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after
     1. adv. Behind; later in time; following.
           They lived happily ever after.
           I left the room, and the dog bounded after.
     2. prep. Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
           We had a few beers after the game.
           The time is quarter after eight.
           The Cold War began shortly after the Second World War.
     3. prep. Behind.
           He will leave a trail of destruction after him.
     4. prep. In pursuit of, seeking.
           He's after a job; run after him; inquire after her health.
     5. prep. In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.
           We named him after his grandfather; a painting after Leonardo da Vinci.
     6. prep. Next in importance or rank.
           The princess is next in line to the throne after the prince.
     7. prep. As a result of.
           After your bad behaviour, you will be punished.
     8. prep. In spite of.
           After all that has happened, he is still my friend.
           I can't believe that, after all our advice against gambling, you walked into that casino!
     9. prep. (Irish usually preceded by a form of be followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity
           I was after finishing my dinner when there was a knock on the door.
     10. prep. (dated) According to an author or text.
     11. prep. Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to.
           to look after workmen; to enquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness
     12. prep. (obsolete) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
     13. conj. Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.
           I went home after we had decided to call it a day.
     14. adj. (dated) Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent
     15. adj. (nautical, where the frame of reference is within the ship) At or towards the stern of a ship.
           The after gun is mounted aft.
           The after gun is abaft the forward gun.
not
     1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
           Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
           Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
     2. adv. To no degree.
           That is not red; it's orange.
     3. conj. And not.
           I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
           He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
     4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
           I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!
           Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not!
     5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function.
           You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip.
     6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not.
picking
     1. v. present participle of pick
     2. n. A gathering to pick fruit.
           We went to a strawberry picking last June.
     3. n. (usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.
     4. n. (usually pluralized) Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.
     pick
          1. n. A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
          2. n. A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
          3. n. A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
          4. n. A choice; ability to choose.
          5. n. That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
          6. n. (basketball) A screen.
          7. n. (lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
          8. n. (American football) An interception.
          9. n. (baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder.
          10. n. (baseball) A pickoff.
          11. n. (music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
          12. n. A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
          13. n. (obsolete) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
          14. n. (printing, dated) A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and causing a spot on a printed sheet.
          15. n. (art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
          16. n. (weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
                so many picks to an inch
          17. v. To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
                Don't pick at that scab.
                He picked his nose.
          18. v. To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
                It's time to pick the tomatoes.
          19. v. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
                She picked flowers in the meadow.
                to pick feathers from a fowl
          20. v. To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
                to pick rags
          21. v. To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
                to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket
          22. v. To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
                I'll pick the one with the nicest name.
                Seek an opportunity to quarrel or argue with someone.
          23. v. (cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
                He didn't pick the googly, and was bowled.
          24. v. (music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
                He picked a tune on his banjo.
          25. v. To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
          26. v. To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
          27. v. To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
          28. v. To steal; to pilfer.
          29. v. (obsolete) To throw; to pitch.
          30. v. (dated) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.
          31. v. To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
                to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.
up
     1. adv. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
           I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
     2. adv. (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely.
           I will mix up the puzzle pieces.
           Tear up the contract.
           He really messed up.
           Please type up our monthly report.
     3. adv. To or from one's possession or consideration.
           I picked up some milk on the way home.
           The committee will take up your request.
           She had to give up her driver's license after the accident.
     4. adv. North.
           I will go up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
     5. adv. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
           Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.
           Turn it up, I can barely hear it.
           Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.
           Cheer up, the weekend's almost here.
     6. adv. (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
     7. adv. (sailing) Against the wind or current.
     8. adv. (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
     9. adv. (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
           The bowler pitched the ball up.
     10. adv. (hospitality, US) Without additional ice.
           Would you like that drink up or on ice?
     11. adv. (academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
           She's going up to read Classics this September.
     12. adv. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
           I was up to my chin in water.
           A stranger came up and asked me for directions.
     13. adv. To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
           Drink up. The pub is closing.
           Can you sum up your research?
           The comet burned up in the atmosphere.
           I need to sew up the hole in this shirt.
     14. adv. Aside, so as not to be in use.
           to lay up riches; put up your weapons
     15. prep. Toward the top of.
           The cat went up the tree.   They walk up the steps.
     16. prep. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
           The information made its way up the chain of command to the general.   I felt something crawling up my arm.
     17. prep. Further along (in any direction).
           Go up the street until you see the sign.
     18. prep. From south to north of
     19. prep. From the mouth towards the source (of a river or waterway).
     20. prep. (vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with.
           Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her.
     21. prep. (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more remote from a central location).
     22. adj. Awake.
           I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up.
     23. adj. Finished, to an end
           Time is up!
     24. adj. In a good mood.
           I’m feeling up today.
     25. adj. Willing; ready.
           If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
     26. adj. Next in a sequence.
           Smith is up to bat.
     27. adj. Happening; new.
           What is up with that project at headquarters?
     28. adj. Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
           Put the notebook face up on the table.
           Take a break and put your feet up.
     29. adj. Larger; greater in quantity.
           Sales are up from last quarter.
     30. adj. Ahead; leading; winning.
           The home team were up by two goals at half-time.
     31. adj. Standing.
           Get up and give her your seat.
     32. adj. On a higher level.
           The new ground is up.
     33. adj. Available; made public.
           The new notices are up as of last Tuesday.
     34. adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
           AAKK = aces up
           QQ33 = queens up
     35. adj. Well-informed; current.
           I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
     36. adj. (computing) Functional; working.
           Is the server back up?
     37. adj. (anchor, Adj_railway)(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
           The London train is on the up line.
     38. adj. Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
     39. adj. (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
           A Cosmopolitan is typically served up.
     40. adj. (slang) Erect.
     41. adj. (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
     42. adj. (slang) well-known; renowned
     43. n. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
           Up is a good way to go.
     44. n. A positive thing.
           I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.
     45. n. An upstairs room of a two story house.
           She lives in a two-up two-down.
     46. v. (transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise.
           If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details.
           We upped anchor and sailed away.
     47. v. (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
           It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
     48. v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
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.
shovel
     1. n. A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. Not to be confused with a spade, which
     2. n. (US) A spade.
     3. v. To move materials with a shovel.
           The workers were shovelling gravel and tarmac into the pothole in the road.
           After the blizzard, we shoveled the driveway for the next two days.
           I don't mind shoveling, but using a pickaxe hurts my back terribly.
     4. v. (transitive, figuratively) To move with a shoveling motion.
           Already late for work, I shovelled breakfast into my mouth as fast as possible.
for
     1. conj. (dated) Because.
     2. prep. Towards.
           The astronauts headed for the moon.
     3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
           I have something for you.
     4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
           We're having a birthday party for Janet.
           The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
           The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
     5. prep. Supporting.
           All those for the motion raise your hands.
     6. prep. Because of.
           He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
           (UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
           She was the worse for drink.
     7. prep. Over a period of time.
           I've lived here for three years.
           They fought for days over a silly pencil.
     8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
     9. prep. On behalf of.
           I will stand in for him.
     10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
     11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
           I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
           He's going for his doctorate.
           Do you want to go for coffee?
           People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
           Can you go to the store for some eggs?
           I'm saving up for a car.
           Don't wait for an answer.
           What did he ask you for?
     12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
           Run for the hills!
           He was headed for the door when he remembered.
     13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
           Fair for its day.
           She's spry for an old lady.
     14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
     15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
           For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
           All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
     16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
           In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
     17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
           At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
     18. prep. To be, or as being.
     19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
     20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
twenty
     1. num. The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.
     2. n. (colloquial) A banknote with a denomination of 20.
           The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty.
     3. n. (CB slang) 10-20 (location).
           What’s your twenty, good buddy?
     4. n. (historical) An old English division of infantry.
years
     1. n. plural of year.
     2. n. (colloquial, hyperbole) A very long time.
           It took years for the bus to come.
     year
          1. n. A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
                we moved to this town a year ago;  I quit smoking exactly one year ago
          2. n. (by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution
                Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years.
          3. n. A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by
                A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year.
                I was born in the year 1950.
                This Chinese year is the year of the Rooster.
          4. n. A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
                During this school year I have to get up at 6:30 to catch the bus.
          5. n. (sciences) A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
          6. n. A level or grade in school or college.
                Every second-year student must select an area of specialization.
                The exams in year 12 at high school are the most difficult.
          7. n. The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
                Geneticists have created baker's yeast that can live to 800 in yeast years.
She
     1. pron. honoraltcaps, she
     2. n. An ethnic group in southern China.
     3. n. A language of the Hmong-Mien language family spoken by the She people.
     4. pron. (personal) The female person or animal previously mentioned or implied.
           I asked Mary, but she said that she didn’t know.
     5. pron. (personal, sometimes affectionate) A ship or boat.
           She could do forty knots in good weather.
           She is a beautiful boat, isn’t she?
     6. pron. (personal, affectionate) Another machine (besides a ship), such as a car.
           She only gets thirty miles to the gallon on the highway, but she’s durable.
     7. pron. (personal, dated) A country.
           She is a poor place, but has beautiful scenery and friendly people.
     8. pron. (personal) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant (used in a work, along with or in place of he, as an indefinite pronoun).
     9. n. A female.
           Pat is definitely a she.
finally
     1. adv. At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
           The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.
     2. adv. (sequence) To finish (with); lastly (in the present).
           Finally, I washed my dog.
     3. adv. (manner) Definitively, comprehensively.
           The question of his long-term success has now been finally settled.
Saw
     1. n. (slang) A Bahamian.
     2. n. A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
     3. n. A musical saw.
     4. n. A sawtooth wave.
     5. v. To cut (something) with a saw.
           They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
     6. v. (intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
           The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.
     7. v. (intransitive) To be cut with a saw.
           The timber saws smoothly.
     8. v. To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
           to saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks)
           to saw shingles; to saw out a panel
     9. n. (obsolete) Something spoken; speech, discourse.
     10. n. (often old saw) A saying or proverb.
     11. n. (obsolete) Opinion, idea, belief; by thy ~, in your opinion; commune ~, common opinion; common knowledge; on no ~, by no means.
     12. n. (obsolete) Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
     13. n. (obsolete) Dictate; command; decree.
     14. v. simple past tense of see
     15. interj. (slang) what's up (either as a greeting or actual question)
           — Saw, dude?— Not much.
     see
          1. v. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
          2. v.          To witness or observe by personal experience.
                        Now I've seen it all!
                        I have been blind since birth and I love to read Braille. When the books arrive in from the library, I can’t wait to see what stories they have s
                        I saw military service in Vietnam.
          3. v. To form a mental picture of.
          4. v.          (figuratively) To understand.
                        Do you see what I mean?
          5. v.          To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.
                        They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see.
          6. v. (social) To meet, to visit.
          7. v.          To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.
                        to go to see a friend
          8. v.          To date frequently.
                        I've been seeing her for two months
          9. v. To be the setting or time of.
                The 20th century saw humanity's first space exploration.
          10. v. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
                I'll see you hang for this!  I saw that they didn't make any more trouble.
          11. v. (gambling) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
                I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.
          12. v. (sometimes mystical) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
                The oracle saw the destruction of the city.
          13. v. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
                I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer.
          14. v. (used in the imperative) (Used to emphasise a proposition.)
                You see, Johnny, your Dad isn't your real dad.
          15. v. (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
                Step 4: In the system, check out the laptop to the student (see: "Logging Resources" in the Tutor Manual).
                This article is about the insect. For the English rock band, see.
                For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C.
          16. interj. Directing the audience to pay attention to the following
                See here, fellas, there's no need for all this rucus!
          17. interj. Introducing an explanation
                See, in order to win the full prize we would have to come up with a scheme to land a rover on the Moon.
          18. n. A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
          19. n. The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric
          20. n. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
the
     1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
           I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
           The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
           The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
     2. art.          Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
                    The street that runs through my hometown.
     3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
           No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
           God save the Queen!
     4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
           That was the best apple pie ever.
     5. art.          Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
                    That apple pie was the best.
     6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
     7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
           Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
     8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
           No one in the whole country had seen it before.
           I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
     9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
           A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
     10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
           That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
     11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
           The hotter the better.
           The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
           The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
           It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
     12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
           It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
           It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
           I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
beauty
     1. n. The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.
     2. n. Someone who is beautiful.
           Brigitte Bardot was a renowned beauty.
     3. n. Something that is particularly good or pleasing.
           That phrasing is a beauty.
           What a goal, what a beauty.
     4. n. An excellent or egregious example of something.
     5. n. (with the definite article) The excellence, e.g. the genius
           The beauty of the deal is it costs nothing!
     6. n. (particle, obsolete) A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).
     7. n. Beauty treatment; cosmetology.
     8. n. (obsolete) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
     9. interj. (Canada) Thanks! Cool!
           It's the long weekend. Beauty!
     10. adj. (Canada) Of high quality, well done.
           He made a beauty pass through the neutral zone.
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.
flowers
     1. n. plural of flower
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of flower
     flower
          1. n. A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
          2. n. (botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.
          3. n. A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
                We transplanted the flowers to a larger pot.
          4. n. (usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
                The dogwoods are in flower this week.
          5. n. (euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
          6. n. The best examples or representatives of a group.
                We selected the flower of the applicants.
          7. n. The best state of things; the prime.
                She was in the flower of her life.
          8. n. (obsolete) Flour.
          9. n. (in the chemistry, obsolete) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation.
                the flowers of sulphur
          10. n. A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
          11. n. (printing) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
          12. n. (in the plural) Menstrual discharges.
          13. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To put forth blooms.
                This plant flowers in June.
          14. v. (lbl, en, transitive) To decorate with pictures of flowers.
          15. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To reach a state of full development or achievement.
          16. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
          17. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To come off as flowers by sublimation.
          18. n. (rare) Something that flows, such as a river.
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.
declared
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of declare
     2. adj. Openly avowed.
     declare
          1. v. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
          2. v. (intransitive) To make a declaration.
          3. v. (card games) To show one's cards in order to score.
          4. v. To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.
                He declared him innocent.
          5. v. (intransitive, cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.
          6. v. To announce something formally or officially.
                declare bankruptcy
                declare victory
                (cricket) declare (an innings) closed
          7. v. (intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result
                Houghton and Sunderland South was the first constituency to declare in the 2015 general election.
          8. v. To affirm or state something emphatically.
          9. v. To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
          10. v. To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
          11. v. (transitive, programming) To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.
                The counter "i" was declared as an integer.
Herself
     1. pron. honoraltcaps, herself
     2. pron. (reflexive pronoun) Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
           She injured herself.
     3. pron. (emphatic) She; an intensive repetition of the female subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate.
           She was injured herself.
     4. pron. (Ireland) (The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate;) she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others)
           What's herself up to this time?
           Have you seen herself yet this morning?
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.
born
     1. v. past of bear; given birth to.
     2. v. (obsolete) past of bear in other senses.
     3. adj. Well suited to (some behaviour or occupation), as though from birth.
     be born
          1. v. To come into existence through birth.
again
     1. adv. Another time; once more.
     2. adv. Over and above a factor of one.
     3. adv. Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion.
           Great, thanks again!
     4. adv.          Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember.
                   What's that called again?
     5. adv.          I ask again, I say again; used in repeating a question or statement.
                   Again, I'm not criticizing, I just want to understand.
     6. adv.          Here too, here also, in this case as well; used in applying a previously made point to a new instance; sometimes preceded by "here".
                   Approach B is better than approach A in many respects, but again, there are difficulties in implementing it.
     7. adv. (obsolete) Back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point.
           Bring us word again.
     8. adv. Back (to a former place or state).
           We need to bring the old customs to life again.
           The South will rise again.
     9. adv. (obsolete) In return, as a reciprocal action; back.
     10. adv. (obsolete) In any other place.
     11. adv. (obsolete) On the other hand.
     12. adv. Moreover; besides; further.
     13. prep. (obsolete or dialectal) Against.
gardener
     1. n. One who gardens; one who grows plants or cultivates a garden.
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