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dip
1. n. A lower section of a road or geological feature.
There is a dip in the road ahead.
2. n. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
3. n. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
4. n. A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
5. n. A dip stick.
6. n. A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
I'm going for a dip before breakfast.
7. n. (colloquial, dated) A pickpocket.
8. n. A sauce for dipping.
This onion dip is just scrumptious.
9. n. (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
10. n. (archaic) A dipped candle.
11. n. (dance) a move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader
12. n. A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straighte
13. n. In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
14. n. (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
15. n. The moist form of snuff tobacco.
16. v. To lower into a liquid.
Dip your biscuit into your tea.
17. v. (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
18. v. (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
19. v. To lower a light's beam.
Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car.
20. v. To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag bei
“The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.”
21. v. To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
The farmer is going to dip the cattle today.
22. v. To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
23. v. To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
24. v. To immerse for baptism.
25. v. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
26. v. (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
27. v. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water
28. v. (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
29. v. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
30. v. To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
31. v. (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
Strata of rock dip.
32. v. (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
33. v. To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.
34. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave.
He dipped out of the room so fast.
35. n. A foolish person.
36. n. (computer graphics) (initialism of device-independent pixel)
37. n. (informal) A diplomat.
Your
1. pron. honoraltcaps, your
2. det. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
Let's meet tomorrow at your convenience.
Is this your cat?
3. det. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
4. det. A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
Your Show of Shows
Your World with Neil Cavuto
Not Your Average Travel Guide
5. det. (Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
Your man just bought a new car.
Have you seen what your one over there is doing?
6. contraction. misspelling of you're
lights
1. n. plural of light
2. n. The lungs, now only of an animal (being lighter than adjacent parts).
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of light
light
1. n. (physics) Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation (light) in the wavelength range of about 400 to 750 nanometers. Nearby shorter and longer wavelength ranges, a
As you can see, this spacious dining-room gets a lot of light in the mornings.
2. n. A source of illumination.
Put that light out!
3. n. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
Can you throw any light on this problem?
4. n. (in the now rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
5. n. A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
Picasso was one of the leading lights of the cubist movement.
6. n. (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or
7. n. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
I'm really seeing you in a different light today.
Magoon's governorship in Cuba was viewed in a negative light by many Cuban historians for years thereafter.
8. n. A flame or something used to create fire.
Hey, buddy, you got a light?
9. n. A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
a Bengal light
10. n. A window, or space for a window in architecture.
This facade has eight south-facing lights.
11. n. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
The average length of a light on a 15×15 grid is 7 or 8.
12. n. (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
13. n. Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
14. n. The power of perception by vision.
15. n. The brightness of the eye or eyes.
16. n. A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler who is receiving instructions.
To get to our house, turn right at the third light.
17. v. To start (a fire).
We lit the fire to get some heat.
18. v. To set fire to; to set burning; to kindle.
She lit her last match.
19. v. To illuminate.
I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night.
20. v. (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
This soggy match will not light.
21. v. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
22. adj. Having light.
The room is light when the Sun shines through the window.
23. adj. Pale in colour.
She had light skin.
24. adj. (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
I like my coffee light.
25. adj. Of low weight; not heavy.
My bag was much lighter once I had dropped off the books.
26. adj. Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads.
We took a light aircraft down to the city.
27. adj. Gentle; having little force or momentum.
This artist clearly had a light, flowing touch.
28. adj. Easy to endure or perform.
light duties around the house
29. adj. Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
This light beer still gets you drunk if you have enough of it.
30. adj. Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
I made some light comment, and we moved on.
31. adj. (rail transport, of a locomotive, usually with "run") travelling with no carriages, wagons attached
32. adj. (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
33. adj. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
light troops; a troop of light horse
34. adj. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
35. adj. (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
a light, vain person; a light mind
36. adj. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
Ogden Nash was a writer of light verse.
37. adj. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
38. adj. Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished.
light coin
39. adj. Easily interrupted by stimulation.
light sleep; light anesthesia
40. adv. Carrying little.
I prefer to travel light.
41. n. (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
42. v. (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
43. v. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
44. v. To find by chance.
I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's.
45. v. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
46. v. (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.
She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet.
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
you
1. pron. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
2. pron. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
3. pron. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
4. pron. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
Both of you should get ready now.
You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
5. pron. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
6. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
7. det. The individual or group spoken or written to.
Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
8. det. Used before epithets for emphasis.
You idiot!
9. v. To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal.
meet
1. v. To make contact (with) while in proximity.
2. v. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
Fancy meeting you here! Guess who I met at the supermarket today?
3. v. To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock. Shall we meet at 8 p.m in our favorite chatroom?
4. v. To get acquainted with someone.
I'm pleased to meet you! I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine.
I met my husband through a mutual friend at a party. It wasn't love at first sight; in fact, we couldn't stand each other at first!
5. v. (Ireland) To French kiss someone.
6. v. Of groups: to gather or oppose.
7. v. To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.
I met with them several times. The government ministers met today to start the negotiations.
8. v. To come together in conflict.
9. v. (sports) To play a match.
England and Holland will meet in the final.
10. v. To make physical or perceptual contact.
11. v. To converge and finally touch or intersect.
The two streets meet at a crossroad half a mile away.
12. v. To touch or hit something while moving.
The right wing of the car met the column in the garage, leaving a dent.
13. v. To adjoin, be physically touching.
The carpet meets the wall at this side of the room. The forest meets the sea along this part of the coast.
14. v. To satisfy; to comply with.
This proposal meets my requirements. The company agrees to meet the cost of any repairs.
15. v. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
The eye met a horrid sight. He met his fate.
16. n. A sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).
17. n. A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
18. n. (rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.
19. n. A meeting.
OK, let's arrange a meet with Tyler and ask him.
20. n. (algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
21. n. (Irish) An act of French kissing someone.
22. adj. (archaic) Suitable; right; proper.
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.
oncoming
1. n. Approach, onset
2. adj. approaching; coming closer
Look carefully before pulling out into oncoming traffic.
3. v. present participle of oncome
oncome
1. v. (intransitive, rare) To arrive; come to; come on.
2. n. Advent, arrival, approach; onset
3. n. The commencement or initial stages of a business, especially of one which requires great exertion.
4. n. The setting about of an action; development; progress.
5. n. An attack; an attack or onset of a disease, fit, or episode.
6. n. (dialectal) A mysterious disease or ailment.
7. n. (dialectal) A heavy fall of rain or snow; cloudburst.
8. n. (of a chimney) The lower edge of a fire-clay lining piece.
car
1. n. A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation; a motorcar or automobile.
She drove her car to the mall.
2. n. (dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot.
3. n. (Birmingham) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
4. n. (rail transport, chiefly North America) An unpowered unit in a railroad train.
The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.
5. n. (rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.
The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit.
6. n. (rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.
From the frontmost car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.
7. n. A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.
8. n. The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
Fix the car of the express elevator - the door is sticking.
9. n. The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
The most exciting part of riding a Ferris wheel is when your car goes over the top.
10. n. The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
11. n. (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
12. n. (US, slang) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
Buy now! You can get more car for your money.
13. n. (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
14. n. (obsolete) A turn.
15. n. (computing) The first part of a cons in LISP. The first element of a list

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