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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.
outside
1. n. The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
2. n. The external appearance of something.
3. n. The space beyond some limit or boundary.
4. n. The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
It may last a week at the outside.
5. n. (dated, UK, colloquial) A passenger riding on the outside of a coach or carriage.
6. adj. Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
The outside surface looks good.
7. adj. Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
8. adj. (baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
The first pitch is ... just a bit outside.
9. adj. Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc.
an outside estimate
10. adv. Outdoors.
I slept outside last night.
11. adv. To the outdoors or outside.
I am going outside.
12. prep. On the outside of, not inside (something, such as a building).
13. prep. Near, but not in.
14. prep. (usually with “of”) Except, apart from.
Outside of winning the lottery, the only way to succeed is through many years of hard work.
dialects
1. n. plural of dialect
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.
throw
1. v. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.
A thrown nail.
2. v. To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider
3. v. To eject or cause to fall off.
4. v. To move to another position or condition; to displace.
throw the switch
5. v. (ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
6. v. (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
7. v. (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid operation exception.
8. v. (sports) To intentionally lose a game.
The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match.
9. v. (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
The deliberate red herring threw me at first.
10. v. (figuratively) To send desperately.
Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle.
11. v. To imprison.
The magistrate ordered the suspect to be thrown into jail.
12. v. To organize an event, especially a party.
13. v. To roll (a die or dice).
14. v. To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
15. v. (transitive, bridge) To discard.
16. v. (martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
17. v. (transitive, said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
18. v. To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
19. v. To project or send forth.
20. v. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
21. v. To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole c
22. v. (baseball, slang) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
23. v. To install a bridge.
24. n. The flight of a thrown object
What a great throw by the quarterback!
25. n. The act of throwing something.
With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow.
26. n. One's ability to throw
He's got a girl's throw.
He's always had a pretty decent throw.
27. n. A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.
28. n. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
29. n. A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw.
30. n. Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.
31. n. (veterinary) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
32. v. (transitive, said of animals) To give birth to.
33. n. (obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
34. n. (obsolete) A period of time; a while.
35. n. misspelling of throe
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.
cast
1. v. (physical) To move, or be moved, away.
2. v. (now somewhat literary) To throw.
3. v. To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
4. v. Specifically, to throw down or aside.
5. v. (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
6. v. To cause (a horse or other large animal) to lie down with its legs underneath it.
7. v. (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes).
8. v. (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
9. v. (obsolete) To vomit.
10. v. (archaic) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
11. v. (archaic) To throw out or emit; to exhale.
12. v. To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
13. v. (dated) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
14. v. (social) To predict, to decide, to plan.
15. v. (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
16. v. (obsolete) To plan, intend.
17. v. To assign (a role in a play or performance).
The director cast the part carefully.
18. v. To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
The director cast John Smith as King Lear.
19. v. To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
to cast about for reasons
20. v. (archaic) To impose; to bestow; to rest.
21. v. (archaic) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict.
to be cast in damages
22. v. To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
a casting voice
23. v. To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
24. v. To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
25. v. (archaic) To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.
26. v. To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
27. v. (printing, dated) To stereotype or electrotype.
28. v. To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
29. v. (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
30. v. To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
31. v. (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
Casting is generally an indication of bad design.
32. v. (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
33. v. (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
34. v. (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
35. n. An act of throwing.
36. n. Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
37. n. A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
The area near the stream was covered with little bubbly worm casts.
38. n. The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
He’s in the cast of Oliver.
The cast was praised for a fine performance.
39. n. The casting procedure.
The men got into position for the cast, two at the ladle, two with long rods, all with heavy clothing.
40. n. An object made in a mould.
The cast would need a great deal of machining to become a recognizable finished part.
41. n. A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
The doctor put a cast on the boy’s broken arm.
42. n. The mould used to make cast objects.
A plaster cast was made from his face.
43. n. (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
44. n. A squint.
45. n. Visual appearance.
Her features had a delicate cast to them.
46. n. The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
a cast of mind, a mental tendency.
47. n. An animal, especially a horse, that is unable to rise without assistance.
48. n. Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
49. n. A group of crabs.
As
1. n. plural of A
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
7. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
17. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
20. n. plural of a
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.
fish
1. n. A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
Salmon is a fish.
The Sun Mother created all the fishes of the world.
The Sun Mother created all the fish of the world.
We have many fish in our aquarium.
2. n. (archaic, or loosely) Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
3. n. The flesh of the fish used as food.
The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.
4. n. A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
5. n. (derogatory, slang) A woman.
6. n. (slang) An easy victim for swindling.
7. n. (poker slang) A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
8. n. (nautical) A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
9. n. (nautical) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
10. n. (nautical) A torpedo.
11. n. (zoology) A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups:
12. n. Class Myxini, the hagfish (no vertebra)
13. n. Class Petromyzontida, the lampreys (no jaw)
14. n. Within infraphylum Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates (also including Tetrapoda)
15. n. # Class Chondrichthyes, cartilaginous fish such as sharks and rays
16. n. # Superclass Osteichthyes, bony fish.
17. n. (cartomancy) The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.
18. n. A period of time spent fishing.
The fish at the lake didn't prove successful.
19. n. An instance of seeking something.
Merely two fishes for information told the whole story.
20. v. (intransitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals.
She went to the river to fish for trout.
21. v. To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.
They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body.
22. v. (intransitive) To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.
Why are you fishing through my things?
He was fishing for the keys in his pocket.
23. v. (intransitive, followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something.
The detective visited the local pubs fishing around for more information.
The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments.
24. v. (intransitive, cricket) Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.
25. v. (nautical) To repair a spar or mast by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).
26. n. (obsolete) A counter, used in various games.
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.
which
1. det. (interrogative) What, of those mentioned or implied.
Which song made the charts?
2. det. (relative) The one or ones that.
Show me which one is bigger.
They couldn't decide which song to play.
3. det. (relative) The one or ones mentioned.
He once owned a painting of the house, which painting would later be stolen.
For several seconds he sat in silence, during which time the tea and sandwiches arrived.
I'm thinking of getting a new car, in which case I'd get a red one.
4. pron. (interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).
Which is bigger?; Which is which?
5. pron. (relative) Who; whom; what (of those mentioned or implied).
He walked by a door with a sign, which read: PRIVATE OFFICE.
We've met some problems which are very difficult to handle.
He had to leave, which was very difficult.
No art can be properly understood apart from the culture of which it is a part.
6. pron. (relative, archaic) Used of people (now generally who, whom or that).
7. n. An occurrence of the word which.
Case
1. n. (grammar) abstract feature of a noun phrase that determines its function in a sentence, such as a grammatical case and a position.
2. n. An actual event, situation, or fact.
For a change, in this case, he was telling the truth.
It is not the case that every unfamiliar phrase is an idiom.
In case of fire, break glass. sign on fire extinguisher holder in public space
3. n. (now rare) A given condition or state.
4. n. A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
It was one of the detective's easiest cases. Social workers should work on a maximum of forty active cases. The doctor told us of an interesting case he had treated that morning.
5. n. (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
The teaching consists of theory lessons and case studies.
6. n. (legal) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
7. n. (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.
The accusative case canonically indicates a direct object. Latin has six cases, and remnants of a seventh.
8. n. (grammar) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
Jane has been studying case in Caucasian languages. Latin is a language that employs case.
9. n. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
There were another five cases reported overnight.
10. n. (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
11. v. (obsolete) To propose hypothetical cases.
12. n. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
13. n. A box, sheath, or covering generally.
a case for spectacles; the case of a watch
14. n. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
15. n. An enclosing frame or casing.
a door case; a window case
16. n. A suitcase.
17. n. A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
18. n. The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
19. n. (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and
20. n. (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
21. n. (poker slang) Four of a kind.
22. n. (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
23. n. (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
24. n. A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
25. adj. (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
He drew the case eight!
26. v. To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
27. v. To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
28. v. (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
it
1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals.
Put it over there.
Take each day as it comes.
I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today.
2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender.
She took the baby and held it in her arms.
3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
It's me. John.
Is it her?
4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)
It is nearly 10 o’clock.
It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five.
It’s very cold today.
It’s lonely without you.
5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms.
stick it out
live it up
rough it
6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i
It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see)
I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing)
He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if)
7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more.
Are there more students in this class, or is this it?
That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.
9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what.
10. det. (obsolete) its
11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…
13. n. (British) The game of tag.
Let's play it at breaktime.
14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.
15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity.
caught them doing it
16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable.
Is
1. n. plural of I
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
3. n. plural of i
remember to dot your is
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?
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.
As
1. n. plural of A
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
7. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
17. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
20. n. plural of a
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.
unit
1. n. (mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
2. n. (sciences) A standard measure of a quantity.
The centimetre is a unit of length.
3. n. The number one.
4. n. clipping of international unit
This pill provides 500 units of Vitamin E.
5. n. An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
He was a member of a special police unit.
6. n. (military, informal) A member of a military organization.
The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units. (i.e., 20 tanks)
7. n. (US, military) Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organizationJoint Publication 1-02 U.S
8. n. (US, military) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
9. n. (US, military) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.
10. n. (US, military) With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment
11. n. (algebra) The identity element, neutral element.
12. n. (algebra) An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity.
13. n. (category theory) In an adjunction, a natural transformation from the identity functor of the domain of the left adjoint functor to the composition of the right adjoint functor with the left adjoint f
14. n. (geology) A volume of rock or ice of identifiable origin and age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic feature
15. n. (commerce) An item which may be sold singly.
We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month.
16. n. (UK) A unit of alcohol.
17. n. (electricity) One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
18. n. (Australia, New Zealand) a measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household, an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a grou
19. n. (historical) A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
20. n. A work unit.
21. n. (slang) A physically large person.
22. adj. For each unit.
We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.
23. adj. (mathematics) Having a size or magnitude of one.
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.
measure
1. n. A prescribed quantity or extent.
2. n. (obsolete) Moderation, temperance.
3. n. A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
4. n. An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
a measure of salt
5. n. The act or result of measuring.
6. n. (now chiefly cooking) A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.
7. n. A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.
Honesty is the true measure of a man.
8. n. Any of various standard units of capacity.
The villagers paid a tithe of a thousand measures of corn.
9. n. A unit of measurement.
10. n. The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)
11. n. (now rare) The act or process of measuring.
12. n. A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.
13. n. (mathematics, now rare) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor.
the greatest common measure of two or more numbers
14. n. (geology) A bed or stratum.
coal measures; lead measures
15. n. (mathematics) A function that assigns a non-negative number to a given set following the mathematical nature that is common among length, volume, proba
16. n. Metrical rhythm.
17. n. (now archaic) A melody.
18. n. (now archaic) A dance.
19. n. (poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.
a poem in iambic measure
20. n. (music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a com
21. n. A course of action.
22. n. (in plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.
23. n. A piece of legislation.
24. v. To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
We measured the temperature with a thermometer. You should measure the angle with a spirit level.
25. v. To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)
The window measured two square feet.
26. v. To estimate the unit size of something.
I measure that at 10 centimetres.
27. v. To judge, value, or appraise.
28. v. To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
29. v. (rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
30. v. To adjust by a rule or standard.
31. v. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.
about
1. prep. In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
2. prep. Near; not far from; approximately; regarding time, size, quantity.
3. prep. On the point or verge of.
the show is about to start; I am not about to admit to your crime
4. prep. On one's person; nearby the person.
5. prep. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
6. prep. Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
7. prep. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
He knew more about what was occurring than anyone.
8. prep. (figurative) In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in possession of; in control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.
He has his wits about him.
9. prep. In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
10. adv. Not distant; approximate.
11. adv. On all sides; around.
12. adv. Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
13. adv. Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
about as cold; about as high
14. adv. Near; in the vicinity.
15. adv. In succession; one after another; in the course of events.
16. adv. On the move; active; astir.
17. adv. To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
to face about; to turn oneself about
18. adv. (nautical) To the opposite tack.
19. adv. (obsolete) Preparing; planning.
20. adv. (archaic) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference.
a mile about, and a third of a mile across
21. adv. (chiefly North America, colloquial) Going to; on the verge of; intending to.
22. adj. Moving around; astir.
out and about; up and about
After my bout with Guillan-Barre Syndrome, it took me 6 months to be up and about again.
23. adj. In existence; being in evidence; apparent
four
1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)
There are four seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn.
2. num. Describing a set or group with four elements.
3. n. The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
4. n. Anything measuring four units, as length.
Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller.
5. n. A person who is four years old.
I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.
6. n. (cricket) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounc
7. n. (basketball) A power forward.
8. n. (rowing) Quadruple sculls.
9. n. (obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.
fish
1. n. A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
Salmon is a fish.
The Sun Mother created all the fishes of the world.
The Sun Mother created all the fish of the world.
We have many fish in our aquarium.
2. n. (archaic, or loosely) Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
3. n. The flesh of the fish used as food.
The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.
4. n. A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
5. n. (derogatory, slang) A woman.
6. n. (slang) An easy victim for swindling.
7. n. (poker slang) A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
8. n. (nautical) A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
9. n. (nautical) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
10. n. (nautical) A torpedo.
11. n. (zoology) A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups:
12. n. Class Myxini, the hagfish (no vertebra)
13. n. Class Petromyzontida, the lampreys (no jaw)
14. n. Within infraphylum Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates (also including Tetrapoda)
15. n. # Class Chondrichthyes, cartilaginous fish such as sharks and rays
16. n. # Superclass Osteichthyes, bony fish.
17. n. (cartomancy) The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.
18. n. A period of time spent fishing.
The fish at the lake didn't prove successful.
19. n. An instance of seeking something.
Merely two fishes for information told the whole story.
20. v. (intransitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals.
She went to the river to fish for trout.
21. v. To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.
They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body.
22. v. (intransitive) To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.
Why are you fishing through my things?
He was fishing for the keys in his pocket.
23. v. (intransitive, followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something.
The detective visited the local pubs fishing around for more information.
The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments.
24. v. (intransitive, cricket) Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.
25. v. (nautical) To repair a spar or mast by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).
26. n. (obsolete) A counter, used in various games.
though
1. adv. (conjunctive) Despite that; however.
I will do it, though.
2. adv. (degree) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.
"Man, it's hot in here." — "Isn't it, though?".
3. conj. Despite the fact that; although.
Though it’s risky, it’s worth taking the chance.
4. conj. (archaic) If, that, even if.
We shall be not sorry though the man die tonight.
sometimes
1. adv. On certain occasions, or in certain circumstances, but not always.
Sometimes I sit and think, but mostly I just sit.
2. adv. (obsolete) On a certain occasion in the past; once.
3. adj. (obsolete) Former; sometime.
three
1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).
2. num. Describing a set or group with three elements.
3. n. The digit/figure 3.
4. n. Anything measuring three units, as length.
Put all the threes in a separate container.
5. n. A person who is three years old.
All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.
6. n. The playing card featuring three pips.
7. n. (basketball) (abbreviation of three-pointer)
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.
Even
1. n. An ethnic Even: a member of an indigenous people living in the Siberia and the Russian Far East.
2. adj. Flat and level.
Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even.
3. adj. Without great variation.
Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice.
4. adj. Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
The distribution of food must be even.
5. adj. (not comparable, of an integer) Divisible by two.
Four, fourteen and forty are even numbers.
6. adj. (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
7. adj. On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
8. adj. (colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
You biffed me back at the barn, and I biffed you here—so now we're even.
9. adj. parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
10. adj. (obsolete) Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
11. adj. (obsolete) Associate; fellow; of the same condition.
12. v. To make flat and level.
We need to even this playing field; the west goal is too low.
13. v. (transitive, obsolete) To equal.
14. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be equal.
Thrice nine evens twenty seven.
15. v. (transitive, obsolete) To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.
16. v. (transitive, obsolete) To set right; to complete.
17. v. (transitive, obsolete) To act up to; to keep pace with.
18. adv. (archaic) Exactly, just, fully.
I fulfilled my instructions even as I had promised.
You are leaving tonight? — Even so.
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
19. adv. In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.
Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.
Did you even make it through the front door?
That was before I was even born.
20. adv. Emphasizing a comparative.
I was strong before, but now I am even stronger.
21. adv. Signalling a correction of one's previous utterance; rather, that is.
My favorite actor is Jack Nicklaus. Jack Nicholson, even.
22. adv. also
23. n. (mathematics) An even number.
So let's see. There are two evens here and three odds.
24. n. (archaic, or poetic) Evening.
two
1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••). Ordinal: second.
2. num. Describing a set or group with two elements.
3. n. The digit/figure 2.
The number 2202 contains three twos.
4. n. (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
5. n. A child aged two.
This toy is suitable for the twos and threes.
6. n. The playing cards featuring two pips.
oysters
1. n. plural of oyster
oyster
1. n. Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in
2. n. The delicate morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.
3. n. A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
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4. n. (colloquial, by analogy) A person who keeps secrets.
5. n. (slang) A shoplifter.
6. adj. Of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
7. v. (intransitive) To fish for oysters.
etc
1. adv. alternative form of etc.

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