| artfully |
| 1. adv. In an artful manner. | |
| persuasive |
| 1. adj. able to persuade; convincing | |
| 2. n. That which persuades; incitement. | |
| in |
| 1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits. | |
| 2. prep. Contained by. | |
| The dog is in the kennel. | |
| 3. prep. Within. | |
| 4. prep. Surrounded by. | |
| We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air. | |
| 5. prep. Part of; a member of. | |
| One in a million. She's in band and orchestra. | |
| 6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to. | |
| What grade did he get in English? | |
| Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted. | |
| 7. prep. At the end of a period of time. | |
| They said they would call us in a week. | |
| 8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time | |
| Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours. | |
| 9. prep. During (said of periods of time). | |
| in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi | |
| 10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word. | |
| English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s. | |
| 11. prep. Into. | |
| Less water gets in your boots this way. | |
| 12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance. | |
| In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment. | |
| 13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement. | |
| My fat rolls around in folds. | |
| 14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject. | |
| He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma. | |
| 15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics. | |
| You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her. | |
| 16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing). | |
| I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress. | |
| 17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality. | |
| 18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of. | |
| Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties. | |
| The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold. | |
| Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients. | |
| 19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc. | |
| Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular. | |
| His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages. | |
| When you write in cursive, it's illegible. | |
| 20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose. | |
| 21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest. | |
| 22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something. | |
| Is Mr. Smith in? | |
| 23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room. | |
| Suddenly a strange man walked in. | |
| 24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball. | |
| He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in. | |
| 25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of. | |
| What's that in? | |
| 26. adv. After the beginning of something. | |
| 27. n. A position of power or a way to get it. | |
| His parents got him an in with the company | |
| 28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings | |
| 29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner. | |
| 30. adj. In fashion; popular. | |
| Skirts are in this year. | |
| 31. adj. Incoming. | |
| the in train | |
| 32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed. | |
| 33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin. | |
| in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband | |
| 34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting. | |
| 35. n. Inch. | |
| nature |
| 1. n. The natural world; that which consists of all things unaffected by or predating human technology, production, and design. E.G. the ecosystem, the natural environment, virgin ground, unmodified species | |
| Nature never lies (i.e. tells untruths). | |
| 2. n. The innate characteristics of a thing. What something will tend by its own constitution, to be or do. Distinct from what might be expected or intended. | |
| 3. n. The summary of everything that has to do with biological, chemical and physical states and events in the physical universe. | |
| 4. n. Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience. | |
| 5. n. Kind, sort; character; quality. | |
| 6. n. (obsolete) Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life. | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) Natural affection or reverence. | |
| 8. v. (obsolete) To endow with natural qualities. | |
