historical |
1. adj. Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions. | |
July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day. | |
The historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic. | |
2. adj. (literature, art) About history; depicting persons or events from history. | |
3. adj. Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally. | |
4. adj. (literature, art) Set in the past. | |
5. adj. (uncommon) Former, erstwhile; (religious, obsolete) lapsed, nominal. | |
6. adj. (grammar) One of various tenses or moods used to tell about past events, historic (tense). | |
7. adj. (obsolete, biology) (synonym of hereditary) or evolutionary. | |
8. adj. Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history. | |
The Royal Historical Society | |
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin | |
9. adj. Done in the manner of a historian: written as a development over time or in accordance with the historical method. | |
10. adj. (uncommon) (synonym of historic): important or likely to be important to history and historians. | |
11. adj. Forming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically": | |
historical-political | |
12. n. A historical romance. | |
an |
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound | |
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable | |
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable | |
4. conj. (archaic) If | |
5. conj. (archaic) So long as. | |
An it harm none, do what ye will. | |
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though. | |
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri). | |
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per. | |
I was only going twenty miles an hour. | |
old |
1. adj. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time. | |
an old abandoned building; an old friend | |
2. adj. Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years. | |
a wrinkled old man | |
3. adj. Of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life. | |
an old loaf of bread | |
4. adj. Of an item that has been used and so is not new (unused). | |
I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with. | |
5. adj. Having existed or lived for the specified time. | |
How old are they? She’s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child. | |
My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old. | |
6. adj. Of an earlier time.: | |
7. adj. Former, previous. | |
My new car is not as good as my old one. a school reunion for Old Etonians | |
8. adj. That is no longer in existence. | |
The footpath follows the route of an old railway line. | |
9. adj. Obsolete; out-of-date. | |
That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way. | |
10. adj. Familiar. | |
When he got drunk and quarrelsome they just gave him the old heave-ho. | |
11. adj. Tiresome. | |
Your constant pestering is getting old. | |
12. adj. Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time. | |
13. adj. A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.) | |
We're having a good old time. My next car will be a big old SUV. My wife makes the best little old apple pie in Texas. | |
14. adj. (obsolete) Excessive, abundant. | |
15. n. (with "the") People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group. | |
A civilised society should always look after the old in the community. | |
English |
1. adj. Of or pertaining to England. | |
2. adj. English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England. | |
Those immigrants Anglicised their names to make them sound more English. | |
3. adj. Of or pertaining to the people of England (to Englishmen and Englishwomen). | |
4. adj. Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure. | |
an English ton | |
5. adj. (Amish) Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German. | |
6. n. (collective plural) The people of England; Englishmen and Englishwomen. | |
The Scottish and the English have a history of conflict. | |
7. n. The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world. | |
English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca. | |
How do you say ‘à peu près’ in English? | |
8. n. (Amish, collective plural) The non-Amish; non-Amish people. | |
9. n. One's ability to employ the English language correctly. | |
My coworker has pretty good English for a non-native speaker. | |
10. n. The English-language term or expression for something. | |
What's the English for ‘à peu près’? | |
11. n. Specific language or wording in English; English text or statements in speech, whether in translation or otherwise. | |
The technical details are correct, but the English is not very clear. | |
12. n. A variety or dialect of spoken and or written English. | |
13. n. (printing, dated) The size of type between pica and great primer, standardized as 14-point. | |
14. n. (North American) Spin or side given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards. | |
Put more English on the ball. | |
15. v. (transitive, archaic) To translate, adapt or render into English. | |
16. n. (US) Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling. | |
You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english. | |
17. n. (figurative) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance. | |
measure |
1. n. A prescribed quantity or extent. | |
2. n. (obsolete) Moderation, temperance. | |
3. n. A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.) | |
4. n. An (unspecified) portion or quantity. | |
a measure of salt | |
5. n. The act or result of measuring. | |
6. n. (now chiefly cooking) A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance. | |
7. n. A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion. | |
Honesty is the true measure of a man. | |
8. n. Any of various standard units of capacity. | |
The villagers paid a tithe of a thousand measures of corn. | |
9. n. A unit of measurement. | |
10. n. The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) | |
11. n. (now rare) The act or process of measuring. | |
12. n. A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements. | |
13. n. (mathematics, now rare) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor. | |
the greatest common measure of two or more numbers | |
14. n. (geology) A bed or stratum. | |
coal measures; lead measures | |
15. n. (mathematics) A function that assigns a non-negative number to a given set following the mathematical nature that is common among length, volume, proba | |
16. n. Metrical rhythm. | |
17. n. (now archaic) A melody. | |
18. n. (now archaic) A dance. | |
19. n. (poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot. | |
a poem in iambic measure | |
20. n. (music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a com | |
21. n. A course of action. | |
22. n. (in plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans. | |
23. n. A piece of legislation. | |
24. v. To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard. | |
We measured the temperature with a thermometer. You should measure the angle with a spirit level. | |
25. v. To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement) | |
The window measured two square feet. | |
26. v. To estimate the unit size of something. | |
I measure that at 10 centimetres. | |
27. v. To judge, value, or appraise. | |
28. v. To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments. | |
29. v. (rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over. | |
30. v. To adjust by a rule or standard. | |
31. v. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off. | |
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. | |
grain |
1. n. The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley. | |
We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter. | |
2. n. Similar seeds from any food crop, eg buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa. | |
3. n. A single seed of grass food crops. | |
a grain of wheat | |
grains of oat | |
4. n. The crops from which grain is harvested. | |
The fields were planted with grain. | |
5. n. A linear texture of a material or surface. | |
Cut along the grain of the wood. | |
He doesn't like to shave against the grain. | |
6. n. A single particle of a substance. | |
a grain of sand | |
a grain of salt | |
7. n. A very small unit of weight, in England equal to 1/480 of an ounce troy, 0.0648 grams or, to be more exact, 64.79891 milligrams (0.002285714 avoirdupois ounce). A carat grain or pearl grain is 1/4 car | |
8. n. A former unit of gold purity, also known as carat grain, equal to (frac, 4) "carat" (karat). | |
9. n. (materials) A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction. | |
10. n. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple. | |
11. n. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side. | |
12. n. (in the plural) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff. | |
13. n. (botany) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. | |
14. n. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. | |
15. n. (photography, videography) Visual texture in processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received eno | |
16. v. To feed grain to. | |
17. v. To make granular; to form into grains. | |
18. v. (intransitive) To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate. | |
19. v. To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood. | |
20. v. (tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin. | |
21. v. (tanning) To soften leather. | |
22. v. To yield fruit. | |
23. n. A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant. | |
24. n. A tine, prong, or fork. | |
25. n. One of the branches of a valley or river. | |
26. n. An iron fish spear or harpoon, with a number of points half-barbed inwardly. | |
27. n. A blade of a sword, knife, etc. | |
28. n. (founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core. | |
containing |
1. v. present participle of contain | |
2. n. (in the plural) contents | |
contain |
1. v. To hold inside. | |
2. v. To include as a part. | |
3. v. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. | |
I'm so excited, I can hardly contain myself! | |
4. v. (mathematics, of a set etc., transitive) To have as an element or subset. | |
A group contains a unique inverse for each of its elements. | |
If that subgraph contains the vertex in question then it must be spanning. | |
5. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity. | |
eight |
1. n. The digit/figure 8. | |
2. n. (playing cards) Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight. | |
3. n. (nautical) A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars. | |
4. n. (rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate. | |
5. n. (rowing) The eight people who crew a rowing-boat. | |
6. n. An island in a river; an ait. | |
bushels |
1. n. plural of bushel | |
bushel |
1. n. (historical) A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts. | |
2. n. A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure. | |
3. n. A quantity that fills a bushel measure. | |
a heap containing ten bushels of apples | |
4. n. (colloquial) A large indefinite quantity. | |
5. n. (UK) The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. | |
Synonyms: box | |
6. v. (US, tailoring ambitransitive) To mend or repair clothes. | |
7. v. To pack grain, hops, etc. into bushel measures. | |