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. | |