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. | |
line |
1. n. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight. | |
The arrow descended in a curved line. | |
2. n. (geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness. | |
3. n. (geometry, informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure. | |
4. n. (graph theory) An edge of a graph. | |
5. n. (geography) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map. | |
6. n. (geography, ‘the line’ or ‘equinoctial line’) The equator. | |
7. n. (music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed. | |
8. n. (cricket) The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length). | |
9. n. (soccer) The goal line. | |
10. n. A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness. | |
11. n. A hose or pipe, of any size. | |
a brake line, the main water line to the house | |
12. n. Direction, path. | |
the line of sight; the line of vision | |
13. n. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection. | |
I tried to make a call, but the line was dead. | |
a dedicated line; a shared line | |
Please speak up, the line is very faint. | |
14. n. A clothesline. | |
15. n. A letter, a written form of communication. | |
Drop me a line. | |
16. n. A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc. | |
a line of stages; an express line | |
17. n. (military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces. | |
18. n. The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation. | |
19. n. A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure. | |
20. n. (obsolete) A measuring line or cord. | |
21. n. That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode. | |
22. n. A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark. | |
23. n. Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body). | |
24. n. A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contra | |
The line forms on the right. | |
There is a line of houses. | |
25. n. (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery etc. | |
26. n. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage. | |
27. n. A small amount of text. Specifically: | |
28. n. A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of | |
The answer to the comprehension question can be found in the third line of the accompanying text. | |
29. n. A verse (in poetry). | |
30. n. A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie or the like. | |
He was perfecting his pickup lines for use at the bar. | |
"It is what it is" was one his more annoying lines. | |
31. n. A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it. | |
Don't feed me a line! | |
32. n. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. | |
33. n. The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction. | |
Remember, your answers must match the party line. | |
34. n. A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself. | |
line of business, product line | |
How many buses does the line have? | |
The airline is in danger of bankruptcy. | |
35. n. (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber. | |
36. n. A measure of length: | |
37. n. (historical) A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of | |
38. n. One twelfth of an inch. | |
39. n. One fortieth of an inch. | |
40. n. (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux. | |
41. n. (baseball, slang) The batter’s box. | |
42. n. (fencing, ‘line of engagement’) The position in which the fencers hold their swords. | |
43. n. (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working). | |
the engine is in line / out of line | |
44. n. A small portion or serving (of a powdery illegal drug). | |
45. n. (obsolete) Instruction; doctrine. | |
46. n. (genetics) Population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup. | |
47. n. (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter. | |
48. n. (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together. | |
49. n. (medicine, colloquial) A vascular catheter. | |
patient had a line inserted | |
line sepsis | |
50. v. To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align. | |
to line troops | |
51. v. To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify. | |
to line works with soldiers | |
52. v. To form a line along. | |
53. v. To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines. | |
to line a copy book | |
54. v. (transitive, obsolete) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray. | |
55. v. To read or repeat line by line. | |
to line out a hymn | |
56. v. (intransitive, ‘line up’) To form or enter into a line. | |
57. v. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground. | |
Jones lined to left in his last at-bat. | |
58. v. To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight. | |
59. n. (obsolete) Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax. | |
60. v. To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen. | |
The bird lines its nest with soft grass. | |
to line a cloak with silk or fur | |
to line a box with paper or tin | |
paintings lined the walls of the cavernous dining room | |
61. v. To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper. | |
62. v. To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money. | |
to line the shelves | |
63. v. (transitive, now rare, of a dog) to copulate with, to impregnate. | |
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. | |
depression |
1. n. (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future. | |
I used to suffer from depression, but now I'm mostly content with my life. | |
2. n. (geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings. | |
3. n. (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide. | |
4. n. (meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes. | |
5. n. (economics) A period of major economic contraction. | |
6. n. (economics, US) Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER. | |
The Great Depression was the worst financial event in US history. | |
7. n. The act of lowering or pressing something down. | |
Depression of the lever starts the machine. | |
8. n. (biology, physiology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation. | |
left |
1. adj. The opposite of right; toward the west when one is facing north. | |
The left side. | |
2. adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political left. | |
3. adv. On the left side. | |
4. adv. Towards the left side. | |
Turn left at the corner. | |
5. n. The left side or direction. | |
6. n. (politics) The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group. | |
The political left is holding too much power. | |
7. n. (boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist. | |
8. v. simple past tense and past participle of leave. | |
9. v. (Ireland, colloquial) permitted, allowed to proceed. | |
We were not left go to the beach after school except on a weekend. | |
leave |
1. v. To have a consequence or remnant. | |
2. v. To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (somet | |
I left my car at home and took a bus to work. The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread. There's not much food left. We'd be | |
3. v. To cause, to result in. | |
The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes. Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life. | |
4. v. To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself. | |
Leave your hat in the hall. We should leave the legal matters to lawyers. I left my sewing and went to the window to watch the fallin | |
5. v. To depart; to separate from. | |
6. v. To let be or do without interference. | |
I left him to his reflections. I leave my hearers to judge. | |
7. v. To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with. | |
I left the country and I left my wife. | |
8. v. To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project). | |
I left the band. | |
9. v. (intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state. | |
I think you'd better leave. | |
10. v. To transfer something. | |
11. v. To transfer possession of after death. | |
When my father died, he left me the house. | |
12. v. To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit. | |
I'll leave the car in the station so you can pick it up there. | |
13. v. To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with. | |
Can't we just leave this to the experts? | |
14. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To remain (behind); to stay. | |
15. v. (transitive, archaic) To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund). | |
16. n. (cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball. | |
17. n. (billiards) The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or onl | |
18. n. Permission to be absent; time away from one's work. | |
I've been given three weeks' leave by my boss. | |
19. n. (dated, or legal) Permission. | |
Might I beg leave to accompany you? | |
The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences. | |
20. n. (dated) Farewell, departure. | |
I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance. | |
21. v. To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant. | |
22. v. (intransitive, rare) To produce leaves or foliage.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. | |
23. v. (obsolete) To raise; to levy. | |
by |
1. prep. Near or next to. | |
The mailbox is by the bus stop. | |
2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval. | |
Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July. | |
3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of. | |
The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour. | |
4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of. | |
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare | |
5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of. | |
6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of. | |
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking. | |
7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination. | |
The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight. | |
8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed. | |
I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife. | |
9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of. | |
Our stock is up by ten percent. | |
10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another. | |
We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches. | |
11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to. | |
He cheated by his own admission. | |
12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of. | |
By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this. | |
13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something. | |
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm. | |
14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of. | |
She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress. | |
15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker. | |
I watched as it passed by. | |
16. adv. In the vicinity, near. | |
There was a shepherd close by. | |
The shop is hard by the High Street. | |
17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business. | |
I'll stop by on my way home from work. | |
We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave. | |
18. adv. Aside, away. | |
The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring. | |
19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary. | |
20. n. (card games) A pass | |
21. interj. alternative spelling of bye | |
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. | |
cut |
1. adj. (participial adjective) Having been cut. | |
2. adj. Reduced. | |
The pitcher threw a cut fastball that was slower than his usual pitch. | |
Cut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor. | |
3. adj. Omitted from a literary or musical work. | |
My favourite song had been cut from the show. | |
4. adj. (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw. | |
5. adj. (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point. | |
6. adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles. | |
7. adj. (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation | |
8. adj. (Australia, NZ, slang) Emotionally hurt. | |
9. adj. Eliminated from consideration during a recruitment drive. | |
10. adj. Removed from a team roster. | |
11. adj. (NZ) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol. | |
12. n. An opening resulting from cutting. | |
Look at this cut on my finger! | |
13. n. The act of cutting. | |
He made a fine cut with his sword. | |
14. n. The result of cutting. | |
a smooth or clear cut | |
15. n. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove. | |
a cut for a railroad | |
16. n. (specifically) An artificial navigation as distinguished from a navigable river | |
17. n. A share or portion. | |
The lawyer took a cut of the profits. | |
18. n. (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point. | |
19. n. (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball. | |
20. n. (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball. | |
21. n. (golf) In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entert | |
22. n. (theatre) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play. | |
The director asked the cast to note down the following cuts. | |
23. n. (cinema) A particular version or edit of a film. | |
24. n. The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards. | |
The player next to the dealer makes a cut by placing the bottom half on top. | |
25. n. The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in. | |
I like the cut of that suit. | |
26. n. A slab, especially of meat. | |
That’s our finest cut of meat. | |
27. n. (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point. | |
28. n. A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance. | |
29. n. A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc. | |
The drummer on the last cut of their CD is not identified. | |
30. n. (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit. | |
31. n. A haircut. | |
32. n. (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups. | |
33. n. A string of railway cars coupled together. | |
34. n. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving. | |
a book illustrated with fine cuts | |
35. n. (obsolete) A common workhorse; a gelding. | |
36. n. (slang) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise. | |
37. n. A skein of yarn. | |
38. n. (slang) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug. | |
Don't buy his coke: it's full of cut. | |
39. n. (fashion) A notch shaved into an eyebrow. | |
40. n. (bodybuilding) A time period when one tries to lose fat while retaining muscle mass. | |
41. v. (heading, transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something. | |
42. v. To perform an incision on, for example with a knife. | |
43. v. To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument. | |
Would you please cut the cake? | |
44. v. To form or shape by cutting. | |
I have three diamonds to cut today. | |
45. v. (slang) To wound with a knife. | |
46. v. (intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin. | |
The patient said she had been cutting since the age of thirteen. | |
47. v. To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to. | |
48. v. To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce. | |
Sarcasm cuts to the quick. | |
49. v. To castrate or geld. | |
to cut a horse | |
50. v. To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs. | |
51. v. (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument. | |
52. v. (transitive, heading, social) To separate, remove, reject or reduce. | |
53. v. To separate from prior association; to remove a portion of a recording during editing. | |
Travis was cut from the team. | |
54. v. To abridge a piece of printed or written work. | |
55. v. To reduce, especially intentionally. | |
They're going to cut salaries by fifteen percent. | |
56. v. To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.). | |
I cut fifth period to hang out with Angela. | |
57. v. To ignore as a social snub. | |
After the incident at the dinner party, people started to cut him on the street. | |
58. v. (intransitive, cinema, audio, usually as imperative) To cease recording activities. | |
After the actors read their lines, the director yelled, "Cut!". | |
59. v. (intransitive, cinema) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another. | |
The camera then cut to the woman on the front row who was clearly overcome and crying tears of joy. | |
60. v. (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage. | |
61. v. (transitive, computing) To remove and place in memory for later use. | |
Select the text, cut it, and then paste it in the other application. | |
62. v. (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place. | |
One student kept trying to cut in front of the line. | |
63. v. (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so. | |
This road cuts right through downtown. | |
64. v. (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat. | |
65. v. (intransitive) To change direction suddenly. | |
The football player cut to his left to evade a tackle. | |
66. v. (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two. | |
If you cut then I'll deal. | |
67. v. (transitive, slang) To write. | |
cut orders; cut a check | |
68. v. (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate a recreational drug. | |
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. | |
wound |
1. n. An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body. | |
2. n. (figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc. | |
It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult. | |
3. n. (criminal legal) An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken. | |
4. v. To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin. | |
The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued. | |
5. v. To hurt (a person's feelings). | |
The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival. | |
6. v. simple past tense and past participle of wind | |
wind |
1. n. Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure. | |
The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship. | |
As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack. | |
The winds in Chicago are fierce. | |
There was a sudden gust of wind. | |
2. n. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action. | |
the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows | |
3. n. The ability to breathe easily. | |
After the second lap he was already out of wind. | |
The fall knocked the wind out of him. | |
4. n. News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.) | |
Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend. | |
5. n. (India, and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements). | |
6. n. (colloquial) Flatus. | |
Eww. Someone just passed wind. | |
7. n. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument. | |
8. n. (music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section. | |
9. n. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the "four winds". | |
10. n. Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds. | |
11. n. A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing. | |
12. n. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words. | |
13. n. A bird, the dotterel. | |
14. n. (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury. | |
15. v. To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. | |
16. v. To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen. | |
The boxer was winded during round two. | |
17. v. (reflexive) To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath. | |
I can’t run another step — I’m winded. | |
18. v. (British) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side. | |
19. v. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate. | |
20. v. To perceive or follow by scent. | |
The hounds winded the game. | |
21. v. To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe. | |
22. v. To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something. | |
to wind thread on a spool or into a ball | |
23. v. To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock. | |
Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock. | |
24. v. To entwist; to enfold; to encircle. | |
25. v. To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight. | |
Vines wind round a pole. The river winds through the plain. | |
26. v. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern. | |
27. v. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate. | |
28. v. To cover or surround with something coiled about. | |
to wind a rope with twine | |
29. v. To make a winding motion. | |
30. n. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist. | |
31. n. topics, en, Atmospheric phenomena | |
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. | |
scar |
1. n. A permanent mark on the skin sometimes caused by the healing of a wound. | |
2. n. (by extension) A permanent effect on someone’s mind, caused by a traumatic experience. | |
3. v. To mark the skin permanently. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To form a scar. | |
5. v. (transitive, figurative) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner. | |
Seeing his parents die in a car crash scarred him for life. | |
6. n. A cliff. | |
7. n. A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water. | |
8. n. A bare rocky place on the side of a hill. | |
9. n. A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae). | |
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. | |
cicatrix |
1. n. A scar that remains after the development of new tissue over a recovering wound or sore (also used figuratively). | |