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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).
Is
     1. n. plural of I
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
           He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
           Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
     3. n. plural of i
           remember to dot your is
     be
          1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
          2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
                There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
          3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
                The cup is on the table.
          4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
                When will the meeting be?
          5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
                The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
                I have been to Spain many times.
                Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
          6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
                Knowledge is bliss.
                Hi, I’m Jim.
          7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
                3 times 5 is fifteen.
          8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
                François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
          9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
                The sky is blue.
          10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
                The sky is a deep blue today.
          11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
                The dog was drowned by the boy.
          12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
                The woman is walking.
                I shall be writing to you soon.
                We liked to chat while we were eating.
          13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
          14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
                I am to leave tomorrow.
                I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
          15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
                This building is three hundred years old.
                I am 75 kilograms.
                He’s about 6 feet tall.
          16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
                I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
          17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
                It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
                It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
                What time is it there? It’s night.
          18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
                It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
                It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
          19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
                It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
                Why is it so dark in here?
          20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
                "What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
                Why is he being nice to me?
very
     1. adj. True, real, actual.
           The fierce hatred of a very woman.  The very blood and bone of our grammar.  He tried his very best.
     2. adj. The same; identical.
           He proposed marriage in the same restaurant, at the very table where they first met.  That's the very tool that I need.
     3. adj. With limiting effect: mere.
     4. adv. To a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
           You’re drinking very slowly.
           That dress is very you.
     5. adv. True, truly.
     6. adv. (with superlatives) (ngd, Used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect.)
           He was the very best runner there.
particular
     1. adj. (also non-comparable)
     2. adj. (obsolete) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
     3. adj. Specific; discrete; concrete.
           I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.
           We knew it was named after John Smith, but nobody knows which particular John Smith.
     4. adj. Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
           I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.
     5. adj. (obsolete) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
     6. adj. Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
           My five favorite places are, in no particular order, New York, Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and London.
           I didn't have any particular interest in the book.
           He brought no particular news.
           She was the particular belle of the party.
     7. adj. (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious.
           He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back.
           Women are more particular about their appearance.
     8. adj. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
           a full and particular account of an accident
     9. adj. (legal) Containing a part only; limited.
           a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder
     10. adj. (legal) Holding a particular estate.
           a particular tenant
     11. adj. (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
           a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise".
     12. n. A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
     13. n. (obsolete) A person's own individual case.
     14. n. (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)
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
His
     1. pron. honoraltcaps, his
     2. det. Belonging to him.
     3. det. (dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
     4. det. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
     5. det. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.
           Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark.
           Sejanus his Fall
     6. pron. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
           The decision was his to live with.
     7. pron. alternative spelling of His
     8. n. plural of hi
food
     1. n. Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
           The innkeeper brought them food and drink.
     2. n. A foodstuff.
     3. n. (figuratively) Anything that nourishes or sustains.
           The man's inspiring speech gave us food for thought.
           Mozart and Bach are food for my soul.
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.
if
     1. conj. Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition or choice.
           If it rains, I shall get wet.
     2. conj. (computing) In the event that a statement is true (a programming statement that acts in a similar manner).
           If A, then B, else C.
     3. conj. Supposing that; used with past or past perfect subjunctive indicating that the condition is closed.
           I would prefer it if you took your shoes off.
           I would be unhappy if you had not talked with me yesterday.
           If I were you, I wouldn't go there alone.
     4. conj. Supposing that; given that; supposing it is the case that.
           If that's true, we had better get moving!
     5. conj. Although; used to introduce a concession.
           He was a great friend, if a little stingy at the bar.
     6. conj. (sometimes proscribed) Whether; used to introduce a noun clause, an indirect question, that functions as the direct object of certain verbs.
           I don't know if I want to go or not.
     7. conj. (usually hyperbolic) Even if; even in the circumstances that.
     8. conj. Introducing a relevance conditional.
           I have leftover cake if you want some.
     9. n. (informal) An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc.
it
     1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals.
           Put it over there.
           Take each day as it comes.
           I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today.
     2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender.
           She took the baby and held it in her arms.
     3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
           It's me. John.
           Is it her?
     4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)
           It is nearly 10 o’clock.
           It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five.
           It’s very cold today.
           It’s lonely without you.
     5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms.
           stick it out
           live it up
           rough it
     6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i
           It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see)
           I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
           It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing)
           He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
           It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if)
     7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more.
           Are there more students in this class, or is this it?
           That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
     8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.
     9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what.
     10. det. (obsolete) its
     11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
     12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
           In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…
     13. n. (British) The game of tag.
           Let's play it at breaktime.
     14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.
     15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity.
           caught them doing it
     16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable.
isn't
     1. v. contraction of is not (negative auxiliaryArnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, , Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513)
     2. n. (colloquial, nonstandard) Something or someone that is defined by the lack of the characteristic being discussed.
     is
          1. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
                He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
                Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
          2. n. plural of i
                remember to dot your is
     be
          1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
          2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
                There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
          3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
                The cup is on the table.
          4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
                When will the meeting be?
          5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
                The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
                I have been to Spain many times.
                Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
          6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
                Knowledge is bliss.
                Hi, I’m Jim.
          7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
                3 times 5 is fifteen.
          8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
                François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
          9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
                The sky is blue.
          10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
                The sky is a deep blue today.
          11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
                The dog was drowned by the boy.
          12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
                The woman is walking.
                I shall be writing to you soon.
                We liked to chat while we were eating.
          13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
          14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
                I am to leave tomorrow.
                I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
          15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
                This building is three hundred years old.
                I am 75 kilograms.
                He’s about 6 feet tall.
          16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
                I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
          17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
                It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
                It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
                What time is it there? It’s night.
          18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
                It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
                It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
          19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
                It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
                Why is it so dark in here?
          20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
                "What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
                Why is he being nice to me?
     not
          1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
                Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
                Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
          2. adv. To no degree.
                That is not red; it's orange.
          3. conj. And not.
                I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
                He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
          4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
                I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!
                Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not!
          5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function.
                You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip.
          6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not.
cooked
     1. adj. Of food, that has been prepared by cooking.
     2. adj. (computing, slang) Corrupted by conversion through a text format, requiring uncooking to be properly listenable.
     3. adj. (of accounting records, intelligence) Partially or wholly fabricated, falsified.
     4. v. simple past tense and past participle of cook
     cook
          1. n. (cooking) A person who prepares food for a living.
          2. n. (cooking) The head cook of a manor house
          3. n. (slang) One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
                Police found two meth cooks working in the illicit lab.
          4. n. (slang) A session of manufacturing certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
          5. n. A fish, the European striped wrasse,.
          6. v. To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
                I'm cooking bangers and mash.
          7. v. (intransitive) To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
                He's in the kitchen, cooking.
          8. v. (intransitive) To be being cooked.
                The dinner is cooking on the stove.
          9. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To be uncomfortably hot.
                Look at that poor dog shut up in that car on a day like today - it must be cooking in there.
          10. v. (slang) To execute by electric chair.
          11. v. (transitive, slang) To hold onto (a grenade) briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
                I always cook my frags, in case they try to grab one and throw it back.
          12. v. To concoct or prepare.
          13. v. To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
          14. v. (intransitive, jazz, slang) To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.)
                Watch this band: they cook!
                Crank up the Coltrane and start cooking!
          15. v. (intransitive, idiomatic, music, slang) To play music vigorously.
                On the Wagner piece, the orchestra was cooking!
          16. v. (obsolete, rare, intransitive) To make the noise of the cuckoo.
          17. v. (dialect) To throw.
to
     1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
           I want to leave.
           He asked me what to do.
           I don’t know how to say it.
           I have places to go and people to see.
     2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
           "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
           If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
     3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
           I have to do laundry today.
     4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
           We are walking to the shop.
     5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
           He devoted himself to education.
           They drank to his health.
     6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
           His face was beaten to a pulp.
     7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
           similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
     8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
           With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   t
     9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
           one to one = 1:1
           ten to one = 10:1.
           I have ten dollars to your four.
     10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
           Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
           Three to the power of two is nine.
           Three to the second is nine.
     11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
           I gave the book to him.
     12. prep. (time) Preceding.
           ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
     13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
           Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
           There's a lot of sense to what he says.
     14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
           Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
     15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
           Please push the door to.
     16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
     17. adv. misspelling of too
perfection
     1. n. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence
           We seek complete perfection.
           The system runs to perfection.
           to imitate a model to perfection
     2. n. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.
     3. v. (obsolete, transitive) To perfect.
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).
Will
     1. n. (American football) A weak-side linebacker.
     2. v. (rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
           Do what you will.
     3. v. (rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
     4. v. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
     5. v. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
     6. v. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
     7. v. (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
           Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
     8. n. One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
           Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.
     9. n. One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
           Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.
     10. n. The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
           Most creatures have a will to live.
     11. n. (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
     12. n. (archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.
     13. n. (archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
           He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
     14. v. (archaic) To wish, desire.
     15. v. (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
     16. v. To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
           All the fans were willing their team to win the game.
     17. v. To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
           He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.
send
     1. v. To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.
           Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.
           to send a message, or a letter
     2. v. (slang) To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
     3. v. To bring to a certain condition.
     4. v. (intransitive) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
           Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once.
     5. v. To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
     6. v. (nautical) To pitch.
     7. n. (telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
     8. n. (nautical) alternative form of scend
it
     1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals.
           Put it over there.
           Take each day as it comes.
           I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today.
     2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender.
           She took the baby and held it in her arms.
     3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
           It's me. John.
           Is it her?
     4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)
           It is nearly 10 o’clock.
           It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five.
           It’s very cold today.
           It’s lonely without you.
     5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms.
           stick it out
           live it up
           rough it
     6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i
           It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see)
           I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
           It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing)
           He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
           It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if)
     7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more.
           Are there more students in this class, or is this it?
           That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
     8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.
     9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what.
     10. det. (obsolete) its
     11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
     12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
           In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…
     13. n. (British) The game of tag.
           Let's play it at breaktime.
     14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.
     15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity.
           caught them doing it
     16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable.
back
     1. adj. (not comparable) Near the rear.
           Go in the back door of the house.
     2. adj. (not comparable) Not current.
           I’d like to find a back issue of that magazine.
     3. adj. (not comparable) Far from the main area.
           They took a back road.
     4. adj. (not comparable) In arrear; overdue.
           They still owe three months' back rent.
     5. adj. (not comparable) Moving or operating backward.
           back action
     6. adj. (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
           The vowel of smallcaps - lot has a back vowel in most dialects of England.
     7. adv. (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
           He gave back the money.   He needs his money back.   He was on vacation, but now he’s back.   The office fell into chaos when you left, but now order is back.
     8. adv. Away from the front or from an edge.
           Sit all the way back in your chair.
           Step back from the curb.
     9. adv. In a manner that impedes.
           Fear held him back.
     10. adv. In a reciprocal manner.
           If you hurt me, I'll hurt you back.
     11. adv. Earlier, ago.
           many years back
     12. n. The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
           Could you please scratch my back?
     13. n.          The spine and associated tissues.
                   I hurt my back lifting those crates.
     14. n.          (slang) Large and attractive buttocks.
     15. n.          (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
                   I still need to finish the back of your dress.
     16. n.          The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
                   Can you fix the back of this chair?
     17. n.          (obsolete) That part of the body that bears clothing. (Now used only in the phrase clothes on one's back.)
     18. n. That which is farthest away from the front.
           He sat in the back of the room.
     19. n.          The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
                   Turn the book over and look at the back.
     20. n.         # The edge of a book which is bound.
              #     The titles are printed on the backs of the books.
     21. n.         # (printing) The inside margin of a page.
     22. n.         # The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
              #     Tap it with the back of your knife.
     23. n.          The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
                   I hung the clothes on the back of the door.
     24. n.          Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
                   We'll meet out in the back of the library.
     25. n.          The part of something that goes last.
                   The car was near the back of the train.
     26. n.          (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
                   The backs were lined up in an I formation.
     27. n. (figuratively) Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
           The small boat raced over the backs of the waves.
     28. n. A support or resource in reserve.
     29. n. (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
           The ship's back broke in the pounding surf.
     30. n. (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
     31. n. (slang) Effort, usually physical.
           Put some back into it!
     32. n. A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
           Could I get a martini with a water back?
     33. n. Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
     34. v. (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
           the train backed into the station;  the horse refuses to back
     35. v. To support.
           I back you all the way;  which horse are you backing in this race?
     36. v. (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
     37. v. (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
     38. v. (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
     39. v. (of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
     40. v. To push or force backwards.
           to back oxen
           The mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet.
     41. v. (transitive, obsolete) To get upon the back of; to mount.
     42. v. (transitive, obsolete) To place or seat upon the back.
     43. v. To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
           to back books
     44. v. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
     45. v. To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
           to back a letter;  to back a note or legal document
     46. v. (legal, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
     47. v. To row backward with (oars).
           to back the oars
     48. n. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
     49. n. A ferryboat.
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