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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.
strumpet
1. n. A female prostitute
2. n. A woman who is very sexually active.
3. n. A female adulterer.
4. n. A mistress.
5. n. (derogatory) A trollop; a whore.
6. v. (obsolete, transitive) To debauch.
7. v. (obsolete, transitive) To dishonour with the reputation of being a strumpet; to belie; to slander.
whore
1. n. (mildly, vulgar, or dated) A prostitute.
2. n. (vulgar, pejorative) A person who is considered to be sexually promiscuous; a slut.
3. n. (vulgar) A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
4. n. (vulgar) A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
5. n. (vulgar) A contemptible person.
6. v. (intransitive, vulgar) To prostitute oneself.
7. v. (intransitive, vulgar) To engage the services of a prostitute.
8. v. (transitive, vulgar) To pimp; to pander.
9. v. (transitive, vulgar) To promote shamelessly.
Did you see him on that chat show, whoring his new book?
10. v. (intransitive, vulgar) To pursue false gods.
11. v. (intransitive, vulgar) To pursue false goals.
12. v. (transitive, slang) To overuse something.
BTW, that guy whuz still an asshole - camping the BFG and whoring the quad - I usually leave BFG maps but stuck around on that one and suicided quite a bit (3 times I got to about -10 frags, th
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.
prostitute
1. n. A person, especially a woman, who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment.
2. n. (derogatory) A person who engages in sexual activity with many people.
3. n. A person who does, or offers to do, an activity for money, despite personal dislike or dishonour.
4. v. (transitive, usually reflexively) To perform sexual activity for money.
5. v. To make another person, or organisation, prostitute themselves.
6. v. (transitive, derogatory) To use one's talents in return for money or fame.
7. v. (figuratively) To exploit for base purposes; to whore.
Yet again a commercial firm had prostituted a traditional song by setting an advertising jingle to its tune.

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