| john |
| 1. n. (slang) A prostitute's client. | |
| 2. n. (slang, US) A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also(dated) a chamber pot or outhouse. | |
| 3. n. (slang) A generic term for Western men while traveling in East Asia. | |
| 4. n. A male mule. | |
| wrote |
| 1. v. simple past tense of write | |
| We all wrote down the instructions. | |
| 2. v. (informal, nonstandard) past participle of write | |
| write |
| 1. v. To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate. | |
| The pupil wrote his name on the paper. | |
| Your son has been writing on the wall. | |
| 2. v. To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.). | |
| My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald. | |
| 3. v. To send written information to. | |
| (UK) Please write to me when you get there. | |
| (US) Please write me when you get there. | |
| 4. v. To show (information, etc) in written form. | |
| The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus. | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To be an author. | |
| I write for a living. | |
| 6. v. (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically. | |
| The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it. | |
| 7. v. (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words. | |
| I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test. | |
| 8. v. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave. | |
| truth written on the heart | |
| 9. v. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively. | |
| 10. n. (computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk. | |
| How many writes per second can this hard disk handle? | |
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| sides |
| 1. n. plural of side. | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of side | |
| side |
| 1. n. A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape. | |
| A square has four sides. | |
| 2. n. A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face. | |
| A cube has six sides. | |
| 3. n. One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone. | |
| Which side of the tray shall I put it on? The patient was bleeding on the right side. | |
| 4. n. A region in a specified position with respect to something. | |
| Meet me on the north side of the monument. | |
| 5. n. The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back. | |
| I generally sleep on my side. | |
| 6. n. One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.) | |
| John wrote 15 sides for his essay! | |
| 7. n. One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing. | |
| Look on the bright side. | |
| 8. n. One set of competitors in a game. | |
| Which side has kick-off? | |
| 9. n. (Australia) A sports team. | |
| 10. n. A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition. | |
| In the second world war, the Italians were on the side of the Germans. | |
| 11. n. (music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz. | |
| 12. n. (sports) Sidespin; english | |
| He had to put a bit of side on to hit the pink ball. | |
| 13. n. (UK, Australia, Ireland, dated) A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (from when there were only two channels). | |
| I just want to see what's on the other side — James said there was a good film on tonight. | |
| 14. n. (US, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish. | |
| Do you want a side of cole-slaw with that? | |
| 15. n. A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another. | |
| his mother's side of the family | |
| 16. n. (baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher | |
| 17. n. (slang) An unjustified air of self-importance. | |
| 18. v. (intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with". | |
| Which will you side with, good or evil? | |
| 19. v. To lean on one side. | |
| 20. v. (transitive, obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward. | |
| 21. v. (transitive, obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match. | |
| 22. v. (transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides. | |
| 23. v. To furnish with a siding. | |
| to side a house | |
| 24. v. (transitive, cooking) To provide with, as a side or accompaniment. | |
| 25. adj. Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral. | |
| 26. adj. Indirect; oblique; incidental. | |
| a side issue; a side view or remark | |
| 27. adj. (UK archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching. | |
| 28. adj. (Scotland) Far; distant. | |
| 29. adv. (UK dialectal) Widely; wide; far. | |
| for |
| 1. conj. (dated) Because. | |
| 2. prep. Towards. | |
| The astronauts headed for the moon. | |
| 3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to. | |
| I have something for you. | |
| 4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of. | |
| We're having a birthday party for Janet. | |
| The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary. | |
| The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala. | |
| 5. prep. Supporting. | |
| All those for the motion raise your hands. | |
| 6. prep. Because of. | |
| He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him. | |
| (UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight. | |
| She was the worse for drink. | |
| 7. prep. Over a period of time. | |
| I've lived here for three years. | |
| They fought for days over a silly pencil. | |
| 8. prep. Throughout an extent of space. | |
| 9. prep. On behalf of. | |
| I will stand in for him. | |
| 10. prep. Instead of, or in place of. | |
| 11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire. | |
| I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday. | |
| He's going for his doctorate. | |
| Do you want to go for coffee? | |
| People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers. | |
| Can you go to the store for some eggs? | |
| I'm saving up for a car. | |
| Don't wait for an answer. | |
| What did he ask you for? | |
| 12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward. | |
| Run for the hills! | |
| He was headed for the door when he remembered. | |
| 13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect. | |
| Fair for its day. | |
| She's spry for an old lady. | |
| 14. prep. Despite, in spite of. | |
| 15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive. | |
| For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.) | |
| All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.) | |
| 16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio | |
| In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day | |
| 17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen. | |
| At close of play, England were 305 for 3. | |
| 18. prep. To be, or as being. | |
| 19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.) | |
| 20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs). | |
| His |
| 1. pron. honoraltcaps, his | |
| 2. det. Belonging to him. | |
| 3. det. (dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender. | |
| 4. det. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.) | |
| 5. det. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case. | |
| Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark. | |
| Sejanus his Fall | |
| 6. pron. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun. | |
| The decision was his to live with. | |
| 7. pron. alternative spelling of His | |
| 8. n. plural of hi | |
| essay |
| 1. n. (authorship) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject. | |
| 2. n. (obsolete) A test, experiment; an assay. | |
| 3. n. (now rare) An attempt. | |
| 4. n. (philately, finance) A proposed design for a postage stamp or a banknote. | |
| 5. v. (dated, transitive) To try. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive) To move forth, as into battle. | |
