music |
1. n. A sound, or the study of such sounds, organized in time. | |
I keep listening to this music because it's a masterpiece. | |
2. n. (figuratively) Any pleasing or interesting sounds. | |
3. n. An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and sometimes singing. | |
4. n. A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music. | |
5. v. To seduce or entice with music. | |
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. | |
method |
1. n. A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process): | |
One method of exercising a cat consists of making it follow the spot generated by a laser pointer. | |
If one method doesn't work, you should ask a friend to help you. | |
2. n. (acting, often "the method") A technique for acting based on the ideas articulated by Constantin Stanislavski and focusing on authentically experiencing the inner life of the character being portrayed | |
3. n. (object-oriented) A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object. | |
4. n. (slang) Marijuana. | |
5. v. (lbl, en, transitive) to apply a method | |
6. v. (lbl, en, casting, by extension, transitive) to apply particular treatment methods to a mold | |
The company employs extensive use of 3D modelling combined with solidification simulation to ensure that critical castings are properly methoded. | |
7. n. (skateboarding, snowboarding) (ellipsis of method air). | |
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. | |
ringing |
1. n. The sound of something that rings. | |
2. n. The quality of being resonant. | |
3. n. A technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings. | |
4. adj. Loud and clear. | |
5. adj. Made forcefully; powerful. | |
6. v. present participle of ring | |
ring |
1. n. (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle. | |
2. n. A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc. | |
3. n. A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc. | |
4. n. (British) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration. | |
5. n. (UK) A burner on a kitchen stove. | |
6. n. In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve. | |
7. n. An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a s | |
8. n. (botany) A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. | |
9. n. (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle. | |
10. n. A circular group of people or objects. | |
a ring of mushrooms growing in the wood | |
11. n. (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet. | |
12. n. (British) A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge. | |
13. n. A piece of food in the shape of a ring. | |
onion rings | |
14. n. A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest. | |
15. n. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices. | |
a crime ring; a prostitution ring; a bidding ring (at an auction sale) | |
16. n. (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule. | |
a benzene ring | |
17. n. (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles. | |
18. n. (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek. | |
19. n. (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter. | |
20. n. (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring). | |
21. n. (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle. | |
22. n. (cartomancy) The twenty-fifth Lenormand card. | |
23. v. To surround or enclose. | |
The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas. | |
24. v. (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle. | |
They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year. | |
25. v. To attach a ring to, especially for identification. | |
We managed to ring 22 birds this morning. | |
26. v. To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring. | |
to ring a pig's snout | |
27. v. (falconry) To rise in the air spirally. | |
28. n. The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it. | |
The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley. | |
The ring of hammer on anvil filled the air. | |
29. n. (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound. | |
The name has a nice ring to it. | |
30. n. (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something. | |
Her statements in court had a ring of falsehood. | |
31. n. (colloquial) A telephone call. | |
I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands. | |
32. n. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated. | |
33. n. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned. | |
St Mary's has a ring of eight bells. | |
34. v. (intransitive) Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound. | |
The bells were ringing in the town. | |
35. v. To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound. | |
The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel. | |
36. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound. | |
Whose mobile phone is ringing? | |
37. v. (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound. | |
That does not ring true. | |
38. v. (transitive, colloquial, British, New Zealand) To telephone (someone). | |
I will ring you when we arrive. | |
39. v. (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo. | |
40. v. (intransitive) To produce music with bells. | |
41. v. (dated) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. | |
42. n. (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive oper | |
The set of integers,\mathbbZ, is the prototypical ring. | |
43. n. (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element. | |
The definition of ring without unity allows, for instance, the set2\mathbbZ of even integers to be a ring. | |
nine |
1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten. | |
2. num. Describing a group or set with nine elements. | |
A cat has nine lives. | |
3. n. The digit or figure 9. | |
4. n. (card games) A playing card with nine pips. | |
5. n. (weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol. | |
6. n. (computing, engineering, usually in plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.). | |
They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines. | |
7. n. (baseball) A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players). | |
8. n. A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball, 15.1.3 Rain Checks | |
Bells |
1. n. plural of Bell | |
2. n. plural of bell | |
3. n. (nautical) Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half hour, to mark the passage of time. | |
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of bell | |
bell |
1. n. A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck. | |
2. n. The sounding of a bell as a signal. | |
3. n. (chiefly British, informal) A telephone call. | |
I’ll give you a bell later. | |
4. n. A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending. | |
5. n. (music) The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument. | |
6. n. (nautical) Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch) | |
7. n. The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot. | |
8. n. (computing) A device control code that produces a beep (or rings a small electromechanical bell on older teleprinters etc.). | |
9. n. Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower. | |
10. n. (architecture) The part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capi | |
11. n. An instrument situated on a bicycle's handlebar, used by the cyclist to warn of his or her presence. | |
12. v. To attach a bell to. | |
Who will bell the cat? | |
13. v. To shape so that it flares out like a bell. | |
to bell a tube | |
14. v. (slang) To telephone. | |
15. v. (intransitive) To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom. | |
Hops bell. | |
16. v. (intransitive) To bellow or roar. | |
17. v. To utter in a loud manner; to thunder forth. | |
18. n. The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a hound on the hunt or a stag in rut. | |
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. | |
four |
1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••) | |
There are four seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn. | |
2. num. Describing a set or group with four elements. | |
3. n. The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof. | |
4. n. Anything measuring four units, as length. | |
Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller. | |
5. n. A person who is four years old. | |
I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground. | |
6. n. (cricket) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounc | |
7. n. (basketball) A power forward. | |
8. n. (rowing) Quadruple sculls. | |
9. n. (obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits. | |
pairs |
1. n. plural of pair | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of pair | |
pair |
1. n. Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of. | |
I couldn't decide which of the pair of designer shirts I preferred, so I bought the pair. | |
2. n. Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship. | |
Spouses should make a great pair. | |
3. n. (Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only)) | |
a pair of scissors; two pairs of spectacles; several pairs of jeans | |
4. n. A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke. | |
A pair is harder to drive than two mounts with separate riders. | |
5. n. (cards) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand. | |
6. n. (cricket) A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match | |
7. n. (baseball, informal) A double play, two outs recorded in one play | |
They turned a pair to end the fifth. | |
8. n. (baseball, informal) A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams | |
The Pirates took a pair from the Phillies. | |
9. n. (slang) A pair of breasts | |
She's got a gorgeous pair. | |
10. n. (Australia, politics) The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons. | |
11. n. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time. | |
There were two pairs on the final vote. | |
12. n. (archaic) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set. | |
13. n. (kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, s | |
14. v. To group into sets of two. | |
The wedding guests were paired boy/girl and groom's party/bride's party. | |
15. v. To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating. | |
16. v. (politics, slang) To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions. | |
17. v. (intransitive) To suit; to fit, as a counterpart. | |
18. v. (computing) to form wireless connection between to devices | |
19. v. (obsolete) To impair. | |
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. | |
ninth |
1. adj. The ordinal form of the number nine. | |
2. n. The person or thing in the ninth position. | |
3. n. One of nine equal parts of a whole. | |
4. v. to lose a ninth | |
5. v. to divide by nine | |
tenor |
1. n. (music) Musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto. | |
2. n. A person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range. | |
3. n. (archaic, music) Musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies. | |
4. n. The lowest tuned in a ring of bells. | |
5. n. Tone, as of a conversation. | |
6. n. (obsolete) duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career. | |
7. n. (linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed. | |
8. n. (finance) Time to maturity of a bond. | |
9. n. Stamp; character; nature. | |
10. n. (legal) An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument. | |
11. n. That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding. | |
12. n. (colloquial, music) An tenor saxophone | |
13. adj. Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range. | |
He has a tenor voice. | |
Bell |
1. n. (US, Canada) a telephone utility; a Baby Bell. | |
2. n. A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck. | |
3. n. The sounding of a bell as a signal. | |
4. n. (chiefly British, informal) A telephone call. | |
I’ll give you a bell later. | |
5. n. A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending. | |
6. n. (music) The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument. | |
7. n. (nautical) Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch) | |
8. n. The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot. | |
9. n. (computing) A device control code that produces a beep (or rings a small electromechanical bell on older teleprinters etc.). | |
10. n. Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower. | |
11. n. (architecture) The part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capi | |
12. n. An instrument situated on a bicycle's handlebar, used by the cyclist to warn of his or her presence. | |
13. v. To attach a bell to. | |
Who will bell the cat? | |
14. v. To shape so that it flares out like a bell. | |
to bell a tube | |
15. v. (slang) To telephone. | |
16. v. (intransitive) To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom. | |
Hops bell. | |
17. v. (intransitive) To bellow or roar. | |
18. v. To utter in a loud manner; to thunder forth. | |
19. n. The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a hound on the hunt or a stag in rut. | |