| 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. | |
| sound |
| 1. adj. Healthy. | |
| He was safe and sound. | |
| In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work. | |
| 2. adj. Complete, solid, or secure. | |
| Fred assured me the floorboards were sound. | |
| 3. adj. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness. | |
| 4. adj. (UK, slang) Good; acceptable; decent. | |
| "How are you?" - "I'm sound.". | |
| That's a sound track you're playing. | |
| See that man over there? He's sound. You should get to know him. | |
| 5. adj. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply. | |
| Her sleep was sound. | |
| 6. adj. Heavy; laid on with force. | |
| a sound beating | |
| 7. adj. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective. | |
| a sound title to land | |
| 8. adv. Soundly. | |
| 9. interj. (UK, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm. | |
| - I found my jacket.- Sound. | |
| 10. n. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium. | |
| He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him. Nobody made a sound. | |
| 11. n. A vibration capable of causing such sensations. | |
| 12. n. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc | |
| 13. n. Noise without meaning; empty noise. | |
| 14. n. earshot, Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard. | |
| Stay within the sound of my voice. | |
| 15. v. (intransitive) To produce a sound. | |
| When the horn sounds, take cover. | |
| 16. v. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound. | |
| He sounded good when we last spoke. | |
| That story sounds like a pack of lies! | |
| 17. v. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound. | |
| 18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound. | |
| 19. v. (intransitive, legal, often, with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law. | |
| 20. v. To cause to produce a sound. | |
| Sound the alarm! | |
| He sounds the instrument. | |
| 21. v. (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce. | |
| The "e" in "house" isn't sounded. | |
| 22. n. (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean. | |
| Puget Sound; Owen Sound | |
| 23. n. The air bladder of a fish. | |
| Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food. | |
| 24. n. A cuttlefish. | |
| 25. v. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale. | |
| The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive. | |
| 26. v. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe. | |
| When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal. | |
| 27. v. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device. | |
| Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope. | |
| 28. v. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion. | |
| to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra | |
| 29. n. (medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde. | |
| 30. n. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra. | |
| style |
| 1. n. A manner of doing or presenting things, especially a fashionable one. | |
| 2. n. Flair; grace; fashionable skill. | |
| As a dancer, he has a lot of style. | |
| 3. n. (botany) The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower. | |
| 4. n. A traditional or legal term preceding a reference to a person who holds a title or post. | |
| 5. n. A traditional or legal term used to address a person who holds a title or post. | |
| the style of Majesty | |
| 6. n. (nonstandard) A stylus. | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) A pen; an author's pen. | |
| 8. n. A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver. | |
| 9. n. A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument. | |
| 10. n. A long, slender, bristle-like process. | |
| the anal styles of insects | |
| 11. n. The pin, or gnomon, of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. | |
| 12. n. (computing) A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as bold or italic. | |
| applying styles to text in a wordprocessor | |
| Cascading Style Sheets | |
| 13. v. To create or give a style, fashion or image to. | |
| 14. v. To call or give a name or title to. | |
| etc |
| 1. adv. alternative form of etc. | |
