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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.
of
     1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
     2. prep.          (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
     3. prep.          (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
     4. prep.          From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
                    There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
     5. prep.          (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
                    What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
     6. prep. Expressing separation.
     7. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
                    Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
     8. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
                    He seemed devoid of human feelings.
     9. prep.          (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
     10. prep. Expressing origin.
     11. prep.          (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
                    The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
     12. prep.          (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
                    The invention was born of necessity.
     13. prep.          (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
                    It is said that she died of a broken heart.
     14. prep.          (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
                    I am tired of all this nonsense.
     15. prep. Expressing agency.
     16. prep.          (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
                    I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
     17. prep.          (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
                    The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
     18. prep.          (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
                    It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
     19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
     20. prep.          (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
                    Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
     21. prep.          (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
                    She wore a dress of silk.
     22. prep.          (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
                    What a lot of nonsense!
     23. prep.          (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
                   Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
     24. prep.          (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
                    I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
     25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
     26. prep.          (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
                    I'm always thinking of you.
     27. prep.          (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
                    He told us the story of his journey to India.
     28. prep.          (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
                    This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
     29. prep. Having partitive effect.
     30. prep.          (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
                    Most of these apples are rotten.
     31. prep.          (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
     32. prep.          (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
                    On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
     33. prep.          (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
                    He is a friend of mine.
     34. prep. Expressing possession.
     35. prep.          Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
                    He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
     36. prep.          Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
                    The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
     37. prep.          Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
                    Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
     38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
     39. prep.          (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
                    She had a profound distrust of the police.
     40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
     41. prep.          (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
                    My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
     42. prep.          (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
                    Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
     43. prep.          (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
                    We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
     44. prep.          (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
                    It's not that big of a deal.
     45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
     46. prep.          (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
                    Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
     47. prep.          (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
                    I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
     48. prep.          (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
                    After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
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.
winged
     1. adj. Having wings.
     2. adj. Flying or soaring as if on wings.
     3. adj. Swift.
     4. adj. (in combination) having wings of a specified kind
           weak-winged
     5. adj. (in combination) having the specified number of wings
           The six-winged Seraphim are the angels closest to God.
     6. v. simple past tense and past participle of wing
     7. v. simple past tense and past participle of winge
     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.
     winge
          1. v. To cringe.
          2. v. (Australia, NZ, UK, slang) alternative form of whinge
Animal
     1. n. (slang) A fan of Kesha, an American singer.
     2. n. ====Citations====
     3. n. In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plant, plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely
           A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants.
     4. n. In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
     5. n. In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fish, fishes, insect, insects, etc.).
     6. n. (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
           My students are animals.
     7. n. (informal) A person of a particular type.
           He's a political animal.
     8. n. matter, Matter, thing.
           a whole different animal
     9. adj. Of or relating to animals.
           animal instincts
     10. adj. Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
           animal passions
     11. adj. Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
     12. adj. (slang) Excellent
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.
the
     1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
           I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
           The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
           The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
     2. art.          Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
                    The street that runs through my hometown.
     3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
           No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
           God save the Queen!
     4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
           That was the best apple pie ever.
     5. art.          Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
                    That apple pie was the best.
     6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
     7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
           Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
     8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
           No one in the whole country had seen it before.
           I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
     9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
           A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
     10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
           That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
     11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
           The hotter the better.
           The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
           The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
           It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
     12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
           It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
           It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
           I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
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.
without
     1. adv. (archaic, or literary) Outside, externally.
     2. adv. Lacking something.
           Being from a large, poor family, he learned to live without.
     3. adv. (euphemism) In prostitution: without a condom being worn.
     4. prep. (archaic, or literary) Outside of, beyond.
           The snow was swirling without the cottage, but it was warm within.
     5. prep. Not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.
           It was a mistake to leave my house without a coat.
     6. prep. Not doing or not having done something.
           He likes to eat everything without sharing.
           He shot without warning anyone.
     7. conj. (archaic, otherwise nonstandard) Unless, except (introducing a clause).
flying
     1. adj. That can fly.
           flying fox
     2. adj. Brief or hurried.
           flying visit
     3. adj. (nautical, of a sail) Not secured by yards.
     4. n. An act of flight.
     5. v. present participle of fly
     fly
          1. n. (rural, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.
                The bullet barely grazed the wild fowl's fly.
          2. n. (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
          3. n. (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
          4. n. Any similar, but unrelated insect such as dragonfly or butterfly.
          5. n. (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
          6. n. (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
          7. n. (obsolete) A witch's familiar.
          8. n. (obsolete) A parasite.
          9. n. (swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys)
          10. n. A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
          11. v. (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
                Birds of passage fly to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter.   The Concorde flew from Paris to New York faster than any other passenger airplane.   It takes about ele
          12. v. (ambitransitive, archaic, poetic) To flee, to escape (from).
                Fly, my lord! The enemy are upon us!
          13. v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
                Charles Lindbergh flew his airplane The Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic ocean.   Why don’t you go outside and fly kites, kids? The wind is just perfect.   Birds fly
          14. v. (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
                Let's see if that idea flies.   You know, I just don't think that's going to fly. Why don't you spend your time on something better?
          15. v. (intransitive) To travel very fast, hasten.
          16. v. To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
                a door flies open;  a bomb flies apart
          17. v. To hunt with a hawk.
          18. v. To display a flag on a flagpole.
          19. n. (obsolete) The action of flying; flight.
          20. n. An act of flying.
                We had a quick half-hour fly back into the city.
          21. n. (baseball) A fly ball.
          22. n. (now historical) A type of small, fast carriage (sometimes pluralised flys).
          23. n. A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
          24. n. A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
          25. n. The free edge of a flag.
          26. n. The horizontal length of a flag.
          27. n. (weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
          28. n. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
          29. n. (nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
          30. n. Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
          31. n. A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to b
          32. n. (historical) A light horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation.
          33. n. In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
          34. n. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
          35. n. (weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
          36. n. (printing, historical) The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
          37. n. (printing, historical) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
          38. n. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
          39. n. (cotton manufacture) waste cotton
          40. v. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
                Jones flied to right in his last at-bat.
          41. adj. (slang) Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.
          42. adj. (slang) Well dressed, smart in appearance.
                He's pretty fly.
          43. adj. (slang) Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
          44. adj. (slang) Sneaky
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
fly
     1. n. (rural, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.
           The bullet barely grazed the wild fowl's fly.
     2. n. (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
     3. n. (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
     4. n. Any similar, but unrelated insect such as dragonfly or butterfly.
     5. n. (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
     6. n. (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
     7. n. (obsolete) A witch's familiar.
     8. n. (obsolete) A parasite.
     9. n. (swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys)
     10. n. A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
     11. v. (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
           Birds of passage fly to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter.   The Concorde flew from Paris to New York faster than any other passenger airplane.   It takes about ele
     12. v. (ambitransitive, archaic, poetic) To flee, to escape (from).
           Fly, my lord! The enemy are upon us!
     13. v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
           Charles Lindbergh flew his airplane The Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic ocean.   Why don’t you go outside and fly kites, kids? The wind is just perfect.   Birds fly
     14. v. (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
           Let's see if that idea flies.   You know, I just don't think that's going to fly. Why don't you spend your time on something better?
     15. v. (intransitive) To travel very fast, hasten.
     16. v. To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
           a door flies open;  a bomb flies apart
     17. v. To hunt with a hawk.
     18. v. To display a flag on a flagpole.
     19. n. (obsolete) The action of flying; flight.
     20. n. An act of flying.
           We had a quick half-hour fly back into the city.
     21. n. (baseball) A fly ball.
     22. n. (now historical) A type of small, fast carriage (sometimes pluralised flys).
     23. n. A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
     24. n. A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
     25. n. The free edge of a flag.
     26. n. The horizontal length of a flag.
     27. n. (weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
     28. n. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
     29. n. (nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
     30. n. Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
     31. n. A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to b
     32. n. (historical) A light horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation.
     33. n. In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
     34. n. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
     35. n. (weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
     36. n. (printing, historical) The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
     37. n. (printing, historical) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
     38. n. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
     39. n. (cotton manufacture) waste cotton
     40. v. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
           Jones flied to right in his last at-bat.
     41. adj. (slang) Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.
     42. adj. (slang) Well dressed, smart in appearance.
           He's pretty fly.
     43. adj. (slang) Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
     44. adj. (slang) Sneaky
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
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.
light
     1. n. (physics) Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation (light) in the wavelength range of about 400 to 750 nanometers. Nearby shorter and longer wavelength ranges, a
           As you can see, this spacious dining-room gets a lot of light in the mornings.
     2. n. A source of illumination.
           Put that light out!
     3. n. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
           Can you throw any light on this problem?
     4. n. (in the now rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
     5. n. A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
           Picasso was one of the leading lights of the cubist movement.
     6. n. (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or
     7. n. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
           I'm really seeing you in a different light today.
           Magoon's governorship in Cuba was viewed in a negative light by many Cuban historians for years thereafter.
     8. n. A flame or something used to create fire.
           Hey, buddy, you got a light?
     9. n. A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
           a Bengal light
     10. n. A window, or space for a window in architecture.
           This facade has eight south-facing lights.
     11. n. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
           The average length of a light on a 15×15 grid is 7 or 8.
     12. n. (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
     13. n. Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
     14. n. The power of perception by vision.
     15. n. The brightness of the eye or eyes.
     16. n. A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler who is receiving instructions.
           To get to our house, turn right at the third light.
     17. v. To start (a fire).
           We lit the fire to get some heat.
     18. v. To set fire to; to set burning; to kindle.
           She lit her last match.
     19. v. To illuminate.
           I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night.
     20. v. (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
           This soggy match will not light.
     21. v. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
     22. adj. Having light.
           The room is light when the Sun shines through the window.
     23. adj. Pale in colour.
           She had light skin.
     24. adj. (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
           I like my coffee light.
     25. adj. Of low weight; not heavy.
           My bag was much lighter once I had dropped off the books.
     26. adj. Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads.
           We took a light aircraft down to the city.
     27. adj. Gentle; having little force or momentum.
           This artist clearly had a light, flowing touch.
     28. adj. Easy to endure or perform.
           light duties around the house
     29. adj. Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
           This light beer still gets you drunk if you have enough of it.
     30. adj. Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
           I made some light comment, and we moved on.
     31. adj. (rail transport, of a locomotive, usually with "run") travelling with no carriages, wagons attached
     32. adj. (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
     33. adj. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
           light troops; a troop of light horse
     34. adj. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
     35. adj. (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
           a light, vain person; a light mind
     36. adj. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
           Ogden Nash was a writer of light verse.
     37. adj. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
     38. adj. Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished.
           light coin
     39. adj. Easily interrupted by stimulation.
           light sleep; light anesthesia
     40. adv. Carrying little.
           I prefer to travel light.
     41. n. (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
     42. v. (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
     43. v. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
     44. v. To find by chance.
           I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's.
     45. v. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
     46. v. (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.
           She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet.
flapping
     1. adj. that flaps or flap
           flapping sails
     2. n. An instance where one flaps.
     3. n. (phonology) A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic 't' and 'd' surface as the alveolar flap 'ɾ' before an uns
     4. n. (computing, telecommunications) The situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid successio
     5. v. present participle of flap
     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.
of
     1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
     2. prep.          (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
     3. prep.          (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
     4. prep.          From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
                    There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
     5. prep.          (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
                    What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
     6. prep. Expressing separation.
     7. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
                    Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
     8. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
                    He seemed devoid of human feelings.
     9. prep.          (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
     10. prep. Expressing origin.
     11. prep.          (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
                    The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
     12. prep.          (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
                    The invention was born of necessity.
     13. prep.          (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
                    It is said that she died of a broken heart.
     14. prep.          (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
                    I am tired of all this nonsense.
     15. prep. Expressing agency.
     16. prep.          (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
                    I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
     17. prep.          (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
                    The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
     18. prep.          (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
                    It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
     19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
     20. prep.          (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
                    Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
     21. prep.          (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
                    She wore a dress of silk.
     22. prep.          (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
                    What a lot of nonsense!
     23. prep.          (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
                   Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
     24. prep.          (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
                    I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
     25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
     26. prep.          (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
                    I'm always thinking of you.
     27. prep.          (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
                    He told us the story of his journey to India.
     28. prep.          (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
                    This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
     29. prep. Having partitive effect.
     30. prep.          (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
                    Most of these apples are rotten.
     31. prep.          (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
     32. prep.          (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
                    On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
     33. prep.          (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
                    He is a friend of mine.
     34. prep. Expressing possession.
     35. prep.          Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
                    He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
     36. prep.          Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
                    The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
     37. prep.          Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
                    Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
     38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
     39. prep.          (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
                    She had a profound distrust of the police.
     40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
     41. prep.          (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
                    My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
     42. prep.          (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
                    Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
     43. prep.          (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
                    We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
     44. prep.          (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
                    It's not that big of a deal.
     45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
     46. prep.          (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
                    Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
     47. prep.          (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
                    I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
     48. prep.          (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
                    After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
the
     1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
           I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
           The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
           The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
     2. art.          Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
                    The street that runs through my hometown.
     3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
           No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
           God save the Queen!
     4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
           That was the best apple pie ever.
     5. art.          Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
                    That apple pie was the best.
     6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
     7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
           Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
     8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
           No one in the whole country had seen it before.
           I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
     9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
           A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
     10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
           That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
     11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
           The hotter the better.
           The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
           The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
           It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
     12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
           It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
           It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
           I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
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.
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary