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ambitransitive
1. adj. (of a verb) able to be used transitively or intransitively without requiring morphological change
2. n. (grammar) an ambitransitive verb
rare
1. adj. Very uncommon; scarce.
Black pearls are very rare and therefore very valuable.
2. adj. (of a gas) Thin; of low density.
3. adj. (cooking, particularly meats) Cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red (in the case of steak or beef in the general sense).
4. v. (US, intransitive) To rear, rise up, start backwards.
5. v. (US, transitive) To rear, bring up, raise.
6. adj. (obsolete) early
obsolete
1. adj. (of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject).
It is speculated that, within a few years, the Internet's speedy delivery of news worldwide will make newspapers obsolete.
2. adj. (biology) Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
3. v. (transitive, US) To cause to become obsolete.
This software component has been obsoleted.
We are in the process of obsoleting this product.
figurative
1. adj. Metaphorical or tropical, as opposed to literal; using figures; as of the use of "cats and dogs" in the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs".
2. adj. Metaphorically so called.
3. adj. With many figures of speech.
4. adj. Emblematic; representative
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
plot
1. n. (authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
2. n. An area or land used for building on or planting on.
3. n. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
4. n. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board.
The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.
5. n. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
6. n. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
7. n. A plan; a purpose.
8. v. To conceive (a crime, etc).
They had plotted a robbery. -
9. v. To trace out (a graph or diagram).
They plotted the number of edits per day. -
10. v. To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
Every five minutes they plotted their position. -
11. v. (intransitive) To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.
They were plotting against the king. -
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
fabricate
1. v. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
to fabricate a bridge or ship
2. v. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
to fabricate computer chips
3. v. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
to fabricate a lie or story
4. v. (transitive, cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.
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.
weave
1. v. To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
This loom weaves yarn into sweaters.
2. v. To spin a cocoon or a web.
Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.
3. v. To unite by close connection or intermixture.
4. v. To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
to weave the plot of a story
5. n. A type or way of weaving.
That rug has a very tight weave.
6. n. Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural hair.
7. v. (intransitive) To move by turning and twisting.
The drunk weaved into another bar.
8. v. To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
The ambulance weaved its way through the heavy traffic.
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.
plot
1. n. (authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
2. n. An area or land used for building on or planting on.
3. n. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
4. n. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board.
The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.
5. n. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
6. n. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
7. n. A plan; a purpose.
8. v. To conceive (a crime, etc).
They had plotted a robbery. -
9. v. To trace out (a graph or diagram).
They plotted the number of edits per day. -
10. v. To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
Every five minutes they plotted their position. -
11. v. (intransitive) To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.
They were plotting against the king. -
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.
scheme
1. n. A systematic plan of future action.
2. n. A plot or secret, devious plan.
3. n. An orderly combination of related parts.
4. n. A chart or diagram of a system or object.
5. n. (mathematics) A type of topological space.
6. n. (chiefly Scotland) A council housing estate.
7. n. (rhetoric) An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.
8. n. (astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
9. n. (internet) Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such ashttp: ornews:.
10. n. (pensions) A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members.
11. v. (intransitive) To plot, or contrive a plan.

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