northern |
1. adj. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north. | |
2. adj. (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly. | |
3. adj. (British) Characteristic of the North of England (qual, usually capitalised) | |
Les Dawson was a famous northern comedian. | |
4. n. An inhabitant of the northern regions. | |
5. n. (fishing) The northern pike. | |
English |
1. adj. Of or pertaining to England. | |
2. adj. English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England. | |
Those immigrants Anglicised their names to make them sound more English. | |
3. adj. Of or pertaining to the people of England (to Englishmen and Englishwomen). | |
4. adj. Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure. | |
an English ton | |
5. adj. (Amish) Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German. | |
6. n. (collective plural) The people of England; Englishmen and Englishwomen. | |
The Scottish and the English have a history of conflict. | |
7. n. The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world. | |
English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca. | |
How do you say ‘à peu près’ in English? | |
8. n. (Amish, collective plural) The non-Amish; non-Amish people. | |
9. n. One's ability to employ the English language correctly. | |
My coworker has pretty good English for a non-native speaker. | |
10. n. The English-language term or expression for something. | |
What's the English for ‘à peu près’? | |
11. n. Specific language or wording in English; English text or statements in speech, whether in translation or otherwise. | |
The technical details are correct, but the English is not very clear. | |
12. n. A variety or dialect of spoken and or written English. | |
13. n. (printing, dated) The size of type between pica and great primer, standardized as 14-point. | |
14. n. (North American) Spin or side given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards. | |
Put more English on the ball. | |
15. v. (transitive, archaic) To translate, adapt or render into English. | |
16. n. (US) Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling. | |
You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english. | |
17. n. (figurative) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance. | |
to |
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive. | |
I want to leave. | |
He asked me what to do. | |
I don’t know how to say it. | |
I have places to go and people to see. | |
2. part. As above, with the verb implied. | |
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.". | |
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to. | |
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs. | |
I have to do laundry today. | |
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at. | |
We are walking to the shop. | |
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose. | |
He devoted himself to education. | |
They drank to his health. | |
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action. | |
His face was beaten to a pulp. | |
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application. | |
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking. | |
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a. | |
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t | |
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison. | |
one to one = 1:1 | |
ten to one = 10:1. | |
I have ten dollars to your four. | |
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation. | |
Three squared or three to the second power is nine. | |
Three to the power of two is nine. | |
Three to the second is nine. | |
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object. | |
I gave the book to him. | |
12. prep. (time) Preceding. | |
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour). | |
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains. | |
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it. | |
There's a lot of sense to what he says. | |
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At. | |
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y. | |
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position. | |
Please push the door to. | |
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind. | |
17. adv. misspelling of too | |
hit |
1. v. To strike.: | |
2. v. To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile. | |
One boy hit the other. | |
3. v. To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly. | |
The ball hit the fence. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To strike against something. | |
5. v. (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party. | |
Hit him tonight and throw the body in the river. | |
6. v. (transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously. | |
If intelligence had been what it should have been, I don't think we'd ever have hit that island. | |
7. v. (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit. | |
We hit the grocery store on the way to the park. | |
8. v. (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty. | |
You'll hit some nasty thunderstorms if you descend too late. We hit a lot of traffic coming back from the movies. | |
9. v. To attain, to achieve.: | |
10. v. (transitive, informal) To reach or achieve. | |
I hit the jackpot. The movie hits theaters in December. The temperature could hit 110°F tomorrow. We hit Detroit at one in the | |
11. v. (intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck. | |
12. v. To guess; to light upon or discover. | |
13. v. To affect negatively. | |
The economy was hit by a recession. The hurricane hit his fishing business hard. | |
14. v. (heading, games) To make a play. | |
15. v. (transitive, cards) In blackjack, to deal a card to. | |
Hit me. | |
16. v. (intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat. | |
Jones hit for the pitcher. | |
17. v. (backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point. | |
18. v. (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to. | |
The external web servers hit DBSRV7, but the internal web server hits DBSRV3. | |
19. v. (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with. | |
I'd hit that. | |
20. v. (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana. | |
21. n. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything. | |
The hit was very slight. | |
22. n. Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim. | |
23. n. An attack on a location, person or people. | |
24. n. In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is. | |
25. n. (computing, Internet) The result of a search of a computer system or of a search engine | |
26. n. (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server. | |
My site received twice as many hits after being listed in a search engine. | |
27. n. An approximately correct answer in a test set. | |
28. n. (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice. | |
The catcher got a hit to lead off the fifth. | |
29. n. (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug. | |
Where am I going to get my next hit? | |
30. n. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes. | |
31. n. (dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark. | |
a happy hit | |
32. n. (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point. | |
33. n. (backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon. | |
34. adj. Very successful. | |
The band played their hit song to the delight of the fans. | |
35. pron. (dialectal) it, It. | |
to |
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive. | |
I want to leave. | |
He asked me what to do. | |
I don’t know how to say it. | |
I have places to go and people to see. | |
2. part. As above, with the verb implied. | |
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.". | |
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to. | |
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs. | |
I have to do laundry today. | |
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at. | |
We are walking to the shop. | |
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose. | |
He devoted himself to education. | |
They drank to his health. | |
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action. | |
His face was beaten to a pulp. | |
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application. | |
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking. | |
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a. | |
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t | |
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison. | |
one to one = 1:1 | |
ten to one = 10:1. | |
I have ten dollars to your four. | |
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation. | |
Three squared or three to the second power is nine. | |
Three to the power of two is nine. | |
Three to the second is nine. | |
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object. | |
I gave the book to him. | |
12. prep. (time) Preceding. | |
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour). | |
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains. | |
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it. | |
There's a lot of sense to what he says. | |
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At. | |
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y. | |
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position. | |
Please push the door to. | |
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind. | |
17. adv. misspelling of too | |
smack |
1. n. A distinct flavor, especially if slight. | |
rice pudding with a smack of cinnamon | |
2. n. A slight trace of something; a smattering. | |
3. n. (slang) Heroin. | |
4. v. To get the flavor of. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To indicate or suggest something; used with of. | |
Her reckless behavior smacks of pride. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of. | |
7. n. A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack | |
8. n. A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank. | |
9. n. A loud kiss. | |
10. n. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip. | |
11. v. To slap someone, or to make a smacking sound. | |
12. v. (New Zealand) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (US spank) | |
13. v. To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat. | |
14. v. To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate. | |
15. adv. As if with a smack or slap; smartly; sharply. | |
Right smack bang in the middle. | |