| abounding |
| 1. adj. Ample, plenty, abundant. | |
| abounding food | |
| an abounding stream | |
| 2. v. present participle of abound | |
| 3. n. An abundance. | |
| abound |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To be full to overflowing. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be wealthy. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To be highly productive. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers; to be plentiful. | |
| Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim. | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To revel in. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive) To be copiously supplied | |
| The wilderness abounds in traps. | |
| with |
| 1. prep. Against. | |
| He picked a fight with the class bully. | |
| 2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to. | |
| He went with his friends. | |
| 3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to. | |
| She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar. | |
| 4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence. | |
| 5. prep. In support of. | |
| We are with you all the way. | |
| 6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by. | |
| slain with robbers | |
| 7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of. | |
| cut with a knife | |
| 8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on. | |
| 9. prep. Having, owning. | |
| 10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc. | |
| Do you want to come with? | |
| 11. adv. --> | |
| 12. n. alternative form of withe | |
| minor |
| 1. adj. Of little significance or importance. | |
| The physical appearance of a candidate is a minor factor in recruitment. | |
| 2. adj. (music) Of a scale which has lowered scale degrees three, six, and seven relative to major, but with the sixth and seventh not always lowered | |
| a minor scale | |
| 3. adj. (music) being the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number | |
| 4. n. A person who is below the legal age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities and accountabilities. | |
| It is illegal to sell weapons to minors under the age of eighteen. | |
| 5. n. A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration. | |
| I had so many credit hours of English, it became my minor. | |
| I became an English minor. | |
| 6. n. (mathematics) determinant of a square submatrix | |
| 7. n. (British slang) A younger brother (especially at a public school). | |
| 8. n. (zoology) A small worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony, sized between a minim and a media. | |
| 9. n. (logic) The term of a syllogism which forms the subject of the conclusion. | |
| 10. v. To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university. | |
| circumstances |
| 1. n. plural of circumstance | |
| in |
| 1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits. | |
| 2. prep. Contained by. | |
| The dog is in the kennel. | |
| 3. prep. Within. | |
| 4. prep. Surrounded by. | |
| We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air. | |
| 5. prep. Part of; a member of. | |
| One in a million. She's in band and orchestra. | |
| 6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to. | |
| What grade did he get in English? | |
| Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted. | |
| 7. prep. At the end of a period of time. | |
| They said they would call us in a week. | |
| 8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time | |
| Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours. | |
| 9. prep. During (said of periods of time). | |
| in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi | |
| 10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word. | |
| English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s. | |
| 11. prep. Into. | |
| Less water gets in your boots this way. | |
| 12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance. | |
| In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment. | |
| 13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement. | |
| My fat rolls around in folds. | |
| 14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject. | |
| He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma. | |
| 15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics. | |
| You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her. | |
| 16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing). | |
| I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress. | |
| 17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality. | |
| 18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of. | |
| Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties. | |
| The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold. | |
| Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients. | |
| 19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc. | |
| Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular. | |
| His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages. | |
| When you write in cursive, it's illegible. | |
| 20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose. | |
| 21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest. | |
| 22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something. | |
| Is Mr. Smith in? | |
| 23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room. | |
| Suddenly a strange man walked in. | |
| 24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball. | |
| He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in. | |
| 25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of. | |
| What's that in? | |
| 26. adv. After the beginning of something. | |
| 27. n. A position of power or a way to get it. | |
| His parents got him an in with the company | |
| 28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings | |
| 29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner. | |
| 30. adj. In fashion; popular. | |
| Skirts are in this year. | |
| 31. adj. Incoming. | |
| the in train | |
| 32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed. | |
| 33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin. | |
| in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband | |
| 34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting. | |
| 35. n. Inch. | |
| great |
| 1. adj. Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i. e. having many parts or members) or duration (i. e. relatively long); very big. | |
| A great storm is approaching our shores. | |
| a great assembly | |
| a great wait | |
| 2. adj. Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind. | |
| the great auk | |
| 3. adj. (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the word qualified implies (from 1510s). see Derived terms | |
| great-grandfather | |
| 4. adj. (obsolete, postpositive, followed by 'with') Pregnant; large with young; full of. | |
| great with child | |
| great with hope | |
| 5. adj. (obsolete, except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy') Intimate; familiar. | |
| 6. adj. Extreme or more than usual. | |
| great worry | |
| 7. adj. Of significant importance or consequence; important. | |
| a great decision | |
| 8. adj. (applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent. | |
| a great deed | |
| a great nature | |
| a great history | |
| 9. adj. Impressive or striking. | |
| a great show of wealth | |
| 10. adj. Much in use; favoured. | |
| Poetry was a great convention of the Romantic era. | |
| 11. adj. (applied to persons) Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble. | |
| a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, writer etc. | |
| 12. adj. Title referring to an important leader. | |
| Alexander the Great | |
| 13. adj. Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic. | |
| What a great buffoon! | |
| He's not a great one for reading. | |
| a great walker | |
| 14. adj. (often followed by 'at') Skilful or adroit. | |
| a great carpenter | |
| You are great at singing. | |
| 15. adj. (informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic (from 1848). | |
| Dinner was great. | |
| 16. adj. (informal, British) Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths. | |
| a dirty great smack in the face | |
| Great Scott! | |
| 17. interj. Expression of gladness and content about something. | |
| Great! Thanks for the wonderful work. | |
| 18. interj. sarcastic inversion thereof. | |
| Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order. | |
| 19. n. A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim. | |
| Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science. | |
| 20. n. (music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division. | |
| 21. adv. very well (in a very satisfactory manner) | |
| Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don't have to be sharpened. | |
| detail |
| 1. n. Something small enough to escape casual notice. | |
| Note this fine detail in the lower left corner. | |
| We missed several important details in the contract. | |
| 2. n. A profusion of details. | |
| This etching is full of fine detail. | |
| 3. n. The small things that can escape casual notice. | |
| 4. n. Something considered trivial enough to ignore. | |
| I don't concern myself with the details of accounting. | |
| 5. n. A person's name, address and other personal information. | |
| The arresting officer asked the suspect for his details. | |
| 6. n. (military, law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment. | |
| 7. n. A part distinct from the whole. | |
| 8. n. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars. | |
| 9. v. to explain in detail | |
| I'll detail the exact procedure to you later. | |
| 10. v. to clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles) ((IPAchar, ˈdi(ː)teɪɫ)) | |
| We need to have the minivan detailed. | |
| 11. v. (transitive, military) to assign to a particular task | |
| particular |
| 1. adj. (also non-comparable) | |
| 2. adj. (obsolete) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial. | |
| 3. adj. Specific; discrete; concrete. | |
| I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do. | |
| We knew it was named after John Smith, but nobody knows which particular John Smith. | |
| 4. adj. Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing. | |
| I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism. | |
| 5. adj. (obsolete) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential. | |
| 6. adj. Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions). | |
| My five favorite places are, in no particular order, New York, Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and London. | |
| I didn't have any particular interest in the book. | |
| He brought no particular news. | |
| She was the particular belle of the party. | |
| 7. adj. (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious. | |
| He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back. | |
| Women are more particular about their appearance. | |
| 8. adj. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise. | |
| a full and particular account of an accident | |
| 9. adj. (legal) Containing a part only; limited. | |
| a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder | |
| 10. adj. (legal) Holding a particular estate. | |
| a particular tenant | |
| 11. adj. (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject. | |
| a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise". | |
| 12. n. A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point. | |
| 13. n. (obsolete) A person's own individual case. | |
| 14. n. (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.) | |
