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anatomy
1. n. The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.
2. n. The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
Animal anatomy is also called zootomy; vegetable anatomy, phytotomy; and human anatomy, anthropotomy.
3. n. A treatise or book on anatomy.
4. n. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis.
the anatomy of a discourse
Burton's famous treatise, "The Anatomy of Melancholy".
5. n. (colloquial) The form of an individual.
I went to the Venice beach body-building competition and noticed the competitor from Athens, and let me tell you, that's what I call classic Greek anatomy.
6. n. (archaic) A skeleton, or dead body.
7. n. The physical or functional organization of an organism, or part of it.
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.
small
1. adj. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
A small serving of ice cream.
A small group.
He made us all feel small.
2. adj. (figuratively) Young, as a child.
Remember when the children were small?
3. adj. (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.
4. adj. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
5. adj. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
a small space of time
6. adj. topics, en, Size
7. adv. In a small fashion.
8. adv. In or into small pieces.
9. adv. (obsolete) To a small extent.
10. n. (rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To make little or less.
12. v. (intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.
circular
1. adj. Of or relating to a circle.
2. adj. In the shape of, or moving in a circle.
3. adj. Circuitous or roundabout.
4. adj. Referring back to itself, so as to prevent computation or comprehension; infinitely recursive.
circular reasoning
Your dictionary defines "brave" as "courageous", and "courageous" as "brave". That's a circular definition.
a circular formula in a spreadsheet
5. adj. Distributed to a large number of persons.
6. adj. (obsolete) Perfect; complete.
7. adj. (archaic) Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior.
8. n. A printed advertisement, directive, or notice intended for mass distribution; a flyer
9. n. In administration, a circular letter
10. n. (dated) A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form.
11. n. A shuttle bus that runs in a loop.
area
1. n. (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
2. n. A particular geographic region.
3. n. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
The photo is a little dark in that area.
4. n. The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
The plans are a bit vague in that area.
5. n. (British) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
6. n. (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
7. n. (slang) Genitals.
that
1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
He told me that the book is a good read.
I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British.
2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
Be glad that you have enough to eat.
3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
The noise was so loud that she woke up.
The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed.
5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
Was John there? — Not that I saw.
How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw.
7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.
9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
That book is a good read. This one isn't.
That battle was in 1450.
That cat of yours is evil.
10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t
He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said).
They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?
12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement.
The water is so cold! — That it is.
13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition).
The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.
14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.)
the place that = where or to which I went last year
the last time that = when I went to Europe
15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
"The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...".
16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
I'm just not that sick.
I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.
17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.
18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
Is
1. n. plural of I
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
3. n. plural of i
remember to dot your is
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?
different
1. adj. Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
2. adj. Various, assorted, diverse.
3. adj. Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
Several different scientists all reached this conclusion at about the same time.
4. adj. Unlike most others; unusual.
5. n. (mathematics) The different ideal.
from
1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
This wine comes from France.
I got a letter from my brother.
2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
He left yesterday from Chicago.
Face away from the wall!
3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
20 from 31 leaves 11.
4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
An umbrella protects from the sun.
He knows right from wrong.
its
1. det. Belonging to it.
2. pron. The one (or ones) belonging to it.
3. n. plural of it
immediate
1. adj. Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
Computer users these days expect immediate results when they click on a link.
2. adj. Very close; direct or adjacent.
immediate family; immediate vicinity
3. adj. Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
4. adj. (computer science, of an instruction operand) embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location)
5. adj. (procedure word, military) (Used to denote that a transmission is urgent.)
Bravo Three, this Bravo Six. Immediate! We are coming under fire from the north from an unknown enemy, over!
6. adj. (procedure word, military) (An artillery fire mission modifier for to types of fire mission to denote an immediate need for fire: Immediate smoke, all guns involved must reload smoke and fire. Immedia
Hotel Two-Niner, this is Bravo Six. Immediate suppression at grid November-Kilo four-five-three two-one-five. Danger Close. I authenticate Golf Echo, over.
environment
1. n. The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.
2. n. The natural world or ecosystem.
3. n. All the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs.
4. n. A particular political or social setting, arena or condition.
5. n. (computing) The software and/or hardware existing on any particular computer system.
That program uses the Microsoft Windows environment.
6. n. (programming) The environment of a function at a point during the execution of a program is the set of identifiers in the function's scope and their bindings at that point.
7. n. (computing) The set of variables and their values in a namespace that an operating system associates with a process.
such
1. det. (demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before. Such is life.
2. det. (particularly used in formal documents) Any.
the above address or at such other address as may notify
3. det. Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to very much of.
The party was such a bore.
4. det. (obsolete) A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
5. pron. A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned.
6. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else.
As
1. n. plural of A
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
7. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
17. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
20. n. plural of a
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.
colored
1. adj. Having a color.
Wash colored items separately from whites and darks to prevent the colors from bleeding.
2. adj. Having a particular color or kind of color.
The room was red, with a dark-colored rug.
3. adj. Having prominent colors; colorful.
The singer wore a colored shirt.
4. adj. Influenced pervasively but subtly.
My opinions are colored by my upbringing.
5. adj. (US, now dated and potentially offensive) Of skin color other than white; in particular, black.
Being of an older generation, they considered themselves "colored ladies".
6. adj. (South Africa) Of neither black nor white skin color.
Most of the colored community speaks Afrikaans, whereas languages like Xhosa or Venda are typically spoken by blacks and English is spoken mostly by whites.
7. adj. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by colored people (in either the US or South African sense).
a colored drinking fountain; a colored hospital
8. n. (US, now dated and offensive) A colored person.
9. n. (laundry) A colored article of clothing.
10. v. simple past tense and past participle of color
color
1. n. The spectral composition of visible light
Humans and birds can perceive color.
2. n. A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green.
3. n. Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
He referred to the white flag as one "drained of all color".
4. n. Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies.
5. n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
a bit of local color
6. n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert. Contrast with metal.
7. n. (in the plural) A standard or banner.
The loss of their colors destroyed the regiment's morale.
8. n. The system of color television.
This film is broadcast in color.
9. n. (in the plural) The flag of a nation or team.
The colors were raised over the new territory.
10. n. (in the plural) Gang insignia.
Both of the perpetrators were wearing colors.
11. n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
He was awarded colors for his football.
12. n. (military, in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
13. n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing quarterly results when an officer of a company is speaking to investment analysts.
Could you give me some color with regards to which products made up the mix of revenue for this quarter?
14. n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons.
15. n. (finance) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in t
16. n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
17. n. (snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
18. n. A front or facade: an ostensible truth actually false.
19. n. An appearance of right or authority.
Under color of law, he managed to bilk taxpayers of millions of dollars.
20. n. (medicine) Skin color noted as: normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.
21. adj. Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white.
22. v. To give something color.
We could color the walls red.
23. v. (intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.
My kindergartener loves to color.
24. v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
Her face colored as she realized her mistake.
25. v. To affect without completely changing.
That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book.
26. v. (informal) To attribute a quality to.
Color me confused.
27. v. (mathematics) To assign colors to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent ones have the same color.
Can this graph be two-colored?
You can color any map with four colors.
ring
1. n. (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
2. n. A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
3. n. A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
4. n. (British) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
5. n. (UK) A burner on a kitchen stove.
6. n. In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.
7. n. An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a s
8. n. (botany) A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.
9. n. (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
10. n. A circular group of people or objects.
a ring of mushrooms growing in the wood
11. n. (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet.
12. n. (British) A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge.
13. n. A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
onion rings
14. n. A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
15. n. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
a crime ring; a prostitution ring; a bidding ring (at an auction sale)
16. n. (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
a benzene ring
17. n. (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
18. n. (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
19. n. (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
20. n. (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
21. n. (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
22. n. (cartomancy) The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
23. v. To surround or enclose.
The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.
24. v. (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle.
They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.
25. v. To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
We managed to ring 22 birds this morning.
26. v. To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
to ring a pig's snout
27. v. (falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
28. n. The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley.
The ring of hammer on anvil filled the air.
29. n. (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.
The name has a nice ring to it.
30. n. (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
Her statements in court had a ring of falsehood.
31. n. (colloquial) A telephone call.
I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands.
32. n. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
33. n. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
St Mary's has a ring of eight bells.
34. v. (intransitive) Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
The bells were ringing in the town.
35. v. To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.
36. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
Whose mobile phone is ringing?
37. v. (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
That does not ring true.
38. v. (transitive, colloquial, British, New Zealand) To telephone (someone).
I will ring you when we arrive.
39. v. (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo.
40. v. (intransitive) To produce music with bells.
41. v. (dated) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
42. n. (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive oper
The set of integers,\mathbbZ, is the prototypical ring.
43. n. (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.
The definition of ring without unity allows, for instance, the set2\mathbbZ of even integers to be a ring.
around
1. prep. Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.
I planted a row of lillies around the statue. The jackals began to gather around someone or something.
2. prep. Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
We walked around the football field. She went around the track fifty times.
3. prep. Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
The road took a brief detour around the large rock formation, then went straight on.
4. prep. (of distance, time) Near; in the vicinity of.
I left my keys somewhere around here. I left the house around 10 this morning. There isn't another house here for miles around. I'll see you around the neighbourhood, etc.
5. prep. At various places in.
The pages from the notebook were scattered around the room. Those teenagers like to hang around the mall.
6. adj. (informal, with the verb "to be") Alive; existing.
The record store on Main Street? Yes, it's still around.
"How is old Bob? I heard that his health is failing." "Oh, he's still around. He's feeling better now.".
7. adv. Generally.
8. adv. From place to place.
There are rumors going around that the company is bankrupt.
She went around the office and got everyone to sign the card.
Look around and see what you find.
We moved the furniture around in the living room.
9. adv. From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement.
The team wasn't doing well, but the new coach really turned things around.
He used to stay up late but his new girlfriend changed that around.
The patient was unconscious but the doctor brought him around quickly. (see bring around, come around)
I didn't think he would ever like the new design, but eventually we brought him around. (see bring around, come around)
10. adv. (with turn, spin etc.) Partially or completely rotated, including to face in the opposite direction.
Turn around at the end of this street.
She spun around a few times.
11. adv. Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people
Stop kidding around. I'm serious.
I asked around, and no-one really liked it.
Shopping around can get you a better deal.
When are you going to stop whoring around, find a nice girl, and give us grandchildren?
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.
pupil
1. n. A learner under the supervision of a teacher or professor.
2. n. (legal, obsolete) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.
3. n. (anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.
4. n. (zoology) The central dark part of an ocellated spot.
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.
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.
eye
1. n. An organ through which animals see.
Bright lights really hurt my eyes.
2. n. The visual sense.
The car was quite pleasing to the eye, but impractical.
3. n. The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.
Brown, blue, green, hazel eyes.
4. n. Attention, notice.
That dress caught her eye.
5. n. The ability to notice what others might miss.
He has an eye for talent.
6. n. A meaningful stare or look.
She was giving him the eye at the bar. When the car cut her off, she gave him the eye.
7. n. A private eye: a privately hired detective or investigator.
8. n. A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
9. n. A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.
10. n. The relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other such storm.
11. n. A mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling a human eye.
12. n. The dark spot on a black-eyed pea.
13. n. A reproductive bud in a potato.
14. n. (informal) The dark brown center of a black-eyed Susan flower.
15. n. A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc. — e.g. at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; through a crank; at the end of a rope; or
16. n. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty.
17. n. Tinge; shade of colour.
18. n. One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese.
19. n. (architecture) The circle in the centre of a volute.
20. n. (typography) The enclosed counter (negative space) of the small letter e.
21. n. (game of go) An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones.
22. v. To observe carefully.
After eyeing the document for an hour she decided not to sign it.
They went out and eyed the new car one last time before deciding.
23. v. To view something narrowly, as a document or a phrase in a document.
24. v. To look at someone or something as if with the intent to do something with that person or thing.
25. v. (obsolete) To appear; to look.
26. n. A brood.
an eye of pheasants
iris
1. n. (botany) A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See (pedia, Iris (plant))).
2. n. (anatomy) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, which adjusts to control the amount of light reaching the retina, and which forms the colored portion of the eye (See (pedia, Iris (anatomy)
3. n. (photography, cinematography) A diaphragm used to regulate the size of a hole, especially as a way of controlling the amount of light reaching a lens.
4. n. (poetic) A rainbow, or other colourful refraction of light.
5. n. (electronics) A constricted opening in the path inside a waveguide, used to form a resonator.
6. n. (zoology) The inner circle of an oscillated color spot.
7. v. (of an aperture, lens or door) To open or close in the manner of an iris.
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.
an
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
4. conj. (archaic) If
5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
An it harm none, do what ye will.
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
I was only going twenty miles an hour.
inflamed
1. adj. Resulting from or affected by inflammation.
2. adj. Appearing to be in flames; as if made of fire.
3. v. simple past tense and past participle of inflame
inflame
1. v. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
2. v. (transitive, figuratively) To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.
to inflame desire
3. v. To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
4. v. To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of.
to inflame the eyes by overwork
5. v. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
6. v. (intransitive) To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.
region
1. n. Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special
the equatorial regions
the temperate regions
the polar regions
the upper regions of the atmosphere
2. n. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.
3. n. (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
4. n. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
5. n. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
the abdominal regions
6. n. (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
7. n. (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
surrounding
1. v. present participle of surround
2. n. An outlying area; area in proximity to something
3. n. An environment
4. adj. which surrounds something
surround
1. v. To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
2. v. To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
3. v. (transitive, obsolete) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
to surround the world
4. n. (British) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.
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.
pimple
1. n. An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
I had to pop that embarrassing pimple, it was huge and red and on the tip of my nose.
2. n. (slang) An annoying person.
He's such a pimple! I wish he'd stop being so irritating!
3. v. To develop pimples

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