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weightlifting
1. n. A form of exercise in which weights are lifted.
2. n. (sports) A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk.
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.
specific
1. adj. explicit or definite
2. adj. (sciences) Pertaining to a species.
3. adj. (taxonomy) pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species
4. adj. special, distinctive or unique
5. adj. intended for, or applying to a particular thing
6. adj. being a remedy for a particular disease
Quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
7. adj. (immunology) limited to a particular antibody or antigen
8. adj. (physics) of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy)
9. adj. (physics) similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)
10. adj. (physics) a measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air)
11. n. A distinguishing attribute or quality.
12. n. A remedy for a specific disease or condition.
13. n. Specification
14. n. (in the plural) The details; particulars.
exercise
1. n. Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
The teacher told us the next exercise is to write an essay.
2. n. Physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness.
3. n. A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
4. n. The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
5. n. (obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
6. v. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
to exercise troops or horses; to exercise one's brain with a puzzle
7. v. (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
I exercise at the gym every day.
8. v. To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
The tenant exercised its option to renew the tenancy.
She is going to exercise her right to vote.
9. v. (now often, in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.
exercised with pain
10. v. (obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.
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.
weightlifting
1. n. A form of exercise in which weights are lifted.
2. n. (sports) A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk.
performed
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of perform
perform
1. v. To do something; to execute.
The scientists performed several experiments.
It took him only twenty minutes to perform the task.
2. v. To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.
She will perform in the play.
The magician performed badly – none of his tricks worked.
The string quartet performed three pieces by Haydn.
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
bending
1. v. present participle of bend
2. n. A motion or action that bends.
a bending of the knees
3. n. An instance of something being adapted or distorted.
bendings of the rules
bend
1. v. To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
If you bend the pipe too far, it will break.
Don’t bend your knees.
2. v. (intransitive) To become curved.
Look at the trees bending in the wind.
3. v. To cause to change direction.
4. v. (intransitive) To change direction.
The road bends to the right
5. v. (intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
6. v. (intransitive usually with "down") To stoop.
He bent down to pick up the pieces.
7. v. (intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
8. v. To force to submit.
They bent me to their will.
9. v. (intransitive) To submit.
I am bending to my desire to eat junk food.
10. v. To apply to a task or purpose.
He bent the company's resources to gaining market share.
11. v. (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
He bent to the goal of gaining market share.
12. v. To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
13. v. (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
Bend the sail to the yard.
14. v. (transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
You should bend the G slightly sharp in the next measure.
15. v. (intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
16. n. A curve.
There's a sharp bend in the road ahead.
17. n. Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
18. n. (in the medicine, diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
A diver who stays deep for too long must ascend very slowly in order to prevent the bends.
19. n. (heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged
20. n. (obsolete) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
21. n. In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
22. n. (mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
23. n. (nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
24. n. (nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
the midship bends
25. n. (music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.
deeply
1. adv. At depth, in a deep way.
2. adv. To a deep extent.
3. adv. Profoundly.
at
1. prep. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place.
Caesar was at Rome; at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine; at Jim’s house
2. prep. (indicating time) (Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.)
at six o’clock; at closing time; at night.
3. prep. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner).
He threw the ball at me. He shouted at her.
4. prep. Denotes a price.
3 apples at 2¢ (each) The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations.
5. prep. Occupied in (activity).
men at work
6. prep. In a state of.
She is at sixes and sevens with him. They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff. The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces.
7. prep. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series.
Sell at 90. Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders. I'm offering it—just to select customers—at cost.
8. prep. Because of.
to laugh at a joke mad at their comments
9. prep. Indicates a means, method, or manner.
10. prep. Holding a given speed or rate.
It is growing at the rate of 3% a year. Cruising along at fifty miles per hour.
11. prep. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding.
The twins were both bad at chemistry.
He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation.
12. prep. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to
13. n. The at sign (@).
14. n. (alt form, att) (Laos currency unit)
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.
knees
1. n. plural of knee
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of knee
knee
1. n. In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
Penny was wearing a miniskirt, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell.
2. n. In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
3. n. The part of a garment that covers the knee.
4. n. (shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
5. n. (archaic) An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
To make a knee.
6. n. Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line, "the knee of a graph", an inflection point.
7. n. A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
8. v. (transitive, archaic) To kneel to.
9. v. To poke or strike with the knee.
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.
then
1. adv. (temporal location) At that time.
He was happy then.
2. adv. (temporal location) Soon afterward.
He fixed it, then left.
Turn left, then right, then right again, then keep going until you reach the service station.
3. adv. (sequence) Next in order; in addition.
There are three green ones, then a blue one.
4. adv. (conjunctive) In that case.
If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key.
Is it 12 o'clock already? Then it's time for me to leave.
You don't like potatoes? What do you want me to cook, then?
5. adv. (sequence) At the same time; on the other hand.
That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.
6. adv. (dialect) Used to contradict an assertion.
7. adj. Being so at that time.
8. n. That time
It will be finished before then.
rising
1. v. present participle of rise
2. n. Rebellion.
3. n. The act of something that rises.
the risings and fallings of a thermometer
4. n. (US, dated) A dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment.
salt rising; milk rising
5. adj. Going up.
6. prep. (US, slang) More than; exceeding; upwards of.
a horse rising six years of age
rise
1. v. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
2. v. To move upwards.
We watched the balloon rise.
3. v. To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.
4. v. To slope upward.
The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill.
5. v. (of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
The sun was rising in the East.
6. v. To become erect; to assume an upright position.
to rise from a chair or from a fall
7. v. To leave one's bed; to get up.
8. v. (figurative) To be resurrected.
he rose from the grave; he is risen!
9. v. (figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
The committee rose after agreeing to the report.
10. v. (intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
11. v. To attain a higher status.
12. v. Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
13. v. To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.
14. v. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
to rise a tone or semitone
15. v. To begin; to develop.
16. v. To develop.
17. v. To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
Has that dough risen yet?
18. v. (of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).
19. v. To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight.
a noise rose on the air; odour rises from the flower
20. v. To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
21. v. To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
22. v. To go up; to ascend; to climb.
to rise a hill
23. v. To cause to go up or ascend.
to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water
to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it
24. v. (obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
25. v. To come; to offer itself.
26. v. (printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
27. n. The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
The rise of the tide.
There was a rise of nearly two degrees since yesterday.
Exercise is usually accompanied by a temporary rise in blood pressure.
28. n. The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
The rise of the working class.
The rise of the printing press.
The rise of the feminists.
29. n. (chiefly UK) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).
30. n. The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
The rise of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed.
31. n. (Ireland) An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US).
The governor just gave me a rise of two pound six.
32. n. (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
33. n. An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
34. n. (informal) An angry reaction.
I knew that would get a rise out of him.
35. n. alternative form of rice (twig)
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.
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?
11. adv. -->
12. n. alternative form of withe
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.
barbell
1. n. (weightlifting) A wide steel bar with premeasured weights affixed to either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter.
resting
1. n. The action of rest
2. n. A place where one can rest; a resting-place.
3. n. A pause; a break; an interlude.
4. adj. That which rests; that which is not in action or in the process of growth.
5. adj. Unemployed.
6. adj. Remaining; stationary.
7. v. present participle of rest
rest
1. n. (of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.
The sun sets, and the workers go to their rest.
2. n. Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.
3. n. Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.
4. n. (of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.
The ocean was finally at rest.
Now that we're all in agreement, we can put that issue to rest.
5. n. (euphemistic) A final position after death.
She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.
6. n. (music) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.
7. n. (music) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
8. n. (physics) Absence of motion.
The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest.
9. n. (snooker) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest.
10. n. Any object designed to be used to support something else.
She put the phone receiver back in its rest.
He placed his hands on the arm rests of the chair.
11. n. A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
12. n. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
13. n. (poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
14. n. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
15. n. (dated) A set or game at tennis.
16. v. (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
17. v. (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
18. v. (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
19. v. (intransitive, transitive, reflexive) To be or to put into a state of rest.
My day's work is over; now I will rest. We need to rest the horses before we ride any further. I shall not rest until I have uncovered the truth. Rest assure
20. v. (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated.
The blame seems to rest with your father.
21. v. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.
A column rests on its pedestal.
I rested my head in my hands. She rested against my shoulder. I rested against the wall for a minute.
22. v. (intransitive, transitive, legal, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions
The defense rests, your Honor. I rest my case.
23. v. (intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
24. v. (intransitive) To lie dormant.
25. v. (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
26. v. (intransitive) To rely or depend on.
The decision rests on getting a bank loan.
27. v. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
28. n. That which remains.
She ate some of the food, but was not hungry enough to eat it all, so she put the rest in the refrigerator to finish later.
29. n. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
30. n. (finance) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
31. v. (obsolete) To remain.
32. v. (obsolete) To arrest.
across
1. prep. To, toward or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
We rowed across the river.
Fortunately, there was a bridge across the river.
He came across the street to meet me.
2. prep. On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
That store is across the street.
3. prep. (Southern US, AAVE) across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
4. prep. From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
The meteor streaked across the sky.
He walked across the room.
Could you slide that across the table to me, please?
5. prep. At or near the far end of (a space).
6. prep. Spanning.
This poetry speaks across the centuries.
7. prep. Throughout.
All across the country, voters were communicating their representatives.
8. prep. So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.
Lay the top stick across the bottom one.
She had straps fastened across the conduit every six feet.
9. prep. In possession of full, up-to-date information about; abreast of.
As a newspaper reporter, you should be across all these issues.
10. adv. From one side to the other.
she helped the blind man across; the river is half a mile across
11. adv. On the other side.
If we sail off at noon, when will we be across?
12. adv. In a particular direction.
He leaned across for a book.
13. adv. (crosswords) Horizontally.
I got stuck on 4 across.
14. n. (crosswords, often in combination) A word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue.
I solved all of the acrosses, but then got stuck on 3 down.
1 Bygone hangout for 64-Acrosses
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.
shoulders
1. n. plural of shoulder
2. n. (anatomy) The two shoulders and the upper portion of the back.
3. n. Capacity for bearing a task or blame.
The responsibility for the job was placed on his shoulders.
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of shoulder
shoulder
1. n. The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.
2. n. The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
The parrot was sitting on Steve's shoulder.
3. n. (anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
4. n. A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
5. n. The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
6. n. Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
7. n. (topography) A shelf between two levels.
8. n. A part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency; a hard shoulder.
He stopped the car on the shoulder of the highway to change the flat tire.
9. n. The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
10. n. A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
11. n. The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
12. n. An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timbe
13. n. (printing) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
14. n. (of an object) The portion between the neck and the body.
15. n. (music) The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
16. n. The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
17. n. (firearms) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
18. n. (figurative) That which supports or sustains; support.
19. n. The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
20. v. To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
21. v. To put (something) on one's shoulders.
22. v. To place (something) against one's shoulders.
23. v. (transitive, figuratively) To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
24. v. (transitive, figuratively) To accept responsibility for.
shoulder the blame
25. v. To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
26. v. (intransitive) To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
27. v. To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.
28. v. (intransitive) To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.

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