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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.
weathered
1. adj. Worn by weather, as of rocks, stone, etc.
2. adj. (architecture) Made slightly sloping, so as to throw off water.
3. v. simple past tense and past participle of weather
weather
1. n. The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
2. n. Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.
Wooden garden furniture must be well oiled as it is continuously exposed to weather.
3. n. (nautical) The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
4. n. (figuratively) A situation.
5. n. (obsolete) A storm; a tempest.
6. n. (obsolete) A light shower of rain.
7. adj. (sailing, geology) Facing towards the flow of a fluid, usually air.
weather side, weather helm
8. v. To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
9. v. (by extension) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.
10. v. To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air.
11. v. (nautical) To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
to weather a cape; to weather another ship
12. v. (nautical) To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
Joshua weathered a collision with a freighter near South Africa.
13. v. (falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
wooden
1. adj. Made of wood.
a wooden boat
On a recent windy day, hundreds of visitors climbed wooden stairs to take pictures in front of the glacier.
(audio On a recent windy day, hundreds of visitors climbed wooden stairs to take pictures in front of the glacier.ogg Audio (US))
2. adj. (figuratively) As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion.
wooden acting
garden
1. n. An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
a vegetable garden a flower garden
2. n. (in the plural) Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.
You can spend the afternoon walking around the town gardens.
3. n. (attributive) Taking place in, or used in, such a garden.
a garden party; a garden spade; a garden path
4. n. The grounds at the front or back of a house.
This house has a swimming pool, a tent, a swing set and a fountain in the garden. We were drinking lemonade and playing croquet in the garden. Our garden is overgrown with weeds.
5. n. (cartomancy) The twentieth Lenormand card.
6. n. (slang) Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.
7. v. (intransitive, chiefly North America) to grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden.
I love to garden — this year I'm going to plant some daffodils.
8. v. (intransitive, cricket) of a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities.
9. adj. Common, ordinary, domesticated.
lounge
1. n. A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
2. n. A domestic living room.
3. n. An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
4. n. A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
5. n. The act of one who lounges; idle reclining.
6. v. To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
kitchen
1. n. A room or area for preparing food.
2. n. Cuisine.
3. n. (chiefly African American Vernacular English) The nape of a person's hairline, often referring to its uncombed or "nappy" look.
4. n. (music) The percussion section of an orchestra.
5. n. (dated) A utensil for roasting meat.
a tin kitchen
6. n. (attributive) In a domesticated or uneducated form (of a language).
7. n. (obsolete) Anything eaten as a relish with bread, potatoes, etc.
8. v. To do kitchen work; to prepare food.
9. v. To embellish a basic food; to season, add condiments, etc.
10. v. (by extension) To embellish; to dress up.
chair
1. n. An item of furniture used to sit on or in comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.
2. n. clipping of chairperson
Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.
3. n. (music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.
4. n. (rail transport) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.
5. n. (chemistry) One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
6. n. (slang) (ellipsis of electric chair)
He killed a cop: he's going to get the chair.
The court will show no mercy; if he gets convicted, it's the chair for him.
7. n. A distinguished professorship at a university.
8. n. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.
9. v. To act as chairperson at; to preside over.
Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting.
10. v. To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
11. v. (transitive, Wales, UK) To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.
The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod.

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