| 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). | |
| dipped |
| 1. v. simple past tense and past participle of dip | |
| 2. adj. That has been briefly immersed in a liquid. | |
| 3. adj. Of headlights: lowered. | |
| 4. adj. (archaic, colloquial) Caught up in debt; mortgaged. | |
| dip |
| 1. n. A lower section of a road or geological feature. | |
| There is a dip in the road ahead. | |
| 2. n. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch. | |
| 3. n. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid. | |
| 4. n. A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites. | |
| 5. n. A dip stick. | |
| 6. n. A swim, usually a short swim to refresh. | |
| I'm going for a dip before breakfast. | |
| 7. n. (colloquial, dated) A pickpocket. | |
| 8. n. A sauce for dipping. | |
| This onion dip is just scrumptious. | |
| 9. n. (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line. | |
| 10. n. (archaic) A dipped candle. | |
| 11. n. (dance) a move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader | |
| 12. n. A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straighte | |
| 13. n. In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years. | |
| 14. n. (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole. | |
| 15. n. The moist form of snuff tobacco. | |
| 16. v. To lower into a liquid. | |
| Dip your biscuit into your tea. | |
| 17. v. (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink. | |
| 18. v. (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly. | |
| 19. v. To lower a light's beam. | |
| Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car. | |
| 20. v. To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag bei | |
| “The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.” | |
| 21. v. To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution. | |
| The farmer is going to dip the cattle today. | |
| 22. v. To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine. | |
| 23. v. To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect. | |
| 24. v. To immerse for baptism. | |
| 25. v. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten. | |
| 26. v. (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair. | |
| 27. v. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out. | |
| to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water | |
| 28. v. (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part. | |
| 29. v. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage. | |
| 30. v. To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body. | |
| 31. v. (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon. | |
| Strata of rock dip. | |
| 32. v. (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped) | |
| 33. v. To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music. | |
| 34. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave. | |
| He dipped out of the room so fast. | |
| 35. n. A foolish person. | |
| 36. n. (computer graphics) (initialism of device-independent pixel) | |
| 37. n. (informal) A diplomat. | |
| out |
| See also individual phrasal verbs such as come out, go out, put out, take out, pull out, and so on. | |
| 1. adv. Away from the inside or the centre. | |
| The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat. | |
| 2. adv. Away from home or one's usual place. | |
| Let's eat out tonight | |
| 3. adv. Outside; not indoors. | |
| Last night we slept out under the stars. | |
| 4. adv. Away from; at a distance. | |
| Keep out! | |
| 5. adv. Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence. | |
| Switch the lights out. | |
| Put the fire out. | |
| 6. adv. To the end; completely. | |
| I hadn't finished. Hear me out. | |
| 7. adv. Used to intensify or emphasize. | |
| The place was all decked out for the holidays. | |
| 8. adv. (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc. | |
| The sun came out after the rain, and we saw a rainbow. | |
| 9. adv. (cricket, baseball) Of a player, so as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket). | |
| Wilson was bowled out for five runs. | |
| 10. prep. (nonstandard, contraction of out of) Away from the inside. | |
| He threw it out the door. | |
| 11. prep. (colloquial) Outside. | |
| It's raining out. | |
| It's cold out. | |
| 12. n. A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc. | |
| They wrote the law to give those organizations an out. | |
| 13. n. (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fieldi | |
| 14. n. (cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicke | |
| 15. n. (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner. | |
| 16. n. (dated) A trip out; an outing. | |
| 17. n. (mostly, in plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office. | |
| 18. n. A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space. | |
| 19. n. (printing, dated) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission. | |
| 20. v. To eject; to expel. | |
| 21. v. To reveal (a person) to be gay, bisexual, or transgender. | |
| 22. v. To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective. | |
| 23. v. To reveal (a secret). | |
| A Brazilian company outed the new mobile phone design. | |
| 24. v. (intransitive, archaic) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public. | |
| 25. v. To become apparent. | |
| 26. adj. Not at home; not at one's office or place of employment. | |
| I'm sorry, Mr Smith is out at the moment. | |
| 27. adj. Released, available for purchase, download or other use. | |
| Did you hear? Their newest CD is out! | |
| 28. adj. (in various games; used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball) Dismissed from play under the rules of the game. | |
| He bowls, Johnson pokes at it ... and ... Johnson is out! Caught behind by Ponsonby! | |
| 29. adj. Openly acknowledging that one is gay or transgender. | |
| It's no big deal to be out in the entertainment business. | |
| 30. adj. (of flowers) In bloom. | |
| The garden looks beautiful now that the roses are out. | |
| 31. adj. (of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds. | |
| The sun is out, and it's a lovely day. | |
| 32. adj. (of lamps, fires etc.) Not shining or burning. | |
| I called round to the house but all the lights were out and no one was home. | |
| 33. adj. (of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility. | |
| Right, so that idea's out. Let's move on to the next one. | |
| 34. adj. No longer popular or in fashion. | |
| Black is out this season. The new black is white. | |
| 35. adj. Without; no longer in possession of; not having more | |
| Do you have any bread? Sorry, we're out. | |
| 36. adj. (of calculations or measurements) Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount. | |
| Nothing adds up in this report. All these figures are out. | |
| The measurement was out by three millimetres. | |
| 37. adj. (obsolete) Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted. | |
| 38. interj. (procedure word, especially, military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and does not expect a response. | |
| Destruction. Two T-72s destroyed. Three foot mobiles down. Out. | |
| of |
| 1. prep. Expressing distance or motion. | |
| 2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". | |
| 3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). | |
| 4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). | |
| There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage. | |
| 5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to. | |
| What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three. | |
| 6. prep. Expressing separation. | |
| 7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.) | |
| Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband. | |
| 8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.) | |
| He seemed devoid of human feelings. | |
| 9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.) | |
| 10. prep. Expressing origin. | |
| 11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.) | |
| The word is believed to be of Japanese origin. | |
| 12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of. | |
| The invention was born of necessity. | |
| 13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.) | |
| It is said that she died of a broken heart. | |
| 14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.) | |
| I am tired of all this nonsense. | |
| 15. prep. Expressing agency. | |
| 16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).) | |
| I am not particularly enamoured of this idea. | |
| 17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below). | |
| The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties. | |
| 18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.) | |
| It was very brave of you to speak out like that. | |
| 19. prep. Expressing composition, substance. | |
| 20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.) | |
| Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic. | |
| 21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.) | |
| She wore a dress of silk. | |
| 22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.) | |
| What a lot of nonsense! | |
| 23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.) | |
| Welcome to the historic town of Harwich. | |
| 24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also". | |
| I'm not driving this wreck of a car. | |
| 25. prep. Introducing subject matter. | |
| 26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma | |
| I'm always thinking of you. | |
| 27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning. | |
| He told us the story of his journey to India. | |
| 28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.) | |
| This behaviour is typical of teenagers. | |
| 29. prep. Having partitive effect. | |
| 30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among". | |
| Most of these apples are rotten. | |
| 31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.) | |
| 32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of. | |
| On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort. | |
| 33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).) | |
| He is a friend of mine. | |
| 34. prep. Expressing possession. | |
| 35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above. | |
| He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century. | |
| 36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it. | |
| The owner of the nightclub was arrested. | |
| 37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter | |
| Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames. | |
| 38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive". | |
| 39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.) | |
| She had a profound distrust of the police. | |
| 40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics. | |
| 41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards. | |
| My companion seemed affable and easy of manner. | |
| 42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by". | |
| Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain. | |
| 43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.) | |
| We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%. | |
| 44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod | |
| It's not that big of a deal. | |
| 45. prep. Expressing a point in time. | |
| 46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity. | |
| Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river. | |
| 47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time). | |
| I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while. | |
| 48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.) | |
| After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off. | |
| the |
| 1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already | |
| I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.) | |
| The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.) | |
| The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird. | |
| 2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause. | |
| The street that runs through my hometown. | |
| 3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time. | |
| No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe. | |
| God save the Queen! | |
| 4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item. | |
| That was the best apple pie ever. | |
| 5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive. | |
| That apple pie was the best. | |
| 6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class. | |
| 7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective. | |
| Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. | |
| 8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar. | |
| No one in the whole country had seen it before. | |
| I don't think I'll get to it until the morning. | |
| 9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun. | |
| A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”) | |
| 10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention. | |
| That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery. | |
| 11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives. | |
| The hotter the better. | |
| The more I think about it, the weaker it looks. | |
| The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children. | |
| It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it. | |
| 12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone. | |
| It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it. | |
| It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it. | |
| I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that. | |
| room |
| 1. n. (now rare) Opportunity or scope (to do something). | |
| 2. n. Space for something, or to carry out an activity. | |
| 3. n. (archaic) A particular portion of space. | |
| 4. n. (figuratively) Sufficient space for or to do something. | |
| 5. n. (nautical) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame. | |
| 6. n. (obsolete) Place; stead. | |
| 7. n. A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling. | |
| 8. n. With possessive pronoun: one's bedroom. | |
| Go to your room! | |
| 9. n. (in the plural) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings. | |
| 10. n. (always in the singular) The people in a room. | |
| The room was on its feet. | |
| 11. n. (mining) An area for working in a coal mine. | |
| 12. n. (caving) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage. | |
| 13. n. (Internet) A forum or chat room. | |
| Some users may not be able to access the AOL room. | |
| 14. n. Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant. | |
| 15. n. Furniture sufficient to furnish a room. | |
| 16. v. (intransitive) To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant. | |
| Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street. | |
| 17. v. To assign to a room; to allocate a room to. | |
| 18. adj. (dialectal, or obsolete) Wide; spacious; roomy. | |
| 19. adv. (dialectal, or obsolete) Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent. | |
| 20. adv. (nautical) Off from the wind. | |
| 21. n. alt form, roum, , deep blue dye | |
| So |
| 1. n. A Mon-Khmer-speaking people of Laos and Thailand. | |
| 2. conj. In order that. | |
| Eat your broccoli so you can have dessert. | |
| 3. conj. With the result that; for that reason; therefore. | |
| I was hungry so I asked if there was any more food. | |
| He ate too much cake, so he fell ill. | |
| He wanted a book, so he went to the library. | |
| “I need to go to the bathroom.”―“So go!” | |
| 4. conj. (archaic) Provided that; on condition that, as long as. | |
| 5. adv. To the (explicitly stated) extent that. | |
| It was so hot outside that all the plants died. He was so good, they hired him on the spot. | |
| 6. adv. (informal) To the (implied) extent. | |
| I need a piece of cloth so long. = this long | |
| 7. adv. (informal) Very (positive clause). | |
| He is so good! | |
| 8. adv. (informal) Very (negative clause). | |
| It’s not so bad. i.e. it's acceptable | |
| 9. adv. (slang) Very much. | |
| But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town! That is so not true! | |
| 10. adv. In a particular manner. | |
| Place the napkin on the table just so. If that's what you mean, then say so; (or do so). | |
| 11. adv. In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; also. | |
| Just as you have the right to your free speech, so I have the right to mine. Many people say she's the world's greatest athlete, but I don't think so. "I can count backwards from on | |
| 12. adv. (with as) To such an extent or degree; as. | |
| so far as; so long as; so much as | |
| 13. adj. True, accurate. | |
| That is so. You are responsible for this, is that not so? | |
| 14. adj. In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase. | |
| 15. adj. (dated, UK, slang) Homosexual. | |
| Is he so? | |
| 16. interj. Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story. | |
| So, let's go home. | |
| So, what'll you have? | |
| So, there was this squirrel stuck in the chimney... | |
| 17. interj. (Short for) so what. | |
| "You park your car in front of my house every morning." — "So?". | |
| 18. interj. Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question. | |
| So how does this story end? | |
| So, everyone wants to know - did you win the contest or not? | |
| 19. interj. (archaic) Be as you are; stand still; (used especially to cows; also used by sailors.) | |
| 20. pron. abbreviation of someone | |
| 21. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale. | |
| 22. n. (foods) A type of dairy product made in Japan between the seventh and 10th centuries. | |
| fast |
| 1. adj. (dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable. | |
| That rope is dangerously loose. Make it fast! | |
| 2. adj. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. | |
| 3. adj. (of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend.) | |
| 4. adj. Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid. | |
| I am going to buy a fast car. | |
| 5. adj. Causing unusual rapidity of play or action. | |
| a fast racket, or tennis court; a fast track; a fast billiard table; a fast dance floor | |
| 6. adj. (computing, of a piece of hardware) Able to transfer data in a short period of time. | |
| 7. adj. Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people). | |
| 8. adj. (of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent. | |
| All the washing has come out pink. That red tee-shirt was not fast. | |
| 9. adj. (obsolete) Tenacious; retentive. | |
| 10. adj. (dated) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits. | |
| a fast woman | |
| 11. adj. Ahead of the correct time or schedule. | |
| There must be something wrong with the hall clock. It is always fast. | |
| 12. adj. (of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average. | |
| 13. adv. In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound. | |
| Hold this rope as fast as you can. | |
| 14. adv. (of sleeping) Deeply or soundly. | |
| He is fast asleep. | |
| 15. adv. Immediately following in place or time; close, very near. | |
| The horsemen came fast on our heels. | |
| 16. adv. Quickly, with great speed; within a short time. | |
| Do it as fast as you can. | |
| 17. adv. Ahead of the correct time or schedule. | |
| I think my watch is running fast. | |
| 18. n. (UK, rail transport) A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations | |
| 19. interj. (archery) Short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target | |
| 20. v. (intransitive) To restrict one’s personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things, in various manners (totally, temporally, by avoiding particular items), often for religious or med | |
| Muslims fast during Ramadan and Catholics during Lent. | |
| 21. n. The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food. | |
| 22. n. The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food. | |
| Lent and Ramadan are fasts of two religions. | |
