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. | |
large |
1. adj. Of considerable or relatively great size or extent. | |
Russia is a large country. The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size. He has a large collection of stamps. | |
2. adj. (obsolete) Abundant; ample. | |
3. adj. (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse. | |
4. adj. (obsolete) Free; unencumbered. | |
5. adj. (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language. | |
6. adj. (nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter. | |
7. adj. topics, en, Size | |
8. n. (music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves. | |
9. n. (obsolete) Liberality, generosity. | |
10. n. (slang) A thousand dollars/pounds. | |
Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large. | |
11. n. A large serving of something. | |
One small coffee and two larges, please. | |
12. adv. (nautical) Before the wind. | |
flat |
1. adj. Having no variations in height. | |
The land around here is flat. | |
2. adj. (music, voice) Without variations in pitch. | |
3. adj. (slang) Describing certain features, usually the breasts and/or buttocks, that are extremely small or not visible at all. | |
That girl is completely flat on both sides. | |
4. adj. (music, note) Lowered by one semitone. | |
5. adj. (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be. | |
Your A string is too flat. | |
6. adj. (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture. | |
7. adj. Uninteresting. | |
The party was a bit flat. | |
8. adj. Of a carbonated drink, with all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles. | |
9. adj. (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet. | |
10. adj. (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead. | |
11. adj. (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless. | |
12. adj. (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; dull and boring. | |
The market is flat. | |
The dialogue in your screenplay is flat -- you need to make it more exciting. | |
13. adj. Absolute; downright; peremptory. | |
His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results. | |
I'm not going to the party and that's flat. | |
14. adj. (phonetics, dated, of a consonant) sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant | |
15. adj. (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "t | |
Many flat adverbs, as in 'run fast', 'buy cheap', etc. are from Old English. | |
16. adj. (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft. | |
17. adj. (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends. | |
18. adj. (authorship figuratively, esp. of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional. | |
The author created the site to flesh out the books' flatter characters, who were actually quite well developed in her own mind. | |
19. adv. So as to be flat. | |
Spread the tablecloth flat over the table. | |
20. adv. Bluntly. | |
I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat. | |
21. adv. (with units of time, distance, etc) Not exceeding. | |
He can run a mile in four minutes flat. | |
22. adv. Completely. | |
I am flat broke this month. | |
23. adv. Directly; flatly. | |
24. adv. (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest. | |
25. n. An area of level ground. | |
26. n. (music) A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ sign placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪). | |
27. n. (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/tire. | |
28. n. (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels. | |
She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels. | |
29. n. (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes. | |
30. n. (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting. | |
31. n. The flat part of something: | |
32. n. (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge. | |
33. n. The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers. | |
34. n. A wide, shallow container. | |
a flat of strawberries | |
35. n. (mail) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes. | |
36. n. (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension. | |
37. n. A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught. | |
38. n. A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned. | |
39. n. (rail, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar. | |
40. n. A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions. | |
41. n. (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal. | |
42. n. (obsolete) A dull fellow; a simpleton. | |
43. n. (technical, theatre) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin that depicts a building or other part of a scene, also called backcloth and backdrop. | |
44. v. (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising. | |
45. v. (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface. | |
46. v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch. | |
47. v. (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone. | |
48. v. (transitive, dated) To make flat; to flatten; to level. | |
49. v. (transitive, dated) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress. | |
50. n. (chiefly British, New England, New Zealand, and Australian, archaic elsewhere) An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room. | |
bottomed |
1. adj. (in combination) Having some specified type of bottom. | |
2. v. simple past tense and past participle of bottom | |
bottom |
1. n. The lowest part of anything. | |
Footers appear at the bottoms of pages. | |
2. n. (UK, slang) Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment. | |
lack bottom | |
3. n. (UK, US) A valley, often used in place names. | |
Where shall we go for a walk? How about Ashcombe Bottom? | |
4. n. The buttocks or anus. | |
5. n. (nautical) A cargo vessel, a ship. | |
6. n. (nautical) Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater. | |
7. n. (baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat. | |
8. n. (BDSM) A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity. | |
9. n. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrated or with a preference for being penetrated during homosexual intercourse. | |
10. n. (physics) A bottom quark. | |
11. n. (often, figuratively) The lowest part of a container. | |
12. n. A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon. | |
13. n. The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea. | |
14. n. An abyss. | |
15. n. (obsolete) Power of endurance. | |
a horse of a good bottom | |
16. n. (obsolete) Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment. | |
17. n. (usually: bottoms or bottomland) Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil. | |
18. v. To fall to the lowest point. | |
19. v. To establish firmly; to found or justify on or upon something; to set on a firm footing; to set or rest on or upon something which provides support or authority. | |
20. v. (intransitive) To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded. | |
21. v. (intransitive) To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder. | |
22. v. (obsolete, transitive) To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread. | |
23. v. To furnish with a bottom. | |
to bottom a chair | |
24. v. To be the submissive in a BDSM relationship or roleplay. | |
25. v. To be anally penetrated in gay sex. | |
I've never bottomed in my life. | |
26. adj. The lowest or last place or position. | |
Those files should go on the bottom shelf. | |
towed |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of tow | |
tow |
1. v. To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul. | |
2. v. (running, cycling etc.) To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance. | |
3. n. The act of towing and the condition of being towed. | |
It isn't the car's battery; I think I need a tow. | |
4. n. Something, such as a tugboat, that tows. | |
5. n. Something, such as a barge, that is towed. | |
6. n. A rope or cable used in towing. | |
7. n. An untwisted bundle of fibers such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute. | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
self |
1. pron. (obsolete) Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned). | |
This argument was put forward by the defendant self. | |
2. pron. (commercial or humorous) Myself. | |
I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat. | |
3. n. The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts. | |
4. n. An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness (plural selves). | |
5. n. (botany) A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs). | |
6. n. (molecular biology, immunology) Any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogen | |
7. v. (botany) To fertilise by the same individual; to self-fertilise or self-pollinate. | |
8. v. (botany) To fertilise by the same strain; to inbreed. | |
9. adj. Having its own or a single nature or character, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; unmixed. | |
a self bow: one made from a single piece of wood | |
a self flower or plant: one which is wholly of one colour | |
10. adj. (obsolete) Same. | |
11. adj. (molecular biology, immunology) Of or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example | |
propelled |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of propel | |
propel |
1. v. To cause to move in a certain direction; to drive forward. | |
2. v. To make to arrive to a certain situation or result. | |
boat |
1. n. A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind. | |
2. n. (poker slang) A full house. | |
3. n. A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape. | |
a stone boat; a gravy boat | |
4. n. (chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat. | |
5. n. (AU, politics, informal) The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To travel by boat. | |
7. v. To transport in a boat. | |
to boat goods | |
8. v. To place in a boat. | |
to boat oars | |
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. | |
mainly |
1. adv. (obsolete) Forcefully, vigorously. | |
2. adv. (obsolete) Of the production of a sound: loudly, powerfully. | |
3. adv. (obsolete) To a great degree; very much. | |
4. adv. Chiefly; for the most part. | |
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). | |
river |
1. n. A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, ending at an ocean or in an inland sea. | |
Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods. | |
2. n. Any large flow of a liquid in a single body. | |
a river of blood | |
3. n. (poker) The last card dealt in a hand. | |
4. n. (typography) A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide. | |
5. v. (poker) To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game. | |
Johnny rivered me by drawing that ace of spades. | |
6. n. One who rives or splits. | |
and |
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. | |
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs. | |
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences. | |
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first. | |
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but. | |
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often | |
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements. | |
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition. | |
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause. | |
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’. | |
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, | |
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other". | |
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb). | |
14. conj. Expressing a condition.: | |
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that. | |
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though. | |
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat. | |
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath. | |
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog. | |
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine. | |
canal |
1. n. An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation. | |
2. n. (anatomy) A tubular channel within the body. | |
3. n. (astronomy) One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars. | |
4. v. To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage | |
5. v. To travel along a canal by boat | |
transport |
1. v. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey. | |
to transport goods; to transport troops | |
2. v. (historical) To deport to a penal colony. | |
3. v. (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away. | |
Music transports the soul. | |
4. n. An act of transporting; conveyance. | |
5. n. The state of being transported by emotion; rapture. | |
6. n. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.) | |
7. n. (Canada) A tractor-trailer. | |
8. n. The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system. | |
9. n. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc. | |
10. n. (historical) A deported convict. | |
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. | |
heavy |
1. adj. (of a physical object) Having great weight. | |
2. adj. (of a topic) Serious, somber. | |
3. adj. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive. | |
heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc. | |
4. adj. (UK, slang) Good. | |
This film is heavy. | |
5. adj. (dated, late 1960s, 1970s, US) Profound. | |
The Moody Blues are, like, heavy. | |
6. adj. (of a rate of flow) High, great. | |
7. adj. (slang) Armed. | |
Come heavy, or not at all. | |
8. adj. (music) Louder, more distorted. | |
Metal is heavier than swing. | |
9. adj. (of weather) Hot and humid. | |
10. adj. (of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people. | |
He was a heavy sleeper, a heavy eater and a heavy smoker - certainly not an ideal husband. | |
11. adj. (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest. | |
Cheese-stuffed sausage is too heavy to eat before exercising. | |
12. adj. Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense. | |
it was a heavy storm; a heavy slumber in bed; a heavy punch | |
13. adj. Laden to a great extent. | |
his eyes were heavy with sleep; she was heavy with child | |
14. adj. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc. | |
15. adj. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid. | |
a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, etc. | |
a heavy writer or book | |
16. adj. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey. | |
a heavy road; a heavy soil | |
17. adj. Not raised or leavened. | |
heavy bread | |
18. adj. Having much body or strength; said of wines or spirits. | |
19. adj. (obsolete) With child; pregnant. | |
20. adj. (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one | |
21. adv. heavily | |
heavy laden with their sins | |
22. adv. (India, colloquial) very | |
23. n. A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts. | |
With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films. | |
24. n. (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard. | |
A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it. | |
The term heavy normally follows the call-sign when used by air traffic controllers. | |
25. v. (often with "up") To make heavier. | |
26. v. To sadden. | |
27. v. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) To use power and/or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure. | |
The union was well known for the methods it used to heavy many businesses. | |
28. adj. Having the heaves. | |
a heavy horse | |
goods |
1. n. plural of good | |
2. n. (business, economics) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed. | |
3. n. (informal, often preceded by the) Something authentic, important, or revealing. | |
4. n. (transport) freight (not passengers) | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
bulk |
1. n. Size, specifically, volume. | |
2. n. Any huge body or structure. | |
3. n. The major part of something. | |
4. n. The result of water retained by fibre. | |
5. n. (transport) Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain. | |
6. n. a cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo. | |
7. n. (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially muscle. | |
8. n. (bodybuilding) A period where one tries to gain muscle. | |
9. n. (brane cosmology) A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist. | |
10. n. (obsolete) The body. | |
11. adj. being large in size, mass or volume (of goods, etc.) | |
12. adj. total | |
13. v. (intransitive) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent. | |
14. v. (intransitive) To grow in size; to swell or expand. | |
15. v. (intransitive) To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc. | |
16. v. To put or hold in bulk. | |
cargo |
1. n. Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle. | |
2. n. (Papua New Guinea) Western material goods. | |