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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.
small
1. adj. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
A small serving of ice cream.
A small group.
He made us all feel small.
2. adj. (figuratively) Young, as a child.
Remember when the children were small?
3. adj. (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.
4. adj. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
5. adj. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
a small space of time
6. adj. topics, en, Size
7. adv. In a small fashion.
8. adv. In or into small pieces.
9. adv. (obsolete) To a small extent.
10. n. (rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To make little or less.
12. v. (intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.
truck
1. n. A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriage.
2. n. The ball on top of a flagpole.
3. n. (nautical) On a wooden mast, a circular disc (or sometimes a rectangle) of wood near or at the top of the mast, usually with holes or sheaves to reeve signal halyards; also a temporary or emergency pl
4. n. (US, Australia) A semi-tractor ("semi") trailer; (British) a lorry.
Mexican open-bed trucks haul most of the fresh produce that comes into the United States from Mexico.
5. n. Any motor vehicle designed for carrying cargo, including delivery vans, pickups, and other motorized vehicles (including passenger autos) fitted with a bed designed to carry goods.
6. n. A garden cart, a two-wheeled wheelbarrow.
7. n. A small wagon or cart, of various designs, pushed or pulled by hand or (obsolete) pulled by an animal, as with those in hotels for moving luggage, or in libraries for transporting books.
8. n. A pantechnicon (removal van).
9. n. (rail transport) A flatbed railway car; a flatcar.
10. n. A pivoting frame, one attached to the bottom of the bed of a railway car at each end, that rests on the axle and which swivels to allow the axle (at each end of which is a solid wheel) to turn with cu
11. n. The part of a skateboard or roller skate that joins the wheels to the deck, consisting of a hanger, baseplate, kingpin, and bushings, and sometimes mounted with a riser in between.
12. n. (theater) A platform with wheels or casters.
13. n. Dirt or other messiness.
14. v. (intransitive) To drive a truck: Generally a truck driver's slang.
15. v. To convey by truck.
Last week, Cletus trucked 100 pounds of lumber up to Dubuque.
16. v. (intransitive, US, slang) To travel or live contentedly.
Keep on trucking!
17. v. (intransitive, US, Canada, slang) To persist, to endure.
Keep on trucking!
18. v. (intransitive, film production) To move a camera parallel to the movement of the subject.
19. v. (transitive, slang) To fight or otherwise physically engage with.
20. v. (transitive, slang) To run over or through a tackler in American football.
21. v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To fail; run out; run short; be unavailable; diminish; abate.
22. v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To give in; give way; knuckle under; truckle.
23. v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To deceive; cheat; defraud.
24. v. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To tread (down); stamp on; trample (down).
25. v. To trade, exchange; barter.
26. v. (intransitive) To engage in commerce; to barter or deal.
27. v. (intransitive) To have dealings or social relationships with; to engage with.
28. n. (obsolete, often used in plural sense) Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter.
29. n. (historical) The practice of paying workers in kind, or with tokens only exchangeable at a shop owned by the employer forbidden in the 19th century by the Truck Acts
30. n. (US) Garden produce, groceries (see truck garden).
31. n. (usually with negative) Social intercourse; dealings, relationships.
32. adj. Pertaining to a garden patch or truck garden.
with
1. prep. Against.
He picked a fight with the class bully.
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
He went with his friends.
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
5. prep. In support of.
We are with you all the way.
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
slain with robbers
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
cut with a knife
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
9. prep. Having, owning.
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
Do you want to come with?
11. adv. -->
12. n. alternative form of withe
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.
wide
1. adj. Having a large physical extent from side to side.
We walked down a wide corridor.
2. adj. Large in scope.
The inquiry had a wide remit.
3. adj. (sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.
That team needs a decent wide player.
4. adj. On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
Too bad! That was a great passing-shot, but it's wide.
5. adj. (phonetics, dated) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
6. adj. (Scotland, Northern England, now rare) Vast, great in extent, extensive.
The wide, lifeless expanse.
7. adj. Remote; distant; far.
The hut was not wide from the sea.
The cabin is not wide from the lake.
8. adj. (obsolete) Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
9. adj. (computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
a wide character; a wide stream
10. adv. extensively
He travelled far and wide.
11. adv. completely
He was wide awake.
12. adv. away from a given goal
The arrow fell wide of the mark.
13. adv. So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
14. n. (cricket) A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score
Roller
1. n. (slang) A Rolls-Royce car
2. n. Anything that rolls.:
3. n. Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
4. n. A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
5. n. (cricket) A large rolling device used to flatten the surface of the pitch.
6. n. A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
7. n. An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
8. n. One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
9. n. A roller towel.
10. n. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
11. n. (cycling) One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
12. n. Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
13. n. The cylinder snake, pl=s, small ground snakes of the genus.
14. n. (disc golf) A throw which involves the player throwing the disc in a way that makes it roll, by that being able to travel further than if thrown in the
He threw a beautiful roller that cut the corner perfectly and stopped just outside the circle.
15. n. A long wide bandage used in surgery.
16. n. A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
17. n. A bird.:
18. n. A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).
19. n. Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.
20. n. (also written Roller) A car made by Rolls-Royce.
21. n. A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
22. n. A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
23. n. (TV, film) A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
24. n. (slang) A wheelchair user.
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).
moving
1. adj. (not comparable) That moves or move.
moving pictures
2. adj. That causes someone to feel emotion.
3. v. present participle of move
4. n. The relocation of goods
5. n. A causing of a movement
The rats' movings are willed movements.
6. n. wikibooks, Packing & Moving Household Goods
move
1. v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
A ship moves rapidly.
I was sitting on the sofa for a long time, feeling too lazy to move.
2. v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act
to move in a matter
Come on guys, let's move: there's work to do!
3. v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.
I decided to move to the country for a more peaceful life.
They moved closer to work to cut down commuting time.
4. v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
The rook moved from a8 to a6.
My opponent's counter was moving much quicker round the board than mine.
5. v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another
The waves moved the boat up and down.
The horse moves a carriage.
6. v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game
She moved the queen closer to the centre of the board.
7. v. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
This song moves me to dance.
8. v. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
That book really moved me.
9. v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
I move to repeal the rule regarding obligatory school uniform.
10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
12. v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
13. v. (lbl, en, law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
An attorney moved the court to issue a restraining order.
The district attorney moved for a non-suit.
14. n. The act of moving; a movement.
A slight move of the tiller, and the boat will go off course.
15. n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
He made another move towards becoming a naturalized citizen.
16. n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
She always gets spontaneous applause for that one move.
He can win a match with that one move.
17. n. The event of changing one's residence.
The move into my fiancé's house took two long days.
They were pleased about their move to the country.
18. n. A change in strategy.
I am worried about our boss's move.
It was a smart move to bring on a tall striker to play against the smaller defenders.
19. n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
20. n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
The best move of the game was when he sacrificed his rook in order to gain better possession.
It's your move! Roll the dice!
If you roll a six, you can make two moves.
heavy
1. adj. (of a physical object) Having great weight.
2. adj. (of a topic) Serious, somber.
3. adj. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
4. adj. (UK, slang) Good.
This film is heavy.
5. adj. (dated, late 1960s, 1970s, US) Profound.
The Moody Blues are, like, heavy.
6. adj. (of a rate of flow) High, great.
7. adj. (slang) Armed.
Come heavy, or not at all.
8. adj. (music) Louder, more distorted.
Metal is heavier than swing.
9. adj. (of weather) Hot and humid.
10. adj. (of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
He was a heavy sleeper, a heavy eater and a heavy smoker - certainly not an ideal husband.
11. adj. (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
Cheese-stuffed sausage is too heavy to eat before exercising.
12. adj. Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
it was a heavy storm; a heavy slumber in bed; a heavy punch
13. adj. Laden to a great extent.
his eyes were heavy with sleep; she was heavy with child
14. adj. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
15. adj. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, etc.
a heavy writer or book
16. adj. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
a heavy road; a heavy soil
17. adj. Not raised or leavened.
heavy bread
18. adj. Having much body or strength; said of wines or spirits.
19. adj. (obsolete) With child; pregnant.
20. adj. (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one
21. adv. heavily
heavy laden with their sins
22. adv. (India, colloquial) very
23. n. A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films.
24. n. (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.
The term heavy normally follows the call-sign when used by air traffic controllers.
25. v. (often with "up") To make heavier.
26. v. To sadden.
27. v. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) To use power and/or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.
The union was well known for the methods it used to heavy many businesses.
28. adj. Having the heaves.
a heavy horse
beams
1. n. plural of beam
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of beam
beam
1. n. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
2. n. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in
3. n. (nautical) The maximum width of a vessel.
This ship has more beam than that one.
4. n. The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
5. n. The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
6. n. (literary) The pole of a carriage or chariot.
7. n. (textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.
8. n. The straight part or shank of an anchor.
9. n. The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
10. n. In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of th
11. n. A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
a beam of light
a beam of energy
12. n. (figuratively) A ray; a gleam.
a beam of hope, or of comfort
13. n. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
14. n. (music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.
15. n. (railway) An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
16. v. To emit beams of light; shine; radiate.
to beam forth light
17. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
18. v. To furnish or supply with beams
19. v. To give the appearance of beams to.
20. v. (transitive, science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
Beam me up, Scotty; there's no intelligent life down here.
The injured crewmembers were immediately beamed to sickbay.
21. v. (transitive, currying) To stretch something (for example an animal hide) on a beam.
22. v. (transitive, weaving) To put (something) on a beam
23. v. (transitive, music) To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.
columns
1. n. plural of column
2. n. (juggling) pattern which involves throwing props in the air alternately.
column
1. n. (architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
2. n. A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
3. n. A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
4. n. A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns.
5. n. A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
Each column inch costs $300 a week; this ad is four columns by three inches, so will run $3600 a week.
6. n. (by extension) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper.
7. n. Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.
8. n. (botany) The gynostemium
9. n. (chemistry) An object used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.
etc
1. adv. alternative form of etc.

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