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paper
1. n. A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
2. n. A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
3. n. Wallpaper.
4. n. Wrapping paper.
5. n. (rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
6. n. A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.
7. n. A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or i
8. n. A scholastic essay.
9. n. (slang) Money.
10. n. (New Zealand) A university course.
11. n. A paper packet containing a quantity of items.
a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.
12. n. A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.
cantharides paper
13. n. A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.
14. adj. Made of paper.
paper bag; paper plane
15. adj. Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper)
paper tiger; paper gangster
16. adj. Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper)
paper rocket; paper engine
17. v. To apply paper to.
to paper the hallway walls
18. v. To document; to memorialize.
After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.
19. v. To fill a theatre or other paid event with complimentary seats.
As the event has not sold well, we'll need to paper the house.
20. v. To submit papers to (a law court, etc.).
printing
1. n. The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.
2. n. Material that has been printed.
3. n. All the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch.
4. n. Written characters that are not joined up.
5. v. present participle of print
6. v. To inadequately carry a concealed weapon such that its silhouette is visible on the person wearing it.
abbreviation
1. n. The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
2. n. (linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters t
3. n. The process of abbreviating.
4. n. (music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
5. n. (music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
6. n. Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
7. n. (biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
8. n. (mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
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.
folio
1. n. A leaf of a book or manuscript.
2. n. A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
3. n. (printing) A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
4. n. (paper) A sheet of paper folded in half.
5. n. (books) A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height.
A rare copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio.
6. n. (accounting) A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
7. n. (legal, dated, 19th to early 20th century) A leaf containing a certain number of words; hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New
8. n. A wrapper for loose papers.
9. v. To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page.
page
1. n. One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
2. n. One side of a paper leaf on which one has written or printed.
3. n. A figurative record or writing; a collective memory.
the page of history
4. n. (typesetting) The type set up for printing a page.
5. n. (Internet) A web page.
6. n. (computing) A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.
7. v. To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript.
8. v. (intransitive, often with “through”) To turn several pages of a publication.
The patient paged through magazines while he waited for the doctor.
9. v. To furnish with folios.
10. n. (obsolete) A serving boy – a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education.
11. n. (British) A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.
12. n. (US, Canada) A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
13. n. (in libraries) The common name given to an employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.
14. n. A boy child.
15. n. A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman’s dress from the ground.
16. n. A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
17. n. Any one of several species of colorful South American moths of the genus Urania.
18. v. To attend (someone) as a page.
19. v. (transitive, US, obsolete in UK) To call or summon (someone).
20. v. To contact (someone) by means of a pager or other mobile device.
I’ll be out all day, so page me if you need me.
21. v. To call (somebody) using a public address system so as to find them.
An SUV parked me in. Could you please page its owner?
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
book
1. n. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
She opened the book to page 37 and began to read aloud.
He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book.
2. n. A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets.
I have three copies of his first book.
3. n. (heraldry) A heraldic representation of such an object, used as a charge; as in the arms of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
4. n. A major division of a long work.
Genesis is the first book of the Bible.
Many readers find the first book of A Tale of Two Cities to be confusing.
5. n. (gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.
6. n. A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
a book of stamps
a book of raffle tickets
7. n. (theatre) The script of a musical.
8. n. (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
9. n. A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book.
10. n. (legal) A colloquial reference to a book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging t
11. n. (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
12. n. (poker slang) four of a kindWeisenberg, Michael (2000) . MGI/Mike Caro University. (ISBN, 978-1880069523)
13. n. (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
14. n. (sports) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
15. n. (cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
16. v. To reserve (something) for future use.
I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night
I can book tickets for the concert next week.
17. v. To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
They booked that message from the hill
18. v. (law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
The police booked him for driving too fast.
19. v. (sports) To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
20. v. (intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.
He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap.
21. v. To record bets as bookmaker.
22. v. (transitive, law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.
23. v. (intransitive, slang) To leave.
He was here earlier, but he booked.
24. v. (UK dialectal, Northern England) simple past tense of bake
size
1. n. (obsolete, outside, dialects) An assize.
2. n. (obsolete) A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.
3. n. (obsolete) A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.
4. n. The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there.
5. n. (obsolete) A regulation, piece of ordinance.
6. n. A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.
I don't think we have the red one in your size.
7. n. (graph theory) A number of edges in a graph.
8. n. (figurative, dated) Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.
9. n. An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls.
10. v. To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
11. v. To classify or arrange by size.
12. v. (military) To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.
13. v. (mining) To sift (pieces of ore or metal) in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.
14. v. (transitive, colloquial) To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
15. v. (intransitive) To take a greater size; to increase in size.
16. v. (Cambridge University) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
17. v. (transitive, obsolete) To swell; to increase the bulk of.
18. n. A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.
19. n. Wallpaper paste.
20. n. The thickened crust on coagulated blood.
21. n. Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.
22. v. To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.
10
1. n. Perfect (on a scale of 1–10, where 10 is the best score)
2. n. Intense (on a scale of 1–10, where 10 is the most intense)
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