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geology
1. n. The science that studies the structure of the earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its rocks.
2. n. The geological structure of a region.
The geology of the Alps.
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.
Angle
1. n. (historical) A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons.
2. n. (geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
the angle between lines A and B
3. n. (geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, ce
The angle between lines A and B is π/4 radians, or 45 degrees.
4. n. A corner where two walls intersect.
an angle of a building
5. n. A change in direction.
The horse took off at an angle.
6. n. A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
7. n. (media) The focus of a news story.
8. n. (slang) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
9. n. (slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral
His angle is that he gets a percentage, but mostly in trade.
10. n. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
11. n. (astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
12. v. (transitive, often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
The roof is angled at 15 degrees.
13. v. (intransitive, informal) To change direction rapidly.
The five ball angled off the nine ball but failed to reach the pocket.
14. v. (transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
How do you want to angle this when we talk to the client?
15. v. (transitive, cue sports) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to objec

16. v. (intransitive) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
17. v. (informal) (with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
He must be angling for a pay rise.
18. n. A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
from
1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
This wine comes from France.
I got a letter from my brother.
2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
He left yesterday from Chicago.
Face away from the wall!
3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
20 from 31 leaves 11.
4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
An umbrella protects from the sun.
He knows right from wrong.
horizontal
1. adj. Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
2. adj. (marketing) Relating to horizontal markets.
3. adj. (archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.
4. adj. (wine tasting) Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.
5. n. A horizontal component of a structure.
6. n. (geology) horizon
7. n. A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally,.
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.
planar
1. adj. Of or pertaining to a plane.
A planar projection of a three-dimensional object is its projection onto a plane.
2. adj. Flat, two-dimensional.
3. adj. (graph theory, of a graph) Able to be embedded in the plane with no edges intersecting.
A complete graph with more than four nodes is never planar.
4. adj. (transistor chip, semiconductor devices) Having a flat profile, not etched into a mesa.
geologic
1. adj. Of, or relating to geology or a geologic time scale.
surface
1. n. The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
2. n. The outside hull of a tangible object.
3. n. (figurative) Outward or external appearance.
On the surface, the spy looked like a typical businessman.
4. n. (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space.
5. n. (fortification) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
6. v. To provide something with a surface.
7. v. To apply a surface to something.
8. v. (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
9. v. To bring to the surface.
10. v. (intransitive) To come out of hiding.
11. v. (intransitive) For information or facts to become known.
12. v. To make information or facts known.
13. v. (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
14. v. (intransitive) To appear or be found.
such
1. det. (demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before. Such is life.
2. det. (particularly used in formal documents) Any.
the above address or at such other address as may notify
3. det. Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to very much of.
The party was such a bore.
4. det. (obsolete) A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
5. pron. A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned.
6. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else.
As
1. n. plural of A
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
7. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
17. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
20. n. plural of a
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.
fault
1. n. A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
2. n. A mistake or error.
No!. This is my fault, not yours
3. n. A weakness of character; a failing.
For all her faults, she's a good person at heart.
4. n. A minor offense.
5. n. Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
The fault lies with you.
6. n. (seismology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
7. n. (mining) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.
slate fault, dirt fault, etc.
8. n. (tennis) An illegal serve.
9. n. (electrical) An abnormal connection in a circuit.
10. n. (obsolete) want; lack
11. n. (hunting) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
12. v. To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
13. v. (intransitive, geology) To fracture.
14. v. (intransitive) To commit a mistake or error.
15. v. (intransitive, computing) To undergo a page fault.
line
1. n. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
The arrow descended in a curved line.
2. n. (geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
3. n. (geometry, informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
4. n. (graph theory) An edge of a graph.
5. n. (geography) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
6. n. (geography, ‘the line’ or ‘equinoctial line’) The equator.
7. n. (music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
8. n. (cricket) The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
9. n. (soccer) The goal line.
10. n. A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
11. n. A hose or pipe, of any size.
a brake line, the main water line to the house
12. n. Direction, path.
the line of sight; the line of vision
13. n. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
I tried to make a call, but the line was dead.
a dedicated line; a shared line
Please speak up, the line is very faint.
14. n. A clothesline.
15. n. A letter, a written form of communication.
Drop me a line.
16. n. A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
a line of stages; an express line
17. n. (military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
18. n. The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
19. n. A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
20. n. (obsolete) A measuring line or cord.
21. n. That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
22. n. A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
23. n. Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
24. n. A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contra
The line forms on the right.
There is a line of houses.
25. n. (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery etc.
26. n. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
27. n. A small amount of text. Specifically:
28. n. A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of
The answer to the comprehension question can be found in the third line of the accompanying text.
29. n. A verse (in poetry).
30. n. A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie or the like.
He was perfecting his pickup lines for use at the bar.
"It is what it is" was one his more annoying lines.
31. n. A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
Don't feed me a line!
32. n. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
33. n. The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
Remember, your answers must match the party line.
34. n. A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
line of business, product line
How many buses does the line have?
The airline is in danger of bankruptcy.
35. n. (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
36. n. A measure of length:
37. n. (historical) A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of
38. n. One twelfth of an inch.
39. n. One fortieth of an inch.
40. n. (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
41. n. (baseball, slang) The batter’s box.
42. n. (fencing, ‘line of engagement’) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
43. n. (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
the engine is in line / out of line
44. n. A small portion or serving (of a powdery illegal drug).
45. n. (obsolete) Instruction; doctrine.
46. n. (genetics) Population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
47. n. (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
48. n. (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
49. n. (medicine, colloquial) A vascular catheter.
patient had a line inserted
line sepsis
50. v. To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
to line troops
51. v. To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
to line works with soldiers
52. v. To form a line along.
53. v. To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines.
to line a copy book
54. v. (transitive, obsolete) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
55. v. To read or repeat line by line.
to line out a hymn
56. v. (intransitive, ‘line up’) To form or enter into a line.
57. v. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
Jones lined to left in his last at-bat.
58. v. To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
59. n. (obsolete) Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.
60. v. To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
The bird lines its nest with soft grass.
to line a cloak with silk or fur
to line a box with paper or tin
paintings lined the walls of the cavernous dining room
61. v. To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
62. v. To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
to line the shelves
63. v. (transitive, now rare, of a dog) to copulate with, to impregnate.

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