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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.
cricket
1. n. An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
2. n. (US, slang) In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
3. n. A wooden footstool.
4. n. A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
5. n. A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint or other projection.
6. n. (sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
7. n. (chiefly British) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.
That player's foul wasn't cricket!
8. v. (rare, intransitive) To play the game of cricket.
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
hit
1. v. To strike.:
2. v. To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
One boy hit the other.
3. v. To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
The ball hit the fence.
4. v. (intransitive) To strike against something.
5. v. (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
Hit him tonight and throw the body in the river.
6. v. (transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously.
If intelligence had been what it should have been, I don't think we'd ever have hit that island.
7. v. (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
We hit the grocery store on the way to the park.
8. v. (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
You'll hit some nasty thunderstorms if you descend too late. We hit a lot of traffic coming back from the movies.
9. v. To attain, to achieve.:
10. v. (transitive, informal) To reach or achieve.
I hit the jackpot. The movie hits theaters in December. The temperature could hit 110°F tomorrow. We hit Detroit at one in the
11. v. (intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
12. v. To guess; to light upon or discover.
13. v. To affect negatively.
The economy was hit by a recession. The hurricane hit his fishing business hard.
14. v. (heading, games) To make a play.
15. v. (transitive, cards) In blackjack, to deal a card to.
Hit me.
16. v. (intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat.
Jones hit for the pitcher.
17. v. (backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
18. v. (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
The external web servers hit DBSRV7, but the internal web server hits DBSRV3.
19. v. (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
I'd hit that.
20. v. (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
21. n. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
The hit was very slight.
22. n. Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
23. n. An attack on a location, person or people.
24. n. In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
25. n. (computing, Internet) The result of a search of a computer system or of a search engine
26. n. (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
My site received twice as many hits after being listed in a search engine.
27. n. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
28. n. (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
The catcher got a hit to lead off the fifth.
29. n. (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
Where am I going to get my next hit?
30. n. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
31. n. (dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
a happy hit
32. n. (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
33. n. (backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
34. adj. Very successful.
The band played their hit song to the delight of the fans.
35. pron. (dialectal) it, It.
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.
dolly
1. n. A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore or laundry to be washed; a stirrer.
2. n. A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
3. n. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
4. n. A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
5. n. A small truck without steering means to be slipped under a load. (traditional UK artisan usage)
6. n. A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
7. n. (film) A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
8. n. (childish, colloquial) A doll.
9. n. (slang) A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid.
10. n. (cricket) A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.
11. v. (transitive, cricket) To hit a dolly.
12. v. To move (an object) using a dolly.
13. v. To wash (laundry) in a tub using the stirring device called a dolly.
14. v. To beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer.
15. v. To crush ore with a dolly.
16. adj. (Polari) Pretty; attractive.
17. adj. , year=1967
18. adj. , writer=Kenneth Horne
19. adj. , title=Bona Bijou Tourettes
20. adj. , series=Round the Horne
21. adj. , season=3
22. adj. , number=12
23. adj. , passage=Divine. Sitting, sipping a tiny drinkette, vadaïng the great butch omis and dolly little palones trolling by, or disporting yourself on the sable plage getting your lallies all bronzed - you

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