gather |
1. v. To collect; normally separate things. | |
I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with. | |
She bent down to gather the reluctant cat from beneath the chair. | |
2. v. Especially, to harvest food. | |
We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane. | |
3. v. To accumulate over time, to amass little by little. | |
Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To congregate, or assemble. | |
People gathered round as he began to tell his story. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To grow gradually larger by accretion. | |
6. v. To bring parts of a whole closer. | |
She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold. | |
7. v. (sewing) To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width. | |
A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped. | |
8. v. (knitting) To bring stitches closer together. | |
Be careful not to stretch or gather your knitting. | |
If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline. | |
9. v. (architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of t | |
10. v. (nautical) To haul in; to take up. | |
to gather the slack of a rope | |
11. v. To infer or conclude; to know from a different source. | |
From his silence, I gathered that things had not gone well. | |
I gather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match. | |
12. v. (intransitive, medicine, of a boil or sore) To be filled with pus | |
Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst. | |
13. v. (glassblowing) To collect molten glass on the end of a tool. | |
14. v. To gain; to win. | |
15. n. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker. | |
16. n. The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward. | |
17. n. The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb). | |
18. n. (glassblowing) A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe. | |
19. n. A gathering. | |
Maiden |
1. n. (Wicca) One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Mother representing a girl or a young woman | |
2. n. (now chiefly literary) A girl or an unmarried young woman. | |
3. n. A female virgin. | |
She's unmarried and still a maiden. | |
4. n. (obsolete, dialectal) A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention. | |
5. n. A maidservant. | |
6. n. A clothes maiden. | |
7. n. (now rare) An unmarried woman, especially an older woman. | |
8. n. (horse racing) A racehorse without any victory, i.e. one having a "virgin record". | |
9. n. (historical) A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine. | |
10. n. (cricket) A maiden over. | |
11. n. (obsolete) A machine for washing linen. | |
12. n. (Wicca) alternative form of Maiden | |
13. adj. Virgin. | |
14. adj. (of a female, human or animal) Without offspring. | |
15. adj. Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden. | |
16. adj. (figuratively) Being a first occurrence or event. | |
The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage. | |
After Edmund Burke's maiden speech, William Pitt the Elder said Burke had "spoken in such a manner as to stop the mouths of all Europe" and that the Commons should congratulate itself on acquir | |
17. adj. (cricket) Being an over in which no runs are scored. | |
18. adj. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused. | |
19. adj. (of a fortress) Never having been captured or violated. | |
20. adj. (of a tree) Grown from seed and never pruned | |
roses |
1. n. plural of rose | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of rose | |
rose |
1. n. A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers. | |
2. n. A flower of the rose plant. | |
3. n. A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae) | |
4. n. Something resembling a rose flower. | |
5. n. (heraldry) The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed. | |
6. n. A purplish-red or pink colour, the colour of some rose flowers. | |
(color panel, web rose, FF007F) | |
(color panel, rose pink, FF66CC) | |
7. n. A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose. | |
8. n. The base of a light socket. | |
9. n. (mathematics) Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares. | |
10. n. (mathematics, graph theory) A graph with only one vertex. | |
11. v. (poetic, transitive) To make rose-coloured; to redden or flush. | |
12. v. (poetic, transitive) To perfume, as with roses. | |
13. adj. Having a purplish-red or pink colour. See rosy. | |
14. v. simple past tense of rise | |
15. n. alternative spelling of rosé | |
while |
1. n. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time. | |
He lectured for quite a long while. | |
2. conj. During the same time that. | |
He was sleeping while I was singing. | |
3. conj. Although. | |
This case, while interesting, is a bit frustrating. | |
4. conj. (Northern England, Scotland) Until. | |
I'll wait while you've finished painting. | |
5. conj. As long as. | |
While you're at school you may live at home. | |
6. prep. (Northern England, Scotland) Until. | |
7. v. To pass (time) idly. | |
8. v. To loiter. | |
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. | |
flower |
1. n. A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction. | |
2. n. (botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil. | |
3. n. A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood. | |
We transplanted the flowers to a larger pot. | |
4. n. (usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms. | |
The dogwoods are in flower this week. | |
5. n. (euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora. | |
6. n. The best examples or representatives of a group. | |
We selected the flower of the applicants. | |
7. n. The best state of things; the prime. | |
She was in the flower of her life. | |
8. n. (obsolete) Flour. | |
9. n. (in the chemistry, obsolete) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation. | |
the flowers of sulphur | |
10. n. A figure of speech; an ornament of style. | |
11. n. (printing) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc. | |
12. n. (in the plural) Menstrual discharges. | |
13. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To put forth blooms. | |
This plant flowers in June. | |
14. v. (lbl, en, transitive) To decorate with pictures of flowers. | |
15. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To reach a state of full development or achievement. | |
16. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer. | |
17. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To come off as flowers by sublimation. | |
18. n. (rare) Something that flows, such as a river. | |
Is |
1. n. plural of I | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of be | |
He is a doctor. He retired some time ago. | |
Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him. | |
3. n. plural of i | |
remember to dot your is | |
be |
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence. | |
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist. | |
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place. | |
The cup is on the table. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place. | |
When will the meeting be? | |
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar. | |
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come. | |
I have been to Spain many times. | |
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating. | |
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same. | |
Knowledge is bliss. | |
Hi, I’m Jim. | |
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same. | |
3 times 5 is fifteen. | |
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal. | |
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995. | |
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it. | |
The sky is blue. | |
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase. | |
The sky is a deep blue today. | |
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice. | |
The dog was drowned by the boy. | |
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses. | |
The woman is walking. | |
I shall be writing to you soon. | |
We liked to chat while we were eating. | |
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go". | |
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic. | |
I am to leave tomorrow. | |
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car. | |
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement. | |
This building is three hundred years old. | |
I am 75 kilograms. | |
He’s about 6 feet tall. | |
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years. | |
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.) | |
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day. | |
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.) | |
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo. | |
What time is it there? It’s night. | |
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event. | |
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period) | |
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him. | |
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like. | |
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid. | |
Why is it so dark in here? | |
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way. | |
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.". | |
Why is he being nice to me? | |
new |
1. adj. Recently made, or created. | |
This is a new scratch on my car! The band just released a new album. | |
2. adj. Additional; recently discovered. | |
We turned up some new evidence from the old files. | |
3. adj. Current or later, as opposed to former. | |
My new car is much better than my previous one, even though it is older. We had been in our new house for five years by then. | |
4. adj. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing. | |
New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street. | |
5. adj. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used. | |
Are you going to buy a new car or a second-hand one? | |
6. adj. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed. | |
That shirt is dirty. Go and put on a new one. I feel like a new person after a good night's sleep. After the accident, I saw the world with new eyes. | |
7. adj. Newborn. | |
My sister has a new baby, and our mother is excited to finally have a grandchild. | |
8. adj. Of recent origin; having taken place recently. | |
I can't see you for a while; the pain is still too new. Did you see the new King Lear at the theatre? | |
9. adj. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known. | |
The idea was new to me. I need to meet new people. | |
10. adj. Recently arrived or appeared. | |
Have you met the new guy in town? He is the new kid at school. | |
11. adj. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task. | |
Don't worry that you're new at this job; you'll get better with time. I'm new at this business. | |
12. adj. (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun. | |
We expect to grow at 10% annually in the new decade. | |
13. adj. (vegetables) The first of the season. | |
14. adv. Newly (especially in composition). | |
new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown | |
15. adv. As new; from scratch. | |
They are scraping the site clean to build new. | |
16. n. Things that are new. | |
Out with the old, in with the new. | |
17. n. (Australia) A kind of light beer. | |
18. n. See also news. | |
19. v. (obsolete) To make new; to recreate; to renew. | |
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. | |
new |
1. adj. Recently made, or created. | |
This is a new scratch on my car! The band just released a new album. | |
2. adj. Additional; recently discovered. | |
We turned up some new evidence from the old files. | |
3. adj. Current or later, as opposed to former. | |
My new car is much better than my previous one, even though it is older. We had been in our new house for five years by then. | |
4. adj. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing. | |
New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street. | |
5. adj. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used. | |
Are you going to buy a new car or a second-hand one? | |
6. adj. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed. | |
That shirt is dirty. Go and put on a new one. I feel like a new person after a good night's sleep. After the accident, I saw the world with new eyes. | |
7. adj. Newborn. | |
My sister has a new baby, and our mother is excited to finally have a grandchild. | |
8. adj. Of recent origin; having taken place recently. | |
I can't see you for a while; the pain is still too new. Did you see the new King Lear at the theatre? | |
9. adj. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known. | |
The idea was new to me. I need to meet new people. | |
10. adj. Recently arrived or appeared. | |
Have you met the new guy in town? He is the new kid at school. | |
11. adj. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task. | |
Don't worry that you're new at this job; you'll get better with time. I'm new at this business. | |
12. adj. (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun. | |
We expect to grow at 10% annually in the new decade. | |
13. adj. (vegetables) The first of the season. | |
14. adv. Newly (especially in composition). | |
new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown | |
15. adv. As new; from scratch. | |
They are scraping the site clean to build new. | |
16. n. Things that are new. | |
Out with the old, in with the new. | |
17. n. (Australia) A kind of light beer. | |
18. n. See also news. | |
19. v. (obsolete) To make new; to recreate; to renew. | |
Is |
1. n. plural of I | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of be | |
He is a doctor. He retired some time ago. | |
Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him. | |
3. n. plural of i | |
remember to dot your is | |
be |
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence. | |
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist. | |
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place. | |
The cup is on the table. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place. | |
When will the meeting be? | |
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar. | |
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come. | |
I have been to Spain many times. | |
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating. | |
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same. | |
Knowledge is bliss. | |
Hi, I’m Jim. | |
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same. | |
3 times 5 is fifteen. | |
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal. | |
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995. | |
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it. | |
The sky is blue. | |
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase. | |
The sky is a deep blue today. | |
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice. | |
The dog was drowned by the boy. | |
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses. | |
The woman is walking. | |
I shall be writing to you soon. | |
We liked to chat while we were eating. | |
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go". | |
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic. | |
I am to leave tomorrow. | |
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car. | |
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement. | |
This building is three hundred years old. | |
I am 75 kilograms. | |
He’s about 6 feet tall. | |
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years. | |
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.) | |
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day. | |
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.) | |
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo. | |
What time is it there? It’s night. | |
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event. | |
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period) | |
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him. | |
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like. | |
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid. | |
Why is it so dark in here? | |
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way. | |
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.". | |
Why is he being nice to me? | |
youth |
1. n. The quality or state of being young. | |
Her youth and beauty attracted him to her. | |
2. n. The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood. | |
Make the most of your youth, it will not last forever. | |
I made many mistakes in my youth, but learned from them all. | |
3. n. A young person. | |
There was a group of youths hanging around the parking lot, reading fashion magazines and listening to music. | |
4. n. A young man; a male adolescent or young adult. | |
5. n. (used in plural form) Young persons, collectively. | |
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. | |
be |
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence. | |
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist. | |
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place. | |
The cup is on the table. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place. | |
When will the meeting be? | |
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar. | |
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come. | |
I have been to Spain many times. | |
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating. | |
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same. | |
Knowledge is bliss. | |
Hi, I’m Jim. | |
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same. | |
3 times 5 is fifteen. | |
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal. | |
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995. | |
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it. | |
The sky is blue. | |
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase. | |
The sky is a deep blue today. | |
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice. | |
The dog was drowned by the boy. | |
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses. | |
The woman is walking. | |
I shall be writing to you soon. | |
We liked to chat while we were eating. | |
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go". | |
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic. | |
I am to leave tomorrow. | |
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car. | |
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement. | |
This building is three hundred years old. | |
I am 75 kilograms. | |
He’s about 6 feet tall. | |
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years. | |
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.) | |
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day. | |
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.) | |
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo. | |
What time is it there? It’s night. | |
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event. | |
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period) | |
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him. | |
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like. | |
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid. | |
Why is it so dark in here? | |
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way. | |
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.". | |
Why is he being nice to me? | |
mindful |
1. adj. Being aware (of something); attentive, heedful. | |
2. adj. (obsolete) Inclined (to do something). | |
that |
1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement. | |
He told me that the book is a good read. | |
I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British. | |
2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that. | |
Be glad that you have enough to eat. | |
3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that. | |
4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect. | |
The noise was so loud that she woke up. | |
The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed. | |
5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that. | |
6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb. | |
Was John there? — Not that I saw. | |
How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw. | |
7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish. | |
8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise. | |
9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. | |
That book is a good read. This one isn't. | |
That battle was in 1450. | |
That cat of yours is evil. | |
10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t | |
He went home, and after that I never saw him again. | |
11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said). | |
They're getting divorced. What do you think about that? | |
12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement. | |
The water is so cold! — That it is. | |
13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition). | |
The CPR course that she took really came in handy. | |
The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated. | |
14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.) | |
the place that = where or to which I went last year | |
the last time that = when I went to Europe | |
15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree. | |
"The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...". | |
16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions). | |
I'm just not that sick. | |
I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult. | |
17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions). | |
Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her. | |
18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those. | |
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 | |
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. | |
hurries |
1. n. plural of hurry | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of hurry | |
hurry |
1. n. Rushed action. | |
Why are you in such a big hurry? | |
2. n. Urgency. | |
There is no hurry on that paperwork. | |
3. n. (sports) In American football, an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play. | |
4. n. (music) A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To do things quickly. | |
He's hurrying because he's late. | |
6. v. (intransitive) Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something. | |
If you don't hurry (up) you won't finish on time. | |
7. v. To cause to be done quickly. | |
8. v. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. | |
9. v. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity. | |
hurry |
1. n. Rushed action. | |
Why are you in such a big hurry? | |
2. n. Urgency. | |
There is no hurry on that paperwork. | |
3. n. (sports) In American football, an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play. | |
4. n. (music) A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To do things quickly. | |
He's hurrying because he's late. | |
6. v. (intransitive) Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something. | |
If you don't hurry (up) you won't finish on time. | |
7. v. To cause to be done quickly. | |
8. v. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. | |
9. v. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity. | |
thus |
1. adv. (manner) In this way or manner. | |
If you throw the ball thus, as I’m showing you, you’ll have better luck hitting the target. | |
2. adv. (conjunctive) As a result. | |
I have all the tools I need; thus, I will be able to fix the car without having to call a mechanic. | |
3. n. alternative spelling of thuris | |