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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.
semiprecious
1. adj. alternative form of semi-precious
a semiprecious stone or gem
stone
1. n. A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
2. n. A small piece of stone, a pebble.
3. n. A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
4. n. (UK, plural: stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 kilograms
5. n. (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
a peach stone
6. n. (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
kidney stone
7. n. (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
8. n. A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
(color panel, 8A807C)
9. n. (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
10. n. A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
11. n. (obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.
12. n. (obsolete) A testicle.
13. n. (dated, printing) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing; also called imposing stone.
14. v. To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
She got stoned to death after they found her.
15. v. To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
16. v. (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
17. v. (transitive, slang) To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive)
18. v. (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
19. v. To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
20. adj. Constructed of stone.
stone walls
21. adj. Having the appearance of stone.
stone pot
22. adj. Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
She is one stone fox.
23. adj. (LGBT) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.
stone butch; stone femme
24. adv. As a stone (used with following adjective).
My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.
25. adv. (slang) Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).
I went stone crazy after she left.
I said the medication made my vision temporarily blurry, it did not make me stone blind.
The Styistics performed a love song titled "I'm Stone in Love with You".
either
1. det. One of two.
You can have it in either colour.
2. det. Each of two; both.
There is a locomotive at either end of the train, one pulling and the other pushing.
3. pron. One or other of two people or things.
He made me two offers, but I did not accept either.
4. pron. (obsolete) Both, each of two or more.
5. adv. (conjunctive, after a negative) As well.
I don't like him, and I don't like her either.
6. conj. (Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by "or").
Either you eat your dinner or you go to your room.
You can have either potatoes or rice with that, but not both.
You'll be either early, late, or on time.
nephrite
1. n. (mineral) A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade (the other being jadeite).
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.
jadeite
1. n. (mineral) A pyroxene mineral, a sodium aluminium silicate with the chemical formula Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6, found in metamorphic rocks.
generally
1. adv. Popularly or widely.
It is generally known that the Earth is round.
2. adv. As a rule; usually.
I generally have a walk in the afternoon.
3. adv. Without reference to specific details.
Generally speaking …
4. adv. (obsolete) Collectively; as a whole; without omissions.
Green
1. adj. (politics) Of, or pertaining, to a Green Party or green party.
2. adj. Having green as its color.
The former flag of Libya is fully green.
3. adj. (figurative, of people) Sickly, unwell.
Sally looks pretty green — is she going to be sick?
4. adj. Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
5. adj. (figurative, of people) Inexperienced.
John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.
6. adj. (figurative, of people) Naïve or unaware of obvious facts.
7. adj. (figurative, of people) Overcome with envy.
He was green with envy.
8. adj. (figurative) Environmentally friendly.
9. adj. (cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
10. adj. (dated) Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.“unsmoked bacon used to be called green bacon, though the term is losing currency”
11. adj. (dated) Not fully roasted; half raw.
12. adj. Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
That timber is still too green to be used.
13. adj. (wine) High or too high in acidity.
14. adj. Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.
a green manhood; a green wound
15. adj. (Philippines) Having a sexual connotation.
16. adj. (particle physics) Having a color charge of green.
17. n. The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light
(color panel, 008000)
18. n. (politics, sometimes capitalised) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
19. n. (golf) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
20. n. (bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.
21. n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
22. n. (British) a public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
23. n. A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
24. n. (mostly, in plural) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
25. n. Any substance or pigment of a green colour.
26. n. (UK, slang) marijuana.
27. n. (US, slang) Money.
28. n. (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
29. v. To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.
30. v. To become or grow green in colour.
31. v. To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).
32. v. (intransitive) To become environmentally aware.
33. v. To make (something) environmentally friendly.
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.
White
1. adj. alternative case form of white (of or relating to Europeans or Caucasians)
2. adj. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
Write in black ink on white paper.
3. adj. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.
4. adj. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.
white drinking fountain; white hospital
5. adj. Relatively light or pale in colour.
white wine; white grapes
6. adj. Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
7. adj. (of a person, or skin) Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
8. adj. (of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
9. adj. (board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
The white pieces in this set are in fact made of light green glass.
10. adj. Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
11. adj. Honourable, fair; decent.
12. adj. Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
13. adj. (archaic) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.
14. adj. (obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.
15. adj. (politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
16. adj. (of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.
17. adj. (typography) Not containing characters; see white space.
18. adj. (typography) Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black.
Compare two Unicode symbols: , ☞ = "WHITE RIGHT POINTING INDEX"; , ☛ = BLACK RIGHT POINTING INDEX
19. adj. Characterised by the presence of snow.
a white Christmas or white Easter
20. n. The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
21. n. A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.
22. n. The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
23. n. (anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
24. n. Any butterfly of the Pieris genus.
25. n. (sports) The cue ball in cue games.
26. n. White wine.
27. n. (slang) Cocaine
28. n. (archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
29. n. The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.
30. n. A white pigment.
Venice white
31. n. Anything that is of the color white.
32. n. The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.
33. v. To make white; to whiten; to bleach.
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
color
1. n. The spectral composition of visible light
Humans and birds can perceive color.
2. n. A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green.
3. n. Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
He referred to the white flag as one "drained of all color".
4. n. Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies.
5. n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
a bit of local color
6. n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert. Contrast with metal.
7. n. (in the plural) A standard or banner.
The loss of their colors destroyed the regiment's morale.
8. n. The system of color television.
This film is broadcast in color.
9. n. (in the plural) The flag of a nation or team.
The colors were raised over the new territory.
10. n. (in the plural) Gang insignia.
Both of the perpetrators were wearing colors.
11. n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
He was awarded colors for his football.
12. n. (military, in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
13. n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing quarterly results when an officer of a company is speaking to investment analysts.
Could you give me some color with regards to which products made up the mix of revenue for this quarter?
14. n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons.
15. n. (finance) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in t
16. n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
17. n. (snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
18. n. A front or facade: an ostensible truth actually false.
19. n. An appearance of right or authority.
Under color of law, he managed to bilk taxpayers of millions of dollars.
20. n. (medicine) Skin color noted as: normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.
21. adj. Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white.
22. v. To give something color.
We could color the walls red.
23. v. (intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.
My kindergartener loves to color.
24. v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
Her face colored as she realized her mistake.
25. v. To affect without completely changing.
That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book.
26. v. (informal) To attribute a quality to.
Color me confused.
27. v. (mathematics) To assign colors to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent ones have the same color.
Can this graph be two-colored?
You can color any map with four colors.
often
1. adv. Frequently, many times.
I often walk to work when the weather is nice.
I've been going to the movies more often since a new theatre opened near me.
2. adj. (archaic) Frequent.
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.
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).
carving
1. n. A carved object.
The carvings on the oak panels were ancient.
2. n. The act or craft of producing a carved object.
He took up carving after his retirement.
My father is an expert in carving, so we let him handle Christmas dinner.
3. v. present participle of carve
4. v. (snowboarding) Executing turns without pivoting.
carve
1. v. (archaic) To cut.
2. v. To cut meat in order to serve it.
You carve the roast and I'll serve the vegetables.
3. v. To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work.
to carve a name into a tree
4. v. (snowboarding) To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
5. v. (figuratively) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.
6. v. To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
7. n. (obsolete) A carucate.
figurines
1. n. plural of figurine

Dictionary entries from Wiktionary