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all
1. adv. (degree) intensifier.
It suddenly went all quiet.
She was all, “Whatever.”
2. adv. (poetic) Entirely.
3. adv. Apiece; each.
The score was 30 all when the rain delay started.
4. adv. (degree) So much.
Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets.
5. adv. (obsolete, poetic) even; just
6. det. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or un).
All contestants must register at the scorer’s table. All flesh is originally grass. All my friends like classical music.
7. det. Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).
The store is open all day and all night. (= through the whole of the day and the whole of the night.)
I’ve been working on this all year. (= from the beginning of the year until now.)
8. det. (obsolete) Any.
9. det. Only; alone; nothing but.
He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice.
10. pron. Everything.
some gave all they had; she knows all and sees all; Those who think they know it all are annoying to those of us who do.
11. pron. Everyone.
A good time was had by all.
12. n. (with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.
She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line.
13. n. The totality of one's possessions.
14. conj. (obsolete) although
15. adj. (dialect, Pennsylvania) All gone; dead.
The butter is all.
I'll
1. contraction. I will
2. contraction. I shall
I
1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
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2. pron. (nonstandard, hypercorrection) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
3. n. (metaphysics) The ego.
4. n. (US, roadway) Interstate.
5. n. (grammar) (abbreviation of instrumental case)
will
1. v. (rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
Do what you will.
2. v. (rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
3. v. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
4. v. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
5. v. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
6. v. (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
7. n. One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.
8. n. One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.
9. n. The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
Most creatures have a will to live.
10. n. (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
11. n. (archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.
12. n. (archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
13. v. (archaic) To wish, desire.
14. v. (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
15. v. To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
All the fans were willing their team to win the game.
16. v. To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.
do
1. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker
2. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
Do you go there often?
3. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
I do not go there often.
Do not listen to him.
4. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
But I do go sometimes.
Do tell us.
It is important that he do come see me.
5. v. (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; not generally used with auxiliari
I play tennis; she does too.
# They don't think it be like it is, but it do.
6. v. To perform; to execute.
All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?
7. v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
8. v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do; this will do me, thanks.
9. v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.
10. v. To have (as an effect).
The fresh air did him some good.
11. v. (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
Our relationship isn't doing very well; how do you do?
12. v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
What does Bob do? — He's a plumber.
13. v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something)
"Don't forget to do your report" means something quite different depending on whether you're a student or a programmer.
14. v. To cook.
I'll just do some eggs.
15. v. To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
Let’s do New York also.
16. v. To treat in a certain way.
17. v. To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
19. v. (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
I did five years for armed robbery.
20. v. To impersonate or depict.
They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer.
21. v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
22. v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
23. v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
He got done for speeding.
Teacher'll do you for that!
24. v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
25. v. To cheat or swindle.
That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!
26. v. To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
the novel has just been done into English; I'm going to do this play into a movie
27. v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
Aren't you done yet?
28. v. (dated) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
29. v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
30. v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
31. v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
Do they do haircuts there?
Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?
32. v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
33. v. To take drugs.
I do cocaine.
34. v. (transitive, in the form be doing somewhere) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
What's that car doing in our swimming pool? -
35. n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
36. n. (informal) A hairdo.
Nice do!
37. n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
38. n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
39. n. (archaic) Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.
40. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
41. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.
42. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
43. adv. (rare) (abbreviation of ditto)
Is
1. n. plural of I
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
3. n. plural of i
remember to dot your is
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?
turn
1. v. to make a non-linear physical movement.:
2. v. (intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
the Earth turns; turn on the spot
3. v. To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
Turn the knob clockwise.
4. v. (intransitive) to change one's direction of travel.
She turned right at the corner.
5. v. (intransitive, figuratively) to change the course of.
6. v. To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
She turned the table legs with care and precision.
7. v. (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
8. v. To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
turn the bed covers; turn the pages
9. v. (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
turn to page twenty; turn through the book
10. v. (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
11. v. (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.

12. v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
13. v. (copulative) To become (begin to be).
The leaves turn brown in autumn. When I asked him for the money, he turned nasty.
14. v. To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
The hillside behind our house isn't generally much to look at, but once all the trees turn it's gorgeous.
15. v. To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
Midas made everything turn to gold. He turned into a monster every full moon.
16. v. # (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
# This milk has turned; it smells awful.
17. v. # To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
# to turn cider or wine
18. v. To reach a certain age.
Charlie turns six on September 29.
19. v. To hinge; to depend.
The decision turns on a single fact.
20. v. To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
The prisoners turned on the warden.
21. v. To change personal condition.
22. v. # (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
23. v. # To become giddy; said of the head or brain.
24. v. # To sicken; to nauseate.
# The sight turned my stomach.
25. v. # To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
26. v. #:
27. v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
28. v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
They say they can turn the parts in two days.
29. v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
30. v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
Ivory turns well.
31. v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
32. v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
33. v. (archaic) To translate.
to turn the Iliad
34. v. (transitive, role-playing games) To magically or divinely attack undead.
35. n. A change of direction or orientation.
Give the handle a turn, then pull it.
36. n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
37. n. (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
38. n. A single loop of a coil.
39. n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
They took turns playing with the new toy.
40. n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
I cooked tonight, so it's your turn to do the dishes.
41. n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
42. n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
43. n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
They quote a three-day turn on parts like those.
44. n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
I've had a funny turn.
45. n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
She took a turn for the worse.
46. n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
47. n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
48. n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
49. n. A deed done to another.
One good turn deserves another.
I felt that the man was of a vindictive nature, and would do me an evil turn if he found the opportunitynb....
50. n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
51. n. Character; personality; nature.
52. n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
53. n. (circus, theatre, especially, physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
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.
charm
1. n. An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
a charm against evil
It works like a charm.
2. n. The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration; often constructed in the plural.
He had great personal charm.
She tried to win him over with her charms.
3. n. A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.
She wears a charm bracelet on her wrist.
4. n. (physics) A quantum number of hadrons determined by the quantity of charm quarks & antiquarks.
5. n. (finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.
6. v. To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor.
7. v. To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence.
After winning three games while wearing the chain, Dan began to think it had been charmed.
8. v. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
She led a charmed life.
9. v. (obsolete, rare) To make music upon.
10. v. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
11. n. The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
12. n. A flock, group (especially of finches).
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.
to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.
2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
I have to do laundry today.
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
We are walking to the shop.
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
He devoted himself to education.
They drank to his health.
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
His face was beaten to a pulp.
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.
I have ten dollars to your four.
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
Three to the power of two is nine.
Three to the second is nine.
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
I gave the book to him.
12. prep. (time) Preceding.
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
There's a lot of sense to what he says.
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Please push the door to.
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
17. adv. misspelling of too
warp
1. n. The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:
2. n. The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.
3. n. The state, quality, or condition of being deviant from what is right or proper morally or mentally.
4. n. A distortion:
5. n. A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood (also used figuratively).
6. n. A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.
7. n. (weaving) The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
8. n. (figurative) The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
9. n. (nautical) A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.
10. n. A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
11. n. A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
12. n. The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water artificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilise them.
13. n. (obsolete, outside, dialects) A throw or cast, as of fish (in which case it is used as a unit of measure: about four fish, though sometimes three or even two), oysters, etc.
a warp of fish
14. v. To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally:
15. v. To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.
The moisture warped the board badly.
to warp space and time
The trauma had permanently warped her mind.
16. v. (intransitive) To become twisted out of shape; to deform.
Over the years the post had warped and checked and needed to be replaced
17. v. To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias.
His perspective had warped after his extreme experiences.
18. v. (intransitive) To go astray or be deflected from a true, proper or moral course; to deviate.
19. v. (ambitransitive, obsolete, ropemaking) To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.
20. v. To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
21. v. (ambitransitive, rare, obsolete, figurative) To plot; to fabricate or weave (a plot or scheme).
22. v. (transitive, rare, obsolete, poetic) To change or fix (make fixed, for example by freezing).
23. v. To move:
24. v. (transitive, nautical) To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; (especially) to move a sailing ship throug
25. v. (intransitive, nautical, of a ship) To move or be moved by this method.
26. v. (intransitive, rare, dated) To fly with a bending or waving motion, like a flock of birds or insects.
27. v. To travel or transport across a medium without passing through it normally, as by using a teleporter or time warp.
28. v. (ambitransitive, obsolete, outside, dialects, of an animal) To bring forth (young) prematurely.
29. v. (ambitransitive, agriculture) To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.
30. v. (transitive, very, rare, obsolete) To throw.
factor
1. n. (obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
The factor of the trading post bought the furs.
2. n. (now rare) An agent or representative.
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My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled / That owes me for a hundred tun of wine.
1985 Haynes Owners Workshop Manual, BMW
Motor factors — Good factors will stock all of the more important components which wear out relatively quickly.
3. n. legal
4. n. A commission agent.
5. n. A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
6. n. A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
7. n. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
The greatest factor in the decision was the need for public transportation.
The economy was a factor in this year's budget figures.
8. n. (mathematics) Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
3 is a factor of 12, as are 2, 4 and 6.
The factors of the Klein four-group are both cyclic of order 2.
9. n. (root cause analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
The launch temperature was a factor of the Challenger disaster.
10. n. (economics) A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
11. n. (Scotland) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
12. v. To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
13. v. (of a number or other mathematical object, intransitive) To be a product of other objects.
14. v. (commercial, transitive) To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.
nine
1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
2. num. Describing a group or set with nine elements.
A cat has nine lives.
3. n. The digit or figure 9.
4. n. (card games) A playing card with nine pips.
5. n. (weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
6. n. (computing, engineering, usually in plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines.
7. n. (baseball) A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).
8. n. A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball, 15.1.3 Rain Checks
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.
he'll
1. contraction. he will
2. contraction. he shall
he
1. pron. (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.
2. pron. (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant.
The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?
3. pron. (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown.
4. n. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
5. n. (informal) A male.
Alex totally is a he.
6. n. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
will
1. v. (rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
Do what you will.
2. v. (rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
3. v. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
4. v. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
5. v. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
6. v. (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
7. n. One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.
8. n. One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.
9. n. The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
Most creatures have a will to live.
10. n. (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
11. n. (archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.
12. n. (archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
13. v. (archaic) To wish, desire.
14. v. (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
15. v. To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
All the fans were willing their team to win the game.
16. v. To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.
call
1. n. A telephone conversation.
I received several phone calls today.
I received several calls today.
2. n. A short visit, usually for social purposes.
I paid a call to a dear friend of mine.
3. n. (nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
The ship made a call at Southampton.
4. n. A cry or shout.
He heard a call from the other side of the room.
5. n. A decision or judgement.
That was a good call.
6. n. The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.
7. n. A beckoning or summoning.
I had to yield to the call of the wild.
8. n. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
The Prime Minister has the call.
I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business.
9. n. (finance) An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
10. n. (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
11. n. (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
12. n. A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).
13. n. (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
14. n. A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9.
15. n. (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
16. n. A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
17. n. (nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
18. n. A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
19. n. An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
20. n. (archaic) Vocation; employment; calling.
21. n. (US, legal) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
22. n. (informal, slang) A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
23. v. To use one's voice.:
24. v. (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.
That person is hurt; call for help!
25. v. (intransitive) To cry or shout.
26. v. To utter in a loud or distinct voice.
to call the roll of a military company
27. v. (transitive, intransitive) To contact by telephone.
Why don't you call me in the morning? Why don't you call tomorrow?
28. v. To declare in advance.
The captains call the coin toss.
29. v. To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
30. v. To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure.
After the third massive failure, John called the whole initiative.
31. v. (heading, intransitive) To visit.
32. v. To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).
We could always call on a friend. The engineer called round whilst you were away.
33. v. To stop at a station or port.
This train calls at Reading, Slough and London Paddington. Our cruise ship called at Bristol Harbour.
34. v. To name, identify or describe.:
35. v. (ditransitive) To name or refer to.
Why don't we dispense with the formalities. Please call me Al.
36. v. (in passive) Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.
I'm called John. A very tall building is called a skyscraper.
37. v. To predict.
He called twelve of the last three recessions.
38. v. To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
They call the distance ten miles. That's enough work. Let's call it a day and go home.
39. v. (obsolete) To disclose the class or character of; to identify.
40. v. (heading, sport) Direct or indirect use of the voice.
41. v. (cricket) (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.
42. v. (baseball, cricket) (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions).
43. v. (intransitive, poker) To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting.
I bet $800 and Jane raised to $1600. My options: call (match her $1600 bet), reraise or fold.
44. v. (intransitive, poker, proscribed) To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to anno
I'll call your 300, and raise to 600!
45. v. To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
My partner called two spades.
46. v. (transitive, sometimes with for) To require, demand.
He felt called to help the old man.
47. v. (transitive, finance) To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
48. v. (transitive, banking) To demand repayment of a loan.
49. v. (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
A recursive function is one that calls itself.

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