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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.
chiefly
1. adv. (focus) Especially or primarily; above all.
2. adv. (focus) Mainly or principally; almost entirely.
3. adj. of, or relating to a chief
north
1. n. One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map, abbreviated as N.
Minnesota is in the north of the USA.
2. n. The up or positive direction.
Stock prices are heading north.
3. n. Above or higher
4. n. (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).
5. adj. Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
He lived in north Germany.
She entered through the north gate.
6. adj. Toward the north; northward.
7. adj. (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
The north wind was cold.
8. adj. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
north highway 1
9. adj. (colloquial) More or greater than.
The wedding ended up costing north of $50,000.
10. adv. Toward the north; northward.
Switzerland is north of Italy.
We headed north.
11. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn or move toward the north.
america)
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
coat
1. n. An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.Wp
2. n. A covering of material, such as paint.Wp
3. n. The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.Wp
When the dog shed its coat, it left hair all over the furniture and the carpet.
4. n. (nautical) Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
5. n. (obsolete) A petticoat.
6. n. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
7. n. A coat of arms.Wp
8. n. A coat card.
9. v. To cover with a coat of some material
One can buy coated frying pans, which are much easier to wash up than normal ones.
10. v. To cover as a coat.
with
1. prep. Against.
He picked a fight with the class bully.
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
He went with his friends.
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
5. prep. In support of.
We are with you all the way.
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
slain with robbers
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
cut with a knife
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
9. prep. Having, owning.
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
Do you want to come with?
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12. n. alternative form of withe
rust
1. n. The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation.
The rust on my bicycle chain made cycling to work very dangerous.
2. n. A similar substance based on another metal (usually with qualification, such as "copper rust").
aerugo. Green or blue-green copper rust; verdigris. (American Heritage Dictionary, 1973)
3. n. A reddish-brown color.
(color panel, B7410E)
4. n. A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus.
5. v. (intransitive) To oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
The patio furniture had rusted in the wind-driven spray.
6. v. To cause to oxidize.
The wind-driven spray had thoroughly rusted the patio furniture.
7. v. (intransitive) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
8. v. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To (cause to) degenerate in idleness; to make or become dull or impaired by inaction.
resistant
1. n. A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
2. n. A thing which resists.
3. adj. Which makes resistance or offers opposition.
4. adj. Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.
The infection is resistant to antibiotics.
5. adj. (statistics) Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.
zinc
1. n. a chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30.
2. v. (rare) To electroplate with zinc.
3. v. (rare) To coat with sunblock incorporating zinc oxide.

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