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intransitive
1. adj. (grammar, of a verb) not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object
The word "drink" is a transitive verb in "they drink wine", but an intransitive one in "they drink often.".
2. adj. (rare) not transitive or passing further; kept; detained
And then it is for the image's sake and so far is intransitive; but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive and passes further. — Jeremy Taylor.
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
extension
1. n. The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length or breadth; an increase
2. n. The state of being extended
3. n. That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension")
4. n. A part of a building that has been extended from the original
5. n. (semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.
6. n. (banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
7. n. (medicine) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
8. n. (weightlifting) An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.
9. n. (fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.
10. n. (telecommunication) A numerical code used to specify a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
11. n. (computing) A file extension.
Files with the .txt extension usually contain text.
12. n. (computing) An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
a browser extension
13. n. (logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.
14. n. (grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.
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
shoot
1. v. To launch a projectile.
2. v. To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
to shoot a gun
3. v. To fire (a projectile).
4. v. To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
The man, in a desperate bid for freedom, grabbed his gun and started shooting anyone he could.
The hunter shot the deer to harvest its meat.
5. v. (intransitive) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
They shot at a target.
He shoots better than he rides.
6. v. (slang) To ejaculate.
After a very short time, he shot his load over the carpet.
7. v. (intransitive, usually, as imperative) To begin to speak.
"Can I ask you a question?" "Shoot.".
8. v. (intransitive) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
The gun shoots well.
9. v. (transitive, figurative) To dismiss or do away with.
His idea was shot on sight.
10. v. (transitive, analogous) To photograph.
He shot the couple in a variety of poses.
He shot seventeen stills.
11. v. (transitive, analogous, cinema, TV) To film.
The film was mostly shot in France.
12. v. To move or act quickly or suddenly.
13. v. (intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.
After an initial lag, the experimental group's scores shot past the control group's scores in the fourth week.
14. v. To go over or pass quickly through.
shoot the rapids
15. v. To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
16. v. To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
a shooting pain in my leg
17. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
18. v. (obsolete) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
19. v. To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
20. v. (informal, transitive) To send to someone.
I'll shoot you an email with all the details
21. v. (sport) To act or achieve.
22. v. (wrestling) To lunge.
23. v. (professional wrestling) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and man
24. v. To make the stated score.
In my round of golf yesterday I shot a 76.
25. v. (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
26. v. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
27. v. To develop, move forward.
28. v. To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
29. v. To grow; to advance.
to shoot up rapidly
30. v. (nautical) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
31. v. To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
A plant shoots out a bud.
32. v. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
The land shoots into a promontory.
33. v. (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
34. v. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.W
35. n. The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
36. n. A photography session.
37. n. A hunt or shooting competition.
38. n. (professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
39. n. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
40. n. A rush of water; a rapid.
41. n. (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
42. n. (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
43. n. A shoat; a young pig.
44. n. An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
45. interj. A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain
Didn't you have a concert tonight?
Shoot! I forgot! I have to go and get ready...
with
1. prep. Against.
He picked a fight with the class bully.
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
He went with his friends.
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
5. prep. In support of.
We are with you all the way.
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
slain with robbers
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
cut with a knife
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
9. prep. Having, owning.
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
Do you want to come with?
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12. n. alternative form of withe
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.
sniper
1. n. A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
(by extension) A sniper rifle
2. n. Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
3. n. One who shoots from a concealed position.
4. n. One who criticizes.
5. n. (ice hockey slang) A player who specializes in scoring goals.
Alexander Ovechkin is often regarded as the greatest sniper of his generation.
rifle
1. n. A long firearm firing a single projectile, usually with a rifled barrel to improve accuracy.
2. n. A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
3. v. To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
4. v. To scan many items (especially papers) in a set, quickly. (See also riffle)
She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document.
5. v. To add a spiral to the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
6. v. To strike something with great power.
7. v. to begin movement at great speed
8. v. (intransitive) To commit robbery.
9. v. To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.
10. v. To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
11. v. To raffle.

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