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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).
keeps
     1. n. plural of keep
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of keep
     keep
          1. v. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
                to keep silence;  to keep one's word;  to keep possession
          2. v. (heading, transitive) To hold the status of something.
          3. v.          To maintain possession of.
                        I keep a small stock of painkillers for emergencies.
          4. v.          To maintain the condition of.
                        I keep my specimens under glass to protect them.
                        The abundance of squirrels kept the dogs running for hours.
          5. v.          To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
                        I used to keep a diary.
          6. v.          To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
          7. v.          (archaic) To remain in, to be confined to.
          8. v.          To restrain.
                        I keep my brother out of trouble by keeping him away from his friends and hard at work.
          9. v.          (with from) To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
                        May the Lord keep you from harm.
          10. v.          To supply with necessities and financially support a person.
                        He kept a mistress for over ten years.
          11. v.          (of living things) To raise; to care for.
                        He has been keeping orchids since retiring.
          12. v.          To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
          13. v.          To have habitually in stock for sale.
          14. v. (heading, intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
          15. v.          (obsolete) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
                        She kept to her bed while the fever lasted.
          16. v.          To continue.
                        I keep taking the tablets, but to no avail.
          17. v.          To remain edible or otherwise usable.
                        Potatoes can keep if they are in a root cellar.
                        Latex paint won't keep indefinitely.
          18. v.          (copulative) To remain in a state.
                        The rabbit avoided detection by keeping still.
                        Keep calm! There's no need to panic.
          19. v. (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
          20. v. (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
                Godfrey Evans kept for England for many years.
          21. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
          22. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
                School keeps today.
          23. v. To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
          24. v. (transitive, dated) To confine oneself to; not to quit; to remain in.
                to keep one's house, room, bed, etc.
          25. v. (transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
          26. n. (obsolete) Care, notice
          27. n. (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
          28. n. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
                He works as a cobbler's apprentice for his keep.
          29. n. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
          30. n. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
                to be in good keep
          31. n. (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
          32. n. (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
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
mind
     1. n. The ability for rational thought.
           Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever.
     2. n. The ability to be aware of things.
           There was no doubt in his mind that they would win.
     3. n. The ability to remember things.
           My mind just went blank.
     4. n. The ability to focus the thoughts.
           I can’t keep my mind on what I’m doing.
     5. n. Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
           He was one of history’s greatest minds.
     6. n. Judgment, opinion, or view.
           He changed his mind after hearing the speech.
     7. n. Desire, inclination, or intention.
           She had a mind to go to Paris.
           I have half a mind to do it myself.
     8. n. A healthy mental state.
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           You are losing your mind.
     9. n. (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
           The mind is a process of the brain.
     10. n. Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
           a month's or monthly mind; a year's mind
     11. v. (now regional) To remember.
     12. v. (now rare except in phrases) To attend to, concern oneself with, heed, be mindful of.
           You should mind your own business.
     13. v. (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
           I wouldn't mind an ice cream right now.
     14. v. To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
           Would you mind my bag for me?
     15. v. (chiefly in the imperative) To make sure, to take care (that).
           Mind you don't knock that glass over.
     16. v. To be careful about.
     17. v. (United Kingdom, Ireland) Take note; (used to point out an exception or caveat.)
           I'm not very healthy—I do eat fruit sometimes, mind.
     18. v. (obsolete) To have in mind; to intend.
     19. v. (obsolete) To put in mind; to remind.
in
     1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
     2. prep.          Contained by.
                   The dog is in the kennel.
     3. prep.          Within.
     4. prep.          Surrounded by.
                   We are in the enemy camp.   Her plane is in the air.
     5. prep.          Part of; a member of.
                   One in a million.   She's in band and orchestra.
     6. prep.          Pertaining to; with regard to.
                   What grade did he get in English?
                   Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
     7. prep.          At the end of a period of time.
                   They said they would call us in a week.
     8. prep.          Within a certain elapsed time
                   Are you able to finish this in three hours?   The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
     9. prep.          During (said of periods of time).
                   in the first week of December;  Easter falls in the fourth lunar month;   The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
     10. prep.          (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
                   English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
     11. prep. Into.
           Less water gets in your boots this way.
     12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
           In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
     13. prep.          Indicating an order or arrangement.
                   My fat rolls around in folds.
     14. prep.          Denoting a state of the subject.
                   He stalked away in anger.   John is in a coma.
     15. prep.          Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
                   You've got a friend in me.   He's met his match in her.
     16. prep.          Wearing (an item of clothing).
                    I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
     17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
     18. prep.          (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
                   Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
                   The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
                    Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
     19. prep.          Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
                   Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
                   His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
                   When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
     20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
     21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
     22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
           Is Mr. Smith in?
     23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
           Suddenly a strange man walked in.
     24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
           He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
     25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
           What's that in?
     26. adv. After the beginning of something.
     27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
           His parents got him an in with the company
     28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
     29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
     30. adj. In fashion; popular.
           Skirts are in this year.
     31. adj. Incoming.
           the in train
     32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
     33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
           in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
     34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
     35. n. Inch.
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.
continual
     1. adj. Recurring in steady, rapid succession.
     2. adj. (proscribed) Seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end or interruption.
     3. adj. (proscribed) Forming a continuous series.
fret
     1. v. (transitive, obsolete, or poetic) Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.
     2. v. To chafe or irritate; to worry.
     3. v. To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.
           to fret the surface of water
     4. v. In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.
     5. v. To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
     6. v. To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
     7. v. (intransitive) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
           A wristband frets on the edges.
     8. v. (intransitive) To be anxious, to worry.
     9. v. (intransitive) To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
           Rancour frets in the malignant breast.
     10. v. (intransitive, brewing, oenology) To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
     11. n. Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
     12. n. Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.
           He keeps his mind in a continual fret.
     13. n. Herpes; tetter, , any of various pustular skin conditions.
     14. n. (mining, in the plural) The worn sides of riverbanks, where ores or stones containing them accumulate after being washed down from higher ground, which thus indicate to miners the locality of veins of
     15. n. An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief.
     16. n. (heraldic charge) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
     17. v. To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or (architecture) with carving or relief (raised) work.
     18. v. To form a pattern on; to variegate.
     19. v. To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.
     20. n. (obsolete, or dialectal) A ferrule, a ring.
     21. n. (music) One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.
     22. v. To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring.
     23. v. (transitive, music) Musical senses.
     24. v.          To fit fret, frets on to (a musical instrument).
                   to fret a guitar
     25. v.          To press down the string behind a fret.
     26. n. A channel, a strait; a fretum.
     27. n. (rare) A channel or passage created by the sea.
     28. n. (Northumbria) A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the sea.
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