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. | |
feeling |
1. adj. Emotionally sensitive. | |
Despite the rough voice, the coach is surprisingly feeling. | |
2. adj. Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility. | |
He made a feeling representation of his wrongs. | |
3. n. Sensation, particularly through the skin. | |
The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling. | |
4. n. Emotion; impression. | |
The house gave me a feeling of dread. | |
5. n. (always in the plural) Emotional state or well-being. | |
You really hurt my feelings when you said that. | |
6. n. (always in the plural) Emotional attraction or desire. | |
Many people still have feelings for their first love. | |
7. n. Intuition. | |
He has no feeling for what he can say to somebody in such a fragile emotional condition. | |
I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work. | |
8. n. An opinion, an attitude. | |
9. v. present participle of feel | |
feel |
1. v. To use the sense of touch.: | |
2. v. (transitive, copulative) To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on. | |
You can feel a heartbeat if you put your fingers on your breast. | |
I felt cold and miserable all night. | |
3. v. To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious movements. | |
I felt my way through the darkened room. | |
I felt my way cautiously through the dangerous business maneuver. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To search by sense of touch. | |
He felt for the light switch in the dark. | |
6. v. To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.: | |
7. v. To experience an emotion or other mental state about. | |
I can feel the sadness in his poems. | |
8. v. To think, believe, or have an impression concerning. | |
I feel that we need to try harder. | |
9. v. (intransitive, copulative) To experience an emotion or other mental state. | |
He obviously feels strongly about it. | |
She felt even more upset when she heard the details. | |
10. v. (intransitive) To sympathise; to have the sensibilities moved or affected. | |
I feel for you and your plight. | |
11. v. To be or become aware of. | |
12. v. To experience the consequences of. | |
Feel my wrath! | |
13. v. (copulative) To seem (through touch or otherwise). | |
It looks like wood, but it feels more like plastic. | |
This is supposed to be a party, but it feels more like a funeral! | |
14. v. (transitive, US, slang) To understand. | |
I don't want you back here, ya feel me? | |
15. n. A quality of an object experienced by touch. | |
Bark has a rough feel. | |
16. n. A vague mental impression. | |
You should get a feel of the area before moving in. | |
17. n. An act of fondling. | |
She gave me a quick feel to show that she loves me. | |
18. n. A vague understanding. | |
I'm getting a feel for what you mean. | |
19. n. An intuitive ability. | |
She has a feel for music. | |
20. n. (chiefly US, slang) Alternative form of feeling. | |
I know that feel. | |
21. pron. (dialectal, or obsolete) alternative form of fele | |
22. adj. (dialectal, or obsolete) alternative form of fele | |
23. adv. (dialectal, or obsolete) alternative form of fele | |
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. | |
oppression |
1. n. The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. | |
2. n. The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed. | |
The oppression of the poor by the aristocracy was one cause of the French Revolution. | |
3. n. A feeling of being oppressed. | |
Our oppression was lifted by the reappearance of the sun. | |
during |
1. prep. For all of a given time interval. | |
I lived with my parents during the 1970s. | |
The shop was one of the few able to stay open during the war. | |
2. prep. At any time or period within a given time interval. | |
I lived with my parents at several points during the 1980s. | |
Many of the best examples were produced during the Restoration. | |
3. v. present participle of dure | |
dure |
1. v. (archaic, intransitive) To last, continue, endure. | |
2. adj. (obsolete) hard; harsh; severe; rough | |
sleep |
1. v. (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness. | |
You should sleep 8 hours a day. | |
2. v. (intransitive, of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion. | |
When a top is sleeping, it is spinning but not precessing. | |
3. v. To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion. | |
4. v. To accommodate in beds. | |
This caravan can sleep up to four people. | |
5. v. To be slumbering in (a state). | |
to sleep a dreamless sleep | |
6. v. (intransitive) To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly. | |
7. v. (intransitive) To be dead; to lie in the grave. | |
8. v. (intransitive) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant. | |
a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps | |
9. v. (computing, intransitive) To wait for a period of time without performing any action. | |
After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again. | |
10. v. =====Troponyms===== | |
11. v. (rest in a state of reduced consciousness) nap, doze, snooze | |
12. n. The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm. | |
I really need some sleep. | |
We need to conduct an overnight sleep test to diagnose your sleep problem. | |
13. n. (informal) An act or instance of sleeping. | |
I’m just going to have a quick sleep. | |
14. n. (informal, by extension) A night. | |
There are only three sleeps till Christmas! - | |
15. n. Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness). | |
Wipe the sleep from your eyes. | |
16. n. A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves. | |
Synonyms: nyctinasty, nyctitropism | |
17. n. The hibernation of animals. | |
sleep |
1. v. (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness. | |
You should sleep 8 hours a day. | |
2. v. (intransitive, of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion. | |
When a top is sleeping, it is spinning but not precessing. | |
3. v. To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion. | |
4. v. To accommodate in beds. | |
This caravan can sleep up to four people. | |
5. v. To be slumbering in (a state). | |
to sleep a dreamless sleep | |
6. v. (intransitive) To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly. | |
7. v. (intransitive) To be dead; to lie in the grave. | |
8. v. (intransitive) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant. | |
a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps | |
9. v. (computing, intransitive) To wait for a period of time without performing any action. | |
After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again. | |
10. v. =====Troponyms===== | |
11. v. (rest in a state of reduced consciousness) nap, doze, snooze | |
12. n. The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm. | |
I really need some sleep. | |
We need to conduct an overnight sleep test to diagnose your sleep problem. | |
13. n. (informal) An act or instance of sleeping. | |
I’m just going to have a quick sleep. | |
14. n. (informal, by extension) A night. | |
There are only three sleeps till Christmas! - | |
15. n. Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness). | |
Wipe the sleep from your eyes. | |
16. n. A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves. | |
Synonyms: nyctinasty, nyctitropism | |
17. n. The hibernation of animals. | |
paralysis |
1. n. (pathology) The complete loss of voluntary control of part of person's body, such as one or more limbs. | |
2. n. A state of being inable to act. | |
The government has been in a paralysis since it lost its majority in the parliament. | |
night |
1. n. The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark. | |
How do you sleep at night when you attack your kids like that!? | |
2. n. An evening or night spent at a particular activity. | |
a night on the town | |
3. n. A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a hotel or other accommodation. | |
We stayed at the Hilton for five nights. | |
4. n. Nightfall. | |
from noon till night | |
5. n. Darkness. | |
The cat disappeared into the night. | |
6. n. A dark blue colour, midnight blue. | |
(color panel, 002266) | |
7. n. (sports) A night's worth of competitions, generally one game. | |
8. interj. short for, good night | |
Night all! Thanks for a great evening! | |
9. v. To spend a night (in a place), to overnight. | |
terrors |
1. n. plural of terror | |
terror |
1. n. Intense dread, fright, or fear. | |
2. n. The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction. | |
3. n. Something or someone that causes such fear. | |
4. n. terrorism | |
a terror attack; the War on Terror | |
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. | |
nightmare |
1. n. (now rare) A female demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep. | |
2. n. A very bad or frightening dream. | |
I had a nightmare that I tried to run but could neither move nor breathe. | |
3. n. (figuratively) Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure. | |
Cleaning up after identity theft can be a nightmare of phone calls and letters. | |