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. | |
loose |
1. v. To let loose, to free from restraints. | |
2. v. To unfasten, to loosen. | |
3. v. To make less tight, to loosen. | |
4. v. (intransitive) Of a grip or hold, to let go. | |
5. v. (archery) to shoot (an arrow) | |
6. v. (obsolete) To set sail. | |
7. v. (obsolete) To solve; to interpret. | |
8. adj. Not fixed in place tightly or firmly. | |
This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel. | |
9. adj. Not held or packaged together. | |
You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose. | |
10. adj. Not under control. | |
The dog is loose again. | |
11. adj. Not fitting closely | |
I wear loose clothes when it is hot. | |
12. adj. Not compact. | |
It is difficult walking on loose gravel. | |
a cloth of loose texture | |
13. adj. Relaxed. | |
She danced with a loose flowing movement. | |
14. adj. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate. | |
a loose way of reasoning | |
15. adj. Indiscreet. | |
Loose talk costs lives. | |
16. adj. (dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste. | |
17. adj. (not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game. | |
He caught an elbow going after a loose ball. | |
The puck was momentarily loose right in front of the net. | |
18. adj. (dated) Not costive; having lax bowels. | |
19. n. (archery) The release of an arrow. | |
20. n. (obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment. | |
21. n. (rugby) All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs). | |
22. n. Freedom from restraint. | |
23. n. A letting go; discharge. | |
24. interj. (archery) begin shooting; release your arrows | |
25. v. misspelling of lose | |
I'm going to loose this game. | |
negligent |
1. adj. Careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention. | |
2. adj. (legal) Culpable due to negligence. | |
dress |
1. n. An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes skirts below the waist. | |
Amy and Mary looked very pretty in their dresses. | |
2. n. Apparel, clothing. | |
He came to the party in formal dress. | |
3. n. The system of furrows on the face of a millstone. | |
4. n. A dress rehearsal. | |
5. v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To prepare oneself; to make ready. | |
6. v. To adorn, ornament. | |
It was time to dress the windows for Christmas again. | |
7. v. (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when "dressed full", the signal flags and pennants are added. | |
8. v. To treat (a wound, or wounded person). | |
9. v. To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it. | |
10. v. To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone). | |
He was dressed in the latest fashions. | |
11. v. (intransitive) To clothe oneself; to put on clothes. | |
I rose and dressed before daybreak. It's very cold out. Dress warm. | |
12. v. (sports) To put on the uniform and equipment necessary to play the game. | |
Due to a left ankle sprain, Kobe Bryant did not dress for the game against Indiana | |
13. v. (intransitive) Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other within the trousers. | |
Does sir dress to the right or the left? | |
14. v. To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready. | |
to dress leather or cloth; to dress a garden; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them | |
15. v. To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber). | |
16. v. To bolt or sift flour. | |
17. v. (military, ambitransitive) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align. Sometimes an imperative command. | |
to dress the ranks | |
Right, dress! | |
18. v. To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal. | |
Ordinary |
1. n. The part of the Roman Catholic Mass that is the same every day | |
2. adj. (legal, of a judge) Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases. | |
3. adj. Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine. | |
On an ordinary day I wake up at nine o'clock, work for six hours, and then go to the gym. | |
4. adj. Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory. | |
I live a very ordinary life most of the time, but every year I spend a week in Antarctica. | |
He looked so ordinary, I never thought he'd be capable of murder. | |
5. adj. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, informal) Bad or undesirable. | |
6. n. (obsolete) A devotional manual. | |
7. n. (Christianity) A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of service, especially of Mass. | |
8. n. A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese. | |
9. n. (obsolete) A set portion of food, later as available for a fixed price at an inn or other eating establishment. | |
10. n. (archaic or historical) A place where such meals are served; a public tavern, inn. | |
11. n. (heraldry) One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess. | |
12. n. An ordinary thing or person; the mass; the common run. | |
13. n. (historical) A penny-farthing bicycle. | |
dress |
1. n. An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes skirts below the waist. | |
Amy and Mary looked very pretty in their dresses. | |
2. n. Apparel, clothing. | |
He came to the party in formal dress. | |
3. n. The system of furrows on the face of a millstone. | |
4. n. A dress rehearsal. | |
5. v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To prepare oneself; to make ready. | |
6. v. To adorn, ornament. | |
It was time to dress the windows for Christmas again. | |
7. v. (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when "dressed full", the signal flags and pennants are added. | |
8. v. To treat (a wound, or wounded person). | |
9. v. To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it. | |
10. v. To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone). | |
He was dressed in the latest fashions. | |
11. v. (intransitive) To clothe oneself; to put on clothes. | |
I rose and dressed before daybreak. It's very cold out. Dress warm. | |
12. v. (sports) To put on the uniform and equipment necessary to play the game. | |
Due to a left ankle sprain, Kobe Bryant did not dress for the game against Indiana | |
13. v. (intransitive) Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other within the trousers. | |
Does sir dress to the right or the left? | |
14. v. To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready. | |
to dress leather or cloth; to dress a garden; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them | |
15. v. To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber). | |
16. v. To bolt or sift flour. | |
17. v. (military, ambitransitive) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align. Sometimes an imperative command. | |
to dress the ranks | |
Right, dress! | |
18. v. To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal. | |
As |
1. n. plural of A | |
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As. | |
2. adv. To such an extent or degree. | |
You’re not as tall as I am. | |
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive. | |
3. adv. In the manner or role specified. | |
The kidnappers released him as agreed. | |
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues. | |
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend. | |
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as). | |
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what. | |
Do as I say! | |
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know. | |
As you wish, my lord! | |
6. conj. At the same instant that; when. | |
As I came in, she flew. | |
7. conj. At the same time that; while. | |
He sleeps as the rain falls. | |
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that. | |
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy. | |
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since. | |
As it’s too late, I quit. | |
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. | |
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago. | |
It's not so complicated as I expected. | |
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. | |
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. | |
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. | |
14. conj. Expressing concession; though. | |
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than. | |
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. | |
You are not as tall as me. | |
They're big as houses. | |
17. prep. In the role of. | |
What is your opinion as a parent? | |
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra. | |
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. | |
20. n. plural of a | |
distinguished |
1. adj. celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious | |
The lecture was attended by many distinguished mathematicians. | |
2. adj. Having a dignified appearance or demeanor | |
Her father was a distinguished gentleman, albeit a poor one. | |
3. adj. (mathematics) Specified, noted. | |
Let X be a topological space with a distinguished point p. | |
4. v. simple past tense and past participle of distinguish | |
distinguish |
1. v. To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics. | |
2. v. To see someone or something clearly or distinctly. | |
3. v. To make oneself noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments. | |
The soldier distinguished himself in combat and received a medal. | |
4. v. (transitive, obsolete) To make to differ. | |
from |
1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at. | |
This wine comes from France. | |
I got a letter from my brother. | |
2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at. | |
He had books piled from floor to ceiling. | |
He left yesterday from Chicago. | |
Face away from the wall! | |
3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation. | |
20 from 31 leaves 11. | |
4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of. | |
An umbrella protects from the sun. | |
He knows right from wrong. | |
full |
1. adj. Containing the maximum possible amount of that which can fit in the space available. | |
The jugs were full to the point of overflowing. | |
2. adj. Complete; with nothing omitted. | |
Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling. | |
3. adj. Total, entire. | |
She had tattoos the full length of her arms. He was prosecuted to the full extent of the law. | |
4. adj. (informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete. | |
"I'm full," he said, pushing back from the table. | |
5. adj. Of a garment, of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable. | |
a full pleated skirt; She needed her full clothing during her pregnancy. | |
6. adj. Having depth and body; rich. | |
a full singing voice | |
7. adj. (obsolete) Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information. | |
8. adj. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it. | |
She's full of her latest project. | |
9. adj. Filled with emotions. | |
10. adj. (obsolete) Impregnated; made pregnant. | |
11. adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house. | |
Nines full of aces = three nines and two aces (999AA). | |
I'll beat him with my kings full! = three kings and two unspecified cards of the same rank. | |
12. adj. (AU) Drunk, intoxicated | |
13. adv. (archaic) Quite; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely. | |
14. n. Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill. | |
I was fed to the full. | |
15. n. (of the moon) The phase of the moon when it is entire face is illuminated, full moon. | |
16. n. (freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist. | |
17. v. (of the moon) To become full or wholly illuminated. | |
18. v. To baptise. | |
19. v. To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing, to waulk, walk | |
dress |
1. n. An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes skirts below the waist. | |
Amy and Mary looked very pretty in their dresses. | |
2. n. Apparel, clothing. | |
He came to the party in formal dress. | |
3. n. The system of furrows on the face of a millstone. | |
4. n. A dress rehearsal. | |
5. v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To prepare oneself; to make ready. | |
6. v. To adorn, ornament. | |
It was time to dress the windows for Christmas again. | |
7. v. (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when "dressed full", the signal flags and pennants are added. | |
8. v. To treat (a wound, or wounded person). | |
9. v. To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it. | |
10. v. To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone). | |
He was dressed in the latest fashions. | |
11. v. (intransitive) To clothe oneself; to put on clothes. | |
I rose and dressed before daybreak. It's very cold out. Dress warm. | |
12. v. (sports) To put on the uniform and equipment necessary to play the game. | |
Due to a left ankle sprain, Kobe Bryant did not dress for the game against Indiana | |
13. v. (intransitive) Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other within the trousers. | |
Does sir dress to the right or the left? | |
14. v. To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready. | |
to dress leather or cloth; to dress a garden; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them | |
15. v. To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber). | |
16. v. To bolt or sift flour. | |
17. v. (military, ambitransitive) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align. Sometimes an imperative command. | |
to dress the ranks | |
Right, dress! | |
18. v. To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal. | |