an |
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound | |
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable | |
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable | |
4. conj. (archaic) If | |
5. conj. (archaic) So long as. | |
An it harm none, do what ye will. | |
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though. | |
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri). | |
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per. | |
I was only going twenty miles an hour. | |
optical |
1. adj. Of, or relating to sight; visual. | |
Strabismus is an optical defect. | |
2. adj. Designed to assist or enhance sight | |
A microscope is an optical instrument. | |
3. adj. Of, or relating to optics. | |
Refraction is an optical effect. | |
4. adj. Of, or relating to visible light. | |
Optical telescopes don't work when it is cloudy. | |
5. adj. Incorporating light-sensitive devices. | |
An optical switch opens the door automatically. | |
switch |
1. n. A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow. | |
2. n. A change. | |
3. n. (rail transport, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; point. | |
4. n. A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States. | |
5. n. (computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior. | |
Use the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing. | |
6. n. (computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression. | |
7. n. (computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates netwo | |
8. n. (telecommunication) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line. | |
9. n. (BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship. | |
10. n. A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women. | |
11. v. To exchange. | |
I want to switch this red dress for a green one. | |
12. v. To change (something) to the specified state using a switch. | |
Switch the light on. | |
13. v. To whip or hit with a switch. | |
14. v. (intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc. | |
I want to switch to a different seat. | |
15. v. (slang) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged. | |
16. v. To swing or whisk. | |
to switch a cane | |
17. v. To be swung or whisked. | |
The angry cat's tail switched back and forth. | |
18. v. To trim. | |
to switch a hedge | |
19. v. To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc. | |
to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another | |
20. v. (ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit. | |
21. adj. (snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position. BBC Sport, , 11 February 2014 | |
22. adj. (freestyle skiing) Pertaining to skiing backwards. | |
opens |
1. n. plural of open | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of open | |
open |
1. adj. (not comparable) Not closed; accessible; unimpeded. | |
Turn left after the second open door. | |
It was as if his body had gone to sleep standing up and with his eyes open. | |
2. adj. Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded. | |
an open hand; an open flower; an open prospect | |
3. adj. (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business. | |
Banks are not open on bank holidays. | |
4. adj. (comparable) Receptive. | |
I am open to new ideas. | |
5. adj. (not comparable) Public | |
He published an open letter to the governor on a full page of the New York Times. | |
6. adj. (not comparable) Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character. | |
The man is an open book. | |
7. adj. (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable. | |
8. adj. (mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets ofX, that defines a topological space onX. | |
9. adj. (graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are different. | |
10. adj. (computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; mapped to part of memory. | |
I couldn't save my changes because another user had the same file open. | |
11. adj. (business) Not fulfilled. | |
I've got open orders for as many containers of red durum as you can get me. | |
12. adj. Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration. | |
an open question | |
to keep an offer or opportunity open | |
13. adj. (music, stringed instruments) Without any fingers pressing the string against the fingerboard. | |
14. adj. Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate. | |
an open winter | |
15. adj. (phonetics) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels. | |
16. adj. (phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure. | |
17. adj. (phonetics, of a syllable) That ends in a vowel; not having a coda. | |
18. adj. (computing) Made public, usable with a free licence. | |
19. adj. (medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body. | |
20. v. To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position. | |
Turn the doorknob to open the door. | |
21. v. To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility. | |
He opened a path through the undergrowth. | |
22. v. To bring up, broach. | |
I don't want to open that subject. | |
23. v. To enter upon, begin. | |
to open a discussion | |
to open fire upon an enemy | |
to open trade, or correspondence | |
to open a case in court, or a meeting | |
24. v. To spread; to expand into an open or loose position. | |
to open a closed fist | |
to open matted cotton by separating the fibres | |
to open a map, book, or scroll | |
25. v. To make accessible to customers or clients. | |
I will open the shop an hour early tomorrow. | |
26. v. To start (a campaign). | |
Vermont will open elk hunting season next week. | |
27. v. (intransitive) To become open. | |
The door opened all by itself. | |
28. v. (intransitive) To begin conducting business. | |
The shop opens at 9:00. | |
29. v. (intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen. | |
30. v. (intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker. | |
After the first two players fold, Julie opens for $5. | |
31. v. (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand. | |
Jeff opens his hand revealing a straight flush. | |
32. v. (computing, transitive, intransitive, of a file, document, etc.) To load into memory for viewing or editing. | |
33. v. (obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain. | |
34. n. A sports event in which anybody can compete; as, the Australian Open. | |
35. n. (electronics) A wire that is broken midway. | |
The electrician found the open in the circuit after a few minutes of testing. | |
36. n. (with the) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location. | |
I can't believe you left the lawnmower out in the open when you knew it was going to rain this afternoon! | |
Wary of hunters, the fleeing deer kept well out of the open, dodging instead from thicket to thicket. | |
37. n. (with the) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view. | |
We have got to bring this company's corrupt business practices into the open. | |
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. | |
door |
1. n. A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to ho | |
I knocked on the vice president's door | |
2. n. Any flap, etc. that opens like a door. | |
the 24 doors in an Advent calendar | |
3. n. (immigration) An entry point. | |
4. n. (figurative) A means of approach or access. | |
Learning is the door to wisdom. | |
5. n. (figurative) A barrier. | |
Keep a door on your anger. | |
6. n. (computing, dated) A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door. | |
7. v. (transitive, cycling) To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian. | |
automatically |
1. adv. In an automatic manner. | |