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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.
liquid
1. n. A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative
A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.
2. n. (phonetics) A class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.
3. adj. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
liquid nitrogen
4. adj. (finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
5. adj. (finance, of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
6. adj. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
a liquid melody
7. adj. (phonology) Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth.
L and R are liquid letters.
8. adj. Fluid and transparent.
the liquid air
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.
semi
1. n. (Ireland) A semi-detached house.
2. n. (USA) A semitrailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler.
3. n. (informal) A semifinal.
4. n. (slang) A partial erection.
solid
1. adj. (of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid or a gas.
Almost all metals are solid at room temperature.
2. adj. Large in size, quantity, or value.
3. adj. Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
solid gold, solid chocolate
4. adj. Strong or unyielding.
a solid foundation
5. adj. (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
That's a solid plan.
Radiohead's on tour! Have you heard their latest album yet? It's quite solid.
I don't think Dave would have done that. He's a solid dude.
6. adj. Hearty; filling.
a solid meal
7. adj. Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
8. adj. Sound; not weak.
a solid constitution of body
9. adj. (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
American English writes many words as solid that British English hyphenates.
10. adj. (printing, dated) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
11. adj. (US, politics slang) United; without division; unanimous.
The delegation is solid for a candidate.
12. adj. Of a single color throughout.
John painted the walls solid white.
He wore a solid shirt with floral pants.
13. adj. (of drawn lines) Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.
The solid lines show roads, and the dotted lines footpaths.
14. adj. (dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.
A solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
15. n. (chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).
16. n. (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
17. n. (informal) A favor.
Please do me a solid: lend me your car for one week.
I owe him; he did me a solid last year.
18. n. An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
I prefer solids over paisleys.
19. n. (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.
The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation.
20. adv. Solidly.
21. adv. (not comparable, typography) Without spaces or hyphens.
Many long-established compounds are set solid.
goo
1. n. (informal) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery; frequently of vague or unknown composition, slime or a bodily fluid.
I stepped in some goo and had a terrible time getting the sticky stuff off my shoes.
2. n. Excessive, showy sentimentality.
3. v. To apply goo to something.
They gooed their hair with some fragrant styling product.
4. n. An example of baby talk.
The infant's goos and gahs were endearing.
5. v. (intransitive) To produce baby talk.
The baby gooed while daddy made sappy faces at it.
paste
1. n. A soft moist mixture, in particular:
2. n. One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
3. n. (obsolete) Pastry.
4. n. One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.
5. n. One used as an adhesive, especially for putting up wallpapers, etc.
6. n. (physics) A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid
7. n. A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass.
8. n. (obsolete) Pasta.
9. n. (mineralogy) The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded.
10. v. To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.
11. v. (intransitive, computing) To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video, movie container etc.) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.
12. v. (transitive, informal) To strike or beat someone or something.
13. v. (transitive, informal) To defeat decisively or by a large margin.
mud
1. n. A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
2. n. A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
3. n. (construction industry slang) Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
4. n. (figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
The campaign issues got lost in all the mud from both parties.
5. n. (slang) Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.
6. n. (gay sex, slang) stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex
7. n. (geology) A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
8. n. (slang) A black person.
9. v. To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).
10. v. To make turbid.
11. v. (intransitive, Internet) To participate in a MUD or multi-user dungeon.
domestic
1. adj. Of or relating to the home.
2. adj. Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.
domestic violence; domestic hot water
3. adj. (of an animal) Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.
4. adj. Internal to a specific country.
5. adj. Tending to stay at home; not outgoing.
6. n. A house servant; a maid; a household worker.
7. n. A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent
liquid
1. n. A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative
A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.
2. n. (phonetics) A class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.
3. adj. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
liquid nitrogen
4. adj. (finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
5. adj. (finance, of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
6. adj. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
a liquid melody
7. adj. (phonology) Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth.
L and R are liquid letters.
8. adj. Fluid and transparent.
the liquid air
waste
1. n. Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
2. n. Excrement or urine.
The cage was littered with animal waste
3. n. A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
4. n. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
5. n. A large tract of uncultivated land.
6. n. (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
7. n. A vast expanse of water.
8. n. A disused mine or part of one.
9. n. The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
That was a waste of time
Her life seemed a waste
10. n. Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
11. n. Gradual loss or decay.
12. n. A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
13. n. (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste".
14. n. (legal) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or charact
15. n. (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
16. adj. (now rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
17. adj. Barren; desert.
18. adj. Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
19. adj. Superfluous; needless.
20. adj. Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
21. v. to devastate, destroy
22. v. To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project.
23. v. (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
24. v. To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
25. v. (intransitive) Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
26. v. (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
27. v. (legal) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.

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