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archaic
     1. n. (archaeology, US, usually capitalized) A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the W
     2. n. (paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
     3. adj. Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
     4. adj. (of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity.
     5. adj. (archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period
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.
Spanish
     1. adj. Of or pertaining to Spain.
     2. adj. Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain.
     3. adj. Of or pertaining to the Spanish language.
     4. n. A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas.
     5. n. (collective plural) People of Spain, collectively.
     6. n. (US, informal collective in the plural) People of Hispanic origin; one whose first language is Spanish.
     7. n. Spanish cuisine; traditional Spanish food.
     8. v. (printing) To subject to spanishing, a printing process in which an ink is deposited on the bottoms and sides of depressions formed in a plastic material
entertainment
     1. n. An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively
     2. n. A show put on for the enjoyment or amusement of others.
     3. n. (obsolete) Maintenance or support.
     4. n. (obsolete) Admission into service; service.
     5. n. (obsolete) Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.
     6. n. (obsolete) Reception; (provision of) food to guests or travellers.
in
     1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
     2. prep.          Contained by.
                   The dog is in the kennel.
     3. prep.          Within.
     4. prep.          Surrounded by.
                   We are in the enemy camp.   Her plane is in the air.
     5. prep.          Part of; a member of.
                   One in a million.   She's in band and orchestra.
     6. prep.          Pertaining to; with regard to.
                   What grade did he get in English?
                   Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
     7. prep.          At the end of a period of time.
                   They said they would call us in a week.
     8. prep.          Within a certain elapsed time
                   Are you able to finish this in three hours?   The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
     9. prep.          During (said of periods of time).
                   in the first week of December;  Easter falls in the fourth lunar month;   The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
     10. prep.          (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
                   English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
     11. prep. Into.
           Less water gets in your boots this way.
     12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
           In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
     13. prep.          Indicating an order or arrangement.
                   My fat rolls around in folds.
     14. prep.          Denoting a state of the subject.
                   He stalked away in anger.   John is in a coma.
     15. prep.          Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
                   You've got a friend in me.   He's met his match in her.
     16. prep.          Wearing (an item of clothing).
                    I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
     17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
     18. prep.          (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
                   Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
                   The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
                    Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
     19. prep.          Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
                   Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
                   His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
                   When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
     20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
     21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
     22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
           Is Mr. Smith in?
     23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
           Suddenly a strange man walked in.
     24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
           He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
     25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
           What's that in?
     26. adv. After the beginning of something.
     27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
           His parents got him an in with the company
     28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
     29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
     30. adj. In fashion; popular.
           Skirts are in this year.
     31. adj. Incoming.
           the in train
     32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
     33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
           in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
     34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
     35. n. Inch.
which
     1. det. (interrogative) What, of those mentioned or implied.
           Which song made the charts?
     2. det. (relative) The one or ones that.
           Show me which one is bigger.
           They couldn't decide which song to play.
     3. det. (relative) The one or ones mentioned.
           He once owned a painting of the house, which painting would later be stolen.
           For several seconds he sat in silence, during which time the tea and sandwiches arrived.
           I'm thinking of getting a new car, in which case I'd get a red one.
     4. pron. (interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).
           Which is bigger?;  Which is which?
     5. pron. (relative) Who; whom; what (of those mentioned or implied).
           He walked by a door with a sign, which read: PRIVATE OFFICE.
           We've met some problems which are very difficult to handle.
           He had to leave, which was very difficult.
           No art can be properly understood apart from the culture of which it is a part.
     6. pron. (relative, archaic) Used of people (now generally who, whom or that).
     7. n. An occurrence of the word which.
squadrons
     1. n. plural of squadron
     squadron
          1. n. (abbreviated to: sqn)
          2. n. (obsolete) Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.
                "Those half-rounding guards Just met, and, closing, stood in squadron joined." -Milton.
          3. n. (military, historical army) A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.
          4. n. (military) A body of infantrymen made up of several platoons, averaging from eighty to one hundred and fifty men, lead by a captain or a major.
          5. n. (military, navy) A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer
                the North Atlantic Squadron -
          6. n. (military, air force) A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group or wing (depending on particular air force).
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.
horses
     1. n. plural of horse
     2. n. (slang) horsepower
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of horse
     horse
          1. n. Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.
          2. n.          A hoofed mammal, of the genus Equus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
                        A cowboy's greatest friend is his horse.
          3. n.          (zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including the zebra or the ass.
                        These bone features, distinctive in the zebra, are actually present in all horses.
          4. n.          (military, sometimes un) Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).
                        We should place two units of horse and one of foot on this side of the field.
                        All the King's horses and all the King's men, couldn't put Humpty together again.
          5. n.          (chess, informal) The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse.
                        Now just remind me how the horse moves again?
          6. n.          (slang) A large person.
                        Every linebacker they have is a real horse.
          7. n.          (historical) A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
          8. n. Equipment with legs.
          9. n.          In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high, sometimes (pommel horse) with two handles on top.
                        She's scored very highly with the parallel bars; let's see how she does with the horse.
          10. n.          A frame with legs, used to support something.
                        a clothes horse; a sawhorse
          11. n. (nautical) Type of equipment.
          12. n.          A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope.
          13. n.          A breastband for a leadsman.
          14. n.          An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.
          15. n.          A jackstay.
          16. n. (mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches
          17. n. (slang) The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
          18. n. (US) An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a pl
          19. n. (dated, slang) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
          20. n. (dated, slang) horseplay; tomfoolery
          21. v. (intransitive) To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".)
          22. v. To provide with a horse.
          23. v. (obsolete) To get on horseback.
          24. v. To sit astride of; to bestride.
          25. v. (of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).
          26. v. To take or carry on the back.
          27. v. To place on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.
          28. n. (slang) Heroin (drug).
                Alright, mate, got any horse?
charge
     1. n. The scope of someone's responsibility.
           The child was in the nanny's charge.
     2. n. Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
           The child was a charge of the nanny.
     3. n. A load or burden; cargo.
           The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings.
     4. n. The amount of money levied for a service.
           There will be a charge of five dollars.
     5. n. An instruction.
           I gave him the charge to get the deal closed by the end of the month.
     6. n. (military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
           Pickett did not die leading his famous charge.
     7. n. An accusation.
           That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust.
     8. n. (physics, and chemistry) An electric charge.
     9. n. (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
     10. n. A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
     11. n. (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
     12. n. A forceful forward movement.
     13. n. (weaponry) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
           to bring a weapon to the charge
     14. n. (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
     15. n. (obsolete) Weight; import; value.
     16. n. (historical, or obsolete) A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; a charre.
     17. n. (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
     18. v. To assign a duty or responsibility to.
     19. v. To assign (a debit) to an account.
           Let's charge this to marketing.
     20. v. To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
           Can I charge my purchase to my credit card?
           Can I charge this purchase?
     21. v. To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
           to charge high for goods   I won't charge you for the wheat
     22. v. (possibly archaic) To sell at a given price.
           to charge coal at $5 per unit
     23. v. (law) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
           I'm charging you with assault and battery.
     24. v. To impute or ascribe.
     25. v. To call to account; to challenge.
     26. v. To place a burden or load on or in.
     27. v.          To ornament with or cause to bear.
                    to charge an architectural member with a moulding
     28. v.          (heraldry) To assume as a bearing.
                    He charges three roses.
     29. v.          (heraldry) To add to or represent on.
                    He charges his shield with three roses or.
     30. v. To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
           Charge your weapons; we're moving up.
     31. v.          To cause to take on an electric charge.
                    Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly.
     32. v.          To add energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery).
                    He charged the battery overnight.
                    Don't forget to charge the drill.
                    I charge my phone every night.
     33. v.          (intransitive) (Of a battery or a device containing a battery) To gain energy.
                    The battery is still charging: I can't use it yet.
                    His cell phone charges very quickly, whereas mine takes forever.
     34. v. (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
     35. v.          (military, transitive and intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
                    The impetuous corps charged the enemy lines.
     36. v.          (basketball) To commit a charging foul.
     37. v.          (cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or
     38. v. (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still (A command given by a hunter to a dog).
at
     1. prep. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place.
           Caesar was at Rome;  at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine;  at Jim’s house
     2. prep. (indicating time) (Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.)
           at six o’clock;  at closing time;  at night.
     3. prep. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner).
           He threw the ball at me.  He shouted at her.
     4. prep. Denotes a price.
           3 apples at 2¢ (each)   The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations.
     5. prep. Occupied in (activity).
           men at work
     6. prep. In a state of.
           She is at sixes and sevens with him.  They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff.  The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces.
     7. prep. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series.
           Sell at 90.  Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders.  I'm offering it—just to select customers—at cost.
     8. prep. Because of.
           to laugh at a joke   mad at their comments
     9. prep. Indicates a means, method, or manner.
     10. prep. Holding a given speed or rate.
           It is growing at the rate of 3% a year.  Cruising along at fifty miles per hour.
     11. prep. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding.
           The twins were both bad at chemistry.
           He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation.
     12. prep. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to
     13. n. The at sign (@).
     14. n. (alt form, att) (Laos currency unit)
each
     1. det. All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
           make sure you wash each bowl well;  the sun comes up each morning and sets each night
     2. det. Every one; every thing.
           I'm going to give each of you a chance to win.
     3. det. For one; per.
           The apples cost 50 cents each.
     4. n. (operations, philosophy) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.
other
     1. adj. See other (determiner) below
     2. adj. second.
           I get paid every other week.
     3. adj. Alien.
     4. adj. Different.
     5. adj. (obsolete) Left, as opposed to right.
     6. n. An other one, more often rendered as another.
           I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others.
     7. n. The other one; the second of two.
           One boat is not better than the other.
     8. det. Not the one or ones previously referred to.
           Other people would do it differently.
     9. adv. Apart from; in the phrase "other than".
           Other than that, I'm fine.
     10. adv. (obsolete) Otherwise.
           It shall none other be. — Chaucer.
           If you think other. — Shakespeare.
     11. v. To regard, label or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.
     12. v. To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.
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.
riders
     1. n. plural of rider
     rider
          1. n. One who rides, often a horse or motorcycle.
          2. n. (politics) A provision annexed to a bill under the consideration of a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill.
          3. n. (by extension) Something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
          4. n. An amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often covering a performer's equipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements.
          5. n. (insurance) An additional benefit attached to an insurance contract.
          6. n. A small, sliding piece of aluminium on a chemical balance, used to determine small weights.
          7. n. (archaic) An agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveller.
          8. n. (obsolete) One who breaks in or manages a horse.
          9. n. (cartomancy) The first Lenormand card, also known as either the horseman or the cavalier.
          10. n. (math) A problem of extra difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
          11. n. An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
          12. n. (mining) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
          13. n. (shipbuilding) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen the frame.
          14. n. (nautical) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
          15. n. A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard.
          16. n. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A robber.
          17. n. (chess) A piece, such as the rook or bishop, which moves any distance in one direction, as long as no other piece is in the way.
fighting
     1. v. present participle of fight
     2. adj. Engaged in war or other conflict.
     3. adj. Apt to provoke a fight.
     4. n. A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight
     fight
          1. v. (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
                A wounded animal will fight like a maniac, relentless, savage and murderous.
          2. v. (reciprocal) To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc.
                The two boxers have been fighting for more than half an hour.
          3. v. (intransitive) To strive for; to campaign or contend for success.
                He fought for the Democrats in the last election.
          4. v. To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
                The battle was fought just over that hill.
          5. v. To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
                My grandfather fought the Nazis in World War II.
          6. v. To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
                The government pledged to fight corruption.
          7. v. (transitive, archaic) To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.
                to fight cocks;  to fight one's ship
          8. n. An occasion of fighting.
                One of them got stuck in a chokehold and got stabbed to death during the fight.
          9. n. (archaic) A battle between opposing armies.
          10. n. A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
                Watch your language, are you looking for a fight?
          11. n. (sports) A boxing or martial arts match.
                I'm going to Nick’s to watch the big fight tomorrow night.
          12. n. A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
                I'll put up a fight to save this company.
          13. n. The will or ability to fight.
                That little guy has a bit of fight in him after all.   As soon as he saw the size of his opponent, all the fight went out of him.
          14. n. (obsolete) A screen for the combatants in ships.
with
     1. prep. Against.
           He picked a fight with the class bully.
     2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
           He went with his friends.
     3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
           She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
     4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
     5. prep. In support of.
           We are with you all the way.
     6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
           slain with robbers
     7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
           cut with a knife
     8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
     9. prep. Having, owning.
     10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
           Do you want to come with?
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     12. n. alternative form of withe
bucklers
     1. n. plural of buckler
and
     1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
     2. conj.          Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
     3. conj.          Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
     4. conj.          Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
     5. conj.          (obsolete) Yet; but.
     6. conj.          Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
     7. conj.          (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
     8. conj.          Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
     9. conj.          Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
     10. conj.          Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
     11. conj.          (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
     12. conj.          Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
     13. conj.          Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
     14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
     15. conj.          (now US dialect) If; provided that.
     16. conj.          (obsolete) As if, as though.
     17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
     18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
     19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
     20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
canes
     1. n. plural of cane
     2. n. (plural only) The genus , the sole temperate genus of bamboo native to the New World.
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of cane
     cane
          1. n. A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof.
          2. n.          The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae.
          3. n.          The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed.
          4. n.          Sugar cane.
          5. n.          (US, Southern) Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar.
          6. n. The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool.
          7. n.          A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
          8. n.          Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
                        The teacher gave his student the cane for throwing paper.
          9. n.          A lance or dart made of cane.
          10. n. A rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane.
          11. n.          A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick.
                        After breaking his leg, he needed a cane to walk.
          12. n.          (glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking.
          13. n.          A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their co
          14. n. Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like.
          15. n. A local European measure of length; the canna.
          16. v. To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.
          17. v. (UK, New Zealand, slang) To destroy; to comprehensively defeat.
                Mudchester Rovers were caned 10-0.
          18. v. (UK, New Zealand, slang) To do something well, in a competent fashion.
          19. v. (slang) To produce extreme pain.
                Don't hit me with that. It really canes!
                Mate, my legs cane!
          20. v. To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
                to cane chairs
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