| his |
| 1. det. Belonging to him. | |
| 2. det. (dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender. | |
| 3. det. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.) | |
| 4. det. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case. | |
| Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark. | |
| Sejanus his Fall | |
| 5. pron. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun. | |
| The decision was his to live with. | |
| 6. pron. alternative spelling of His | |
| 7. n. plural of hi | |
| company |
| 1. n. A team; a group of people who work together professionally. | |
| 2. n. A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose. | |
| A company of actors. | |
| 3. n. (military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battal | |
| the boys in Company C | |
| 4. n. A unit of firefighters and their equipment. | |
| It took six companies to put out the fire. | |
| 5. n. (nautical) The entire crew of a ship. | |
| 6. n. (espionage, informal) An intelligence service. | |
| As he had worked for the CIA for over 30 years, he would soon take retirement from the company. | |
| 7. n. (legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation. | |
| 8. n. (business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture. | |
| 9. n. Social visitors or companions. | |
| Keep the house clean; I have company coming. | |
| 10. n. Companionship. | |
| I treasure your company. | |
| 11. v. (archaic, transitive) To accompany, keep company with. | |
| 12. v. (archaic, intransitive) To associate. | |
| 13. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be a lively, cheerful companion. | |
| 14. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse. | |
| catered |
| 1. v. simple past tense and past participle of cater | |
| cater |
| 1. v. To provide, particularly: | |
| 2. v. To provide with food, especially for a special occasion as a professional service. | |
| I catered for her bat mitzvah. | |
| His company catered our wedding. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive, figurative, with 'to') To provide anything required or desired, often (pejorative) to pander. | |
| I always wanted someone to cater to my every whim. | |
| 4. n. (obsolete) (altname, acater): an officer who purchased cates (food supplies) for the steward of a large household or estate. | |
| 5. n. (obsolete) (altname, caterer): any provider of food. | |
| 6. n. (figurative, obsolete) (altname, purveyor): any provider of anything. | |
| 7. v. (UK dialect) To place, set, move, or cut diagonally or rhomboidally. | |
| 8. adv. (UK dialect, US) Diagonally. | |
| 9. n. (rare, obsolete) Four. | |
| 10. n. (cards, dice, obsolete) The four of cards or dice. | |
| 11. n. (music) A method of ringing nine bells in four pairs with a ninth tenor bell. | |
| our |
| 1. det. Belonging to us. | |
| 2. det. Of, from, or belonging to the nation, region, or language of the speaker. | |
| 3. det. (Northern England, Scotland) Used before a person's name to indicate that the person is in one's family, or is a very close friend. | |
| I'm going to see our Terry for tea. | |
| 4. v. misspelling of are | |
| wedding |
| 1. v. present participle of wed | |
| 2. n. Marriage ceremony; ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage. | |
| Her announcement was quite a surprise, coming a month after she published the words "I hate weddings with a passion and a fury I can only partially explain rationally.". | |
| 3. n. Joining of two or more parts. | |
| The wedding of our three companies took place last week. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive, humorous) To participate in a wedding. | |
| wed |
| 1. v. To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony. | |
| The priest wed the couple. | |
| 2. v. To take as one's spouse. | |
| She wed her first love. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To take a spouse. | |
| 4. v. (figuratively, transitive) To join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage. | |
| I'm not wedded to this proposal; suggest an alternative. | |
| 5. v. (figurative, intransitive) To take to oneself and support; to espouse. | |
| 6. v. (Northern England, Scotland) To wager, stake, bet, place a bet, make a wager. | |
| I'd wed my head on that. | |
