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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.
female
     1. adj. Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
           female authors, the leading male and female artists, a female bird cooing at a male, intersex female patients, a trans female vlogger
     2. adj. Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine), (m.)
           stereotypically female pastimes, an insect with typically female coloration
     3. adj. Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
           the female chromosome;   estrogen, the primary female sex hormone, is produced by both females and males
     4. adj. (grammar, less common than 'feminine') Feminine; of the feminine grammatical gender.
     5. adj. (figuratively) Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting.
     6. n. One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.
     7. n.          (sometimes offensive, see usage notes) A human member of the feminine sex or gender.
     8. n.          An animal of the sex that produces eggs.
     9. n.          (botany) A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organ capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate
rabbit
     1. n. A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
           The pioneers survived by eating the small game they could get: rabbits, squirrels and occasionally a raccoon.
     2. n. The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
     3. n. A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.
     4. n. (cricket) A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
     5. n. (comptheory) A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare turtle.
     6. v. (intransitive) To hunt rabbits.
     7. v. (US, intransitive) To flee.
           The informant seemed skittish, as if he was about to rabbit.
     8. v. (UK, intransitive) To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.
           Stop your infernal rabbiting! Use proper words or nobody will listen to you!
           Commonly used in the form "to rabbit on".
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