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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.
sauce
1. n. A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food.
apple sauce; mint sauce
2. n. (Australia) Tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in:
meat pie and tomato sauce
3. n. (slang) Alcohol, booze.
Maybe you should lay off the sauce.
4. n. (bodybuilding) Anabolic steroids.
5. n. (art) A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
6. n. (internet slang) alternative form of source ;, often used when requesting the source of an image or other posted material.
7. n. (dated) Cheek; impertinence; backtalk; sass.
8. n. (US, obsolete slang) Vegetables.
9. n. (obsolete, UK, US, dialect) Any garden vegetables eaten with meat.
10. v. To add sauce to; to season.
11. v. To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate.
12. v. To make poignant; to give zest, flavour or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.
13. v. (colloquial) To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.
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).
dipping
1. v. present participle of dip
2. n. An act or process of immersing.
3. n. The act of inclining downward.
4. n. The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.
5. n. The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, especially brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
6. n. (US) The use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the mouth.
dip
1. n. A lower section of a road or geological feature.
There is a dip in the road ahead.
2. n. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
3. n. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
4. n. A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
5. n. A dip stick.
6. n. A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
I'm going for a dip before breakfast.
7. n. (colloquial, dated) A pickpocket.
8. n. A sauce for dipping.
This onion dip is just scrumptious.
9. n. (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
10. n. (archaic) A dipped candle.
11. n. (dance) a move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader
12. n. A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straighte
13. n. In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
14. n. (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
15. n. The moist form of snuff tobacco.
16. v. To lower into a liquid.
Dip your biscuit into your tea.
17. v. (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
18. v. (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
19. v. To lower a light's beam.
Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car.
20. v. To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag bei
“The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.”
21. v. To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
The farmer is going to dip the cattle today.
22. v. To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
23. v. To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
24. v. To immerse for baptism.
25. v. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
26. v. (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
27. v. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water
28. v. (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
29. v. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
30. v. To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
31. v. (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
Strata of rock dip.
32. v. (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
33. v. To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.
34. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave.
He dipped out of the room so fast.
35. n. A foolish person.
36. n. (computer graphics) (initialism of device-independent pixel)
37. n. (informal) A diplomat.

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