| slang |
| 1. n. Language outside of conventional usage. | |
| 2. n. Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon. | |
| 3. n. The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant. | |
| 4. v. (transitive, dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at. | |
| 5. v. (archaic) simple past tense of sling | |
| 6. n. (dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. | |
| 8. n. (obsolete) A counterfeit weight or measure. | |
| 9. n. (obsolete) A travelling show, or one of its performances. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) A hawker's license. | |
| 11. n. (obsolete) A watchchain. | |
| 12. v. (transitive, AAVE, MLE) To sell (especially illegal drugs). | |
| 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. | |
| unjustified |
| 1. adj. not justified (in any sense) | |
| the unjustified killing of an innocent | |
| unjustified text in a wordprocessor | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| self |
| 1. pron. (obsolete) Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned). | |
| This argument was put forward by the defendant self. | |
| 2. pron. (commercial or humorous) Myself. | |
| I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat. | |
| 3. n. The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts. | |
| 4. n. An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness (plural selves). | |
| 5. n. (botany) A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs). | |
| 6. n. (molecular biology, immunology) Any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogen | |
| 7. v. (botany) To fertilise by the same individual; to self-fertilise or self-pollinate. | |
| 8. v. (botany) To fertilise by the same strain; to inbreed. | |
| 9. adj. Having its own or a single nature or character, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; unmixed. | |
| a self bow: one made from a single piece of wood | |
| a self flower or plant: one which is wholly of one colour | |
| 10. adj. (obsolete) Same. | |
| 11. adj. (molecular biology, immunology) Of or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example | |
| importance |
| 1. n. The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note. | |
| 2. n. significance or prominence. | |
| 3. n. personal status or standing. | |
| 4. n. Something of importance. | |
