transitive |
1. adj. Making a transit or passage. | |
2. adj. Affected by transference of signification. | |
3. adj. (grammar, of a verb) Taking an object or objects. | |
The English verb "to notice" is a transitive verb, because we say things like "She noticeda problem". | |
4. adj. (set theory, of a relation on a set) Having the property that if an element x is related to y and y is related to z, then x is necessarily related to z. | |
"Is an ancestor of" is a transitive relation: if Alice is an ancestor of Bob, and Bob is an ancestor of Carol, then Alice is an ancestor of Carol. | |
5. adj. (algebra, of a group action) Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second. | |
6. adj. (graph theory, of a graph) Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other. | |
agriculture |
1. n. The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock | |
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 | |
subject |
1. adj. Likely to be affected by or to experience something. | |
a country subject to extreme heat | |
Menu listings and prices are subject to change. | |
He's subject to sneezing fits. | |
2. adj. Conditional upon. | |
The local board sets local policy, subject to approval from the State Board. | |
3. adj. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation. | |
4. adj. Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state. | |
5. n. (grammar) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same. | |
In the sentence ‘The mouse is eaten by the cat in the kitchen.’, ‘The mouse’ is the subject, ‘the cat’ being the agent. | |
6. n. An actor; one who takes action. | |
The subjects and objects of power. | |
7. n. The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc. | |
8. n. A particular area of study. | |
Her favorite subject is physics. | |
9. n. A citizen in a monarchy. | |
I am a British subject. | |
10. n. A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority. | |
11. n. (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue. | |
12. n. A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc. | |
13. n. (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity. | |
14. n. (logic) That of which something is stated. | |
15. n. (math) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined. | |
Making x the subject of xsup - 2 − 6x + 3y = 0, we have x = 3 ± √(9 − 3y). | |
16. v. (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted. | |
granular |
1. adj. Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains | |
a granular substance | |
2. adj. grainy | |
It has a granular structure | |
material |
1. adj. Having to do with matter; consisting of matter. | |
This compound has a number of interesting material properties. | |
2. adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual. | |
Don't let material concerns get in the way of living a happy life. | |
3. adj. (law, accounting) Significant. | |
You've made several material contributions to this project. | |
This is the most material fact in this lawsuit. | |
4. n. Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something. | |
Asphalt, composed of oil and sand, is a widely used material for roads. | |
5. n. Text written for a specific purpose. | |
We were a warm-up act at the time; we didn't have enough original material to headline. | |
6. n. A sample or specimens for study. | |
7. n. Cloth to be made into a garment. Fabric. | |
You'll need about a yard of material to make this. | |
8. n. The people collectively who are qualified for a certain position or activity. | |
John Doe is a great governor, and I also believe he is presidential material. | |
He is not the only one. I believe we have lots of presidential material in various public offices. | |
9. n. Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book. | |
10. n. The substance that something is made or composed of. | |
11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To form from matter; to materialize. | |
especially |
1. adv. (manner) In a special manner; specially. | |
2. adv. (focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal. | |
3. adv. (focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something. | |
Invite them all, especially Molly. | |
food |
1. n. Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life. | |
The innkeeper brought them food and drink. | |
2. n. A foodstuff. | |
3. n. (figuratively) Anything that nourishes or sustains. | |
The man's inspiring speech gave us food for thought. | |
Mozart and Bach are food for my soul. | |
grain |
1. n. The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley. | |
We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter. | |
2. n. Similar seeds from any food crop, eg buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa. | |
3. n. A single seed of grass food crops. | |
a grain of wheat | |
grains of oat | |
4. n. The crops from which grain is harvested. | |
The fields were planted with grain. | |
5. n. A linear texture of a material or surface. | |
Cut along the grain of the wood. | |
He doesn't like to shave against the grain. | |
6. n. A single particle of a substance. | |
a grain of sand | |
a grain of salt | |
7. n. A very small unit of weight, in England equal to 1/480 of an ounce troy, 0.0648 grams or, to be more exact, 64.79891 milligrams (0.002285714 avoirdupois ounce). A carat grain or pearl grain is 1/4 car | |
8. n. A former unit of gold purity, also known as carat grain, equal to (frac, 4) "carat" (karat). | |
9. n. (materials) A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction. | |
10. n. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple. | |
11. n. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side. | |
12. n. (in the plural) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff. | |
13. n. (botany) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. | |
14. n. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. | |
15. n. (photography, videography) Visual texture in processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received eno | |
16. v. To feed grain to. | |
17. v. To make granular; to form into grains. | |
18. v. (intransitive) To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate. | |
19. v. To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood. | |
20. v. (tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin. | |
21. v. (tanning) To soften leather. | |
22. v. To yield fruit. | |
23. n. A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant. | |
24. n. A tine, prong, or fork. | |
25. n. One of the branches of a valley or river. | |
26. n. An iron fish spear or harpoon, with a number of points half-barbed inwardly. | |
27. n. A blade of a sword, knife, etc. | |
28. n. (founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core. | |
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 | |
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. | |
current |
1. n. The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction. | |
2. n. (electricity) The time rate of flow of electric charge. | |
* Symbol: I (inclined upper case letter "I") | |
* Units: | |
SI: ampere (A) | |
CGS: esu/second (esu/s) | |
3. n. A tendency or a course of events. | |
4. adj. Existing or occurring at the moment. | |
current events; current leaders; current negotiations | |
5. adj. Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment. | |
current affairs; current bills and coins; current fashions | |
6. adj. (obsolete) Running or moving rapidly. | |
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. | |
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 | |
separating |
1. v. present participle of separate | |
2. n. An instance of separating. | |
3. adj. (zipper) Capable of being opened and having its two sided completely detached from one another rather than just being opened for most of its length. | |
separate |
1. adj. Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else). | |
This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces. | |
2. adj. (followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to). | |
I try to keep my personal life separate from work. | |
3. v. To divide (a thing) into separate parts. | |
Separate the articles from the headings. | |
4. v. To disunite something from one thing; To disconnect. | |
5. v. To cause (things or people) to be separate. | |
If the kids get too noisy, separate them for a few minutes. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances. | |
The sauce will separate if you don't keep stirring. | |
7. v. (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service. | |
8. n. (usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing. | |
heavier |
1. adj. comparative form of heavy: more heavy | |
and |
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. | |
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs. | |
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences. | |
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first. | |
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but. | |
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often | |
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements. | |
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition. | |
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause. | |
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’. | |
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, | |
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other". | |
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb). | |
14. conj. Expressing a condition.: | |
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that. | |
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though. | |
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat. | |
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath. | |
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog. | |
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine. | |
lighter |
1. adj. comparative form of light: more light | |
I prefer a lighter shade of pink. | |
2. n. One who, or that which, lights. | |
a lighter of lamps | |
3. n. A small, reusable handheld device for creating fire, especially for lighting cigarettes. | |
Cigarette in mouth, he clutched his pockets in search of a lighter. | |
4. n. A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats). | |
5. v. To transfer cargo or fuel from a ship, lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat. | |
6. adj. comparative form of light: more light | |
What happened? You look 10 lbs. lighter! | |
I wish I'd thrown a lighter punch; he's out cold. | |
components |
1. n. plural of component | |
component |
1. n. A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device. | |
A CPU is a component of a computer. | |
2. adj. Making up a larger whole; as a component word. | |
3. adj. Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo. | |
As |
1. n. plural of A | |
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As. | |
2. adv. To such an extent or degree. | |
You’re not as tall as I am. | |
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive. | |
3. adv. In the manner or role specified. | |
The kidnappers released him as agreed. | |
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues. | |
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend. | |
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as). | |
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what. | |
Do as I say! | |
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know. | |
As you wish, my lord! | |
6. conj. At the same instant that; when. | |
As I came in, she flew. | |
7. conj. At the same time that; while. | |
He sleeps as the rain falls. | |
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that. | |
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy. | |
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since. | |
As it’s too late, I quit. | |
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. | |
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago. | |
It's not so complicated as I expected. | |
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. | |
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. | |
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. | |
14. conj. Expressing concession; though. | |
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than. | |
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. | |
You are not as tall as me. | |
They're big as houses. | |
17. prep. In the role of. | |
What is your opinion as a parent? | |
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra. | |
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. | |
20. n. plural of a | |
grain |
1. n. The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley. | |
We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter. | |
2. n. Similar seeds from any food crop, eg buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa. | |
3. n. A single seed of grass food crops. | |
a grain of wheat | |
grains of oat | |
4. n. The crops from which grain is harvested. | |
The fields were planted with grain. | |
5. n. A linear texture of a material or surface. | |
Cut along the grain of the wood. | |
He doesn't like to shave against the grain. | |
6. n. A single particle of a substance. | |
a grain of sand | |
a grain of salt | |
7. n. A very small unit of weight, in England equal to 1/480 of an ounce troy, 0.0648 grams or, to be more exact, 64.79891 milligrams (0.002285714 avoirdupois ounce). A carat grain or pearl grain is 1/4 car | |
8. n. A former unit of gold purity, also known as carat grain, equal to (frac, 4) "carat" (karat). | |
9. n. (materials) A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction. | |
10. n. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple. | |
11. n. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side. | |
12. n. (in the plural) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff. | |
13. n. (botany) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. | |
14. n. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. | |
15. n. (photography, videography) Visual texture in processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received eno | |
16. v. To feed grain to. | |
17. v. To make granular; to form into grains. | |
18. v. (intransitive) To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate. | |
19. v. To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood. | |
20. v. (tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin. | |
21. v. (tanning) To soften leather. | |
22. v. To yield fruit. | |
23. n. A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant. | |
24. n. A tine, prong, or fork. | |
25. n. One of the branches of a valley or river. | |
26. n. An iron fish spear or harpoon, with a number of points half-barbed inwardly. | |
27. n. A blade of a sword, knife, etc. | |
28. n. (founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core. | |
from |
1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at. | |
This wine comes from France. | |
I got a letter from my brother. | |
2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at. | |
He had books piled from floor to ceiling. | |
He left yesterday from Chicago. | |
Face away from the wall! | |
3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation. | |
20 from 31 leaves 11. | |
4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of. | |
An umbrella protects from the sun. | |
He knows right from wrong. | |
chaff |
1. n. The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant. | |
To separate out the chaff, early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let the wind blow away the lighter chaff. | |
2. n. (by extension) Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless. | |
There are plenty of good books on the subject, but take care to separate the wheat from the chaff. | |
3. n. Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil, dropped from aircraft specifically to interfere with radar detection. | |
4. n. Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle. | |
5. n. Light jesting talk; banter; raillery. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter. | |
7. v. To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz. | |