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weaving
1. n. The process of making woven material on a loom.
2. n. A piece of such material.
3. n. An unsteady motion back and forth.
4. v. present participle of weave
The motorcycle is weaving in and out of traffic
5. v. gerund of weave
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
threads
1. n. plural of thread
2. n. (pluralonly, slang) clothes.
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of thread
thread
1. n. A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.
2. n. A continued theme or idea.
All of these essays have a common thread.
I’ve lost the thread of what you’re saying.
3. n. (engineering) A screw thread.
4. n. A sequence of connections.
5. n. The line midway between the banks of a stream.
6. n. (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
7. n. (Internet) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.
8. n. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
9. n. (figurative) Composition; quality; fineness.
10. v. To put thread through.
thread a needle
11. v. To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.
12. v. To screw on, to fit the threads of a nut on a bolt
that
1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
He told me that the book is a good read.
I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British.
2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
Be glad that you have enough to eat.
3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
The noise was so loud that she woke up.
The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed.
5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
Was John there? — Not that I saw.
How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw.
7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.
9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
That book is a good read. This one isn't.
That battle was in 1450.
That cat of yours is evil.
10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t
He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said).
They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?
12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement.
The water is so cold! — That it is.
13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition).
The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.
14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.)
the place that = where or to which I went last year
the last time that = when I went to Europe
15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
"The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...".
16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
I'm just not that sick.
I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.
17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.
18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
run
1. v. To move swiftly.
2. v. (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. (Compare walk.)
Run, Sarah, run!
3. v. (intransitive) To go at a fast pace, to move quickly.
The horse ran the length of the track. I have been running all over the building looking for him. Sorry, I've got to run; my house is
4. v. To cause to move quickly; to make move lightly.
Every day I run my dog across the field and back. I'll just run the vacuum cleaner over the carpet. Run your fingers through my hair.
5. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To compete in a race.
The horse will run the Preakness next year. I'm not ready to run a marathon.
6. v. (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
7. v. (intransitive, soccer) To carry a football down the field.
8. v. To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.
The horse ran a great race.
9. v. (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
Whenever things get tough, she cuts and runs. When he's broke, he runs to me for money.
10. v. (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
11. v. (fluids) To flow.
12. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
There's a strange story running around the neighborhood. The flu is running through my daughter's kindergarten.
13. v. (intransitive) Of a liquid, to flow.
The river runs through the forest. There's blood running down your leg.
14. v. (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
Your nose is running. Why is the hose still running? My cup runneth over.
15. v. To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from an object.
You'll have to run the water a while before it gets hot. Run the tap until the water gets hot.
16. v. (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
17. v. (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
He discovered during washing that the red rug ran on his white sheet, staining it pink.
18. v. To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
to run bullets
19. v. (figurative, transitive) To go through without stopping, usually illegally.
run a red light or stop sign; run a blockade
20. v. (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
21. v. (social) To carry out an activity.
22. v. To control or manage, be in charge of.
My uncle ran a corner store for forty years. She runs the fundraising. My parents think they run my life. He is running an expe
23. v. (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
I have decided to run for governor of California. We're trying to find somebody to run against him next year.
24. v. To make run in a race or an election.
He ran his best horse in the Derby. The Green Party is running twenty candidates in this election.
25. v. To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
to run through life; to run in a circle
26. v. (intransitive) To be presented in one of the media.
The story will run on the 6-o'clock news. The latest Robin Williams movie is running at the Silver City theatre. Her picture ran on t
27. v. To print or broadcast in the media.
run a story; run an ad
28. v. To transport someone or something.
Could you run me over to the store? Please run this report upstairs to director's office.
29. v. To smuggle illegal goods.
to run guns; to run rum
30. v. (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again.
31. v. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
32. v. (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
The border runs for 3000 miles. The leash runs along a wire. The grain of the wood runs to the right on this table. It ran in q
33. v. (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
The sale will run for ten days. The contract runs through 2008. The meeting ran late. The book runs 655 pages. The speech
34. v. To make something extend in space.
I need to run this wire along the wall.
35. v. (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
My car stopped running. That computer runs twenty-four hours a day. Buses don't run here on Sunday.
36. v. To make a machine operate.
It's full. You can run the dishwasher now. Don't run the engine so fast.
37. v. To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
They ran twenty blood tests on me and they still don't know what's wrong. Our coach had us running plays for the whole practice. I will run the sample. Don't run that software
38. v. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
to run from one subject to another
39. v. (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
Our supplies are running low. They frequently overspent and soon ran into debt.
40. v. To cost a large amount of money.
Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars. Laptops run about a thousand dollars apiece.
41. v. (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
My stocking is running.
42. v. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
43. v. To cause to enter; to thrust.
to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into one's foot
44. v. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
45. v. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
to run a line
46. v. To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
to run the risk of losing one's life
47. v. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
48. v. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
49. v. To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
50. v. To control or have precedence in a card game.
Every three or four hands he would run the table.
51. v. To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
52. v. (archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
53. v. To have growth or development.
Boys and girls run up rapidly.
54. v. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
55. v. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
Certain covenants run with the land.
56. v. (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
57. v. (video games) To speedrun.
58. v. past participle of rin
59. n. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
I just got back from my morning run.
60. n. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
I need to make a run to the store.
lengthwise
1. adj. In the long direction of an oblong object.
A lengthwise cut is difficult to saw with hand tools.
2. adv. In the long direction of an oblong object.
Cutting a string bean lengthwise is hard because they are so narrow.
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
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.
woven
1. adj. Fabricated by weaving.
Woven kevlar is tough enough to be bulletproof.
2. adj. Interlaced
The woven words of the sonnet were deep and moving.
3. n. A cloth formed by weaving. It only stretches in the bias directions (between the warp and weft directions), unless the threads are elastic.
4. v. past participle of weave
The spider had woven her web on a corner of the attic.
weave
1. v. To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
This loom weaves yarn into sweaters.
2. v. To spin a cocoon or a web.
Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.
3. v. To unite by close connection or intermixture.
4. v. To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
to weave the plot of a story
5. n. A type or way of weaving.
That rug has a very tight weave.
6. n. Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural hair.
7. v. (intransitive) To move by turning and twisting.
The drunk weaved into another bar.
8. v. To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
The ambulance weaved its way through the heavy traffic.
fabric
1. n. (archaic) Structure, building.
2. n. (archaic) The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.
3. n. (archaic) The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.
cloth of a beautiful fabric
4. n. The framework underlying a structure.
the fabric of our lives
the fabric of the universe
5. n. A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
cotton fabric
6. n. (petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
7. n. (computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.
The Internet is a fabric of computers connected by routers.
crossed
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of cross
2. adj. Marked by a line drawn crosswise, often denoting cancellation.
3. adj. Folded.
crossed legs
4. adj. Cruciate.
cross
1. n. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one.
2. n. (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
3. n. A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
Criminals were commonly executed on a wooden cross.
4. n. (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
5. n. (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
She made the cross after swearing.
6. n. (Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.
She was wearing a cross on her necklace.
7. n. (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
It's a cross I must bear.
8. n. The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
A quick cross of the road.
9. n. (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
10. n. (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
11. n. (boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
12. n. (football) A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
13. n. A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
14. n. A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
15. n. (obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
16. n. (obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.
17. n. A line drawn across or through another line.
18. n. (surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
19. n. A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
20. n. (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
21. n. (cartomancy) The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
22. adj. Transverse; lying across the main direction.
At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows.
23. adj. (archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
His actions were perversely cross to his own happiness.
24. adj. (now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
25. adj. Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
She was rather cross about missing her train on the first day of the job.
Please don't get cross at me. (or) Please don't get cross with me.
26. adj. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
cross interrogatories
cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other
27. prep. (archaic) across
She walked cross the mountains.
28. prep. cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
The Lorentz force is q times v cross B.
29. v. To make or form a cross.
30. v. To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.
She frowned and crossed her arms.
31. v. To lay or draw something across, such as a line.
to cross the letter t
32. v. To mark with an X.
Cross the box which applies to you.
33. v. To write lines at right angles.W
34. v. (reflexive, to cross oneself) To make the sign of the cross over oneself.
35. v. To move relatively.
36. v. To go from one side of (something) to the other.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
You need to cross the street at the lights.
37. v. (intransitive) To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.
Ships crossing from starboard have right-of-way.
38. v. To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
39. v. (sports) Relative movement by a player or of players.
40. v. # (cricket, reciprocally) Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs.
41. v. # (football) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
# He crossed the ball into the penalty area.
42. v. # (rugby) To score a try.
43. v. (social) To oppose.
44. v. To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.
"You'll rue the day you tried to cross me, Tom Hero!" bellowed the villain.
45. v. (transitive, obsolete) To interfere and cut off; to debar.
46. v. (legal) To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness.
47. v. (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
They managed to cross a sheep with a goat.
48. v. To stamp or mark a cheque in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
by
1. prep. Near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.
Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July.
3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of.
The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour.
4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.
6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of.
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination.
The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight.
8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed.
I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of.
Our stock is up by ten percent.
10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches.
11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to.
He cheated by his own admission.
12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of.
By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm.
14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.
15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker.
I watched as it passed by.
16. adv. In the vicinity, near.
There was a shepherd close by.
The shop is hard by the High Street.
17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
I'll stop by on my way home from work.
We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
18. adv. Aside, away.
The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary.
20. n. (card games) A pass
21. interj. alternative spelling of bye
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
woof
1. n. The set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle; weft.
2. n. A fabric; the texture of a fabric.
3. n. The sound a dog makes when barking.
4. interj. The sound of a dog barking.
5. interj. (humorous) Expression of strong physical attraction for someone.
6. v. To make a woofing sound.
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.
weft
1. n. (weaving) The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.
2. n. (weaving) The yarn used for the weft; the fill.
3. n. (hairdressing) A hair extension that is glued directly to a person′s natural hair.
4. n. (obsolete) Something cast away; a waif.

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