cricket |
1. n. An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs. | |
2. n. (US, slang) In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication. | |
3. n. A wooden footstool. | |
4. n. A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions. | |
5. n. A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint or other projection. | |
6. n. (sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries. | |
7. n. (chiefly British) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport. | |
That player's foul wasn't cricket! | |
8. v. (rare, intransitive) To play the game of cricket. | |
of |
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion. | |
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". | |
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). | |
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). | |
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage. | |
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to. | |
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three. | |
6. prep. Expressing separation. | |
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.) | |
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband. | |
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.) | |
He seemed devoid of human feelings. | |
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.) | |
10. prep. Expressing origin. | |
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.) | |
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin. | |
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of. | |
The invention was born of necessity. | |
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.) | |
It is said that she died of a broken heart. | |
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.) | |
I am tired of all this nonsense. | |
15. prep. Expressing agency. | |
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).) | |
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea. | |
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below). | |
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties. | |
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.) | |
It was very brave of you to speak out like that. | |
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance. | |
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.) | |
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic. | |
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.) | |
She wore a dress of silk. | |
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.) | |
What a lot of nonsense! | |
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.) | |
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich. | |
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also". | |
I'm not driving this wreck of a car. | |
25. prep. Introducing subject matter. | |
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma | |
I'm always thinking of you. | |
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning. | |
He told us the story of his journey to India. | |
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.) | |
This behaviour is typical of teenagers. | |
29. prep. Having partitive effect. | |
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among". | |
Most of these apples are rotten. | |
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.) | |
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of. | |
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort. | |
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).) | |
He is a friend of mine. | |
34. prep. Expressing possession. | |
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above. | |
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century. | |
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it. | |
The owner of the nightclub was arrested. | |
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter | |
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames. | |
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive". | |
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.) | |
She had a profound distrust of the police. | |
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics. | |
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards. | |
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner. | |
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by". | |
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain. | |
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.) | |
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%. | |
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod | |
It's not that big of a deal. | |
45. prep. Expressing a point in time. | |
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity. | |
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river. | |
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time). | |
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while. | |
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.) | |
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off. | |
the |
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already | |
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.) | |
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.) | |
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird. | |
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause. | |
The street that runs through my hometown. | |
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time. | |
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe. | |
God save the Queen! | |
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item. | |
That was the best apple pie ever. | |
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive. | |
That apple pie was the best. | |
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class. | |
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective. | |
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. | |
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar. | |
No one in the whole country had seen it before. | |
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning. | |
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun. | |
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”) | |
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention. | |
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery. | |
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives. | |
The hotter the better. | |
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks. | |
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children. | |
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it. | |
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone. | |
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it. | |
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it. | |
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that. | |
ball |
1. n. A solid or hollow sphere, or part thereof. | |
a ball of spittle; a fecal ball | |
2. n. A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape. | |
a ball of wool; a ball of twine | |
3. n. (ballistics) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, etc. | |
4. n. # A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin. | |
5. n. # (obsolete) Such bullets collectively. | |
6. n. A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body. | |
the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot | |
7. n. (anatomy) The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes. | |
8. n. The globe; the earthly sphere. | |
9. n. (mathematics) The set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point; specifically, the homologue of the disk | |
10. n. (mathematics, more generally) The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point; the analogue of the disk in | |
11. n. An object, generally spherical, used for playing games. | |
12. n. (sport) A round or ellipsoidal object. | |
13. n. Any simple game involving a ball. | |
The children were playing ball on the beach. | |
The children were playing ball in the garden. | |
14. n. (baseball) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone. | |
15. n. (pinball) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play. | |
If you get to a million points, you get another ball. | |
16. n. (cricket) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over. | |
17. n. (soccer) A pass; a kick of the football towards a teammate. | |
18. n. (mildly, vulgar, slang) A testicle. | |
19. n. Nonsense. | |
That’s a load of balls, and you know it! | |
20. n. Courage. | |
I doubt he’s got the balls to tell him off. | |
21. n. (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller. | |
22. n. (farriery, historical) A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus. | |
23. v. To form or wind into a ball. | |
to ball cotton | |
24. v. (metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling. | |
25. v. (transitive, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with. | |
26. v. To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls. | |
The horse balls; the snow balls. | |
27. v. (slang) To be hip or cool. | |
28. v. (nonstandard, slang) To play basketball. | |
29. interj. (Australian rules football) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules abo | |
30. n. A formal dance. | |
31. n. (informal) A very enjoyable time. | |
I had a ball at that concert. | |
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 | |
move |
1. v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another. | |
A ship moves rapidly. | |
I was sitting on the sofa for a long time, feeling too lazy to move. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act | |
to move in a matter | |
Come on guys, let's move: there's work to do! | |
3. v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in. | |
I decided to move to the country for a more peaceful life. | |
They moved closer to work to cut down commuting time. | |
4. v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game. | |
The rook moved from a8 to a6. | |
My opponent's counter was moving much quicker round the board than mine. | |
5. v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another | |
The waves moved the boat up and down. | |
The horse moves a carriage. | |
6. v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game | |
She moved the queen closer to the centre of the board. | |
7. v. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence. | |
This song moves me to dance. | |
8. v. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion). | |
That book really moved me. | |
9. v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit | |
I move to repeal the rule regarding obligatory school uniform. | |
10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint). | |
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to. | |
12. v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid. | |
13. v. (lbl, en, law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court. | |
An attorney moved the court to issue a restraining order. | |
The district attorney moved for a non-suit. | |
14. n. The act of moving; a movement. | |
A slight move of the tiller, and the boat will go off course. | |
15. n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose. | |
He made another move towards becoming a naturalized citizen. | |
16. n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc. | |
She always gets spontaneous applause for that one move. | |
He can win a match with that one move. | |
17. n. The event of changing one's residence. | |
The move into my fiancé's house took two long days. | |
They were pleased about their move to the country. | |
18. n. A change in strategy. | |
I am worried about our boss's move. | |
It was a smart move to bring on a tall striker to play against the smaller defenders. | |
19. n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another. | |
20. n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game. | |
The best move of the game was when he sacrificed his rook in order to gain better possession. | |
It's your move! Roll the dice! | |
If you roll a six, you can make two moves. | |
sideways |
1. n. plural of sideway | |
2. adj. Moving or directed toward one side. | |
Giving Mary a sideways glance, he said,(...). | |
He gave the ball a sideways kick. | |
3. adj. (informal) Positioned sideways (with a side to the front). | |
There was a stack of papers in front of each seat at the table, but each stack was sideways. | |
4. adj. (informal) Neither moving upward nor moving downward. | |
Once we get out of this sideways economy, our figures will more accurately reflect what we're truly capable of. | |
5. adj. (chiefly US, colloquial) Not as planned; towards a worse outcome. | |
We realized the project could go sideways very quickly if we didn't get the sales and marketing people on our side. | |
6. adj. (usually with "with", informal) In conflict (with); not compatible (with). | |
He was constantly getting sideways with his boss till he got fired. | |
7. adv. With a side to the front. | |
He builds houses sideways, with the front door on the side. | |
8. adv. Towards one side. | |
A bishop moves only diagonally; a rook, only sideways, forward, and back. He looked sideways at the new arrival, wondering who she was. | |
9. adv. Askance; sidelong. | |
10. adv. (informal) Neither upward nor downward. | |
The economy has been moving sideways for several months now. | |
after |
1. adv. Behind; later in time; following. | |
They lived happily ever after. | |
I left the room, and the dog bounded after. | |
2. prep. Subsequently to; following in time; later than. | |
We had a few beers after the game. | |
The time is quarter after eight. | |
The Cold War began shortly after the Second World War. | |
3. prep. Behind. | |
He will leave a trail of destruction after him. | |
4. prep. In pursuit of, seeking. | |
He's after a job; run after him; inquire after her health. | |
5. prep. In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing. | |
We named him after his grandfather; a painting after Leonardo da Vinci. | |
6. prep. Next in importance or rank. | |
The princess is next in line to the throne after the prince. | |
7. prep. As a result of. | |
After your bad behaviour, you will be punished. | |
8. prep. In spite of. | |
After all that has happened, he is still my friend. | |
I can't believe that, after all our advice against gambling, you walked into that casino! | |
9. prep. (Irish usually preceded by a form of be followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity | |
I was after finishing my dinner when there was a knock on the door. | |
10. prep. (dated) According to an author or text. | |
11. prep. Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to. | |
to look after workmen; to enquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness | |
12. prep. (obsolete) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting. | |
13. conj. Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause. | |
I went home after we had decided to call it a day. | |
14. adj. (dated) Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent | |
15. adj. (nautical, where the frame of reference is within the ship) At or towards the stern of a ship. | |
The after gun is mounted aft. | |
The after gun is abaft the forward gun. | |
bouncing |
1. adj. healthy; vigorous. | |
a bouncing baby girl | |
2. adj. (obsolete, informal) excessively big; whopping | |
3. v. present participle of bounce | |
4. n. The act of something that bounces. | |
bounce |
1. v. (intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle. | |
The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly. | |
He bounces nervously on his chair. | |
3. v. To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly. | |
He bounced the child on his knee. | |
The children were bouncing a ball against a wall. | |
4. v. (transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback. | |
I'm meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound. | |
She bounced happily into the room. | |
6. v. To move rapidly (between). | |
7. v. (intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds. | |
We can’t accept further checks from you, as your last one bounced. | |
8. v. (transitive, informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account). | |
He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday. | |
9. v. (intransitive, slang) To leave. | |
Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce. | |
10. v. (US, slang) To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment. | |
11. v. (intransitive, slang) (sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse. | |
12. v. (transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly. | |
The squadron was bounced north of the town. | |
13. v. (intransitive, electronics) To turn power off and back on; to reset | |
See if it helps to bounce the router. | |
14. v. (intransitive, Internet, of an e-mail message or address) To return undelivered. | |
What’s your new email address? The old one bounces. | |
The girl in the bar told me her address was thirsty@example.com, but my mail to that address bounced back to me. | |
15. v. (intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum. | |
The student pilot bounced several times during his landing. | |
16. v. (intransitive, skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results. | |
After the mid-air collision, his rig failed and he bounced. BSBD. | |
17. v. (transitive, sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added. | |
Bounce tracks two and three to track four, then record the cowbell on track two. | |
18. v. (slang) To bully; to scold. | |
19. v. (archaic) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly. | |
20. v. (archaic) To boast; to bluster. | |
21. n. A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle. | |
22. n. A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly. | |
23. n. An email return with any error. | |
24. n. The sack, licensing. | |
25. n. A bang, boom. | |
26. n. A drink based on brandyW. | |
27. n. A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump. | |
28. n. Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. | |
29. n. Scyllium catulus, a European dogfish. | |
30. n. A genre of New Orleans music. | |
31. n. (slang) Drugs. | |
32. n. (slang) Swagger. | |
33. n. (slang) A 'good' beat. | |
34. n. (slang) A talent for leaping. | |
Them pro-ballers got bounce! | |
on |
1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating. | |
2. adj. Performing according to schedule. | |
Are we still on for tonight? | |
Is the show still on? | |
3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate. | |
You can't do that; it's just not on. | |
4. adj. (informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed. | |
"Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!". | |
Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now. | |
5. adj. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter. | |
6. adj. (euphemistic) Menstruating. | |
7. adv. To an operating state. | |
turn the television on | |
8. adv. Along, forwards (continuing an action). | |
drive on, rock on | |
9. adv. In continuation, at length. | |
and so on. | |
He rambled on and on. | |
10. adv. (not US) Later. | |
Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village. | |
11. prep. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above. | |
on the table; on the couch | |
The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder. | |
12. prep. At or near; adjacent to. | |
Soon we'll pass a statue on the left. | |
The fleet is on the American coast. | |
Croton-on-Hudson, Rostov-on-Don, Southend-on-Sea | |
13. prep. Covering. | |
He wore old shoes on his feet. | |
14. prep. At the date of. | |
Born on the 4th of July. | |
15. prep. Some time during the day of. | |
I'll see you on Monday. The bus leaves on Friday. Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy. | |
16. prep. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something. | |
A book on history. The World Summit on the Information Society. | |
17. prep. Touching; hanging from. | |
The fruit ripened on the trees. The painting hangs on the wall. | |
18. prep. (informal) In the possession of. | |
I haven't got any money on me. | |
19. prep. Because of, or due to. | |
To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery. To contact someone on a hunch. | |
20. prep. Upon; at the time of (and often because of). | |
On Jack's entry, William got up to leave. | |
On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins. | |
21. prep. Paid for by. | |
The drinks are on me tonight, boys. The meal is on the house. I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company. | |
22. prep. Used to indicate a means or medium. | |
I saw it on television. Can't you see I'm on the phone? | |
23. prep. Indicating a means of subsistence. | |
They lived on ten dollars a week. The dog survived three weeks on rainwater. | |
24. prep. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity). | |
He's on his lunch break. on vacation; on holiday | |
25. prep. Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with. | |
to play on a violin or piano | |
Her words made a lasting impression on my mind. | |
26. prep. Regularly taking (a drug). | |
You've been on these antidepressants far too long. He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something. | |
27. prep. Under the influence of (a drug). | |
He's acting crazy because he's on crack right now. | |
28. prep. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain. | |
a function on | |
29. prep. (mathematics) HavingV^n as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n. | |
an operator on | |
30. prep. (mathematics) Generated by. | |
the free group on four letters | |
31. prep. Supported by (the specified part of itself). | |
A table can't stand on two legs. After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels. | |
32. prep. At a given time after the start of something; at. | |
33. prep. In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series. | |
heaps on heaps of food | |
mischief on mischief; loss on loss | |
34. prep. (obsolete, regional) of | |
35. prep. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in. | |
I depended on them for assistance. | |
He will promise on certain conditions. | |
Do you ever bet on horses? | |
36. prep. Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion. | |
Have pity or compassion on him. | |
37. prep. (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of. | |
38. prep. In the service of; connected with; of the number of. | |
He is on a newspaper; I am on the committee. | |
39. prep. By virtue of; with the pledge of. | |
He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour. | |
40. prep. To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon. | |
On us be all the blame. | |
A curse on him! | |
Please don't tell on her and get her in trouble. | |
He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since. | |
He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession. | |
41. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) to switch on | |
Can you on the light? | |
42. prep. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without. | |
43. n. In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun. | |
Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun". | |
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. | |
seam |
1. n. (sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.Wp | |
2. n. A suture. | |
3. n. A thin stratum, especially of coal or mineral. | |
4. n. (cricket) The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam. | |
5. n. (construction) A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials. | |
Seams can be made or sealed in a variety of ways, including adhesive bonding, hot-air welding, solvent welding, using adhesive tapes, sealant, etc. | |
6. n. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix. | |
7. n. (figurative) A line of junction; a joint. | |
8. v. To put together with a seam. | |
9. v. To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting. | |
10. v. To mark with a seam or line; to scar. | |
11. v. To crack open along a seam. | |
12. v. (cricket) Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam. | |
13. v. (cricket) Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus. | |
14. n. (historical) An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels. | |
15. n. (historical) An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds. | |
16. n. (dialect) grease; tallow; lard | |