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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)
     6. pron. nonstandard spelling of I
cannot
     1. v. Can not (am/is/are unable to).
           I cannot open the window. It is stuck.
     2. v. Am/are/is forbidden or not permitted to
           You cannot enter the hall without a ticket.
     3. n. Something that cannot be done.
           the cans and cannots
     can
          1. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
                She can speak English, French, and German.   I can play football.   Can you remember your fifth birthday?
          2. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
                You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework.   Can I use your pen?
          3. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.
                Can it be Friday already?
                Teenagers can really try their parents' patience.
                Animals can experience emotions.
          4. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
                Can you hear that?.
                I can feel the baby moving inside me.
          5. v. (obsolete, transitive) To know.
          6. n. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.
          7. n. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
          8. n. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
          9. n. (archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory.
                Shit or get off the can.
                Bob's in the can. You can wait a few minutes or just leave it with me.
          10. n. (US, slang) Buttocks.
          11. n. (slang) Jail or prison.
                Bob's in the can. He won't be back for a few years.
          12. n. (slang) Headphones.
          13. n. (archaic) A drinking cup.
          14. n. (nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
          15. n. A chimney pot.
          16. v. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar.
                They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.
          17. v. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
                He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.
          18. v. To shut up.
                Can your gob.
          19. v. (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee.
                The boss canned him for speaking out.
     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.
digest
     1. v. To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.
           to digest laws
     2. v. To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blo
     3. v. To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.
     4. v. To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.
     5. v. (transitive, chemistry) To expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations.
     6. v. (intransitive) To undergo digestion.
           I just ate an omelette and I'm waiting for it to digest.
     7. v. (medicine, obsolete, intransitive) To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.
     8. v. (medicine, obsolete, transitive) To cause to suppurate, or generate pus, as an ulcer or wound.
     9. v. (obsolete, transitive) To ripen; to mature.
     10. v. (obsolete, transitive) To quieten or reduce (a negative feeling, such as anger or grief)
     11. n. That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles
     12. n. A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged; a summary of laws.
           Comyn's Digest
           the United States Digest
     13. n. Any collection of articles, as an Internet mailing list "digest" including a week's postings, or a magazine arranging a collection of writings.
           Reader's Digest is published monthly.
           The weekly email digest contains all the messages exchanged during the past week.
     14. n. (cryptography) The result of applying a hash function to a message.
food
     1. n. Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
           The innkeeper brought them food and drink.
     2. n. A foodstuff.
     3. n. (figuratively) Anything that nourishes or sustains.
           The man's inspiring speech gave us food for thought.
           Mozart and Bach are food for my soul.
like
     1. v. (transitive, archaic) To please.
     2. v. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
           I like hamburgers
           I like skiing in winter
           I like the Seattle Mariners this season
     3. v. (obsolete) To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.
     4. v. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
           I like to go to the dentist every six months
           She likes to keep herself physically fit
           we like to keep one around the office just in case
     5. v. (obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
     6. v. (archaic) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.
           He liked to have been too late.
     7. v. To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
           I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.
     8. v. (obsolete) To liken; to compare.
     9. v. (Internet, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
           I liked my friend's last status on Facebook.
           I can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition.
     10. n. (usually plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
           Tell me your likes and dislikes.
     11. n. (internet) An individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet.
     12. adj. Similar.
           My partner and I have like minds.
     13. adj. (obsolete) Likely; probable.
     14. adv. (informal) For example, such as: to introduce an example or list of examples.
           There are lots of birds, like ducks and gulls, in this park.
     15. adv. (archaic, colloquial) Likely.
     16. adv. (obsolete) In a like or similar manner.
     17. n. (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
           There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like.
           It was something the likes of which I had never seen before.
     18. n. (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
           to play the like
     19. conj. (colloquial) As, the way.
     20. conj. As if; as though.
           It looks like you've finished the project.
           It seemed like you didn't care.
     21. prep. Similar to, reminiscent of.
           These hamburgers taste like leather.
     22. part. (colloquial, Scotland, Geordie, Teesside, Scouse) A delayed filler.
           He was so angry, like.
     23. part. (colloquial) A mild intensifier.
           She was, like, sooooo happy.
     24. part. (colloquial) indicating approximation or uncertainty
           There were, like, twenty of them.
           And then he, like, got all angry and left the room.
     25. part. (colloquial, slang) When preceded by any form of the verb to be, used to mean “to say” or “to think”; used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase.
           I was like, “Why did you do that?” and he's like, “I don't know.”
     26. interj. (Liverpool, Geordie) Used to place emphasis upon a statement.
           divint ye knaa, like?
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.
normal
     1. adj. according to norms or rules
           Organize the data into third normal form.
     2. adj. healthy; not sick or ill
           John is feeling normal again.
     3. adj. (education, of a school) teaching teachers how to teach (to certain norms)
           My grandmother attended Mankato State Normal School.
     4. adj. (chemistry) of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution
     5. adj. (organic chemistry) describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon
     6. adj. (physics, of a mode in an oscillating system) in which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency (see normal mode)
     7. adj. (rail transport, of points) in the default position, set for the most frequently used route
     8. adj. (geometry) perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or derivative of a surface
     9. adj. (mathematics) adhering to or being what is considered natural or regular in a particular field or context:
     10. adj.          (of a real number) whose digits, in any base representation, enjoy a uniform distribution
     11. adj.          (algebra, of a subgroup) with cosets which form a group
     12. adj.          (algebra, of a field extension of a field K) which is the splitting field of a family of polynomials in K
     13. adj.          (probability theory, statistics, of a distribution) which has a very specific bell curve shape; that is or has the qualities of a normal distribution
     14. adj.          (probability theory, statistics, of a random variable, etc.) which has a normal distribution; which is associated with random variable that has a norma
     15. adj.          (complex analysis, of a family of continuous functions) which is pre-compact
     16. adj.          (set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topol
     17. adj.          (linear algebra, of a matrix) which commutes with its conjugate transpose
     18. adj.          (functional analysis, of a Hilbert space operator) which commutes with its adjoint
     19. adj.          (category theory) being (as a morphism) or containing (as a category) only normal epimorphism(s) or monomorphism(s), that is, those which are the kerne
     20. adj.          (topology, of a topology) in which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods
     21. n. (geometry) a line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
     22. n. (slang) a person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
     23. n. the usual state.
           His workload is now back to normal.
           Heavy workload is the new normal.
person
     1. n. An individual; usually a human being.
           Each person is unique, both mentally and physically.
     2. n.          A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represent
     3. n.          (Christianity) Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.
     4. n.          (chiefly in science fiction) Any sentient or socially intelligent being.
     5. n.          (in a compound noun or noun phrase) Someone who likes or has an affinity for (a specified thing).
                   Jack's always been a dog person, but I prefer cats.
     6. n. The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
     7. n. (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
           At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person.
     8. n. (law) The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.
     9. n. (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking. See grammatical person.
     10. n. (biology) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.
     11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
     12. v. (transitive, gender-neutral) To man.
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary