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. | |
Ordinary |
1. n. The part of the Roman Catholic Mass that is the same every day | |
2. adj. (legal, of a judge) Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases. | |
3. adj. Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine. | |
On an ordinary day I wake up at nine o'clock, work for six hours, and then go to the gym. | |
4. adj. Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory. | |
I live a very ordinary life most of the time, but every year I spend a week in Antarctica. | |
He looked so ordinary, I never thought he'd be capable of murder. | |
5. adj. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, informal) Bad or undesirable. | |
6. n. (obsolete) A devotional manual. | |
7. n. (Christianity) A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of service, especially of Mass. | |
8. n. A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese. | |
9. n. (obsolete) A set portion of food, later as available for a fixed price at an inn or other eating establishment. | |
10. n. (archaic or historical) A place where such meals are served; a public tavern, inn. | |
11. n. (heraldry) One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess. | |
12. n. An ordinary thing or person; the mass; the common run. | |
13. n. (historical) A penny-farthing bicycle. | |
whisper |
1. n. The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords. | |
2. n. (usually in plural) A rumor. | |
There are whispers of rebellion all around. | |
3. n. (figurative) A faint trace or hint (of something). | |
The soup had just a whisper of basil. | |
4. n. A low rustling sound, like that of the wind in leaves. | |
5. n. (internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous | |
7. v. To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper. | |
8. v. (intransitive) To make a low, sibilant sound. | |
9. v. (intransitive) To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting. | |
10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To address in a whisper, or low voice. | |
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately. | |
exaggerated |
1. adj. That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged. | |
2. v. simple past tense and past participle of exaggerate | |
exaggerate |
1. v. To overstate, to describe more than is fact. | |
I've told you a billion times not to exaggerate! | |
He said he'd slept with hundreds of girls, but I know he's exaggerating. The real number is about ten. | |
So |
1. n. A Mon-Khmer-speaking people of Laos and Thailand. | |
2. conj. In order that. | |
Eat your broccoli so you can have dessert. | |
3. conj. With the result that; for that reason; therefore. | |
I was hungry so I asked if there was any more food. | |
He ate too much cake, so he fell ill. | |
He wanted a book, so he went to the library. | |
“I need to go to the bathroom.”―“So go!” | |
4. conj. (archaic) Provided that; on condition that, as long as. | |
5. adv. To the (explicitly stated) extent that. | |
It was so hot outside that all the plants died. He was so good, they hired him on the spot. | |
6. adv. (informal) To the (implied) extent. | |
I need a piece of cloth so long. = this long | |
7. adv. (informal) Very (positive clause). | |
He is so good! | |
8. adv. (informal) Very (negative clause). | |
It’s not so bad. i.e. it's acceptable | |
9. adv. (slang) Very much. | |
But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town! That is so not true! | |
10. adv. In a particular manner. | |
Place the napkin on the table just so. If that's what you mean, then say so; (or do so). | |
11. adv. In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; also. | |
Just as you have the right to your free speech, so I have the right to mine. Many people say she's the world's greatest athlete, but I don't think so. "I can count backwards from on | |
12. adv. (with as) To such an extent or degree; as. | |
so far as; so long as; so much as | |
13. adj. True, accurate. | |
That is so. You are responsible for this, is that not so? | |
14. adj. In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase. | |
15. adj. (dated, UK, slang) Homosexual. | |
Is he so? | |
16. interj. Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story. | |
So, let's go home. | |
So, what'll you have? | |
So, there was this squirrel stuck in the chimney... | |
17. interj. (Short for) so what. | |
"You park your car in front of my house every morning." — "So?". | |
18. interj. Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question. | |
So how does this story end? | |
So, everyone wants to know - did you win the contest or not? | |
19. interj. (archaic) Be as you are; stand still; (used especially to cows; also used by sailors.) | |
20. pron. abbreviation of someone | |
21. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale. | |
22. n. (foods) A type of dairy product made in Japan between the seventh and 10th centuries. | |
As |
1. n. plural of A | |
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As. | |
2. adv. To such an extent or degree. | |
You’re not as tall as I am. | |
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive. | |
3. adv. In the manner or role specified. | |
The kidnappers released him as agreed. | |
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues. | |
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend. | |
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as). | |
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what. | |
Do as I say! | |
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know. | |
As you wish, my lord! | |
6. conj. At the same instant that; when. | |
As I came in, she flew. | |
7. conj. At the same time that; while. | |
He sleeps as the rain falls. | |
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that. | |
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy. | |
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since. | |
As it’s too late, I quit. | |
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. | |
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago. | |
It's not so complicated as I expected. | |
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. | |
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. | |
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. | |
14. conj. Expressing concession; though. | |
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than. | |
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. | |
You are not as tall as me. | |
They're big as houses. | |
17. prep. In the role of. | |
What is your opinion as a parent? | |
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra. | |
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. | |
20. n. plural of a | |
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 | |
produce |
1. v. To yield, make or manufacture; to generate. | |
2. v. To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection. | |
3. v. (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public. | |
4. v. (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line. | |
to produce a side of a triangle | |
5. v. (obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong. | |
to produce a man's life to threescore | |
6. v. (music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing. | |
highly produced sound | |
7. n. Items produced. | |
8. n. Amount produced. | |
9. n. Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms. | |
10. n. Offspring. | |
11. n. (Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies. | |
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. | |
hoarse |
1. adj. Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc. | |
sound |
1. adj. Healthy. | |
He was safe and sound. | |
In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work. | |
2. adj. Complete, solid, or secure. | |
Fred assured me the floorboards were sound. | |
3. adj. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness. | |
4. adj. (UK, slang) Good; acceptable; decent. | |
"How are you?" - "I'm sound.". | |
That's a sound track you're playing. | |
See that man over there? He's sound. You should get to know him. | |
5. adj. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply. | |
Her sleep was sound. | |
6. adj. Heavy; laid on with force. | |
a sound beating | |
7. adj. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective. | |
a sound title to land | |
8. adv. Soundly. | |
9. interj. (UK, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm. | |
- I found my jacket.- Sound. | |
10. n. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium. | |
He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him. Nobody made a sound. | |
11. n. A vibration capable of causing such sensations. | |
12. n. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc | |
13. n. Noise without meaning; empty noise. | |
14. n. earshot, Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard. | |
Stay within the sound of my voice. | |
15. v. (intransitive) To produce a sound. | |
When the horn sounds, take cover. | |
16. v. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound. | |
He sounded good when we last spoke. | |
That story sounds like a pack of lies! | |
17. v. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound. | |
18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound. | |
19. v. (intransitive, legal, often, with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law. | |
20. v. To cause to produce a sound. | |
Sound the alarm! | |
He sounds the instrument. | |
21. v. (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce. | |
The "e" in "house" isn't sounded. | |
22. n. (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean. | |
Puget Sound; Owen Sound | |
23. n. The air bladder of a fish. | |
Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food. | |
24. n. A cuttlefish. | |
25. v. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale. | |
The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive. | |
26. v. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe. | |
When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal. | |
27. v. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device. | |
Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope. | |
28. v. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion. | |
to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra | |
29. n. (medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde. | |
30. n. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra. | |
known |
1. adj. Identified as a specific type; renowned, famous. | |
He was a known pickpocket. | |
2. adj. Researched, accepted, familiar. | |
3. n. (algebra) A variable or constant whose value is already determined. | |
4. n. Any fact or situation which is known or familiar. | |
5. v. past participle of know | |
know |
1. v. To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that. | |
I know that I’m right and you’re wrong. | |
He knew something terrible was going to happen. | |
2. v. To be aware of; to be cognizant of. | |
Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew. | |
She knows where I live. | |
I knew he was upset, but I didn't understand why. | |
3. v. To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered. | |
I know your mother, but I’ve never met your father. | |
4. v. To experience. | |
Their relationship knew ups and downs. | |
5. v. To distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of. | |
to know a person's face or figure | |
to know right from wrong | |
I wouldn't know one from the other. | |
6. v. To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change. | |
7. v. To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study. | |
Let me do it. I know how it works. | |
She knows how to swim. | |
His mother tongue is Italian, but he also knows French and English. | |
She knows chemistry better than anybody else. | |
Know your enemy and know yourself. | |
8. v. (transitive, archaic, Biblical) To have sexual relations with. | |
9. v. (intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed. | |
It is vital that he not know. | |
She knew of our plan. | |
He knows about 19th century politics. | |
10. v. (intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant. | |
Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew. | |
11. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be acquainted (with another person). | |
12. v. To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music). | |
Do you know "Blueberry Hill"? | |
13. n. (rare) Knowledge; the state of knowing. | |
As |
1. n. plural of A | |
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As. | |
2. adv. To such an extent or degree. | |
You’re not as tall as I am. | |
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive. | |
3. adv. In the manner or role specified. | |
The kidnappers released him as agreed. | |
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues. | |
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend. | |
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as). | |
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what. | |
Do as I say! | |
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know. | |
As you wish, my lord! | |
6. conj. At the same instant that; when. | |
As I came in, she flew. | |
7. conj. At the same time that; while. | |
He sleeps as the rain falls. | |
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that. | |
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy. | |
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since. | |
As it’s too late, I quit. | |
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. | |
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago. | |
It's not so complicated as I expected. | |
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. | |
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. | |
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. | |
14. conj. Expressing concession; though. | |
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than. | |
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. | |
You are not as tall as me. | |
They're big as houses. | |
17. prep. In the role of. | |
What is your opinion as a parent? | |
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra. | |
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. | |
20. n. plural of a | |
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. | |
stage |
1. n. A phase. | |
He is in the recovery stage of his illness. | |
Completion of an identifiable stage of maintenance such as removing an aircraft engine for repair or storage. | |
2. n. (theater) A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given. | |
The band returned to the stage to play an encore. | |
3. n. A floor or storey of a house. | |
4. n. A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging. | |
5. n. A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf. | |
6. n. A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers. | |
The stage pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies. | |
7. n. (dated) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses. | |
8. n. (dated) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road. | |
a stage of ten miles | |
9. n. (electronics) The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc. | |
a 3-stage cascade of a 2nd-order bandpass Butterworth filter | |
10. n. The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing. | |
He placed the slide on the stage. | |
11. n. (video games) A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game. | |
How do you get past the flying creatures in the third stage? | |
12. n. A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene. | |
13. n. (geology) The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale. | |
14. v. To produce on a stage, to perform a play. | |
The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice". | |
15. v. To demonstrate in a deceptive manner. | |
The salesman’s demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective. | |
16. v. (Of a protest or strike etc.) To carry out. | |
17. v. To place in position to prepare for use. | |
We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag. | |
to stage data to be written at a later time | |
whisper |
1. n. The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords. | |
2. n. (usually in plural) A rumor. | |
There are whispers of rebellion all around. | |
3. n. (figurative) A faint trace or hint (of something). | |
The soup had just a whisper of basil. | |
4. n. A low rustling sound, like that of the wind in leaves. | |
5. n. (internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous | |
7. v. To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper. | |
8. v. (intransitive) To make a low, sibilant sound. | |
9. v. (intransitive) To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting. | |
10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To address in a whisper, or low voice. | |
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately. | |
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. | |
forcible |
1. adj. Done by force, forced.Oxford American Dictionaries (MacBook widget) | |
2. adj. (rare or obsolete) Having (physical) force, forceful. | |
3. adj. Having a powerful effect; forceful, telling, strong, convincing, effective. | |
4. adj. Able to be forced. | |
whisper |
1. n. The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords. | |
2. n. (usually in plural) A rumor. | |
There are whispers of rebellion all around. | |
3. n. (figurative) A faint trace or hint (of something). | |
The soup had just a whisper of basil. | |
4. n. A low rustling sound, like that of the wind in leaves. | |
5. n. (internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous | |
7. v. To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper. | |
8. v. (intransitive) To make a low, sibilant sound. | |
9. v. (intransitive) To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting. | |
10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To address in a whisper, or low voice. | |
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately. | |
with |
1. prep. Against. | |
He picked a fight with the class bully. | |
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to. | |
He went with his friends. | |
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to. | |
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar. | |
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence. | |
5. prep. In support of. | |
We are with you all the way. | |
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by. | |
slain with robbers | |
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of. | |
cut with a knife | |
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on. | |
9. prep. Having, owning. | |
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc. | |
Do you want to come with? | |
11. adv. --> | |
12. n. alternative form of withe | |
some |
1. pron. A certain number, at least one. | |
Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder. | |
2. pron. An indefinite quantity. | |
Can I have some of them? | |
3. pron. An indefinite amount, a part. | |
please give me some of the cake; everyone is wrong some of the time | |
4. det. A certain proportion of, at least one. | |
Some people like camping. | |
5. det. An unspecified quantity or number of. | |
Would you like some grapes? | |
6. det. An unspecified amount of (something un). | |
Would you like some water? | |
After some persuasion, he finally agreed. | |
7. det. A certain, an unspecified or unknown. | |
I've just met some guy who said he knew you. | |
The sequence S converges to zero for some initial value v. | |
8. det. A considerable quantity or number of; approximately. | |
He had edited the paper for some years. | |
9. det. (informal) A remarkable. | |
He is some acrobat! | |
10. adv. Of a measurement: approximately, roughly | |
I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos. | |
Some 30,000 spectators witnessed the feat. | |
Some 4,000 acres of land were flooded. | |
admixture |
1. n. An instance of admixing, a mixing in of something. | |
The admixture of vanilla extract in the dough improved the pastries' flavor. | |
2. n. A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock. | |
3. n. A mixture, in some contexts | |
4. n. (epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties. | |
Background EEG demonstrates an admixture of theta and delta waves. | |
of |
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion. | |
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". | |
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). | |
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). | |
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage. | |
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to. | |
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three. | |
6. prep. Expressing separation. | |
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.) | |
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband. | |
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.) | |
He seemed devoid of human feelings. | |
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.) | |
10. prep. Expressing origin. | |
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.) | |
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin. | |
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of. | |
The invention was born of necessity. | |
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.) | |
It is said that she died of a broken heart. | |
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.) | |
I am tired of all this nonsense. | |
15. prep. Expressing agency. | |
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).) | |
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea. | |
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below). | |
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties. | |
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.) | |
It was very brave of you to speak out like that. | |
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance. | |
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.) | |
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic. | |
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.) | |
She wore a dress of silk. | |
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.) | |
What a lot of nonsense! | |
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.) | |
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich. | |
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also". | |
I'm not driving this wreck of a car. | |
25. prep. Introducing subject matter. | |
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma | |
I'm always thinking of you. | |
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning. | |
He told us the story of his journey to India. | |
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.) | |
This behaviour is typical of teenagers. | |
29. prep. Having partitive effect. | |
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among". | |
Most of these apples are rotten. | |
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.) | |
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of. | |
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort. | |
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).) | |
He is a friend of mine. | |
34. prep. Expressing possession. | |
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above. | |
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century. | |
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it. | |
The owner of the nightclub was arrested. | |
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter | |
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames. | |
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive". | |
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.) | |
She had a profound distrust of the police. | |
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics. | |
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards. | |
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner. | |
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by". | |
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain. | |
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.) | |
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%. | |
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod | |
It's not that big of a deal. | |
45. prep. Expressing a point in time. | |
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity. | |
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river. | |
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time). | |
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while. | |
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.) | |
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off. | |
tone |
1. n. (music) A specific pitch. | |
2. n. (music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second. | |
3. n. (music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody. | |
4. n. The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice. | |
5. n. General character, mood, or trend. | |
Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening. | |
6. n. (linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese. | |
7. n. (dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice. | |
Children often read with a tone. | |
8. n. (literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed. | |
9. n. (obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood. | |
10. n. The shade or quality of a colour. | |
11. n. The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours. | |
This picture has tone. | |
12. n. The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus | |
13. n. (biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor. | |
14. n. (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli. | |
15. v. to give a particular tone to | |
16. v. to change the colour of | |
17. v. to make (something) firmer | |
18. v. (intransitive) to harmonize, especially in colour | |
19. v. To utter with an affected tone. | |
20. pron. (now dialectal) The one (of two). | |