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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.
military
1. adj. Characteristic of members of the armed forces.
Chelsea Manning was dishonorably discharged from all military duties.
2. adj. (North America) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).
If you join a military force, you may end up killing people.
3. adj. Relating to war.
4. adj. Relating to armies or ground forces.
5. n. Armed forces.
He spent six years in the military.
6. n. (US, with the) U.S. armed forces in general, including the Marine Corps.
It's not the job of the military to make policy.
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.
portable
1. adj. Able to be carried or easily moved.
2. adj. (computing) Of software, able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
3. n. A portable building used for temporary purposes, particularly:
4. n. (clipping of portable toilet)
5. n. A trailer or other portable structure used for classes at a school.
6. n. (computing) (clipping of portable computer)
7. n. (video games) A hand-held video gaming device.
frame
1. v. To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
2. v. To construct by fitting or uniting together various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
3. v. To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
4. v. Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
Once we finish framing the house, we'll hang tin on the roof.
5. v. Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
6. v. To position visually within a fixed boundary.
The director frames the fishing scene very well.
7. v. To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
How would you frame your accomplishments?
The way the opposition has framed the argument makes it hard for us to win.
8. v. (transitive, criminology) Conspire to incriminate falsely a presumably innocent person.
The gun had obviously been placed in her car in an effort to frame her.
9. v. (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
10. v. (intransitive, dialectal) To move.
11. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To proceed; to go.
12. v. (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
13. v. (transitive, obsolete) To strengthen; refresh; support.
14. v. (transitive, obsolete) To execute; perform.
All have sworn him an oath that they should frame his will on earth.
15. v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause; to bring about; to produce.
16. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To profit; avail.
17. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fit; accord.
18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage.
19. n. The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
Now that the frame is complete, we can start on the walls.
20. n. Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
21. n. The structure of a person's body.
His starved flesh hung loosely on his once imposing frame.
22. n. A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
The painting was housed in a beautifully carved frame.
23. n. A piece of photographic film containing an image.
A film projector shows many frames in a single second.
24. n. A context for understanding or interpretation.
In this frame, it's easy to ask the question that the investigators missed.
25. n. (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
26. n. (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
27. n. (bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the
28. n. (horticulture) A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
a forcing-frame; a cucumber frame
29. n. (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
30. n. (philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
31. n. (film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th or 1/60th of a second.
32. n. (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
33. n. (baseball, slang) An inning.
34. n. (engineering, dated, mostly, UK) Any of certain machines built upon or within framework.
a stocking frame; a lace frame; a spinning frame
35. n. (dated) frame of mind; disposition
to be always in a happy frame
36. n. (obsolete) Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
37. n. (dated, video games) A stage or level of a video game.
38. n. (genetics, "reading frame") A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
39. n. (computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
40. n. (mathematics) A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.
used
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of use
You used me!
2. v. (intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed to doing something
He used to live here, but moved away last year.
3. adj. That is or has or have been used.
The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
4. adj. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
He bought a used car.
5. adj. Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
I got used to this weather.
use
1. n. The act of using.
the use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations; there is no use for your invention
2. n. (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
3. n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
This tool has many uses.
4. n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
I have no further use for these textbooks.
5. n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
6. n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
7. n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
8. n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
9. n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
10. v. To utilize or employ.
11. v. To employ; to apply; to utilize.
Use this knife to slice the bread.
We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
12. v. (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
I used the money they allotted me.
We should use up most of the fuel.
She used all the time allotted to complete the test.
13. v. To exploit.
You never cared about me; you just used me!
14. v. To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
He uses cocaine. I have never used drugs.
15. v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.
16. v. (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
I could use a drink. My car could use a new coat of paint.
17. v. To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.)
soldiers who are used to hardships and danger (still common)
to use the soldiers to hardships and danger (now rare)
18. v. (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
19. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
20. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.
21. v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
I used to get things done.
22. v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
to use an animal cruelly
23. v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
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
support
1. n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform.
2. n. Financial or other help.
The government provides support to the arts in several ways.
3. n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
Sure they sell the product, but do they provide support?
4. n. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.
5. n. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set.
6. n. Evidence.
The new research provides further support for our theory.
7. n. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
This game has no mouse support.
8. n. (gymnastics) (clipping of support position)
9. n. (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical oder rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed ..
10. v. To keep from falling.
Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform.
11. v. To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
Sure they sell the product, but do they support it?
12. v. To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
I support France in the World Cup
13. v. To help, particularly financially.
The government supports the arts in several ways.
14. v. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
The testimony is not sufficient to support the charges.
The evidence will not support the statements or allegations.
15. v. To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
The IT Department supports the research organization, but not the sales force.
I don't make decisions: I just support those who do.
16. v. To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.
Early personal computers did not support voice-recognition hardware or software.
17. v. To be acfor, or involved with, but not responsible for.
I support the administrative activities of the executive branch of the organization
18. v. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
19. v. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
to support the character of King Lear
temporary
1. adj. Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
2. adj. Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.
3. n. One serving for a limited time; short-term employee.
wooden
1. adj. Made of wood.
a wooden boat
On a recent windy day, hundreds of visitors climbed wooden stairs to take pictures in front of the glacier.
(audio On a recent windy day, hundreds of visitors climbed wooden stairs to take pictures in front of the glacier.ogg Audio (US))
2. adj. (figuratively) As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion.
wooden acting
fences
1. n. plural of fence
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of fence
fence
1. n. A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.
2. n. Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
3. n. The place whence such a middleman operates.
4. n. Skill in oral debate.
5. n. (obsolete) The art or practice of fencing.
6. n. A guard or guide on machinery.
7. n. (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
8. n. (computing, programming) A memory barrier.
9. v. To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
10. v. To defend or guard.
11. v. To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
12. v. (intransitive, sports) To engage in (the sport) fencing.
13. v. (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.

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