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He |
1. pron. honoraltcaps, he | |
I love the Lord for He is Great and Holy. | |
2. pron. (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied. | |
3. pron. (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant. | |
The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna? | |
4. pron. (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown. | |
5. n. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he". | |
6. n. (informal) A male. | |
Alex totally is a he. | |
7. n. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). | |
wanders |
1. n. plural of wander | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of wander | |
wander |
1. v. (intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood. | |
to wander over the fields | |
2. v. (intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err. | |
A writer wanders from his subject. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To commit adultery. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path. | |
5. v. (intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention. | |
6. n. The act or instance of wandering. | |
To go for a wander | |
west |
1. n. One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox, abbreviated as W. | |
2. adj. Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward. | |
3. adj. (meteorology) Of wind: from the west. | |
4. adj. Of or pertaining to the west; western. | |
5. adj. From the West; occidental. | |
6. adj. (ecclesiastial) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the east, or the part containing the chancel and choir. | |
7. adv. Towards the west; westwards. | |
8. v. To move to the west; (of the sun) to set. | |
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 | |
far |
1. adj. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) Distant. | |
A far land. | |
2. adj. Remote in space. | |
He went to a far country. | |
3. adj. Remote in time. | |
4. adj. Long. | |
It was a far adventure, full of danger. | |
5. adj. More remote or longer of two. | |
He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end. | |
6. adj. Extreme. | |
We are on the far right on this issue. | |
7. adj. Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character. | |
8. adj. (computing, not comparable) Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture. | |
far heap; far memory; far pointer | |
9. adv. Distant in space, time or degree. | |
My house is quite far from the beach. The plan is good, but it is far from being flawless. | |
10. adv. To or from a great distance, time, or degree. | |
You have all come far and you will go farther. | |
11. adv. (with a comparative) Very much. | |
He was far richer than we'd thought. | |
12. n. Spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta), especially in the context of Roman use of it. | |
13. n. (dialect) A litter of piglets; a farrow. | |
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 | |
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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. | |
solitary |
1. n. One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret, hermit or recluse. | |
2. n. solitary confinement | |
3. adj. Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present | |
4. adj. Performed, passed, or endured alone | |
a solitary journey | |
a solitary life | |
5. adj. Not much visited or frequented; remote from society | |
a solitary residence or place | |
6. adj. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted | |
the solitary desert | |
7. adj. gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited. | |
8. adj. Single; individual; sole. | |
a solitary example | |
9. adj. (botany) Not associated with others of the same kind. | |
10. n. (archaic) The Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria), an extinct flightless bird. | |
migrant |
1. n. A migratory bird or other animal. | |
2. n. Traveller or worker who moves from one region or country to another. | |
3. n. (informal, neologism) An immigrant or refugee. | |
4. adj. Migratory. | |
upon |
1. prep. Physically above and in contact with. | |
Place the book upon the table. | |
2. prep. Physically directly supported by. | |
The crew set sail upon the sea. | |
She balanced upon one foot. | |
3. prep. Being followed by another so as to form a series. | |
hours upon hours, years upon years, mile upon mile of desert | |
4. prep. At (a prescribed point in time). | |
The contract was rendered void upon his death. | |
5. prep. On. | |
6. adv. Being the target of an action. | |
He was set upon by the agitated dogs | |
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. | |
flat |
1. adj. Having no variations in height. | |
The land around here is flat. | |
2. adj. (music, voice) Without variations in pitch. | |
3. adj. (slang) Describing certain features, usually the breasts and/or buttocks, that are extremely small or not visible at all. | |
That girl is completely flat on both sides. | |
4. adj. (music, note) Lowered by one semitone. | |
5. adj. (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be. | |
Your A string is too flat. | |
6. adj. (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture. | |
7. adj. Uninteresting. | |
The party was a bit flat. | |
8. adj. Of a carbonated drink, with all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles. | |
9. adj. (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet. | |
10. adj. (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead. | |
11. adj. (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless. | |
12. adj. (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; dull and boring. | |
The market is flat. | |
The dialogue in your screenplay is flat -- you need to make it more exciting. | |
13. adj. Absolute; downright; peremptory. | |
His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results. | |
I'm not going to the party and that's flat. | |
14. adj. (phonetics, dated, of a consonant) sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant | |
15. adj. (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "t | |
Many flat adverbs, as in 'run fast', 'buy cheap', etc. are from Old English. | |
16. adj. (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft. | |
17. adj. (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends. | |
18. adj. (authorship figuratively, esp. of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional. | |
The author created the site to flesh out the books' flatter characters, who were actually quite well developed in her own mind. | |
19. adv. So as to be flat. | |
Spread the tablecloth flat over the table. | |
20. adv. Bluntly. | |
I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat. | |
21. adv. (with units of time, distance, etc) Not exceeding. | |
He can run a mile in four minutes flat. | |
22. adv. Completely. | |
I am flat broke this month. | |
23. adv. Directly; flatly. | |
24. adv. (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest. | |
25. n. An area of level ground. | |
26. n. (music) A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ sign placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪). | |
27. n. (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/tire. | |
28. n. (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels. | |
She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels. | |
29. n. (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes. | |
30. n. (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting. | |
31. n. The flat part of something: | |
32. n. (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge. | |
33. n. The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers. | |
34. n. A wide, shallow container. | |
a flat of strawberries | |
35. n. (mail) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes. | |
36. n. (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension. | |
37. n. A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught. | |
38. n. A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned. | |
39. n. (rail, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar. | |
40. n. A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions. | |
41. n. (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal. | |
42. n. (obsolete) A dull fellow; a simpleton. | |
43. n. (technical, theatre) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin that depicts a building or other part of a scene, also called backcloth and backdrop. | |
44. v. (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising. | |
45. v. (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface. | |
46. v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch. | |
47. v. (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone. | |
48. v. (transitive, dated) To make flat; to flatten; to level. | |
49. v. (transitive, dated) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress. | |
50. n. (chiefly British, New England, New Zealand, and Australian, archaic elsewhere) An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room. | |
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. | |
pastoral |
1. adj. Of or pertaining to shepherds or herders | |
2. adj. Relating to rural life and scenes | |
We were living a pastoral life. | |
* He wanders west as far as Memphis, a solitary migrant upon that flat and pastoral landscape. - 1985 McCarthy, Blood Meridian, chapter | |
* ... these pastoral farms,/Green to the very door; and wreaths of smoke / Sent up, in silence, from among the trees! - 1798 Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey, lines 16-18. | |
3. adj. Relating to the care of souls, to the pastor of a church or to any local religious leader charged with the service of individual parishioners, i.e. a priest or rabbi. | |
pastoral duties; a pastoral letter | |
4. n. A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyll; a bucolic. | |
5. n. (music) A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life. | |
6. n. (religion, Christianity) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese. | |
7. n. (religion, Christianity) A letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish. | |
landscape |
1. n. A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains. | |
2. n. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc. | |
3. n. The pictorial aspect of a country. | |
4. n. (printing) a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides | |
5. n. A space, indoor or outdoor and natural or man-made (as in "designed landscape") | |
6. n. (figuratively) a situation that is presented, a scenario | |
The software patent landscape has changed considerably in the last years | |
7. v. Create or maintain a landscape. | |