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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.
soft
     1. adj. Easily giving way under pressure.
           My head sank easily into the soft pillow.
     2. adj. (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
           Polish the silver with a soft cloth to avoid scratching.
           soft silk; a soft skin
     3. adj. (of a sound) Quiet.
           I could hear the soft rustle of the leaves in the trees.
     4. adj. Gentle.
           There was a soft breeze blowing.
     5. adj. Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
           soft eyes
     6. adj. Gentle in action or motion; easy.
     7. adj. Weak in character; impressible.
     8. adj. Requiring little or no effort; easy.
     9. adj. Not bright or intense.
           soft lighting
     10. adj. Having a slight angle from straight.
           At the intersection with two roads going left, take the soft left.
           It's important to dance on soft knees to avoid injury.
     11. adj. (linguistics) Voiced; sonant.
     12. adj. (linguistics, rare) voiceless
     13. adj. (linguistics, Slavic languages) palatalized
     14. adj. (slang) Lacking strength or resolve, wimpy.
           When it comes to drinking, he is as soft as they come.
     15. adj. (of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
           You won't need as much soap, as the water here is very soft.
     16. adj. (colloquial) Foolish.
     17. adj. (physics) Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard)
     18. adj. (of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
     19. adj. Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
           The admin imposed a soft block/ban on the user or a soft lock on the article.
     20. adj. (of a man) Effeminate.
     21. adj. Agreeable to the senses.
           a soft liniment
           soft wines
     22. adj. Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
           soft colours
           the soft outline of the snow-covered hill
     23. interj. (archaic) Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.
     24. adv. (obsolete) Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
     25. n. A soft or foolish person; an idiot.
     26. n. (motorsports) (ellipsis of soft tyre) (A tyre whose compound is softer than mediums, and harder than supersofts.)
repeated
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of repeat
     2. adj. Having been said or done again.
     repeat
          1. v. To do or say again (and again).
                The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result.
          2. v. (intransitive) To happen again; recur.
          3. v. To echo the words of (a person).
          4. v. (intransitive) To strike the hours, as a watch does.
          5. v. (obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
          6. v. (legal, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
          7. v. (procedure word, military) To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insuffici
                Add 100, left 50. Repeat, over.
                Use "say again" instead of repeat on the radio. Repeat will bring in artillery fire.
          8. n. An iteration; a repetition.
                We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
          9. n. A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
          10. n. (genetics, biochemistry) A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
          11. n. (music) A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.
sound
     1. adj. Healthy.
           He was safe and sound.
           In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.
     2. adj. Complete, solid, or secure.
           Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.
     3. adj. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
     4. adj. (UK, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
           "How are you?" - "I'm sound.".
           That's a sound track you're playing.
           See that man over there? He's sound. You should get to know him.
     5. adj. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
           Her sleep was sound.
     6. adj. Heavy; laid on with force.
           a sound beating
     7. adj. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
           a sound title to land
     8. adv. Soundly.
     9. interj. (UK, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
           - I found my jacket.- Sound.
     10. n. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
           He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.  Nobody made a sound.
     11. n. A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
     12. n. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc
     13. n. Noise without meaning; empty noise.
     14. n. earshot, Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
           Stay within the sound of my voice.
     15. v. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
           When the horn sounds, take cover.
     16. v. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
           He sounded good when we last spoke.
           That story sounds like a pack of lies!
     17. v. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
     18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
     19. v. (intransitive, legal, often, with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.
     20. v. To cause to produce a sound.
           Sound the alarm!
           He sounds the instrument.
     21. v. (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
           The "e" in "house" isn't sounded.
     22. n. (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
           Puget Sound; Owen Sound
     23. n. The air bladder of a fish.
           Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
     24. n. A cuttlefish.
     25. v. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.
           The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.
     26. v. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
           When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.
     27. v. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
           Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.
     28. v. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
           to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra
     29. n. (medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
     30. n. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.
As
     1. n. plural of A
           She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
     2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
           You’re not as tall as I am.
           It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
     3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
           The kidnappers released him as agreed.
           The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
           He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
     4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
     5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
           Do as I say!
           I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
           As you wish, my lord!
     6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
           As I came in, she flew.
     7. conj. At the same time that; while.
           He sleeps as the rain falls.
     8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
           As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
     9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
           As it’s too late, I quit.
     10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
           She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
           It's not so complicated as I expected.
     11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
     12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
     13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
     14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
     15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
     16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
           You are not as tall as me.
           They're big as houses.
     17. prep. In the role of.
           What is your opinion as a parent?
     18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
     19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
     20. n. plural of a
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.
rain
     1. n. Condensed water falling from a cloud.
           We've been having a lot of rain lately.
           The rains came late that year.
     2. n. (figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
     3. n. (figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
           A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.
     4. v. (impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.
           It will rain today.
     5. v. (intransitive) To fall as or like rain.
           It will rain fire and brimstone at the end of days.
           Tears rained from her eyes.
           Leaves rained from the tree.
           Bombs rained from the sky.
     6. v. To issue (something) in large quantities.
           The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.
     7. v. (obsolete) To reign.
falling
     1. v. present participle of fall
     2. adj. That falls or fall.
           a falling leaf
           the falling prices of luxury goods
     3. n. The action of the verb to fall.
     fall
          1. n. The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
          2. n. A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
          3. n. (chiefly North America, obsolete elsewhere) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.
          4. n. A loss of greatness or status.
                the fall of Rome
          5. n. That which falls or cascades.
          6. n. (sport) A crucial event or circumstance.
          7. n.          (cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.
          8. n.          (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
          9. n.          (wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
          10. n. A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
          11. n. (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
                He set up his rival to take the fall.
          12. n. The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
                Have the goodness to secure the falls of the mizzen halyards.
          13. n. See falls
          14. n. An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
          15. n. A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
          16. v. (heading, intransitive) To move downwards.
          17. v.          To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
                        Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.
          18. v.          To come down, to drop or descend.
                        The rain fell at dawn.
          19. v.          To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
                        He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.
          20. v.          To be brought to the ground.
          21. v. To be moved downwards.
          22. v.          (obsolete) To let fall; to drop.
          23. v.          (obsolete) To sink; to depress.
                        to fall the voice
          24. v.          (US) To fell; to cut down.
                        to fall a tree
          25. v. (intransitive) To happen, to change negatively.
          26. v.          (copulative) To become.
                        She has fallen ill.  The children fell asleep in the back of the car.  When did you first fall in love?
          27. v.          To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); said of an instance of a recurring event such as a holiday or date.
                        Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday.  Last year, Commencement fell on June 3.
          28. v.          (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
                        Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.
          29. v.          (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.
                        This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War.
          30. v.          (intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
                        The candidate's poll ratings fell abruptly after the banking scandal.
          31. v.          (followed by a determining word or phrase) To become; to be affected by or befallen with a calamity; to change into the state described by words follow
                        Our senator fell into disrepute because of the banking scandal.
          32. v. (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
                And so it falls to me to make this important decision.  The estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.
          33. v. (transitive, obsolete) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
          34. v. (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth.
                to fall lambs
          35. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
          36. v. (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
          37. v. (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
                to fall into error;  to fall into difficulties
          38. v. (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
          39. v. (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
          40. v. (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
                After arguing, they fell to blows.
          41. v. (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
                An unguarded expression fell from his lips.
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.
feet
     1. n. plural form of foot.
     2. n. (obsolete) Fact; performance; feat.
     foot
          1. n. A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
                A spider has eight feet.
          2. n. (anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
                Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
          3. n. (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
                We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.
                There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.
          4. n. The base or bottom of anything.
                I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.
          5. n. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
                We came and stood at the foot of the bed.
          6. n. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
                The host should sit at the foot of the table.
          7. n. A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
                The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.
          8. n. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
                The flag pole at the local high school is about 20 feet high.
          9. n. (music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
          10. n. (military, collective) Foot soldiers; infantry.
                King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.
          11. n. (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
          12. n. (sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
          13. n. (printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
          14. n. (printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
          15. n. (prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
          16. n. (phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
          17. n. (nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
                To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the sail.
          18. n. (billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
          19. n. (botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
          20. n. (malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
          21. n. (molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein.
          22. n. (geometry) The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
          23. n. (qualifier) Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
          24. n. (qualifier) Recognized condition; rank; footing.
          25. v. To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
          26. v. To pay (a bill).
          27. v. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
          28. v. To walk.
          29. v. To tread.
                to foot the green
          30. v. (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
          31. v. To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
          32. v. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
                to foot (or foot up) an account
walking
     1. v. present participle of walk
     2. adj. Incarnate as a human; living.
           Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.
           Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident.
     3. adj. Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
     4. adj. Characterized by or suitable for walking.
           a walking tour
           good walking shoes
     5. n. (gerund of walk).
     walk
          1. v. (intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times
                To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit.
          2. v. (intransitive, colloquial, legal) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
                If you can’t present a better case, that robber is going to walk.
          3. v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
                If you leave your wallet lying around, it’s going to walk.
          4. v. (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman believ
          5. v. To travel (a distance) by walking.
                I walk two miles to school every day.  The museum’s not far from here – you can walk it.
          6. v. To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
                I walk the dog every morning.  Will you walk me home?
          7. v. (transitive, baseball) To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
          8. v. To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
                I carefully walked the ladder along the wall.
          9. v. To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.
          10. v. To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
                I walked the streets aimlessly.   Debugging this computer program involved walking the heap.
          11. v. (transitive, aviation) To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation.
          12. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave, resign.
                If we don't offer him more money he'll walk.
          13. v. To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
          14. v. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
          15. v. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person.
          16. v. (obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.
          17. v. (transitive, historical) To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
          18. v. (transitive, informal, hotel) To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.
          19. n. A trip made by walking.
                I take a walk every morning
          20. n. A distance walked.
                It’s a long walk from my house to the library
          21. n. (sports) An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground.
          22. n. A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
                The Ministry of Silly Walks is underfunded this year
          23. n. A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
          24. n. (poker) A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling or raising), once they get their cards.
          25. n. (baseball) An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known in the rules as a "base on balls".
                The pitcher now has two walks in this inning alone
          26. n. In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.
          27. n. (Caribbean, Guyana, Belize) An area of an estate planted with fruit-bearing trees.Lise Winer (ed.), Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad and Tobago, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2008, p.(n
          28. n. (historical) A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.
          29. n. (historical) An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.
          30. n. (graph theory) A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding and following vertices in the sequence.
          31. n. (colloquial) Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.
          32. n. (finance) A cheque drawn on a bank that was not a member of the London Clearing and whose sort code was allocated on a one-off basis; they had to be "walked" (hand-delivered by messengers).
on
     1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
     2. adj. Performing according to schedule.
           Are we still on for tonight?
           Is the show still on?
     3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate.
           You can't do that; it's just not on.
     4. adj. (informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
           "Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!".
           Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now.
     5. adj. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
     6. adj. (euphemistic) Menstruating.
     7. adv. To an operating state.
           turn the television on
     8. adv. Along, forwards (continuing an action).
           drive on, rock on
     9. adv. In continuation, at length.
           and so on.
           He rambled on and on.
     10. adv. (not US) Later.
           Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village.
     11. prep. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
           on the table;  on the couch
           The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder.
     12. prep. At or near; adjacent to.
           Soon we'll pass a statue on the left.
           The fleet is on the American coast.
           Croton-on-Hudson, Rostov-on-Don, Southend-on-Sea
     13. prep. Covering.
           He wore old shoes on his feet.
     14. prep. At the date of.
           Born on the 4th of July.
     15. prep. Some time during the day of.
           I'll see you on Monday.   The bus leaves on Friday.   Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy.
     16. prep. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something.
           A book on history.   The World Summit on the Information Society.
     17. prep. Touching; hanging from.
           The fruit ripened on the trees.   The painting hangs on the wall.
     18. prep. (informal) In the possession of.
           I haven't got any money on me.
     19. prep. Because of, or due to.
           To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery.   To contact someone on a hunch.
     20. prep. Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
           On Jack's entry, William got up to leave.
           On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins.
     21. prep. Paid for by.
           The drinks are on me tonight, boys.   The meal is on the house.   I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company.
     22. prep. Used to indicate a means or medium.
           I saw it on television.   Can't you see I'm on the phone?
     23. prep. Indicating a means of subsistence.
           They lived on ten dollars a week.   The dog survived three weeks on rainwater.
     24. prep. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity).
           He's on his lunch break.   on vacation;  on holiday
     25. prep. Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
           to play on a violin or piano
           Her words made a lasting impression on my mind.
     26. prep. Regularly taking (a drug).
           You've been on these antidepressants far too long.   He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something.
     27. prep. Under the influence of (a drug).
           He's acting crazy because he's on crack right now.
     28. prep. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain.
           a function on
     29. prep. (mathematics) HavingV^n as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
           an operator on
     30. prep. (mathematics) Generated by.
           the free group on four letters
     31. prep. Supported by (the specified part of itself).
           A table can't stand on two legs.   After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels.
     32. prep. At a given time after the start of something; at.
     33. prep. In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
           heaps on heaps of food
           mischief on mischief; loss on loss
     34. prep. (obsolete, regional) of
     35. prep. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in.
           I depended on them for assistance.
           He will promise on certain conditions.
           Do you ever bet on horses?
     36. prep. Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
           Have pity or compassion on him.
     37. prep. (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of.
     38. prep. In the service of; connected with; of the number of.
           He is on a newspaper; I am on the committee.
     39. prep. By virtue of; with the pledge of.
           He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour.
     40. prep. To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
           On us be all the blame.
           A curse on him!
           Please don't tell on her and get her in trouble.
           He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since.
           He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession.
     41. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) to switch on
           Can you on the light?
     42. prep. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without.
     43. n. In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun.
           Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun".
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.
hard
     1. adj. (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
     2. adj.          Resistant to pressure.
                   This bread is so stale and hard, I can barely cut it.
     3. adj.          (of drink or drugs) Strong.
     4. adj.          (of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
     5. adj.          (physics, of a ferromagnetic material) Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare sof
     6. adj. (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
     7. adj.          Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand.
                   a hard problem
     8. adj.          Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
                   a hard life
     9. adj.          Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
                   a hard master;  a hard heart;  hard words;  a hard character
                   don't be so hard on yourself
     10. adj.          (dated) Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
     11. adj. Unquestionable.
           hard evidence
     12. adj. (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
           At the intersection, there are two roads going to the left. Take the hard left.
     13. adj. (slang) Sexually aroused.
           I got so hard watching two hot guys wrestle each other on the beach.
     14. adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
     15. adj. phonetics, uncomparable
     16. adj.          Plosive.
                   There is a hard c in "clock" and a soft c in "centre".
     17. adj.          Unvoiced
                   Hard k, t, s, ch, as distinguished from soft, g, d, z, j.
     18. adj.          Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized
                   The letter m - ru in Russian is always hard.
     19. adj. (arts) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
     20. adj.          Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
     21. adj.          Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
     22. adj. (uncomparable) In the form of a hard copy.
           We need both a digital archive and a hard archive.
     23. adv. (manner) With much force or effort.
           He hit the puck hard up the ice.
           They worked hard all week.
           At the intersection, bear hard left.
           The recession hit them especially hard.
           Think hard about your choices.
     24. adv. (manner) With difficulty.
           His degree was hard earned.
           The vehicle moves hard.
     25. adv. (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
     26. adv. (manner) Compactly.
           The lake had finally frozen hard.
     27. adv. (now archaic) Near, close.
     28. n. (nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
     29. n. (drugs, colloquial, slang) crack cocaine.
     30. n. (motorsports) (ellipsis of hard tyre) (A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.)
surface
     1. n. The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
     2. n. The outside hull of a tangible object.
     3. n. (figurative) Outward or external appearance.
           On the surface, the spy looked like a typical businessman.
     4. n. (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space.
     5. n. (fortification) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
     6. v. To provide something with a surface.
     7. v. To apply a surface to something.
     8. v. (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
     9. v. To bring to the surface.
     10. v. (intransitive) To come out of hiding.
     11. v. (intransitive) For information or facts to become known.
     12. v. To make information or facts known.
     13. v. (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
     14. v. (intransitive) To appear or be found.
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