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how
1. adv. To what degree.
How often do you practice?
2. adv. In what manner.
How do you solve this puzzle? How else can we get this finished?
3. adj. In what state.
How are you?
How was your vacation?
4. adj. Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation.
How very interesting! How wonderful it was to receive your invitation.
5. n. The means by which something is accomplished.
I am not interested in the why, but in the how.
6. conj. In which way; in such way.
I remember how to solve this puzzle.
7. conj. That, the fact that, the way that.
8. n. (dialectal) An artificial barrow or tumulus.
9. n. (dialectal) A small hill in northern England. (Usage preserved mainly in place names.)
10. interj. A greeting, used in representations of Native American speech.
many
1. det. An indefinite large number of.
many people enjoy playing chess; there are many different ways to cook a meal
2. pron. A collective mass of people.
Democracy must balance the rights of the few against the will of the many
A great many do not understand this.
3. pron. An indefinite large number of people or things.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
4. n. A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd.
5. n. A considerable number.
fingers
1. n. plural of finger
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of finger
finger
1. n. (anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
Humans have two hands and ten fingers. Each hand has one thumb and four fingers.
2. n. (zoology) Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly:
3. n. The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.
4. n. One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.
5. n. One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robin, pl=s (Triglidae).
6. n. Something similar in shape to the human finger, particularly:
7. n. (cuisine) Finger-shaped pieces of food.
chocolate fingers; fish fingers; cheese fingers
8. n. (chemistry) A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.
9. n. (UK regional, botany, usually in plural, obsolete) (altname, foxglove) (D. purpurea).
10. n. Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body, particularly:
a finger of land; a finger of smoke
11. n. (botany) Various protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand.
12. n. (anatomy, obsolete) A lobe of the liver.
13. n. (historical) The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade.
14. n. The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting.
15. n. (nautical) (clipping of finger pier): a shorter, narrower pier projecting from a larger dock.
16. n. (aviation) (altname, jet bridge): the narrow elevated walkway connecting a plane to an airport.
17. n. Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
18. n. (obsolete) (altname, hand), the part of a clock pointing to the hour, minute, or second.
19. n. (US, obsolete slang) A policeman or prison guard.
20. n. (US, rare slang) An informer to the police, (especially) one who identifies a criminal during a lineup.
21. n. (US, rare slang) A criminal who scouts for prospective victims and targets or who performs reconnaissance before a crime.
22. n. (units of measure) Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly
23. n. (historical) (altname, digit): former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, (especially) the English digit of frac
24. n. (historical) A unit of length notionally based on the length of an adult human's middle finger, standardized as 4½(nbsp)inches (11.43nbspcm).
25. n. (historical) (altname, digit): frac, 1, 12 the observed diameter of the sun or moon, (especially) with regard to eclipses.
26. n. (originally US) An informal measure of alcohol based on its height in a given glass compared to the width of the pourer's fingers while holding it.
Gimme three fingers of bourbon.
27. n. (fashion) A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.
28. n. (informal, obsolete) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.
29. n. (informal, rare) Someone skilled in the use of their fingers, (especially) a pickpocket.
30. n. (UK slang) A person.
31. n. A chicken finger.
32. n. (especially in the phrase 'give someone the finger') An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.
33. v. To identify or point out. Also put the finger on. To report to or identify for the authorities, rat on, rat out, squeal on, tattle on, turn in, to finger.
34. v. To poke or probe with a finger or fingers.
35. v. To use the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus; to fingerbang
36. v. (transitive, music) To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.
37. v. (transitive, music) To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.
38. v. (transitive, computing) To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol.
39. v. (obsolete) To steal; to purloin.
40. v. (transitive, obsolete) To execute, as any delicate work.
do
1. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker
2. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
Do you go there often?
3. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
I do not go there often.
Do not listen to him.
4. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
But I do go sometimes.
Do tell us.
It is important that he do come see me.
5. v. (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; not generally used with auxiliari
I play tennis; she does too.
# They don't think it be like it is, but it do.
6. v. To perform; to execute.
All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?
7. v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
8. v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do; this will do me, thanks.
9. v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.
10. v. To have (as an effect).
The fresh air did him some good.
11. v. (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
Our relationship isn't doing very well; how do you do?
12. v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
What does Bob do? — He's a plumber.
13. v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something)
"Don't forget to do your report" means something quite different depending on whether you're a student or a programmer.
14. v. To cook.
I'll just do some eggs.
15. v. To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
Let’s do New York also.
16. v. To treat in a certain way.
17. v. To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
19. v. (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
I did five years for armed robbery.
20. v. To impersonate or depict.
They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer.
21. v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
22. v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
23. v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
He got done for speeding.
Teacher'll do you for that!
24. v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
25. v. To cheat or swindle.
That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!
26. v. To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
the novel has just been done into English; I'm going to do this play into a movie
27. v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
Aren't you done yet?
28. v. (dated) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
29. v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
30. v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
31. v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
Do they do haircuts there?
Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?
32. v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
33. v. To take drugs.
I do cocaine.
34. v. (transitive, in the form be doing somewhere) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
What's that car doing in our swimming pool? -
35. n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
36. n. (informal) A hairdo.
Nice do!
37. n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
38. n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
39. n. (archaic) Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.
40. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
41. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.
42. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
43. adv. (rare) (abbreviation of ditto)
you
1. pron. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
2. pron. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
3. pron. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
4. pron. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
Both of you should get ready now.
You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
5. pron. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
6. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
7. det. The individual or group spoken or written to.
Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
8. det. Used before epithets for emphasis.
You idiot!
9. v. To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal.
see
1. v. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
2. v. To witness or observe by personal experience.
Now I've seen it all!
I have been blind since birth and I love to read Braille. When the books arrive in from the library, I can’t wait to see what stories they have s
I saw military service in Vietnam.
3. v. To form a mental picture of.
4. v. (figuratively) To understand.
Do you see what I mean?
5. v. To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.
They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see.
6. v. (social) To meet, to visit.
7. v. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.
to go to see a friend
8. v. To date frequently.
I've been seeing her for two months
9. v. To be the setting or time of.
The 20th century saw humanity's first space exploration.
10. v. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
I'll see you hang for this! I saw that they didn't make any more trouble.
11. v. (gambling) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.
12. v. (sometimes mystical) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
The oracle saw the destruction of the city.
13. v. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer.
14. v. (used in the imperative) (Used to emphasise a proposition.)
You see, Johnny, your Dad isn't your real dad.
15. v. (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
Step 4: In the system, check out the laptop to the student (see: "Logging Resources" in the Tutor Manual).
This article is about the insect. For the English rock band, see.
For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C.
16. interj. Directing the audience to pay attention to the following
See here, fellas, there's no need for all this rucus!
17. interj. Introducing an explanation
See, in order to win the full prize we would have to come up with a scheme to land a rover on the Moon.
18. n. A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
19. n. The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric
20. n. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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