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chiefly
1. adv. (focus) Especially or primarily; above all.
2. adv. (focus) Mainly or principally; almost entirely.
3. adj. of, or relating to a chief
colloquial
1. adj. (linguistics) Denoting a manner of speaking or writing that is characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.
2. adj. Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty.
3. n. A colloquial word or phrase, colloquialism
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
'of')
someone
1. pron. Some person.
Can someone help me, please?
2. n. A partially specified but unnamed person.
Do you need a gift for that special someone?
3. n. an important person
He thinks he has become someone.
Who
1. pron. honoraltcaps, who
2. pron. (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people; (asks for the identity of someone). (used in a direct or indirect question)
Who is that? (direct question)
I don't know who it is. (indirect question)
3. pron. (interrogative) What is one's position; (asks whether someone deserves to say or do something).
I don't like what you did, but who am I to criticize you? I've done worse.
4. pron. (relative) The person or people that.
It was a nice man who helped us.
5. pron. (relative, archaic) Whoever, he who, they who.
6. n. A person under discussion; a question of which person.
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.
something
1. pron. An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.
I must have forgotten to pack something, but I can't think what.
I have something for you in my bag.
I have a feeling something good is going to happen today.
2. pron. (colloquial, of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree.
The performance was something of a disappointment.
That child is something of a genius.
3. pron. (colloquial, of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.
She has a certain something.
4. pron. (colloquial, often with really or quite) Somebody or something who is superlative in some way.
He's really something! I've never heard such a great voice.
She's quite something. I can't believe she would do such a mean thing.
5. adj. Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.
6. adv. (degree) Somewhat; to a degree.
The baby looks something like his father.
7. adv. (degree, colloquial) To a high degree.
8. v. Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.
9. n. An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
10. n. An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).
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.
bursts
1. n. plural of burst
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of burst
burst
1. v. (intransitive) To break from internal pressure.
I blew the balloon up too much, and it burst.
2. v. To cause to break from internal pressure.
I burst the balloon when I blew it up too much.
3. v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to break by any means.
4. v. To separate formfeed at perforation lines.
I printed the report on formfeed paper then burst the sheets.
5. v. (intransitive) To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
6. v. (intransitive) To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.
The flowers burst into bloom on the first day of spring.
7. v. To produce as an effect of bursting.
to burst a hole through the wall
8. n. An act or instance of bursting.
The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away.
9. n. A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display.
10. n. A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.
breaks
1. n. plural of break
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of break
break
1. v. (transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.
In order to tend to the accident victim, he will break the window of the car.
2. v. (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest.
She broke her neck.
He slipped on the ice and broke his leg.
3. v. To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?
The wholesaler broke the container loads into palettes and boxes for local retailers.
4. v. To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
Her child's death broke Angela.
Interrogators have used many forms of torture to break prisoners of war.
The interrogator hoped to break her to get her testimony against her accomplices.
5. v. To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden.
6. v. (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
My heart is breaking.
7. v. To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
I've got to break this habit I have of biting my nails.
to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey
I had won four games in a row, but now you've broken my streak of luck.
8. v. To ruin financially.
The recession broke some small businesses.
9. v. To violate, to not adhere to.
When you go to Vancouver, promise me you won't break the law.
He broke his vows by cheating on his wife.
break one's word
Time travel would break the laws of physics.
10. v. (intransitive, of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, in terms of temperature.
Susan's fever broke at about 3 AM, and the doctor said the worst was over.
11. v. (intransitive, of a spell of settled weather) To end.
The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek.
12. v. (intransitive, of a storm) To begin; to end.
We ran to find shelter before the storm broke.
Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny.
13. v. (intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
Morning has broken.
The day broke crisp and clear.
14. v. (transitive, gaming slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
Changing the rules to let white have three extra queens would break chess.
I broke the RPG by training every member of my party to cast fireballs as well as use swords.
15. v. (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
On the hottest day of the year the refrigerator broke.
Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?
16. v. (specifically, in programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
Adding 64-bit support broke backward compatibility with earlier versions.
17. v. To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
break a seal
18. v. (specifically) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
19. v. (specifically) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination or the like.
20. v. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
The cavalry were not able to break the British squares.
21. v. (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
22. v. (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.
Let's break for lunch.
23. v. To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall.
24. v. (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.
The newsman wanted to break a big story, something that would make him famous.
I don't know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.
In the latest breaking news...
When news of their divorce broke, ...
25. v. (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
26. v. To change a steady state abruptly.
His coughing broke the silence.
His turning on the lights broke the enchantment.
With the mood broken, what we had been doing seemed pretty silly.
27. v. (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
Things began breaking bad for him when his parents died.
The arrest was standard, when suddenly the suspect broke ugly.
28. v. (intransitive) Of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty.
29. v. (intransitive) Of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack.
His voice breaks when he gets emotional.
30. v. To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
He broke the men's 100-meter record.
I can't believe she broke 3 under par!
The policeman broke sixty on a residential street in his hurry to catch the thief.
31. v. (sports):
32. v. (transitive, tennis) To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
He needs to break serve to win the match.
33. v. (intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
Is it your or my turn to break?
34. v. (transitive, backgammon) To remove one of the two men on (a point).
35. v. (transitive military, most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.
36. v. To end (a connection), to disconnect.
The referee ordered the boxers to break the clinch.
The referee broke the boxers' clinch.
I couldn't hear a thing he was saying, so I broke the connection and called him back.
37. v. (intransitive, of an emulsion) To demulsify.
38. v. (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack
39. v. (transitive, obsolete) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
40. v. (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
41. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to become bankrupt.
42. v. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
to break flax
43. v. To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
44. v. (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.
to break into a run or gallop
45. v. (intransitive, archaic) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
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.
destroys
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of destroy
destroy
1. v. To damage beyond use or repair.
The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
2. v. (intransitive) To cause destruction.
Hooligans destroy unprovoked.
3. v. To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate.
4. v. To put down or euthanize.
Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
5. v. To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
Her divorce destroyed her; she had a nervous breakdown and was severely depressed for more than a year.
6. v. (colloquial, transitive) To defeat soundly.
7. v. (computing, transitive) To remove data.
The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.
8. v. (US, colloquial slang) To sing a song poorly.
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.
specified
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of specify
specify
1. v. To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
2. v. To include in a specification.
3. v. To bring about a specific result.
4. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To speak explicitly or in detail (often used with of).
Thing
1. n. (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
2. n. That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
3. n. A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
4. n. An individual object or distinct entity.
5. n. (informal) Something that is existent or generally recognised.
Bacon pie? Is that a thing?
6. n. legal
7. n. Whatever can be owned.
8. n. Corporeal object.
9. n. (somewhat dated) The latest fad or fashion.
What do you mean you don't twerk, Stacy? It's the latest thing!
10. n. (in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.
Hold on, let me just grab my things.
11. n. (informal) A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
get me a thing of apple juice at the store; I just ate a whole thing of jelly beans
12. n. (informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
The car looks cheap, but the thing is, I have doubts about its safety.
13. n. (slang) A penis.
14. n. A living being or creature.
you poor thing; she's a funny old thing, but her heart's in the right place; I met a pretty blond thing at the bar
15. n. That which matters; the crux.
that's the thing: we don't know where he went; the thing is, I don't have any money
16. n. Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
Oh yeah, I'm supposed to promote that vision thing.
17. n. (informal) That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.)
18. n. (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
19. v. (rare) To express as a thing; to reify.

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