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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.
European
1. adj. Related to Europe or the European Union.
2. adj. (AU, dated) Of the white ethnicity.
Stamps like this were common on furniture made in Australia in the first half of last century, when there were a number of Chinese furniture makers in Australia who were seen as competition to
3. adj. (finance) (of an option, not comparable) Can be exercised only at the expiry date.
4. n. person living or originating from Europe
5. n. person who resides within the European Union
bunting
1. n. Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
2. n. (nautical) A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.
3. n. Flags considered as a group.
4. n. Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.
5. v. present participle of bunt
6. n. A pushing action.
7. n. A strong timber; a stout prop.
8. n. (obsolete) An old boys' game, played with sticks and a small piece of wood.
bunt
1. n. (nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
The bunt of the sail was green.
2. n. A push or shove; a butt.
3. n. (baseball, softball) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swingi
The bunt was fielded cleanly.
4. n. (baseball, softball) The act of bunting.
The manager will likely call for a bunt here.
5. n. (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
6. n. A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust; pepperbrand.
7. v. To push with the horns; to butt.
8. v. To spring or rear up.
9. v. (transitive, baseball) To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
Jones bunted the ball.
10. v. (intransitive, baseball) To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
Jones bunted.
11. v. (intransitive, aviation) To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
We had heard that there was an elite group of three or four pilots in Jodhpur called the "Bunt Club", who had successfully bunted their aircraft - that is, carried out the second half of an out
12. v. (intransitive, nautical) To swell out.
The sail bunts.
13. v. (rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
corn
1. n. (British) The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales.
2. n. (US, Canada Australia) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
3. n. A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.
4. n. A small, hard particle.
5. v. (US, Canada) to granulate; to form a substance into grains
to corn gunpowder
6. v. (US, Canada) to preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef
7. v. (US, Canada) to provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed
Corn the horses.
8. v. to render intoxicated
ale strong enough to corn one
9. n. A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
10. n. (US, Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
11. n. A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and re-freezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
bunting
1. n. Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
2. n. (nautical) A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.
3. n. Flags considered as a group.
4. n. Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.
5. v. present participle of bunt
6. n. A pushing action.
7. n. A strong timber; a stout prop.
8. n. (obsolete) An old boys' game, played with sticks and a small piece of wood.
bunt
1. n. (nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
The bunt of the sail was green.
2. n. A push or shove; a butt.
3. n. (baseball, softball) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swingi
The bunt was fielded cleanly.
4. n. (baseball, softball) The act of bunting.
The manager will likely call for a bunt here.
5. n. (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
6. n. A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust; pepperbrand.
7. v. To push with the horns; to butt.
8. v. To spring or rear up.
9. v. (transitive, baseball) To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
Jones bunted the ball.
10. v. (intransitive, baseball) To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
Jones bunted.
11. v. (intransitive, aviation) To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
We had heard that there was an elite group of three or four pilots in Jodhpur called the "Bunt Club", who had successfully bunted their aircraft - that is, carried out the second half of an out
12. v. (intransitive, nautical) To swell out.
The sail bunts.
13. v. (rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.
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1. adj. (chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 0° and 90°.

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