| 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. | |
| strong |
| 1. adj. Capable of producing great physical force. | |
| a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong | |
| 2. adj. Capable of withstanding great physical force. | |
| a strong foundation; good strong shoes | |
| 3. adj. (of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power. | |
| The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea. | |
| 4. adj. Determined; unyielding. | |
| He is strong in the face of adversity. | |
| 5. adj. Highly stimulating to the senses. | |
| a strong light; a strong taste | |
| 6. adj. Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor. | |
| a strong smell | |
| 7. adj. Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient. | |
| a strong cup of coffee; a strong medicine | |
| 8. adj. (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content. | |
| a strong drink | |
| She gets up, and pours herself a strong one. - Eagles, Lying Eyes | |
| 9. adj. (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels. | |
| a strong verb | |
| 10. adj. (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution. | |
| a strong acid; a strong base | |
| 11. adj. (military) Not easily subdued or taken. | |
| a strong position | |
| 12. adj. (slang) Impressive, good. | |
| You're working with troubled youth in your off time? That’s strong! | |
| 13. adj. Having a specified number of people or units. | |
| The enemy's army force was five thousand strong. | |
| 14. adj. (of a disease or symptom) severe (very bad or intense) | |
| 15. adj. (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.) | |
| 16. adj. (of an argument) Convincing. | |
| 17. adv. In a strong manner. | |
| dialectal |
| 1. adj. Of or relating to a dialect. | |
| 2. adj. Not linguistically standard. | |
| accent |
| 1. n. (linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it. | |
| In the word "careful", the accent is placed on the first syllable. | |
| 2. n. (figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general. | |
| At this hotel, the accent is on luxury. | |
| 3. n. (orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked. | |
| The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent. | |
| 4. n. Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone. | |
| 5. n. (linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic | |
| a foreign accent an American, British or Australian accent | |
| a broad Irish accent | |
| a hint of a German accent | |
| 6. n. (linguistics, sign languages) A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it. | |
| 7. n. , passage=I believe I still retain some of my hearing accent when I use American Sign Language. | |
| 8. n. A word; a significant tone or sound. | |
| 9. n. (usually plural only) Expressions in general; speech. | |
| 10. n. (prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse. | |
| 11. n. (music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure. | |
| 12. n. (music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure. | |
| 13. n. (music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period. | |
| 14. n. (music) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage. | |
| 15. n. (music) A mark used to represent specific stress on a note. | |
| 16. n. (mathematics) A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y. | |
| 17. n. (geometry) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc., as in 12' 27, meaning twelve minutes and twenty-seven seconds. | |
| 18. n. (engineering) A mark used to denote feet and inches, as in 6' 10, meaning six feet ten inches. | |
| 19. n. Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings. | |
| 20. n. A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery. | |
| 21. n. A distinctive feature or quality. | |
| 22. n. (archaic) Utterance. | |
| 23. v. To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent. | |
| 24. v. To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent. | |
| 25. v. To mark with written accents. | |
