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not
     1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
           Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
           Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
     2. adv. To no degree.
           That is not red; it's orange.
     3. conj. And not.
           I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
           He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
     4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
           I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!
           Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not!
     5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function.
           You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip.
     6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not.
comparable
     1. adj. (often with to) Able to be compared (to).
           An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus.
           You can't say that robbing a bank is like pickpocketing. The two are just not comparable.
     2. adj. (often with to) Similar (to); like.
     3. adj. (mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
           Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not.
     4. adj. (grammar) Said of an adjective that has a comparative and superlative form.
           "Big" is a comparable adjective, since it can take the forms "bigger" and "biggest"; but "unique" is not comparable, except in disputed, but common, usage.
     5. n. Something suitable for comparison.
Canada
     1. n. (US, informal) A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger.
     2. n. (historical) A former liquid measure of four quartilhos, especially used for wine.
Us
     1. n. plural of U
     2. pron. (personal) Me and at least one other person; the objective case of we.
     3. pron. (colloquial) Me.
           Give us a look at your paper.
           Give us your wallet!
     4. pron. (Northern England) Our.
           We'll have to throw us food out.
     5. det. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
           It's not good enough for us teachers.
     6. n. plural of u
homogenized
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of homogenize
     2. adj. Having been made homogenous, said especially of milk (which when homogenized no longer separates into cream and skim milk).
     homogenize
          1. v. To make homogeneous, to blend or puree.
          2. v. Specifically, to treat milk so that the cream no longer separates.
almost
     1. adv. Very close to, but not quite.
           Almost all people went there. - Not all but very close to it.
           We almost missed the train. - Not missed but very close to it.
     2. n. (informal) Something or someone that doesn't quite make it.
           In all the submissions, they found four papers that were clearly worth publishing and another dozen almosts.
always
     1. adv. At all times; throughout all time
           God is always the same.
     2. adv. Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally).
           In this street, the shops always close during lunchtime.
     3. adv. (informal) In any event.
           I thought I could always go back to work.
said
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of say
     2. adj. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.
           The said party has denied the charges.
     3. det. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.
           Said party has denied the charges.
     say
          1. v. To pronounce.
                Please say your name slowly and clearly.
          2. v. To recite.
                Martha, will you say the Pledge of Allegiance?
          3. v. To tell, either verbally or in writing.
                He said he would be here tomorrow.
          4. v. To indicate in a written form.
                The sign says it’s 50 kilometres to Paris.
          5. v. (impersonal) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
                They say "when in Rome, do as the Romans do", which means "behave as those around you do.".
          6. v. (informal, imperative) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
                A holiday somewhere warm – Florida, say – would be nice.
                Say he refuses. What do we do then?
                Say your family is starving and you don't have any money, is it ok to steal some food?
          7. v. (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
          8. v. (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
          9. n. A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision.
          10. adv. For example; let us assume.
                Pick a color you think they'd like, say, peach.
                He was driving pretty fast, say, fifty miles per hour.
          11. interj. (colloquial) Used to gain one's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion
                Say, what did you think about the movie?
          12. n. A type of fine cloth similar to serge.
          13. v. To try; to assay.
          14. n. Trial by sample; assay; specimen.
          15. n. Tried quality; temper; proof.
          16. n. Essay; trial; attempt.
          17. n. (Scotland) A strainer for milk.
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.
milk
     1. n. A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverag
     2. n. A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, and/or soy beans. Also called non-dairy milk.
     3. n. (informal) An individual serving of milk.
     4. n. The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
     5. n. (slang) Semen.
     6. v. To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
           The farmer milked his cows.
     7. v. To draw (milk) from the breasts or udder.
           to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows
     8. v. To express any liquid (from any creature).
     9. v. (transitive, figurative) To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something).
           When the audience began laughing, the comedian milked the joke for more laughs.
     10. v. (of an electrical storage battery) To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation.
     11. v. (transitive, slang) To single-mindedly masturbate a male to ejaculation, especially for the amusement and/or satisfaction of the masturbator/trix rather than the person masturbated.
           Controlled milking can actually establish and consolidate a mistress’ dominance over her sub rather than diminish it.
with
     1. prep. Against.
           He picked a fight with the class bully.
     2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
           He went with his friends.
     3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
           She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
     4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
     5. prep. In support of.
           We are with you all the way.
     6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
           slain with robbers
     7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
           cut with a knife
     8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
     9. prep. Having, owning.
     10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
           Do you want to come with?
     11. adv. -->
     12. n. alternative form of withe
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
high
     1. adj. Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
           The balloon rose high in the sky.   The wall was high.   a high mountain
     2. adj.          Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.
     3. adj.          (baseball, of a ball) Above the batter's shoulders.
                    the pitch (or: the ball) was high
     4. adj. Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
     5. adj. Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
           three feet high   three Mount Everests high
     6. adj. Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
           The oldest of the elves' royal family still conversed in High Elvish.
     7. adj.          Most exalted; foremost.
                    the high priest, the high officials of the court, the high altar
     8. adj. Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
           high crimes, the high festival of the sun
     9. adj. Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
           high (i.e. intense) heat; high (i.e. full or quite) noon; high (i.e. rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i.e. complete) pleasure; high (i.e. deep or vivid) colour; high (i.e. extensive, thorough) s
     10. adj.          Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).
     11. adj. (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
           high latitude, high antiquity
     12. adj. (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.
     13. adj. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
           in high spirits
     14. adj. (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
           high living, the high life
     15. adj. Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
           a high tone
     16. adj. (with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.
     17. adj. (of a body of water) With tall waves.
     18. adj. Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
           My bank charges me a high interest rate.   I was running a high temperature and had high cholesterol.   high voltage   high prices   high winds   a high number
     19. adj.          Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, (which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative)).
                   Carrots are high in vitamin A.   made from a high-copper alloy
     20. adj. (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
           The note was too high for her to sing.
     21. adj. (phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
     22. adj. (card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
     23. adj.          (poker) Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.
                    I have KT742 of the same suit. In other words, a K-high flush.
                    9-high straight = 98765 unsuited
                    Royal Flush = AKQJT suited = A-high straight flush
     24. adj.          (of a card or hand) Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.
                    North's hand was high. East was in trouble.
     25. adj. (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
           Epicures do not cook game before it is high.
           The tailor liked his meat high.
     26. adj. (slang) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly (until the early 20th century) usually alcohol, but now (by the mid 20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, c
     27. adj. (nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
     28. adv. In or to an elevated position.
           How high above land did you fly?
     29. adv. In or at a great value.
           Costs have grown higher this year again.
     30. adv. In a pitch of great frequency.
           I certainly can't sing that high.
     31. n. A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
     32. n. A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best.
           It was one of the highs of his career.
     33. n. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
           That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown.
     34. n. A drug that gives such a high.
     35. n. (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
           A large high is centred on the Azores.
     36. n. The maximum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.
           Inflation reached a ten-year high.
     37. n. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
           Today's high was 32°C.
     38. n. (card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
     39. v. (obsolete) To rise.
           The sun higheth.
     40. n. (obsolete) Thought; intention; determination; purpose.
     41. v. To hie; to hasten.
butterfat
     1. n. The fatty components of milk and other dairy products.
content
     1. n. That which is contained.
     2. n. Subject matter; that which is contained in writing or speech.
     3. n. The amount of material contained; contents.
     4. n. Capacity for holding.
     5. n. (mathematics) The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case of a polyhedron and area in the case of a polygon).
     6. n. (algebra, ring theory) (of a polynomial with coefficients in a GCD domain) The greatest common divisor of the coefficients; (of a polynomial with coefficients in an integral domain) the common factor
     7. n. Satisfaction; contentment.
           They were in a state of sleepy content after supper.
     8. n. (obsolete) Acquiescence without examination.
     9. n. That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
     10. n. (House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmate vote.
     11. n. (House of Lords) A member who votes in assent.
     12. adj. Satisfied.
     13. interj. (archaic) Alright, agreed.
     14. v. To give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to make happy.
           You can't have any more - you'll have to content yourself with what you already have.
     15. v. (transitive, obsolete) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.
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