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often
     1. adv. Frequently, many times.
           I often walk to work when the weather is nice.
           I've been going to the movies more often since a new theatre opened near me.
     2. adj. (archaic) Frequent.
reflexive
     1. adj. (grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.
     2. adj. (set theory) Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRx for all members x of S (that is, the relation holds between any element of the set and itself).
           "Equals" is a reflexive relation.
     3. adj. Of or resulting from a reflex.
           The electric shock elicited an automatic and reflexive response from him.
     4. adj. (figurative) Producing immediate response, spontaneous.
           a reflexive dislike
     5. adj. synonym of reflective
     6. n. (grammar) A reflexive pronoun.
     7. n. (grammar) A reflexive verb.
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
lie
     1. v. (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
           The book lies on the table;  the snow lies on the roof;  he lies in his coffin
     2. v. (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
     3. v. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
           to lie waste;  to lie fallow; to lie open;  to lie hidden;  to lie grieving;  to lie under one's displeasure;  to lie at the mercy of the waves
           The paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
     4. v. Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
     5. v. Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
     6. v. (archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
     7. v. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
     8. v. (legal) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
     9. n. (golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
     10. n. (disc golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
     11. n. (medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
     12. v. (intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
           When Pinocchio lies, his nose grows.
           If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.
           While a principle-based approach might claim that lying is always morally wrong, the casuist would argue that, depending upon the details of the case, lying might or might not be illegal or une
     13. v. (intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.
           Photographs often lie.
           Hips don't lie.
     14. v. (intransitive) To succeed or excel at lying; lie successfully; show one's expertise or mastery in the art of lying.
           Wow, that boy can really lie!
     15. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
           Sorry, I haven't seen your keys anywhere...wait, I lied! They're right there on the coffee table.
     16. n. An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
           I knew he was telling a lie by his facial expression.
     17. n. A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth
     18. n. Anything that misleads or disappoints.
flat
     1. adj. Having no variations in height.
           The land around here is flat.
     2. adj. (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
     3. adj. (slang) Describing certain features, usually the breasts and/or buttocks, that are extremely small or not visible at all.
           That girl is completely flat on both sides.
     4. adj. (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
     5. adj. (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
           Your A string is too flat.
     6. adj. (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
     7. adj. Uninteresting.
           The party was a bit flat.
     8. adj. Of a carbonated drink, with all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
     9. adj. (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
     10. adj. (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
     11. adj. (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
     12. adj. (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; dull and boring.
           The market is flat.
           The dialogue in your screenplay is flat -- you need to make it more exciting.
     13. adj. Absolute; downright; peremptory.
           His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results.
           I'm not going to the party and that's flat.
     14. adj. (phonetics, dated, of a consonant) sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant
     15. adj. (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "t
           Many flat adverbs, as in 'run fast', 'buy cheap', etc. are from Old English.
     16. adj. (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
     17. adj. (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
     18. adj. (authorship figuratively, esp. of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
           The author created the site to flesh out the books' flatter characters, who were actually quite well developed in her own mind.
     19. adv. So as to be flat.
           Spread the tablecloth flat over the table.
     20. adv. Bluntly.
           I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat.
     21. adv. (with units of time, distance, etc) Not exceeding.
           He can run a mile in four minutes flat.
     22. adv. Completely.
           I am flat broke this month.
     23. adv. Directly; flatly.
     24. adv. (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
     25. n. An area of level ground.
     26. n. (music) A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ sign placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
     27. n. (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/tire.
     28. n. (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels.
           She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels.
     29. n. (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
     30. n. (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting.
     31. n. The flat part of something:
     32. n.          (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
     33. n.          The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
     34. n. A wide, shallow container.
           a flat of strawberries
     35. n. (mail) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
     36. n. (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
     37. n. A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
     38. n. A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
     39. n. (rail, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
     40. n. A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
     41. n. (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
     42. n. (obsolete) A dull fellow; a simpleton.
     43. n. (technical, theatre) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin that depicts a building or other part of a scene, also called backcloth and backdrop.
     44. v. (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
     45. v. (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
     46. v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
     47. v. (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
     48. v. (transitive, dated) To make flat; to flatten; to level.
     49. v. (transitive, dated) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
     50. n. (chiefly British, New England, New Zealand, and Australian, archaic elsewhere) An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.
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.
facedown
     1. adv. Alternative form of face-down
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