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geometry
     1. n. (mathematics) the branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships
     2. n. (mathematics) a type of geometry with particular properties
           spherical geometry
     3. n. the spatial attributes of an object, etc.
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.
plane
     1. adj. Of a surface: flat or level.
     2. n. A level or flat surface.
     3. n. (geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
     4. n. A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane)
     5. n. A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.
     6. n. (computing, Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.
     7. n. (anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
     8. n. A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
     9. v. To smooth (wood) with a plane.
     10. n. An airplane; an aeroplane.
     11. v. (nautical) To move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water.
     12. v. To glide or soar.
     13. n. A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
     14. n. (Northern UK) A sycamore.
figure
     1. n. A drawing or diagram conveying information.
     2. n. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
           a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble
     3. n. A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
     4. n. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
           He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.
     5. n. (obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
     6. n. A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
     7. n. A numeral.
     8. n. A number, an amount.
     9. n. A shape.
     10. n. A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
           The muslin was of a pretty figure.
     11. n. A dance figure, a complex dance moveW.
     12. n. A figure of speech.
     13. n. (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
     14. n. (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
     15. n. (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
     16. n. (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
     17. v. (mostly, US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
     18. v. (mostly, US) To come to understand.
           I can't figure if he's telling the truth or lying.
     19. v. To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
     20. v. (mostly, US, intransitive) To be reasonable.
           It figures that somebody like him would be upset about the situation.
     21. v. To enter, be a part of.
     22. v. (obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.
     23. v. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
     24. v. (obsolete) To indicate by numerals.
     25. v. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
     26. v. (obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.
     27. v. (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
     28. v. (music) To embellish.
formed
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of form
     form
          1. n. To do with shape.:
          2. n.          The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
          3. n.          A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
          4. n.          (dated) A long bench with no back.
          5. n.          (fine arts) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
          6. n.          (crystallography) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
          7. n. (social) To do with structure or procedure.
          8. n.          An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
          9. n.          Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
          10. n.          Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
                        a republican form of government
          11. n.          Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
                        a matter of mere form
          12. n.          (archaic) A class or rank in society.
          13. n.          (UK) A criminal record; loosely, past history (in a given area).
          14. n.          (education) A class or year of school pupils (often preceded by an ordinal number to specify the year, as in sixth form).
          15. n. A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
                To apply for the position, complete the application form.
          16. n. Level of performance.
                The team's form has been poor this year.
                The orchestra was on top form this evening.
          17. n. (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
                participial forms;  verb forms
          18. n. The den or home of a hare.
          19. n. (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
          20. n. (taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
          21. n. (printing, dated) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
          22. n. (geometry) A quantic.
          23. n. (sports) A specific way of performing a movement.
          24. v. To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
                When you kids form a straight line I'll hand out the lollies.
          25. v. To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
                Roll out the dough to form a thin sheet.
          26. v. (intransitive) To take shape.
                When icicles start to form on the eaves you know the roads will be icy.
          27. v. To put together or bring into being; assemble.
                The socialists did not have enough MPs to form a government.
                Paul McCartney and John Lennon formed The Beatles in Liverpool in 1960.
          28. v. (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
                By adding "-ness", you can form a noun from an adjective.
          29. v. To constitute, to compose, to make up.
                Teenagers form the bulk of extreme traffic offenders.
          30. v. To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
                Singing in a choir helps to form a child's sociality.
          31. v. To provide (a hare) with a form.
          32. v. (electrical, historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead pero
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
removing
     1. v. present participle of remove
     2. n. removal
     remove
          1. v. To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
                He removed the marbles from the bag.
          2. v.          (obsolete, formal) To replace a dish within a course.
          3. v. To murder.
          4. v. (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
          5. v. To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
          6. v. (intransitive, now rare) To depart, leave.
          7. v. (intransitive) To change one's residence; to move.
          8. v. To dismiss or discharge from office.
                The President removed many postmasters.
          9. n. The act of removing something.
          10. n. (archaic) Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced, or the replacement.
          11. n. (British) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last
          12. n. A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")
          13. n. Distance in time or space; interval.
          14. n. (dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
          15. n. The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
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.
parallelogram
     1. n. (geometry) A convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length.
     2. n. (Gaelic games, dated) either of two rectangular areas (respectively the large parallelogram and the small parallelogram) abutting the goal line in front of the goal. (Since 1986 officially named the l
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.
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.
corner
     1. n. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
           The corners of the wire mesh were reinforced with little blobs of solder.
     2. n.          The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
                   The chimney corner was full of cobwebs.
     3. n.          The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
                   Herbert bruised his shin on the corner of the coffee table.
     4. n.          An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.
                   The liquor store on the corner also sold lottery tickets.
     5. n. An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
           Shining a light in the dark corners of the mind.  I took a trip out to his corner of town.
     6. n. A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
           On weekends, Emily liked to find a quiet corner and curl up with a good book.
     7. n. (business, finance) A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
           In the 1970s, private investors tried to get a corner on the silver market, but were ultimately unsuccessful.
     8. n. Relating to the playing field.:
     9. n.          (baseball) One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
                   The pitch was just off the corner, low and outside.
     10. n.          (baseball) First base or third base.
                   There are runners on the corners with just one out.
     11. n.          (football) A corner kick.
     12. n.          (American football) A cornerback.
     13. n.          (boxing) The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.
     14. n.          (boxing, by extension) The group of people who assist a boxer during a bout.
     15. n. A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
           Welcome to our English corner.
     16. n. (obsolete) A point scored in a rubber at whist.
     17. v. To drive (someone) into a corner or other confined space.
           The cat had cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.
     18. v. To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
           The reporter cornered the politician by pointing out the hypocrisy of his position on mandatory sentencing, in light of the politician's own actions in court.
     19. v. (finance, business, transitive) To get or attempt to get a sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.
           The buyers attempted to corner the shares of the railroad stock, so as to facilitate their buyout.
           It's extremely hard to corner the petroleum market because there are so many players.
     20. v. (automotive, transitive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
           As the stock car driver cornered the last turn, he lost control and spun out.
     21. v. (automotive, intransitive) To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
           That BMW corners well, but the suspension is too stiff.
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.
larger
     1. adj. comparative form of large: more large
parallelogram
     1. n. (geometry) A convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length.
     2. n. (Gaelic games, dated) either of two rectangular areas (respectively the large parallelogram and the small parallelogram) abutting the goal line in front of the goal. (Since 1986 officially named the l
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