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for
1. conj. (dated) Because.
2. prep. Towards.
The astronauts headed for the moon.
3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
I have something for you.
4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
We're having a birthday party for Janet.
The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
5. prep. Supporting.
All those for the motion raise your hands.
6. prep. Because of.
He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
(UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
She was the worse for drink.
7. prep. Over a period of time.
I've lived here for three years.
They fought for days over a silly pencil.
8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
9. prep. On behalf of.
I will stand in for him.
10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
He's going for his doctorate.
Do you want to go for coffee?
People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
Can you go to the store for some eggs?
I'm saving up for a car.
Don't wait for an answer.
What did he ask you for?
12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
Run for the hills!
He was headed for the door when he remembered.
13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
Fair for its day.
She's spry for an old lady.
14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
18. prep. To be, or as being.
19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
No
1. adv. (archaic) Alternative form of No.
2. n. Alternative form of No.
3. n. Alternative form of Noh: a form of classical Japanese drama.
4. det. Not any.
no one
There is no water left.
No hot dogs were sold yesterday.
No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous.
There was no score at the end of the first period. (The score was 0-0.)
5. det. Hardly any.
We'll be finished in no time at all.
6. det. Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
No smoking
There's no stopping her once she gets going.
7. det. Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.
My mother's no fool.
Working nine to five every day is no life.
8. adv. (now only used with comparatives, except in Scotland) Not, not at all.
It is a different kind of torture, but no less gruesome.
I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.
9. part. Used to show disagreement or negation.
No, you are mistaken.
No, you may not watch television now.
10. part. Used to show agreement with a negative question.
"Don’t you like milk?" "No" (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.")
11. part. (colloquial) As if to say, "No, don’t doubt this!", or to deny an imagined contradictory statement, used to show intense agreement
No, totally.
No, yeah, that's exactly right.
"Wow!" "Yeah, no, it was really awful!".
No, yeah
12. n. A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement or disapproval.
13. n. A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.
The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".
14. adv. (archaic) Alternative form of No.
15. n. Alternative form of No.
reason
1. n. A cause:
2. n. That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted.
3. n. A motive for an action or a determination.
The reason I robbed the bank was that I needed the money.
If you don't give me a reason to go with you, I won't.
4. n. An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
5. n. Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues.
6. n. (obsolete) Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
7. n. (mathematics, obsolete) Ratio; proportion.
8. v. (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational
9. v. (intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
10. v. (intransitive) To converse; to compare opinions.
11. v. To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
I reasoned the matter with my friend.
12. v. (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request.
13. v. To persuade by reasoning or argument.
to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan
14. v. (transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
to reason down a passion
15. v. (transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon
I
1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
(audio, Here I am, sir.ogg, Audio)
2. pron. (nonstandard, hypercorrection) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
3. n. (metaphysics) The ego.
4. n. (US, roadway) Interstate.
5. n. (grammar) (abbreviation of instrumental case)
6. pron. nonstandard spelling of I
stopped
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of stop
2. adj. (of a vehicle) Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.
We were stopped for more than three hours!
They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help.
3. adj. (more generally) In the state resulting from having stopped.
A stopped clock is right twice a day.
4. adj. (of a pipe) Having a stop; being closed at one end.
5. adj. (of a plant) In a well-pruned state.
6. adj. (phonetics) Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t.
stop
1. v. (intransitive) To cease moving.
I stopped at the traffic lights.
2. v. (intransitive) To not continue.
The riots stopped when police moved in.
Soon the rain will stop.
3. v. To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.
This guy is a fraudster. I need to stop the cheque I wrote him.
4. v. To cause (something) to come to an end.
The referees stopped the fight.
5. v. To close or block an opening.
He stopped the wound with gauze.
6. v. (transitive, intransitive, photography, often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22.
7. v. (intransitive) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside temporarily.
to stop with a friend
He stopped for two weeks at the inn.
8. v. (intransitive) To tarry.
He stopped at his friend's house before continuing with his drive.
9. v. (music) To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
10. v. (obsolete) To punctuate.
11. v. (nautical) To make fast; to stopper.
12. n. A (usually marked) place where line buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
They agreed to see each other at the bus stop.
13. n. An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
That stop was not planned.
14. n. A device intended to block the path of a moving object
door stop -
15. n. (linguistics) A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis; a plosive.
16. n. A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
17. n. That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
Pull out all the stops.
18. n. (music) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
The organ is loudest when all the stops are pulled.
19. n. (tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
20. n. (zoology) The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
The stop in a bulldog's face is very marked.
21. n. (photography) An f-stop.
22. n. (engineering) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
23. n. (architecture) A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
24. n. The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
25. adv. Prone to halting or hesitation.
He’s stop still.
26. adv. ====Punctuation====
27. adv. Used to indicate the end of a sentence in a telegram.
28. n. (UK dialectal) A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
29. adj. (physics) Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
under
1. prep. In or at a lower level than.
2. prep. As a subject of; subordinate to.
He served in World War II under General Omar Bradley.
3. prep. Less than.
4. prep. Below the surface of.
5. prep. (figuratively) In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
to collapse under stress; to give in under interrogation
6. prep. As, in the character of.
he writes books under the name John Smith
7. adv. In a way lower or less than.
8. adv. In a way inferior to.
9. adv. (informal) In an unconscious state.
It took the hypnotist several minutes to make his subject go under.
10. adj. Being lower; being beneath something.
11. adj. (medicine, colloquial) Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
Ensure the patient is sufficiently under.
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.
huge
1. adj. Very large.
The castle was huge.
2. adj. (slang) Distinctly interesting, significant, important, likeable, well regarded.
Our next album is going to be huge! In our league our coach is huge!
beech
1. n. A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches.
2. n. The wood of the beech tree.
tree
1. n. (botany) A large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, with a single trunk that grows in girth with age and branches (that also grow in circumference with age).
Hyperion is the tallest living tree in the world.
Birds have a nest in a tree in the garden.
2. n. (botany) Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree in the strict botanical sense.
the banana tree
3. n. An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree.
4. n. A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.
5. n. The structural frame of a saddle.
6. n. (graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, equivalently, a connected graph with n vertices and n-1 edges.
7. n. (computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
8. n. (graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.
We’ll show it as a tree list.
9. n. Any structure or construct having branches akin to (1).
family tree; skill tree
10. n. The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
11. n. (slang) Marijuana.
12. n. (obsolete) A cross or gallows.
Tyburn tree
13. n. (obsolete) wood; timber
14. n. (chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
15. n. (cartomancy) The fifth Lenormand card.
16. v. To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
The dog treed the cat.
17. v. To place in a tree.
Black bears can tree their cubs for protection, but grizzly bears cannot.
18. v. To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.
to tree a boot
on
1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
2. adj. Performing according to schedule.
Are we still on for tonight?
Is the show still on?
3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate.
You can't do that; it's just not on.
4. adj. (informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
"Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!".
Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now.
5. adj. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
6. adj. (euphemistic) Menstruating.
7. adv. To an operating state.
turn the television on
8. adv. Along, forwards (continuing an action).
drive on, rock on
9. adv. In continuation, at length.
and so on.
He rambled on and on.
10. adv. (not US) Later.
Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village.
11. prep. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
on the table; on the couch
The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder.
12. prep. At or near; adjacent to.
Soon we'll pass a statue on the left.
The fleet is on the American coast.
Croton-on-Hudson, Rostov-on-Don, Southend-on-Sea
13. prep. Covering.
He wore old shoes on his feet.
14. prep. At the date of.
Born on the 4th of July.
15. prep. Some time during the day of.
I'll see you on Monday. The bus leaves on Friday. Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy.
16. prep. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something.
A book on history. The World Summit on the Information Society.
17. prep. Touching; hanging from.
The fruit ripened on the trees. The painting hangs on the wall.
18. prep. (informal) In the possession of.
I haven't got any money on me.
19. prep. Because of, or due to.
To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery. To contact someone on a hunch.
20. prep. Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
On Jack's entry, William got up to leave.
On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins.
21. prep. Paid for by.
The drinks are on me tonight, boys. The meal is on the house. I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company.
22. prep. Used to indicate a means or medium.
I saw it on television. Can't you see I'm on the phone?
23. prep. Indicating a means of subsistence.
They lived on ten dollars a week. The dog survived three weeks on rainwater.
24. prep. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity).
He's on his lunch break. on vacation; on holiday
25. prep. Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
to play on a violin or piano
Her words made a lasting impression on my mind.
26. prep. Regularly taking (a drug).
You've been on these antidepressants far too long. He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something.
27. prep. Under the influence of (a drug).
He's acting crazy because he's on crack right now.
28. prep. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain.
a function on
29. prep. (mathematics) HavingV^n as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
an operator on
30. prep. (mathematics) Generated by.
the free group on four letters
31. prep. Supported by (the specified part of itself).
A table can't stand on two legs. After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels.
32. prep. At a given time after the start of something; at.
33. prep. In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
heaps on heaps of food
mischief on mischief; loss on loss
34. prep. (obsolete, regional) of
35. prep. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in.
I depended on them for assistance.
He will promise on certain conditions.
Do you ever bet on horses?
36. prep. Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
Have pity or compassion on him.
37. prep. (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of.
38. prep. In the service of; connected with; of the number of.
He is on a newspaper; I am on the committee.
39. prep. By virtue of; with the pledge of.
He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour.
40. prep. To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
On us be all the blame.
A curse on him!
Please don't tell on her and get her in trouble.
He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since.
He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession.
41. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) to switch on
Can you on the light?
42. prep. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without.
43. n. In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun.
Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun".
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.
edge
1. n. The boundary line of a surface.
2. n. (geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
3. n. An advantage.
I have the edge on him.
4. n. (also figuratively) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
5. n. A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
The cup is right on the edge of the table.
He is standing on the edge of a precipice.
6. n. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
7. n. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
in the edge of evening
8. n. (cricket) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
9. n. (graph theory) A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
10. n. In male masturbation, a level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax; see also edging.
11. v. To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
He edged the book across the table.
12. v. (intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
He edged away from her.
13. v. (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
14. v. (cricket, transitive) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
15. v. To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
16. v. To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
17. v. To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
18. v. (figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
19. v. (intransitive) To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
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.
wood
1. n. The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
This table is made of wood.
There was lots of wood on the beach.
2. n. The wood of a particular species of tree.
Teak is much used for outdoor benches, but a number of other woods are also suitable, such as ipé, redwood, etc.
3. n. A forested or wooded area.
He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle.
4. n. Firewood.
We need more wood for the fire.
5. n. (golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
6. n. (music) A woodwind instrument.
7. n. (slang) An erection of the penis.
That girl at the strip club gave me wood.
8. n. (chess, slang) Chess pieces.
9. v. To cover or plant with trees.
10. v. (reflexive, intransitive) To hide behind trees.
11. v. To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
to wood a steamboat or a locomotive
12. v. (intransitive) To take or get a supply of wood.
13. adj. (obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.
14. n. (US, sometimes offensive chiefly prison slang) A peckerwood.

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