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her
     1. det. Belonging to her.
           This is her book
     2. pron. The form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc.
           Give it to her (after preposition)
           He wrote her a letter (indirect object)
           He treated her for a cold (direct object)
     3. n. (informal) A female person or animal.
           I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.
hair
     1. n. A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
     2. n. The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
           In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.
     3. n. (zoology) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mo
     4. n. (botany) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
           Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
     5. n. (obsolete) Haircloth; a hair shirt.
     6. n. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
           Just a little louder please—turn that knob a hair to the right.
was
     1. v. first-person singular past of be.
     2. v. third-person singular past of be.
     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?
tangled
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of tangle
     tangle
          1. v. (intransitive) to become mixed together or intertwined
                Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind.
          2. v. (intransitive) to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
                Don't tangle with someone three times your size.
                He tangled with the law.
          3. v. to mix together or intertwine
          4. v. to catch and hold; to ensnare.
          5. n. A tangled twisted mass.
          6. n. A complicated or confused state or condition.
                I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere.
          7. n. An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
          8. n. (mathematics) A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
          9. n. A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
          10. n. Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
          11. n. (in the plural) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and ot
from
     1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
           This wine comes from France.
           I got a letter from my brother.
     2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
           He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
           He left yesterday from Chicago.
           Face away from the wall!
     3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
           20 from 31 leaves 11.
     4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
           An umbrella protects from the sun.
           He knows right from wrong.
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.
day
     1. n. Any period of 24 hours.
           I've been here for two days and a bit.
     2. n. A period from midnight to the following midnight.
           The day begins at midnight.
     3. n. (astronomy) Rotational period of a planet (especially Earth).
           A day on Mars is slightly over 24 hours.
     4. n. The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
           I worked two days last week.
     5. n. Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight; daytime.
           day and night;  I work at night and sleep during the day.
     6. n. A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.
           Every dog has its day.
     7. n. A period of contention of a day or less.
           The day belonged to the Allies.
     8. n. (meteorology) A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise.
           Your 8am forecast: The high for the day will be 30 and the low, before dawn, will be 10.
     9. v. (rare, intransitive) To spend a day (in a place).
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.
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.
wind
     1. n. Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
           The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.
           As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.
           The winds in Chicago are fierce.
           There was a sudden gust of wind.
     2. n. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
           the wind of a cannon ball;  the wind of a bellows
     3. n. The ability to breathe easily.
           After the second lap he was already out of wind.
           The fall knocked the wind out of him.
     4. n. News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.)
           Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend.
     5. n. (India, and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
     6. n. (colloquial) Flatus.
           Eww. Someone just passed wind.
     7. n. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
     8. n. (music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
     9. n. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the "four winds".
     10. n. Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
     11. n. A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
     12. n. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
     13. n. A bird, the dotterel.
     14. n. (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
     15. v. To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
     16. v. To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen.
           The boxer was winded during round two.
     17. v. (reflexive) To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath.
           I can’t run another step — I’m winded.
     18. v. (British) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
     19. v. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
     20. v. To perceive or follow by scent.
           The hounds winded the game.
     21. v. To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
     22. v. To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
           to wind thread on a spool or into a ball
     23. v. To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
           Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.
     24. v. To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
     25. v. To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight.
           Vines wind round a pole.  The river winds through the plain.
     26. v. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
     27. v. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
     28. v. To cover or surround with something coiled about.
           to wind a rope with twine
     29. v. To make a winding motion.
     30. n. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
     31. n. topics, en, Atmospheric phenomena
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