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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.
bounding
     1. v. present participle of bound
     2. n. The use of fire protection products within limits determined by scientific tests.
     3. n. A boundary.
     4. n. The act of one who bounds or leaps.
     bound
          1. v. simple past tense and past participle of bind
                I bound the splint to my leg.
                I had bound the splint with duct tape.
          2. adj. (with infinitive) Obliged (to).
                You are not legally bound to reply.
          3. adj. (with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to
                They were bound to come into conflict eventually.
          4. adj. (linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
          5. adj. (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
          6. adj. (dated) Constipated; costive.
          7. adj. Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.
          8. adj. Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound.
          9. n. (often, used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
                I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.
                Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure.
          10. n. (mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
          11. v. To surround a territory or other geographical entity.
                France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain.
                Kansas is bounded by Nebraska on the north, Missouri on the east, Oklahoma on the south and Colorado on the west.
          12. v. (mathematics) To be the boundary of.
          13. n. A sizeable jump, great leap.
                The deer crossed the stream in a single bound.
          14. n. A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
          15. n. (dated) A bounce; a rebound.
                the bound of a ball
          16. v. (intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.
                The rabbit bounded down the lane.
          17. v. To cause to leap.
                to bound a horse
          18. v. (intransitive, dated) To rebound; to bounce.
                a rubber ball bounds on the floor
          19. v. (transitive, dated) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.
                to bound a ball on the floor
          20. adj. (obsolete) Ready, prepared.
          21. adj. Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
                Which way are you bound?
                Is that message bound for me?
straight
     1. adj. Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
     2. adj. Of a path, trajectory, etc.: direct, undeviating.
     3. adj. Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
     4. adj. (obsolete) Stretched out; fully extended.
     5. adj. (obsolete, rare) Strait; narrow.
     6. adj. Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
     7. adj. Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
     8. adj. In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
           After four straight wins, Mudchester United are top of the league.
     9. adj. In proper order; as it should be.
     10. adj. Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
     11. adj. (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
     12. adj. (tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
     13. adj. (US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
           a straight Republican;  a straight Democrat
     14. adj. (US, politics) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others.
           a straight ballot
     15. adj. (colloquial) Conventional, mainstream, socially acceptable.
     16. adj. (fashion) Not plus size; thin.
           the shirts only come in straight sizes, not in plus sizes; shopping at a straight-sized store
     17. adj. (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
     18. adj. (colloquial) Heterosexual.
     19. adj. (science) concerning the property allowing the parallel-transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain tangent vectors throughout that course (a course which is straight, a stra
     20. adv. Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
           The door will be straight ahead of you.
           Go straight back.
     21. adv. Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
           On arriving at work, he went straight to his office.
     22. adv. Continuously; without interruption or pause.
           He claims he can hold his breath for three minutes straight.
     23. n. Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
     24. n. (poker) Five cards in sequence.
     25. n. (colloquial) A heterosexual.
           My friends call straights "heteros".
     26. n. (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
     27. n. (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. Also straighter.
     28. v. To straighten.
edge
     1. n. The boundary line of a surface.
     2. n. (geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
     3. n. An advantage.
           I have the edge on him.
     4. n. (also figuratively) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
     5. n. A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
           The cup is right on the edge of the table.
           He is standing on the edge of a precipice.
     6. n. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
     7. n. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
           in the edge of evening
     8. n. (cricket) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
     9. n. (graph theory) A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
     10. n. In male masturbation, a level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax; see also edging.
     11. v. To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
           He edged the book across the table.
     12. v. (intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
           He edged away from her.
     13. v. (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
     14. v. (cricket, transitive) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
     15. v. To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
     16. v. To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
     17. v. To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
     18. v. (figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
     19. v. (intransitive) To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
of
     1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
     2. prep.          (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
     3. prep.          (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
     4. prep.          From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
                    There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
     5. prep.          (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
                    What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
     6. prep. Expressing separation.
     7. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
                    Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
     8. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
                    He seemed devoid of human feelings.
     9. prep.          (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
     10. prep. Expressing origin.
     11. prep.          (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
                    The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
     12. prep.          (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
                    The invention was born of necessity.
     13. prep.          (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
                    It is said that she died of a broken heart.
     14. prep.          (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
                    I am tired of all this nonsense.
     15. prep. Expressing agency.
     16. prep.          (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
                    I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
     17. prep.          (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
                    The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
     18. prep.          (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
                    It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
     19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
     20. prep.          (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
                    Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
     21. prep.          (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
                    She wore a dress of silk.
     22. prep.          (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
                    What a lot of nonsense!
     23. prep.          (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
                   Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
     24. prep.          (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
                    I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
     25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
     26. prep.          (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
                    I'm always thinking of you.
     27. prep.          (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
                    He told us the story of his journey to India.
     28. prep.          (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
                    This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
     29. prep. Having partitive effect.
     30. prep.          (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
                    Most of these apples are rotten.
     31. prep.          (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
     32. prep.          (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
                    On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
     33. prep.          (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
                    He is a friend of mine.
     34. prep. Expressing possession.
     35. prep.          Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
                    He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
     36. prep.          Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
                    The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
     37. prep.          Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
                    Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
     38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
     39. prep.          (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
                    She had a profound distrust of the police.
     40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
     41. prep.          (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
                    My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
     42. prep.          (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
                    Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
     43. prep.          (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
                    We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
     44. prep.          (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
                    It's not that big of a deal.
     45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
     46. prep.          (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
                    Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
     47. prep.          (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
                    I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
     48. prep.          (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
                    After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
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.
two
     1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••). Ordinal: second.
     2. num. Describing a set or group with two elements.
     3. n. The digit/figure 2.
           The number 2202 contains three twos.
     4. n. (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
     5. n. A child aged two.
           This toy is suitable for the twos and threes.
     6. n. The playing cards featuring two pips.
dimensional
     1. adj. Of or pertaining to dimensions.
     2. adj. (comparable) Having dimension or dimensions; three-dimensional.
     3. adj.          (mathematics) Appended to cardinal numbers or algebraic symbols to form adjectives meaning "having the stated number of dimensions".
shape
     1. n. The status or condition of something
           The used bookshop wouldn't offer much due to the poor shape of the book.
     2. n. Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
           The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in.
           We exercise to keep in good physical shape.
     3. n. The appearance of something, especially its outline.
           He cut a square shape out of the cake.
           What shape shall we use for the cookies? Stars, circles, or diamonds?
     4. n. Form; formation.
     5. n. (iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
     6. n. (iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
     7. n. (cookery, now rare) A mould for making jelly, blancmange etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape.
     8. n. (programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type.
     9. v. (Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make.
           Earth was shapen by God for God's folk.
     10. v. To give something a shape and definition.
           Shape the dough into a pretzel.   For my art project, I plan to shape my clay lump into a bowl.
     11. v. To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
     12. v. (of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.
     13. v. To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
     14. v. (obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.
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