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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
know
1. v. To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that.
I know that I’m right and you’re wrong.
He knew something terrible was going to happen.
2. v. To be aware of; to be cognizant of.
Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.
She knows where I live.
I knew he was upset, but I didn't understand why.
3. v. To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
I know your mother, but I’ve never met your father.
4. v. To experience.
Their relationship knew ups and downs.
5. v. To distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of.
to know a person's face or figure
to know right from wrong
I wouldn't know one from the other.
6. v. To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.
7. v. To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.
Let me do it. I know how it works.
She knows how to swim.
His mother tongue is Italian, but he also knows French and English.
She knows chemistry better than anybody else.
Know your enemy and know yourself.
8. v. (transitive, archaic, Biblical) To have sexual relations with.
9. v. (intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.
It is vital that he not know.
She knew of our plan.
He knows about 19th century politics.
10. v. (intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant.
Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.
11. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be acquainted (with another person).
12. v. To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).
Do you know "Blueberry Hill"?
13. n. (rare) Knowledge; the state of knowing.
squat
1. adj. Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
2. adj. Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
3. n. A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
4. n. (weightlifting) A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders.
5. n. A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
6. n. A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet.
7. n. (slang) Something of no value; nothing.
I know squat about nuclear physics.
8. n. (obsolete) A sudden or crushing fall.
9. n. (mining) A small vein of ore.
10. n. A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
11. v. To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
12. v. (weightlifting) To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.
13. v. To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.
14. v. To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.
15. v. (dated) To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.
16. n. The angel shark (genus).
about
1. prep. In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
2. prep. Near; not far from; approximately; regarding time, size, quantity.
3. prep. On the point or verge of.
the show is about to start; I am not about to admit to your crime
4. prep. On one's person; nearby the person.
5. prep. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
6. prep. Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
7. prep. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
He knew more about what was occurring than anyone.
8. prep. (figurative) In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in possession of; in control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.
He has his wits about him.
9. prep. In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
10. adv. Not distant; approximate.
11. adv. On all sides; around.
12. adv. Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
13. adv. Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
about as cold; about as high
14. adv. Near; in the vicinity.
15. adv. In succession; one after another; in the course of events.
16. adv. On the move; active; astir.
17. adv. To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
to face about; to turn oneself about
18. adv. (nautical) To the opposite tack.
19. adv. (obsolete) Preparing; planning.
20. adv. (archaic) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference.
a mile about, and a third of a mile across
21. adv. (chiefly North America, colloquial) Going to; on the verge of; intending to.
22. adj. Moving around; astir.
out and about; up and about
After my bout with Guillan-Barre Syndrome, it took me 6 months to be up and about again.
23. adj. In existence; being in evidence; apparent
nuclear
1. adj. (biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.
2. adj. Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal.
3. adj. Pertaining to the atomic nucleus.
4. adj. Involving energy released by nuclear reactions (fission, fusion, radioactive decay).
a nuclear reactor
nuclear technology
5. adj. Of a weapon: deriving its force from rapid release of energy through nuclear reactions.
a nuclear explosion
6. adj. (by extension, metaphoric, of a solution or response) Involving an extreme course of action.
nuclear option, nuclear solution
7. n. nuclear power
physics
1. n. The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.
Newtonian physics was extended by Einstein to explain the effects of travelling near the speed of light; quantum physics extends it to account for the behaviour of atoms.
2. n. The physical aspects of a phenomenon or a system, especially those studied scientifically.
The physics of car crashes would not let Tom Cruise walk away like that.
3. n. plural of physic
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of physic
physic
1. adj. Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.
2. n. (archaic) A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative.
3. n. (archaic) The art or profession of healing disease; medicine.
4. n. (archaic) Natural philosophy; physics.
5. n. (obsolete) A physician.
6. v. To cure or heal.
7. v. To administer medicine to, especially a purgative.

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