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roofing
1. n. Material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles.
2. n. A way of travel which consists in clambering over the roofs of skyscrapers.
3. v. present participle of roof
crushed
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of crush
2. adj. Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
3. adj. Broken, saddened, depressed.
4. adj. (not comparable, textiles) Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
Her top was of black crushed velvet.
crush
1. n. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
2. n. Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
3. n. A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
a crush at a reception
4. n. A violent crowding.
5. n. A crowd control barrier.
6. n. An infatuation or affection for someone.
I've had a huge crush on her since we met many years ago.
7. n. The human object of such infatuation or affection.
8. n. A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
9. n. (dated) A party or festive function.
10. n. (Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season that this process takes place in.
11. v. To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity of it, or to force together into a mass.
to crush grapes
12. v. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding
to crush quartz
13. v. (figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections
14. v. To oppress or grievously burden.
15. v. To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily.
16. v. (intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force
an eggshell crushes easily
17. v. (intransitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
She's crushing on him.
stone
1. n. A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
2. n. A small piece of stone, a pebble.
3. n. A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
4. n. (UK, plural: stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 kilograms
5. n. (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
a peach stone
6. n. (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
kidney stone
7. n. (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
8. n. A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
(color panel, 8A807C)
9. n. (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
10. n. A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
11. n. (obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.
12. n. (obsolete) A testicle.
13. n. (dated, printing) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing; also called imposing stone.
14. v. To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
She got stoned to death after they found her.
15. v. To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
16. v. (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
17. v. (transitive, slang) To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive)
18. v. (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
19. v. To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
20. adj. Constructed of stone.
stone walls
21. adj. Having the appearance of stone.
stone pot
22. adj. Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
She is one stone fox.
23. adj. (LGBT) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.
stone butch; stone femme
24. adv. As a stone (used with following adjective).
My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.
25. adv. (slang) Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).
I went stone crazy after she left.
I said the medication made my vision temporarily blurry, it did not make me stone blind.
The Styistics performed a love song titled "I'm Stone in Love with You".
crushed
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of crush
2. adj. Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
3. adj. Broken, saddened, depressed.
4. adj. (not comparable, textiles) Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
Her top was of black crushed velvet.
crush
1. n. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
2. n. Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
3. n. A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
a crush at a reception
4. n. A violent crowding.
5. n. A crowd control barrier.
6. n. An infatuation or affection for someone.
I've had a huge crush on her since we met many years ago.
7. n. The human object of such infatuation or affection.
8. n. A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
9. n. (dated) A party or festive function.
10. n. (Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season that this process takes place in.
11. v. To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity of it, or to force together into a mass.
to crush grapes
12. v. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding
to crush quartz
13. v. (figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections
14. v. To oppress or grievously burden.
15. v. To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily.
16. v. (intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force
an eggshell crushes easily
17. v. (intransitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
She's crushing on him.
slag
1. n. Waste material from a coal mine.
2. n. Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal.
3. n. Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders.
4. n. Hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material.
5. n. Scoria associated with a volcano.
6. n. (pejorative) A coward.
7. n. (chiefly Cockney) A contemptible person, a scumbag.
8. n. (pejorative) A prostitute.
9. n. (Australia) A woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex; a slut.
10. v. To produce slag.
11. v. (intransitive) To become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point.
12. v. (transitive, sometimes with "off") To talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone).
13. v. (intransitive, Australia, slang) To spit.
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.
water
1. n. A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gas
By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen.
2. n. (in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O.
May I have a glass of water?
Your plants need more water.
3. n. A serving of liquid water.
4. n. (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
He showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God.
5. n. (or in the plural) Water in a body; an area of open water.
The boat was found within the territorial waters.
These seals are a common sight in the coastal waters of Chile.
6. n. (poetic, archaic, or dialectal) A body of water, almost always a river.
7. n. A combination of water and other substance(s).
8. n. (sometimes ) Mineral water.
Perrier is the most popular water in this restaurant.
9. n. (often, in the plural) Spa water.
Many people visit Bath to take the waters.
10. n. (pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.
ammonia water
11. n. Urine.
12. n. Amniotic fluid; used only in the plural in the UK but often also in the singular in North America, especially to avoid cacophony, as in this example: (
Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s water breaks. (North America)
Before your child is born, your water(s) will break. (North America)
Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s waters break. (UK)
13. n. (colloquial, medicine) Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.
He suffers from water on the knee.
14. n. (figuratively, in the or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
The rough waters of change will bring about the calm after the storm.
15. n. (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
I know he'll succeed. I feel it in my waters.
16. n. (dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities.
17. n. The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
a diamond of the first water is perfectly pure and transparent
18. n. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
19. v. To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
20. v. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
21. v. To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
I need to go water the cattle.
22. v. (intransitive) To get or take in water.
The ship put into port to water.
23. v. (transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto.
Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree.
24. v. To dilute.
Can you water the whisky, please?
25. v. (transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
26. v. (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water.
Chopping onions makes my eyes water.
The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water.
27. v. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
to water silk
worn
1. adj. damaged and shabby as a result of much use
2. v. past participle of wear
wear
1. v. To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
He's wearing some nice pants today. She wore her medals with pride. Please wear your seatbelt. Can you wear makeup and sunscreen at the same time? He was wearing his lun
2. v. To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
He wears eyeglasses. She wears her hair in braids.
3. v. To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
She wore a smile all day. He walked out of the courtroom wearing an air of satisfaction.
4. v. (colloquial, with "it") To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
I know you don't like working with him, but you'll just have to wear it.
5. v. To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
You're going to wear a hole in the bottom of those shoes. The water has slowly worn a channel into these rocks. Long illness had worn the bloom from her cheeks. Exile had worn
6. v. (intransitive) To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
The tiles were wearing thin due to years of children's feet.
7. v. To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
His neverending criticism has finally worn my patience. Toil and care soon wear the spirit. Our physical advantage allowed us to wear the other team out and win.
8. v. (intransitive) To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person
Don't worry, this fabric will wear. These pants will last you for years. This color wears so well. I must have washed this sweater a thousand times. I have to say, our friendship ha
9. v. (intransitive, colloquial) (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
Her high pitched voice is really wearing on me lately.
10. v. (intransitive, of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
wear on, wear away. As the years wore on, we seemed to have less and less in common.
11. v. (nautical) To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turni
12. n. (in combination) clothing
footwear; outdoor wear; maternity wear
13. n. damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time
14. n. fashion
15. v. (now chiefly UK dialectal transitive) To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
16. v. (now chiefly UK dialectal transitive) To defend; protect.
17. v. (now chiefly UK dialectal transitive) To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
to wear the wolf from the sheep
18. v. (now chiefly UK dialectal transitive) To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
19. n. dated form of weir
gravel
1. n. Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
2. n. A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics.
3. n. (geology) A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
4. n. (archaic) Kidney stones; a deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.
5. v. To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.
6. v. To puzzle or annoy
7. v. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
8. v. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
9. v. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
used
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of use
You used me!
2. v. (intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed to doing something
He used to live here, but moved away last year.
3. adj. That is or has or have been used.
The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
4. adj. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
He bought a used car.
5. adj. Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
I got used to this weather.
use
1. n. The act of using.
the use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations; there is no use for your invention
2. n. (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
3. n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
This tool has many uses.
4. n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
I have no further use for these textbooks.
5. n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
6. n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
7. n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
8. n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
9. n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
10. v. To utilize or employ.
11. v. To employ; to apply; to utilize.
Use this knife to slice the bread.
We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
12. v. (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
I used the money they allotted me.
We should use up most of the fuel.
She used all the time allotted to complete the test.
13. v. To exploit.
You never cared about me; you just used me!
14. v. To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
He uses cocaine. I have never used drugs.
15. v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.
16. v. (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
I could use a drink. My car could use a new coat of paint.
17. v. To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.)
soldiers who are used to hardships and danger (still common)
to use the soldiers to hardships and danger (now rare)
18. v. (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
19. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
20. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.
21. v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
I used to get things done.
22. v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
to use an animal cruelly
23. v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
for
1. conj. (dated) Because.
2. prep. Towards.
The astronauts headed for the moon.
3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
I have something for you.
4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
We're having a birthday party for Janet.
The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
5. prep. Supporting.
All those for the motion raise your hands.
6. prep. Because of.
He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
(UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
She was the worse for drink.
7. prep. Over a period of time.
I've lived here for three years.
They fought for days over a silly pencil.
8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
9. prep. On behalf of.
I will stand in for him.
10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
He's going for his doctorate.
Do you want to go for coffee?
People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
Can you go to the store for some eggs?
I'm saving up for a car.
Don't wait for an answer.
What did he ask you for?
12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
Run for the hills!
He was headed for the door when he remembered.
13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
Fair for its day.
She's spry for an old lady.
14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
18. prep. To be, or as being.
19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
surfacing
1. v. present participle of surface
2. n. Material used to make a surface.
asphalt road surfacings
3. n. The act of coming above the surface.
The researchers measured the number of surfacings per minute by each dolphin.
surface
1. n. The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
2. n. The outside hull of a tangible object.
3. n. (figurative) Outward or external appearance.
On the surface, the spy looked like a typical businessman.
4. n. (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space.
5. n. (fortification) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
6. v. To provide something with a surface.
7. v. To apply a surface to something.
8. v. (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
9. v. To bring to the surface.
10. v. (intransitive) To come out of hiding.
11. v. (intransitive) For information or facts to become known.
12. v. To make information or facts known.
13. v. (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
14. v. (intransitive) To appear or be found.
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.
built
1. adj. (informal) well-built, muscular or toned.
2. n. (obsolete) Shape; build; form of structure.
the built of a ship
3. v. simple past tense of build
4. v. past participle of build
build
1. v. To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
2. v. To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
3. v. To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
4. v. To establish a basis for (something).
5. v. (intransitive) To form by combining materials or parts.
6. v. (intransitive) To develop in magnitude or extent.
7. v. (transitive, computing) To construct (software) by compiling its source code.
8. v. (intransitive, computing, of source code) To be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention.
This code won't build any more. Have you made any changes?
9. n. The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.
Rugby players are of sturdy build.
10. n. (computing) Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.
The computer company has introduced a new prototype build to beta testers.
11. n. (video games, slang) Any structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest, created by the player.
I made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game.
up
1. adv. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
2. adv. (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely.
I will mix up the puzzle pieces.
Tear up the contract.
He really messed up.
Please type up our monthly report.
3. adv. To or from one's possession or consideration.
I picked up some milk on the way home.
The committee will take up your request.
She had to give up her driver's license after the accident.
4. adv. North.
I will go up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
5. adv. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.
Turn it up, I can barely hear it.
Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.
Cheer up, the weekend's almost here.
6. adv. (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
7. adv. (sailing) Against the wind or current.
8. adv. (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
9. adv. (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
The bowler pitched the ball up.
10. adv. (hospitality, US) Without additional ice.
Would you like that drink up or on ice?
11. adv. (academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
She's going up to read Classics this September.
12. adv. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
I was up to my chin in water.
A stranger came up and asked me for directions.
13. adv. To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
Drink up. The pub is closing.
Can you sum up your research?
The comet burned up in the atmosphere.
I need to sew up the hole in this shirt.
14. adv. Aside, so as not to be in use.
to lay up riches; put up your weapons
15. prep. Toward the top of.
The cat went up the tree. They walk up the steps.
16. prep. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
The information made its way up the chain of command to the general. I felt something crawling up my arm.
17. prep. Further along (in any direction).
Go up the street until you see the sign.
18. prep. From south to north of
19. prep. From the mouth towards the source (of a river or waterway).
20. prep. (vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with.
Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her.
21. prep. (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more remote from a central location).
22. adj. Awake.
I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up.
23. adj. Finished, to an end
Time is up!
24. adj. In a good mood.
I’m feeling up today.
25. adj. Willing; ready.
If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
26. adj. Next in a sequence.
Smith is up to bat.
27. adj. Happening; new.
What is up with that project at headquarters?
28. adj. Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
Put the notebook face up on the table.
Take a break and put your feet up.
29. adj. Larger; greater in quantity.
Sales are up from last quarter.
30. adj. Ahead; leading; winning.
The home team were up by two goals at half-time.
31. adj. Standing.
Get up and give her your seat.
32. adj. On a higher level.
The new ground is up.
33. adj. Available; made public.
The new notices are up as of last Tuesday.
34. adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
AAKK = aces up
QQ33 = queens up
35. adj. Well-informed; current.
I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
36. adj. (computing) Functional; working.
Is the server back up?
37. adj. (anchor, Adj_railway)(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
The London train is on the up line.
38. adj. Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
39. adj. (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
A Cosmopolitan is typically served up.
40. adj. (slang) Erect.
41. adj. (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
42. adj. (slang) well-known; renowned
43. n. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
Up is a good way to go.
44. n. A positive thing.
I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.
45. n. An upstairs room of a two story house.
She lives in a two-up two-down.
46. v. (transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise.
If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details.
We upped anchor and sailed away.
47. v. (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
48. v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
roof
1. n. The external covering at the top of a building
2. n. The upper part of a cavity.
The palate is the roof of the mouth.
Archaeologists discovered that the cave's roof was decked with paintings.
3. n. (mining) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
4. v. To cover or furnish with a roof.
5. v. To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
6. v. (slang) To put into prison for not a short time.
system
1. n. A collection of organized things; a whole composed of relationships among its members.
There are eight planets in the solar system.
2. n. (derogatory) Preceded by the word the: the mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as opp
3. n. (computing) A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.
4. n. (mathematics) A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.
5. n. (music) A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
6. n. (physiology) A set of body organs having a particular function.
the digestive system the nervous system
7. n. A set of alters, or the multiple (individual with multiple personalities due to e.g. a disassociative personality disorder) who contains them.
8. n. A method or way of organizing or planning.
Many people believed communism was a good system until the breakup of the Soviet Union.

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