| sailing |
| 1. n. Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise | |
| 2. n. Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel | |
| 3. n. the time of departure from a port | |
| 4. n. (qual) a scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship. | |
| 5. adj. Travelling by ship | |
| 6. v. present participle of sail | |
| geology |
| 1. n. The science that studies the structure of the earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its rocks. | |
| 2. n. The geological structure of a region. | |
| The geology of the Alps. | |
| facing |
| 1. adj. (rail transport, of points and crossovers) Diverging in the direction of travel. | |
| 2. n. The most external portion of exterior siding. | |
| 3. n. (sewing) Fabric applied to a garment edge on the underside. | |
| 4. n. (metalworking) A powdered substance, such as charcoal or bituminous coal, applied to the face of a mould, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting. | |
| 5. n. (military, in the plural) The collar and cuffs of a military coat, commonly of a different colour from the rest of the coat. | |
| 6. n. (military, usually plural) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about. | |
| 7. v. present participle of face | |
| face |
| 1. n. (anatomy) The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area. | |
| The monkey has a pretty face. | |
| 2. n. One's facial expression. | |
| Why the sad face? | |
| 3. n. The public image; outward appearance. | |
| The face of this company. He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment. | |
| 4. n. The frontal aspect of something. | |
| The face of the cliff loomed above them. | |
| 5. n. (figurative) Presence; sight; front. | |
| to fly in the face of danger; to speak before the face of God | |
| 6. n. The directed force of something. | |
| They turned to boat into the face of the storm. | |
| 7. n. Good reputation; standing in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face). | |
| 8. n. Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery. | |
| 9. n. The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end. | |
| a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face | |
| 10. n. (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension. | |
| 11. n. Any surface; especially a front or outer one. | |
| Put a big sign on each face of the building that can be seen from the road. They climbed the north face of the mountain. She wanted to wipe him off the face of the earth. | |
| 12. n. The numbered dial of a clock or watch, the clock face. | |
| 13. n. (slang) The mouth. | |
| Shut your face! He's always stuffing his face with chips. | |
| 14. n. (slang) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application. | |
| I'll be out in a sec. Just let me put on my face. | |
| 15. n. (slang) Short for baby face. A headlining wrestler whose in-ring persona is embodying heroic or virtuous traits. | |
| The fans cheered on the face as he made his comeback. | |
| 16. n. (cricket) The front surface of a bat. | |
| 17. n. (golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball. | |
| 18. n. (cards) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck). | |
| 19. n. (heraldiccharge) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears. | |
| 20. n. (typography) A typeface. | |
| 21. n. Mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger. | |
| 22. n. (computing) An interface. | |
| 23. n. The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value. | |
| 24. v. (transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something). | |
| Face the sun. | |
| 25. v. (transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else). | |
| Turn the chair so it faces the table. | |
| 26. v. To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction. | |
| 27. v. To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable. | |
| I'm going to have to face this sooner or later. | |
| 28. v. (intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction. | |
| The bunkers faced north and east, toward Germany. | |
| 29. v. To have as an opponent. | |
| 30. v. (intransitive, cricket) To be the batsman on strike. | |
| 31. v. (obsolete) To confront impudently; to bully. | |
| 32. v. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon. | |
| a building faced with marble | |
| 33. v. To line near the edge, especially with a different material. | |
| to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress | |
| 34. v. To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc. | |
| 35. v. (engineering) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from t | |
| towards |
| 1. prep. alternative form of toward | |
| 2. adv. In the direction of something (indicated by context). | |
| 3. adj. Near; at hand; in state of preparation; toward. | |
| 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. | |
| flow |
| 1. n. A movement in people or things with a particular way in large numbers or amounts | |
| 2. n. The movement of a real or figurative fluid. | |
| 3. n. (math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set. | |
| The notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations. | |
| 4. n. The rising movement of the tide. | |
| 5. n. Smoothness or continuity. | |
| The room was small, but it had good symmetry and flow. | |
| 6. n. The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement. | |
| Turn on the valve and make sure you have sufficient flow. | |
| Other devices measure water flow in streams fed by melted ice. | |
| 7. n. (psychology) A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task. | |
| 8. n. The emission of blood during menstruation. | |
| Tampons can be small or large, slender or thick. From “slender” to “super”, you can pick the size that matches your flow. | |
| 9. n. (Scotland) A morass or marsh. | |
| 10. n. (rap music slang) The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat. | |
| The production on his new mixtape is mediocre but his flow is on point. | |
| 11. v. (intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another. | |
| Rivers flow from springs and lakes. | |
| Tears flow from the eyes. | |
| 12. v. (intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth. | |
| Wealth flows from industry and economy. | |
| 13. v. (intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously. | |
| The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow. | |
| 14. v. (intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over. | |
| 15. v. (intransitive) To hang loosely and wave. | |
| a flowing mantle; flowing locks | |
| 16. v. (intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb. | |
| The tide flows twice in twenty-four hours. | |
| 17. v. (transitive, computing) To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow. | |
| 18. v. To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood. | |
| 19. v. To cover with varnish. | |
| 20. v. (intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| fluid |
| 1. n. Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma. | |
| 2. n. (specifically, medicine, colloquial, typically in the plural) Intravenous fluids. | |
| 3. adj. (not comparable) Of or relating to fluid. | |
| 4. adj. In a state of flux; subject to change. | |
| 5. adj. Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion. | |
| 6. adj. (of an asset) Convertible into cash. | |
| 7. adj. (rare) Genderfluid. | |
| usually |
| 1. adv. Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally. | |
| Except for one or two days a year, he usually walks to work. | |
| 2. adv. Under normal conditions. | |
| air |
| 1. n. (meteorology) The substance constituting earth's atmosphere, particularly: | |
| I'm going outside to get some air. | |
| 2. n. (historical, philosophy, alchemy) understood as one of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans. | |
| 3. n. (historical, medical) understood as a particular local substance with supposed effects on human health. | |
| There was a tension in the air which made me suspect an approaching storm. | |
| 4. n. (physics) understood as a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases. | |
| 5. n. (usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered surrounded by th | |
| The flock of birds took to the air. | |
| 6. n. A breeze; a gentle wind. | |
| 7. n. A feeling or sense. | |
| to give it an air of artistry and sophistication | |
| 8. n. A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality. | |
| 9. n. (usually plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others. | |
| putting on airs | |
| 10. n. (music) A song, especially a solo; an aria. | |
| 11. n. (informal) Nothing; absence of anything. | |
| 12. n. An air conditioner or the processed air it produces. Can be a mass noun or a count noun depending on context; similar to hair. | |
| Could you turn on the air? | |
| Hey, did you mean to leave the airs on all week while you were on vacation? | |
| 13. n. (obsolete, chemistry) Any specific gas. | |
| 14. n. (snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) A jump in which one becomes airborne. | |
| 15. n. A television or radio signal. | |
| 16. v. To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it. | |
| 17. v. To let fresh air into a room or a building, to ventilate. | |
| It's getting quite stuffy in this room: let's open the windows and air it. | |
| 18. v. To discuss varying viewpoints on a given topic. | |
| 19. v. To broadcast, as with a television show. | |
| 20. v. (UK, MLE, slang) to ignore | |
