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bodybuilding
1. n. A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
2. n. (dated) Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.
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
drop
1. n. A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid.
Put three drops of oil into the mixture.
2. n. The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
On one side of the road was a 50-foot drop.
3. n. A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
That was a long drop, but fortunately I didn't break any bones.
4. n. A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal activity; a drop-off point.
I left the plans at the drop, like you asked.
The Drop (film title)
5. n. An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies by parachute.
The delivery driver has to make three more drops before lunch.
6. n. (chiefly British, Australian) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage
He usually enjoys a drop after dinner.
7. n. (chiefly British, when used with the definite article (the drop)) alcoholic spirits in general.
It doesn't matter where you're from; anyone who enjoys the drop is a friend of mine.
8. n. (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
9. n. A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.
10. n. (American football) A dropped pass.
Yet another drop for the Tiger tight end.
11. n. (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back.
The Tiger quarterback took a one-step drop, expecting his tight end to be open.
12. n. (Rugby football) A drop-kick.
13. n. In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference between chest circumference and waist circumference.
14. n. (sports) relegation from one division to a lower one
15. n. (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies.
16. n. (music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in tempo, bass, and/or overall tone; also known
17. n. (US, banking dated) An unsolicited credit card issue.
18. n. The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
19. n. That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.
20. n. (architecture) A gutta.
21. n. A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's deck; a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet; a curtain which falls in front of a theat
22. n. (slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging.
23. n. A drop press or drop hammer.
24. n. (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
25. n. (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.
26. n. The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole, that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
27. v. (intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
28. v. To drip (a liquid).
29. v. (intransitive) Generally, to fall (straight down).
A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky.
30. v. (transitive, ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
Don't drop that plate! The police ordered the men to drop their weapons.
31. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
32. v. (intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground.
Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private! If your clothes are on fire, stop, drop and roll.
33. v. (intransitive) To fall dead, or to fall in death.
34. v. (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
35. v. To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
The moderator would drop hints whenever the students struggled. She would sometimes drop off to sleep straight after dinner.
36. v. (transitive, slang) To part with or spend (money).
37. v. To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.).
I'm tired of this subject. Will you just drop it?
38. v. (intransitive) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
The stock dropped 1.5% yesterday. We can take our vacation when the price of fuel drops. Watch for the temperature to drop sharply, then you'll know the reaction is comp
39. v. To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message).
Drop me a note when you get to the city.
40. v. To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
Make any sudden movements and I will drop you!
41. v. (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
Cockneys drop their aitches.
42. v. (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman being out.
Warne dropped Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball
43. v. (transitive, slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
They had never dropped acid.
44. v. To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
I dropped ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée.
45. v. To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
I've been dropped from the football team.
46. v. (Rugby football) To score a goal by means of a drop-kick.
47. v. (transitive, slang) To impart.
I drop knowledge wherever I go. Yo, I drop rhymes like nobody's business.
48. v. (transitive, music, computing, colloquial) To release to the public.
They dropped "Hip-Hop Xmas" in time for the holidays.
That hacker has been threatening to drop my docs i.e. publish my personal information.
49. v. (transitive, music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
That guy can drop the bass like a monster. I love it when he drops his funky beats.
50. v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To enter public distribution.
"Hip-Hop Xmas" dropped in time for the holidays.
51. v. (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
52. v. To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
I had to drop calculus because it was taking up too much of my time and I couldn't go anymore.
53. v. (transitive, fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
Drop a basket of fries.
54. v. To lower; to move to a lower position.
55. v. (intransitive, of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
Billy's voice dropped suddenly when he turned 12.
56. v. (intransitive, of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
The song, 180 beats per minute, drops to 150 BPM near the end. My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2.
57. v. (intransitive, of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
drop by soon; drop in on her tomorrow
58. v. To give birth to.
to drop a lamb
59. v. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
60. v. (slang) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
fat
1. adj. Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
The fat man had trouble getting through the door.
The fattest pig should yield the most meat.
2. adj. Thick.
The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.
3. adj. Bountiful.
4. adj. Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; said of food.
5. adj. (obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
6. adj. Fertile; productive.
a fat soil; a fat pasture
7. adj. Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job
8. adj. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
9. adj. (dated, printing) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
a fat take; a fat page
10. adj. alternative form of phat
11. n. A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.
12. n. A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.
13. n. That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
We need to trim the fat in this company
14. n. (slang) An erection.
I saw Daniel crack a fat.
15. n. (golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
16. n. The best or richest productions; the best part.
to live on the fat of the land
17. n. (dated, printing) Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
18. n. a fat person
19. v. (transitive, archaic) To make fat; to fatten.
kill the fatted calf
20. v. (intransitive, archaic) To become fat; to fatten.
21. n. (obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
22. n. (obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.
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.
water
1. n. A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gas
By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen.
2. n. (in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O.
May I have a glass of water?
Your plants need more water.
3. n. A serving of liquid water.
4. n. (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
He showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God.
5. n. (or in the plural) Water in a body; an area of open water.
The boat was found within the territorial waters.
These seals are a common sight in the coastal waters of Chile.
6. n. (poetic, archaic, or dialectal) A body of water, almost always a river.
7. n. A combination of water and other substance(s).
8. n. (sometimes ) Mineral water.
Perrier is the most popular water in this restaurant.
9. n. (often, in the plural) Spa water.
Many people visit Bath to take the waters.
10. n. (pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.
ammonia water
11. n. Urine.
12. n. Amniotic fluid; used only in the plural in the UK but often also in the singular in North America, especially to avoid cacophony, as in this example: (
Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s water breaks. (North America)
Before your child is born, your water(s) will break. (North America)
Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s waters break. (UK)
13. n. (colloquial, medicine) Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.
He suffers from water on the knee.
14. n. (figuratively, in the or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
The rough waters of change will bring about the calm after the storm.
15. n. (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
I know he'll succeed. I feel it in my waters.
16. n. (dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities.
17. n. The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
a diamond of the first water is perfectly pure and transparent
18. n. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
19. v. To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
20. v. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
21. v. To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
I need to go water the cattle.
22. v. (intransitive) To get or take in water.
The ship put into port to water.
23. v. (transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto.
Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree.
24. v. To dilute.
Can you water the whisky, please?
25. v. (transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
26. v. (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water.
Chopping onions makes my eyes water.
The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water.
27. v. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
to water silk
weight
1. n. The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).
2. n. An object used to make something heavier.
3. n. A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
4. n. Importance or influence.
5. n. (weightlifting) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
He's working out with weights.
6. n. (physics) Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances)
7. n. (physics, proscribed) (synonym of mass) (in general circumstances)
8. n. (measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
9. n. (statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
10. n. (topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.
11. n. (typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
12. n. (visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
13. n. (visual art) The illusion of mass.
14. n. (visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.
15. n. Pressure; burden.
the weight of care or business
16. n. The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
17. n. (slang) Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
He was pushing weight.
18. v. To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
19. v. (transitive, dyeing) To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
20. v. To load, burden or oppress someone.
21. v. (transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics.
22. v. To bias something; to slant.
23. v. (transitive, horse racing) To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
24. v. (transitive, sport) To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.
before
1. prep. Earlier than (in time).
I want this done before Monday.
2. prep. In front of in space.
He stood before me.
We sat before the fire to warm ourselves.
3. prep. In the presence of.
He performed before the troops in North Africa.
He spoke before a joint session of Congress.
4. prep. Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).
The case laid before the panel aroused nothing but ridicule.
5. prep. In store for, in the future of (someone).
6. prep. In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
In alphabetical order, "cat" comes before "dog", "canine" before feline".
7. prep. At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.
An entrepreneur puts market share and profit before quality, an amateur intrinsic qualities before economical considerations.
8. adv. At an earlier time.
I've never done this before.
9. adv. In advance.
10. adv. At the front end.
11. conj. in advance of the time when
12. conj. (informal) rather or sooner than
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.
competition
1. n. The action of competing.
The competition for this job is strong.
2. n. A contest for a prize or award.
The newspaper is featuring a competition to win a car.
3. n. (collectively) The competitors in such a contest.
The new stain remover was ten times more effective than the competition.

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