| 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. | |
| mischievous |
| 1. adj. Causing mischief; injurious. | |
| 2. adj. Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved. | |
| Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved. | |
| Child |
| 1. n. alternative case form of child often used when referring to God (Jesus) or another important child who is understood from context. | |
| 2. n. A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority) | |
| Go easy on him: he is but a child. | |
| 3. n. (obsolete) a female child, a girl. | |
| 4. n. (with possessive) One's son or daughter, regardless of age. | |
| My youngest child is forty-three. | |
| 5. n. (cartomancy) The thirteenth Lenormand card. | |
| 6. n. (figuratively) A figurative offspring, particularly: | |
| 7. n. A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age. | |
| The children of Israel. | |
| He is a child of his times. | |
| 8. n. Anything derived from or caused by something. | |
| Poverty, disease, and despair are the children of war. | |
| 9. n. (computing) A data item, process, or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another. | |
| The child node then stores the actual data of the parent node. | |
