he |
1. pron. (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied. | |
2. pron. (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant. | |
The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna? | |
3. pron. (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown. | |
4. n. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he". | |
5. n. (informal) A male. | |
Alex totally is a he. | |
6. n. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). | |
climbed |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of climb | |
climb |
1. v. (intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up. | |
Prices climbed steeply. | |
2. v. To mount; to move upwards on. | |
They climbed the mountain. | |
Climbing a tree | |
3. v. To scale; to get to the top of something. | |
4. v. To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet. | |
5. v. (intransitive) to practise the sport of climbing | |
6. v. (intransitive) to jump high | |
7. v. To move to a higher position on the social ladder. | |
8. v. (botany) Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something. | |
9. n. An act of climbing. | |
10. n. The act of getting to somewhere more elevated. | |
11. n. An upwards struggle | |
up |
1. adv. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity. | |
I looked up and saw the airplane overhead. | |
2. adv. (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely. | |
I will mix up the puzzle pieces. | |
Tear up the contract. | |
He really messed up. | |
Please type up our monthly report. | |
3. adv. To or from one's possession or consideration. | |
I picked up some milk on the way home. | |
The committee will take up your request. | |
She had to give up her driver's license after the accident. | |
4. adv. North. | |
I will go up to New York to visit my family this weekend. | |
5. adv. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc. | |
Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets. | |
Turn it up, I can barely hear it. | |
Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question. | |
Cheer up, the weekend's almost here. | |
6. adv. (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero. | |
7. adv. (sailing) Against the wind or current. | |
8. adv. (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction. | |
9. adv. (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman. | |
The bowler pitched the ball up. | |
10. adv. (hospitality, US) Without additional ice. | |
Would you like that drink up or on ice? | |
11. adv. (academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford. | |
She's going up to read Classics this September. | |
12. adv. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with. | |
I was up to my chin in water. | |
A stranger came up and asked me for directions. | |
13. adv. To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite. | |
Drink up. The pub is closing. | |
Can you sum up your research? | |
The comet burned up in the atmosphere. | |
I need to sew up the hole in this shirt. | |
14. adv. Aside, so as not to be in use. | |
to lay up riches; put up your weapons | |
15. prep. Toward the top of. | |
The cat went up the tree. They walk up the steps. | |
16. prep. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached. | |
The information made its way up the chain of command to the general. I felt something crawling up my arm. | |
17. prep. Further along (in any direction). | |
Go up the street until you see the sign. | |
18. prep. From south to north of | |
19. prep. From the mouth towards the source (of a river or waterway). | |
20. prep. (vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with. | |
Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her. | |
21. prep. (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more remote from a central location). | |
22. adj. Awake. | |
I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up. | |
23. adj. Finished, to an end | |
Time is up! | |
24. adj. In a good mood. | |
I’m feeling up today. | |
25. adj. Willing; ready. | |
If you are up for a trip, let’s go. | |
26. adj. Next in a sequence. | |
Smith is up to bat. | |
27. adj. Happening; new. | |
What is up with that project at headquarters? | |
28. adj. Facing upwards; facing toward the top. | |
Put the notebook face up on the table. | |
Take a break and put your feet up. | |
29. adj. Larger; greater in quantity. | |
Sales are up from last quarter. | |
30. adj. Ahead; leading; winning. | |
The home team were up by two goals at half-time. | |
31. adj. Standing. | |
Get up and give her your seat. | |
32. adj. On a higher level. | |
The new ground is up. | |
33. adj. Available; made public. | |
The new notices are up as of last Tuesday. | |
34. adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair. | |
AAKK = aces up | |
QQ33 = queens up | |
35. adj. Well-informed; current. | |
I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on? | |
36. adj. (computing) Functional; working. | |
Is the server back up? | |
37. adj. (anchor, Adj_railway)(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus. | |
The London train is on the up line. | |
38. adj. Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc. | |
39. adj. (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass. | |
A Cosmopolitan is typically served up. | |
40. adj. (slang) Erect. | |
41. adj. (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time) | |
42. adj. (slang) well-known; renowned | |
43. n. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity. | |
Up is a good way to go. | |
44. n. A positive thing. | |
I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home. | |
45. n. An upstairs room of a two story house. | |
She lives in a two-up two-down. | |
46. v. (transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise. | |
If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details. | |
We upped anchor and sailed away. | |
47. v. (transitive, colloquial) To promote. | |
It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President. | |
48. v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb. | |
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. | |
dead |
1. adj. (not comparable) No longer living. | |
All of my grandparents are dead. | |
2. adj. (hyperbole) Figuratively, not alive; lacking life. | |
3. adj. (of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored. | |
He is dead to me. | |
4. adj. Doomed; marked for death (literally or as a hyperbole). | |
"You come back here this instant! Oh, when I get my hands on you, you're dead, mister!". | |
5. adj. Without emotion. | |
She stood with dead face and limp arms, unresponsive to my plea. | |
6. adj. Stationary; static. | |
the dead load on the floor | |
a dead lift | |
7. adj. Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat. | |
dead air | |
a dead glass of soda. | |
8. adj. Unproductive. | |
dead time | |
dead fields | |
9. adj. (not comparable, of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal. | |
OK, the circuit's dead. Go ahead and cut the wire. | |
Now that the motor's dead you can reach in and extract the spark plugs. | |
10. adj. (of a battery) Unable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty. | |
11. adj. (not comparable) Broken or inoperable. | |
That monitor is dead; don’t bother hooking it up. | |
12. adj. (not comparable) No longer used or required. | |
There are several dead laws still on the books regulating where horses may be hitched. | |
Is this beer glass dead? | |
13. adj. (engineering) Not imparting motion or power by design. | |
the dead spindle of a lathe | |
a dead axle also called a lazy axle, is not part of the drivetrain, but is instead free-rotating | |
14. adj. (not comparable, sports) Not in play. | |
Once the ball crosses the foul line, it's dead. | |
15. adj. (not comparable, golf, of a golf ball) Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke. | |
16. adj. (not comparable, baseball, slang) Tagged out. | |
17. adj. (not comparable) Full and complete. | |
dead stop | |
dead sleep | |
dead giveaway | |
dead silence | |
18. adj. (not comparable) Exact. | |
dead center | |
dead aim | |
a dead eye | |
a dead level | |
19. adj. Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia). | |
After sitting on my hands for a while, my arms became dead. | |
20. adj. Constructed so as not to transmit sound; soundless. | |
a dead floor | |
21. adj. (obsolete) Bringing death; deadly. | |
22. adj. (legal) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property. | |
A person who is banished or who becomes a monk is civilly dead. | |
23. adv. (degree, informal, colloquial) Exactly. | |
dead right; dead level; dead flat; dead straight; dead left | |
He hit the target dead in the centre. | |
24. adv. (degree, informal, colloquial) Very, absolutely, extremely. | |
dead wrong; dead set; dead serious; dead drunk; dead broke; dead earnest; dead certain; dead slow; dead sure; dead simple; dead honest; dead accurate; dead easy; dead scared; dead solid; dead b | |
25. adv. Suddenly and completely. | |
He stopped dead. | |
26. adv. (informal) As if dead. | |
dead tired; dead quiet; dead asleep; dead pale; dead cold; dead still | |
27. n. (singulare tantum, often with "the") Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense. | |
The dead of night. The dead of winter. | |
28. n. (with "the", a demonstrative, or a possessive) Those who have died. | |
Have respect for the dead. | |
The villagers are mourning their dead. | |
The dead are always with us, in our hearts. | |
29. v. To prevent by disabling; stop. | |
30. v. To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour. | |
31. v. To kill. | |
maple |
1. n. A tree of the Acer genus, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds. | |
2. n. The wood of such a tree, prized for its hardness and attractive appearance | |
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 | |
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. | |
sat |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of sit | |
I sat in the middle of the park. | |
2. n. (abbreviation of satellite) (artificial orbital body) | |
sit |
1. v. (intransitive, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks. | |
After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax. | |
2. v. (intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position. | |
I asked him to sit. | |
3. v. (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position permanently. | |
The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries. | |
4. v. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition. | |
5. v. (government) To be a member of a deliberative body. | |
I currently sit on a standards committee. | |
6. v. (legal, government) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session. | |
In what city is the circuit court sitting for this session. | |
7. v. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh. | |
8. v. To be adjusted; to fit. | |
Your new coat sits well. | |
9. v. (intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work. | |
How will this new contract sit with the workers? | |
I don’t think it will sit well. | |
The violence in these video games sits awkwardly with their stated aim of educating children. | |
10. v. (transitive, causative) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to. | |
Sit him in front of the TV and he might watch for hours. | |
11. v. To accommodate in seats; to seat. | |
The dining room table sits eight comfortably. | |
12. v. (intransitive) shortened form of babysit. | |
I'm going to sit for them on Thursday. | |
13. v. (transitive, US) To babysit | |
I need to find someone to sit my kids on Friday evening for four hours. | |
14. v. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test). | |
15. v. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate. | |
16. v. To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust. | |
I'm sitting for a painter this evening. | |
17. v. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction. | |
18. n. (rare, Buddhism) An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation. | |
perched |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of perch | |
2. adj. Situated as if balancing above something. | |
perch |
1. n. Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca. | |
2. n. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially: | |
3. n. (South Africa) | |
4. n. (Ghana) | |
5. n. (Australia) , , | |
6. n. (USA) | |
7. n. (UK) , Tautogolabrus adspersus | |
8. n. Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper. | |
9. n. a rod, staff, or branch of a tree etc used as a roost by a bird | |
10. n. a pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach. | |
11. n. (figurative) a position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated | |
12. n. (figurative) a position that is overly elevated or haughty | |
13. n. (dated) a linear measure of 5½ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¼ chain; the related square measure | |
14. n. a cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet | |
15. n. (textiles) a frame used to examine cloth | |
16. n. a bar used to support a candle (especially in a church) | |
17. v. (intransitive) To rest on (or as if on) a perch; to roost. | |
18. v. (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position. | |
19. v. To place something on (or as if on) a perch. | |
20. v. (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch. | |
As |
1. n. plural of A | |
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As. | |
2. adv. To such an extent or degree. | |
You’re not as tall as I am. | |
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive. | |
3. adv. In the manner or role specified. | |
The kidnappers released him as agreed. | |
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues. | |
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend. | |
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as). | |
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what. | |
Do as I say! | |
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know. | |
As you wish, my lord! | |
6. conj. At the same instant that; when. | |
As I came in, she flew. | |
7. conj. At the same time that; while. | |
He sleeps as the rain falls. | |
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that. | |
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy. | |
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since. | |
As it’s too late, I quit. | |
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. | |
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago. | |
It's not so complicated as I expected. | |
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. | |
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. | |
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. | |
14. conj. Expressing concession; though. | |
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than. | |
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. | |
You are not as tall as me. | |
They're big as houses. | |
17. prep. In the role of. | |
What is your opinion as a parent? | |
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra. | |
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. | |
20. n. plural of a | |
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. | |
hairy |
1. adj. Of a person, having a lot of hair on the body. | |
a hairy man | |
2. adj. Of an animal, having a lot of fur. | |
hairy mammoth | |
3. adj. Of a body part other than the head, having hair growing from it. | |
She is a great admirer of hairy chests. | |
4. adj. (informal) Difficult, complex, intricate, or intimidating. | |
It’s a hairy problem, and will probably take several weeks to sort out. | |
owl |
1. n. Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. | |
2. n. (by extension) A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active. | |
3. n. The owl pigeon. | |
4. n. (politics, uncommon) A politician with moderate views that are neither hawkish nor dovish. | |
5. v. (archaic, intransitive) To smuggle contraband goods. | |
sniffing |
1. v. present participle of sniff | |
2. n. A sniff sound or action. | |
sniff |
1. v. To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as if to smell something. | |
The dog sniffed around the park, searching for a nice scent. | |
I sniffed the meat to see if it hadn't gone off. | |
2. v. To say something while sniffing, for example in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt. | |
"He's never coming back, is he?" she sniffed while looking at a picture of him. | |
3. v. To perceive vaguely | |
I can sniff trouble coming from the basement. | |
4. v. To be dismissive or contemptuous of something. | |
This opportunity is not to be sniffed at. | |
5. v. (computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network. | |
6. v. (slang) To inhale drugs in powder form (usually cocaine) through the nose. | |
7. n. An instance of sniffing. | |
She gave the flowers a quick sniff to check they were real. | |
8. n. A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose | |
9. n. (colloquial) A brief perception, or tiny amount. | |
10. interj. A short inhalation sound, sometimes associated with crying. | |
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. | |
air |
1. n. (meteorology) The substance constituting earth's atmosphere, particularly: | |
I'm going outside to get some air. | |
2. n. (historical, philosophy, alchemy) understood as one of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans. | |
3. n. (historical, medical) understood as a particular local substance with supposed effects on human health. | |
There was a tension in the air which made me suspect an approaching storm. | |
4. n. (physics) understood as a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases. | |
5. n. (usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered surrounded by th | |
The flock of birds took to the air. | |
6. n. A breeze; a gentle wind. | |
7. n. A feeling or sense. | |
to give it an air of artistry and sophistication | |
8. n. A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality. | |
9. n. (usually plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others. | |
putting on airs | |
10. n. (music) A song, especially a solo; an aria. | |
11. n. (informal) Nothing; absence of anything. | |
12. n. An air conditioner or the processed air it produces. Can be a mass noun or a count noun depending on context; similar to hair. | |
Could you turn on the air? | |
Hey, did you mean to leave the airs on all week while you were on vacation? | |
13. n. (obsolete, chemistry) Any specific gas. | |
14. n. (snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) A jump in which one becomes airborne. | |
15. n. A television or radio signal. | |
16. v. To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it. | |
17. v. To let fresh air into a room or a building, to ventilate. | |
It's getting quite stuffy in this room: let's open the windows and air it. | |
18. v. To discuss varying viewpoints on a given topic. | |
19. v. To broadcast, as with a television show. | |
20. v. (UK, MLE, slang) to ignore | |
glancing |
1. v. present participle of glance | |
2. adj. Making superficial, obtuse contact with something. | |
His fist caught a glancing blow to my jaw. | |
3. n. A sideways look; a glance. | |
glance |
1. v. (intransitive) To look briefly (at something). | |
She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To graze a surface. | |
3. v. To sparkle. | |
The spring sunlight was glancing on the water of the pond. | |
4. v. To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle. | |
5. v. To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. | |
6. v. (soccer) To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header. | |
7. v. To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; often with at. | |
8. n. A brief or cursory look. | |
9. n. A deflection. | |
10. n. (cricket) A stroke in which the ball is deflected to one side. | |
11. n. A sudden flash of light or splendour. | |
12. n. An incidental or passing thought or allusion. | |
13. n. (mineralogy) Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre. | |
copper glance | |
14. n. (mineral) Glance coal. | |
about |
1. prep. In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of. | |
2. prep. Near; not far from; approximately; regarding time, size, quantity. | |
3. prep. On the point or verge of. | |
the show is about to start; I am not about to admit to your crime | |
4. prep. On one's person; nearby the person. | |
5. prep. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout. | |
6. prep. Concerned with; engaged in; intent on. | |
7. prep. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect. | |
He knew more about what was occurring than anyone. | |
8. prep. (figurative) In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in possession of; in control of; at one's command; in one's makeup. | |
He has his wits about him. | |
9. prep. In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place. | |
10. adv. Not distant; approximate. | |
11. adv. On all sides; around. | |
12. adv. Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down. | |
13. adv. Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost. | |
about as cold; about as high | |
14. adv. Near; in the vicinity. | |
15. adv. In succession; one after another; in the course of events. | |
16. adv. On the move; active; astir. | |
17. adv. To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view. | |
to face about; to turn oneself about | |
18. adv. (nautical) To the opposite tack. | |
19. adv. (obsolete) Preparing; planning. | |
20. adv. (archaic) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference. | |
a mile about, and a third of a mile across | |
21. adv. (chiefly North America, colloquial) Going to; on the verge of; intending to. | |
22. adj. Moving around; astir. | |
out and about; up and about | |
After my bout with Guillan-Barre Syndrome, it took me 6 months to be up and about again. | |
23. adj. In existence; being in evidence; apparent | |
at |
1. prep. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place. | |
Caesar was at Rome; at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine; at Jim’s house | |
2. prep. (indicating time) (Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.) | |
at six o’clock; at closing time; at night. | |
3. prep. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner). | |
He threw the ball at me. He shouted at her. | |
4. prep. Denotes a price. | |
3 apples at 2¢ (each) The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations. | |
5. prep. Occupied in (activity). | |
men at work | |
6. prep. In a state of. | |
She is at sixes and sevens with him. They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff. The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces. | |
7. prep. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series. | |
Sell at 90. Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders. I'm offering it—just to select customers—at cost. | |
8. prep. Because of. | |
to laugh at a joke mad at their comments | |
9. prep. Indicates a means, method, or manner. | |
10. prep. Holding a given speed or rate. | |
It is growing at the rate of 3% a year. Cruising along at fifty miles per hour. | |
11. prep. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding. | |
The twins were both bad at chemistry. | |
He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation. | |
12. prep. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to | |
13. n. The at sign (@). | |
14. n. (alt form, att) (Laos currency unit) | |
all |
1. adv. (degree) intensifier. | |
It suddenly went all quiet. | |
She was all, “Whatever.” | |
2. adv. (poetic) Entirely. | |
3. adv. Apiece; each. | |
The score was 30 all when the rain delay started. | |
4. adv. (degree) So much. | |
Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets. | |
5. adv. (obsolete, poetic) even; just | |
6. det. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or un). | |
All contestants must register at the scorer’s table. All flesh is originally grass. All my friends like classical music. | |
7. det. Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer). | |
The store is open all day and all night. (= through the whole of the day and the whole of the night.) | |
I’ve been working on this all year. (= from the beginning of the year until now.) | |
8. det. (obsolete) Any. | |
9. det. Only; alone; nothing but. | |
He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice. | |
10. pron. Everything. | |
some gave all they had; she knows all and sees all; Those who think they know it all are annoying to those of us who do. | |
11. pron. Everyone. | |
A good time was had by all. | |
12. n. (with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of. | |
She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line. | |
13. n. The totality of one's possessions. | |
14. conj. (obsolete) although | |
15. adj. (dialect, Pennsylvania) All gone; dead. | |
The butter is all. | |
save |
1. n. In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring. | |
The goaltender made a great save. | |
2. n. (baseball) When a relief pitcher comes into a game leading by 3 points (runs) or less, and his team wins while continually being ahead. | |
Jones retired seven to earn the save. | |
3. n. (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten. | |
The giant wrestler continued to beat down his smaller opponent, until several wrestlers ran in for the save. | |
4. n. (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium. | |
If you're hit by a power cut, you'll lose all of your changes since your last save. | |
The game console can store up to eight saves on a single cartridge. | |
5. n. (RPG) A saving throw. | |
6. v. To prevent harm or difficulty. | |
7. v. To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm. | |
She was saved from drowning by a passer-by. | |
We were able to save a few of our possessions from the house fire. | |
8. v. To keep (something) safe; to safeguard. | |
9. v. To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable. | |
10. v. (theology) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation. | |
Jesus Christ came to save sinners. | |
11. v. (sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal). | |
12. v. To put aside, to avoid. | |
13. v. To store for future use. | |
Let's save the packaging in case we need to send the product back. | |
14. v. To conserve or prevent the wasting of. | |
Save electricity by turning off the lights when you leave the room. | |
15. v. To obviate or make unnecessary. | |
16. v. (transitive, computing) To write a file to disk or other storage medium. | |
Where did I save that document? I can't find it on the desktop. | |
17. v. (intransitive) To economize or avoid waste. | |
18. v. (transitive, and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables. | |
19. prep. Except; with the exception of. | |
20. conj. (dated) unless; except | |
at |
1. prep. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place. | |
Caesar was at Rome; at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine; at Jim’s house | |
2. prep. (indicating time) (Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.) | |
at six o’clock; at closing time; at night. | |
3. prep. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner). | |
He threw the ball at me. He shouted at her. | |
4. prep. Denotes a price. | |
3 apples at 2¢ (each) The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations. | |
5. prep. Occupied in (activity). | |
men at work | |
6. prep. In a state of. | |
She is at sixes and sevens with him. They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff. The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces. | |
7. prep. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series. | |
Sell at 90. Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders. I'm offering it—just to select customers—at cost. | |
8. prep. Because of. | |
to laugh at a joke mad at their comments | |
9. prep. Indicates a means, method, or manner. | |
10. prep. Holding a given speed or rate. | |
It is growing at the rate of 3% a year. Cruising along at fifty miles per hour. | |
11. prep. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding. | |
The twins were both bad at chemistry. | |
He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation. | |
12. prep. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to | |
13. n. The at sign (@). | |
14. n. (alt form, att) (Laos currency unit) | |
Me |
1. n. en-abbr | |
2. n. (chemistry) (abbreviation of methyl) | |
3. pron. alternative case form of me often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context. | |
4. pron. As the direct object of a verb. | |
Can you hear me? | |
5. pron. (obsolete) Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb. | |
6. pron. As the object of a preposition. | |
Come with me. | |
7. pron. As the indirect object of a verb. | |
He gave me this. | |
8. pron. (US, colloquial) Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative. | |
9. pron. (colloquial) As the complement of the copula (“be” or “is”). | |
It wasn't me. | |
10. pron. (Australia, British, New Zealand, colloquial) My; preceding a noun, marking ownership. | |
11. pron. (colloquial, with "and") As the subject of a verb. | |
Me and my friends played a game. | |
12. pron. (nonstandard, not with "and") As the subject of a verb. | |
13. det. (UK regional, Ireland) alternative form of my | |
when |
1. adv. (interrogative) Used to introduce questions about time. | |
When will they arrive? | |
2. adv. Used to introduce indirect questions about time. | |
Do you know when they arrived? | |
Do you know when they will arrive? | |
Do you know when they arrive? | |
3. adv. At an earlier and less prosperous time. | |
He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when. | |
4. adv. (indirect question) Used to refer to doubts about time. | |
5. adv. (relative) At which, on which, during which. Often omitted or replaced with that. | |
That was the day when the Twin Towers fell. | |
6. conj. At what time. | |
They were told when to sleep. | |
He doesn't know when to stop talking. | |
7. conj. At such time as. | |
I’m happiest when I’m working. | |
8. conj. At the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase. | |
It was raining when I came yesterday. | |
The show will begin when I get there. | |
The game is over when the referee says it is. | |
Be careful when crossing the street. | |
Pay attention when spoken to. | |
When (you are) angry, count to ten before speaking or acting. | |
That time when the dog stole the turkey from the table. | |
9. conj. Since; given the fact that. | |
I don't see the point of putting up Christmas decorations when I am the only person who is going to see them. | |
10. pron. (interrogative) What time; which time. | |
Since when do I need your permission? | |
11. n. The time at which something happens. | |
A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how. | |
12. interj. That's enough, a command to stop adding something, especially an ingredient of food or drink. | |
suddenly |
1. adv. Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner. | |
Suddenly, the heavens opened and we all got drenched. | |
He |
1. pron. honoraltcaps, he | |
I love the Lord for He is Great and Holy. | |
2. pron. (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied. | |
3. pron. (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant. | |
The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna? | |
4. pron. (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown. | |
5. n. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he". | |
6. n. (informal) A male. | |
Alex totally is a he. | |
7. n. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). | |
dropped |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of drop | |
drop |
1. n. A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid. | |
Put three drops of oil into the mixture. | |
2. n. The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall. | |
On one side of the road was a 50-foot drop. | |
3. n. A fall, descent; an act of dropping. | |
That was a long drop, but fortunately I didn't break any bones. | |
4. n. A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal activity; a drop-off point. | |
I left the plans at the drop, like you asked. | |
The Drop (film title) | |
5. n. An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies by parachute. | |
The delivery driver has to make three more drops before lunch. | |
6. n. (chiefly British, Australian) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage | |
He usually enjoys a drop after dinner. | |
7. n. (chiefly British, when used with the definite article (the drop)) alcoholic spirits in general. | |
It doesn't matter where you're from; anyone who enjoys the drop is a friend of mine. | |
8. n. (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky. | |
9. n. A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge. | |
10. n. (American football) A dropped pass. | |
Yet another drop for the Tiger tight end. | |
11. n. (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back. | |
The Tiger quarterback took a one-step drop, expecting his tight end to be open. | |
12. n. (Rugby football) A drop-kick. | |
13. n. In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference between chest circumference and waist circumference. | |
14. n. (sports) relegation from one division to a lower one | |
15. n. (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies. | |
16. n. (music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in tempo, bass, and/or overall tone; also known | |
17. n. (US, banking dated) An unsolicited credit card issue. | |
18. n. The vertical length of a hanging curtain. | |
19. n. That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc. | |
20. n. (architecture) A gutta. | |
21. n. A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's deck; a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet; a curtain which falls in front of a theat | |
22. n. (slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging. | |
23. n. A drop press or drop hammer. | |
24. n. (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger. | |
25. n. (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only. | |
26. n. The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole, that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key. | |
27. v. (intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid). | |
28. v. To drip (a liquid). | |
29. v. (intransitive) Generally, to fall (straight down). | |
A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky. | |
30. v. (transitive, ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on). | |
Don't drop that plate! The police ordered the men to drop their weapons. | |
31. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops. | |
32. v. (intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground. | |
Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private! If your clothes are on fire, stop, drop and roll. | |
33. v. (intransitive) To fall dead, or to fall in death. | |
34. v. (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop. | |
35. v. To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation. | |
The moderator would drop hints whenever the students struggled. She would sometimes drop off to sleep straight after dinner. | |
36. v. (transitive, slang) To part with or spend (money). | |
37. v. To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.). | |
I'm tired of this subject. Will you just drop it? | |
38. v. (intransitive) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc. | |
The stock dropped 1.5% yesterday. We can take our vacation when the price of fuel drops. Watch for the temperature to drop sharply, then you'll know the reaction is comp | |
39. v. To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message). | |
Drop me a note when you get to the city. | |
40. v. To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down. | |
Make any sudden movements and I will drop you! | |
41. v. (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.). | |
Cockneys drop their aitches. | |
42. v. (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman being out. | |
Warne dropped Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball | |
43. v. (transitive, slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD. | |
They had never dropped acid. | |
44. v. To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose. | |
I dropped ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée. | |
45. v. To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list. | |
I've been dropped from the football team. | |
46. v. (Rugby football) To score a goal by means of a drop-kick. | |
47. v. (transitive, slang) To impart. | |
I drop knowledge wherever I go. Yo, I drop rhymes like nobody's business. | |
48. v. (transitive, music, computing, colloquial) To release to the public. | |
They dropped "Hip-Hop Xmas" in time for the holidays. | |
That hacker has been threatening to drop my docs i.e. publish my personal information. | |
49. v. (transitive, music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey. | |
That guy can drop the bass like a monster. I love it when he drops his funky beats. | |
50. v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To enter public distribution. | |
"Hip-Hop Xmas" dropped in time for the holidays. | |
51. v. (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note. | |
52. v. To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course. | |
I had to drop calculus because it was taking up too much of my time and I couldn't go anymore. | |
53. v. (transitive, fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling. | |
Drop a basket of fries. | |
54. v. To lower; to move to a lower position. | |
55. v. (intransitive, of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty. | |
Billy's voice dropped suddenly when he turned 12. | |
56. v. (intransitive, of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality. | |
The song, 180 beats per minute, drops to 150 BPM near the end. My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2. | |
57. v. (intransitive, of people) To visit informally; used with in or by. | |
drop by soon; drop in on her tomorrow | |
58. v. To give birth to. | |
to drop a lamb | |
59. v. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop. | |
60. v. (slang) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty. | |
aground |
1. adj. (nautical, of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom. | |
2. adj. (by extension) at a loss, ruined, with no way out | |
3. adv. (nautical, of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom. | |
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. | |
scurried |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of scurry | |
scurry |
1. v. To run with quick light steps, to scamper. | |
2. n. A dash. | |
off |
1. adv. In a direction away from the speaker or object. | |
He drove off in a cloud of smoke. | |
2. adv. Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence. | |
Please switch off the light when you leave. | |
die off | |
3. adv. So as to be removed or separated. | |
He bit off more than he could chew. | |
Some branches were sawn off. | |
4. adj. Inoperative, disabled. | |
All the lights are off. | |
5. adj. Rancid, rotten. | |
This milk is off! | |
6. adj. (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman. | |
7. adj. Less than normal, in temperament or in result. | |
sales are off this quarter | |
8. adj. Circumstanced (as in well off, better off, poorly off). | |
9. adj. Started on the way. | |
off to see the wizard | |
And they're off! Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose. | |
10. adj. Far; off to the side. | |
the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse | |
11. adj. Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent. | |
He took an off day for fishing. an off year in politics; the off season | |
12. adj. (of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable. | |
— I'll have the chicken please. | |
— Sorry, chicken's off today. | |
13. adj. Right-hand (in relation to the side of a horse or a vehicle). | |
14. prep. Used to indicate movement away from a position on | |
I took it off the table. | |
Come off the roof! | |
15. prep. (colloquial) Out of the possession of. | |
He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him. | |
16. prep. Away from or not on. | |
He's off the computer, but he's still on the phone. | |
Keep off the grass. | |
17. prep. Disconnected or subtracted from. | |
We've been off the grid for three days now. | |
He took 20% off the list price. | |
18. prep. Distant from. | |
We're just off the main road. | |
The island is 23 miles off the cape. | |
19. prep. No longer wanting or taking. | |
He's been off his feed since Tuesday. | |
He's off his meds again. | |
20. prep. Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering(topics, en, Engineering). | |
Tantalum bar 6 off 3/8" Dia × 12" — Atom, Great Britain Atomic Energy Authority, 1972 | |
samples submitted … 12 off Thermistors type 1K3A531 … — BSI test report for shock and vibration testing, 2000 | |
I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off. | |
21. v. (transitive, slang) To kill. | |
He got in the way so I had him offed. | |
22. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) To switch off. | |
Can you off the light? | |
23. n. (rare) Beginning; starting point. | |
He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off. | |
into |
1. prep. Going inside (of). | |
Mary danced into the house. | |
2. prep. Going to a geographic region. | |
We left the house and walked into the street. | |
The plane flew into the open air. | |
3. prep. Against, especially with force or violence. | |
The car crashed into the tree; I wasn't careful, and walked into a wall | |
4. prep. Producing, becoming; (indicates transition into another form or substance). | |
I carved the piece of driftwood into a sculpture of a whale. Right before our eyes, Jake turned into a wolf! | |
5. prep. After the start of. | |
About 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot reported a fire on board. | |
6. prep. (colloquial) Interested in or attracted to. | |
She's really into Shakespeare right now; I'm so into you! | |
7. prep. (mathematics) Taking distinct arguments to distinct values. | |
The exponential function maps the set of real numbers into itself. | |
8. prep. (UK, archaic, India, mathematics) Expressing the operation of multiplication.(R:OED Online) | |
Five into three is fifteen. | |
9. prep. (mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes". | |
Three into two won't go. | |
24 goes into 48 how many times? | |
10. prep. Investigating the subject (of). | |
Call for research into pesticides blamed for vanishing bees. | |
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. | |
thicket |
1. n. A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse. | |
2. n. (figuratively) A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract. | |
3. n. (computing, figuratively) The collection of many small linked files created when a document is saved in HTML format by some word processors and web site creation software. | |
As |
1. n. plural of A | |
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As. | |
2. adv. To such an extent or degree. | |
You’re not as tall as I am. | |
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive. | |
3. adv. In the manner or role specified. | |
The kidnappers released him as agreed. | |
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues. | |
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend. | |
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as). | |
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what. | |
Do as I say! | |
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know. | |
As you wish, my lord! | |
6. conj. At the same instant that; when. | |
As I came in, she flew. | |
7. conj. At the same time that; while. | |
He sleeps as the rain falls. | |
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that. | |
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy. | |
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since. | |
As it’s too late, I quit. | |
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. | |
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago. | |
It's not so complicated as I expected. | |
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. | |
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. | |
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. | |
14. conj. Expressing concession; though. | |
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than. | |
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. | |
You are not as tall as me. | |
They're big as houses. | |
17. prep. In the role of. | |
What is your opinion as a parent? | |
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra. | |
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. | |
20. n. plural of a | |
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. | |
muskrat |
1. n. A large aquatic rodent (Ondatra zibethicus). | |
2. n. Any of several species of shrews in the family Soricidae, especially the Asian house shrew | |