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each
     1. det. All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
           make sure you wash each bowl well;  the sun comes up each morning and sets each night
     2. det. Every one; every thing.
           I'm going to give each of you a chance to win.
     3. det. For one; per.
           The apples cost 50 cents each.
     4. n. (operations, philosophy) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.
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.
the
     1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
           I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
           The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
           The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
     2. art.          Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
                    The street that runs through my hometown.
     3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
           No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
           God save the Queen!
     4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
           That was the best apple pie ever.
     5. art.          Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
                    That apple pie was the best.
     6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
     7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
           Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
     8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
           No one in the whole country had seen it before.
           I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
     9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
           A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
     10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
           That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
     11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
           The hotter the better.
           The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
           The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
           It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
     12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
           It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
           It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
           I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
four
     1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)
           There are four seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn.
     2. num. Describing a set or group with four elements.
     3. n. The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
     4. n. Anything measuring four units, as length.
           Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller.
     5. n. A person who is four years old.
           I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.
     6. n. (cricket) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounc
     7. n. (basketball) A power forward.
     8. n. (rowing) Quadruple sculls.
     9. n. (obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.
divisions
     1. n. plural of division
     division
          1. n. The act or process of dividing anything.
          2. n. Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
          3. n. (arithmetic) The process of dividing a number by another.
          4. n. (arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.
                I've got ten divisions to do for my homework.
          5. n. (military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
          6. n. A section of a large company.
          7. n. (taxonomy) A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.
                Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.
          8. n. A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
          9. n. (government) A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.
                The House of Commons has voted to approve the third reading of the bill without a division. The bill will now progress to the House of Lords.
          10. n. (music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
          11. n. (music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
          12. n. (legal) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
          13. n. (computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code
          14. n. (Eton College) A lesson; a class.
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.
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
year
     1. n. A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
           we moved to this town a year ago;  I quit smoking exactly one year ago
     2. n. (by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution
           Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years.
     3. n. A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by
           A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year.
           I was born in the year 1950.
           This Chinese year is the year of the Rooster.
     4. n. A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
           During this school year I have to get up at 6:30 to catch the bus.
     5. n. (sciences) A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
     6. n. A level or grade in school or college.
           Every second-year student must select an area of specialization.
           The exams in year 12 at high school are the most difficult.
     7. n. The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
           Geneticists have created baker's yeast that can live to 800 in yeast years.
spring
     1. v. To jump or leap.
           He sprang up from his seat.
     2. v. To pass over by leaping.
           to spring over a fence (in this sense, the verb spring must be accompanied by the preposition 'over'.)
     3. v. To produce or disclose unexpectedly, especially of surprises, traps, etc.
     4. v. (slang) To release or set free, especially from prison.
     5. v. (Australia, slang) To suddenly catch someone doing something illegal or against the rules.
     6. v. To come into being, often quickly or sharply.
           Trees are already springing up in the plantation.
     7. v. To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.
     8. v. To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert.
           to spring a pheasant
     9. v. (nautical) To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken.
           to spring a mast or a yard
     10. v. To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; often with in, out, etc.
           to spring in a slat or a bar
     11. v. To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.
     12. v. To move suddenly when pressure is released.
           A bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power.
     13. v. (intransitive) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped.
           A piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning.
     14. v. To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge, like a plant from its seed, a stream from its source, etc.; often followed by up, forth, or out.
     15. v. To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.
     16. v. (obsolete) To grow; to prosper.
     17. v. (architecture, masonry, transitive) To build (an arch).
           They sprung an arch over the lintel.
     18. v. (transitive, archaic) To sound (a rattle, such as a watchman's rattle).
     19. n. A leap; a bound; a jump.
     20. n. Traditionally the first of the four seasons of the year in temperate regions, in which plants spring from the ground and trees come into blossom, following winter and preceding summer.
           Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce.
           I spent my spring holidays in Morocco.
           You can visit me in the spring, when the weather is bearable.
     21. n. Meteorologically, the months of March, April and May in the northern hemisphere or September, October and November in the southern.
     22. n. The astronomically delineated period from the moment of vernal equinox, approximately March 21 in the northern hemisphere to the moment of the summer solstice, approximately June 21. (See (pedialite
     23. n. Spring tide; a tide of greater-than-average range, that is, around the first or third quarter of a lunar month, or around the times of the new or full moon.
     24. n. A place where water or oil emerges from the ground.
           This water is bottled from the spring of the river.
     25. n. The property of a body of springing to its original form after being compressed, stretched, etc.
           the spring of a bow
     26. n. Elastic power or force.
     27. n. A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force when it is bent, compressed or stretched.
           We jumped so hard the bed springs broke.
     28. n. (slang) An erection of the penis.
     29. n. The source of an action or of a supply.
     30. n. Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.
     31. n. That which springs, or is originated, from a source.
     32. n.          A race; lineage.
     33. n.          A youth; a springald.
     34. n.          A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland.
     35. n. (obsolete) That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune.
     36. n. The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage.
     37. n. (nautical) A rope attaching the bow of a vessel to the stern-side of the jetty, or vice versa, to stop the vessel from surging.
           You should put a couple of springs onto the jetty to stop the boat moving so much.
     38. n. (nautical) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel
     39. n. (nautical) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely.
summer
     1. n. One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as being from June 2
           the heat of summer
     2. v. (intransitive) To spend the summer, as in a particular place on holiday.
           We like to summer in the Mediterranean.
     3. n. (obsolete) A pack-horse.
     4. n. A horizontal beam supporting a building.
     5. n. A person who sums. (Compare adder.)
autumn
     1. n. Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of
     2. n. (by extension) The time period when someone or something is past its prime.
     3. n. (fashion) A person with relatively dark hair and a warm skin tone, seen as best suited to certain colours in clothing.
     4. adj. Of or relating to autumn; autumnal
           autumn leaves
fall
     1. n. The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
     2. n. A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
     3. n. (chiefly North America, obsolete elsewhere) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.
     4. n. A loss of greatness or status.
           the fall of Rome
     5. n. That which falls or cascades.
     6. n. (sport) A crucial event or circumstance.
     7. n.          (cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.
     8. n.          (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
     9. n.          (wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
     10. n. A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
     11. n. (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
           He set up his rival to take the fall.
     12. n. The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
           Have the goodness to secure the falls of the mizzen halyards.
     13. n. See falls
     14. n. An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
     15. n. A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
     16. v. (heading, intransitive) To move downwards.
     17. v.          To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
                   Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.
     18. v.          To come down, to drop or descend.
                   The rain fell at dawn.
     19. v.          To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
                   He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.
     20. v.          To be brought to the ground.
     21. v. To be moved downwards.
     22. v.          (obsolete) To let fall; to drop.
     23. v.          (obsolete) To sink; to depress.
                   to fall the voice
     24. v.          (US) To fell; to cut down.
                   to fall a tree
     25. v. (intransitive) To happen, to change negatively.
     26. v.          (copulative) To become.
                   She has fallen ill.  The children fell asleep in the back of the car.  When did you first fall in love?
     27. v.          To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); said of an instance of a recurring event such as a holiday or date.
                   Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday.  Last year, Commencement fell on June 3.
     28. v.          (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
                   Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.
     29. v.          (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.
                   This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War.
     30. v.          (intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
                   The candidate's poll ratings fell abruptly after the banking scandal.
     31. v.          (followed by a determining word or phrase) To become; to be affected by or befallen with a calamity; to change into the state described by words follow
                   Our senator fell into disrepute because of the banking scandal.
     32. v. (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
           And so it falls to me to make this important decision.  The estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.
     33. v. (transitive, obsolete) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
     34. v. (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth.
           to fall lambs
     35. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
     36. v. (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
     37. v. (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
           to fall into error;  to fall into difficulties
     38. v. (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
     39. v. (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
     40. v. (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
           After arguing, they fell to blows.
     41. v. (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
           An unguarded expression fell from his lips.
and
     1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
     2. conj.          Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
     3. conj.          Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
     4. conj.          Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
     5. conj.          (obsolete) Yet; but.
     6. conj.          Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
     7. conj.          (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
     8. conj.          Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
     9. conj.          Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
     10. conj.          Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
     11. conj.          (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
     12. conj.          Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
     13. conj.          Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
     14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
     15. conj.          (now US dialect) If; provided that.
     16. conj.          (obsolete) As if, as though.
     17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
     18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
     19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
     20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
winter
     1. n. Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as being from December 23 to March 20 in continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July and August in the S
     2. n. (figuratively, poetic) The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
     3. v. (intransitive) To spend the winter (in a particular place).
           When they retired, they hoped to winter in Florida.
     4. v. To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold.
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