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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.
dungeon
1. n. An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.
2. n. (obsolete) The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon.
3. n. (games) An area inhabited by enemies, containing story objectives, treasure and bosses.
4. n. (BDSM) A room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity.
5. v. To imprison in a dungeon.
only
1. adj. Alone in a category.
He is the only doctor for miles.
The only people in the stadium were the fans: no players, coaches, or officials.
That was the only time I went to Turkey.
2. adj. Singularly superior; the best.
He is the only trombonist to recruit.
3. adj. Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
He is their only son, in fact, an only child.
4. adj. (obsolete) Mere.
5. adv. Without others or anything further; exclusively.
My heart is hers, and hers only. The cat sat only on the mat. It kept off the sofa.
6. adv. No more than; just.
The cat only sat on the mat. It didn't scratch it. If there were only one more ticket!
7. adv. As recently as.
He left only moments ago.
8. adv. (obsolete) Above all others; particularly.
9. conj. Under the condition that; but.
10. conj. But; except.
I would enjoy running, only I have this broken leg.
11. n. An only child.
accessible
1. adj. Easy of access or approach; approachable.
an accessible town or mountain
2. adj. Easy to get along with.
3. adj. Open to the influence of.
4. adj. Obtainable; to be got at.
5. adj. (art, literature) Easily understood or appreciated.
6. adj. Capable of being used or seen.
by
1. prep. Near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.
Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July.
3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of.
The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour.
4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.
6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of.
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination.
The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight.
8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed.
I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of.
Our stock is up by ten percent.
10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches.
11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to.
He cheated by his own admission.
12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of.
By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm.
14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.
15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker.
I watched as it passed by.
16. adv. In the vicinity, near.
There was a shepherd close by.
The shop is hard by the High Street.
17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
I'll stop by on my way home from work.
We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
18. adv. Aside, away.
The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary.
20. n. (card games) A pass
21. interj. alternative spelling of bye
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.
trapdoor
1. n. A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.
2. n. (theater) Such a trap set into the floor of a stage to allow fast exits and entrances.
3. n. (computing) A secret method of obtaining access to a program or online system; a backdoor.
4. n. (mathematics, cryptography) The special information that permits the inverse of a trapdoor function to be easily computed.
5. n. (mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; weather door.
at
1. prep. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place.
Caesar was at Rome; at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine; at Jim’s house
2. prep. (indicating time) (Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.)
at six o’clock; at closing time; at night.
3. prep. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner).
He threw the ball at me. He shouted at her.
4. prep. Denotes a price.
3 apples at 2¢ (each) The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations.
5. prep. Occupied in (activity).
men at work
6. prep. In a state of.
She is at sixes and sevens with him. They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff. The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces.
7. prep. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series.
Sell at 90. Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders. I'm offering it—just to select customers—at cost.
8. prep. Because of.
to laugh at a joke mad at their comments
9. prep. Indicates a means, method, or manner.
10. prep. Holding a given speed or rate.
It is growing at the rate of 3% a year. Cruising along at fifty miles per hour.
11. prep. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding.
The twins were both bad at chemistry.
He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation.
12. prep. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to
13. n. The at sign (@).
14. n. (alt form, att) (Laos currency unit)
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.
top
1. n. The highest or uppermost part of something.
His kite got caught at the top of the tree.
2. n. (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top.
We flipped the machine onto its top.
3. n. The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc.
Further weather information can be found at the top of your television screen. Headings appear at the tops of pages.
4. n. A lid, cap or cover of a container.
Put a top on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad.
5. n. A garment worn to cover the torso.
I bought this top as it matches my jeans.
6. n. (nautical) A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.
7. n. (baseball) The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
8. n. (archaic) The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
9. n. A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin.
10. n. Someone who is eminent.:
11. n. (archaic) The chief person; the most prominent one.
12. n. The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.
to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school
13. n. (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
14. n. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom.
15. n. (physics) A top quark.
16. n. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
17. n. (ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
18. n. (sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume.
She sang at the top of her voice.
19. n. (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
20. n. (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.
21. n. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
22. n. (in the slang) Topboots.
23. n. (golf) A stroke on the top of the ball.
24. n. (golf) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
25. n. (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.
26. v. To cover on the top or with a top.
I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.
27. v. To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair.
Top and tail the carrots.
28. v. To excel, to surpass, to beat.
Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar.
29. v. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s.
30. v. (UK, slang) To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.
Depression causes many people to top themselves.
31. v. (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
I used to be a slave, but I ended up topping.
Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom".
32. v. (slang) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
33. v. (slang) To anally penetrate.
34. v. (archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
lofty ridges and topping mountains
35. v. (archaic) To predominate.
topping passions
36. v. (archaic) To excel; to rise above others.
37. v. (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
38. v. (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening
39. v. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
40. v. (slang) To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
41. v. (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
42. v. To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
43. v. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
44. v. (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
45. adj. Situated on the top of something.
46. adj. (informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank.
She's in the top dance school.
47. adj. (informal) Very good, of high quality.
He's a top lawyer.
That is a top car.
48. adv. Rated first.
She came top in her French exam.

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