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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.
party
1. n. (legal) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.
The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.
2. n. A person.
3. n. (slang) A person; an individual.
He is a queer party.
4. n. With to: an accessory, someone who takes part.
I can't possibly be a party to that kind of reckless behaviour.
5. n. (now rare in general sense) A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.
6. n. (RPG, online gaming) Active player characters organized into a single group.
7. n. (video games) A group of characters controlled by the player.
8. n. A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.
The green party took 12% of the vote.
9. n. (military) A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.
The settlers were attacked early next morning by a scouting party.
10. n. A social gathering.
11. n. A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.
I'm throwing a huge party for my 21st birthday.
12. n. A group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity.
We're expecting a large party from the London office.
13. n. A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
Tupperware party
lingerie party
14. n. (obsolete) A part or division.
15. v. (intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
We partied until the early hours.
16. v. (intransitive, slang) To take recreational drugs.
17. v. (intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
18. v. (online gaming, intransitive) To form a party (with).
If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.
19. adj. (obsolete, except in compounds) Divided; in part.
20. adj. (heraldry) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries.
an escutcheon party per pale
21. adv. (obsolete) Partly.
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.
assembly
1. n. A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
In order to change the bearing, you must first remove the gearbox assembly.
2. n. The act of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
instructions for assembly
assembly line
3. n. A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
school assembly
freedom of assembly
4. n. A legislative body.
the General Assembly of the United Nations
5. n. (military) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
6. n. (computing) (clipping of assembly language)
7. n. (computing) In Microsoft .NET, a building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library inform
of
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
6. prep. Expressing separation.
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
He seemed devoid of human feelings.
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
10. prep. Expressing origin.
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
The invention was born of necessity.
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
It is said that she died of a broken heart.
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
I am tired of all this nonsense.
15. prep. Expressing agency.
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
She wore a dress of silk.
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
What a lot of nonsense!
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
I'm always thinking of you.
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
He told us the story of his journey to India.
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
29. prep. Having partitive effect.
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
Most of these apples are rotten.
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
He is a friend of mine.
34. prep. Expressing possession.
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
She had a profound distrust of the police.
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
It's not that big of a deal.
45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
people
1. n. Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
Why do so many people commit suicide?
2. n. Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc; folk; a community.
3. n. A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.
4. n. One's colleagues or employees.
5. n. A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
My people lived through the Black Plague and the Thirty Years War.
6. n. The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.
7. n. plural of person.
8. v. To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
9. v. (intransitive) To become populous or populated.
10. v. To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.
wearing
1. adj. intended to be worn
2. adj. causing tiredness
3. adj. causing erosion
4. n. The mechanical process of eroding or grinding.
5. n. The act by which something is worn.
formal crown-wearings
6. n. That which is worn; clothes; garments.
7. v. present participle of wear
wear
1. v. To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
He's wearing some nice pants today. She wore her medals with pride. Please wear your seatbelt. Can you wear makeup and sunscreen at the same time? He was wearing his lun
2. v. To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
He wears eyeglasses. She wears her hair in braids.
3. v. To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
She wore a smile all day. He walked out of the courtroom wearing an air of satisfaction.
4. v. (colloquial, with "it") To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
I know you don't like working with him, but you'll just have to wear it.
5. v. To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
You're going to wear a hole in the bottom of those shoes. The water has slowly worn a channel into these rocks. Long illness had worn the bloom from her cheeks. Exile had worn
6. v. (intransitive) To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
The tiles were wearing thin due to years of children's feet.
7. v. To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
His neverending criticism has finally worn my patience. Toil and care soon wear the spirit. Our physical advantage allowed us to wear the other team out and win.
8. v. (intransitive) To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person
Don't worry, this fabric will wear. These pants will last you for years. This color wears so well. I must have washed this sweater a thousand times. I have to say, our friendship ha
9. v. (intransitive, colloquial) (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
Her high pitched voice is really wearing on me lately.
10. v. (intransitive, of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
wear on, wear away. As the years wore on, we seemed to have less and less in common.
11. v. (nautical) To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turni
12. n. (in combination) clothing
footwear; outdoor wear; maternity wear
13. n. damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time
14. n. fashion
15. v. (now chiefly UK dialectal transitive) To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
16. v. (now chiefly UK dialectal transitive) To defend; protect.
17. v. (now chiefly UK dialectal transitive) To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
to wear the wolf from the sheep
18. v. (now chiefly UK dialectal transitive) To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
19. n. dated form of weir
masks
1. n. plural of mask
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of mask
mask
1. n. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask
2. n. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
3. n. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade
4. n. A person wearing a mask.
5. n. (obsolete) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
6. n. (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.
7. n. (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
8. n. (fortification) A screen for a battery
9. n. (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
10. n. (Puebloan, anthropology) A ceremonial object used in Puebloan kachina cults that resembles a Euro-American masks. (The term is objected as an appropriate translation by Puebloan peoples as it emphasiz
11. n. (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
12. n. (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
13. n. (heraldiccharge) The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
14. v. To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
15. v. To disguise; to cover; to hide.
16. v. (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
17. v. (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.
to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out
18. v. (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade
19. v. (intransitive) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way
20. v. (transitive, computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
21. v. (transitive, computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by unsetting the associated bit.
22. n. A mesh.
23. n. (UK dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
24. n. (UK dialectal) Mash.
25. v. (transitive, UK dialectal) To mash.
26. v. (transitive, UK dialectal) (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
27. v. (transitive, Scotland dialectal) To be infused or steeped.
28. v. (UK dialectal, Scotland) To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
29. v. (transitive, UK dialectal) To bewilder; confuse.
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
amusing
1. v. present participle of amuse
2. adj. Entertaining.
The film has some amusing moments, but it is unlikely to make you laugh out loud.
3. adj. Funny, hilarious.
amuse
1. v. To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions.
I watch these movies because they amuse me.
It always amuses me to hear the funny stories why people haven't got a ticket, but I never let them get in without paying.
2. v. To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.
His jokes rarely fail to amuse.
3. v. (transitive, archaic) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
4. v. (transitive, archaic) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
themselves
1. pron. The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for em
(reflexively) They’ve hurt themselves.
(after a preposition) They fought among themselves.
(for emphasis) They are going to try climbing Mount Everest themselves.
2. pron. The reflexive case of they, the third-person singular personal pronoun. The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
(reflexively) Would whoever stole my phone please make themselves known.
(after a preposition) I don't want anyone to fight among themselves.
(for emphasis) Everyone must do it themselves.
with
1. prep. Against.
He picked a fight with the class bully.
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
He went with his friends.
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
5. prep. In support of.
We are with you all the way.
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
slain with robbers
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
cut with a knife
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
9. prep. Having, owning.
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
Do you want to come with?
11. adv. -->
12. n. alternative form of withe
dancing
1. n. The activity of taking part in a dance.
2. n. (historical) A dance club in France.
3. v. present participle of dance
dance
1. n. A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
2. n. A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
3. n. (heraldry) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
4. n. A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.
5. n. The art, profession, and study of dancing.
6. n. A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.(R:COED2, page=387)
7. n. (figurative) A battle of wits, esp. one commonly fought between two rivals.
So how much longer are we gonna do this dance?
8. v. (intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
I danced with her all night long.
9. v. (intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
His eyes danced with pleasure as he spoke. She accused her political opponent of dancing around the issue instead of confronting it.
10. v. To perform the steps to.
Have you ever danced the tango?
11. v. To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.
conversation
1. n. (obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.
2. n. (archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
3. n. (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
4. n. (obsolete) Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.; understanding, familiarity.
5. n. Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
I had an interesting conversation with Nicolas yesterday about how much he's getting paid.
6. n. (fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
7. n. (computing) The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.
8. v. (nonstandard, ambitransitive) To engage in conversation (with).
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.
other
1. adj. See other (determiner) below
2. adj. second.
I get paid every other week.
3. adj. Alien.
4. adj. Different.
5. adj. (obsolete) Left, as opposed to right.
6. n. An other one, more often rendered as another.
I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others.
7. n. The other one; the second of two.
One boat is not better than the other.
8. det. Not the one or ones previously referred to.
Other people would do it differently.
9. adv. Apart from; in the phrase "other than".
Other than that, I'm fine.
10. adv. (obsolete) Otherwise.
It shall none other be. — Chaucer.
If you think other. — Shakespeare.
11. v. To regard, label or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.
12. v. To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.
diversions
1. n. plural of diversion
diversion
1. n. (military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
2. n. A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
3. n. The act of diverting.
4. n. Removal of water via a canal.
5. n. (transport) A detour, such as during road construction
6. n. (transport) The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a different mode of transportation before arrival at the ultimate destinationUS FM 55-15 TRANSPORTAT
7. n. (legal) Officially halting or suspending a formal criminal or juvenile justice proceeding and referral of the accused person to a treatment or care program.

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