botany |
1. n. The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant. | |
2. n. The plant life of a geographical area. | |
the botany of Greenland | |
3. n. The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group. | |
4. n. A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place. | |
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. | |
leaves |
1. n. plural of leaf | |
2. n. plural of leave | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of leave | |
long |
1. adj. Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below). | |
It's a long way from the Earth to the Moon. | |
2. adj. Having great duration. | |
The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time. | |
3. adj. Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring. | |
4. adj. (UK, dialect) Not short; tall. | |
5. adj. (finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value. | |
I'm long in DuPont; I have a long position in DuPont. | |
6. adj. (cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position). | |
7. adj. (tennis, of a ball or a shot) That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out). | |
No! That forehand is longnb.... | |
8. adj. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away. | |
9. adv. Over a great distance in space. | |
He threw the ball long. | |
10. adv. For a particular duration. | |
How long is it until the next bus arrives? | |
11. adv. For a long duration. | |
Will this interview take long? | |
Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world. | |
12. n. (linguistics) A long vowel. | |
13. n. (programming) A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long. | |
A long is typically 64 bits in a 32-bit environment. | |
14. n. (finance) An entity with a long position in an asset. | |
Every uptick made the longs cheer. | |
15. n. (music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. | |
16. v. (transitive, finance) To take a long position in. | |
17. v. (intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true) | |
She longed for him to come back. | |
18. adj. (archaic) On account of, because of. | |
19. v. (archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to. | |
20. n. longitude | |
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. | |
narrow |
1. adj. Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth. | |
a narrow hallway | |
2. adj. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed. | |
3. adj. (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude. | |
a narrow interpretation | |
4. adj. Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted | |
a narrow mind | |
narrow views | |
5. adj. Having a small margin or degree. | |
a narrow escape | |
The Republicans won by a narrow majority. | |
6. adj. (dated) Limited as to means; straitened | |
narrow circumstances | |
7. adj. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish. | |
8. adj. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact. | |
9. adj. (phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide. | |
10. v. To reduce in width or extent; to contract. | |
We need to narrow the search. | |
11. v. (intransitive) To get narrower. | |
The road narrows. | |
12. v. (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look. | |
He stepped in front of me, narrowing his eyes to slits. | |
She wagged her finger in his face, and her eyes narrowed. | |
13. v. (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one. | |
14. n. (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water. | |
the Narrows of New York harbor | |
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? | |
11. adv. --> | |
12. n. alternative form of withe | |
nearly |
1. adv. (now rare) With great scrutiny; carefully. | |
2. adv. With close relation; intimately. | |
3. adv. Closely, in close proximity. | |
4. adv. In close approximation; almost, virtually. | |
He left a nearly full beer on the bar. | |
I nearly didn't go to work yesterday. | |
5. adv. Stingily. | |
parallel |
1. adj. Equally distant from one another at all points. | |
The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel. | |
2. adj. Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to". | |
The two railway lines are parallel. | |
3. adj. (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding. (paragraph 8) | |
4. adj. (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time. | |
a parallel algorithm | |
5. adv. With a parallel relationship. | |
The road runs parallel to the canal. | |
6. n. One of a set of parallel lines. | |
7. n. Direction conformable to that of another line. | |
8. n. A line of latitude. | |
The 31st parallel passes through the center of my town. | |
9. n. An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel. | |
10. n. Something identical or similar in essential respects. | |
11. n. A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity. | |
Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope | |
12. n. (military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the l | |
13. n. (printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page. | |
14. v. To construct or place something parallel to something else. | |
15. v. Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else. | |
16. v. Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else. | |
17. v. To compare or liken something to something else. | |
18. v. To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc. | |
19. v. To equal; to match; to correspond to. | |
20. v. To produce or adduce as a parallel. | |
sides |
1. n. plural of side. | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of side | |
side |
1. n. A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape. | |
A square has four sides. | |
2. n. A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face. | |
A cube has six sides. | |
3. n. One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone. | |
Which side of the tray shall I put it on? The patient was bleeding on the right side. | |
4. n. A region in a specified position with respect to something. | |
Meet me on the north side of the monument. | |
5. n. The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back. | |
I generally sleep on my side. | |
6. n. One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.) | |
John wrote 15 sides for his essay! | |
7. n. One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing. | |
Look on the bright side. | |
8. n. One set of competitors in a game. | |
Which side has kick-off? | |
9. n. (Australia) A sports team. | |
10. n. A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition. | |
In the second world war, the Italians were on the side of the Germans. | |
11. n. (music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz. | |
12. n. (sports) Sidespin; english | |
He had to put a bit of side on to hit the pink ball. | |
13. n. (UK, Australia, Ireland, dated) A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (from when there were only two channels). | |
I just want to see what's on the other side — James said there was a good film on tonight. | |
14. n. (US, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish. | |
Do you want a side of cole-slaw with that? | |
15. n. A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another. | |
his mother's side of the family | |
16. n. (baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher | |
17. n. (slang) An unjustified air of self-importance. | |
18. v. (intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with". | |
Which will you side with, good or evil? | |
19. v. To lean on one side. | |
20. v. (transitive, obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward. | |
21. v. (transitive, obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match. | |
22. v. (transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides. | |
23. v. To furnish with a siding. | |
to side a house | |
24. v. (transitive, cooking) To provide with, as a side or accompaniment. | |
25. adj. Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral. | |
26. adj. Indirect; oblique; incidental. | |
a side issue; a side view or remark | |
27. adj. (UK archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching. | |
28. adj. (Scotland) Far; distant. | |
29. adv. (UK dialectal) Widely; wide; far. | |