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its
1. det. Belonging to it.
2. pron. The one (or ones) belonging to it.
3. n. plural of it
depressingly
1. adv. In a depressing manner.
high
1. adj. Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
The balloon rose high in the sky. The wall was high. a high mountain
2. adj. Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.
3. adj. (baseball, of a ball) Above the batter's shoulders.
the pitch (or: the ball) was high
4. adj. Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
5. adj. Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
three feet high three Mount Everests high
6. adj. Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
The oldest of the elves' royal family still conversed in High Elvish.
7. adj. Most exalted; foremost.
the high priest, the high officials of the court, the high altar
8. adj. Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
high crimes, the high festival of the sun
9. adj. Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
high (i.e. intense) heat; high (i.e. full or quite) noon; high (i.e. rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i.e. complete) pleasure; high (i.e. deep or vivid) colour; high (i.e. extensive, thorough) s
10. adj. Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).
11. adj. (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
high latitude, high antiquity
12. adj. (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.
13. adj. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
in high spirits
14. adj. (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
high living, the high life
15. adj. Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
a high tone
16. adj. (with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.
17. adj. (of a body of water) With tall waves.
18. adj. Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
My bank charges me a high interest rate. I was running a high temperature and had high cholesterol. high voltage high prices high winds a high number
19. adj. Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, (which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative)).
Carrots are high in vitamin A. made from a high-copper alloy
20. adj. (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
The note was too high for her to sing.
21. adj. (phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
22. adj. (card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
23. adj. (poker) Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.
I have KT742 of the same suit. In other words, a K-high flush.
9-high straight = 98765 unsuited
Royal Flush = AKQJT suited = A-high straight flush
24. adj. (of a card or hand) Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.
North's hand was high. East was in trouble.
25. adj. (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
Epicures do not cook game before it is high.
The tailor liked his meat high.
26. adj. (slang) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly (until the early 20th century) usually alcohol, but now (by the mid 20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, c
27. adj. (nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
28. adv. In or to an elevated position.
How high above land did you fly?
29. adv. In or at a great value.
Costs have grown higher this year again.
30. adv. In a pitch of great frequency.
I certainly can't sing that high.
31. n. A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
32. n. A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best.
It was one of the highs of his career.
33. n. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown.
34. n. A drug that gives such a high.
35. n. (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
A large high is centred on the Azores.
36. n. The maximum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.
Inflation reached a ten-year high.
37. n. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
Today's high was 32°C.
38. n. (card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
39. v. (obsolete) To rise.
The sun higheth.
40. n. (obsolete) Thought; intention; determination; purpose.
41. v. To hie; to hasten.
unemployment
1. n. The state of having no job; joblessness.
Unemployment made Jack depressed.
2. n. The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy.
Unemployment has been considered a cause of crime.
3. n. The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce.
Unemployment was reported at 5.2% in May, up from 4.9% in April.
4. n. A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism.
All unemployments, seasonal, frictional, cyclical, classical, whatever, mean that you're out of work.
5. n. An instance or period of joblessness.
Until then his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numberous unemployments, and drug use.
brings
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of bring
bring
1. v. To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.
2. v. (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute.
The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing.
3. v. To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
4. v. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
5. v. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
What does coal bring per ton?
6. v. (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
The closer Jones can really bring it.
7. interj. The sound of a telephone ringing.
8. interj. cln, en, basic words, irregular verbs, onomatopoeias
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.
inevitable
1. adj. Impossible to avoid or prevent.
We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable.
2. adj. Predictable, or always happening.
My outburst met with the inevitable punishment.
3. n. Something that is predictable, necessary, or cannot be avoided.
corollary
1. n. Something given beyond what is actually due; something added or superfluous.
2. n. Something which occurs a fortiori, as a result of another effort without significant additional effort.
Finally getting that cracked window fixed was a nice corollary of redoing the whole storefont.
3. n. (mathematics, logic) A proposition which follows easily from the proof of another proposition.
We have proven that this set is finite and well ordered; as a corollary, we now know that there is an order-preserving map from it to the natural numbers.
4. adj. (rare) Forming a proposition that follows from one already proved.
of
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
6. prep. Expressing separation.
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
He seemed devoid of human feelings.
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
10. prep. Expressing origin.
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
The invention was born of necessity.
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
It is said that she died of a broken heart.
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
I am tired of all this nonsense.
15. prep. Expressing agency.
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
She wore a dress of silk.
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
What a lot of nonsense!
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
I'm always thinking of you.
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
He told us the story of his journey to India.
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
29. prep. Having partitive effect.
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
Most of these apples are rotten.
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
He is a friend of mine.
34. prep. Expressing possession.
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
She had a profound distrust of the police.
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
It's not that big of a deal.
45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
an
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
4. conj. (archaic) If
5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
An it harm none, do what ye will.
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
I was only going twenty miles an hour.
equally
1. adv. (manner) In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly
All citizens are equally taxed. -
The pie was divided equally among the guests. -
They shared equally in the spoils.
2. adv. (degree) In equal degree or extent; just as.
The gas stations are equally far from the highway.
3. adv. (conjunctive) Used to link two or more coordinate elements
John suffered setbacks at his job. Equally, Frank's business slowed.
high
1. adj. Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
The balloon rose high in the sky. The wall was high. a high mountain
2. adj. Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.
3. adj. (baseball, of a ball) Above the batter's shoulders.
the pitch (or: the ball) was high
4. adj. Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
5. adj. Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
three feet high three Mount Everests high
6. adj. Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
The oldest of the elves' royal family still conversed in High Elvish.
7. adj. Most exalted; foremost.
the high priest, the high officials of the court, the high altar
8. adj. Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
high crimes, the high festival of the sun
9. adj. Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
high (i.e. intense) heat; high (i.e. full or quite) noon; high (i.e. rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i.e. complete) pleasure; high (i.e. deep or vivid) colour; high (i.e. extensive, thorough) s
10. adj. Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).
11. adj. (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
high latitude, high antiquity
12. adj. (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.
13. adj. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
in high spirits
14. adj. (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
high living, the high life
15. adj. Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
a high tone
16. adj. (with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.
17. adj. (of a body of water) With tall waves.
18. adj. Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
My bank charges me a high interest rate. I was running a high temperature and had high cholesterol. high voltage high prices high winds a high number
19. adj. Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, (which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative)).
Carrots are high in vitamin A. made from a high-copper alloy
20. adj. (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
The note was too high for her to sing.
21. adj. (phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
22. adj. (card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
23. adj. (poker) Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.
I have KT742 of the same suit. In other words, a K-high flush.
9-high straight = 98765 unsuited
Royal Flush = AKQJT suited = A-high straight flush
24. adj. (of a card or hand) Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.
North's hand was high. East was in trouble.
25. adj. (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
Epicures do not cook game before it is high.
The tailor liked his meat high.
26. adj. (slang) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly (until the early 20th century) usually alcohol, but now (by the mid 20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, c
27. adj. (nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
28. adv. In or to an elevated position.
How high above land did you fly?
29. adv. In or at a great value.
Costs have grown higher this year again.
30. adv. In a pitch of great frequency.
I certainly can't sing that high.
31. n. A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
32. n. A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best.
It was one of the highs of his career.
33. n. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown.
34. n. A drug that gives such a high.
35. n. (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
A large high is centred on the Azores.
36. n. The maximum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.
Inflation reached a ten-year high.
37. n. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
Today's high was 32°C.
38. n. (card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
39. v. (obsolete) To rise.
The sun higheth.
40. n. (obsolete) Thought; intention; determination; purpose.
41. v. To hie; to hasten.
rate
1. n. (obsolete) The worth of something; value.
2. n. The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
At the height of his powers, he was producing pictures at the rate of four a year.
3. n. Speed.
The car was speeding down here at a hell of a rate.
4. n. The relative speed of change or progress.
The rate of production at the factory is skyrocketing.
5. n. The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
He asked quite a rate to take me to the airport.
6. n. A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
Postal rates here are low.
7. n. A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
We pay an hourly rate of between $10 – $15 per hour depending on qualifications and experience.
8. n. Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
I hardly have enough left every month to pay the rates.
9. n. (nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
This textbook is first-rate.
10. n. (obsolete) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.
11. n. (obsolete) Order; arrangement.
12. n. (obsolete) Ratification; approval.
13. n. (horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
daily rate; hourly rate; etc.
14. v. To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
She is rated fourth in the country.
15. v. To evaluate or estimate the value of.
They rate his talents highly.
16. v. To consider or regard.
He rated this book brilliant.
17. v. To deserve; to be worth.
The view here hardly rates a mention in the travel guide.
18. v. To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
The transformer is rated at 10 watts.
19. v. (transitive, chiefly British) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
20. v. (transitive, informal) To like; to think highly of.
The customers don't rate the new burgers.
21. v. (intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).
She rates among the most excellent chefs in the world.
He rates as the best cyclist in the country.
22. v. (intransitive) To have value or standing.
This last performance of hers didn't rate very high with the judges.
23. v. To ratify.
24. v. To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
25. v. To berate, scold.
of
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
6. prep. Expressing separation.
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
He seemed devoid of human feelings.
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
10. prep. Expressing origin.
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
The invention was born of necessity.
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
It is said that she died of a broken heart.
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
I am tired of all this nonsense.
15. prep. Expressing agency.
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
She wore a dress of silk.
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
What a lot of nonsense!
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
I'm always thinking of you.
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
He told us the story of his journey to India.
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
29. prep. Having partitive effect.
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
Most of these apples are rotten.
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
He is a friend of mine.
34. prep. Expressing possession.
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
She had a profound distrust of the police.
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
It's not that big of a deal.
45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
alcohol
1. n. (organic compound) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
2. n. (colloquial) Ethanol.
3. n. Beverages containing ethanol, collectively.
4. n. (obsolete) Any very fine powder.
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.
drug
1. n. (pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
Aspirin is a drug that reduces pain, acts against inflammation and lowers body temperature.
The revenues from both brand-name drugs and generic drugs have increased.
2. n. A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.
3. n. Anything, such as a substance, emotion or action, to which one is addicted.
4. n. Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand.
5. v. To administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent.
She suddenly felt strange, and only then realized she'd been drugged.
6. v. To add intoxicating drugs to with the intention of drugging someone.
She suddenly felt strange. She realized her drink must have been drugged.
7. v. (intransitive) To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines.
8. v. (dialect) simple past tense and past participle of drag
You look like someone drug you behind a horse for half a mile.
9. n. (obsolete) A drudge.
drag
1. n. Resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it.
When designing cars, manufacturers have to take drag into consideration.
2. n. (foundry) The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
3. n. A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
4. n. (informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.
5. n. (slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
Travelling to work in the rush hour is a real drag.
6. n. (slang) A type of horse-drawn carriage.
7. n. (slang) Street, as in 'main drag'.
8. n. The scent-path left by dragging a fox, for training hounds to follow scents.
to run a drag
9. n. (snooker) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
10. n. A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
11. n. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
a stone drag
12. n. (metallurgy) The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
13. n. (masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
14. n. (nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle w
15. n. Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
16. n. A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
17. n. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
18. n. witch house music
19. n. The last position in a line of hikers.
20. n. (aviation, aerodynamics) The act of suppressing wind flow to slow an aircraft in flight, as by use of flaps when landing.
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28. v. To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
29. v. (intransitive) To move slowly.
Time seems to drag when you’re waiting for a bus.
30. v. To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
31. v. To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
32. v. To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
33. v. To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
34. v. (computing) To move (an item) on the computer display by means of a mouse or other input device.
Drag the file into the window to open it.
35. v. (chiefly of a vehicle) To inadvertently rub or scrape on a surface.
The car was so low to the ground that its muffler was dragging on a speed bump.
36. v. (soccer) To hit or kick off target.
37. v. To fish with a dragnet.
38. v. To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
39. v. To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
40. v. (figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
41. v. (slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
You just drag him 'cause he's got more money than you.
42. n. (slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
He performed in drag.
43. n. (slang) Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
corporate drag
44. v. To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
abuse
1. n. Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
All abuse, whether physical, verbal, psychological or sexual, is bad.
2. n. Misuse; improper use; perversion.
3. n. (obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
4. n. (dated outside of Africa) Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
5. n. (now rare) Catachresis.
6. n. Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
7. n. Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
8. v. To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
He abused his authority.
9. v. To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
10. v. (transitive, dated outside of Africa) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
11. v. To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
12. v. (transitive, archaic) To violate; defile; to rape.
13. v. (transitive, obsolete) Misrepresent; adulterate.
14. v. (transitive, obsolete) To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
15. v. (transitive, obsolete, Scotland) Disuse.
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.
their
1. det. Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).
they will meet tomorrow at their convenience; this is probably their cat
2. det. Belonging to someone (one person, singular).
3. adv. misspelling of there
4. contraction. misspelling of they’re
associated
1. adj. (of a person or thing) connected with something or another person.
an associated member
the associated risks
2. adj. (of a company) connected or amalgamated with another company.
3. v. simple past tense and past participle of associate
associate
1. adj. Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status.
He is an associate editor.
2. adj. Having partial status or privileges.
He is an associate member of the club.
3. adj. Following or accompanying; concomitant.
4. adj. (biology, dated) Connected by habit or sympathy.
associate motions: those that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions
5. n. A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner.
6. n. Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
7. n. A companion; a comrade.
8. n. One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
9. n. A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
10. n. (algebra) One of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of th
11. v. (intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association.
12. v. (intransitive) To spend time socially; keep company.
She associates with her coworkers on weekends.
13. v. To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
14. v. To connect or join together; combine.
particles of gold associated with other substances
15. v. To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
16. v. (reflexive, in deliberative bodies) To endorse.
17. v. (mathematics) To be associative.
18. v. (transitive, obsolete) To accompany; to be in the company of.
crime
1. n. A specific act committed in violation of the law.
2. n. The practice or habit of committing crimes.
Crime doesn’t pay.
3. n. criminal acts collectively.
4. n. Any great wickedness or sin; iniquity.
5. n. (obsolete) That which occasions crime.
6. v. (nonstandard, rare) To commit crime(s).

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