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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
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