| 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 | |
| slopped |
| 1. v. simple past tense and past participle of slop | |
| slop |
| 1. n. (now historical) A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall. | |
| 2. n. (in the obsolete) Loose trousers. | |
| 3. n. A liquid or semi-solid; goo, paste, mud, domestic liquid waste. | |
| 4. n. Scraps used as food for pigs. | |
| 5. n. (dated) Human urine or excrement. | |
| 6. n. Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown about, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot. | |
| 7. n. (chiefly plural) Inferior, weak drink or liquid food. | |
| 8. v. to spill or dump liquid, especially over the rim of a container when it moves. | |
| I slopped water all over my shirt. | |
| 9. v. To spill liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid. | |
| 10. v. In the game of pool or snooker to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot. | |
| 11. v. to feed pigs | |
| 12. n. (archaic, costers) A policeman. | |
| water |
| 1. n. A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gas | |
| By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen. | |
| 2. n. (in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O. | |
| May I have a glass of water? | |
| Your plants need more water. | |
| 3. n. A serving of liquid water. | |
| 4. n. (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy. | |
| He showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God. | |
| 5. n. (or in the plural) Water in a body; an area of open water. | |
| The boat was found within the territorial waters. | |
| These seals are a common sight in the coastal waters of Chile. | |
| 6. n. (poetic, archaic, or dialectal) A body of water, almost always a river. | |
| 7. n. A combination of water and other substance(s). | |
| 8. n. (sometimes ) Mineral water. | |
| Perrier is the most popular water in this restaurant. | |
| 9. n. (often, in the plural) Spa water. | |
| Many people visit Bath to take the waters. | |
| 10. n. (pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance. | |
| ammonia water | |
| 11. n. Urine. | |
| 12. n. Amniotic fluid; used only in the plural in the UK but often also in the singular in North America, especially to avoid cacophony, as in this example: ( | |
| Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s water breaks. (North America) | |
| Before your child is born, your water(s) will break. (North America) | |
| Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s waters break. (UK) | |
| 13. n. (colloquial, medicine) Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling. | |
| He suffers from water on the knee. | |
| 14. n. (figuratively, in the or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition. | |
| The rough waters of change will bring about the calm after the storm. | |
| 15. n. (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition. | |
| I know he'll succeed. I feel it in my waters. | |
| 16. n. (dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities. | |
| 17. n. The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond. | |
| a diamond of the first water is perfectly pure and transparent | |
| 18. n. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. | |
| 19. v. To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants). | |
| 20. v. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate. | |
| 21. v. To provide (animals) with water for drinking. | |
| I need to go water the cattle. | |
| 22. v. (intransitive) To get or take in water. | |
| The ship put into port to water. | |
| 23. v. (transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto. | |
| Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree. | |
| 24. v. To dilute. | |
| Can you water the whisky, please? | |
| 25. v. (transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting. | |
| 26. v. (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water. | |
| Chopping onions makes my eyes water. | |
| The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water. | |
| 27. v. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines. | |
| to water silk | |
| all |
| 1. adv. (degree) intensifier. | |
| It suddenly went all quiet. | |
| She was all, “Whatever.” | |
| 2. adv. (poetic) Entirely. | |
| 3. adv. Apiece; each. | |
| The score was 30 all when the rain delay started. | |
| 4. adv. (degree) So much. | |
| Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets. | |
| 5. adv. (obsolete, poetic) even; just | |
| 6. det. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or un). | |
| All contestants must register at the scorer’s table. All flesh is originally grass. All my friends like classical music. | |
| 7. det. Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer). | |
| The store is open all day and all night. (= through the whole of the day and the whole of the night.) | |
| I’ve been working on this all year. (= from the beginning of the year until now.) | |
| 8. det. (obsolete) Any. | |
| 9. det. Only; alone; nothing but. | |
| He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice. | |
| 10. pron. Everything. | |
| some gave all they had; she knows all and sees all; Those who think they know it all are annoying to those of us who do. | |
| 11. pron. Everyone. | |
| A good time was had by all. | |
| 12. n. (with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of. | |
| She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line. | |
| 13. n. The totality of one's possessions. | |
| 14. conj. (obsolete) although | |
| 15. adj. (dialect, Pennsylvania) All gone; dead. | |
| The butter is all. | |
| over |
| 1. adj. Discontinued; ended or concluded. | |
| The show is over. | |
| 2. adv. Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end. | |
| Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting. | |
| Let me think that over. | |
| I'm going to look over our department's expenses. | |
| 3. adv. To an excessive degree; overly. | |
| 4. adv. From an upright position to being horizontal. | |
| He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out. | |
| That building just fell over! | |
| He bent over to touch his toes. | |
| 5. adv. Horizontally; left to right or right to left. | |
| Slide the toilet-paper dispenser's door over when one roll is empty in order to reveal the other. | |
| I moved over to make room for him to sit down. | |
| 6. adv. From one position or state to another. | |
| Please pass that over to me. | |
| He came over to our way of thinking on the new project. | |
| Come over and play! | |
| I'll bring over a pizza. | |
| 7. adv. Overnight (throughout the night). | |
| We stayed over at Grandma's. | |
| Can I sleep over? | |
| 8. adv. (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again. | |
| I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over. | |
| 9. adv. (procedure word, military) a procedure word meaning that a station is finished transmitting and is expecting a response. | |
| Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over. | |
| Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over. | |
| 10. n. (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled. | |
| 11. n. Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc. | |
| 12. prep. Physical positioning. | |
| 13. prep. On top of; above; higher than; further up. | |
| Hold the sign up over your head. climb up the ladder and look over the roof | |
| 14. prep. Across or spanning. | |
| There is a bridge over the river. | |
| 15. prep. In such a way as to cover. | |
| drape the fabric over the table; there is a roof over the house | |
| 16. prep. From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards. | |
| The dog jumped over the fence. | |
| I'll go over the fence first and then help you. | |
| Let's walk over the hill to get there. | |
| 17. prep. By comparison. | |
| 18. prep. More than; to a greater degree. | |
| I prefer the purple over the pink. | |
| 19. prep. Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far. | |
| I think I’m over my limit for calories for today. | |
| 20. prep. (in certain collocations) As compared to. | |
| Sales are down this quarter over last. | |
| 21. prep. Indicating relative status, authority, or power | |
| The owner's son lorded over the experienced managers. | |
| The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom. | |
| 22. prep. (mathematics) Divided by. | |
| four over two equals two over one | |
| 23. prep. (poker) (Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.) | |
| 9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes | |
| 24. prep. Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two. | |
| We got over the engineering problems and the prototype works great. | |
| I am over my cold and feel great again. | |
| I know the referee made a bad call, but you have to get over it your annoyance with the referee's decision. | |
| She is finally over the distress of losing her job. | |
| He is finally over his distress over the loss of the relationship with his ex-girlfriend. | |
| 25. prep. While using, especially while consuming. | |
| 26. prep. Concerning or regarding. | |
| The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best. | |
| 27. prep. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding. | |
| We triumphed over difficulties. | |
| The bill was passed over the veto. | |
| It was a fine victory over their opponents. | |
| 28. interj. In radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive reply. | |
| How do you receive? Over! | |
| 29. n. (rare, dialectal, or obsolete) A shore, riverbank. | |
| The sea's over. | |
| 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! | |
| shirt |
| 1. n. An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms. | |
| 2. n. An interior lining in a blast furnace. | |
| 3. n. A member of the shirt-wearing team in a shirts and skins game. | |
| 4. v. To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt. | |
