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. | |
knife |
1. n. A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be p | |
2. n. A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger. | |
3. n. Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper. | |
4. v. To cut with a knife. | |
5. v. To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To cut through as if with a knife. | |
7. v. To betray, especially in the context of a political slate. | |
8. v. To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate. compare cut | |