| I |
| 1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence. | |
| (audio, Here I am, sir.ogg, Audio) | |
| 2. pron. (nonstandard, hypercorrection) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence. | |
| 3. n. (metaphysics) The ego. | |
| 4. n. (US, roadway) Interstate. | |
| 5. n. (grammar) (abbreviation of instrumental case) | |
| 6. pron. nonstandard spelling of I | |
| 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. | |
| for |
| 1. conj. (dated) Because. | |
| 2. prep. Towards. | |
| The astronauts headed for the moon. | |
| 3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to. | |
| I have something for you. | |
| 4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of. | |
| We're having a birthday party for Janet. | |
| The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary. | |
| The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala. | |
| 5. prep. Supporting. | |
| All those for the motion raise your hands. | |
| 6. prep. Because of. | |
| He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him. | |
| (UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight. | |
| She was the worse for drink. | |
| 7. prep. Over a period of time. | |
| I've lived here for three years. | |
| They fought for days over a silly pencil. | |
| 8. prep. Throughout an extent of space. | |
| 9. prep. On behalf of. | |
| I will stand in for him. | |
| 10. prep. Instead of, or in place of. | |
| 11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire. | |
| I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday. | |
| He's going for his doctorate. | |
| Do you want to go for coffee? | |
| People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers. | |
| Can you go to the store for some eggs? | |
| I'm saving up for a car. | |
| Don't wait for an answer. | |
| What did he ask you for? | |
| 12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward. | |
| Run for the hills! | |
| He was headed for the door when he remembered. | |
| 13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect. | |
| Fair for its day. | |
| She's spry for an old lady. | |
| 14. prep. Despite, in spite of. | |
| 15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive. | |
| For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.) | |
| All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.) | |
| 16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio | |
| In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day | |
| 17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen. | |
| At close of play, England were 305 for 3. | |
| 18. prep. To be, or as being. | |
| 19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.) | |
| 20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs). | |
| Her |
| 1. pron. honoraltcaps, her | |
| 2. det. Belonging to her. | |
| This is her book | |
| 3. pron. The form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc. | |
| Give it to her (after preposition) | |
| He wrote her a letter (indirect object) | |
| He treated her for a cold (direct object) | |
| 4. n. (informal) A female person or animal. | |
| I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her. | |
| bat |
| 1. n. Any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation. | |
| 2. n. (offensive) An old woman. | |
| 3. n. A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket. | |
| 4. n. A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game. | |
| 5. n. (two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 242 | |
| 6. n. (mining) Shale or bituminous shale. | |
| 7. n. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting. | |
| 8. n. A part of a brick with one whole end. | |
| 9. n. A stroke; a sharp blow. | |
| 10. n. (Scotland) A stroke of work. | |
| 11. n. (informal) Rate of motion; speed. | |
| 12. n. (US, slang) A spree; a jollification. | |
| 13. n. (Scotland) Manner; rate; condition; state of health. | |
| 14. v. to hit with a bat. | |
| 15. v. (intransitive) to take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding. | |
| 16. v. (intransitive) to strike or swipe as though with a bat | |
| The cat batted at the toy. | |
| 17. v. to flutter: bat one's eyelashes. | |
| 18. v. (dialect) To bate or flutter, as a hawk. | |
| 19. v. (US, UK dialect) To wink. | |
| 20. n. (obsolete) packsaddle | |
| 21. n. (dated form of baht) (Thai currency) | |
| mitzvah |
| 1. n. (Judaism) Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law | |
| 2. n. (Judaism) An act of kindness, a good deed. | |
