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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.
glutinous
     1. adj. glue-like, sticky, viscid.
     2. adj. Of the nature of gluten.
     3. adj. Containing gluten.
size
     1. n. (obsolete, outside, dialects) An assize.
     2. n. (obsolete) A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.
     3. n. (obsolete) A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.
     4. n. The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
           The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there.
     5. n. (obsolete) A regulation, piece of ordinance.
     6. n. A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.
           I don't think we have the red one in your size.
     7. n. (graph theory) A number of edges in a graph.
     8. n. (figurative, dated) Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.
     9. n. An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls.
     10. v. To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
     11. v. To classify or arrange by size.
     12. v.          (military) To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.
     13. v.          (mining) To sift (pieces of ore or metal) in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.
     14. v. (transitive, colloquial) To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
     15. v. (intransitive) To take a greater size; to increase in size.
     16. v. (Cambridge University) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
     17. v. (transitive, obsolete) To swell; to increase the bulk of.
     18. n. A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.
     19. n. Wallpaper paste.
     20. n. The thickened crust on coagulated blood.
     21. n. Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.
     22. v. To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.
used
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of use
           You used me!
     2. v. (intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed to doing something
           He used to live here, but moved away last year.
     3. adj. That is or has or have been used.
           The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
     4. adj. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
           He bought a used car.
     5. adj. Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
           I got used to this weather.
     use
          1. n. The act of using.
                the use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations;  there is no use for your invention
          2. n. (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
                What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
          3. n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
                This tool has many uses.
          4. n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
                I have no further use for these textbooks.
          5. n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
          6. n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
          7. n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
          8. n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
                the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
          9. n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
          10. v. To utilize or employ.
          11. v.          To employ; to apply; to utilize.
                        Use this knife to slice the bread.
                        We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
          12. v.          (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
                        I used the money they allotted me.
                        We should use up most of the fuel.
                        She used all the time allotted to complete the test.
          13. v.          To exploit.
                        You never cared about me; you just used me!
          14. v.          To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
                         He uses cocaine. I have never used drugs.
          15. v.          (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
                        Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.
          16. v.          (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
                        I could use a drink. My car could use a new coat of paint.
          17. v. To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.)
                soldiers who are used to hardships and danger (still common)
                to use the soldiers to hardships and danger (now rare)
          18. v.          (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
          19. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
          20. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.
          21. v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
                I used to get things done.
          22. v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
                to use an animal cruelly
          23. v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
As
     1. n. plural of A
           She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
     2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
           You’re not as tall as I am.
           It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
     3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
           The kidnappers released him as agreed.
           The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
           He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
     4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
     5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
           Do as I say!
           I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
           As you wish, my lord!
     6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
           As I came in, she flew.
     7. conj. At the same time that; while.
           He sleeps as the rain falls.
     8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
           As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
     9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
           As it’s too late, I quit.
     10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
           She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
           It's not so complicated as I expected.
     11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
     12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
     13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
     14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
     15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
     16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
           You are not as tall as me.
           They're big as houses.
     17. prep. In the role of.
           What is your opinion as a parent?
     18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
     19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
     20. n. plural of a
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.
ground
     1. n. The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
     2. n. Terrain.
     3. n. Soil, earth.
           The worm crawls through the ground.
           The fox escaped from the hounds by going to ground.
     4. n. The bottom of a body of water.
     5. n. Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
     6. n. reason, Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
           You will need to show good grounds for your action.
           He could not come on grounds of health, or on health grounds.
     7. n. Background, context, framework, surroundings.
     8. n. (historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
     9. n. (metaphorical) Hence, by extension, advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
     10. n. plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
           crimson flowers on a white ground
     11. n. In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
     12. n. In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
           Brussels ground
     13. n. In etching, a gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
     14. n. (architecture, mostly, in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
           Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.
     15. n. A soccer stadium.
           Manchester United's ground is known as Old Trafford.
     16. n. (electricity, Canadian, and US) An electrical conductor connected to the ground.
     17. n. (electricity, Canadian, and US) A level of electrical potential used as a zero reference.
     18. n. (cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (h
     19. n. (music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
     20. n. (music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
     21. n. The pit of a theatre.
     22. v. (US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
     23. v. To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing him/her to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
           If you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you.
           Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!
           My kids are currently grounded from television.
     24. v. To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
           Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.
     25. v. To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
           Jim was grounded in maths.
     26. v. (baseball) to hit a ground ball; to hit a ground ball which results in an out. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb).
           Jones grounded to second in his last at-bat.
     27. v. (cricket) (of a batsman) to place his bat, or part of his body, on the ground behind the popping crease so as not to be run out
     28. v. (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
           The ship grounded on the bar.
     29. v. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
     30. v. (fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
     31. v. To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
           I ground myself with meditation.
     32. v. simple past tense and past participle of grind
           I ground the coffee up nicely.
     33. adj. Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
           ground mustard seed
     34. adj. Processed by grinding.
           lenses of ground glass
     grind
          1. v. To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
          2. v. To shape with the force of friction.
                grind a lens
                grind an axe
          3. v. (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
          4. v. To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
                This corn grinds well.
                Steel grinds to a sharp edge.
          5. v. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
          6. v. (sports) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
          7. v. To oppress, hold down or weaken.
          8. v. (slang) To rotate the hips erotically.
          9. v. (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
          10. v. (video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
          11. v. To operate by turning a crank.
                to grind an organ
          12. v. To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
          13. v. To instill through repetitive teaching.
                Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.
          14. v. (slang) To eat.
                Eh, brah, let's go grind.
          15. v. (slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
          16. n. The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
          17. n. Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
          18. n. A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
                This bag contains espresso grind.
          19. n. A tedious and laborious task.
                Synonyms: chore
                This homework is a grind.
          20. n. A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
          21. n. (archaic, slang) One who studies hard; a swot.
          22. n. grindcore, Grindcore (subgenre of heavy metal)
          23. n. A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
for
     1. conj. (dated) Because.
     2. prep. Towards.
           The astronauts headed for the moon.
     3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
           I have something for you.
     4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
           We're having a birthday party for Janet.
           The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
           The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
     5. prep. Supporting.
           All those for the motion raise your hands.
     6. prep. Because of.
           He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
           (UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
           She was the worse for drink.
     7. prep. Over a period of time.
           I've lived here for three years.
           They fought for days over a silly pencil.
     8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
     9. prep. On behalf of.
           I will stand in for him.
     10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
     11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
           I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
           He's going for his doctorate.
           Do you want to go for coffee?
           People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
           Can you go to the store for some eggs?
           I'm saving up for a car.
           Don't wait for an answer.
           What did he ask you for?
     12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
           Run for the hills!
           He was headed for the door when he remembered.
     13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
           Fair for its day.
           She's spry for an old lady.
     14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
     15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
           For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
           All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
     16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
           In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
     17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
           At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
     18. prep. To be, or as being.
     19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
     20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
gilding
     1. v. present participle of gild
     2. n. The art of applying gold leaf to a surface.
     3. n. Gold leaf.
     4. n. A coating of gold or gold-coloured paint, etc.
     gild
          1. v. To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
          2. v. To adorn.
          3. v. To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
          4. v. To make appear drunk.
          5. n. obsolete form of guild
to
     1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
           I want to leave.
           He asked me what to do.
           I don’t know how to say it.
           I have places to go and people to see.
     2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
           "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
           If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
     3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
           I have to do laundry today.
     4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
           We are walking to the shop.
     5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
           He devoted himself to education.
           They drank to his health.
     6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
           His face was beaten to a pulp.
     7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
           similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
     8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
           With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   t
     9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
           one to one = 1:1
           ten to one = 10:1.
           I have ten dollars to your four.
     10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
           Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
           Three to the power of two is nine.
           Three to the second is nine.
     11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
           I gave the book to him.
     12. prep. (time) Preceding.
           ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
     13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
           Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
           There's a lot of sense to what he says.
     14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
           Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
     15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
           Please push the door to.
     16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
     17. adv. misspelling of too
make
     1. v. To create.
     2. v.          To build, construct, or produce.
                   We made a bird feeder for our yard.
                   I'll make a man out of him yet.
     3. v.          To write or compose.
                   I made a poem for her wedding.
                   He made a will.
     4. v.          To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
                   make war
                   They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men.
     5. v.          (religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
                   God made earth and heaven.
     6. v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
           To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
           They made nice together, as if their fight never happened.
           He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.
     7. v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
     8. v. To constitute.
           They make a cute couple.
           This makes the third infraction.
           One swallow does not a summer make.
     9. v. 1995, Harriette Simpson Arnow: Critical Essays on Her Work, p.46:
     10. v. To add up to, have a sum of.
           Two and four make six.
     11. v. (intransitive, construed with of typically interrogative) To interpret.
           I don’t know what to make of it.
     12. v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
           This company is what made you.
           She married into wealth and so has it made.
     13. v. (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
           The citizens made their objections clear.
           This might make you a bit woozy.
           Did I make myself heard?
           Scotch will make you a man.
     14. v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
     15. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
           You're making her cry.
           I was made to feel like a criminal.
     16. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
           The teacher made the student study.
           Don’t let them make you suffer.
     17. v. (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
           His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
     18. v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
     19. v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
     20. v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
           We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
     21. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
           They made westward over the snowy mountains.
           Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!
           They made away from the fire toward the river.
     22. v. To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
     23. v. To move at (a speed).
           The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
           This baby can make 220 miles an hour.
     24. v. To appoint; to name.
     25. v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
     26. v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
     27. v. To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
           They hope to make a bigger profit.
           He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.
           She made ten points in that game.
     28. v. To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
     29. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
     30. v. To enact; to establish.
     31. v. To develop into; to prove to be.
           She'll make a fine president.
     32. v. To form or formulate in the mind.
           make plans
           made a questionable decision
     33. v. To perform a feat.
           make a leap
           make a pass
           make a u-turn
     34. v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
     35. v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
     36. v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
     37. v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
     38. v. (transitive, euphemism) To take the virginity of.
     39. v. To have sexual intercourse with.
     40. n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
           What make of car do you drive?
     41. n. How a thing is made; construction.
     42. n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
           The camera was of German make.
     43. n. Quantity produced, especially of materials.
     44. n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
     45. n. A person's character or disposition.
     46. n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
     47. n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
     48. n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
     49. n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
     50. n. (slang) Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
     51. n. (slang) A promotion.
     52. n. A home-made project
     53. n. (basketball) A made basket.
     54. n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
     55. n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.
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.
gold
     1. n. A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
     2. n. (lb or un) A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.
     3. n. A bright yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
           (color panel, FFD700)
     4. n. The bullseye of an archery target.
     5. n. A gold medal.
           France has won three golds and five silvers.
     6. n. (figuratively) Anything or anyone that is very valuable.
     7. n. (slang) A grill (qual, jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold.
     8. adj. Made of gold.
     9. adj. Having the colour of gold.
     10. adj. (of commercial services) Premium, superior.
     11. v. To pyrolyze or burn food until the color begins to change to a light brown, but not as dark as browning
     12. adj. (programming, of software) In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.
     13. adv. of or referring to a gold version of something
leaf
     1. n. The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
     2. n. Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
     3. n. A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
           gold leaf
     4. n. A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
     5. n. (in the plural) Tea leaves.
     6. n. A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
     7. n. A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
           The train car has one single-leaf and two double-leaf doors per side.
     8. n. (botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
     9. n. (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
     10. n. The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
     11. n. One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
     12. v. (intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
     13. v. To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.
           The lettuce in our burgers is 100% hand-leafed.
adhere
     1. v. (intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.
           wax adhered to his finger
     2. v. (intransitive, figurative) To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc.
     3. v. (intransitive, figurative) To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.
     4. v. (Scotland, legal) To affirm a judgment.
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