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weaponry
1. n. Weapons, collectively
The army has a wide array of weaponry.
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.
container
1. n. Someone who contains; something that contains.
2. n. An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
3. n. (transportation) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.
4. n. (by extension) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
5. n. (computing) A file format that can hold various types of data.
6. n. (object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
7. n. (computing, GUI) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.
for
1. conj. (dated) Because.
2. prep. Towards.
The astronauts headed for the moon.
3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
I have something for you.
4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
We're having a birthday party for Janet.
The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
5. prep. Supporting.
All those for the motion raise your hands.
6. prep. Because of.
He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
(UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
She was the worse for drink.
7. prep. Over a period of time.
I've lived here for three years.
They fought for days over a silly pencil.
8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
9. prep. On behalf of.
I will stand in for him.
10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
He's going for his doctorate.
Do you want to go for coffee?
People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
Can you go to the store for some eggs?
I'm saving up for a car.
Don't wait for an answer.
What did he ask you for?
12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
Run for the hills!
He was headed for the door when he remembered.
13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
Fair for its day.
She's spry for an old lady.
14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
18. prep. To be, or as being.
19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
arrows
1. n. plural of arrow
2. n. (heraldry) Short darts feathered at the ends.
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of arrow
arrow
1. n. A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
2. n. A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g.\to).
3. n. (graph theory) A directed edge.
4. n. (colloquial, darts) A dart.
5. n. (computing) The-> symbol, which has specific meanings in various programming languages.
6. n. (botany) The inflorescence or tassel of a mature sugar cane plant.
7. v. (intransitive) To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow)
8. v. To let fly swiftly and directly
9. v. (intransitive, botany, of a sugar cane plant) To develop an inflorescence.
10. v. (computing, intransitive) To navigate using the arrow keys.
Arrow left until you reach the start of the text you want to delete.
crossbow
1. n. A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, that shoots bolts.
bolts
1. n. plural of bolt
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of bolt
bolt
1. n. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the
2. n. A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
3. n. A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
4. n. A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
5. n. A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
6. n. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
7. n. A sudden event, action or emotion.
The problem's solution struck him like a bolt from the blue.
8. n. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
9. n. (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
10. n. A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
The horse made a bolt.
11. n. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
12. n. (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
13. n. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
14. n. A burst of speed or efficiency.
15. v. To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
Bolt the vice to the bench.
16. v. To secure a door by locking or barring it.
Bolt the door.
17. v. (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
Seeing the snake, the horse bolted.
The actor forgot his line and bolted from the stage.
18. v. To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
to bolt a rabbit
19. v. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
20. v. (intransitive) To escape.
21. v. (intransitive, botany) Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed.
Lettuce and spinach will bolt as the weather warms up.
22. v. To swallow food without chewing it.
23. v. To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
Come on, everyone, bolt your drinks; I want to go to the next pub!
24. v. (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
25. v. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
26. adv. Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
The soldiers stood bolt upright for inspection.
27. v. To sift, especially through a cloth.
28. v. To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
Graham flour is unbolted flour.
29. v. To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
30. v. (legal) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
31. n. A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
darts
1. n. plural of dart
2. n. (games, sports) A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of dart
dart
1. n. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand, for example a short lance or javelin
2. n. Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
3. n. Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon (can be figurative).
4. n. A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.
5. n. (Australia, obsolete) A plan or scheme.
6. n. A sudden or fast movement.
7. n. (sewing) A fold that is stitched on a garment.
8. n. the dace (fish).
9. n. (Australia, Canada, colloquial) A cigarette.
10. v. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
11. v. To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot
The sun darts forth his beams.
12. v. (intransitive) To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly
The flying man darted eastward.
13. v. (intransitive) To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along
The deer darted from the thicket.
such
1. det. (demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before. Such is life.
2. det. (particularly used in formal documents) Any.
the above address or at such other address as may notify
3. det. Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to very much of.
The party was such a bore.
4. det. (obsolete) A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
5. pron. A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned.
6. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else.
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
those
1. det. plural of that
Those bolts go with these parts.
2. pron. plural of that
fired
1. adj. let go from a job
2. v. simple past tense and past participle of fire
fire
1. n. A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
2. n. An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
We sat about the fire singing songs and telling tales.
3. n. The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down.
During hot and dry summers many fires in forests are caused by regardlessly discarded cigarette butts.
4. n. (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
5. n. (British) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
6. n. The elements necessary to start a fire.
The fire was laid and needed to be lit.
7. n. The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun.
The fire from the enemy guns kept us from attacking.
8. n. Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
9. n. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
10. n. Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
Press fire to fire the gun.
11. v. To set (something, often a building) on fire.
12. v. To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.
They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.
13. v. To drive away by setting a fire.
14. v. To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).
15. v. To shoot (a gun or analogous device).
We will fire our guns at the enemy.
He fired his radar gun at passing cars.
16. v. (intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
17. v. (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
18. v. (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
When a neuron fires, it transmits information.
19. v. To forcibly direct (something).
He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.
20. v. (ambitransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.
The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.
21. v. To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge
22. v. To animate; to give life or spirit to.
to fire the genius of a young man
23. v. To feed or serve the fire of.
to fire a boiler
24. v. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
25. v. (farriery) To cauterize.
26. v. (intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.
27. v. (intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
28. adj. (slang) Amazing; excellent.
That shit is fire, yo!
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.
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.
bow
1. n. A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
2. n. A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
3. n. A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
4. n. A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
5. n. A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
6. n. Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
7. n. The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
8. n. Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
9. n. (nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
10. n. (saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
11. n. The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
12. v. To play music on (a stringed instrument) using a bow.
The musician bowed his violin expertly.
13. v. (intransitive) To become bent or curved.
The shelf bowed under the weight of the books.
14. v. To make something bend or curve.
15. v. (transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
16. v. (intransitive) To premiere.
Cronenberg’s "Cosmopolis" bows in Cannes this week.
17. v. (intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
That singer always bows towards her audience for some reason.
18. v. (transitive, and intransitive) To debut.
19. v. (intransitive) To defer (to something).
I bow to your better judgement in the matter.
20. v. To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
21. n. A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
He made a polite bow as he entered the room.
22. n. (nautical) The front of a boat or ship.
23. n. (rowing) The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
crossbow
1. n. A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, that shoots bolts.
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
blowgun
1. n. A hollow tube through which a dart or similar missile may be blown.

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