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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.
piece
1. n. A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
I’d like another piece of pie.
2. n. A single item belonging to a class of similar items
a piece of machinery
a piece of software
A useful piece of advice
3. n. (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games.
4. n. A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
a sixpenny piece
5. n. An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
She played two beautiful pieces on the piano.
6. n. (military) An artillery gun.
7. n. (US, colloquial) A gun.
He's packin' a piece!
8. n. (US, Canada colloquial short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
The announcer is wearing a new piece.
9. n. (Scotland, Ireland, UK, US, dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
10. n. (US, colloquial vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail
I got a piece at lunchtime.
11. n. (US, colloquial mildly vulgar short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
Ugh, my new computer is such a piece. I'm taking it back to the store tomorrow.
12. n. (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
13. n. (baseball) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with got, and never used in the plura
he got a piece of that one; she got a piece of the ball...and it's going foul.
14. n. (dated, sometimes derogatory) An individual; a person.
15. n. (obsolete) A castle; a fortified building.
16. n. (US) A pacifier.
17. n. (colloquial) A distance.
a far piece
located a fair piece away from their camp
a fair piece off
18. v. (transitive usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
These clues allowed us to piece together the solution to the mystery.
19. v. To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
to piece a garment
20. v. (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
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.
greased
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of grease
grease
1. n. Animal fat in a melted or soft state
2. n. (extension) Any oily or fatty matter.
3. n. Shorn but not yet cleansed wool
4. n. Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
5. v. To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
6. v. (transitive, informal) To bribe.
7. v. (transitive, informal) To cause to go easily; to facilitate.
8. v. (transitive, slang) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.
9. v. (transitive, slang) To kill, murder.
10. v. (obsolete) To cheat or cozen; to overreach.
11. v. To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
cloth
1. n. A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
2. n. A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
3. n. (metaphoric) Substance or essence; the whole of something complex.
4. n. (metaphoric) Appearance; seeming.
5. n. A form of attire that represents a particular profession or status.
6. n. (in idioms) Priesthood, clergy.
He is a respected man of the cloth.
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.
leather
1. n. A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
2. n. A piece of the above used for polishing.
3. n. (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
4. n. (plural: leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
5. n. (baseball) A good defensive play
Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
6. n. (dated, humorous) The skin.
7. adj. Made of leather.
8. adj. Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.
9. v. To cover with leather.
10. v. To strike forcefully.
He leathered the ball all the way down the street.
11. v. To beat with a leather belt or strap.
used
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of use
You used me!
2. v. (intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed to doing something
He used to live here, but moved away last year.
3. adj. That is or has or have been used.
The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
4. adj. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
He bought a used car.
5. adj. Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
I got used to this weather.
use
1. n. The act of using.
the use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations; there is no use for your invention
2. n. (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
3. n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
This tool has many uses.
4. n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
I have no further use for these textbooks.
5. n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
6. n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
7. n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
8. n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
9. n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
10. v. To utilize or employ.
11. v. To employ; to apply; to utilize.
Use this knife to slice the bread.
We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
12. v. (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
I used the money they allotted me.
We should use up most of the fuel.
She used all the time allotted to complete the test.
13. v. To exploit.
You never cared about me; you just used me!
14. v. To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
He uses cocaine. I have never used drugs.
15. v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.
16. v. (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
I could use a drink. My car could use a new coat of paint.
17. v. To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.)
soldiers who are used to hardships and danger (still common)
to use the soldiers to hardships and danger (now rare)
18. v. (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
19. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
20. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.
21. v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
I used to get things done.
22. v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
to use an animal cruelly
23. v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
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
wrapping
1. n. The material in which something is wrapped.
2. v. present participle of wrap
wrap
1. v. To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
2. v. To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
A snake wraps itself around its prey.
3. v. (figurative) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
4. v. (transitive, or intransitive, video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
To avoid going over budget, let's make sure we wrap by ten. (compare wrap up 2)
5. v. (lines, words, text, etc.) To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line
I wrapped the text so that I wouldn't need to scroll to the right to read it.
6. v. (computing, transitive) To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
7. v. To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.
The row counter wraps back to zero when no more rows can be inserted.
8. n. A garment that one wraps around the body to keep oneself warm.
9. n. A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
10. n. (entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
11. n. A wraparound mortgage.
for
1. conj. (dated) Because.
2. prep. Towards.
The astronauts headed for the moon.
3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
I have something for you.
4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
We're having a birthday party for Janet.
The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
5. prep. Supporting.
All those for the motion raise your hands.
6. prep. Because of.
He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
(UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
She was the worse for drink.
7. prep. Over a period of time.
I've lived here for three years.
They fought for days over a silly pencil.
8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
9. prep. On behalf of.
I will stand in for him.
10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
He's going for his doctorate.
Do you want to go for coffee?
People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
Can you go to the store for some eggs?
I'm saving up for a car.
Don't wait for an answer.
What did he ask you for?
12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
Run for the hills!
He was headed for the door when he remembered.
13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
Fair for its day.
She's spry for an old lady.
14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
18. prep. To be, or as being.
19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
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.
rifle
1. n. A long firearm firing a single projectile, usually with a rifled barrel to improve accuracy.
2. n. A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
3. v. To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
4. v. To scan many items (especially papers) in a set, quickly. (See also riffle)
She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document.
5. v. To add a spiral to the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
6. v. To strike something with great power.
7. v. to begin movement at great speed
8. v. (intransitive) To commit robbery.
9. v. To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.
10. v. To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
11. v. To raffle.
ball
1. n. A solid or hollow sphere, or part thereof.
a ball of spittle; a fecal ball
2. n. A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
a ball of wool; a ball of twine
3. n. (ballistics) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, etc.
4. n. # A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.
5. n. # (obsolete) Such bullets collectively.
6. n. A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body.
the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot
7. n. (anatomy) The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.
8. n. The globe; the earthly sphere.
9. n. (mathematics) The set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point; specifically, the homologue of the disk
10. n. (mathematics, more generally) The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point; the analogue of the disk in
11. n. An object, generally spherical, used for playing games.
12. n. (sport) A round or ellipsoidal object.
13. n. Any simple game involving a ball.
The children were playing ball on the beach.
The children were playing ball in the garden.
14. n. (baseball) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
15. n. (pinball) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.
If you get to a million points, you get another ball.
16. n. (cricket) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
17. n. (soccer) A pass; a kick of the football towards a teammate.
18. n. (mildly, vulgar, slang) A testicle.
19. n. Nonsense.
That’s a load of balls, and you know it!
20. n. Courage.
I doubt he’s got the balls to tell him off.
21. n. (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
22. n. (farriery, historical) A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
23. v. To form or wind into a ball.
to ball cotton
24. v. (metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
25. v. (transitive, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.
26. v. To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
The horse balls; the snow balls.
27. v. (slang) To be hip or cool.
28. v. (nonstandard, slang) To play basketball.
29. interj. (Australian rules football) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules abo
30. n. A formal dance.
31. n. (informal) A very enjoyable time.
I had a ball at that concert.
to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.
2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
I have to do laundry today.
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
We are walking to the shop.
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
He devoted himself to education.
They drank to his health.
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
His face was beaten to a pulp.
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.
I have ten dollars to your four.
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
Three to the power of two is nine.
Three to the second is nine.
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
I gave the book to him.
12. prep. (time) Preceding.
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
There's a lot of sense to what he says.
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Please push the door to.
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
17. adv. misspelling of too
make
1. v. To create.
2. v. To build, construct, or produce.
We made a bird feeder for our yard.
I'll make a man out of him yet.
3. v. To write or compose.
I made a poem for her wedding.
He made a will.
4. v. To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
make war
They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men.
5. v. (religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
God made earth and heaven.
6. v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
They made nice together, as if their fight never happened.
He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.
7. v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
8. v. To constitute.
They make a cute couple.
This makes the third infraction.
One swallow does not a summer make.
9. v. 1995, Harriette Simpson Arnow: Critical Essays on Her Work, p.46:
10. v. To add up to, have a sum of.
Two and four make six.
11. v. (intransitive, construed with of typically interrogative) To interpret.
I don’t know what to make of it.
12. v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
This company is what made you.
She married into wealth and so has it made.
13. v. (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
The citizens made their objections clear.
This might make you a bit woozy.
Did I make myself heard?
Scotch will make you a man.
14. v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
15. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
You're making her cry.
I was made to feel like a criminal.
16. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
The teacher made the student study.
Don’t let them make you suffer.
17. v. (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
18. v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
19. v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
20. v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
21. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
They made westward over the snowy mountains.
Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!
They made away from the fire toward the river.
22. v. To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
23. v. To move at (a speed).
The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
This baby can make 220 miles an hour.
24. v. To appoint; to name.
25. v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
26. v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
27. v. To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
They hope to make a bigger profit.
He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.
She made ten points in that game.
28. v. To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
29. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
30. v. To enact; to establish.
31. v. To develop into; to prove to be.
She'll make a fine president.
32. v. To form or formulate in the mind.
make plans
made a questionable decision
33. v. To perform a feat.
make a leap
make a pass
make a u-turn
34. v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
35. v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
36. v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
37. v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
38. v. (transitive, euphemism) To take the virginity of.
39. v. To have sexual intercourse with.
40. n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
What make of car do you drive?
41. n. How a thing is made; construction.
42. n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
The camera was of German make.
43. n. Quantity produced, especially of materials.
44. n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
45. n. A person's character or disposition.
46. n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
47. n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
48. n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
49. n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
50. n. (slang) Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
51. n. (slang) A promotion.
52. n. A home-made project
53. n. (basketball) A made basket.
54. n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
55. n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.
it
1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals.
Put it over there.
Take each day as it comes.
I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today.
2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender.
She took the baby and held it in her arms.
3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
It's me. John.
Is it her?
4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)
It is nearly 10 o’clock.
It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five.
It’s very cold today.
It’s lonely without you.
5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms.
stick it out
live it up
rough it
6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i
It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see)
I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing)
He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if)
7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more.
Are there more students in this class, or is this it?
That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.
9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what.
10. det. (obsolete) its
11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…
13. n. (British) The game of tag.
Let's play it at breaktime.
14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.
15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity.
caught them doing it
16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable.
fit
1. adj. Suitable, proper.
You have nothing to say about it. I'll do exactly as I see fit.
2. adj. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
survival of the fittest
3. adj. In good shape; physically well.
You don't have to be a good climber for Kilimanjaro, but you do have to be fit.
4. adj. (UK, slang) Good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful.
I think the girl working in the office is fit.
5. adj. Prepared; ready.
6. v. To be suitable for.
It fits the purpose.
7. v. To conform to in size and shape.
The small shirt doesn't fit me, so I'll buy the medium size.
If I lose a few kilos, the gorgeous wedding dress might fit me.
8. v. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape
I wanted to borrow my little sister's jeans, but they didn't fit.
This plug doesn't fit into the socket.
9. v. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
I want to fit the drapes to the windows.
10. v. To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
I had a suit fitted by the tailor.
11. v. To be in agreement with.
These definitions fit most of the usage.
12. v. To adjust.
The regression program fit a line to the data.
13. v. To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
14. v. To equip or supply.
The chandler will fit us with provisions for a month.
15. v. To make ready.
I'm fitting the ship for a summer sail home.
16. v. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
17. v. To be proper or becoming.
18. v. (intransitive) To be in harmony.
The paint, the fabrics, the rugs all fit.
19. n. The degree to which something fits.
This shirt is a bad fit.
Since he put on weight, his jeans have been a tight fit.
20. n. Conformity of elements one to another.
It's hard to get a good fit using second-hand parts.
21. n. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
22. n. (advertising) How well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
The Wonder Bread advertising research results showed the “White Picket Fence” commercial had strong fit ratings.
23. n. (statistics) Goodness of fit.
24. n. (bridge) The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.
25. n. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
26. n. A seizure or convulsion.
My grandfather died after having a fit.
27. n. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
28. n. A sudden outburst of emotion.
He had a laughing fit which lasted more than ten minutes.
She had a fit and threw all of his clothes out through the window.
He threw a fit when his car broke down.
29. n. A sudden burst (of an activity).
30. v. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
bore
1. v. To inspire boredom in somebody.
2. v. To make a hole through something.
3. v. (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
to bore for water or oil
An insect bores into a tree.
4. v. To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole
5. v. To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
to bore one's way through a crowd
6. v. (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
This timber does not bore well.
7. v. (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
8. v. (of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
9. v. (obsolete) To fool; to trick.
10. n. A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
the bore of a cannon
11. n. The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
12. n. A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
13. n. A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.
14. n. One who inspires boredom or lack of interest.
15. n. Something that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome affair.
16. n. Calibre; importance.
17. n. A sudden and rapid flow of tide in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave; an eagre.
18. v. simple past tense of bear
bear
1. n. A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of family Ursidae.
2. n. (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
3. n. (finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
4. n. (slang) A state policeman (short for smokey bear).
5. n. (slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
6. n. (engineering) A portable punching machine.
7. n. (nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
8. n. (cartomancy) The fifteenth Lenormand card.
9. v. (finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
to bear a railroad stock
to bear the market
10. adj. (finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.
The great bear market starting in 1929 scared a whole generation of investors.
11. v. To support or sustain; to hold up.
This stone bears most of the weight.
12. v. To carry something.
13. v. To be equipped with (something).
the right to bear arms
14. v. To wear or display.
The shield bore a red cross.
15. v. (transitive, with witness) To declare as testimony.
The jury could see he was bearing false witness.
16. v. To put up with something.
I would never move to Texas—I can't bear heat.
Please bear with me as I try to find the book you need.
17. v. To give birth to someone or something (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object).
In Troy she becomes Paris’ wife, bearing him several children, all of whom die in infancy.
18. v. To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
19. v. (intransitive) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
The harbour bears north by northeast.
By my readings, we're bearing due south, so we should turn about ten degrees east.
Great Falls bears north of Bozeman.
We are bearing toward the north side of the island.
20. v. (intransitive) To veer slightly in one direction (left or right, usually at a fork in the road)
21. v. (intransitive) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
22. v. (intransitive) To endure with patience; to be patient.
23. v. (intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To press.
24. v. (intransitive military, usually with on or upon) Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.
25. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.
to bring arguments to bear
How does this bear on the question?
26. v. To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
27. v. (transitive, obsolete) To conduct; to bring (a person).
28. v. To possess and use (power, etc.); to exercise.
29. v. To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbour.
30. v. (transitive, obsolete) To gain or win.
31. v. To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
32. v. To carry on, or maintain; to have.
33. v. To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
34. v. (reflexive, transitive) To behave or conduct (oneself).
35. v. To afford; to be (something) to; to supply with.
36. n. (colloquial) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
That window can be a bear to open.
37. n. alternative spelling of bere barley.

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