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nautical
1. adj. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.
nautical charts
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.
distance
1. n. The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
The distance to Petersborough is thirty miles.
From Moscow, the distance is relatively short to Saint Petersburg, relatively long to Novosibirsk, but even greater to Vladivostok.
2. n. Length or interval of time.
3. n. (informal) The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities.
We're narrowing the distance between the two versions of the bill. The distance between the lowest and next gear on my bicycle is annoying.
4. n. Remoteness of place; a remote place.
5. n. Remoteness in succession or relation.
the distance between a descendant and his ancestor
6. n. A space marked out in the last part of a racecourse.
7. n. (figuratively) The entire amount of progress to an objective.
He had promised to perform this task, but did not go the distance.
8. n. (figuratively) A withholding of intimacy; alienation; variance.
The friendship did not survive the row: they kept each other at a distance.
9. n. The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.
10. n. The space measured back from the winning-post which a racehorse running in a heat must reach when the winner has covered the whole course, in order to run in the final heat.
11. v. To move away (from) someone or something.
He distanced himself from the comments made by some of his colleagues.
12. v. To leave at a distance; to outpace, leave behind.
that
1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
He told me that the book is a good read.
I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British.
2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
Be glad that you have enough to eat.
3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
The noise was so loud that she woke up.
The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed.
5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
Was John there? — Not that I saw.
How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw.
7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.
9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
That book is a good read. This one isn't.
That battle was in 1450.
That cat of yours is evil.
10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t
He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said).
They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?
12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement.
The water is so cold! — That it is.
13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition).
The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.
14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.)
the place that = where or to which I went last year
the last time that = when I went to Europe
15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
"The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...".
16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
I'm just not that sick.
I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.
17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.
18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
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”.
at
1. prep. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place.
Caesar was at Rome; at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine; at Jim’s house
2. prep. (indicating time) (Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.)
at six o’clock; at closing time; at night.
3. prep. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner).
He threw the ball at me. He shouted at her.
4. prep. Denotes a price.
3 apples at 2¢ (each) The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations.
5. prep. Occupied in (activity).
men at work
6. prep. In a state of.
She is at sixes and sevens with him. They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff. The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces.
7. prep. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series.
Sell at 90. Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders. I'm offering it—just to select customers—at cost.
8. prep. Because of.
to laugh at a joke mad at their comments
9. prep. Indicates a means, method, or manner.
10. prep. Holding a given speed or rate.
It is growing at the rate of 3% a year. Cruising along at fifty miles per hour.
11. prep. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding.
The twins were both bad at chemistry.
He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation.
12. prep. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to
13. n. The at sign (@).
14. n. (alt form, att) (Laos currency unit)
sea
1. n. A large body of salt water.
2. n. The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
3. n. A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea.
The Mediterranean Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Sea of Crete, etc.
4. n. A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.
The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Galilee, the Salton Sea, etc.
5. n. The swell of the sea; a single wave; billow.
6. n. (attributive, in combination) Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea.
Seaman, sea gauge, sea monster, sea horse, sea level, seaworthy, seaport, seaboard, etc.
7. n. (figurative) Anything resembling the vastness of the sea.
8. n. (planetology) A large, dark plain of rock; a mare.
The Apollo 11 mission landed in the Sea of Tranquility.
9. n. (planetology) A very large lake of liquid hydrocarbon.
keeps
1. n. plural of keep
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of keep
keep
1. v. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession
2. v. (heading, transitive) To hold the status of something.
3. v. To maintain possession of.
I keep a small stock of painkillers for emergencies.
4. v. To maintain the condition of.
I keep my specimens under glass to protect them.
The abundance of squirrels kept the dogs running for hours.
5. v. To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
I used to keep a diary.
6. v. To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
7. v. (archaic) To remain in, to be confined to.
8. v. To restrain.
I keep my brother out of trouble by keeping him away from his friends and hard at work.
9. v. (with from) To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
May the Lord keep you from harm.
10. v. To supply with necessities and financially support a person.
He kept a mistress for over ten years.
11. v. (of living things) To raise; to care for.
He has been keeping orchids since retiring.
12. v. To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
13. v. To have habitually in stock for sale.
14. v. (heading, intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
15. v. (obsolete) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
She kept to her bed while the fever lasted.
16. v. To continue.
I keep taking the tablets, but to no avail.
17. v. To remain edible or otherwise usable.
Potatoes can keep if they are in a root cellar.
Latex paint won't keep indefinitely.
18. v. (copulative) To remain in a state.
The rabbit avoided detection by keeping still.
Keep calm! There's no need to panic.
19. v. (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
20. v. (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
Godfrey Evans kept for England for many years.
21. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
22. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
School keeps today.
23. v. To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
24. v. (transitive, dated) To confine oneself to; not to quit; to remain in.
to keep one's house, room, bed, etc.
25. v. (transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
26. n. (obsolete) Care, notice
27. n. (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
28. n. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
He works as a cobbler's apprentice for his keep.
29. n. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
30. n. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
to be in good keep
31. n. (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
32. n. (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
away
1. adv. From a place, hence.
He went away on vacation.
2. adv. Aside; off; in another direction.
3. adv. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
4. adv. (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.
5. adv. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
sing away
6. adv. Without restraint.
You've got questions? Ask away!
7. adv. Being so engaged for the entire time.
That's where tourists go to hear great Cuban bands and dance the night away.
8. adv. At a distance in time or space.
Christmas is only two weeks away.
9. interj. (Northern England) come on!; go on!
10. adj. Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
The master is away from home.
Would you pick up my mail while I'm away.
11. adj. (following the noun modified) At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
He's miles away by now.
Spring is still a month away.
12. adj. (chiefly sports) Not on one's home territory.
Entrance for away supporters.
Next, they are playing away in Dallas.
13. adj. (baseball, following the noun modified) Out.
Two men away in the bottom of the ninth.
14. adj. misspelling of aweigh
from
1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
This wine comes from France.
I got a letter from my brother.
2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
He left yesterday from Chicago.
Face away from the wall!
3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
20 from 31 leaves 11.
4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
An umbrella protects from the sun.
He knows right from wrong.
land
1. n. The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
Most insects live on land.
2. n. Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected.
There are 50 acres of land in this estate.
3. n. A country or region.
They come from a faraway land.
4. n. A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
5. n. The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
wet land; good or bad land for growing potatoes
6. n. A general country, state, or territory.
He moved from his home to settle in a faraway land.
7. n. (often, in combination) realm, domain.
I'm going to Disneyland.
Maybe that's how it works in TV-land, but not in the real world.
8. n. (agriculture) The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
9. n. (Irish English, colloquial) A fright.
He got an awful land when the police arrived.
10. n. (electronics) A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
11. n. In a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
12. n. (travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
Our city offices sell a lot more land than our suburban offices.
13. n. (obsolete) The ground or floor.
14. n. (nautical) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.
15. n. In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.
16. n. (ballistics) The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.
17. v. (intransitive) To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
The plane is about to land.
18. v. (dated) To alight, to descend from a vehicle.
19. v. (intransitive) To come into rest.
20. v. (intransitive) To arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water.
21. v. To bring to land.
It can be tricky to land a helicopter.
Use the net to land the fish.
22. v. To acquire; to secure.
23. v. To deliver.
24. adj. Of or relating to land.
25. adj. Residing or growing on land.
26. n. lant; urine
often
1. adv. Frequently, many times.
I often walk to work when the weather is nice.
I've been going to the movies more often since a new theatre opened near me.
2. adj. (archaic) Frequent.
because
1. adv. (archaic) For the reason (that).
2. adv. On account (of), for sake (of).
My life is ruined because of you!
3. adv. Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".
4. conj. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
I hid myself because I was afraid.
5. conj. As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
It must be broken, because I pressed the button and nothing happened.
I don't think he is a nice person, because he yells at people for no reason.
6. conj. (obsolete) So that, in order that.
7. prep. (uncommon, slang) On account of, because of.
I went to the store because hungry.
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.
navigational
1. adj. Pertaining to navigation.
dangers
1. n. plural of danger
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of danger
danger
1. n. Exposure to likely harm; peril.
2. n. An instance or cause of likely harm.
3. n. (obsolete) Mischief.
4. n. (mainly outside US, rail transport) The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
The north signal was at danger because of the rockslide.
5. n. (obsolete) Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below.
6. n. (obsolete) Liability.
7. n. (obsolete) Difficulty; sparingness.
8. n. (obsolete) Coyness; disdainful behavior.
9. v. (obsolete) To claim liability.
10. v. (obsolete) To imperil; to endanger.
11. v. (obsolete) To run the risk.
fog
1. n. A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
2. n. A mist or film clouding a surface.
3. n. A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
He did so many drugs, he was still in a fog three months after going through detox.
4. n. (photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
5. n. (computer graphics) Distance fog.
6. v. (intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
7. v. (intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.
The mirror fogged every time he showered.
8. v. (intransitive, photography) To become dim or obscure.
9. v. To cover with or as if with fog.
10. v. To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
11. v. To obscure in condensation or water.
12. v. To make confusing or obscure.
13. v. (transitive, photography) To make dim or obscure.
14. v. To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.
15. n. A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
16. n. (dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season; foggage.
17. n. (Scotland) Moss.
18. v. To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.
19. v. (intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.
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.
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.
hazards
1. n. plural of hazard
2. n. (automotive) (clipping of hazard lights)
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of hazard
hazard
1. n. (historical) A type of game played with dice.
2. n. Chance.
3. n. The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.
He encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
4. n. An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.
The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards.
5. n. (golf) A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.
6. n. (billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
7. n. (obsolete) Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.
8. n. (tennis) The side of the court into which the ball is served.
9. n. (programming) A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results.
10. v. To expose to chance; to take a risk.
11. v. To risk (something); to venture, to incur, or bring on.
I'll hazard a guess.
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.
position
1. n. A place or location.
2. n. A post of employment; a job.
3. n. A status or rank.
Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
4. n. An opinion, stand or stance.
My position on this issue is unchanged.
5. n. A posture.
Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.
6. n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
Stop running all over the field and play your position!
7. n. (finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm or institution.
8. n. (finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.
9. n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
10. n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
11. v. To put into place.
at
1. prep. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place.
Caesar was at Rome; at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine; at Jim’s house
2. prep. (indicating time) (Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.)
at six o’clock; at closing time; at night.
3. prep. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner).
He threw the ball at me. He shouted at her.
4. prep. Denotes a price.
3 apples at 2¢ (each) The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations.
5. prep. Occupied in (activity).
men at work
6. prep. In a state of.
She is at sixes and sevens with him. They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff. The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces.
7. prep. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series.
Sell at 90. Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders. I'm offering it—just to select customers—at cost.
8. prep. Because of.
to laugh at a joke mad at their comments
9. prep. Indicates a means, method, or manner.
10. prep. Holding a given speed or rate.
It is growing at the rate of 3% a year. Cruising along at fifty miles per hour.
11. prep. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding.
The twins were both bad at chemistry.
He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation.
12. prep. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to
13. n. The at sign (@).
14. n. (alt form, att) (Laos currency unit)
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.
distance
1. n. The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
The distance to Petersborough is thirty miles.
From Moscow, the distance is relatively short to Saint Petersburg, relatively long to Novosibirsk, but even greater to Vladivostok.
2. n. Length or interval of time.
3. n. (informal) The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities.
We're narrowing the distance between the two versions of the bill. The distance between the lowest and next gear on my bicycle is annoying.
4. n. Remoteness of place; a remote place.
5. n. Remoteness in succession or relation.
the distance between a descendant and his ancestor
6. n. A space marked out in the last part of a racecourse.
7. n. (figuratively) The entire amount of progress to an objective.
He had promised to perform this task, but did not go the distance.
8. n. (figuratively) A withholding of intimacy; alienation; variance.
The friendship did not survive the row: they kept each other at a distance.
9. n. The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.
10. n. The space measured back from the winning-post which a racehorse running in a heat must reach when the winner has covered the whole course, in order to run in the final heat.
11. v. To move away (from) someone or something.
He distanced himself from the comments made by some of his colleagues.
12. v. To leave at a distance; to outpace, leave behind.
from
1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
This wine comes from France.
I got a letter from my brother.
2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
He left yesterday from Chicago.
Face away from the wall!
3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
20 from 31 leaves 11.
4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
An umbrella protects from the sun.
He knows right from wrong.
shore
1. n. Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
lake shore; bay shore; gulf shore; island shore; mainland shore; river shore; estuary shore; pond shore;
2. n. (from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
The seamen were serving on shore instead of in ships.
The passengers signed up for shore tours.
3. v. (obsolete) To set on shore.
4. n. A prop or strut supporting the weight or flooring above it.
The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.
5. v. (transitive, without up) To provide with support.
6. v. (usually with up) To reinforce (something at risk of failure).
My family shored me up after I failed the GED.
The workers were shoring up the dock after part of it fell into the water.
7. v. simple past tense of shear
8. n. (Obsolete except in Hiberno-English) A sewer.
9. v. (Scotland, archaic) To warn or threaten.
10. v. (Scotland, archaic) To offer.
shear
1. v. To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
2. v. To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
3. v. (physics) To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
4. v. (Scotland) To reap, as grain.
5. v. (figurative) To deprive of property; to fleece.
6. n. A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
7. n. The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
8. n. (physics) Forces that push in opposite directions.
9. n. (geology) The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
10. adj. misspelling of sheer

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