| dance |
| 1. n. A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction. | |
| 2. n. A social gathering where dancing is the main activity. | |
| 3. n. (heraldry) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister. | |
| 4. n. A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics. | |
| 5. n. The art, profession, and study of dancing. | |
| 6. n. A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.(R:COED2, page=387) | |
| 7. n. (figurative) A battle of wits, esp. one commonly fought between two rivals. | |
| So how much longer are we gonna do this dance? | |
| 8. v. (intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music. | |
| I danced with her all night long. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly. | |
| His eyes danced with pleasure as he spoke. She accused her political opponent of dancing around the issue instead of confronting it. | |
| 10. v. To perform the steps to. | |
| Have you ever danced the tango? | |
| 11. v. To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| in |
| 1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits. | |
| 2. prep. Contained by. | |
| The dog is in the kennel. | |
| 3. prep. Within. | |
| 4. prep. Surrounded by. | |
| We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air. | |
| 5. prep. Part of; a member of. | |
| One in a million. She's in band and orchestra. | |
| 6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to. | |
| What grade did he get in English? | |
| Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted. | |
| 7. prep. At the end of a period of time. | |
| They said they would call us in a week. | |
| 8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time | |
| Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours. | |
| 9. prep. During (said of periods of time). | |
| in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi | |
| 10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word. | |
| English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s. | |
| 11. prep. Into. | |
| Less water gets in your boots this way. | |
| 12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance. | |
| In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment. | |
| 13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement. | |
| My fat rolls around in folds. | |
| 14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject. | |
| He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma. | |
| 15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics. | |
| You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her. | |
| 16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing). | |
| I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress. | |
| 17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality. | |
| 18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of. | |
| Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties. | |
| The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold. | |
| Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients. | |
| 19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc. | |
| Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular. | |
| His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages. | |
| When you write in cursive, it's illegible. | |
| 20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose. | |
| 21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest. | |
| 22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something. | |
| Is Mr. Smith in? | |
| 23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room. | |
| Suddenly a strange man walked in. | |
| 24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball. | |
| He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in. | |
| 25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of. | |
| What's that in? | |
| 26. adv. After the beginning of something. | |
| 27. n. A position of power or a way to get it. | |
| His parents got him an in with the company | |
| 28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings | |
| 29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner. | |
| 30. adj. In fashion; popular. | |
| Skirts are in this year. | |
| 31. adj. Incoming. | |
| the in train | |
| 32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed. | |
| 33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin. | |
| in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband | |
| 34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting. | |
| 35. n. Inch. | |
| many |
| 1. det. An indefinite large number of. | |
| many people enjoy playing chess; there are many different ways to cook a meal | |
| 2. pron. A collective mass of people. | |
| Democracy must balance the rights of the few against the will of the many | |
| A great many do not understand this. | |
| 3. pron. An indefinite large number of people or things. | |
| Many are called, but few are chosen. | |
| 4. n. A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd. | |
| 5. n. A considerable number. | |
| different |
| 1. adj. Not the same; exhibiting a difference. | |
| 2. adj. Various, assorted, diverse. | |
| 3. adj. Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity. | |
| Several different scientists all reached this conclusion at about the same time. | |
| 4. adj. Unlike most others; unusual. | |
| 5. n. (mathematics) The different ideal. | |
| styles |
| 1. n. plural of style | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of style | |
| style |
| 1. n. A manner of doing or presenting things, especially a fashionable one. | |
| 2. n. Flair; grace; fashionable skill. | |
| As a dancer, he has a lot of style. | |
| 3. n. (botany) The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower. | |
| 4. n. A traditional or legal term preceding a reference to a person who holds a title or post. | |
| 5. n. A traditional or legal term used to address a person who holds a title or post. | |
| the style of Majesty | |
| 6. n. (nonstandard) A stylus. | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) A pen; an author's pen. | |
| 8. n. A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver. | |
| 9. n. A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument. | |
| 10. n. A long, slender, bristle-like process. | |
| the anal styles of insects | |
| 11. n. The pin, or gnomon, of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. | |
| 12. n. (computing) A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as bold or italic. | |
| applying styles to text in a wordprocessor | |
| Cascading Style Sheets | |
| 13. v. To create or give a style, fashion or image to. | |
| 14. v. To call or give a name or title to. | |
| 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. | |
| partner |
| 1. n. Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest. | |
| 2. n. A member of a business or law partnership. | |
| 3. n. A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond. | |
| 4. n. Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance. | |
| 5. n. Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis. | |
| 6. n. (nautical) One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass. | |
| 7. n. (Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period. | |
| 8. v. To make or be a partner. | |
| 9. v. To work or perform as a partner. | |
| dances |
| 1. n. plural of dance | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of dance | |
| dance |
| 1. n. A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction. | |
| 2. n. A social gathering where dancing is the main activity. | |
| 3. n. (heraldry) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister. | |
| 4. n. A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics. | |
| 5. n. The art, profession, and study of dancing. | |
| 6. n. A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.(R:COED2, page=387) | |
| 7. n. (figurative) A battle of wits, esp. one commonly fought between two rivals. | |
| So how much longer are we gonna do this dance? | |
| 8. v. (intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music. | |
| I danced with her all night long. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly. | |
| His eyes danced with pleasure as he spoke. She accused her political opponent of dancing around the issue instead of confronting it. | |
| 10. v. To perform the steps to. | |
| Have you ever danced the tango? | |
| 11. v. To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about. | |
| often |
| 1. adv. Frequently, many times. | |
| I often walk to work when the weather is nice. | |
| I've been going to the movies more often since a new theatre opened near me. | |
| 2. adj. (archaic) Frequent. | |
| performed |
| 1. v. simple past tense and past participle of perform | |
| perform |
| 1. v. To do something; to execute. | |
| The scientists performed several experiments. | |
| It took him only twenty minutes to perform the task. | |
| 2. v. To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain. | |
| She will perform in the play. | |
| The magician performed badly – none of his tricks worked. | |
| The string quartet performed three pieces by Haydn. | |
| at |
| 1. prep. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place. | |
| Caesar was at Rome; at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine; at Jim’s house | |
| 2. prep. (indicating time) (Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.) | |
| at six o’clock; at closing time; at night. | |
| 3. prep. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner). | |
| He threw the ball at me. He shouted at her. | |
| 4. prep. Denotes a price. | |
| 3 apples at 2¢ (each) The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations. | |
| 5. prep. Occupied in (activity). | |
| men at work | |
| 6. prep. In a state of. | |
| She is at sixes and sevens with him. They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff. The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces. | |
| 7. prep. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series. | |
| Sell at 90. Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders. I'm offering it—just to select customers—at cost. | |
| 8. prep. Because of. | |
| to laugh at a joke mad at their comments | |
| 9. prep. Indicates a means, method, or manner. | |
| 10. prep. Holding a given speed or rate. | |
| It is growing at the rate of 3% a year. Cruising along at fifty miles per hour. | |
| 11. prep. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding. | |
| The twins were both bad at chemistry. | |
| He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation. | |
| 12. prep. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to | |
| 13. n. The at sign (@). | |
| 14. n. (alt form, att) (Laos currency unit) | |
| 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. | |
| End |
| 1. n. A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the last character of the current line. | |
| 2. n. The terminal point of something in space or time. | |
| At the end of the road, turn left. | |
| At the end of the story, the main characters fall in love. | |
| 3. n. (by extension) (euphemistic) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion. | |
| Is there no end to this madness? | |
| 4. n. (by extension) Death, especially miserable. | |
| He met a terrible end in the jungle. | |
| I hope the end comes quickly. | |
| 5. n. The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide. | |
| Hold the string at both ends. | |
| My father always sat at the end of the table. | |
| 6. n. Result. | |
| 7. n. A purpose, goal, or aim. | |
| 8. n. (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground. | |
| The Pavillion End | |
| 9. n. (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end. | |
| 10. n. (curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion. | |
| 11. n. (mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex. | |
| 12. n. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap. | |
| odds and ends | |
| 13. n. One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet. | |
| 14. v. To finish, terminate. | |
| Is this movie never going to end? | |
| The lesson will end when the bell rings. | |
| The referee blew the whistle to end the game. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| dance |
| 1. n. A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction. | |
| 2. n. A social gathering where dancing is the main activity. | |
| 3. n. (heraldry) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister. | |
| 4. n. A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics. | |
| 5. n. The art, profession, and study of dancing. | |
| 6. n. A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.(R:COED2, page=387) | |
| 7. n. (figurative) A battle of wits, esp. one commonly fought between two rivals. | |
| So how much longer are we gonna do this dance? | |
| 8. v. (intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music. | |
| I danced with her all night long. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly. | |
| His eyes danced with pleasure as he spoke. She accused her political opponent of dancing around the issue instead of confronting it. | |
| 10. v. To perform the steps to. | |
| Have you ever danced the tango? | |
| 11. v. To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about. | |
| in |
| 1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits. | |
| 2. prep. Contained by. | |
| The dog is in the kennel. | |
| 3. prep. Within. | |
| 4. prep. Surrounded by. | |
| We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air. | |
| 5. prep. Part of; a member of. | |
| One in a million. She's in band and orchestra. | |
| 6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to. | |
| What grade did he get in English? | |
| Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted. | |
| 7. prep. At the end of a period of time. | |
| They said they would call us in a week. | |
| 8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time | |
| Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours. | |
| 9. prep. During (said of periods of time). | |
| in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi | |
| 10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word. | |
| English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s. | |
| 11. prep. Into. | |
| Less water gets in your boots this way. | |
| 12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance. | |
| In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment. | |
| 13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement. | |
| My fat rolls around in folds. | |
| 14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject. | |
| He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma. | |
| 15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics. | |
| You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her. | |
| 16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing). | |
| I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress. | |
| 17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality. | |
| 18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of. | |
| Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties. | |
| The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold. | |
| Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients. | |
| 19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc. | |
| Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular. | |
| His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages. | |
| When you write in cursive, it's illegible. | |
| 20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose. | |
| 21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest. | |
| 22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something. | |
| Is Mr. Smith in? | |
| 23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room. | |
| Suddenly a strange man walked in. | |
| 24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball. | |
| He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in. | |
| 25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of. | |
| What's that in? | |
| 26. adv. After the beginning of something. | |
| 27. n. A position of power or a way to get it. | |
| His parents got him an in with the company | |
| 28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings | |
| 29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner. | |
| 30. adj. In fashion; popular. | |
| Skirts are in this year. | |
| 31. adj. Incoming. | |
| the in train | |
| 32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed. | |
| 33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin. | |
| in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband | |
| 34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting. | |
| 35. n. Inch. | |
| which |
| 1. det. (interrogative) What, of those mentioned or implied. | |
| Which song made the charts? | |
| 2. det. (relative) The one or ones that. | |
| Show me which one is bigger. | |
| They couldn't decide which song to play. | |
| 3. det. (relative) The one or ones mentioned. | |
| He once owned a painting of the house, which painting would later be stolen. | |
| For several seconds he sat in silence, during which time the tea and sandwiches arrived. | |
| I'm thinking of getting a new car, in which case I'd get a red one. | |
| 4. pron. (interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied). | |
| Which is bigger?; Which is which? | |
| 5. pron. (relative) Who; whom; what (of those mentioned or implied). | |
| He walked by a door with a sign, which read: PRIVATE OFFICE. | |
| We've met some problems which are very difficult to handle. | |
| He had to leave, which was very difficult. | |
| No art can be properly understood apart from the culture of which it is a part. | |
| 6. pron. (relative, archaic) Used of people (now generally who, whom or that). | |
| 7. n. An occurrence of the word which. | |
| 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. | |
| follower |
| 1. n. (literally) One who follows, comes after another. | |
| 2. n. Something that comes after another thing. | |
| 3. n. One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer. | |
| 4. n. One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc. | |
| 5. n. An imitator, who follows another's example | |
| 6. n. A pursuer. | |
| 7. n. (Internet) A person or an account holding entity who's following someone or something (such as a company, a government agency or a celebrity page) on a social network, such as Twitter, Instagram or Fa | |
| 8. n. A machine part receiving motion from another | |
| 9. n. A man courting a maidservant. | |
| 10. n. Young cattle. | |
| 11. n. A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly. | |
| 12. n. (Australian rules football) Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually follow the ball around the ground rather than occupying a fixed position. | |
| 13. n. (colloquial, dated) A debt collector. | |
| leans |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of lean | |
| 2. n. plural of lean | |
| lean |
| 1. v. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. | |
| a leaning column | |
| She leaned out of the window. | |
| 2. v. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; with to, toward, etc. | |
| I'm leaning towards voting Conservative in the next election. | |
| 3. v. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.; with on, upon, or against. | |
| 4. v. To hang outwards. | |
| 5. v. To press against. | |
| 6. n. (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical. | |
| The trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy. | |
| 7. adj. (of a person or animal) slim; not fleshy. | |
| 8. adj. (of meat) having little fat. | |
| 9. adj. Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre. | |
| a lean budget; a lean harvest | |
| 10. adj. Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient. | |
| A lean ore hardly worth mining. | |
| Running on too lean a fuel-air mixture will cause, among other problems, your internal combustion engine to heat up too much. | |
| 11. adj. (printing, archaic) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat. | |
| lean copy, matter, or type | |
| 12. adj. efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing". | |
| lean accounting, lean approach, lean champion, lean implementation, lean leadership, lean management, lean manufacturing, lean methods, lean principles, lean production, lean processes, lean se | |
| Alcoa is now a lean and agile enterprise, after having split last year into two entities. | |
| 13. n. Meat with no fat on it. | |
| 14. v. To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen. | |
| 15. v. To conceal. | |
| 16. n. (slang) A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States. | |
| far |
| 1. adj. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) Distant. | |
| A far land. | |
| 2. adj. Remote in space. | |
| He went to a far country. | |
| 3. adj. Remote in time. | |
| 4. adj. Long. | |
| It was a far adventure, full of danger. | |
| 5. adj. More remote or longer of two. | |
| He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end. | |
| 6. adj. Extreme. | |
| We are on the far right on this issue. | |
| 7. adj. Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character. | |
| 8. adj. (computing, not comparable) Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture. | |
| far heap; far memory; far pointer | |
| 9. adv. Distant in space, time or degree. | |
| My house is quite far from the beach. The plan is good, but it is far from being flawless. | |
| 10. adv. To or from a great distance, time, or degree. | |
| You have all come far and you will go farther. | |
| 11. adv. (with a comparative) Very much. | |
| He was far richer than we'd thought. | |
| 12. n. Spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta), especially in the context of Roman use of it. | |
| 13. n. (dialect) A litter of piglets; a farrow. | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Is |
| 1. n. plural of I | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of be | |
| He is a doctor. He retired some time ago. | |
| Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him. | |
| 3. n. plural of i | |
| remember to dot your is | |
| be |
| 1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence. | |
| 2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist. | |
| There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place. | |
| The cup is on the table. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place. | |
| When will the meeting be? | |
| 5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar. | |
| The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come. | |
| I have been to Spain many times. | |
| Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating. | |
| 6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same. | |
| Knowledge is bliss. | |
| Hi, I’m Jim. | |
| 7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same. | |
| 3 times 5 is fifteen. | |
| 8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal. | |
| François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995. | |
| 9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it. | |
| The sky is blue. | |
| 10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase. | |
| The sky is a deep blue today. | |
| 11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice. | |
| The dog was drowned by the boy. | |
| 12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses. | |
| The woman is walking. | |
| I shall be writing to you soon. | |
| We liked to chat while we were eating. | |
| 13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go". | |
| 14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic. | |
| I am to leave tomorrow. | |
| I would drive you, were I to obtain a car. | |
| 15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement. | |
| This building is three hundred years old. | |
| I am 75 kilograms. | |
| He’s about 6 feet tall. | |
| 16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years. | |
| I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.) | |
| 17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day. | |
| It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.) | |
| It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo. | |
| What time is it there? It’s night. | |
| 18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event. | |
| It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period) | |
| It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him. | |
| 19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like. | |
| It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid. | |
| Why is it so dark in here? | |
| 20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way. | |
| "What do we do?" "We be ourselves.". | |
| Why is he being nice to me? | |
| supported |
| 1. adj. Held in position, especially from below. | |
| 2. adj. Furnished with corroborating evidence. | |
| 3. adj. Helped or aided. | |
| 4. adj. Having supporters. | |
| 5. v. simple past tense and past participle of support | |
| support |
| 1. n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to. | |
| Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform. | |
| 2. n. Financial or other help. | |
| The government provides support to the arts in several ways. | |
| 3. n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold. | |
| Sure they sell the product, but do they provide support? | |
| 4. n. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set. | |
| 5. n. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero). | |
| If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set. | |
| 6. n. Evidence. | |
| The new research provides further support for our theory. | |
| 7. n. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature. | |
| This game has no mouse support. | |
| 8. n. (gymnastics) (clipping of support position) | |
| 9. n. (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical oder rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed .. | |
| 10. v. To keep from falling. | |
| Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform. | |
| 11. v. To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold. | |
| Sure they sell the product, but do they support it? | |
| 12. v. To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid. | |
| I support France in the World Cup | |
| 13. v. To help, particularly financially. | |
| The government supports the arts in several ways. | |
| 14. v. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain. | |
| The testimony is not sufficient to support the charges. | |
| The evidence will not support the statements or allegations. | |
| 15. v. To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to. | |
| The IT Department supports the research organization, but not the sales force. | |
| I don't make decisions: I just support those who do. | |
| 16. v. To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for. | |
| Early personal computers did not support voice-recognition hardware or software. | |
| 17. v. To be acfor, or involved with, but not responsible for. | |
| I support the administrative activities of the executive branch of the organization | |
| 18. v. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate. | |
| 19. v. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain. | |
| to support the character of King Lear | |
| by |
| 1. prep. Near or next to. | |
| The mailbox is by the bus stop. | |
| 2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval. | |
| Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July. | |
| 3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of. | |
| The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour. | |
| 4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of. | |
| There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare | |
| 5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of. | |
| 6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of. | |
| I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking. | |
| 7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination. | |
| The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight. | |
| 8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed. | |
| I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife. | |
| 9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of. | |
| Our stock is up by ten percent. | |
| 10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another. | |
| We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches. | |
| 11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to. | |
| He cheated by his own admission. | |
| 12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of. | |
| By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this. | |
| 13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something. | |
| It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm. | |
| 14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of. | |
| She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress. | |
| 15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker. | |
| I watched as it passed by. | |
| 16. adv. In the vicinity, near. | |
| There was a shepherd close by. | |
| The shop is hard by the High Street. | |
| 17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business. | |
| I'll stop by on my way home from work. | |
| We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave. | |
| 18. adv. Aside, away. | |
| The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring. | |
| 19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary. | |
| 20. n. (card games) A pass | |
| 21. interj. alternative spelling of bye | |
| 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. | |
| leader |
| 1. n. any person that leads or directs | |
| 2. n. one who goes first | |
| Follow the leader. | |
| 3. n. one having authority to direct | |
| We elected her team leader. | |
| 4. n. one who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles | |
| Leader of the House of Commons | |
| Senate Majority Leader | |
| 5. n. a person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc. | |
| The company is the leader in home remodeling in the county. | |
| 6. n. (music) a performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra | |
| 7. n. (music, UK) the first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster | |
| 8. n. an animal that leads | |
| 9. n. the dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions | |
| 10. n. an animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs | |
| 11. n. someone or something that leads or conducts | |
| 12. n. (botany) a fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant | |
| 13. n. a pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground | |
| 14. n. (UK) the first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story | |
| 15. n. (fishing) a section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to dete | |
| 16. n. a piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a proj | |
| 17. n. (marketing) a loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price | |
| 18. n. (printing) a type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face | |
| 19. n. (printing, in the plural) a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or num | |
| 20. n. (fishing) a net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. | |
| 21. n. (mining) a branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one | |
| 22. n. (nautical) a block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places | |
| 23. n. (engineering) the drive wheel in any kind of machinery | |
| 24. n. (meteorology) the path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning | |
