figuratively |
1. adv. (manner) In a figurative manner. | |
2. adv. (speech act) Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally. | |
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. | |
person |
1. n. An individual; usually a human being. | |
Each person is unique, both mentally and physically. | |
2. n. A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represent | |
3. n. (Christianity) Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit. | |
4. n. (chiefly in science fiction) Any sentient or socially intelligent being. | |
5. n. (in a compound noun or noun phrase) Someone who likes or has an affinity for (a specified thing). | |
Jack's always been a dog person, but I prefer cats. | |
6. n. The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc. | |
7. n. (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts. | |
At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person. | |
8. n. (law) The human genitalia; specifically, the penis. | |
9. n. (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking. See grammatical person. | |
10. n. (biology) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals. | |
11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate. | |
12. v. (transitive, gender-neutral) To man. | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
body |
1. n. Physical frame. | |
2. n. The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism. | |
I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light. | |
3. n. The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul. | |
The body is driven by desires, but the soul is at peace. | |
4. n. A corpse. | |
Her body was found at four o'clock, just two hours after the murder. | |
5. n. (archaic, or informal except in compounds) A person. | |
What's a body gotta do to get a drink around here? | |
6. n. Main section. | |
7. n. The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail). | |
The boxer took a blow to the body. | |
8. n. The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories. | |
The bumpers and front tyres were ruined, but the body of the car was in remarkable shape. | |
9. n. (archaic) The section of a dress extending from the neck to the waist, excluding the arms. | |
Penny was in the scullery, pressing the body of her new dress. | |
10. n. The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on. | |
11. n. (programming) The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters. | |
In many programming languages, the method body is enclosed in braces. | |
12. n. Coherent group. | |
13. n. A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass. | |
I was escorted from the building by a body of armed security guards. | |
14. n. An organisation, company or other authoritative group. | |
The local train operating company is the managing body for this section of track. | |
15. n. A unified collection of details, knowledge or information. | |
We have now amassed a body of evidence which points to one conclusion. | |
16. n. Material entity. | |
17. n. Any physical object or material thing. | |
All bodies are held together by internal forces. | |
18. n. Substance; physical presence. | |
We have given body to what was just a vague idea. | |
19. n. Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.). | |
The red wine, sadly, lacked body. | |
20. n. An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise un. | |
The English Channel is a body of water lying between Great Britain and France. | |
21. n. (printing) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated). | |
a nonpareil face on an agate body | |
22. n. (geometry) A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone. | |
23. v. To give body or shape to something. | |
24. v. To construct the bodywork of a car. | |
25. v. To embody. | |
26. v. (transitive, slang) To murder someone. | |
27. v. (transitive, slang) To utterly defeat someone. | |
28. v. (transitive, slang) to hard counter a particular character build or play style. Frequently used in the passive voice form, get bodied by. | |
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. | |
objects |
1. n. plural of object | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of object | |
object |
1. n. A thing that has physical existence. | |
2. n. objective, Objective; the goal, end or purpose of something. | |
3. n. (grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action. | |
4. n. A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed. | |
Mary Jane had been the object of Peter's affection for years. | |
The convertible, once the object of his desire, was now the object of his hatred. | |
Where's your object of ridicule now? | |
5. n. (object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure. | |
6. n. (category theory) An element within a category upon which function, functions operate. Thus, a category consists of a set of element objects and the functions that operate on them. | |
7. n. (obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect. | |
8. v. 'panget | |
9. v. (intransitive) To disagree with something or someone; especially in a Court of Law, to raise an objection. | |
I object to the proposal to build a new airport terminal. | |
10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason. | |
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose. | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
events |
1. n. plural of event | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of event | |
event |
1. n. An occurrence; something that happens. | |
2. n. A prearranged social activity (function, etc.) | |
I went to an event in San Francisco last week. | |
Where will the event be held? | |
3. n. One of several contests that combine to make up a competition. | |
4. n. An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases). | |
In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway. | |
5. n. (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate. | |
6. n. (computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a s | |
7. n. (probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space. | |
IfX is a random variable representing the toss of a six-sided die, then its sample space could be denoted as 1,2,3,4,5,6. Examples of events could be:X = 1,X = 2, X \ge 5, X \not = 4, andX \isi | |
8. n. (obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise. | |
9. n. (medicine) An episode of severe health conditions. | |
10. v. (obsolete) To occur, take place. | |
11. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate. | |
12. v. (obsolete, transitive) To expose to the air, ventilate. | |
13. v. cln, en, basic words | |
sweeping |
1. v. present participle of sweep | |
2. n. An instance of sweeping. | |
The sidewalk needed a sweeping every morning. | |
3. n. The activity of sweeping. | |
Sweeping took all morning. | |
The sidewalk needed sweeping every morning. | |
4. adj. wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things | |
The government will bring in sweeping changes to the income tax system. | |
He loves making sweeping statements without the slightest evidence. | |
5. adj. Completely overwhelming | |
He claimed a sweeping victory. | |
sweep |
1. v. To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush. | |
to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney | |
2. v. (intransitive) To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke. | |
The wind sweeps across the plain. | |
The offended countess swept out of the ballroom. | |
3. v. To search (a place) methodically. | |
4. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly. | |
5. v. (cricket) To play a sweep shot. | |
6. v. (curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less. | |
7. v. (transitive, ergative) To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom. | |
8. v. (sports) To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series. | |
9. v. (sports) To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series. | |
10. v. To remove something abruptly and thoroughly. | |
She swept the peelings off the table onto the floor. | |
The wind sweeps the snow from the hills. | |
The flooded river swept away the wooden dam. | |
11. v. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along. | |
Their long descending train, / With rubies edged and sapphires, swept the plain. | |
12. v. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion. | |
13. v. To strike with a long stroke. | |
14. v. (nautical) To draw or drag something over. | |
to sweep the bottom of a river with a net | |
15. v. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation. | |
to sweep the heavens with a telescope | |
16. n. A single action of sweeping. | |
Give the front steps a quick sweep to get rid of those fallen leaves. | |
17. n. The person who steers a dragon boat. | |
18. n. A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew. | |
19. n. A chimney sweep. | |
20. n. A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices). | |
21. n. (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat. | |
Bradman attempted a sweep, but in fact top edged the ball to the wicket keeper | |
22. n. A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins. | |
Jim will win fifty dollars in the office sweep if Japan wins the World Cup. | |
23. n. A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland. | |
24. n. (martial arts) A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs. | |
25. n. Violent and general destruction. | |
the sweep of an epidemic disease | |
26. n. (metalworking) A movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding. | |
27. n. (card games) In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table. | |
28. n. The compass of any turning body or of any motion. | |
the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye | |
29. n. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line. | |
30. n. A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them. | |
31. n. (refining, obsolete) The almond furnace. | |
32. n. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water. | |
33. n. Any of the blades of a windmill. | |
34. n. (in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. | |
35. n. Any of several sea chub, pl=s in the kyphosid subfamily. | |
36. n. An expanse or a swath, a strip of land. | |
violently |
1. adv. In a violent manner. | |
onward |
1. adj. (not comparable) Moving forward. | |
There was an onward rush as the gates opened. | |
2. adj. Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end. | |
3. adv. In a forward direction. | |