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. | |