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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.
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary