honey |
1. n. A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods. | |
2. n. A variety of this substance. | |
3. n. (figuratively) Something sweet or desirable. | |
4. n. A term of affection. | |
Honey, would you take out the trash? | |
Honey, I'm home. | |
5. n. (informal) A woman, especially an attractive one. | |
Man, there are some fine honeys here tonight! | |
6. n. A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey. | |
(color panel, FDD378) | |
7. adj. Involving or resembling honey. | |
8. adj. Of a pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like most types of honey. | |
9. v. To sweeten; to make agreeable. | |
10. v. (intransitive) To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments. | |
11. v. (intransitive) To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn. | |
I'm |
1. contraction. Contraction of I am. | |
I |
1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence. | |
(audio, Here I am, sir.ogg, Audio) | |
2. pron. (nonstandard, hypercorrection) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence. | |
3. n. (metaphysics) The ego. | |
4. n. (US, roadway) Interstate. | |
5. n. (grammar) (abbreviation of instrumental case) | |
am |
1. v. first-person singular present indicative of be | |
2. adv. alternative spelling of a.m. | |
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? | |
Home |
1. n. (computing) A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the first character of the current line, or on the Internet to the top of the web page. | |
2. n. A dwelling.: | |
3. n. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one | |
4. n. The place where a person was raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian. | |
5. n. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections. | |
6. n. A house that has been made home-like, to suit the comfort of those who live there. | |
It's what you bring into a house that makes it a home | |
7. n. A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum. | |
a home for outcasts | |
a home for the blind | |
a veterans' home | |
8. n. (by extension) The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul. | |
9. n. One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt. | |
10. n. The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat. | |
the home of the pine | |
11. n. A focus point.: | |
12. n. (board games) The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal. | |
The object of Sorry! is to get all four of your pawns to your home. | |
13. n. (baseball) Home plate. | |
14. n. (lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player. | |
15. n. (Internet) The landing page of a website; the site's homepage. | |
16. n. (lbl, en, computers) clipping of home directory | |
17. v. (always with "in on", transitive) To seek or aim for something. | |
The missile was able to home in on the target. | |
18. adj. Of or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts. | |
19. adj. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust. | |
20. adv. to home | |
21. adv. to one's place of residence or one's customary or official location | |
go home, come home, carry home | |
22. adv. to one's place of birth | |
23. adv. to the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length | |
to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home | |
24. adv. (internet) to the home page | |
Click here to go home. | |
25. adv. in one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home | |
Everyone's gone to watch the game; there's nobody home. | |
26. adv. close; closely; to the center; deep | |
27. adv. (soccer) into the goal | |
28. adv. (nautical) into the right, proper or stowed position | |
Sails sheeted home. | |