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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.
leavings
1. n. A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood.
The leavings were thrown to the dogs.
2. n. A worthless surfeit of material, such as leftovers from a meal, or scrap lumber.
The poor survive on the leavings of the rich and wasteful.
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
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.
glass
1. n. An amorphous solid, often transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime.
The tabletop is made of glass.
A popular myth is that window glass is actually an extremely viscous liquid.
2. n. A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
Fill my glass with milk, please.
3. n. (metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce.
4. n. Glassware.
We collected art glass.
5. n. A mirror.
She adjusted her lipstick in the glass.
6. n. A magnifying glass or telescope.
7. n. (sport) A barrier made of solid, transparent material.
8. n. (basketball, colloquial) The backboard.
He caught the rebound off the glass.
9. n. (ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
He fired the outlet pass off the glass.
10. n. A barometer.
11. n. (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
glass frog; glass shrimp; glass worm
12. n. (obsolete) An hourglass.
13. v. To fit with glass; to glaze.
14. v. To enclose in glass.
15. v. (clipping of fibreglass). To fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass).
16. v. (transitive, UK, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
17. v. (science fiction) To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
18. v. To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
19. v. To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
20. v. (archaic, reflexive) To reflect; to mirror.
21. v. To become glassy.
after
1. adv. Behind; later in time; following.
They lived happily ever after.
I left the room, and the dog bounded after.
2. prep. Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
We had a few beers after the game.
The time is quarter after eight.
The Cold War began shortly after the Second World War.
3. prep. Behind.
He will leave a trail of destruction after him.
4. prep. In pursuit of, seeking.
He's after a job; run after him; inquire after her health.
5. prep. In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.
We named him after his grandfather; a painting after Leonardo da Vinci.
6. prep. Next in importance or rank.
The princess is next in line to the throne after the prince.
7. prep. As a result of.
After your bad behaviour, you will be punished.
8. prep. In spite of.
After all that has happened, he is still my friend.
I can't believe that, after all our advice against gambling, you walked into that casino!
9. prep. (Irish usually preceded by a form of be followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity
I was after finishing my dinner when there was a knock on the door.
10. prep. (dated) According to an author or text.
11. prep. Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to.
to look after workmen; to enquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness
12. prep. (obsolete) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
13. conj. Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.
I went home after we had decided to call it a day.
14. adj. (dated) Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent
15. adj. (nautical, where the frame of reference is within the ship) At or towards the stern of a ship.
The after gun is mounted aft.
The after gun is abaft the forward gun.
drinking
1. v. present participle of drink
2. n. An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.
drink
1. v. To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
He drank the water I gave him.
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
2. v. (transitive, metonymic) To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
Jack drank the whole bottle by himself.
3. v. (intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.
You've been drinking, haven't you?
No thanks, I don't drink.
4. v. To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
5. v. To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
6. v. (transitive, obsolete) To smoke, as tobacco.
7. n. A beverage.
I’d like another drink please.
8. n. A (served) alcoholic beverage.
Can I buy you a drink?
9. n. The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
He was about to take a drink from his root beer.
10. n. A type of beverage (usually mixed).
My favourite drink is the White Russian.
11. n. Alcoholic beverages in general.
12. n. (colloquial, with the) Any body of water.
If he doesn't pay off the mafia, he’ll wear cement shoes to the bottom of the drink!
13. n. (archaic) Drinks in general; something to drink
heeltaps
1. n. plural of heeltap

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