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ice
1. n. Water in frozen (solid) form.
2. n. Covering made of frozen water on a river or other water basin in cold season.
3. n. (physics, astronomy) Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.
4. n. (astronomy) Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form.
5. n. A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.
6. n. Any substance having the appearance of ice.
7. n. (slang) One or more diamonds.
8. n. (slang) Crystal form of amphetamine-based drugs.
9. n. (ice hockey) The area where a game of ice hockey is played.
10. v. To cool with ice, as a beverage.
11. v. To become ice, to freeze.
12. v. (slang) To murder.
13. v. To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.
14. v. (ice hockey) To put out a team for a match.
Milton Keynes have yet to ice a team this season
15. v. (ice hockey) To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing.
If the Bruins ice the puck, the faceoff will be in their own zone.
hockey
1. n. (North America) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.
2. n. (British) Field hockey, a team sport played on a pitch on solid ground where players have to hit a ball into a net using a hockey stick.
3. n. A variation of hockey, such as roller hockey, street hockey, shinny, or ball hockey.
4. n. (US, slang) Faeces, excrement.
5. n. (darts, dated) alternative form of oche.
slang
1. n. Language outside of conventional usage.
2. n. Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.
3. n. The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant.
4. v. (transitive, dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at.
5. v. (archaic) simple past tense of sling
6. n. (dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
7. n. (obsolete) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
8. n. (obsolete) A counterfeit weight or measure.
9. n. (obsolete) A travelling show, or one of its performances.
10. n. (obsolete) A hawker's license.
11. n. (obsolete) A watchchain.
12. v. (transitive, AAVE, MLE) To sell (especially illegal drugs).
to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.
2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
I have to do laundry today.
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
We are walking to the shop.
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
He devoted himself to education.
They drank to his health.
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
His face was beaten to a pulp.
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.
I have ten dollars to your four.
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
Three to the power of two is nine.
Three to the second is nine.
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
I gave the book to him.
12. prep. (time) Preceding.
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
There's a lot of sense to what he says.
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Please push the door to.
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
17. adv. misspelling of too
score
1. n. The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
The player with the highest score is the winner.
2. n. The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
The score is 8-1 even though it's not even half-time!
3. n. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
The test scores for this class were high.
4. n. Twenty, 20 (number).
Some words have scores of meanings.
5. n. A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
6. n. A weight of twenty pounds.
7. n. (music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each other.
8. n. (music) The music of a movie or play.
9. n. Subject.
10. n. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
11. n. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
12. n. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
13. n. (US, crime slang) A robbery; a criminal act.
Let's pull a score!
14. n. (US, crime slang) A bribe paid to a police officer.
15. n. (US, crime slang) An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
He made a big score.
16. n. (US, crime slang) A prostitute's client.
17. n. (US, vulgar slang) A sexual conquest.
18. v. To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
The baker scored the cake so that the servers would know where to slice it.
19. v. (intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
20. v. To obtain something desired.
21. v. To earn points in a game.
It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.
Pelé scores again!
22. v. To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.
23. v. (slang) To acquire or gain.
I scored some drugs last night.
Did you score tickets for the concert?
24. v. (US, crime slang) To extract a bribe.
25. v. (vulgar, slang) To obtain a sexual favor.
Chris finally scored with Pat last week.
26. v. To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
27. interj. (US, slang) Acknowledgement of success
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.
goal
1. n. A result that one is attempting to achieve.
My lifelong goal is to get into a Hollywood movie.
She failed in her goal to become captain of the team.
2. n. In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
3. n. The act of placing the object into the goal.
4. n. A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
5. n. A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.
6. v. (Gaelic football, Australian rules) To score a goal
7. v. (C, en, Directives, Football (soccer), Ice hockey, Lacrosse)

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