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west
1. n. One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox, abbreviated as W.
2. adj. Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
3. adj. (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
4. adj. Of or pertaining to the west; western.
5. adj. From the West; occidental.
6. adj. (ecclesiastial) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the east, or the part containing the chancel and choir.
7. adv. Towards the west; westwards.
8. v. To move to the west; (of the sun) to set.
country
1. n. (chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region.
2. n. A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, language speakers etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, speci
3. n. The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area.
4. n. (usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
5. n. (ellipsis of country music)
6. n. (mining) The rock through which a vein runs.
7. n. (vulgar,) The female genitalia, especially the vagina.
8. adj. From or in the countryside or connected with it.
9. adj. Of or connected to country music.
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.
stump
1. n. The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
2. n. (politics) The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.
3. n. (figurative) A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.
4. n. (cricket) One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball.
5. n. (drawing) An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media.
6. n. A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house.
7. n. (slang) A leg.
to stir one's stumps
8. n. A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key.
9. n. A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.
10. v. (transitive, informal) To stop, confuse, or puzzle.
11. v. (intransitive, informal) To baffle; to be unable to find an answer to a question or problem.
This last question has me stumped.
12. v. (intransitive) To campaign.
He’s been stumping for that reform for months.
13. v. (transitive, US, colloquial) To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes.
14. v. (transitive, cricket, of a wicket keeper) To get a batsman out stumped.
15. v. (transitive, cricket) To bowl down the stumps of (a wicket).
16. v. (intransitive) To walk heavily or clumsily, plod, trudge.
of
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
6. prep. Expressing separation.
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
He seemed devoid of human feelings.
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
10. prep. Expressing origin.
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
The invention was born of necessity.
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
It is said that she died of a broken heart.
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
I am tired of all this nonsense.
15. prep. Expressing agency.
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
She wore a dress of silk.
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
What a lot of nonsense!
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
I'm always thinking of you.
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
He told us the story of his journey to India.
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
29. prep. Having partitive effect.
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
Most of these apples are rotten.
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
He is a friend of mine.
34. prep. Expressing possession.
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
She had a profound distrust of the police.
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
It's not that big of a deal.
45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
tree
1. n. (botany) A large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, with a single trunk that grows in girth with age and branches (that also grow in circumference with age).
Hyperion is the tallest living tree in the world.
Birds have a nest in a tree in the garden.
2. n. (botany) Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree in the strict botanical sense.
the banana tree
3. n. An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree.
4. n. A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.
5. n. The structural frame of a saddle.
6. n. (graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, equivalently, a connected graph with n vertices and n-1 edges.
7. n. (computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
8. n. (graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.
We’ll show it as a tree list.
9. n. Any structure or construct having branches akin to (1).
family tree; skill tree
10. n. The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
11. n. (slang) Marijuana.
12. n. (obsolete) A cross or gallows.
Tyburn tree
13. n. (obsolete) wood; timber
14. n. (chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
15. n. (cartomancy) The fifth Lenormand card.
16. v. To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
The dog treed the cat.
17. v. To place in a tree.
Black bears can tree their cubs for protection, but grizzly bears cannot.
18. v. To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.
to tree a boot
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.
roots
1. n. plural of root
2. n. Ancestry.
I have both Irish and German roots.
3. n. Beginnings; origin.
Jazz has its roots in blues.
root
1. n. The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground.
2. n. A root vegetable.
3. n. The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
Root damage is a common problem of overbrushing.
4. n. The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
The root is the only part of the hair that is alive.
5. n. The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
He dyed his hair black last month, so the grey roots can be seen.
6. n. The primary source; origin.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
7. n. (arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
The cube root of 27 is 3.
8. n. (arithmetic) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, “the root of” is often abbreviated to “root”).
Multiply by root 2.
9. n. (analysis) A zero (of an equation).
10. n. (graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
11. n. (linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often der
12. n. (philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.
13. n. (music) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
14. n. The lowest place, position, or part.
15. n. (computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages account
I have to log in as root before I do that.
16. n. (computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
I installed the files in the root directory.
17. n. (slang) A penis, especially the base of a penis.
18. v. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
19. v. To be firmly fixed; to be established.
20. v. (computing, slang) To break into a computer system and obtain root access.
We rooted his box and planted a virus on it.
21. v. To turn up or dig with the snout.
A pig roots the earth for truffles.
22. v. (by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
23. v. (intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
rooting about in a junk-filled drawer
24. v. To root out; to abolish.
25. v. (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang) To have sexual intercourse.
26. v. (horticulture, intransitive) To grow roots
The cuttings are starting to root.
27. v. (horticulture, transitive) To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings
We rooted some cuttings last summer.
28. n. (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
Fancy a root?
29. n. (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A sexual partner.
30. v. (intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)
I'm rooting for you, don't let me down!
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.
bottom
1. n. The lowest part of anything.
Footers appear at the bottoms of pages.
2. n. (UK, slang) Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.
lack bottom
3. n. (UK, US) A valley, often used in place names.
Where shall we go for a walk? How about Ashcombe Bottom?
4. n. The buttocks or anus.
5. n. (nautical) A cargo vessel, a ship.
6. n. (nautical) Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.
7. n. (baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.
8. n. (BDSM) A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
9. n. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrated or with a preference for being penetrated during homosexual intercourse.
10. n. (physics) A bottom quark.
11. n. (often, figuratively) The lowest part of a container.
12. n. A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
13. n. The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea.
14. n. An abyss.
15. n. (obsolete) Power of endurance.
a horse of a good bottom
16. n. (obsolete) Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.
17. n. (usually: bottoms or bottomland) Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil.
18. v. To fall to the lowest point.
19. v. To establish firmly; to found or justify on or upon something; to set on a firm footing; to set or rest on or upon something which provides support or authority.
20. v. (intransitive) To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded.
21. v. (intransitive) To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder.
22. v. (obsolete, transitive) To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.
23. v. To furnish with a bottom.
to bottom a chair
24. v. To be the submissive in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
25. v. To be anally penetrated in gay sex.
I've never bottomed in my life.
26. adj. The lowest or last place or position.
Those files should go on the bottom shelf.
End
1. n. A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the last character of the current line.
2. n. The terminal point of something in space or time.
At the end of the road, turn left.
At the end of the story, the main characters fall in love.
3. n. (by extension) (euphemistic) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
Is there no end to this madness?
4. n. (by extension) Death, especially miserable.
He met a terrible end in the jungle.
I hope the end comes quickly.
5. n. The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
Hold the string at both ends.
My father always sat at the end of the table.
6. n. Result.
7. n. A purpose, goal, or aim.
8. n. (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
The Pavillion End
9. n. (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
10. n. (curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
11. n. (mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex.
12. n. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
odds and ends
13. n. One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
14. v. To finish, terminate.
Is this movie never going to end?
The lesson will end when the bell rings.
The referee blew the whistle to end the game.
of
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
6. prep. Expressing separation.
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
He seemed devoid of human feelings.
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
10. prep. Expressing origin.
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
The invention was born of necessity.
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
It is said that she died of a broken heart.
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
I am tired of all this nonsense.
15. prep. Expressing agency.
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
She wore a dress of silk.
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
What a lot of nonsense!
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
I'm always thinking of you.
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
He told us the story of his journey to India.
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
29. prep. Having partitive effect.
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
Most of these apples are rotten.
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
He is a friend of mine.
34. prep. Expressing possession.
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
She had a profound distrust of the police.
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
It's not that big of a deal.
45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
felled
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of fell
fell
1. v. To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
2. v. To strike down, kill, destroy.
3. v. (sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
4. n. A cutting-down of timber.
5. n. The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
6. n. (textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
7. n. An animal skin, hide, pelt.
8. n. Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).
9. n. (archaic outside UK) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
10. n. (archaic outside UK) A wild field or upland moor.
11. adj. Of a strong and cruel nature; eagre and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
one fell swoop
12. adj. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
13. adj. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Very large; huge.
14. adj. (obsolete) Eager; earnest; intent.
15. adv. Sharply; fiercely.
16. n. Gall; anger; melancholy.
17. n. (mining) The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.
18. v. simple past tense of fall
tree
1. n. (botany) A large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, with a single trunk that grows in girth with age and branches (that also grow in circumference with age).
Hyperion is the tallest living tree in the world.
Birds have a nest in a tree in the garden.
2. n. (botany) Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree in the strict botanical sense.
the banana tree
3. n. An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree.
4. n. A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.
5. n. The structural frame of a saddle.
6. n. (graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, equivalently, a connected graph with n vertices and n-1 edges.
7. n. (computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
8. n. (graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.
We’ll show it as a tree list.
9. n. Any structure or construct having branches akin to (1).
family tree; skill tree
10. n. The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
11. n. (slang) Marijuana.
12. n. (obsolete) A cross or gallows.
Tyburn tree
13. n. (obsolete) wood; timber
14. n. (chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
15. n. (cartomancy) The fifth Lenormand card.
16. v. To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
The dog treed the cat.
17. v. To place in a tree.
Black bears can tree their cubs for protection, but grizzly bears cannot.
18. v. To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.
to tree a boot

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