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Is
1. n. plural of I
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
3. n. plural of i
remember to dot your is
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)
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
rice
1. n. Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
2. n. A specific variety of this plant.
3. n. The seeds of this plant used as food.
4. v. To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potato, potatoes).
5. v. (intransitive) To harvest wild rice (Zizania sp.)
6. v. (rare) To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
7. v. (computing, transitive) To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment.
8. n. (now chiefly dialectal Scotland Ireland) A twig or stick.
9. n. (weaving, obsolete) A bobbin or spool.
boiling
1. v. present participle of boil
2. n. The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.
3. n. An animation style with constantly changing wavy outlines, giving a shimmering or wobbling appearance.
4. adj. That boils or boil.
boiling kettle boiling oil
5. adj. (informal, hyperbole) Of a thing: extremely hot or active.
The radiator is boiling – I’m going to turn it down a bit.
6. adj. (informal, hyperbole) Of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot.
I’m boiling – can’t we open a window?
7. adj. (informal, hyperbole) Of the weather: very hot.
It’s boiling out today!
8. adv. (of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely
He was boiling mad.
boil
1. n. A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
2. n. The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.
3. n. A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
4. n. (rare, nonstandard) The collective noun for a group of hawks.
5. v. To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
Boil some water in a pan.
6. v. (transitive, intransitive) To cook in boiling water.
Boil the eggs for two minutes.
Is the rice boiling yet?
7. v. (intransitive) Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
8. v. (intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) Said of weather being uncomfortably hot.
It’s boiling outside!
9. v. (intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot. See also seethe.
I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?
10. v. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
to boil sugar or salt
11. v. (obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.
12. v. To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
the boiling waves of the sea
13. v. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
His blood boils with anger.
yet
1. adv. (usually with negative) Thus far; up to the present; up to some specified time.
He has never yet been late for an appointment; I’m not yet wise enough to answer that; Have you finished yet?
2. adv. Continuously up to the current time; still.
The workers went to the factory early and are striking yet.
3. adv. At some future time; eventually.
The riddle will be solved yet.
4. adv. (after certain copulative verbs, followed by an infinitive) Not as of the time referenced.
I've yet to see him. — I have not yet seen him.
I had yet to go to a convention. — I had not yet gone to a convention.
He seemed yet to be convinced. — He seemed not yet to have been convinced.
5. adv. In addition.
There are two hours yet to go until our destination.
6. adv. (degree) Even.
K-2 is yet higher than this.
7. conj. Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.
I thought I knew you, yet how wrong I was.
8. v. (dialectal) To melt; found; cast, as metal.
9. n. (dialectal) A metal pan or boiler; yetling.

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