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I
1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
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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
have
Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast, third-person singular present tense hath, present participle haveing, and second-person singular past tense hadst.
1. v. To possess, own, hold.
I have a house and a car.
Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street!
2. v. To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
I have two sisters.
I have a lot of work to do.
3. v. To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
I have breakfast at six o'clock.
Can I have a look at that?
I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now.
4. v. To be scheduled to attend or participate in.
What class do you have right now? I have English.
Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day.
5. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) (Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.)
I have already eaten today.
I had already eaten.
6. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
I have to go.
7. v. To give birth to.
The couple always wanted to have children.
My wife is having the baby right now!
My mother had me when she was 25.
8. v. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
He's always bragging about how many women he's had.
9. v. To accept as a romantic partner.
Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.
10. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.
11. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
He had him arrested for trespassing.
The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears.
12. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.
I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.
13. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.
14. v. (Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below.))
We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we?
Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she?
(UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he?
15. v. (UK, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
I could have him!
I'm gonna have you!
16. v. (dated) To be able to speak a language.
I have no German.
17. v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.
18. v. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
He had a cold last week.
19. v. To experience, go through, undergo.
We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.
He had surgery on his hip yesterday.
I'm having the time of my life!
20. v. To trick, to deceive.
You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.
21. v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.
The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it.
I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night.
22. v. (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it.
23. v. To host someone; to take in as a guest.
Thank you for having me!
24. v. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
What do you have for problem two?
I have two contacts on my scope.
25. v. (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon.
26. n. A wealthy or privileged person.
27. n. (uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing.
28. n. (AU, NZ, informal) A fraud or deception; something misleading.
They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have.
spotted
1. adj. Discoloured by spots; stained.
2. adj. (no comparative or superlative) Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants).
the spotted hyena
3. v. simple past tense and past participle of spot
spot
1. n. A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur.
2. n. A stain or disfiguring mark.
I have tried everything, and I can’t get this spot out.
3. n. A pimple, papule or pustule.
That morning, I saw that a spot had come up on my chin.
I think she's got chicken pox; she's covered in spots.
4. n. A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
Would you like to come round on Sunday for a spot of lunch?
5. n. (slang) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
Here's the twenty bucks I owe you, a ten spot and two five spots.
6. n. A location or area.
I like to eat lunch in a pleasant spot outside.
For our anniversary we went back to the same spot where we first met.
7. n. A parking space.
8. n. (sports) An official determination of placement.
The fans were very unhappy with the referee's spot of the ball.
9. n. A bright lamp; a spotlight.
10. n. (US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
Did you see the spot on the news about the shoelace factory?
11. n. Difficult situation; predicament.
She was in a real spot when she ran into her separated husband while on a date.
12. n. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
13. n. (soccer) Penalty spot.
14. n. The act of spotting or noticing something.
- You've misspelled "terrapin" here.
- Whoops. Good spot.
15. n. A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
16. n. A food fish of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
17. n. The southern redfish, or (vern, red horse) , which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
18. n. (in the brokers' slang) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
19. n. An autosoliton.
20. n. (finance) A decimal point; point.
Twelve spot two five pounds sterling. (ie. £12.25)
21. v. To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
Try to spot the differences between these two pictures.
22. v. (finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
I’ll spot you ten dollars for lunch.
23. v. To stain; to leave a spot (on).
Hard water will spot if it is left on a surface.
a garment spotted with mould
24. v. To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
I spotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti.
25. v. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
I can’t do a back handspring unless somebody spots me.
26. v. (dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
Most figure skaters do not spot their turns like dancers do.
27. v. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
28. v. To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
29. v. To place an object at a location indicated by a spot. Notably in billiards or snooker.
The referee had to spot the pink on the blue spot.
30. adj. (commerce) Available on the spot; on hand for immediate payment or delivery.
spot wheat; spot cash
them
1. pron. Objective case of they: third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb.
Give it to them. (after preposition)
She wrote them a letter. (indirect object)
She treated them for a cold. (direct object)
2. pron. Objective case of they: third-person singular pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb.
If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them. (after preposition)
If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner. (indirect object)
If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them. (direct object)
3. det. (dialectal) Those.
Them kids need to grow up.
twice
1. adv. Two times.
2. adv. (usually with "as", of a specified quality) Doubled in quantity, intensity, or degree.
recently
1. adv. In the recent past
a recently published book
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
they
1. pron. (the third-person plural) A group of people, animals, plants or objects previously mentioned.
Fred and Jane? They just arrived. Dogs may bark if they want to be fed. Plants wilt if they are not watered.
I have a car and a truck, but they are both broken.
2. pron. (the third-person singular, sometimes proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender, but not if previously named and identified as male or female.
3. pron. (indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
They say it’s a good place to live.
They didn’t have computers in the old days.
They should do something about this.
They have a lot of snow in winter.
4. det. (now Southern England dialect, or nonstandard) The, those.
5. det. (US dialects including AAVE) Their.
6. pron. (US dialectal) There (especially as an expletive subject of be).
were
1. v. Second-person singular simple past tense indicative of be.
John, you were the only person to see him.
2. v. First-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.
We were about to leave.
3. v. Second-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.
Mary and John, you were right.
4. v. Third-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.
They were a fine group.
They were to be the best of friends from that day on.
5. v. Simple imperfect subjunctive in all persons of be.
I wish that it were Sunday.
I wish that I were with you.
* with "if" omitted, put first in an "if" clause:
*: Were it simply that she wore a hat, I would not be upset at all. (= If it were simply...)
*: Were father a king, we would have war. (= If father were a king,...)
6. v. (Northern England) was.
7. n. (obsolete) A fine for slaying a man; weregild.
8. n. (fandom) (The collective name for any kind of person that changes into another form under certain conditions, including the werewolf.)
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?
enough
1. det. Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.
I've already had enough coffee today.
2. adv. Sufficiently.
I cannot run fast enough to catch up to them.
Are you man enough to fight me?
3. adv. Fully; quite; used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very.
He is ready enough to accept the offer.
4. pron. A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.
I have enough to keep me going.
5. interj. stop! Don't do that anymore, etc.
Enough!
to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.
2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
I have to do laundry today.
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
We are walking to the shop.
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
He devoted himself to education.
They drank to his health.
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
His face was beaten to a pulp.
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.
I have ten dollars to your four.
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
Three to the power of two is nine.
Three to the second is nine.
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
I gave the book to him.
12. prep. (time) Preceding.
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
There's a lot of sense to what he says.
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Please push the door to.
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
17. adv. misspelling of too
cause
1. n. (often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
They identified a burst pipe as the cause of the flooding.
2. n. (especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
There is no cause for alarm.
The end of the war was a cause for celebration.
3. n. A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
4. n. (obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
5. n. (obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
6. n. (legal) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
7. v. To set off an event or action.
The lightning caused thunder.
8. v. To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
His dogged determination caused the fundraising to be successful.
9. v. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
My
1. n. megayear
2. pron. alternative case form of my often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
3. det. First-person singular possessive determiner. See.
4. det. Belonging to me.
I can't find my book.
5. det. Associated with me.
My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.
Don't you know my name?
I recognised him because he had attended my school.
6. det. Related to me.
My parents won't let me go out tonight.
7. det. In the possession of me.
I have to take my books back to the library soon.
8. interj. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
My, what big teeth you have!
pacemaker
1. n. One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.
2. n. (anatomy) A set of nerves which stimulate the heart to beat.
3. n. (hence, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.
to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.
2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
I have to do laundry today.
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
We are walking to the shop.
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
He devoted himself to education.
They drank to his health.
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
His face was beaten to a pulp.
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.
I have ten dollars to your four.
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
Three to the power of two is nine.
Three to the second is nine.
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
I gave the book to him.
12. prep. (time) Preceding.
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
There's a lot of sense to what he says.
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Please push the door to.
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
17. adv. misspelling of too
give
1. v. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
2. v. To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
I gave him my coat.
I gave my coat to the beggar.
When they asked, I gave my coat.
3. v. To make a present or gift of.
I'm going to give my wife a necklace for her birthday.
She gave a pair of shoes to her husband for their anniversary.
He gives of his energies to the organization.
4. v. To pledge.
I gave him my word that I'd protect his children.
5. v. To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.
I gave them permission to miss tomorrow's class.
Please give me some more time.
6. v. To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.
It gives me a lot of pleasure to be here tonight.
The fence gave me an electric shock.
My mother-in-law gives me nothing but grief.
7. v. To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).
I want to give you a kiss.
She gave him a hug.
I'd like to give the tire a kick.
I gave the boy a push on the swing.
She gave me a wink afterwards, so I knew she was joking.
8. v. To pass (something) into (someone's) hand or the like.
Give me your hand.
On entering the house, he gave his coat to the doorman.
9. v. To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.
My boyfriend gave me chlamydia.
He was convinced that it was his alcoholism that gave him cancer.
10. v. (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
I give it ten minutes before he gives up.
I give it a 95% chance of success.
I'll give their marriage six months.
11. v. (intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied.
12. v. (intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force.
One pillar gave, then more, and suddenly the whole floor pancaked onto the floor below.
13. v. To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
They're giving my favorite show!
14. v. (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
The master bedroom gives onto a spacious balcony.
15. v. (transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
His window gave the park.
16. v. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
The number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.
17. v. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
18. v. To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
19. v. To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
He can be bad-tempered, I'll give you that, but he's a hard worker.
20. v. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
21. v. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
22. v. (dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.
23. v. (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
The soldiers give themselves to plunder.
That boy is given to fits of bad temper.
24. v. (obsolete) To become soft or moist.
25. v. (obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
26. v. (obsolete) To have a misgiving.
27. v. To be going on, to be occurring
What gives?
28. n. The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilence.
This chair doesn't have much give.
There is no give in his dogmatic religious beliefs.
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.
little
1. adj. Small in size.
This is a little table.
2. adj. Insignificant, trivial.
It's of little importance.
3. adj. (offensive) (Used to belittle a person.)
Listen up, you little shit.
4. adj. Very young.
Did he tell you any embarrassing stories about when she was little?
That's the biggest little boy I've ever seen.
5. adj. (of a sibling) Younger.
This is my little sister.
6. adj. Used with the name of place, especially of a country, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
7. adj. Small in amount or number, having few members.
little money; little herd
8. adj. Short in duration; brief.
I feel better after my little sleep.
9. adj. Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
10. adv. Not much.
This is a little known fact. She spoke little and listened less.
11. adv. Not at all.
I was speaking ill of Fred; little did I know that he was right behind me, listening in.
12. det. Not much, only a little: only a small amount (of).
There is little water left.
We had very little to do.
13. pron. Not much; not a large amount.
Little is known about his early life.
14. n. (BDSM, slang) The participant in ageplay who acts out the younger role.
flutter
1. v. (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
flags fluttering in the wind
2. v. (intransitive, of a winged animal) To flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
3. v. To cause something to flap.
A bird flutters its wings.
4. v. To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
5. v. (intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
6. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be frivolous.
7. n. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
the flutter of a fan
8. n. A state of agitation.
9. n. An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
10. n. (British) A small bet or risky investment.
11. n. (audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.

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