| figurative |
| 1. adj. Metaphorical or tropical, as opposed to literal; using figures; as of the use of "cats and dogs" in the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs". | |
| 2. adj. Metaphorically so called. | |
| 3. adj. With many figures of speech. | |
| 4. adj. Emblematic; representative | |
| obsolete |
| 1. adj. (of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject). | |
| It is speculated that, within a few years, the Internet's speedy delivery of news worldwide will make newspapers obsolete. | |
| 2. adj. (biology) Imperfectly developed; not very distinct. | |
| 3. v. (transitive, US) To cause to become obsolete. | |
| This software component has been obsoleted. | |
| We are in the process of obsoleting this product. | |
| having |
| 1. v. present participle of have | |
| 2. n. Something owned; possession; goods; estate. | |
| have |
| Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast, third-person singular present tense hath, present participle haveing, and second-person singular past tense hadst. | |
| 1. v. To possess, own, hold. | |
| I have a house and a car. | |
| Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street! | |
| 2. v. To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship). | |
| I have two sisters. | |
| I have a lot of work to do. | |
| 3. v. To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action. | |
| I have breakfast at six o'clock. | |
| Can I have a look at that? | |
| I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now. | |
| 4. v. To be scheduled to attend or participate in. | |
| What class do you have right now? I have English. | |
| Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day. | |
| 5. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) (Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.) | |
| I have already eaten today. | |
| I had already eaten. | |
| 6. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to. | |
| I have to go. | |
| 7. v. To give birth to. | |
| The couple always wanted to have children. | |
| My wife is having the baby right now! | |
| My mother had me when she was 25. | |
| 8. v. To engage in sexual intercourse with. | |
| He's always bragging about how many women he's had. | |
| 9. v. To accept as a romantic partner. | |
| Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me. | |
| 10. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation. | |
| They had me feed their dog while they were out of town. | |
| 11. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be. | |
| He had him arrested for trespassing. | |
| The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears. | |
| 12. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.) | |
| The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week. | |
| I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice. | |
| 13. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being. | |
| Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening. | |
| 14. v. (Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below.)) | |
| We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we? | |
| Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she? | |
| (UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he? | |
| 15. v. (UK, slang) To defeat in a fight; take. | |
| I could have him! | |
| I'm gonna have you! | |
| 16. v. (dated) To be able to speak a language. | |
| I have no German. | |
| 17. v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of. | |
| Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before. | |
| 18. v. To be afflicted with, suffer from. | |
| He had a cold last week. | |
| 19. v. To experience, go through, undergo. | |
| We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that. | |
| He had surgery on his hip yesterday. | |
| I'm having the time of my life! | |
| 20. v. To trick, to deceive. | |
| You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke. | |
| 21. v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate. | |
| The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it. | |
| I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night. | |
| 22. v. (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by. | |
| I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it. | |
| 23. v. To host someone; to take in as a guest. | |
| Thank you for having me! | |
| 24. v. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation. | |
| What do you have for problem two? | |
| I have two contacts on my scope. | |
| 25. v. (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case. | |
| We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon. | |
| 26. n. A wealthy or privileged person. | |
| 27. n. (uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing. | |
| 28. n. (AU, NZ, informal) A fraud or deception; something misleading. | |
| They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have. | |
| deep |
| 1. adj. (heading, of a physical distance) Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards. | |
| 2. adj. Extending far down from the top or surface; having its bottom far down. | |
| We hiked into a deep valley between tall mountains. | |
| There was a deep layer of dust on the floor; the room had not been disturbed for many years. | |
| 3. adj. Far in extent in another (non-downwards, but generally also non-upwards) direction away from a point of reference. | |
| The shelves are 30 centimetres deep. — They are deep shelves. | |
| 4. adj. In a (specified) number of rows or layers. | |
| a crowd three deep along the funeral procession | |
| 5. adj. Thick. | |
| That cyclist's deep chest allows him to draw more air. | |
| 6. adj. Voluminous. | |
| to take a deep breath / sigh / drink | |
| 7. adj. A long way inside; situated far in or back. | |
| deep into the forest; deep in the forest | |
| 8. adj. # (cricket, baseball, softball) Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative | |
| # He is fielding at deep mid wicket. | |
| # She hit a ball into deep center field. | |
| 9. adj. # (sports) A long way forward. | |
| # a deep volley | |
| 10. adj. # (American football) Relatively farther downfield. | |
| 11. adj. (heading, intellectual, social) Complex, involved. | |
| 12. adj. Profound, having great meaning or import, but possibly obscure or not obvious. | |
| That is a deep thought! | |
| 13. adj. To a significant, not superficial, extent. | |
| I just meant to help out a little, but now I'm deep into it. | |
| They're deep in discussion. | |
| 14. adj. Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; intricate; obscure. | |
| a deep subject or plot | |
| 15. adj. Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning. | |
| 16. adj. (sound, voice) Low in pitch. | |
| She has a very deep contralto voice. | |
| 17. adj. (of a color) Dark and highly saturated. | |
| That's a very deep shade of blue. | |
| 18. adj. (sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken). | |
| He was in a deep sleep. | |
| 19. adj. Immersed, submerged (in). | |
| deep in debt; deep in the mud; waist-deep in the muddy water | |
| 20. adj. Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads. | |
| 21. adv. Deeply. | |
| 22. n. (literary, with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc. | |
| creatures of the deep | |
| 23. n. (literary, with "the") A silent time; quiet isolation. | |
| the deep of night | |
| 24. n. (rare) A deep shade of colour. | |
| 25. n. (US, rare) The profound part of a problem. | |
| 26. n. (with "the") The sea, the ocean. | |
| 27. n. (cricket) A fielding position near the boundary. | |
| Russell is a safe pair of hands in the deep. | |
| sensibility |
| 1. n. The ability to sense, feel or perceive; especially to be sensitive to the feelings of another. | |
| I think sensibility is important in a relationship. | |
| 2. n. (chiefly in the plural) An acute awareness or feeling. | |
| I apologize if I offended your sensibilities, but that's the truth of the matter. | |
