| obsolete |
| 1. adj. (of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject). | |
| It is speculated that, within a few years, the Internet's speedy delivery of news worldwide will make newspapers obsolete. | |
| 2. adj. (biology) Imperfectly developed; not very distinct. | |
| 3. v. (transitive, US) To cause to become obsolete. | |
| This software component has been obsoleted. | |
| We are in the process of obsoleting this product. | |
| 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. | |
| trick |
| 1. adj. (slang) Stylish or cool. | |
| Wow, your new sportscar is so trick. | |
| 2. n. Something designed to fool or swindle. | |
| It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced. | |
| 3. n. A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick. | |
| And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag. | |
| 4. n. An entertaining difficult physical action. | |
| That's a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it? | |
| 5. n. An effective, clever or quick way of doing something. | |
| tricks of the trade; what's the trick of getting this chair to fold up? | |
| 6. n. Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank. | |
| the tricks of boys | |
| 7. n. (dated) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait. | |
| a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning | |
| 8. n. A knot, braid, or plait of hair. | |
| 9. n. (card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined. | |
| I was able to take the second trick with the queen of hearts. | |
| 10. n. (slang) An act of prostitution. (Generally used with turn.) | |
| At the worst point, she was turning ten tricks a day. | |
| 11. n. (slang) A customer to a prostitute. | |
| As the businessman rounded the corner, she thought, "Here comes another trick.". | |
| 12. n. A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs. | |
| 13. n. (nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long. | |
| 14. n. A toy; a trifle; a plaything. | |
| 15. v. To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive. | |
| You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced. | |
| 16. v. (heraldry) To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words). | |
| 17. v. To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out. | |
| 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. | |
| deception |
| 1. n. An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy. | |
