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any
     1. adv. To even the slightest extent, at all.
           I will not remain here any longer.
           If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!
     2. det. At least one; of at least one kind. One at all.
           do you have any biscuits?;  do you have any food?;  I haven't got any money;  it won't do you any good
     3. det. No matter what kind.
           choose any items you want;  any person may apply
     4. pron. Any thing(s) or person(s).
           Any may apply.
small
     1. adj. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
           A small serving of ice cream.
           A small group.
           He made us all feel small.
     2. adj. (figuratively) Young, as a child.
           Remember when the children were small?
     3. adj. (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.
     4. adj. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
     5. adj. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
           a small space of time
     6. adj. topics, en, Size
     7. adv. In a small fashion.
     8. adv. In or into small pieces.
     9. adv. (obsolete) To a small extent.
     10. n. (rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
     11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To make little or less.
     12. v. (intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.
aperture
     1. n. An opening, gap, or hole, usually small and narrow
           an aperture in a wall
     2. n. (optics) Something which restricts the diameter of the light path through one plane in an optical system.
     3. n. (astronomy, photography) The diameter of the aperture (in the sense above) which restricts the width of the light path through the whole system. For a telescope, this is the diameter of the objective
           This telescope has a 100cm aperture.
     4. n. (spaceflight, communications) The (typically) large-diameter antenna used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency energy containing the data used in communication satellites, especially in the
     5. n. (mathematics, rare, of a right circular cone) The maximum angle between the two generatrices.
           If the generatrix makes an angle θ to the axis, then the aperture is 2θ.
or
     1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
           In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
           He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
     2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
     3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
     4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
           It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
     5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
           The country Myanmar, or Burma
     6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
     7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
     10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
     11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
vent
     1. n. An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
           the vent of a cask; the vent of a mould
     2. n. A small aperture.
     3. n. The opening of a volcano from which lava flows.
     4. n. A verbalized frustration.
     5. n. The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates.
     6. n. A slit in the seam of a garment.
     7. n. The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
     8. n. In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
     9. n. Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
     10. n. Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
     11. v. (intransitive) To allow gases to escape.
           The stove vents to the outside.
     12. v. To allow to escape through a vent.
           Exhaust is vented to the outside.
     13. v. (transitive, intransitive) To express a strong emotion.
           He vents his anger violently.
           Can we talk? I need to vent.
     14. v. To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
     15. n. Ventriloquism.
     16. n. sale; opportunity to sell; market
     17. v. To sell; to vend.
     18. n. (obsolete) A baiting place; an inn.
     19. n. (medicine, colloquial) Ventilation or ventilator.
           vent settings
for
     1. conj. (dated) Because.
     2. prep. Towards.
           The astronauts headed for the moon.
     3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
           I have something for you.
     4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
           We're having a birthday party for Janet.
           The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
           The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
     5. prep. Supporting.
           All those for the motion raise your hands.
     6. prep. Because of.
           He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
           (UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
           She was the worse for drink.
     7. prep. Over a period of time.
           I've lived here for three years.
           They fought for days over a silly pencil.
     8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
     9. prep. On behalf of.
           I will stand in for him.
     10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
     11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
           I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
           He's going for his doctorate.
           Do you want to go for coffee?
           People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
           Can you go to the store for some eggs?
           I'm saving up for a car.
           Don't wait for an answer.
           What did he ask you for?
     12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
           Run for the hills!
           He was headed for the door when he remembered.
     13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
           Fair for its day.
           She's spry for an old lady.
     14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
     15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
           For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
           All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
     16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
           In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
     17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
           At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
     18. prep. To be, or as being.
     19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
     20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
air
     1. n. (meteorology) The substance constituting earth's atmosphere, particularly:
           I'm going outside to get some air.
     2. n.          (historical, philosophy, alchemy) understood as one of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
     3. n.          (historical, medical) understood as a particular local substance with supposed effects on human health.
                   There was a tension in the air which made me suspect an approaching storm.
     4. n.          (physics) understood as a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
     5. n. (usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered surrounded by th
           The flock of birds took to the air.
     6. n. A breeze; a gentle wind.
     7. n. A feeling or sense.
           to give it an air of artistry and sophistication
     8. n. A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.
     9. n. (usually plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
           putting on airs
     10. n. (music) A song, especially a solo; an aria.
     11. n. (informal) Nothing; absence of anything.
     12. n. An air conditioner or the processed air it produces. Can be a mass noun or a count noun depending on context; similar to hair.
           Could you turn on the air?
           Hey, did you mean to leave the airs on all week while you were on vacation?
     13. n. (obsolete, chemistry) Any specific gas.
     14. n. (snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) A jump in which one becomes airborne.
     15. n. A television or radio signal.
     16. v. To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.
     17. v. To let fresh air into a room or a building, to ventilate.
           It's getting quite stuffy in this room: let's open the windows and air it.
     18. v. To discuss varying viewpoints on a given topic.
     19. v. To broadcast, as with a television show.
     20. v. (UK, MLE, slang) to ignore
or
     1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
           In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
           He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
     2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
     3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
     4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
           It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
     5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
           The country Myanmar, or Burma
     6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
     7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
     10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
     11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
other
     1. adj. See other (determiner) below
     2. adj. second.
           I get paid every other week.
     3. adj. Alien.
     4. adj. Different.
     5. adj. (obsolete) Left, as opposed to right.
     6. n. An other one, more often rendered as another.
           I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others.
     7. n. The other one; the second of two.
           One boat is not better than the other.
     8. det. Not the one or ones previously referred to.
           Other people would do it differently.
     9. adv. Apart from; in the phrase "other than".
           Other than that, I'm fine.
     10. adv. (obsolete) Otherwise.
           It shall none other be. — Chaucer.
           If you think other. — Shakespeare.
     11. v. To regard, label or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.
     12. v. To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.
fluid
     1. n. Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
     2. n. (specifically, medicine, colloquial, typically in the plural) Intravenous fluids.
     3. adj. (not comparable) Of or relating to fluid.
     4. adj. In a state of flux; subject to change.
     5. adj. Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.
     6. adj. (of an asset) Convertible into cash.
     7. adj. (rare) Genderfluid.
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