| deserving |
| 1. adj. worthy of reward or praise; meritorious | |
| the deserving poor | |
| 2. adj. meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.) | |
| 3. n. desert, merit | |
| 4. v. present participle of deserve | |
| deserve |
| 1. v. To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have. | |
| After playing so well, the team really deserved their win. | |
| After what he did, he deserved to go to prison. | |
| This argument deserves a closer examination. | |
| 2. v. (obsolete) To earn, win. | |
| 3. v. (obsolete) To reward, to give in return for service. | |
| 4. v. (obsolete) To serve; to treat; to benefit. | |
| 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. | |
| trust |
| 1. n. Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality. | |
| He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back. | |
| 2. n. Dependence upon something in the future; hope. | |
| 3. n. Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit. | |
| I was out of cash, but the landlady let me have it on trust. | |
| 4. n. That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge. | |
| 5. n. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope. | |
| 6. n. (rare) Trustworthiness, reliability. | |
| 7. n. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office. | |
| 8. n. (legal) The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another. | |
| I put the house into my sister's trust. | |
| 9. n. (legal) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of an | |
| 10. n. A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees. | |
| 11. n. (computing) Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system. | |
| 12. v. To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or have faith, in. | |
| We cannot trust anyone who deceives us. | |
| In God We Trust - written on denominations of US currency | |
| 13. v. To give credence to; to believe; to credit. | |
| 14. v. To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object) | |
| I trust you have cleaned your room? | |
| 15. v. to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something. | |
| 16. v. To commit, as to one's care; to entrust. | |
| 17. v. To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment. | |
| Merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods. | |
| 18. v. (intransitive, followed by to) To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it). | |
| 19. v. (archaic, transitive) To risk; to venture confidently. | |
| 20. v. (intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide. | |
| 21. v. (intransitive) To be confident, as of something future; to hope. | |
| 22. v. (archaic, intransitive) To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit. | |
| 23. adj. (obsolete) Secure, safe. | |
| 24. adj. (obsolete) Faithful, dependable. | |
| 25. adj. (legal) of or relating to a trust. | |
| reliable |
| 1. adj. Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy | |
| 2. adj. (signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't | |
| 3. n. Something or someone reliable or dependable | |
| the old reliables | |
