| 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. | |
| looks |
| 1. n. plural of look | |
| 2. n. (pluralonly) One's appearance or attractiveness. | |
| His charm and good looks accounted for much of his popularity in the polls. | |
| Looks can be deceiving. | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of look | |
| look |
| 1. v. (intransitive, often, with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes. | |
| Look at my new car! Don’t look in the closet. | |
| 2. v. To appear, to seem. | |
| It looks as if it’s going to rain soon. | |
| 3. v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being. | |
| That painting looks nice. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive, often, with "for") To search for, to try to find. | |
| 5. v. To face or present a view. | |
| The hotel looks over the valleys of the HinduKush. | |
| 6. v. To expect or anticipate. | |
| I look to each hour for my lover’s arrival. | |
| 7. v. To express or manifest by a look. | |
| 8. v. (transitive, often, with "to") To make sure of, to see to. | |
| 9. v. (dated, sometimes figurative) To show oneself in looking. | |
| Look out of the window i.e. lean out while I speak to you. | |
| 10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward. | |
| 11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for. | |
| 12. v. (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence. | |
| to look down opposition | |
| 13. v. (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it. | |
| The fastball caught him looking. | |
| Clem Labine struck Mays out looking at his last at bat. | |
| It's unusual for Mays to strike out looking. He usually takes a cut at it. | |
| 14. interj. Pay attention. | |
| Look, I'm going to explain what to do, so you have to listen closely. | |
| 15. n. The action of looking; an attempt to see. | |
| Let’s have a look under the hood of the car. | |
| 16. n. (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression. | |
| She got her mother’s looks. | |
| I don’t like the look of the new design. | |
| 17. n. A facial expression. | |
| He gave me a dirty look. | |
| If looks could kill ... | |
| appearance |
| 1. n. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye. | |
| His sudden appearance surprised me. | |
| 2. n. A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition. | |
| There was a strange appearance in the sky. | |
| 3. n. The way something looks; personal presence | |
| 4. n. Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others. | |
| Some people say I'm shallow because I care so much about my appearance. | |
| 5. n. (philosophy, theology) That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying reality | |
| Catholicism teaches that the Eucharist, while remaining under the physical appearance of bread and wine, becomes really and truly the body and the blood of Christ. | |
| 6. n. The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character. | |
| A person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator. | |
| David Beckham's first appearance with the LA Galaxy at Giants Stadium against the New York Red Bulls last night drew a crowd of 66237. | |
| 7. n. (legal) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance | |
| 8. n. (medical) Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient. | |
| The patient had a small bowel obstruction and there was no appearance until after the obstruction resolved. | |
| etc |
| 1. adv. alternative form of etc. | |
