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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.
to
     1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
           I want to leave.
           He asked me what to do.
           I don’t know how to say it.
           I have places to go and people to see.
     2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
           "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
           If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
     3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
           I have to do laundry today.
     4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
           We are walking to the shop.
     5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
           He devoted himself to education.
           They drank to his health.
     6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
           His face was beaten to a pulp.
     7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
           similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
     8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
           With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   t
     9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
           one to one = 1:1
           ten to one = 10:1.
           I have ten dollars to your four.
     10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
           Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
           Three to the power of two is nine.
           Three to the second is nine.
     11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
           I gave the book to him.
     12. prep. (time) Preceding.
           ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
     13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
           Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
           There's a lot of sense to what he says.
     14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
           Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
     15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
           Please push the door to.
     16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
     17. adv. misspelling of too
trim
     1. v. To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess. The adposition of can be used in the present perfect tense to designate the removed part.
           He trimmed his beard before the interview.
           The hedge needs to be trimmed.
           Place the screen material in the frame, secure it in place, and trim the edges.
           The company trimmed jobs for the second time this year.
           A ranch steak is usually trimmed of all excess fat. (present perfect example)
     2. v. To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
           They traditionally trim the tree on Christmas Eve.
     3. v. (transitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To adjust pitch using trim tabs.
     4. v. (transitive, nautical, of a vessel) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the wat
     5. v. (transitive, nautical, of a vessel's sails) To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle.
     6. v. (dated) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each.
     7. v. To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
     8. v. (transitive, carpentry, of timber) To dress; to make smooth.
     9. v. (transitive, dated) To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.
     10. n. Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
           Paint the house white with blue trim.
     11. n. A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
           I went to the hairdresser for a trim but came back nearly bald.
     12. n. Dress; gear; ornaments.
     13. n. The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
           The car comes in three different trims.
           to be in good trim
     14. n. (slang) Sexual intercourse.
     15. n. (nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or
     16. n. (nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
     17. adj. Physically fit.
           He goes jogging every day to keep in trim.
     18. adj. Slender, lean.
           a trim figure
     19. adj. Neat or smart in appearance.
           a trim lawn
     20. adv. (nautical) In good order, properly managed or maintained.
     21. adv. (nautical) With sails well trimmed.
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.
burnt
     1. v. (Commonwealth, UK) simple past tense and past participle of burn
     2. adj. Damaged or injured by fire or heat.
     3. adj. (of food) Carbonised.
           The toast was too burnt to eat.
     4. adj. (of a person) Having a sunburn.
     5. adj. (of a colour) Being darker than standard, especially browner.
     burn
          1. n. A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
                She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.
          2. n. A sensation resembling such an injury.
                chili burn from eating hot peppers
          3. n. The act of burning something.
                They're doing a controlled burn of the fields.
          4. n. (slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
          5. n. (slang) An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
          6. n. Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
                One and, two and, keep moving; feel the burn!
          7. n. (chiefly prison slang) tobacco
          8. n. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
                They have a good burn.
          9. n. A disease in vegetables; brand.
          10. v. To cause to be consumed by fire.
                He burned his manuscript in the fireplace.
          11. v. (intransitive) To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
                He watched the house burn.
          12. v. To overheat so as to make unusable.
                He burned the toast. The blacksmith burned the steel.
          13. v. (intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
                The grill was too hot and the steak burned.
          14. v. To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
                to burn a hole;  to burn letters into a block
          15. v. To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
                She burned the child with an iron, and was jailed for ten years.
          16. v. (transitive, surgery) To cauterize.
          17. v. To sunburn.
                She forgot to put on sunscreen and burned.
          18. v. To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
                to burn the mouth with pepper
          19. v. (intransitive) To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
                The child's forehead was burning with fever.  Her cheeks burned with shame.
          20. v. (chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
                A human being burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration.  to burn iron in oxygen
          21. v. (chemistry, dated) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.
                Copper burns in chlorine.
          22. v. (transitive, computing) To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
                We’ll burn this program onto an EEPROM one hour before the demo begins.
          23. v. (transitive, slang) To betray.
                The informant burned him.
          24. v. (transitive, slang) To insult or defeat.
                I just burned you again.
          25. v. To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
                We have an hour to burn.
                The company has burned more than a million dollars a month this year.
          26. v. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
                You're cold... warm... hot... you're burning!
          27. v. (intransitive, curling) To accidentally touch a moving stone.
          28. v. (transitive, cards) In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
          29. v. (photography) To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge).
          30. v. (intransitive, physics, of an element) To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star
          31. v. (intransitive, slang) To discard.
          32. n. (Scotland, northern England) A stream.
part
     1. n. A portion; a component.
     2. n.          A fraction of a whole.
                   Gaul is divided into three parts.
     3. n.          A distinct element of something larger.
                   The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.
     4. n.          A group inside a larger group.
     5. n.          Share, especially of a profit.
                   I want my part of the bounty.
     6. n.          A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
                   The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.
     7. n.          3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
     8. n.          A section of a document.
                   Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.
     9. n.          A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
     10. n.          (math, dated) A factor.
                   3 is a part of 12.
     11. n.          (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
     12. n. Duty; responsibility.
           to do one’s part
     13. n.          Position or role (especially in a play).
                   We all have a part to play.
     14. n.          (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
                   The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging.
     15. n.          Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
     16. n. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
           The part of his hair was slightly to the left.
     17. n. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
     18. n. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
     19. v. (intransitive) To leave someone's company; (rare, poetic, literary) to go way; to die; to get rid of something, stop using it.
     20. v. To cut hair with a parting; shed.
     21. v. To divide in two.
           to part the curtains
     22. v. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed.
           A rope parts.  His hair parts in the middle.
     23. v. (transitive, now rare) To divide up; to share.
     24. v. (obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
     25. v. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
     26. v. (obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
     27. v. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
           to part gold from silver
     28. v. (transitive, archaic) To leave; to quit.
     29. v. (transitive, internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
     30. adj. Fractional; partial.
           Fred was part owner of the car.
     31. adv. Partly; partially; fractionally.
           Part finished
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.
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.
candle
     1. n. A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
     2. n. The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
     3. n. (obsolete) A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
     4. n. (forestry) A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.
     5. v. (embryology, transitive) To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
     6. v. (pottery) To dry greenware prior to beginning of the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
     7. v. To check an item (such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.
wick
     1. n. A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre/fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax
           Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke.
     2. n. Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain.
     3. n. (curling) A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones.
     4. n. (curling) A shot where the played stone touches a stationary stone just enough that the played stone changes direction.
     5. n. (slang) The penis.
     6. v. To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
           The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body.
     7. v. (intransitive, of a liquid) To traverse (i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by through.
           The moisture slowly wicked through the wood.
     8. v. (curling) To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction.
     9. n. (archaic) A village; hamlet; castle; dwelling; street; creek; bay; harbour; a place of work, jurisdiction, or exercise of authority.
     10. n. (UK, dialect, chiefly East Anglia, and Essex) A farm, especially a dairy farm.
     11. adj. (UK, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Alive; lively; full of life; active; bustling; nimble; quick.
           as wick as an eel
           T' wickest young chap at ivver Ah seen.
           He's a strange wick bairn alus runnin' aboot.
           I'll skin ye wick! (skin you alive)
           I thowt they was dead last back end but they're wick enif noo.
           "Are you afraid of going across the churchyard in the dark?" "Lor' bless yer noä miss! It isn't dead uns I'm scar'd on, it's wick uns.".
           I'll swop wi' him my poor dead horse for his wick. — Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England, page 210
     12. n. (UK, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Liveliness; life.
           I niver knew such an a thing afore in all my wick. — Ashby, 12 July 1875
     13. n. (UK, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.
           Fed close? Why, it's eaten into t' hard wick. (spoken of a pasture which has been fed very close)
     14. n. (UK, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) A maggot.
     15. n. (now dialectal) A corner of the mouth or eye.
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