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regional
     1. adj. Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.
     2. adj. Of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region.
     3. adj. Of, or pertaining to, one part of the body.
     4. adj. (Australia) Of a state or other geographic area, those parts which are not metropolitan, but are somewhat densely populated and usually contain a number of significant towns.
     5. n. An entity or event with scope limited to a single region.
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.
submarine
     1. adj. Undersea.
     2. adj. Hidden or undisclosed.
           a submarine patent
     3. adj. (baseball) Of a pitch, thrown with the hand lower than the elbow.
     4. n. A boat that can go underwater.
     5. n. A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread.
     6. n. (baseball) Pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
     7. n. Any submarine plant or animal.
     8. n. (informal) A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.
     9. v. (intransitive) To operate or serve on a submarine.
     10. v. To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack.
     11. v. (intransitive, sometimes figurative) To sink or submerge oneself.
sandwich
     1. n. A dish or foodstuff where two or more slices of bread serve as the wrapper or container of some other food.
     2. n. (by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.
     3. n. (UK) A layer cake or sandwich cake.
     4. v. To place one item between two other, usually flat, items
     5. v. (figuratively) To put or set something between two others, in time.
     6. adj. (US) Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.
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