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. | |
roll |
1. v. To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface. | |
To roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To turn over and over. | |
The child will roll on the floor. | |
3. v. To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault. | |
4. v. To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over. | |
To roll a sheet of paper; to roll clay or putty into a ball. | |
5. v. To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up. | |
To roll up the map for shipping. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball. | |
The cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well. | |
7. v. To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling. | |
This river will roll its waters to the ocean. | |
8. v. To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out. | |
To roll forth someone's praises; to roll out sentences. | |
9. v. To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers. | |
to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails. | |
10. v. (intransitive) To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin. | |
The pastry rolls well. | |
11. v. To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels. | |
12. v. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To leave or begin a journey. | |
I want to get there early; let's roll. | |
13. v. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To compete, especially with vigor. | |
OK guys, we're only down by two points. Let's roll! | |
14. v. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon. | |
15. v. (geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the | |
16. v. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve. | |
17. v. (US, slang) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation. | |
I was going to kick his ass, but he wasn't worth getting all worked up over; I don't roll like that. | |
18. v. (dice, transitive, intransitive) To throw dice. | |
19. v. (dice, transitive) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total. | |
If you roll doubles, you get an extra turn. | |
With two dice, you're more likely to roll seven than ten. | |
20. v. (RPG) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties. | |
I'm gonna go and roll a new shaman tonight. | |
21. v. (computing) To generate a random number. | |
22. v. (nautical, of a vessel) To rotate on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch. | |
23. v. (in folk songs) To travel by sailing. | |
24. v. To beat up; to attack and cause physical damage to. | |
25. v. (transitive, slang) To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution. | |
The feds rolled him by giving him a free pass for most of what he'd done. | |
26. v. (intransitive, slang) To betray secrets. | |
He rolled on those guys after being in jail two days. | |
27. v. (slang) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy). | |
28. v. (intransitive, of a camera) To film. | |
The cameras are rolling. | |
29. v. (transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball. | |
30. v. To have a rolling aspect. | |
the hills rolled on | |
31. v. (figurative, intransitive) To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution. | |
The years roll on. | |
32. v. To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression. | |
33. v. (figurative, intransitive) to move and cause an effect on someone | |
34. v. (intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise. | |
The thunder rolled and the lightning flashed. | |
35. v. To utter with an alveolar trill. | |
Many languages roll their r's. | |
36. v. (transitive, US) To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle). | |
The kids rolled the principal's house and yard. | |
37. v. To create a customized version of something. | |
38. n. The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled. | |
the roll of a ball | |
Look at the roll of the waves. | |
a roll of parchment | |
39. n. A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble. | |
40. n. That which rolls; a roller. | |
41. n. A heavy cylinder used to break clods. | |
42. n. One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill. | |
to pass rails through the rolls | |
43. n. That which is rolled up. | |
a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc. | |
44. n. A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll. | |
45. n. Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list. | |
46. n. A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form. | |
a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon | |
47. n. A cylindrical twist of tobacco. | |
48. n. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll. | |
49. n. (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate r | |
50. n. (nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis. | |
51. n. A heavy, reverberatory sound. | |
Hear the roll of cannon. | |
Hear the roll of thunder. | |
52. n. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear. | |
53. n. (obsolete) Part; office; duty; rôle. | |
54. n. A measure of parchments, containing five dozen. | |
55. n. The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis. | |
Calculate the roll of that aircraft. | |
56. n. The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice. | |
Make your roll. | |
Whoever gets the highest roll moves first. | |
57. n. A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll). | |
He is on a roll tonight. | |
58. n. A training match for a fighting dog. | |
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. | |
hair |
1. n. A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals. | |
2. n. The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body. | |
In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair. | |
3. n. (zoology) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mo | |
4. n. (botany) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. | |
Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar). | |
5. n. (obsolete) Haircloth; a hair shirt. | |
6. n. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth. | |
Just a little louder please—turn that knob a hair to the right. | |
silk |
1. n. (mostly) A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider). | |
The thread made of silk was barely visible. | |
2. n. A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers. | |
3. n. Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes. | |
4. n. The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel. | |
5. n. (colloquial) A Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel. | |
6. n. (circus arts, in the plural) A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks. | |
7. n. (horse racing, usually in the plural) The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner. | |
8. v. To remove the silk from (corn). | |
etc |
1. adv. alternative form of etc. | |