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agriculture
1. n. The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock
horticulture
1. n. The art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening.
2. n. Small-scale agriculture.
any
1. adv. To even the slightest extent, at all.
I will not remain here any longer.
If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!
2. det. At least one; of at least one kind. One at all.
do you have any biscuits?; do you have any food?; I haven't got any money; it won't do you any good
3. det. No matter what kind.
choose any items you want; any person may apply
4. pron. Any thing(s) or person(s).
Any may apply.
material
1. adj. Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
This compound has a number of interesting material properties.
2. adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.
Don't let material concerns get in the way of living a happy life.
3. adj. (law, accounting) Significant.
You've made several material contributions to this project.
This is the most material fact in this lawsuit.
4. n. Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
Asphalt, composed of oil and sand, is a widely used material for roads.
5. n. Text written for a specific purpose.
We were a warm-up act at the time; we didn't have enough original material to headline.
6. n. A sample or specimens for study.
7. n. Cloth to be made into a garment. Fabric.
You'll need about a yard of material to make this.
8. n. The people collectively who are qualified for a certain position or activity.
John Doe is a great governor, and I also believe he is presidential material.
He is not the only one. I believe we have lots of presidential material in various public offices.
9. n. Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
10. n. The substance that something is made or composed of.
11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To form from matter; to materialize.
used
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of use
You used me!
2. v. (intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed to doing something
He used to live here, but moved away last year.
3. adj. That is or has or have been used.
The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
4. adj. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
He bought a used car.
5. adj. Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
I got used to this weather.
use
1. n. The act of using.
the use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations; there is no use for your invention
2. n. (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
3. n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
This tool has many uses.
4. n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
I have no further use for these textbooks.
5. n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
6. n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
7. n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
8. n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
9. n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
10. v. To utilize or employ.
11. v. To employ; to apply; to utilize.
Use this knife to slice the bread.
We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
12. v. (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
I used the money they allotted me.
We should use up most of the fuel.
She used all the time allotted to complete the test.
13. v. To exploit.
You never cared about me; you just used me!
14. v. To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
He uses cocaine. I have never used drugs.
15. v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.
16. v. (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
I could use a drink. My car could use a new coat of paint.
17. v. To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.)
soldiers who are used to hardships and danger (still common)
to use the soldiers to hardships and danger (now rare)
18. v. (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
19. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
20. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.
21. v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
I used to get things done.
22. v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
to use an animal cruelly
23. v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
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
cover
1. n. A lid.
2. n. Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
We didn't see John because he had taken cover behind the wing chair.
3. n. The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
4. n. The top sheet of a bed.
5. n. A cloth, usually fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa to protect it from dust, rain, etc. when not in use.
6. n. A cover charge.
There's a $15 cover tonight.
7. n. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
We need to set another cover for the Smith party.
8. n. (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
9. n. (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
10. n. (topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
The open intervals are a cover for the real numbers.
11. n. (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
12. n. (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
13. n. (legal) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the good
14. n. (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
15. n. (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story
16. n. The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
17. n. In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
18. n. (construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
19. adj. Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
20. adj. (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
21. v. To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
He covered the baby with a blanket.
When the pot comes to a boil, cover it and reduce the heat to medium.
22. v. To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
The blanket covered the baby.
23. v. To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
Regular hexagons can cover the plane.
24. v. To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
You can cover the plane with regular hexagons.
25. v. To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
The heroic soldier covered himself with glory.
26. v. (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
The magazine covers such diverse topics as politics, news from the world of science, and the economy.
27. v. To deal with or include someone or something.
28. v. To be enough money for.
We've earned enough to cover most of our costs.
Ten dollars should cover lunch.
29. v. (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
I need to take off Tuesday. Can you cover for me?
30. v. To have as an assignment or responsibility.
Can you cover the morning shift tomorrow? I'll give you off next Monday instead.
He is our salesman covering companies with headquarters in the northern provinces.
31. v. (music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
32. v. (military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to rem
33. v. To provide insurance coverage for.
Does my policy cover accidental loss?
34. v. To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
I would like to have my bitch covered next spring.
The stallion has not covered the mare yet.
35. v. (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
In order to checkmate a king on the side of the board, the five squares adjacent to the king must all be covered.
36. v. To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
37. v. (sports) To defend a particular player or area.
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.
top
1. n. The highest or uppermost part of something.
His kite got caught at the top of the tree.
2. n. (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top.
We flipped the machine onto its top.
3. n. The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc.
Further weather information can be found at the top of your television screen. Headings appear at the tops of pages.
4. n. A lid, cap or cover of a container.
Put a top on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad.
5. n. A garment worn to cover the torso.
I bought this top as it matches my jeans.
6. n. (nautical) A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.
7. n. (baseball) The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
8. n. (archaic) The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
9. n. A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin.
10. n. Someone who is eminent.:
11. n. (archaic) The chief person; the most prominent one.
12. n. The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.
to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school
13. n. (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
14. n. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom.
15. n. (physics) A top quark.
16. n. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
17. n. (ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
18. n. (sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume.
She sang at the top of her voice.
19. n. (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
20. n. (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.
21. n. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
22. n. (in the slang) Topboots.
23. n. (golf) A stroke on the top of the ball.
24. n. (golf) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
25. n. (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.
26. v. To cover on the top or with a top.
I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.
27. v. To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair.
Top and tail the carrots.
28. v. To excel, to surpass, to beat.
Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar.
29. v. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s.
30. v. (UK, slang) To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.
Depression causes many people to top themselves.
31. v. (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
I used to be a slave, but I ended up topping.
Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom".
32. v. (slang) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
33. v. (slang) To anally penetrate.
34. v. (archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
lofty ridges and topping mountains
35. v. (archaic) To predominate.
topping passions
36. v. (archaic) To excel; to rise above others.
37. v. (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
38. v. (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening
39. v. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
40. v. (slang) To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
41. v. (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
42. v. To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
43. v. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
44. v. (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
45. adj. Situated on the top of something.
46. adj. (informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank.
She's in the top dance school.
47. adj. (informal) Very good, of high quality.
He's a top lawyer.
That is a top car.
48. adv. Rated first.
She came top in her French exam.
layer
1. n. A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
Wrap the loaf in two layers of aluminum foil before putting it in the oven.
After the first coat of paint dried, he applied another layer.
2. n. An item of clothing worn under or over another.
It's cold now but it will warm up this afternoon. Make sure you wear layers.
3. n. A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
I find seven-layer cake a bit too rich.
4. n. One of the items in a hierarchy.
mired in layers of deceit
5. v. to cut or divide (something) into layers
6. v. to arrange (something) in layers.
Layer the ribbons on top of one another to make an attractive pattern.
7. n. A person who lays things, such as tiles.
8. n. A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.
When dealing with an infestation of headlice, the first step is to eliminate the layers.
9. n. A hen kept to lay eggs.
10. n. A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.
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.
soil
1. n. A mixture of sand and organic material, used to support plant growth.
2. n. The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
3. n. The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature
4. n. Country or territory.
The refugees returned to their native soil.
Kenyan soil
5. n. That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
6. n. A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
7. n. Dung; compost; manure.
night soil
8. v. To make dirty.
9. v. (intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
Light colours soil sooner than dark ones.
10. v. (transitive, figurative) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
11. v. (reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
12. v. To make invalid, to ruin.
13. v. To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
14. n. (euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
15. n. (medicine) A bag containing soiled items.
16. n. A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
17. v. To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to
to soil a horse
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
protect
1. v. To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
protect a child from danger
protect your computer from hackers
protect yourself from bullying
protect a document by putting a password on it
Condoms are designed to protect against STDs.
2. v. (travel, aviation) to book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.
insulate
1. v. To separate, detach, or isolate.
2. v. To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.
Ceramic can be used to insulate power lines.
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.
decorate
1. v. To furnish with decorations.
We decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel and baubles.
2. v. To improve the appearance of an interior of a house, room, office and so forth.
There's some paint left over from when we decorated the guest bedroom.
3. v. To award a medal to.
4. v. (programming, transitive) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.
It makes sure that the field name argument is not empty, and that the field specified there is an actual existing field in the class which declares the method decorated with this attribute.
it
1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals.
Put it over there.
Take each day as it comes.
I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today.
2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender.
She took the baby and held it in her arms.
3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
It's me. John.
Is it her?
4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)
It is nearly 10 o’clock.
It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five.
It’s very cold today.
It’s lonely without you.
5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms.
stick it out
live it up
rough it
6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i
It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see)
I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing)
He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if)
7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more.
Are there more students in this class, or is this it?
That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.
9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what.
10. det. (obsolete) its
11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…
13. n. (British) The game of tag.
Let's play it at breaktime.
14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.
15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity.
caught them doing it
16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable.
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.
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
discourage
1. v. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
Don't be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you'll finish it in good time.
2. v. To persuade somebody not to do (something).
3. n. (rare) Lack of courage
weeds
1. n. plural of weed
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of weed
3. n. (obsolete) Clothes.
weed
1. n. Any plant regarded as unwanted at the place where, and at the time when it is growing.
If it isn't in a straight line or marked with a label, it's a weed.
2. n. Short for duckweed.
3. n. (archaic, or obsolete) Underbrush; low shrubs.
4. n. A drug or the like made from the leaves of a plant.
5. n. (slang) Cannabis.
6. n. (with "the", slang) Tobacco.
7. n. (obsolete) A cigar.
8. n. A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.
9. n. (UK, informal) A puny person; one who has little physical strength.
10. n. (figuratively) Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
11. v. To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area.
I weeded my flower bed.
12. n. (archaic) A garment or piece of clothing.
13. n. (archaic) Clothing collectively; clothes, dress.
14. n. (archaic) An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge.
15. n. (archaic, especially, in the plural as "widow's weeds") (Female) mourning apparel.
He wore a weed on his hat.
16. n. (Scotland) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which befalls those who are about to give birth, are giving birth, or have recently given birth or miscarried or aborted.
17. v. simple past tense and past participle of wee
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.
retain
1. v. To keep in possession or use.
2. v. To keep in one's pay or service.
3. v. To employ by paying a retainer.
4. v. To hold secure.
5. v. (obsolete) To restrain; to prevent.
6. v. (obsolete) To belong; to pertain.
moisture
1. n. A moderate degree of wetness.
2. n. That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
All my body’s moisture Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heat. -William Shakespeare
3. n. (medicine) Skin moisture noted as dry, moist, clammy, or diaphoretic as part of the skin signs assessment.

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