non |
1. adv. obsolete form of none | |
gloss |
1. n. A surface shine or luster/lustre | |
2. n. (figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance | |
3. v. To give a gloss or sheen to. | |
4. v. To make (something) attractive by deception | |
5. v. (intransitive) To become shiny. | |
6. n. A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a te | |
7. n. A glossary; a collection of such notes. | |
8. n. (obsolete) An expression requiring such explanatory treatment. | |
9. n. An extensive commentary on some text. | |
10. n. A brief explanation in speech or in a written work, including a synonym used with the intent of indicating the meaning of the word to which it is applied | |
11. n. (legal, US) An interpretation by a court of specific point within a statute or case law | |
12. v. To add a gloss to (a text). | |
expressing |
1. v. present participle of express | |
2. adj. (biochemistry) That translates or transcribes nucleic acid | |
express |
1. adj. (not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops. | |
2. adj. (comparable) Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied. | |
I gave him express instructions not to begin until I arrived, but he ignored me. | |
This book cannot be copied without the express permission of the publisher. | |
3. adj. Truly depicted; exactly resembling. | |
In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance. | |
4. adj. (retail) Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type. | |
The Pizza Hut inside Target isn't a full one: it's a Pizza Hut Express. | |
Some Wal-Mart stores will include a McDonald's Express. | |
The mall's selection of cell phone carriers includes a full AT&T store and a T-Mobile express. | |
5. n. A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly. | |
I took the express into town. | |
6. n. A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another. | |
7. n. An express rifle. | |
8. n. (obsolete) A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration. | |
9. n. A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier. | |
10. n. An express office. | |
11. n. That which is sent by an express messenger or message. | |
12. v. To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit. | |
Words cannot express the love I feel for him. | |
13. v. To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk). | |
14. v. (biochemistry) To translate messenger RNA into protein. | |
15. v. (biochemistry) To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA. | |
16. n. (obsolete) The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression. | |
17. n. (obsolete) A specific statement or instruction. | |
strong |
1. adj. Capable of producing great physical force. | |
a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong | |
2. adj. Capable of withstanding great physical force. | |
a strong foundation; good strong shoes | |
3. adj. (of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power. | |
The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea. | |
4. adj. Determined; unyielding. | |
He is strong in the face of adversity. | |
5. adj. Highly stimulating to the senses. | |
a strong light; a strong taste | |
6. adj. Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor. | |
a strong smell | |
7. adj. Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient. | |
a strong cup of coffee; a strong medicine | |
8. adj. (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content. | |
a strong drink | |
She gets up, and pours herself a strong one. - Eagles, Lying Eyes | |
9. adj. (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels. | |
a strong verb | |
10. adj. (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution. | |
a strong acid; a strong base | |
11. adj. (military) Not easily subdued or taken. | |
a strong position | |
12. adj. (slang) Impressive, good. | |
You're working with troubled youth in your off time? That’s strong! | |
13. adj. Having a specified number of people or units. | |
The enemy's army force was five thousand strong. | |
14. adj. (of a disease or symptom) severe (very bad or intense) | |
15. adj. (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.) | |
16. adj. (of an argument) Convincing. | |
17. adv. In a strong manner. | |
emotion |
1. n. A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data. | |
2. n. A reaction by a non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response. | |
such |
1. det. (demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context. | |
I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before. Such is life. | |
2. det. (particularly used in formal documents) Any. | |
the above address or at such other address as may notify | |
3. det. Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to very much of. | |
The party was such a bore. | |
4. det. (obsolete) A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned. | |
5. pron. A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned. | |
6. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else. | |
As |
1. n. plural of A | |
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As. | |
2. adv. To such an extent or degree. | |
You’re not as tall as I am. | |
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive. | |
3. adv. In the manner or role specified. | |
The kidnappers released him as agreed. | |
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues. | |
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend. | |
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as). | |
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what. | |
Do as I say! | |
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know. | |
As you wish, my lord! | |
6. conj. At the same instant that; when. | |
As I came in, she flew. | |
7. conj. At the same time that; while. | |
He sleeps as the rain falls. | |
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that. | |
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy. | |
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since. | |
As it’s too late, I quit. | |
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. | |
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago. | |
It's not so complicated as I expected. | |
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. | |
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. | |
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. | |
14. conj. Expressing concession; though. | |
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than. | |
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. | |
You are not as tall as me. | |
They're big as houses. | |
17. prep. In the role of. | |
What is your opinion as a parent? | |
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra. | |
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. | |
20. n. plural of a | |
amazement |
1. n. The condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration; astonishment. | |
2. n. (archaic) A particular feeling of wonder, surprise, fear, or horror. | |
3. n. (dated) Something which amazes. | |
4. n. (obsolete) Madness, frenzy. | |