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don't
     1. v. do not (negative auxiliaryArnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, , Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513)
     2. v. (nonstandard) does not
     3. v. (African American Vernacular English) Used before an emphatic negative subject.
           Don’t nobody care.
     4. interj. Stop!, Don't touch that!
     5. n. Something that must not be done (1=usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
     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.
tangle
     1. v. (intransitive) to become mixed together or intertwined
           Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind.
     2. v. (intransitive) to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
           Don't tangle with someone three times your size.
           He tangled with the law.
     3. v. to mix together or intertwine
     4. v. to catch and hold; to ensnare.
     5. n. A tangled twisted mass.
     6. n. A complicated or confused state or condition.
           I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere.
     7. n. An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
     8. n. (mathematics) A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
     9. n. A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
     10. n. Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
     11. n. (in the plural) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and ot
with
     1. prep. Against.
           He picked a fight with the class bully.
     2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
           He went with his friends.
     3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
           She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
     4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
     5. prep. In support of.
           We are with you all the way.
     6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
           slain with robbers
     7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
           cut with a knife
     8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
     9. prep. Having, owning.
     10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
           Do you want to come with?
     11. adv. -->
     12. n. alternative form of withe
someone
     1. pron. Some person.
           Can someone help me, please?
     2. n. A partially specified but unnamed person.
           Do you need a gift for that special someone?
     3. n. an important person
           He thinks he has become someone.
three
     1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).
     2. num. Describing a set or group with three elements.
     3. n. The digit/figure 3.
     4. n. Anything measuring three units, as length.
           Put all the threes in a separate container.
     5. n. A person who is three years old.
           All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.
     6. n. The playing card featuring three pips.
     7. n. (basketball) (abbreviation of three-pointer)
times
     1. n. plural of time
     2. n. The circumstances of a certain time.
           Modern times are so very different from the past.
     3. n. A person's experiences or biography.
           The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.
     4. prep. (mathematics) multiplied by
           Four times five is twenty.
           One times one is one.
     5. v. third-person singular present indicative of time
     6. v. (informal, arithmetic) To multiply.
     time
          1. n. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past.
                Time stops for nobody.   the ebb and flow of time
          2. n.          (physics, usually) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
                        Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.
          3. n.          (physics) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
                        Time slows down when you approach the speed of light.
          4. n.          (physics, reductionistic definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
                        An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change.
          5. n. A duration of time.
          6. n.          A quantity of availability of duration.
                        More time is needed to complete the project.   You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute.   Are you finish
          7. n.          A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
                        a long time;  Record the individual times for the processes in each batch.   Only your best time is compared with the other compet
          8. n.          (slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
                        The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.   He is not living at home because he is doing time.
          9. n.          An experience.
                        We had a wonderful time at the party.
          10. n.          An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
                        Roman times;  the time of the dinosaurs
          11. n.          (with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
                        In my time, we respected our elders.
          12. n.          (only in singular, sports) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
          13. n. An instant of time.
          14. n.          How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
                        Excuse me, have you got the time?   What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock?   A computer keeps time using a clock battery
          15. n.          A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
                        it’s time for bed;  it’s time to sleep;  we must wait for the right time;  it's time we were going
          16. n.          A numerical indication of a particular moment.
                        at what times do the trains arrive?;  these times were erroneously converted between zones
          17. n.          An instance or occurrence.
                        When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember.
                        see you another time;  that’s three times he’s made the same mistake
                        Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that!
          18. n.          (of pubs) Closing time.
                        Last call: it's almost time.
          19. n.          The hour of childbirth.
          20. n.          (as someone's time) The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
                         It was his time.
          21. n. The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
                Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.
          22. n. Ratio of comparison.
                your car runs three times faster than mine;  that is four times as heavy as this
          23. n. (grammar, dated) Tense.
                the time of a verb
          24. n. (music) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.
                common or triple time;   the musician keeps good time.
          25. v. To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
                I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.
          26. v. To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
                The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.
                The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.
          27. v. (obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
          28. v. (obsolete) To pass time; to delay.
          29. v. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
          30. v. To measure, as in music or harmony.
          31. interj. (tennis) Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.
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
size
     1. n. (obsolete, outside, dialects) An assize.
     2. n. (obsolete) A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.
     3. n. (obsolete) A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.
     4. n. The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
           The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there.
     5. n. (obsolete) A regulation, piece of ordinance.
     6. n. A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.
           I don't think we have the red one in your size.
     7. n. (graph theory) A number of edges in a graph.
     8. n. (figurative, dated) Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.
     9. n. An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls.
     10. v. To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
     11. v. To classify or arrange by size.
     12. v.          (military) To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.
     13. v.          (mining) To sift (pieces of ore or metal) in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.
     14. v. (transitive, colloquial) To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
     15. v. (intransitive) To take a greater size; to increase in size.
     16. v. (Cambridge University) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
     17. v. (transitive, obsolete) To swell; to increase the bulk of.
     18. n. A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.
     19. n. Wallpaper paste.
     20. n. The thickened crust on coagulated blood.
     21. n. Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.
     22. v. To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.
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