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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.
gullible
1. adj. Easily deceived or duped; naïve, easily cheated or fooled.
2. n. A gullible person; someone easily fooled or tricked.
person
1. n. An individual; usually a human being.
Each person is unique, both mentally and physically.
2. n. A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represent
3. n. (Christianity) Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.
4. n. (chiefly in science fiction) Any sentient or socially intelligent being.
5. n. (in a compound noun or noun phrase) Someone who likes or has an affinity for (a specified thing).
Jack's always been a dog person, but I prefer cats.
6. n. The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
7. n. (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person.
8. n. (law) The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.
9. n. (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking. See grammatical person.
10. n. (biology) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.
11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
12. v. (transitive, gender-neutral) To man.
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.
Sucker
1. n. (US, slang) A native or denizen of Illinois.
2. n. A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned.
3. n. (horticulture) An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree.
4. n. A parasite; a sponger.
5. n. An organ or body part that does the sucking; especially a round structure on the bodies of some insects, frogs, and octopuses that allows them to stick to surfaces.
6. n. A thing that works by sucking something.
7. n. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket.
8. n. A pipe through which anything is drawn.
9. n. A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of
10. n. (UK, colloquial) A suction cup.
11. n. An animal such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs.
12. n. Any fish in the family Catostomidae of North America and eastern Asia, which have mouths modified into downward-pointing, suckerlike structures for feeding in bottom sediments
13. n. (American, informal) A piece of candy which is sucked ; a lollipop (from 1900s)
14. n. (slang) A hard drinker; a soaker.
15. n. (American, obsolete) An inhabitant of Illinois.
16. n. (American, slang) A person who is easily deceived, tricked or persuaded to do something; a naive person
One poor sucker had actually given her his life’s savings. -
17. n. A person irresistibly attracted by something specified.
A sucker for ghost stories. -
18. n. (obsolete, vulgar, British slang) The penis.
19. v. (horticulture, transitive) To strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers.
to sucker maize
20. v. (horticulture, intransitive) To produce suckers, to throw up additional stems or shoots.
21. v. To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.
The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.
22. n. (slang) A thing or object. Any thing or object being called attention to with emphasis, as in "this sucker".
23. n. (informal) Generalized term of reference to a person.
See if you can get that sucker working again.
someone
1. pron. Some person.
Can someone help me, please?
2. n. A partially specified but unnamed person.
Do you need a gift for that special someone?
3. n. an important person
He thinks he has become someone.
easily
1. adv. Comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety.
2. adv. Without difficulty.
Individuals without a family network are easily controlled.
3. adv. (colloquial, not comparable) Absolutely, without question.
This is easily the best meal I have eaten.
taken
1. adj. Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.
He was very taken with the girl, I hear.
2. adj. (informal) In a serious romantic relationship.
I can't ask her out, she's taken.
3. v. past participle of take
take
1. v. To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.
They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands.
I'll take that plate off the table.
2. v. To seize or capture.
take the guards prisoner
take prisoners
After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city.
3. v. To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
took ten catfish in one afternoon
4. v. (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
5. v. To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
Billy took her pencil.
6. v. To exact.
take a toll
take revenge
7. v. To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
took the next two tricks
took Smith's rook
8. v. To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
took third place
took bribes
The camera takes 35mm film.
9. v. To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
The store doesn't take checks.
She wouldn't take any money for her help.
Do you take credit?
The vending machine only takes bills, it doesn't take coins.
10. v. To accept and follow (advice, etc).
take my advice
11. v. To receive into some relationship.
take a wife
The school only takes new students in the fall.
The therapist wouldn't take him as a client.
12. v. (transitive, intransitive, legal) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
13. v. To remove.
take two eggs from the carton
14. v. To remove or end by death; to kill.
The earthquake took many lives.
The plague took rich and poor alike.
Cancer took her life.
He took his life last night.
15. v. To subtract.
take one from three and you are left with two
16. v. To have sex with.
17. v. To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.
The woman guarding us looks like a professional, but I can take her!
18. v. To grasp or grip.
He took her hand in his.
19. v. To select or choose; to pick.
Take whichever bag you like.
She took the best men with her and left the rest to garrison the city.
I'll take the blue plates.
I'll take two sugars in my coffee, please.
20. v. To adopt (select) as one's own.
She took his side in every argument.
take a stand on the important issues
21. v. To carry or lead (something or someone).
She took her sword with her everywhere she went.
I'll take the plate with me.
22. v. (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
The next bus will take you to Metz.
I took him for a ride
I took him down to London.
23. v. (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
These stairs take you down to the basement.
Stone Street took us right past the store.
24. v. To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
She took the steps two or three at a time/
He took the curve / corner too fast.
The pony took every hedge and fence in its path.
25. v. To escort or conduct (a person).
He took her to lunch at the new restaurant, took her to the movies, and then took her home.
26. v. (reflexive) To go.
27. v. To use as a means of transportation.
take the ferry
I took a plane.
He took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester.
He's 96 but he still takes the stairs.
28. v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
29. v. To obtain for use by payment or lease.
She took a condo at the beach for the summer.
He took a full-page ad in the Times.
30. v. To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
They took two magazines.
I used to take The Sunday Times.
31. v. To consume.
32. v. To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
take two of these and call me in the morning
take the blue pill
I take aspirin every day to thin my blood.
33. v. To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
The general took dinner at seven o'clock.
34. v. To experience, undergo, or endure.
35. v. To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
take sun-baths
take a shower
She made the decision to take chemotherapy.
36. v. To experience or feel.
She takes pride in her work.
advantage
1. n. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end.
The enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.
2. n. (obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
3. n. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
the advantage of a good constitution
Having the faster car is of little advantage.
4. n. (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
5. n. (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
6. n. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
7. v. to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
8. v. (reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
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.
someone
1. pron. Some person.
Can someone help me, please?
2. n. A partially specified but unnamed person.
Do you need a gift for that special someone?
3. n. an important person
He thinks he has become someone.
lacking
1. v. present participle of lack
2. n. The absence of something; a lack.
3. adj. Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc).
This cheese is lacking in pungency.
4. adj. not carrying a firearm
are you packing or lacking?
lack
1. n. (obsolete) A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.
2. n. A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
3. v. To be without, to need, to require.
My life lacks excitement.
4. v. (intransitive) To be short (of or for something).
He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money.
5. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in want.
6. v. (obsolete) To see the deficiency in (someone or something); to find fault with, to malign, reproach.
common
1. adj. Mutual; shared by more than one.
The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship.
Winning the championship is an aim common to the two competitors.
2. adj. Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
It is common to find sharks off this coast.
3. adj. Found in large numbers or in a large quantity.
Sharks are common in these waters.
4. adj. Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
5. adj. (grammar) In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine categories of nouns.
6. adj. (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
7. adj. Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name.
8. adj. (obsolete) Profane; polluted.
9. adj. (obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.
10. n. Mutual good, shared by more than one.
11. n. A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
12. n. The people; the community.
13. n. (legal) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the ri
14. v. (obsolete) To communicate (something).
15. v. (obsolete) To converse, talk.
16. v. (obsolete) To have sex.
17. v. (obsolete) To participate.
18. v. (obsolete) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
19. v. (obsolete) To board together; to eat at a table in common.
sense
1. n. Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
2. n. Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
a sense of security
3. n. Sound practical or moral judgment.
It's common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven.
4. n. The meaning, reason, or value of something.
You don’t make any sense.
the true sense of words or phrases
5. n. A natural appreciation or ability.
A keen musical sense
6. n. (pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
7. n. (semantics) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
8. n. (mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
9. n. (mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
10. n. (biochemistry) referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
11. v. To use biological senses: to either smell, watch, taste, hear or feel.
12. v. To instinctively be aware.
She immediately sensed her disdain.
13. v. To comprehend.

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