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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
strike
1. v. (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
Please strike the last sentence.
2. v. (physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect.
3. v. To hit.
Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose. A bullet struck him. The ship struck a reef.
4. v. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
5. v. (intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
A hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.
6. v. To manufacture, as by stamping.
We will strike a medal in your honour.
7. v. (intransitive, dated) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground.
The ship struck in the night.
8. v. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by
The clock struck twelve. The drums strike up a march.
9. v. (intransitive) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
10. v. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
to strike a light
11. v. To cause to ignite by friction.
to strike a match
12. v. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
A tree strikes its roots deep.
13. v. (personal, social) To have a sharp or severe effect.
14. v. To punish; to afflict; to smite.
15. v. (intransitive) To carry out a violent or illegal action.
16. v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
The bank robber struck on the 2nd and 5th of May.
17. v. (transitive, figurative) To impinge upon.
The first thing to strike my eye was a beautiful pagoda. Tragedy struck when his brother was killed in a bush fire.
18. v. (intransitive) To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
19. v. To impress, seem or appear (to).
Golf has always struck me as a waste of time.
20. v. To create an impression.
The news struck a sombre chord.
21. v. (sports) To score a goal.
22. v. (intransitive, UK, obsolete, slang) To steal money.
23. v. (transitive, UK, obsolete, slang) To take forcibly or fraudulently.
to strike money
24. v. To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
to strike the mind with surprise; to strike somebody with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror
25. v. To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
The proposed plan strikes me favourably. May the Lord strike down those sinners! I was struck dumb with astonishment.
26. v. (slang) To borrow money from; to make a demand upon.
He struck a friend for five dollars.
27. v. To touch; to act by appulse.
28. v. To take down, especially in the following contexts.
29. v. (nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
30. v. (by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
The frigate has struck, sir! We've beaten them, the lily-livers!
31. v. To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
32. v. (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
They struck off along the river.
33. v. (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
34. v. (dated) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.
to strike into reputation; to strike into a run
35. v. (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
36. v. To make and ratify.
to strike a bargain
37. v. To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
38. v. (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
39. v. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
My eye struck a strange word in the text. They soon struck the trail.
40. v. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
41. v. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
42. v. (obsolete) To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.
43. v. To balance (a ledger or account).
44. n. (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
45. n. (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
46. n. A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
47. n. A blow or application of physical force against something.
Thus hand strikes now include single knuckle strikes, knife hand strikes, finger strikes, ridge hand strikes etc., and leg strikes include front kicks, knee strikes, axe kicks, ...
48. n. (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
49. n. An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
50. n. (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
* The batsmen have crossed, and Dhoni now has the strike.
51. n. The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
52. n. (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.
53. n. An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
54. n. (obsolete) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
55. n. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
56. n. (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
57. n. (obsolete) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
58. n. The discovery of a source of something.
59. n. A strike plate.
about
1. prep. In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
2. prep. Near; not far from; approximately; regarding time, size, quantity.
3. prep. On the point or verge of.
the show is about to start; I am not about to admit to your crime
4. prep. On one's person; nearby the person.
5. prep. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
6. prep. Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
7. prep. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
He knew more about what was occurring than anyone.
8. prep. (figurative) In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in possession of; in control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.
He has his wits about him.
9. prep. In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
10. adv. Not distant; approximate.
11. adv. On all sides; around.
12. adv. Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
13. adv. Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
about as cold; about as high
14. adv. Near; in the vicinity.
15. adv. In succession; one after another; in the course of events.
16. adv. On the move; active; astir.
17. adv. To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
to face about; to turn oneself about
18. adv. (nautical) To the opposite tack.
19. adv. (obsolete) Preparing; planning.
20. adv. (archaic) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference.
a mile about, and a third of a mile across
21. adv. (chiefly North America, colloquial) Going to; on the verge of; intending to.
22. adj. Moving around; astir.
out and about; up and about
After my bout with Guillan-Barre Syndrome, it took me 6 months to be up and about again.
23. adj. In existence; being in evidence; apparent
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?
11. adv. -->
12. n. alternative form of withe
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).
broad
1. adj. Wide in extent or scope.
three feet broad
the broad expanse of ocean
2. adj. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
3. adj. Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
4. adj. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
5. adj. Plain; evident.
a broad hint
6. adj. (writing) Unsubtle; obvious.
7. adj. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
8. adj. (dated) Gross; coarse; indelicate.
a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour
9. adj. (of an accent) Strongly regional.
10. adj. (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
11. n. (dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
12. n. (US, colloquial slang) A woman or girl.
Who was that broad I saw you with?
13. n. (UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
14. n. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
15. n. (historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
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.
flat
1. adj. Having no variations in height.
The land around here is flat.
2. adj. (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
3. adj. (slang) Describing certain features, usually the breasts and/or buttocks, that are extremely small or not visible at all.
That girl is completely flat on both sides.
4. adj. (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
5. adj. (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
Your A string is too flat.
6. adj. (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
7. adj. Uninteresting.
The party was a bit flat.
8. adj. Of a carbonated drink, with all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
9. adj. (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
10. adj. (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
11. adj. (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
12. adj. (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; dull and boring.
The market is flat.
The dialogue in your screenplay is flat -- you need to make it more exciting.
13. adj. Absolute; downright; peremptory.
His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results.
I'm not going to the party and that's flat.
14. adj. (phonetics, dated, of a consonant) sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant
15. adj. (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "t
Many flat adverbs, as in 'run fast', 'buy cheap', etc. are from Old English.
16. adj. (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
17. adj. (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
18. adj. (authorship figuratively, esp. of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
The author created the site to flesh out the books' flatter characters, who were actually quite well developed in her own mind.
19. adv. So as to be flat.
Spread the tablecloth flat over the table.
20. adv. Bluntly.
I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat.
21. adv. (with units of time, distance, etc) Not exceeding.
He can run a mile in four minutes flat.
22. adv. Completely.
I am flat broke this month.
23. adv. Directly; flatly.
24. adv. (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
25. n. An area of level ground.
26. n. (music) A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ sign placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
27. n. (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/tire.
28. n. (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels.
She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels.
29. n. (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
30. n. (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting.
31. n. The flat part of something:
32. n. (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
33. n. The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
34. n. A wide, shallow container.
a flat of strawberries
35. n. (mail) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
36. n. (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
37. n. A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
38. n. A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
39. n. (rail, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
40. n. A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
41. n. (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
42. n. (obsolete) A dull fellow; a simpleton.
43. n. (technical, theatre) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin that depicts a building or other part of a scene, also called backcloth and backdrop.
44. v. (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
45. v. (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
46. v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
47. v. (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
48. v. (transitive, dated) To make flat; to flatten; to level.
49. v. (transitive, dated) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
50. n. (chiefly British, New England, New Zealand, and Australian, archaic elsewhere) An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.
As
1. n. plural of A
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
7. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
17. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
20. n. plural of a
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.
fish
1. n. A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
Salmon is a fish.
The Sun Mother created all the fishes of the world.
The Sun Mother created all the fish of the world.
We have many fish in our aquarium.
2. n. (archaic, or loosely) Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
3. n. The flesh of the fish used as food.
The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.
4. n. A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
5. n. (derogatory, slang) A woman.
6. n. (slang) An easy victim for swindling.
7. n. (poker slang) A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
8. n. (nautical) A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
9. n. (nautical) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
10. n. (nautical) A torpedo.
11. n. (zoology) A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups:
12. n. Class Myxini, the hagfish (no vertebra)
13. n. Class Petromyzontida, the lampreys (no jaw)
14. n. Within infraphylum Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates (also including Tetrapoda)
15. n. # Class Chondrichthyes, cartilaginous fish such as sharks and rays
16. n. # Superclass Osteichthyes, bony fish.
17. n. (cartomancy) The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.
18. n. A period of time spent fishing.
The fish at the lake didn't prove successful.
19. n. An instance of seeking something.
Merely two fishes for information told the whole story.
20. v. (intransitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals.
She went to the river to fish for trout.
21. v. To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.
They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body.
22. v. (intransitive) To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.
Why are you fishing through my things?
He was fishing for the keys in his pocket.
23. v. (intransitive, followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something.
The detective visited the local pubs fishing around for more information.
The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments.
24. v. (intransitive, cricket) Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.
25. v. (nautical) To repair a spar or mast by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).
26. n. (obsolete) A counter, used in various games.
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?
11. adv. -->
12. n. alternative form of withe
its
1. det. Belonging to it.
2. pron. The one (or ones) belonging to it.
3. n. plural of it
tail
1. n. (anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
Most primates have a tail and fangs.
2. n. The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
3. n. An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
4. n. The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
5. n. Specifically, the visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
6. n. The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
7. n. (statistics) The part of a distribution most distant from the mode; as, a long tail.
8. n. One who surreptitiously follows another.
9. n. (cricket) The last four or five batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
10. n. (typography) The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
11. n. (chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
12. n. (mathematics) All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.
A sequence(a_n) is said to be frequently0 if every tail of the sequence contains0.
13. n. (now colloquial, chiefly US) The buttocks or backside.
14. n. (slang) The penis of a person or animal.
15. n. (slang) Sexual intercourse.
I'm gonna get me some tail tonight.
16. n. (kayaking) The stern; the back of the kayak.
17. n. The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
18. n. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
19. n. (anatomy) The distal tendon of a muscle.
20. n. A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
21. n. (surgery) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also tailing.
22. n. One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
23. n. (nautical) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
24. n. (music) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
25. n. (mining) A tailing.
26. n. (architecture) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
27. n. (colloquial, dated) A tailcoat.
28. v. To follow and observe surreptitiously.
Tail that car!
29. v. (architecture) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
30. v. (nautical) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
This vessel tails downstream.
31. v. To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
32. v. To pull or draw by the tail.
33. adj. (legal) Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed.
estate tail
34. n. (legal) Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.
tail male — limitation to male heirs
in tail — subject to such a limitation
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.
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.
bird
1. n. A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, and laying eggs.
Ducks and sparrows are birds.
2. n. (slang) A man, fellow.
3. n. (US) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
4. n. (Ireland) Girlfriend.
Mike went out with his bird last night.
5. n. (slang) An airplane.
6. n. (slang) A satellite.
7. n. (obsolete) A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.
8. v. (intransitive) To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
9. v. (intransitive) To catch or shoot birds.
10. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
11. n. (slang) A prison sentence.
He’s doing bird.
12. n. The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
13. n. (Asian slang) A penis.
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?
11. adv. -->
12. n. alternative form of withe
its
1. det. Belonging to it.
2. pron. The one (or ones) belonging to it.
3. n. plural of it
wings
1. n. plural of wing
2. n. A type of scuba harness with an attached buoyancy compensation device: see wikipedia:Backplate and wing
3. n. A flip (hairstyle)
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of wing
wing
1. n. An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly; a similar fin at the side of a ray or similar fish
2. n. (slang) Human arm.
3. n. (aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
4. n. One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
5. n. One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
6. n. (botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
7. n. (botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
8. n. A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
9. n. Passage by flying; flight.
to take wing
10. n. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
11. n. A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.
the west wing of the hospital
the wings of a corkscrew
12. n. Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
13. n. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
14. n. A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
15. n. An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:
16. n. (British) A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
17. n. (US) A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
18. n. (British) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
19. n. (nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
20. n. (nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
21. n. (sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
22. n. (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
23. n. (typography, informal, rare) A háček.
24. n. (theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
25. n. (in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
26. n. A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
27. n. On the Enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype
Tom's a 4 on the Enneagram, with a 3 wing.
28. v. To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
29. v. (intransitive) To fly.
30. v. (transitive, of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
31. v. To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
32. v. To throw.
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
rise
1. v. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
2. v. To move upwards.
We watched the balloon rise.
3. v. To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.
4. v. To slope upward.
The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill.
5. v. (of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
The sun was rising in the East.
6. v. To become erect; to assume an upright position.
to rise from a chair or from a fall
7. v. To leave one's bed; to get up.
8. v. (figurative) To be resurrected.
he rose from the grave; he is risen!
9. v. (figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
The committee rose after agreeing to the report.
10. v. (intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
11. v. To attain a higher status.
12. v. Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
13. v. To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.
14. v. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
to rise a tone or semitone
15. v. To begin; to develop.
16. v. To develop.
17. v. To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
Has that dough risen yet?
18. v. (of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).
19. v. To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight.
a noise rose on the air; odour rises from the flower
20. v. To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
21. v. To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
22. v. To go up; to ascend; to climb.
to rise a hill
23. v. To cause to go up or ascend.
to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water
to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it
24. v. (obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
25. v. To come; to offer itself.
26. v. (printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
27. n. The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
The rise of the tide.
There was a rise of nearly two degrees since yesterday.
Exercise is usually accompanied by a temporary rise in blood pressure.
28. n. The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
The rise of the working class.
The rise of the printing press.
The rise of the feminists.
29. n. (chiefly UK) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).
30. n. The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
The rise of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed.
31. n. (Ireland) An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US).
The governor just gave me a rise of two pound six.
32. n. (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
33. n. An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
34. n. (informal) An angry reaction.
I knew that would get a rise out of him.
35. n. alternative form of rice (twig)
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.
fall
1. n. The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
2. n. A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
3. n. (chiefly North America, obsolete elsewhere) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.
4. n. A loss of greatness or status.
the fall of Rome
5. n. That which falls or cascades.
6. n. (sport) A crucial event or circumstance.
7. n. (cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.
8. n. (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
9. n. (wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
10. n. A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
11. n. (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
He set up his rival to take the fall.
12. n. The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
Have the goodness to secure the falls of the mizzen halyards.
13. n. See falls
14. n. An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
15. n. A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
16. v. (heading, intransitive) To move downwards.
17. v. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.
18. v. To come down, to drop or descend.
The rain fell at dawn.
19. v. To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.
20. v. To be brought to the ground.
21. v. To be moved downwards.
22. v. (obsolete) To let fall; to drop.
23. v. (obsolete) To sink; to depress.
to fall the voice
24. v. (US) To fell; to cut down.
to fall a tree
25. v. (intransitive) To happen, to change negatively.
26. v. (copulative) To become.
She has fallen ill. The children fell asleep in the back of the car. When did you first fall in love?
27. v. To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); said of an instance of a recurring event such as a holiday or date.
Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday. Last year, Commencement fell on June 3.
28. v. (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.
29. v. (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.
This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War.
30. v. (intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
The candidate's poll ratings fell abruptly after the banking scandal.
31. v. (followed by a determining word or phrase) To become; to be affected by or befallen with a calamity; to change into the state described by words follow
Our senator fell into disrepute because of the banking scandal.
32. v. (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
And so it falls to me to make this important decision. The estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.
33. v. (transitive, obsolete) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
34. v. (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth.
to fall lambs
35. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
36. v. (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
37. v. (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
to fall into error; to fall into difficulties
38. v. (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
39. v. (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
40. v. (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
After arguing, they fell to blows.
41. v. (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
An unguarded expression fell from his lips.
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
flap
1. n. (obsolete) A blow or slap (especially to the face).
2. n. (obsolete) A young prostitute.
3. n. Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
a flap of a garment; The envelope flap seemed curiously wrinkled.
4. n. A hinged leaf.
the flaps of a table; the flap of a shutter
5. n. A side fin of a ray - also termed a wing.
6. n. An upset, stir, scandal or controversy
The comment caused quite a flap in the newspapers.
7. n. The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it.
the flap of a sail; the flap of a wing
8. n. A disease in the lips of horses.
9. n. (aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane.
10. n. (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the soundɾ in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
11. n. (surgery) A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.
12. n. (slang) The female genitals.
13. v. To move (something broad and loose) up and down.
The crow slowly flapped its wings.

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