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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.
window
     1. n. An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
     2. n. An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window.
     3. n. (architecture) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
     4. n. A period of time when something is available.
           launch window;  window of opportunity;  You have a two-hour window of clear weather to finish working on the lawn.
     5. n. (graphical user interface) A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying the output of and allowing input for one of a number of simultaneously
     6. n. A figure formed of lines crossing each other.
     7. n. (medicine) The time between first infection and detectability.
     8. v. To furnish with windows.
     9. v. To place at or in a window.
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.
to
     1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
           I want to leave.
           He asked me what to do.
           I don’t know how to say it.
           I have places to go and people to see.
     2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
           "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
           If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
     3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
           I have to do laundry today.
     4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
           We are walking to the shop.
     5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
           He devoted himself to education.
           They drank to his health.
     6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
           His face was beaten to a pulp.
     7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
           similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
     8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
           With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   t
     9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
           one to one = 1:1
           ten to one = 10:1.
           I have ten dollars to your four.
     10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
           Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
           Three to the power of two is nine.
           Three to the second is nine.
     11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
           I gave the book to him.
     12. prep. (time) Preceding.
           ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
     13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
           Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
           There's a lot of sense to what he says.
     14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
           Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
     15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
           Please push the door to.
     16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
     17. adv. misspelling of too
light
     1. n. (physics) Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation (light) in the wavelength range of about 400 to 750 nanometers. Nearby shorter and longer wavelength ranges, a
           As you can see, this spacious dining-room gets a lot of light in the mornings.
     2. n. A source of illumination.
           Put that light out!
     3. n. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
           Can you throw any light on this problem?
     4. n. (in the now rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
     5. n. A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
           Picasso was one of the leading lights of the cubist movement.
     6. n. (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or
     7. n. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
           I'm really seeing you in a different light today.
           Magoon's governorship in Cuba was viewed in a negative light by many Cuban historians for years thereafter.
     8. n. A flame or something used to create fire.
           Hey, buddy, you got a light?
     9. n. A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
           a Bengal light
     10. n. A window, or space for a window in architecture.
           This facade has eight south-facing lights.
     11. n. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
           The average length of a light on a 15×15 grid is 7 or 8.
     12. n. (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
     13. n. Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
     14. n. The power of perception by vision.
     15. n. The brightness of the eye or eyes.
     16. n. A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler who is receiving instructions.
           To get to our house, turn right at the third light.
     17. v. To start (a fire).
           We lit the fire to get some heat.
     18. v. To set fire to; to set burning; to kindle.
           She lit her last match.
     19. v. To illuminate.
           I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night.
     20. v. (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
           This soggy match will not light.
     21. v. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
     22. adj. Having light.
           The room is light when the Sun shines through the window.
     23. adj. Pale in colour.
           She had light skin.
     24. adj. (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
           I like my coffee light.
     25. adj. Of low weight; not heavy.
           My bag was much lighter once I had dropped off the books.
     26. adj. Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads.
           We took a light aircraft down to the city.
     27. adj. Gentle; having little force or momentum.
           This artist clearly had a light, flowing touch.
     28. adj. Easy to endure or perform.
           light duties around the house
     29. adj. Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
           This light beer still gets you drunk if you have enough of it.
     30. adj. Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
           I made some light comment, and we moved on.
     31. adj. (rail transport, of a locomotive, usually with "run") travelling with no carriages, wagons attached
     32. adj. (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
     33. adj. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
           light troops; a troop of light horse
     34. adj. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
     35. adj. (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
           a light, vain person; a light mind
     36. adj. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
           Ogden Nash was a writer of light verse.
     37. adj. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
     38. adj. Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished.
           light coin
     39. adj. Easily interrupted by stimulation.
           light sleep; light anesthesia
     40. adv. Carrying little.
           I prefer to travel light.
     41. n. (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
     42. v. (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
     43. v. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
     44. v. To find by chance.
           I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's.
     45. v. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
     46. v. (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.
           She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet.
such
     1. det. (demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
           I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before.  Such is life.
     2. det. (particularly used in formal documents) Any.
           the above address or at such other address as may notify
     3. det. Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to very much of.
           The party was such a bore.
     4. det. (obsolete) A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
     5. pron. A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned.
     6. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else.
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.
secondary
     1. adj. enum, primary, tertiary, Latinate
     2. adj. Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
     3. adj. Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body
           the work of secondary hands
     4. adj. (organic chemistry) Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals
     5. adj. (geology) Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass.
     6. adj. (geology) Developed by pressure or other causes.
           secondary cleavage
     7. adj. (anatomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
     8. adj. (medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.
           Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever.
           the secondary symptoms of syphilis
     9. adj. Of less than primary importance.
           a secondary issue
     10. adj. (education) Related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of (approximately) 11 and 18.
     11. adj. (industry) Relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.
     12. adj. (of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
           Yellow is a secondary light color, though a primary CMYK color.
     13. n. (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
     14. n. (finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
     15. n. (American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs.
     16. n. (electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar
     17. n. One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
           the secondary, or undersheriff, of the city of London
     18. n. (astronomy) A secondary circle.
     19. n. (astronomy) A satellite.
     20. n. (education) A secondary school.
           There are four secondaries in this district, each with several thousand pupils.
     21. n. Anything secondary or of lesser importance.
floor
     1. n. The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
           The room has a wooden floor.
     2. n. Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).
     3. n. The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
           Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.
           The floor of a cave served the refugees as a home.
           The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been.
     4. n. A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
     5. n. The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
           Wooden planks of the old bridge's floor were nearly rotten.
     6. n. A storey/story of a building.
           For years we lived on the third floor.
     7. n. In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
     8. n. Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
           Will the senator from Arizona yield the floor?
           The mayor often gives a lobbyist the floor.
     9. n. (nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
     10. n. (mining) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
     11. n. (mining) A horizontal, flat ore body.
     12. n. (mathematics) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
           The floor of 4.5 is 4.
     13. n. (gymnastics) An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface.
     14. n. (gymnastics) A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
     15. n. (finance) A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap.
     16. n. A dance floor.
     17. n. The area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition
     18. v. To cover or furnish with a floor.
           floor a house with pine boards
     19. v. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
     20. v. (driving, slang) To accelerate rapidly.
     21. v. To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
           floor an opponent
     22. v. To amaze or greatly surprise.
           We were floored by his confession.
     23. v. (colloquial) To finish or make an end of.
           floor a college examination
     24. v. (mathematics) To set a lower bound.
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