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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.
informal
1. adj. Not formal or ceremonious.
an informal get-together
2. adj. Not in accord with the usual regulations.
an informal agreement
3. adj. Suited for everyday use.
informal clothes
4. adj. (of language) Reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage.
5. adj. (gardening) Not organized; not structured or planned.
used
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of use
You used me!
2. v. (intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed to doing something
He used to live here, but moved away last year.
3. adj. That is or has or have been used.
The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
4. adj. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
He bought a used car.
5. adj. Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
I got used to this weather.
use
1. n. The act of using.
the use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations; there is no use for your invention
2. n. (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
3. n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
This tool has many uses.
4. n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
I have no further use for these textbooks.
5. n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
6. n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
7. n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
8. n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
9. n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
10. v. To utilize or employ.
11. v. To employ; to apply; to utilize.
Use this knife to slice the bread.
We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
12. v. (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
I used the money they allotted me.
We should use up most of the fuel.
She used all the time allotted to complete the test.
13. v. To exploit.
You never cared about me; you just used me!
14. v. To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
He uses cocaine. I have never used drugs.
15. v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.
16. v. (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
I could use a drink. My car could use a new coat of paint.
17. v. To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.)
soldiers who are used to hardships and danger (still common)
to use the soldiers to hardships and danger (now rare)
18. v. (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
19. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
20. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.
21. v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
I used to get things done.
22. v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
to use an animal cruelly
23. v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
only
1. adj. Alone in a category.
He is the only doctor for miles.
The only people in the stadium were the fans: no players, coaches, or officials.
That was the only time I went to Turkey.
2. adj. Singularly superior; the best.
He is the only trombonist to recruit.
3. adj. Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
He is their only son, in fact, an only child.
4. adj. (obsolete) Mere.
5. adv. Without others or anything further; exclusively.
My heart is hers, and hers only. The cat sat only on the mat. It kept off the sofa.
6. adv. No more than; just.
The cat only sat on the mat. It didn't scratch it. If there were only one more ticket!
7. adv. As recently as.
He left only moments ago.
8. adv. (obsolete) Above all others; particularly.
9. conj. Under the condition that; but.
10. conj. But; except.
I would enjoy running, only I have this broken leg.
11. n. An only child.
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.
Progressive
1. adj. Belonging to or supporting a Progressive Party.
2. adj. Of or pertaining to such a party, its policies, or its membership.
3. n. A member or supporter of a Progressive Party.
4. adj. Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
5. adj. Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
6. adj. Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods.
a progressive politician
progressive business leadership
7. adj. Of or relating to progressive education.
a progressive school
8. adj. (of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
9. adj. Advancing in severity.
progressive paralysis
10. adj. liberal (politically)
11. adj. (grammar) continuous
12. n. A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
13. n. (grammar) A progressive verb; a verb used the progressive tense and generally conjugated as to end in -ing.
tenses
1. n. plural of tense
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of tense
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
feel
1. v. To use the sense of touch.:
2. v. (transitive, copulative) To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
You can feel a heartbeat if you put your fingers on your breast.
I felt cold and miserable all night.
3. v. To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious movements.
I felt my way through the darkened room.
I felt my way cautiously through the dangerous business maneuver.
4. v. (intransitive) To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing.
5. v. (intransitive) To search by sense of touch.
He felt for the light switch in the dark.
6. v. To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.:
7. v. To experience an emotion or other mental state about.
I can feel the sadness in his poems.
8. v. To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.
I feel that we need to try harder.
9. v. (intransitive, copulative) To experience an emotion or other mental state.
He obviously feels strongly about it.
She felt even more upset when she heard the details.
10. v. (intransitive) To sympathise; to have the sensibilities moved or affected.
I feel for you and your plight.
11. v. To be or become aware of.
12. v. To experience the consequences of.
Feel my wrath!
13. v. (copulative) To seem (through touch or otherwise).
It looks like wood, but it feels more like plastic.
This is supposed to be a party, but it feels more like a funeral!
14. v. (transitive, US, slang) To understand.
I don't want you back here, ya feel me?
15. n. A quality of an object experienced by touch.
Bark has a rough feel.
16. n. A vague mental impression.
You should get a feel of the area before moving in.
17. n. An act of fondling.
She gave me a quick feel to show that she loves me.
18. n. A vague understanding.
I'm getting a feel for what you mean.
19. n. An intuitive ability.
She has a feel for music.
20. n. (chiefly US, slang) Alternative form of feeling.
I know that feel.
21. pron. (dialectal, or obsolete) alternative form of fele
22. adj. (dialectal, or obsolete) alternative form of fele
23. adv. (dialectal, or obsolete) alternative form of fele
uncomfortably
1. adv. In an uncomfortable manner.
hot
1. adj. (of an object) Having a high temperature.
He forgot the frying pan was hot, and dropped it suddenly.
2. adj. (of the weather) Causing the air to be hot.
It is too hot to be outside. It is hotter in summer than in winter.
3. adj. (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
I was so hot from being in the sun too long. Aren't you hot with that thick coat on?
4. adj. (of a temper) Easily provoked to anger.
Be careful, he has a hot temper and may take it out on you.
5. adj. Feverish.
6. adj. (of food) Spicy.
Before moving to India, I never ate hot food. The Indians love spicy food.
7. adj. (informal) Very good, remarkable, exciting.
He's a hot young player, we should give him a trial.
8. adj. Stolen.
hot merchandise
9. adj. (incomparable) Electrically charged.
a hot wire
10. adj. (informal) Radioactive.
11. adj. (slang) Very physically and/or sexually attractive.
That girl is hot!
12. adj. (slang) Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
13. adj. (slang) Sexually aroused; horny.
14. adj. Popular; in demand.
His new pickup is hot!
15. adj. Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
Am I warm yet? — You're hot!
16. adj. Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
17. adj. Fresh; just released.
18. adj. Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
19. adj. (slang) Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
He was finished in a hot minute.
I dated him for a hot second.
20. v. (with up) To heat; to make or become hot.
21. v. (with up) To become lively or exciting.

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