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. | |