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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.
cocktail
1. n. A mixed alcoholic beverage.
They visited a pub noted for the wide range of cocktails they serve.
2. n. A mixture of other substances.
Scientists found a cocktail of pollutants in the river downstream from the chemical factory.
a cocktail of illegal drugs
3. n. A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.
4. n. (slang) A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.
5. n. A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
6. adj. (obsolete) Ostentatiously lacking in manners.
7. v. To adulterate (fuel, etc.) by mixing in other substances.
8. v. To treat (a person) to cocktails.
He dined and cocktailed her at the most exclusive bars and restaurants.
containing
1. v. present participle of contain
2. n. (in the plural) contents
contain
1. v. To hold inside.
2. v. To include as a part.
3. v. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
I'm so excited, I can hardly contain myself!
4. v. (mathematics, of a set etc., transitive) To have as an element or subset.
A group contains a unique inverse for each of its elements.
If that subgraph contains the vertex in question then it must be spanning.
5. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
vodka
1. n. A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash
2. n. A serving of the above beverage
3. n. (US standard of identity) Neutral spirits distilled (or treated after distillation) so as to have no distinctive character, aroma, taste or color
triple
1. adj. Made up of three related elements, often matching
The triple markings on this vase are quite unique.
2. adj. Of three times the quantity.
Give me a triple serving of mashed potatoes.
3. adj. Designed for three users.
a triple room
4. adj. Folded in three; composed of three layers.
5. adj. Having three aspects.
a triple meaning
6. adj. (music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
7. adj. (obsolete) One of three; third.
8. n. Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc
9. n. (informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.
I've had a hard day; make that a triple.
10. n. (US) A hamburger with three patties.
I'd like a triple with cheese.
11. n. (baseball) A three-base hit
The shortstop hit a triple to lead off the ninth.
12. n. (basketball) A three-point field goal
13. n. (curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
14. n. (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
15. v. To multiply by three
The company tripled their earnings per share over last quarter.
16. v. (baseball) To get a three-base hit
The batter tripled into the gap.
17. v. To become three times as large
Our earnings have tripled in the last year.
18. v. To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
sec
1. n. (colloquial) Second, (frac, 60) of a minute.
2. n. (colloquial) (abbreviation of second) (A short indeterminate period of time.)
Wait a sec!
lime
1. n. (chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
2. n. (poetic) Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
3. v. To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
4. v. To smear with birdlime.
5. v. (rare) To ensnare, catch, entrap.
6. v. To apply limewash.
7. n. A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially ; the linden tree, or its wood.
8. n. Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
9. n. Any of the trees that bear limes, especially key lime,.
10. n. A light, somewhat yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
(color panel, BFFF00)
(color panel, web lime, 00FF00)
11. adj. Containing lime or lime juice.
12. adj. Having the aroma or flavor of lime.
13. adj. Lime-green.
14. v. (West Indies) To hang out/socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach.
15. n. (alt form, lyam) qual, a leash
16. n. (anime) A fan fiction story that stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity, with the intimacy left to the reader's imagination.
juice
1. n. A liquid from a plant, especially fruit.
Squeeze the orange and some juice will come out.
2. n. A beverage made of juice.
I’d like two orange juices please.
3. n. Any liquid resembling juice.
4. n. (Scotland) A soft drink.
5. n. (slang) Electricity.
6. n. (slang) Liquor.
7. n. (slang) Political power.
8. n. (slang) Petrol; gasoline.
9. n. (slang) Vitality.
10. n. (slang) The amount charged by a bookmaker for betting services.
11. n. (slang) Steroids.
12. n. (slang) Semen.
13. n. (slang) The vaginal lubrication that a woman naturally produces when sexually aroused.
14. n. (slang) Musical agreement between instrumentalists.
15. v. To extract the juice from something.
16. v. To energize or stimulate something.
17. adj. alternative spelling of Jew's (used in certain set phrases like juice harp)
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
cranberry
1. n. A shrub belonging to the section of the genus Vaccinium.
2. n. The edible red berry of that shrub.
3. n. An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry
(color panel, DB5079)
4. adj. Of the intense red colour of a cranberry.
juice
1. n. A liquid from a plant, especially fruit.
Squeeze the orange and some juice will come out.
2. n. A beverage made of juice.
I’d like two orange juices please.
3. n. Any liquid resembling juice.
4. n. (Scotland) A soft drink.
5. n. (slang) Electricity.
6. n. (slang) Liquor.
7. n. (slang) Political power.
8. n. (slang) Petrol; gasoline.
9. n. (slang) Vitality.
10. n. (slang) The amount charged by a bookmaker for betting services.
11. n. (slang) Steroids.
12. n. (slang) Semen.
13. n. (slang) The vaginal lubrication that a woman naturally produces when sexually aroused.
14. n. (slang) Musical agreement between instrumentalists.
15. v. To extract the juice from something.
16. v. To energize or stimulate something.
17. adj. alternative spelling of Jew's (used in certain set phrases like juice harp)

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