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. | |
single |
1. adj. Not accompanied by anything else; one in number. | |
Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now? | |
The vase contained a single long-stemmed rose. | |
2. adj. Not divided in parts. | |
The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate. | |
3. adj. Designed for the use of only one. | |
a single room | |
4. adj. Performed by one person, or one on each side. | |
a single combat | |
5. adj. Not married or (in modern times) not involved in a romantic relationship without being married or not dating anyone exclusively. | |
Forms often ask if a person is single, married, divorced or widowed. In this context, a person who is dating someone but who has never married puts "single". | |
Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website. | |
6. adj. (botany) Having only one rank or row of petals. | |
7. adj. (obsolete) Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit. | |
8. adj. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed. | |
9. adj. (obsolete) Simple; foolish; weak; silly. | |
10. n. (music) A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B. | |
11. n. (music) A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track. | |
The Offspring released four singles from their most recent album. | |
12. n. One who is not married. | |
He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there. | |
13. n. (cricket) A score of one run. | |
14. n. (baseball) A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base. | |
15. n. (dominoes) A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end. | |
16. n. A bill valued at $1. | |
I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change. | |
17. n. (UK) A one-way ticket. | |
18. n. (Canadian football) A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's end zone or has exited that end zone. Officially known in the rules as a rouge. | |
19. n. (tennis, chiefly in the plural) A game with one player on each side, as in tennis. | |
20. n. One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness. | |
21. n. (Scotland) A handful of gleaned grain. | |
22. v. To identify or select one member of a group from the others; generally used with out, either to single out or to single (something) out. | |
Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag. | |
Yvonne always wondered why Ernest had singled her out of the group of giggling girls she hung around with. | |
23. v. (baseball) To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base. | |
Pedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention. | |
24. v. (agriculture) To thin out. | |
25. v. (of a horse) To take the irregular gait called singlefoot. | |
26. v. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. | |
27. v. To take alone, or one by one. | |
pass |
1. v. Physical movement. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another. | |
They passed from room to room. | |
3. v. To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past. | |
You will pass a house on your right. | |
4. v. (ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make | |
The waiter passed biscuits and cheese. | |
John passed Suzie a note. | |
The torch was passed from hand to hand. | |
5. v. (intransitive, transitive, medicine) To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes. | |
He was passing blood in both his urine and his stool. | |
The poison had been passed by the time of the autopsy. | |
6. v. (transitive, nautical) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure. | |
7. v. (sport) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force. | |
8. v. # (transitive, football) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force. | |
9. v. # To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate. | |
10. v. # (intransitive, fencing) To make a lunge or swipe. | |
11. v. (intransitive) To go from one person to another. | |
12. v. To put in circulation; to give currency to. | |
pass counterfeit money | |
13. v. (lbl, en, transitive) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance. | |
pass a person into a theater or over a railroad | |
14. v. To change in state or status | |
15. v. (intransitive) To progress from one state to another; to advance. | |
He passed from youth into old age. | |
16. v. (intransitive) To depart, to cease, to come to an end. | |
At first, she was worried, but that feeling soon passed. | |
17. v. (intransitive) To die. | |
His grandmother passed yesterday. | |
18. v. (intransitive, transitive) To achieve a successful outcome from. | |
He passed his examination. | |
He attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass. | |
19. v. (intransitive, transitive) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legis | |
Despite the efforts of the opposition, the bill passed. | |
The bill passed both houses of Congress. | |
The bill passed the Senate, but did not pass in the House. | |
20. v. (intransitive, legal) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance. | |
The estate passes by the third clause in Mr Smith's deed to his son. | |
When the old king passed away with only a daughter as an heir, the throne passed to a woman for the first time in centuries. | |
21. v. To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal | |
He passed the bill through the committee. | |
22. v. (intransitive, legal) To make a judgment on or upon a person or case. | |
23. v. To utter; to pronounce; to pledge. | |
24. v. (intransitive) To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression). | |
25. v. To move through time. | |
26. v. (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to be spent. | |
Their vacation passed pleasantly. | |
27. v. (transitive, of time) To spend. | |
What will we do to pass the time? | |
28. v. To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard. | |
29. v. (intransitive) To continue. | |
30. v. (intransitive) To proceed without hindrance or opposition. | |
You're late, but I'll let it pass. | |
31. v. To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer. | |
She loved me for the dangers I had passed. | |
32. v. (intransitive) To happen. | |
It will soon come to pass. | |
33. v. To be accepted. | |
34. v. (intransitive) To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do". | |
It isn't ideal, but it will pass. | |
35. v. (sociology) To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex or other group to which they would not otherwise regard one as belonging (or belonging | |
36. v. (intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn. | |
37. v. (intransitive) In euchre, to decline to make the trump. | |
38. v. To do or be better. | |
39. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess. | |
40. v. To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed. | |
41. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take heed. | |
42. n. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford. | |
a mountain pass | |
43. n. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river. | |
the passes of the Mississippi | |
44. n. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over or along anything. | |
45. n. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool. | |
46. n. An attempt. | |
My pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful. | |
47. n. (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary. | |
48. n. (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit. | |
49. n. A sexual advance. | |
The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife. | |
50. n. (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another. | |
51. n. (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it. | |
52. n. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come. | |
53. n. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission | |
a railroad pass; a theater pass; a military pass | |
54. n. (baseball) An intentional walk. | |
Smith was given a pass after Jones' double. | |
55. n. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse. | |
56. n. (obsolete) Estimation; character. | |
57. n. (obsolete, Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus. | |
58. n. (cookery) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff. | |
59. n. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass". | |
A pass would have seen her win the game, but instead she gave a wrong answer and lost a point, putting her in second place. | |
60. n. (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process. | |
Most Pascal compilers process source code in a single pass. | |
61. n. (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website). | |
Anyone want to trade passes? | |
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. | |
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. | |
needle |
1. n. A fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc. | |
The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button. | |
2. n. Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc. | |
3. n. A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle. | |
The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty. | |
4. n. A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus. | |
Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph. | |
5. n. A needle-like leaf found on some conifers. | |
6. n. A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs. | |
7. n. (informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection. | |
8. n. (programming, PHP) A text string that is searched for within another string. | |
9. v. To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture. | |
10. v. To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at. | |
Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples. | |
11. v. To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle. | |
to needle crystals | |
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. | |
sewing |
1. v. present participle of sew | |
2. n. The action of the verb to sew. | |
3. n. Something that is being or has been sewn. | |
She put down her sewing and went to answer the door. | |
The sewing has come undone on this seam. | |
sew |
1. v. To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together. | |
Balls were first made of grass or leaves held together by strings, and later of pieces of animal skin sewn together and stuffed with feathers or hay. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together. | |
3. v. To enclose by sewing. | |
to sew money into a bag | |
4. v. (obsolete, transitive) To drain the water from. | |
5. v. (nautical) Of a ship, to be grounded. | |
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. | |
loop |
1. n. A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. | |
2. n. The opening so formed. | |
3. n. A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself. | |
Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints. | |
4. n. A ring road or beltway. | |
5. n. An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition. | |
6. n. A complete circuit for an electric current. | |
7. n. (programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied. | |
8. n. (graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex. | |
9. n. (topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point. | |
10. n. (transportation) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point. | |
11. n. (algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element. | |
12. n. A loop-shaped intrauterine device. | |
13. n. An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane. | |
14. n. A small, narrow opening; a loophole. | |
15. n. alternative form of loupes (mass of iron). | |
16. n. (biochemistry) A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure. | |
17. v. To form something into a loop. | |
18. v. To fasten or encircle something with a loop. | |
19. v. To fly an aircraft in a loop. | |
20. v. To move something in a loop. | |
21. v. To join electrical components to complete a circuit. | |
22. v. To duplicate the route of a pipeline. | |
23. v. To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up. | |
24. v. (intransitive) To form a loop. | |
25. v. (intransitive) To move in a loop. | |
The program loops until the user presses a key. | |
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. | |
turn |
1. v. to make a non-linear physical movement.: | |
2. v. (intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself. | |
the Earth turns; turn on the spot | |
3. v. To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation. | |
Turn the knob clockwise. | |
4. v. (intransitive) to change one's direction of travel. | |
She turned right at the corner. | |
5. v. (intransitive, figuratively) to change the course of. | |
6. v. To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe. | |
She turned the table legs with care and precision. | |
7. v. (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt. | |
8. v. To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds. | |
turn the bed covers; turn the pages | |
9. v. (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material. | |
turn to page twenty; turn through the book | |
10. v. (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces. | |
11. v. (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces. | |
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12. v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude. | |
13. v. (copulative) To become (begin to be). | |
The leaves turn brown in autumn. When I asked him for the money, he turned nasty. | |
14. v. To change the color of the leaves in the autumn. | |
The hillside behind our house isn't generally much to look at, but once all the trees turn it's gorgeous. | |
15. v. To change fundamentally; to metamorphose. | |
Midas made everything turn to gold. He turned into a monster every full moon. | |
16. v. # (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad. | |
# This milk has turned; it smells awful. | |
17. v. # To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle. | |
# to turn cider or wine | |
18. v. To reach a certain age. | |
Charlie turns six on September 29. | |
19. v. To hinge; to depend. | |
The decision turns on a single fact. | |
20. v. To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated. | |
The prisoners turned on the warden. | |
21. v. To change personal condition. | |
22. v. # (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa. | |
23. v. # To become giddy; said of the head or brain. | |
24. v. # To sicken; to nauseate. | |
# The sight turned my stomach. | |
25. v. # To be nauseated; said of the stomach. | |
26. v. #: | |
27. v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach. | |
28. v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete. | |
They say they can turn the parts in two days. | |
29. v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control. | |
30. v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe. | |
Ivory turns well. | |
31. v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery. | |
32. v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted. | |
33. v. (archaic) To translate. | |
to turn the Iliad | |
34. v. (transitive, role-playing games) To magically or divinely attack undead. | |
35. n. A change of direction or orientation. | |
Give the handle a turn, then pull it. | |
36. n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation. | |
37. n. (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement. | |
38. n. A single loop of a coil. | |
39. n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others. | |
They took turns playing with the new toy. | |
40. n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule. | |
I cooked tonight, so it's your turn to do the dishes. | |
41. n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players. | |
42. n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again. | |
43. n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project. | |
They quote a three-day turn on parts like those. | |
44. n. A fit or a period of giddiness. | |
I've had a funny turn. | |
45. n. A change in temperament or circumstance. | |
She took a turn for the worse. | |
46. n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight). | |
47. n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em. | |
48. n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em. | |
49. n. A deed done to another. | |
One good turn deserves another. | |
I felt that the man was of a vindictive nature, and would do me an evil turn if he found the opportunitynb.... | |
50. n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object. | |
51. n. Character; personality; nature. | |
52. n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control. | |
53. n. (circus, theatre, especially, physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine. | |
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. | |
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. | |
thread |
1. n. A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string. | |
2. n. A continued theme or idea. | |
All of these essays have a common thread. | |
I’ve lost the thread of what you’re saying. | |
3. n. (engineering) A screw thread. | |
4. n. A sequence of connections. | |
5. n. The line midway between the banks of a stream. | |
6. n. (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently. | |
7. n. (Internet) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread. | |
8. n. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark. | |
9. n. (figurative) Composition; quality; fineness. | |
10. v. To put thread through. | |
thread a needle | |
11. v. To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles). | |
I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight. | |
12. v. To screw on, to fit the threads of a nut on a bolt | |
thus |
1. adv. (manner) In this way or manner. | |
If you throw the ball thus, as I’m showing you, you’ll have better luck hitting the target. | |
2. adv. (conjunctive) As a result. | |
I have all the tools I need; thus, I will be able to fix the car without having to call a mechanic. | |
3. n. alternative spelling of thuris | |
made |
1. n. (UK dialectal, or obsolete) A grub or maggot. | |
2. v. simple past tense and past participle of make | |
mak |
1. v. (Wearside, dialectal) to make | |
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. | |
myek |
1. v. (Geordie, dialectal) To make. | |
Will ye myek is a stotty for me bait pet? | |