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. | |
quiet |
1. adj. With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise. | |
I can't hear the music; it is too quiet. | |
2. adj. Having little motion or activity; calm. | |
the sea was quiet | |
a quiet night at home | |
all quiet on the Western front | |
3. adj. Not busy, of low quantity. | |
The traffic was quiet for a Monday morning. | |
Business was quiet for the season. | |
4. adj. Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved. | |
He's a very quiet man usually, but is very chatty after a few beers. | |
5. adj. Not showy; undemonstrative. | |
a quiet dress | |
quiet colours | |
a quiet movement | |
6. adj. (software) Requiring little or no interaction. | |
a quiet install | |
7. v. To become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm. | |
When you quiet, we can start talking. | |
8. v. To cause someone to become quiet. | |
Can you quiet your child? He's making lots of noise. | |
The umpire quieted the crowd, so the game could continue in peace. | |
9. n. The absence of sound; quietness. | |
There was a strange quiet in the normally very lively plaza. | |
We need a bit of quiet before we can start the show. | |
10. n. the absence of movement; stillness, tranquility | |
11. interj. Be quiet. | |
Quiet! The children are sleeping. | |
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. | |
that |
1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement. | |
He told me that the book is a good read. | |
I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British. | |
2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that. | |
Be glad that you have enough to eat. | |
3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that. | |
4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect. | |
The noise was so loud that she woke up. | |
The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed. | |
5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that. | |
6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb. | |
Was John there? — Not that I saw. | |
How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw. | |
7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish. | |
8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise. | |
9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. | |
That book is a good read. This one isn't. | |
That battle was in 1450. | |
That cat of yours is evil. | |
10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t | |
He went home, and after that I never saw him again. | |
11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said). | |
They're getting divorced. What do you think about that? | |
12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement. | |
The water is so cold! — That it is. | |
13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition). | |
The CPR course that she took really came in handy. | |
The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated. | |
14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.) | |
the place that = where or to which I went last year | |
the last time that = when I went to Europe | |
15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree. | |
"The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...". | |
16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions). | |
I'm just not that sick. | |
I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult. | |
17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions). | |
Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her. | |
18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those. | |
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). | |
won't |
1. v. will not (negative auxiliaryArnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, , Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513); used to indicate a future non-occurring action. | |
Sam won't be doing any work this afternoon. | |
will |
1. v. (rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something). | |
Do what you will. | |
2. v. (rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that). | |
3. v. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action). | |
4. v. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive). | |
5. v. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall. | |
6. v. (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to. | |
Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand. | |
7. 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. | |
8. n. One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands. | |
Eventually I submitted to my parents' will. | |
9. n. The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition. | |
Most creatures have a will to live. | |
10. 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. | |
11. n. (archaic) That which is desired; one's wish. | |
12. n. (archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.) | |
He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. | |
13. v. (archaic) To wish, desire. | |
14. v. (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will. | |
15. v. To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention). | |
All the fans were willing their team to win the game. | |
16. v. To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document). | |
He willed his stamp collection to the local museum. | |
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. | |
disturb |
1. v. to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids. | |
The noisy ventilation disturbed me during the exam. | |
The performance was disturbed twice by a ringing mobile phone. | |
A school of fish disturbed the water. | |
2. v. to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing. | |
A mudslide disturbed the course of the river. | |
The trauma disturbed his mind. | |
3. v. (intransitive) to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion. | |
A disturbing film that tries to explore the mind of a serial killer. | |
His behaviour is very disturbing. | |
4. n. (obsolete) disturbance | |
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 | |
father |
1. n. A (generally human) male who begets a child. | |
My father was a strong influence on me. | |
My friend Tony just became a father. | |
2. n. , trans-album=The Borrowers | |
3. n. , , Father, dear fatherWill you be proud of me?I wish I could beJust like you. | |
4. n. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor. | |
5. n. A term of respectful address for an elderly man. | |
Come, father; you can sit here. | |
6. n. A term of respectful address for a priest. | |
7. n. A person who plays the role of a father in some way. | |
My brother was a father to me after my parents got divorced. | |
The child is father to the man. | |
8. n. The founder of a discipline or science. | |
Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics. | |
9. n. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. | |
10. n. A senator of Ancient Rome. | |
11. v. To be a father to; to sire. | |
12. v. (figuratively) To give rise to. | |
13. v. To act as a father; to support and nurture. | |
14. v. To provide with a father. | |
15. v. To adopt as one's own. | |