grind. | |
20. n. A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard. | |
21. n. (archaic, slang) One who studies hard; a swot. | |
22. n. grindcore, Grindcore (subgenre of heavy metal) | |
23. n. A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands. | |