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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.
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
hastily
1. adv. In a hasty manner; quickly, hurriedly.
2. adv. (obsolete) Soon, shortly.
search
1. n. An attempt to find something.
With only five minutes until we were meant to leave, the search for the keys started in earnest.
2. n. The act of searching in general.
Search is a hard problem for computers to solve efficiently.
3. v. To look in (a place) for something.
I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.
4. v. (intransitive, followed by "for") To look thoroughly.
The police are searching for evidence in his flat.
5. v. (transitive, now rare) To look for, seek.
6. v. (transitive, obsolete) To probe or examine (a wound).
7. v. (obsolete) To examine; to try; to put to the test.
for
1. conj. (dated) Because.
2. prep. Towards.
The astronauts headed for the moon.
3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
I have something for you.
4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
We're having a birthday party for Janet.
The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
5. prep. Supporting.
All those for the motion raise your hands.
6. prep. Because of.
He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
(UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
She was the worse for drink.
7. prep. Over a period of time.
I've lived here for three years.
They fought for days over a silly pencil.
8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
9. prep. On behalf of.
I will stand in for him.
10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
He's going for his doctorate.
Do you want to go for coffee?
People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
Can you go to the store for some eggs?
I'm saving up for a car.
Don't wait for an answer.
What did he ask you for?
12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
Run for the hills!
He was headed for the door when he remembered.
13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
Fair for its day.
She's spry for an old lady.
14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
18. prep. To be, or as being.
19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
something
1. pron. An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.
I must have forgotten to pack something, but I can't think what.
I have something for you in my bag.
I have a feeling something good is going to happen today.
2. pron. (colloquial, of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree.
The performance was something of a disappointment.
That child is something of a genius.
3. pron. (colloquial, of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.
She has a certain something.
4. pron. (colloquial, often with really or quite) Somebody or something who is superlative in some way.
He's really something! I've never heard such a great voice.
She's quite something. I can't believe she would do such a mean thing.
5. adj. Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.
6. adv. (degree) Somewhat; to a degree.
The baby looks something like his father.
7. adv. (degree, colloquial) To a high degree.
8. v. Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.
9. n. An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
10. n. An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
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.
confined
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of confine
2. adj. Not free to move.
3. adj. Limited; narrow; restricted.
4. adj. In childbed.
confine
1. v. To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.
2. v. To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on or with.
3. n. (mostly, in the plural) A boundary or limit.
space
1. n. Of time.:
2. n. (now rare, archaic) Free time; leisure, opportunity.
3. n. A specific (specified) period of time.
4. n. An undefined period of time (without qualifier, especially a short period); a while.
5. n. Unlimited or generalized physical extent.:
6. n. Distance between things.
7. n. Physical extent across two or three dimensions; area, volume (sometimes for or to do something).
8. n. Physical extent in all directions, seen as an attribute of the universe (now usually considered as a part of space-time), or a mathematical model of th
9. n. The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere.
10. n. The physical and psychological area one needs within which to live or operate; personal freedom.
11. n. A bounded or specific physical extent.:
12. n. A (chiefly empty) area or volume with set limits or boundaries.
13. n. (music) A position on the staff or stave bounded by lines.
14. n. A gap in text between words, lines etc., or a digital character used to create such a gap.
15. n. (metal type) A piece of metal type used to separate words, cast lower than other type so as not to take ink, especially one that is narrower than one e
16. n. A gap; an empty place.
17. n. (geometry) A set of points, each of which is uniquely specified by a number (the dimensionality) of coordinates.
18. n. (mathematics) A generalized construct or set whose members have some property in common; typically there will be a geometric metaphor allowing these me
Functional analysis is best approached through a sound knowledge of Hilbert space theory.
19. n. (figuratively) A marketplace for goods or services.
innovation in the browser space
20. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To roam, walk, wander.
21. v. To set some distance apart.
Faye had spaced the pots at 8-inch intervals on the windowsill.
The cities are evenly spaced.
22. v. To insert or utilise spaces in a written text.
This paragraph seems badly spaced.
23. v. (transitive, science fiction) To eject into outer space, usually without a space suit.
The captain spaced the traitors.
24. v. (intransitive, science fiction) To travel into and through outer space.
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
among
1. prep. (Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.))
How can you speak with authority about their customs when you have never lived among them?
2. prep. Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group.
He is among the few who completely understand the subject.
3. prep. Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group.
Lactose intolerance is common among people of Asian heritage.
many
1. det. An indefinite large number of.
many people enjoy playing chess; there are many different ways to cook a meal
2. pron. A collective mass of people.
Democracy must balance the rights of the few against the will of the many
A great many do not understand this.
3. pron. An indefinite large number of people or things.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
4. n. A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd.
5. n. A considerable number.
items
1. n. plural of item
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of item
item
1. n. A distinct physical object.
Tweezers are great for manipulating small items.
2. n. , passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters (...). But the priciest items in the market aren'
3. n. (by extension, video games) An object that can be picked up for later use.
4. n. A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
the items in a bill
In response to the first item, we deny all wrongdoing.
5. n. (psychometrics) A question on a test, which may include its answers.
The exam has 100 items, each of which includes a correct response and three distractors.
6. n. A matter for discussion in an agenda.
The first item for discussion is the budget for next year's picnic.
7. n. (informal) Two people who are having a relationship with each other.
Jack and Jill are an item.
8. n. A short article in a newspaper.
an item concerning the weather
9. n. (obsolete) A hint; an innuendo.
10. v. To make a note of.
11. adv. likewise
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
carelessly
1. adv. Giving the appearance of carelessness; relaxedly.
The papers were carelessly strewn on the table.
2. adv. Done without care or attention; inattentively.
Distracted by the salesperson, he carelessly read the contract.
turning
1. n. (British) A turn or deviation from a straight course.
2. n. (field hockey) At hockey, a foul committed by a player attempting to hit the ball who interposes their body between the ball and an opposing player trying to do the same.
3. n. The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
4. n. The act of turning.
5. n. (plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
6. v. present participle of turn
turn
1. v. to make a non-linear physical movement.:
2. v. (intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
the Earth turns; turn on the spot
3. v. To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
Turn the knob clockwise.
4. v. (intransitive) to change one's direction of travel.
She turned right at the corner.
5. v. (intransitive, figuratively) to change the course of.
6. v. To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
She turned the table legs with care and precision.
7. v. (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
8. v. To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
turn the bed covers; turn the pages
9. v. (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
turn to page twenty; turn through the book
10. v. (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
11. v. (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.

12. v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
13. v. (copulative) To become (begin to be).
The leaves turn brown in autumn. When I asked him for the money, he turned nasty.
14. v. To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
The hillside behind our house isn't generally much to look at, but once all the trees turn it's gorgeous.
15. v. To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
Midas made everything turn to gold. He turned into a monster every full moon.
16. v. # (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
# This milk has turned; it smells awful.
17. v. # To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
# to turn cider or wine
18. v. To reach a certain age.
Charlie turns six on September 29.
19. v. To hinge; to depend.
The decision turns on a single fact.
20. v. To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
The prisoners turned on the warden.
21. v. To change personal condition.
22. v. # (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
23. v. # To become giddy; said of the head or brain.
24. v. # To sicken; to nauseate.
# The sight turned my stomach.
25. v. # To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
26. v. #:
27. v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
28. v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
They say they can turn the parts in two days.
29. v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
30. v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
Ivory turns well.
31. v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
32. v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
33. v. (archaic) To translate.
to turn the Iliad
34. v. (transitive, role-playing games) To magically or divinely attack undead.
35. n. A change of direction or orientation.
Give the handle a turn, then pull it.
36. n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
37. n. (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
38. n. A single loop of a coil.
39. n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
They took turns playing with the new toy.
40. n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
I cooked tonight, so it's your turn to do the dishes.
41. n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
42. n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
43. n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
They quote a three-day turn on parts like those.
44. n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
I've had a funny turn.
45. n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
She took a turn for the worse.
46. n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
47. n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
48. n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
49. n. A deed done to another.
One good turn deserves another.
I felt that the man was of a vindictive nature, and would do me an evil turn if he found the opportunitynb....
50. n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
51. n. Character; personality; nature.
52. n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
53. n. (circus, theatre, especially, physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
Things
1. n. plural of Thing
2. n. plural of thing
3. n. One's clothes, furniture, luggage, or possessions collectively; stuff
Have you brought all your things with you?
Get your hands off my things!
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of thing
thing
1. n. That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
2. n. A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
3. n. An individual object or distinct entity.
4. n. (informal) Something that is existent or generally recognised.
Bacon pie? Is that a thing?
5. n. legal
6. n. Whatever can be owned.
7. n. Corporeal object.
8. n. (somewhat dated) The latest fad or fashion.
What do you mean you don't twerk, Stacy? It's the latest thing!
9. n. (in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.
Hold on, let me just grab my things.
10. n. (informal) A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
get me a thing of apple juice at the store; I just ate a whole thing of jelly beans
11. n. (informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
The car looks cheap, but the thing is, I have doubts about its safety.
12. n. (slang) A penis.
13. n. A living being or creature.
you poor thing; she's a funny old thing, but her heart's in the right place; I met a pretty blond thing at the bar
14. n. That which matters; the crux.
that's the thing: we don't know where he went; the thing is, I don't have any money
15. n. Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
Oh yeah, I'm supposed to promote that vision thing.
16. n. (informal) That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.)
17. n. (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
18. v. (rare) To express as a thing; to reify.
over
1. adj. Discontinued; ended or concluded.
The show is over.
2. adv. Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting.
Let me think that over.
I'm going to look over our department's expenses.
3. adv. To an excessive degree; overly.
4. adv. From an upright position to being horizontal.
He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out.
That building just fell over!
He bent over to touch his toes.
5. adv. Horizontally; left to right or right to left.
Slide the toilet-paper dispenser's door over when one roll is empty in order to reveal the other.
I moved over to make room for him to sit down.
6. adv. From one position or state to another.
Please pass that over to me.
He came over to our way of thinking on the new project.
Come over and play!
I'll bring over a pizza.
7. adv. Overnight (throughout the night).
We stayed over at Grandma's.
Can I sleep over?
8. adv. (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over.
9. adv. (procedure word, military) a procedure word meaning that a station is finished transmitting and is expecting a response.
Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over.
Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over.
10. n. (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
11. n. Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
12. prep. Physical positioning.
13. prep. On top of; above; higher than; further up.
Hold the sign up over your head. climb up the ladder and look over the roof
14. prep. Across or spanning.
There is a bridge over the river.
15. prep. In such a way as to cover.
drape the fabric over the table; there is a roof over the house
16. prep. From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
The dog jumped over the fence.
I'll go over the fence first and then help you.
Let's walk over the hill to get there.
17. prep. By comparison.
18. prep. More than; to a greater degree.
I prefer the purple over the pink.
19. prep. Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far.
I think I’m over my limit for calories for today.
20. prep. (in certain collocations) As compared to.
Sales are down this quarter over last.
21. prep. Indicating relative status, authority, or power
The owner's son lorded over the experienced managers.
The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom.
22. prep. (mathematics) Divided by.
four over two equals two over one
23. prep. (poker) (Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.)
9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes
24. prep. Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
We got over the engineering problems and the prototype works great.
I am over my cold and feel great again.
I know the referee made a bad call, but you have to get over it your annoyance with the referee's decision.
She is finally over the distress of losing her job.
He is finally over his distress over the loss of the relationship with his ex-girlfriend.
25. prep. While using, especially while consuming.
26. prep. Concerning or regarding.
The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best.
27. prep. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
We triumphed over difficulties.
The bill was passed over the veto.
It was a fine victory over their opponents.
28. interj. In radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive reply.
How do you receive? Over!
29. n. (rare, dialectal, or obsolete) A shore, riverbank.
The sea's over.
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
pushing
1. v. present participle of push
2. adj. That pushes forward; pressing, driving.
3. adj. (now rare) Aggressively assertive; pushy.
4. n. The act by which something is pushed.
We were soon separated by the pushings and shovings of the crowd.
push
1. v. (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
In his anger he pushed me against the wall and threatened me.
You need to push quite hard to get this door open.
2. v. To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
3. v. To press or urge forward; to drive.
to push an objection too far; to push one's luck
4. v. To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
Stop pushing the issue — I'm not interested.
They're pushing that perfume again.
There were two men hanging around the school gates today, pushing drugs.
5. v. (informal, transitive) To approach; to come close to.
My old car is pushing 250,000 miles.
He's pushing sixty. (= he's nearly sixty years old)
6. v. (intransitive) To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
During childbirth, there are times when the obstetrician advises the woman not to push.
7. v. (intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
8. v. To make a higher bid at an auction.
9. v. (poker) To make an all-in bet.
10. v. (chess, transitive) To move (a pawn) directly forward.
11. v. (computing) To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
12. v. (computing) To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
13. v. (obsolete) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
14. v. To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
15. v. (snooker) To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot)
16. n. A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
Give the door a hard push if it sticks.
17. n. An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
One more push and the baby will be out.
18. n. A great effort (to do something).
Some details got lost in the push to get the project done.
Let's give one last push on our advertising campaign.
19. n. An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
20. n. (military) A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in th
21. n. A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
22. n. (computing) The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
23. n. (Internet) The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request, as in server push, push technology.
24. n. (dated) A crowd or throng or people
25. n. (snooker) A foul shot in which the cue ball is in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time
26. n. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A pustule; a pimple.
Things
1. n. plural of Thing
2. n. plural of thing
3. n. One's clothes, furniture, luggage, or possessions collectively; stuff
Have you brought all your things with you?
Get your hands off my things!
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of thing
thing
1. n. That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
2. n. A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
3. n. An individual object or distinct entity.
4. n. (informal) Something that is existent or generally recognised.
Bacon pie? Is that a thing?
5. n. legal
6. n. Whatever can be owned.
7. n. Corporeal object.
8. n. (somewhat dated) The latest fad or fashion.
What do you mean you don't twerk, Stacy? It's the latest thing!
9. n. (in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.
Hold on, let me just grab my things.
10. n. (informal) A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
get me a thing of apple juice at the store; I just ate a whole thing of jelly beans
11. n. (informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
The car looks cheap, but the thing is, I have doubts about its safety.
12. n. (slang) A penis.
13. n. A living being or creature.
you poor thing; she's a funny old thing, but her heart's in the right place; I met a pretty blond thing at the bar
14. n. That which matters; the crux.
that's the thing: we don't know where he went; the thing is, I don't have any money
15. n. Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
Oh yeah, I'm supposed to promote that vision thing.
16. n. (informal) That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.)
17. n. (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
18. v. (rare) To express as a thing; to reify.
aside
1. adv. To or on one side so as to be out of the way.
Move aside, please, so that these people can come through.
2. post. aside from
Joking aside...
Unusual circumstances aside...
3. n. An incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity.
4. n. (theatre) A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.
5. n. A minor related mention, an afterthought

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