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nautical
1. adj. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.
nautical charts
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.
line
1. n. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
The arrow descended in a curved line.
2. n. (geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
3. n. (geometry, informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
4. n. (graph theory) An edge of a graph.
5. n. (geography) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
6. n. (geography, ‘the line’ or ‘equinoctial line’) The equator.
7. n. (music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
8. n. (cricket) The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
9. n. (soccer) The goal line.
10. n. A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
11. n. A hose or pipe, of any size.
a brake line, the main water line to the house
12. n. Direction, path.
the line of sight; the line of vision
13. n. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
I tried to make a call, but the line was dead.
a dedicated line; a shared line
Please speak up, the line is very faint.
14. n. A clothesline.
15. n. A letter, a written form of communication.
Drop me a line.
16. n. A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
a line of stages; an express line
17. n. (military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
18. n. The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
19. n. A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
20. n. (obsolete) A measuring line or cord.
21. n. That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
22. n. A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
23. n. Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
24. n. A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contra
The line forms on the right.
There is a line of houses.
25. n. (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery etc.
26. n. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
27. n. A small amount of text. Specifically:
28. n. A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of
The answer to the comprehension question can be found in the third line of the accompanying text.
29. n. A verse (in poetry).
30. n. A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie or the like.
He was perfecting his pickup lines for use at the bar.
"It is what it is" was one his more annoying lines.
31. n. A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
Don't feed me a line!
32. n. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
33. n. The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
Remember, your answers must match the party line.
34. n. A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
line of business, product line
How many buses does the line have?
The airline is in danger of bankruptcy.
35. n. (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
36. n. A measure of length:
37. n. (historical) A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of
38. n. One twelfth of an inch.
39. n. One fortieth of an inch.
40. n. (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
41. n. (baseball, slang) The batter’s box.
42. n. (fencing, ‘line of engagement’) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
43. n. (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
the engine is in line / out of line
44. n. A small portion or serving (of a powdery illegal drug).
45. n. (obsolete) Instruction; doctrine.
46. n. (genetics) Population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
47. n. (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
48. n. (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
49. n. (medicine, colloquial) A vascular catheter.
patient had a line inserted
line sepsis
50. v. To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
to line troops
51. v. To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
to line works with soldiers
52. v. To form a line along.
53. v. To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines.
to line a copy book
54. v. (transitive, obsolete) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
55. v. To read or repeat line by line.
to line out a hymn
56. v. (intransitive, ‘line up’) To form or enter into a line.
57. v. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
Jones lined to left in his last at-bat.
58. v. To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
59. n. (obsolete) Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.
60. v. To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
The bird lines its nest with soft grass.
to line a cloak with silk or fur
to line a box with paper or tin
paintings lined the walls of the cavernous dining room
61. v. To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
62. v. To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
to line the shelves
63. v. (transitive, now rare, of a dog) to copulate with, to impregnate.
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
cable
1. n. (material) A long object used to make a physical connection.
2. n. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
3. n. An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
4. n. An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
5. n. (nautical) A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
6. n. (communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.
7. n. Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.
8. n. A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
9. n. (nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
10. n. (unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
11. n. (finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
12. n. (architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
13. v. To provide with cable(s)
14. v. To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
15. v. To wrap wires to form a cable
16. v. To send a telegram by cable
17. v. (intransitive) To communicate by cable
18. v. (architecture, transitive) To ornament with cabling.
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
rode
1. v. simple past tense of ride
2. n. (nautical) The line from a vessel to its anchor.
3. n. (obsolete) A raid; an incursion.
4. n. (obsolete) A roadstead.
ride
1. v. (intransitive, transitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
2. v. (intransitive, transitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
3. v. (transitive, chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
The cab rode him downtown.
4. v. (intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
5. v. (transitive, intransitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
The witch cackled and rode away on her broomstick.
6. v. (intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
A horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
7. v. (intransitive, transitive) To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
8. v. (transitive, colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
9. v. (intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
10. v. (intransitive) To rely, depend (on).
11. v. (intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
12. v. (lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
13. v. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
14. v. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
15. v. (surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
16. n. An instance of riding.
Can I have a ride on your bike?
17. n. (informal) A vehicle.
That is a nice ride you are driving.
18. n. An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
19. n. A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
Can you give me a ride?
20. n. (UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
21. n. (dialect) A saddle horse.
22. n. (Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
As
1. n. plural of A
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
7. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
17. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
20. n. plural of a
Is
1. n. plural of I
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
3. n. plural of i
remember to dot your is
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?
used
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of use
You used me!
2. v. (intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed to doing something
He used to live here, but moved away last year.
3. adj. That is or has or have been used.
The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
4. adj. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
He bought a used car.
5. adj. Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
I got used to this weather.
use
1. n. The act of using.
the use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations; there is no use for your invention
2. n. (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
3. n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
This tool has many uses.
4. n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
I have no further use for these textbooks.
5. n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
6. n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
7. n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
8. n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
9. n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
10. v. To utilize or employ.
11. v. To employ; to apply; to utilize.
Use this knife to slice the bread.
We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
12. v. (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
I used the money they allotted me.
We should use up most of the fuel.
She used all the time allotted to complete the test.
13. v. To exploit.
You never cared about me; you just used me!
14. v. To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
He uses cocaine. I have never used drugs.
15. v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.
16. v. (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
I could use a drink. My car could use a new coat of paint.
17. v. To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.)
soldiers who are used to hardships and danger (still common)
to use the soldiers to hardships and danger (now rare)
18. v. (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
19. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
20. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.
21. v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
I used to get things done.
22. v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
to use an animal cruelly
23. v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
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.
warping
1. v. present participle of warp
2. n. An action or motion that warps or twists.
3. n. (geology) the deformation of the Earth's crust over a large area
4. n. The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver.
5. n. The practice of flooding agricultural land with turbid river water to add sediment to the soil.
warp
1. n. The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:
2. n. The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.
3. n. The state, quality, or condition of being deviant from what is right or proper morally or mentally.
4. n. A distortion:
5. n. A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood (also used figuratively).
6. n. A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.
7. n. (weaving) The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
8. n. (figurative) The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
9. n. (nautical) A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.
10. n. A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
11. n. A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
12. n. The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water artificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilise them.
13. n. (obsolete, outside, dialects) A throw or cast, as of fish (in which case it is used as a unit of measure: about four fish, though sometimes three or even two), oysters, etc.
a warp of fish
14. v. To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally:
15. v. To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.
The moisture warped the board badly.
to warp space and time
The trauma had permanently warped her mind.
16. v. (intransitive) To become twisted out of shape; to deform.
Over the years the post had warped and checked and needed to be replaced
17. v. To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias.
His perspective had warped after his extreme experiences.
18. v. (intransitive) To go astray or be deflected from a true, proper or moral course; to deviate.
19. v. (ambitransitive, obsolete, ropemaking) To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.
20. v. To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
21. v. (ambitransitive, rare, obsolete, figurative) To plot; to fabricate or weave (a plot or scheme).
22. v. (transitive, rare, obsolete, poetic) To change or fix (make fixed, for example by freezing).
23. v. To move:
24. v. (transitive, nautical) To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; (especially) to move a sailing ship throug
25. v. (intransitive, nautical, of a ship) To move or be moved by this method.
26. v. (intransitive, rare, dated) To fly with a bending or waving motion, like a flock of birds or insects.
27. v. To travel or transport across a medium without passing through it normally, as by using a teleporter or time warp.
28. v. (ambitransitive, obsolete, outside, dialects, of an animal) To bring forth (young) prematurely.
29. v. (ambitransitive, agriculture) To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.
30. v. (transitive, very, rare, obsolete) To throw.
mooring
1. v. present participle of moor
2. n. A place to moor a vessel.
3. n. The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.
4. n. (figuratively) Something to which one adheres, or the means that helps one to maintain a stable position and keep one's identity - moral, intellectual, political, etc.
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
hauling
1. v. present participle of haul
2. n. haulage
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.
ship
1. n. A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
2. n. (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
3. n. (archaic, nautical, formal) A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
4. n. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
5. n. (cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.
6. v. To send by water-borne transport.
7. v. To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
to ship freight by railroad
8. v. To release a product to vendors; to launch.
Our next issue ships early next year.
The developers had to ship the game two weeks late.
9. v. To engage to serve on board a vessel.
to ship seamen
I shipped on a man-of-war.
10. v. (intransitive) To embark on a ship.
11. v. (transitive, nautical) To put in its place.
to ship the tiller or rudder
12. v. To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.
13. v. To pass (from one person to another).
Can you ship me the ketchup?
14. v. (poker slang) To go all in.
15. v. (sports) To trade or send a player to another team.
Twins ship Delmon Young to Tigers.
16. v. (rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
17. n. (fandom) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional.
18. v. (fandom) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, typically in fan fiction.
I ship Kirk and Spock in “Star Trek”.
I ship Peggy and Angie in “Marvel's Agent Carter”.
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
sometimes
1. adv. On certain occasions, or in certain circumstances, but not always.
Sometimes I sit and think, but mostly I just sit.
2. adv. (obsolete) On a certain occasion in the past; once.
3. adj. (obsolete) Former; sometime.
for
1. conj. (dated) Because.
2. prep. Towards.
The astronauts headed for the moon.
3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
I have something for you.
4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
We're having a birthday party for Janet.
The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
5. prep. Supporting.
All those for the motion raise your hands.
6. prep. Because of.
He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
(UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
She was the worse for drink.
7. prep. Over a period of time.
I've lived here for three years.
They fought for days over a silly pencil.
8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
9. prep. On behalf of.
I will stand in for him.
10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
He's going for his doctorate.
Do you want to go for coffee?
People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
Can you go to the store for some eggs?
I'm saving up for a car.
Don't wait for an answer.
What did he ask you for?
12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
Run for the hills!
He was headed for the door when he remembered.
13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
Fair for its day.
She's spry for an old lady.
14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
18. prep. To be, or as being.
19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
other
1. adj. See other (determiner) below
2. adj. second.
I get paid every other week.
3. adj. Alien.
4. adj. Different.
5. adj. (obsolete) Left, as opposed to right.
6. n. An other one, more often rendered as another.
I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others.
7. n. The other one; the second of two.
One boat is not better than the other.
8. det. Not the one or ones previously referred to.
Other people would do it differently.
9. adv. Apart from; in the phrase "other than".
Other than that, I'm fine.
10. adv. (obsolete) Otherwise.
It shall none other be. — Chaucer.
If you think other. — Shakespeare.
11. v. To regard, label or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.
12. v. To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.
purposes
1. n. plural of purpose
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of purpose
purpose
1. n. An object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.
2. n. A result that is desired; an intention.
3. n. The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.
4. n. The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
5. n. The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way.
The purpose of turning off the lights overnight is to save energy.
6. n. (obsolete) Instance; example.
7. v. (intransitive) To have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
8. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To discourse.
such
1. det. (demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before. Such is life.
2. det. (particularly used in formal documents) Any.
the above address or at such other address as may notify
3. det. Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to very much of.
The party was such a bore.
4. det. (obsolete) A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
5. pron. A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned.
6. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else.
As
1. n. plural of A
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
7. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
17. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
20. n. plural of a
deploying
1. v. present participle of deploy
deploy
1. v. (transitive, ergative) To prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use.
"Deploy two units of infantry along the enemy's flank," the general ordered.
2. v. (transitive, intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
He waited tensely for his parachute to deploy.
3. v. (computing) To install, test and implement a computer system or application.
The process for the deployment scenario includes: building a master installation of the operating system, creating its image and deploying the image onto a destination computer.
4. n. (military, dated) deployment
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.
seine
1. n. A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.
2. v. To use a seine, to fish with a seine.
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
creating
1. v. present participle of create
2. n. creation
create
1. v. To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
You can create the color orange by mixing yellow and red.
2. v. (especially, of a god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.
3. v. To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape
Couturiers create exclusive garments for an affluent clientele.
4. v. To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.
crop failures created food shortages and high prices; his stubbornness created many difficulties
A sudden chemical spill on the highway created a chain‐collision which created a record traffic jam.
5. v. To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.
Henry VIII created him a Duke. Last month, the queen created two barons.
Under the concordate with Belgium, at least one Belgian clergyman must be created cardinal; by tradition, every archbishop of Mechelen is thus created a cardinal.
6. v. (intransitive) To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
Children usually enjoy creating, never mind if it is of any use!
7. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
8. adj. (obsolete) Created, resulting from creation.
drag
1. n. Resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it.
When designing cars, manufacturers have to take drag into consideration.
2. n. (foundry) The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
3. n. A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
4. n. (informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.
5. n. (slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
Travelling to work in the rush hour is a real drag.
6. n. (slang) A type of horse-drawn carriage.
7. n. (slang) Street, as in 'main drag'.
8. n. The scent-path left by dragging a fox, for training hounds to follow scents.
to run a drag
9. n. (snooker) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
10. n. A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
11. n. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
a stone drag
12. n. (metallurgy) The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
13. n. (masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
14. n. (nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle w
15. n. Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
16. n. A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
17. n. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
18. n. witch house music
19. n. The last position in a line of hikers.
20. n. (aviation, aerodynamics) The act of suppressing wind flow to slow an aircraft in flight, as by use of flaps when landing.
21. v. multiple images
22. v. , direction=vertical
23. v. , width=230
24. v. , image1=Tamil fishermen dragging boat.jpg
25. v. , caption1=Tamil fishermen dragging their boat.
26. v. , image2=Seining for wild fish.jpg
27. v. , caption2=Fishing by dragging a river.
28. v. To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
29. v. (intransitive) To move slowly.
Time seems to drag when you’re waiting for a bus.
30. v. To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
31. v. To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
32. v. To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
33. v. To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
34. v. (computing) To move (an item) on the computer display by means of a mouse or other input device.
Drag the file into the window to open it.
35. v. (chiefly of a vehicle) To inadvertently rub or scrape on a surface.
The car was so low to the ground that its muffler was dragging on a speed bump.
36. v. (soccer) To hit or kick off target.
37. v. To fish with a dragnet.
38. v. To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
39. v. To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
40. v. (figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
41. v. (slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
You just drag him 'cause he's got more money than you.
42. n. (slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
He performed in drag.
43. n. (slang) Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
corporate drag
44. v. To perform as a drag queen or drag king.

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