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rail
1. n. A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
2. n. The metal bar that makes the track for a railroad.
3. n. A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
We travelled to the seaside by rail.
a small Scottish village not accessible by rail
4. n. A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
5. n. (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
6. n. (internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
We're experimenting with ads in the right-hand rail.
7. n. (drugs) A large line.
8. v. (intransitive) To travel by railway.
9. v. To enclose with rails or a railing.
10. v. To range in a line.
11. n. wikispecies, Rallidae
12. n. Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
13. v. To complain violently (against, about).
14. n. (obsolete) An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment; a dress.
15. n. (obsolete) Specifically, a woman's headscarf or neckerchief.
16. v. (obsolete, of a liquid) To gush, flow.
transport
1. v. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
to transport goods; to transport troops
2. v. (historical) To deport to a penal colony.
3. v. (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
Music transports the soul.
4. n. An act of transporting; conveyance.
5. n. The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
6. n. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
7. n. (Canada) A tractor-trailer.
8. n. The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
9. n. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
10. n. (historical) A deported convict.
Us
1. n. plural of U
2. pron. (personal) Me and at least one other person; the objective case of we.
3. pron. (colloquial) Me.
Give us a look at your paper.
Give us your wallet!
4. pron. (Northern England) Our.
We'll have to throw us food out.
5. det. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
It's not good enough for us teachers.
6. n. plural of u
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.
small
1. adj. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
A small serving of ice cream.
A small group.
He made us all feel small.
2. adj. (figuratively) Young, as a child.
Remember when the children were small?
3. adj. (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.
4. adj. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
5. adj. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
a small space of time
6. adj. topics, en, Size
7. adv. In a small fashion.
8. adv. In or into small pieces.
9. adv. (obsolete) To a small extent.
10. n. (rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To make little or less.
12. v. (intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.
explosive
1. adj. With the capability to, or likely to, explode.
2. adj. Having the character of an explosion.
explosive fire
3. adj. (figurative) Shocking; startling.
an explosive accusation
4. adj. (slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
He has an explosive personality.
5. n. Any explosive substance.
device
1. n. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
There are a number of household devices in a kitchen such as a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, or an electric can opener.
2. n. (computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
3. n. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
4. n. (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
5. n. (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
6. n. (heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge bor
7. n. (archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
8. n. (legal) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
9. n. (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
10. n. (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
11. n. (obsolete) Opinion; decision.
attached
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of attach
2. adj. Connected; joined.
3. adj. Fond of (used with to).
I'm very attached to my pets.
4. adj. In a romantic or sexual relationship.
As far as I know, he isn't attached, so I'm going to invite him out on a date.
I'm not ready to get attached, as I want to continue sleeping around.
5. adj. (botany, mycology) Broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent.
In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe ranges from attached to almost decurrent.
6. adj. Of a residential building, sharing walls with similar buildings on two, usually opposite, sides.
attach
1. v. To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.
You need to attach the carabiner to your harness.
2. v. (intransitive) To adhere; to be attached.
3. v. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
Dower will attach.
4. v. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to.
attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery
5. v. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
to attach great importance to a particular circumstance
6. v. (obsolete) To take, seize, or lay hold of.
7. v. (obsolete, legal) To arrest, seize.
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
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
top
1. n. The highest or uppermost part of something.
His kite got caught at the top of the tree.
2. n. (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top.
We flipped the machine onto its top.
3. n. The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc.
Further weather information can be found at the top of your television screen. Headings appear at the tops of pages.
4. n. A lid, cap or cover of a container.
Put a top on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad.
5. n. A garment worn to cover the torso.
I bought this top as it matches my jeans.
6. n. (nautical) A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.
7. n. (baseball) The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
8. n. (archaic) The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
9. n. A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin.
10. n. Someone who is eminent.:
11. n. (archaic) The chief person; the most prominent one.
12. n. The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.
to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school
13. n. (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
14. n. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom.
15. n. (physics) A top quark.
16. n. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
17. n. (ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
18. n. (sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume.
She sang at the top of her voice.
19. n. (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
20. n. (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.
21. n. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
22. n. (in the slang) Topboots.
23. n. (golf) A stroke on the top of the ball.
24. n. (golf) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
25. n. (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.
26. v. To cover on the top or with a top.
I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.
27. v. To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair.
Top and tail the carrots.
28. v. To excel, to surpass, to beat.
Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar.
29. v. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s.
30. v. (UK, slang) To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.
Depression causes many people to top themselves.
31. v. (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
I used to be a slave, but I ended up topping.
Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom".
32. v. (slang) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
33. v. (slang) To anally penetrate.
34. v. (archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
lofty ridges and topping mountains
35. v. (archaic) To predominate.
topping passions
36. v. (archaic) To excel; to rise above others.
37. v. (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
38. v. (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening
39. v. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
40. v. (slang) To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
41. v. (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
42. v. To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
43. v. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
44. v. (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
45. adj. Situated on the top of something.
46. adj. (informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank.
She's in the top dance school.
47. adj. (informal) Very good, of high quality.
He's a top lawyer.
That is a top car.
48. adv. Rated first.
She came top in her French exam.
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.
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
rail
1. n. A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
2. n. The metal bar that makes the track for a railroad.
3. n. A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
We travelled to the seaside by rail.
a small Scottish village not accessible by rail
4. n. A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
5. n. (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
6. n. (internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
We're experimenting with ads in the right-hand rail.
7. n. (drugs) A large line.
8. v. (intransitive) To travel by railway.
9. v. To enclose with rails or a railing.
10. v. To range in a line.
11. n. wikispecies, Rallidae
12. n. Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
13. v. To complain violently (against, about).
14. n. (obsolete) An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment; a dress.
15. n. (obsolete) Specifically, a woman's headscarf or neckerchief.
16. v. (obsolete, of a liquid) To gush, flow.
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
provide
1. v. To make a living; earn money for necessities.
It is difficult to provide for my family working on minimum wage.
2. v. To act to prepare for something.
3. v. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
The contract provides that the work be well done.
I'll lend you the money, provided that you pay it back by Monday.
4. v. To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
Don't bother bringing equipment, as we will provide it.
We aim to provide the local community with more green spaces.
5. v. To furnish (with), cause to be present.
6. v. To make possible or attainable.
He provides us with an alternative option.
7. v. (obsolete, Latinism) To foresee.
8. v. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
an
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
4. conj. (archaic) If
5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
An it harm none, do what ye will.
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
I was only going twenty miles an hour.
audible
1. adj. Able to be heard.
2. v. (intransitive, American football) To change the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.
The quarterback audibled after seeing the defensive formation.
3. n. (American football) The act of or an instance of changing the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.
The audible changed the play to a run.
warning
1. v. present participle of warn
2. n. The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.
3. n. Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.
The boss gave him a warning that he would be fired if he did not desist from his behaviour.
4. interj. Used to warn of danger in signs and notices.
warn
1. v. To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:
2. v. To make (someone) aware of impending danger, evil, etc.
We waved a flag to warn the oncoming traffic about the accident.
I phoned to warn him of the road closure.
3. v. To notify or inform (someone, about something).
I warned him he'd be getting a huge box of birthday presents from me.
4. v. To summon (someone) to or inform of a formal meeting or duty.
The sheriff warned her to appear in court.
5. v. (ambitransitive, of a clock, possibly, obsolete) To make a sound (e.g. clicking or whirring) indicating that it is about to strike or chime (an hour).
6. v. To caution or admonish (someone) against unwise or unacceptable behaviour.
He was warned against crossing the railway tracks at night.
Don't let me catch you running in the corridor again, I warn you.
7. v. (chiefly with "off", "away", and similar words) To advise or order to go or stay away.
A sign warns trespassers off/away from the site.
8. v. (intransitive) To give warning.
when
1. adv. (interrogative) Used to introduce questions about time.
When will they arrive?
2. adv. Used to introduce indirect questions about time.
Do you know when they arrived?
Do you know when they will arrive?
Do you know when they arrive?
3. adv. At an earlier and less prosperous time.
He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when.
4. adv. (indirect question) Used to refer to doubts about time.
5. adv. (relative) At which, on which, during which. Often omitted or replaced with that.
That was the day when the Twin Towers fell.
6. conj. At what time.
They were told when to sleep.
He doesn't know when to stop talking.
7. conj. At such time as.
I’m happiest when I’m working.
8. conj. At the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.
It was raining when I came yesterday.
The show will begin when I get there.
The game is over when the referee says it is.
Be careful when crossing the street.
Pay attention when spoken to.
When (you are) angry, count to ten before speaking or acting.
That time when the dog stole the turkey from the table.
9. conj. Since; given the fact that.
I don't see the point of putting up Christmas decorations when I am the only person who is going to see them.
10. pron. (interrogative) What time; which time.
Since when do I need your permission?
11. n. The time at which something happens.
A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
12. interj. That's enough, a command to stop adding something, especially an ingredient of food or drink.
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.
train
1. n. Elongated portion.
2. n. The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground.
Unfortunately, the leading bridesmaid stepped on the bride's train as they were walking down the aisle.
3. n. A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder.
4. n. The tail of a bird.
5. n. (astronomy) A transient trail of glowing ions behind a large meteor as it falls through the atmosphere.
6. n. (now rare) An animal's trail or track.
7. n. Connected sequence of people or things.
8. n. A group of people following an important figure, king etc.; a retinue, a group of retainers.
9. n. A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession.
Our party formed a train at the funeral parlor before departing for the burial.
10. n. A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something.
11. n. (military) The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege.
12. n. A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence.
13. n. A series of electrical pulses.
14. n. A series of specified vehicles, originally tramcars in a mine, and later especially railway carriages, coupled together.
15. n. A line of connected railway cars or carriages considered overall as a mode of transport; (as unnoun) rail travel.
The train will pull in at midday.
16. n. A long, heavy sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, etc.
17. n. (computing) A software release schedule.
18. n. (sex, slang) An act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person, especially as a form of gang rape.
19. v. (intransitive) To practice an ability.
She trained seven hours a day to prepare for the Olympics.
20. v. To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise with discipline.
You can't train a pig to write poetry.
21. v. (intransitive) To improve one's fitness.
I trained with weights all winter.
22. v. To proceed in sequence.
23. v. To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
The assassin had trained his gun on the minister.
24. v. (transitive, horticulture) To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.
The vine had been trained over the pergola.
25. v. (mining) To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.
26. v. (transitive, video games) To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).
27. v. (obsolete) To draw along; to trail; to drag.
28. v. (obsolete) To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.
29. n. (obsolete) Treachery; deceit.
30. n. (obsolete) A trick or stratagem.
31. n. (obsolete) A trap for animals; a snare.
32. n. (obsolete) A lure; a decoy.
passes
1. n. plural of pass
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of pass
pass
1. v. Physical movement.
2. v. (intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.
They passed from room to room.
3. v. To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
You will pass a house on your right.
4. v. (ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make
The waiter passed biscuits and cheese.
John passed Suzie a note.
The torch was passed from hand to hand.
5. v. (intransitive, transitive, medicine) To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
He was passing blood in both his urine and his stool.
The poison had been passed by the time of the autopsy.
6. v. (transitive, nautical) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
7. v. (sport) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
8. v. # (transitive, football) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
9. v. # To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
10. v. # (intransitive, fencing) To make a lunge or swipe.
11. v. (intransitive) To go from one person to another.
12. v. To put in circulation; to give currency to.
pass counterfeit money
13. v. (lbl, en, transitive) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
pass a person into a theater or over a railroad
14. v. To change in state or status
15. v. (intransitive) To progress from one state to another; to advance.
He passed from youth into old age.
16. v. (intransitive) To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
At first, she was worried, but that feeling soon passed.
17. v. (intransitive) To die.
His grandmother passed yesterday.
18. v. (intransitive, transitive) To achieve a successful outcome from.
He passed his examination.
He attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass.
19. v. (intransitive, transitive) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legis
Despite the efforts of the opposition, the bill passed.
The bill passed both houses of Congress.
The bill passed the Senate, but did not pass in the House.
20. v. (intransitive, legal) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
The estate passes by the third clause in Mr Smith's deed to his son.
When the old king passed away with only a daughter as an heir, the throne passed to a woman for the first time in centuries.
21. v. To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal
He passed the bill through the committee.
22. v. (intransitive, legal) To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.
23. v. To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.
24. v. (intransitive) To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).
25. v. To move through time.
26. v. (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to be spent.
Their vacation passed pleasantly.
27. v. (transitive, of time) To spend.
What will we do to pass the time?
28. v. To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
29. v. (intransitive) To continue.
30. v. (intransitive) To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
You're late, but I'll let it pass.
31. v. To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed.
32. v. (intransitive) To happen.
It will soon come to pass.
33. v. To be accepted.
34. v. (intransitive) To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
It isn't ideal, but it will pass.
35. v. (sociology) To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex or other group to which they would not otherwise regard one as belonging (or belonging
36. v. (intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
37. v. (intransitive) In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
38. v. To do or be better.
39. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess.
40. v. To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
41. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take heed.
42. n. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
a mountain pass
43. n. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
the passes of the Mississippi
44. n. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over or along anything.
45. n. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
46. n. An attempt.
My pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful.
47. n. (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
48. n. (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
49. n. A sexual advance.
The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife.
50. n. (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
51. n. (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
52. n. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
53. n. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
a railroad pass; a theater pass; a military pass
54. n. (baseball) An intentional walk.
Smith was given a pass after Jones' double.
55. n. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
56. n. (obsolete) Estimation; character.
57. n. (obsolete, Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
58. n. (cookery) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
59. n. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
A pass would have seen her win the game, but instead she gave a wrong answer and lost a point, putting her in second place.
60. n. (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
Most Pascal compilers process source code in a single pass.
61. n. (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
Anyone want to trade passes?
over
1. adj. Discontinued; ended or concluded.
The show is over.
2. adv. Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting.
Let me think that over.
I'm going to look over our department's expenses.
3. adv. To an excessive degree; overly.
4. adv. From an upright position to being horizontal.
He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out.
That building just fell over!
He bent over to touch his toes.
5. adv. Horizontally; left to right or right to left.
Slide the toilet-paper dispenser's door over when one roll is empty in order to reveal the other.
I moved over to make room for him to sit down.
6. adv. From one position or state to another.
Please pass that over to me.
He came over to our way of thinking on the new project.
Come over and play!
I'll bring over a pizza.
7. adv. Overnight (throughout the night).
We stayed over at Grandma's.
Can I sleep over?
8. adv. (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over.
9. adv. (procedure word, military) a procedure word meaning that a station is finished transmitting and is expecting a response.
Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over.
Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over.
10. n. (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
11. n. Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
12. prep. Physical positioning.
13. prep. On top of; above; higher than; further up.
Hold the sign up over your head. climb up the ladder and look over the roof
14. prep. Across or spanning.
There is a bridge over the river.
15. prep. In such a way as to cover.
drape the fabric over the table; there is a roof over the house
16. prep. From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
The dog jumped over the fence.
I'll go over the fence first and then help you.
Let's walk over the hill to get there.
17. prep. By comparison.
18. prep. More than; to a greater degree.
I prefer the purple over the pink.
19. prep. Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far.
I think I’m over my limit for calories for today.
20. prep. (in certain collocations) As compared to.
Sales are down this quarter over last.
21. prep. Indicating relative status, authority, or power
The owner's son lorded over the experienced managers.
The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom.
22. prep. (mathematics) Divided by.
four over two equals two over one
23. prep. (poker) (Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.)
9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes
24. prep. Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
We got over the engineering problems and the prototype works great.
I am over my cold and feel great again.
I know the referee made a bad call, but you have to get over it your annoyance with the referee's decision.
She is finally over the distress of losing her job.
He is finally over his distress over the loss of the relationship with his ex-girlfriend.
25. prep. While using, especially while consuming.
26. prep. Concerning or regarding.
The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best.
27. prep. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
We triumphed over difficulties.
The bill was passed over the veto.
It was a fine victory over their opponents.
28. interj. In radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive reply.
How do you receive? Over!
29. n. (rare, dialectal, or obsolete) A shore, riverbank.
The sea's over.
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.

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