blundering |
1. n. The act of making a blunder. | |
The captain's blunderings led to the loss of the ship. | |
2. v. present participle of blunder | |
blunder |
1. n. A clumsy or embarrassing mistake. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To make a clumsy or stupid mistake. | |
to blunder in preparing a medical prescription | |
3. v. (intransitive) To move blindly or clumsily. | |
4. v. To cause to make a mistake. | |
5. v. To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse. | |
around |
1. prep. Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing. | |
I planted a row of lillies around the statue. The jackals began to gather around someone or something. | |
2. prep. Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point. | |
We walked around the football field. She went around the track fifty times. | |
3. prep. Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve. | |
The road took a brief detour around the large rock formation, then went straight on. | |
4. prep. (of distance, time) Near; in the vicinity of. | |
I left my keys somewhere around here. I left the house around 10 this morning. There isn't another house here for miles around. I'll see you around the neighbourhood, etc. | |
5. prep. At various places in. | |
The pages from the notebook were scattered around the room. Those teenagers like to hang around the mall. | |
6. adj. (informal, with the verb "to be") Alive; existing. | |
The record store on Main Street? Yes, it's still around. | |
"How is old Bob? I heard that his health is failing." "Oh, he's still around. He's feeling better now.". | |
7. adv. Generally. | |
8. adv. From place to place. | |
There are rumors going around that the company is bankrupt. | |
She went around the office and got everyone to sign the card. | |
Look around and see what you find. | |
We moved the furniture around in the living room. | |
9. adv. From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement. | |
The team wasn't doing well, but the new coach really turned things around. | |
He used to stay up late but his new girlfriend changed that around. | |
The patient was unconscious but the doctor brought him around quickly. (see bring around, come around) | |
I didn't think he would ever like the new design, but eventually we brought him around. (see bring around, come around) | |
10. adv. (with turn, spin etc.) Partially or completely rotated, including to face in the opposite direction. | |
Turn around at the end of this street. | |
She spun around a few times. | |
11. adv. Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people | |
Stop kidding around. I'm serious. | |
I asked around, and no-one really liked it. | |
Shopping around can get you a better deal. | |
When are you going to stop whoring around, find a nice girl, and give us grandchildren? | |
senseless |
1. adj. Without feeling or consciousness; deprived of sensation | |
The blow to his head rendered him senseless, he didn't awaken until he was in the ambulance. | |
2. adj. Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense | |
What a senseless waste of money. | |
3. adj. Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement | |
He took senseless risks, not even aware of the danger he was in. | |
doesn't |
1. v. Does not (negative auxiliaryArnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, , Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513) | |
does |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of do | |
2. n. plural of doe | |
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) | |
not |
1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb. | |
Did you take out the trash? No, I did not. | |
Not knowing any better, I went ahead. | |
2. adv. To no degree. | |
That is not red; it's orange. | |
3. conj. And not. | |
I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken. | |
He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple. | |
4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. | |
I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not! | |
Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not! | |
5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function. | |
You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip. | |
6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not. | |
hold |
1. v. To grasp or grip. | |
Hold the pencil like this. | |
2. v. To contain or store. | |
This package holds six bottles. | |
3. v. To maintain or keep to a position or state.: | |
4. v. To have and keep possession of something. | |
Hold my coat for me. The general ordered the colonel to hold his position at all costs. | |
5. v. To reserve. | |
Hold a table for us at 7:00. | |
6. v. To cause to wait or delay. | |
Hold the elevator. | |
7. v. To detain. | |
Hold the suspect in this cell. | |
8. v. (intransitive) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person). | |
to hold true; The proposition holds. | |
9. v. To keep oneself in a particular state. | |
to hold firm; to hold opinions | |
10. v. To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain. | |
11. v. To bear, carry, or manage. | |
He holds himself proudly erect. Hold your head high. | |
12. v. (intransitive, mostly, imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop. | |
13. v. (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued. | |
14. v. To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function. | |
to hold one's bladder; to hold one's breath | |
15. v. To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.: | |
16. v. To maintain, to consider, to opine. | |
17. v. To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions. | |
He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command. I'll hold him to that promise. | |
18. v. To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain. | |
19. v. To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain. | |
20. v. (archaic) To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back. | |
21. v. (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game. | |
22. v. To take place, to occur. | |
23. v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice). | |
Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month. | |
24. v. (archaic) To derive right or title. | |
25. n. A grasp or grip. | |
Keep a firm hold on the handlebars. | |
26. n. A place where animals are held for safety | |
27. n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with. | |
Senator X placed a hold on the bill, then went to the library and placed a hold on a book. | |
28. n. Something reserved or kept. | |
We have a hold here for you. | |
29. n. Power over someone or something. | |
30. n. The ability to persist. | |
31. n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair. | |
32. n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent. | |
He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat. | |
33. n. (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time | |
34. n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold. | |
The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume. | |
35. n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold. | |
As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015 | |
36. n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken. | |
37. n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet. | |
38. n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin. | |
39. n. (video games, dated) A pause facility. | |
40. n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy. | |
41. n. (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team. | |
42. adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true. | |
43. n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold). | |
Put that in the hold. | |
much |
1. det. A large amount of. | |
2. det. (now archaic, or nonstandard) A great number of; many (people). | |
3. det. (now Caribbean, African-American) Many ( + plural noun). | |
4. adj. (obsolete) Large, great. | |
5. adv. To a great extent. | |
I don't like fish much. | |
He is much fatter than I remember him. | |
He left her, much to the satisfaction of her other suitor. | |
6. adv. Often; frequently. | |
Does he get drunk much? | |
7. pron. A large amount or great extent. | |
From those to whom much has been given much is expected. | |
appeal |
1. v. (transitive, obsolete) To accuse (someone of something). | |
2. v. (transitive, legal, chiefly US, informal elsewhere) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination or for decision. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To call on (someone) for aid | |
I appeal to all of you to help the orphans. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To be attractive. | |
That idea appeals to me. | |
6. v. (intransitive, cricket) To ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that" or "Howzat". | |
7. v. To summon; to challenge. | |
8. v. To invoke. | |
9. n. legal | |
10. n. An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review. | |
11. n. The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. | |
12. n. The right of appeal. | |
13. n. An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the p | |
14. n. An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. | |
15. n. A summons to answer to a charge. | |
16. n. A call to a person or an authority for help, proof or a decision; entreaty. | |
He made an appeal for volunteers to help at the festival. | |
17. n. (cricket) The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not. | |
18. n. Resort to physical means; recourse. | |
19. n. The power to attract or interest. | |