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make
1. v. To create.
2. v. To build, construct, or produce.
We made a bird feeder for our yard.
I'll make a man out of him yet.
3. v. To write or compose.
I made a poem for her wedding.
He made a will.
4. v. To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
make war
They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men.
5. v. (religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
God made earth and heaven.
6. v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
They made nice together, as if their fight never happened.
He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.
7. v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
8. v. To constitute.
They make a cute couple.
This makes the third infraction.
One swallow does not a summer make.
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10. v. To add up to, have a sum of.
Two and four make six.
11. v. (intransitive, construed with of typically interrogative) To interpret.
I don’t know what to make of it.
12. v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
This company is what made you.
She married into wealth and so has it made.
13. v. (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
The citizens made their objections clear.
This might make you a bit woozy.
Did I make myself heard?
Scotch will make you a man.
14. v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
15. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
You're making her cry.
I was made to feel like a criminal.
16. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
The teacher made the student study.
Don’t let them make you suffer.
17. v. (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
18. v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
19. v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
20. v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
21. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
They made westward over the snowy mountains.
Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!
They made away from the fire toward the river.
22. v. To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
23. v. To move at (a speed).
The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
This baby can make 220 miles an hour.
24. v. To appoint; to name.
25. v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
26. v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
27. v. To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
They hope to make a bigger profit.
He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.
She made ten points in that game.
28. v. To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
29. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
30. v. To enact; to establish.
31. v. To develop into; to prove to be.
She'll make a fine president.
32. v. To form or formulate in the mind.
make plans
made a questionable decision
33. v. To perform a feat.
make a leap
make a pass
make a u-turn
34. v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
35. v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
36. v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
37. v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
38. v. (transitive, euphemism) To take the virginity of.
39. v. To have sexual intercourse with.
40. n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
What make of car do you drive?
41. n. How a thing is made; construction.
42. n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
The camera was of German make.
43. n. Quantity produced, especially of materials.
44. n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
45. n. A person's character or disposition.
46. n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
47. n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
48. n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
49. n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
50. n. (slang) Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
51. n. (slang) A promotion.
52. n. A home-made project
53. n. (basketball) A made basket.
54. n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
55. n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.
sure
1. adj. Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.
This investment is a sure thing. The bailiff had a sure grip on the prisoner's arm.
2. adj. Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
He was sure she was lying. I am sure of my eventual death. John was acting sure of himself but in truth had doubts.
3. adj. Certain to act or be a specified way.
Be sure to lock the door when you leave.
4. adj. (obsolete) Free from danger; safe; secure.
5. adj. (obsolete) Betrothed; engaged to marry.
6. adv. (modal adverb) Without doubt, certainly.
Sure he's coming! Why wouldn't he?
"Did you kill that bear yourself? ―"I sure did!".
7. interj. Yes. (Expresses noncommittal agreement or consent.)
"Do you want me to put this in the garage?" "Sure, go ahead.".
8. interj. Yes; of course.
"Could you tell me where the washrooms are?" "Sure, they're in the corner over there.".
you
1. pron. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
2. pron. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
3. pron. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
4. pron. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
Both of you should get ready now.
You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
5. pron. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
6. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
7. det. The individual or group spoken or written to.
Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
8. det. Used before epithets for emphasis.
You idiot!
9. v. To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal.
check
1. n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
2. n. An inspection or examination.
I don't know if she will be there, but it's worth a check.
3. n. A control; a limit or stop.
checks and balances
The castle moat should hold the enemy in check.
4. n. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: sc=Latinx, ✓) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
Place a check by the things you have done.
5. n. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a check for the amount.
6. n. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
I summoned the waiter, paid the check, and hurried to leave.
7. n. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
The hockey player gave a good hard check to obtain the puck.
8. n. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
9. n. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
10. n. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad
11. n. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
12. n. A small chink or crack.
13. v. To inspect; to examine.
Check the oil in your car once a month.
Check whether this page has a watermark.
14. v. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
15. v. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or veri
Check the items on the list that interest you.
Check off the items that you've checked (inspected).
Check the correct answer to each question.
16. v. To control, limit, or halt.
Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation.
17. v. To verify or compare with a source of information.
Check your data against known values.
18. v. To leave in safekeeping.
Check your hat and coat at the door.
19. v. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
Check your bags at the ticket counter before the flight.
20. v. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
He checked the ball and then proceeded to perform a perfect layup.
That basket doesn't count—you forgot to check!
21. v. (contact sports) To hit another player with one's body.
The hockey player checked the defenceman to obtain the puck.
22. v. (poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
Tom didn't think he could win, so he checked.
23. v. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
24. v. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
25. v. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
26. v. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
27. v. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
The sun checks timber.
28. v. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
29. v. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
30. v. To act as a curb or restraint.
31. v. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
32. n. (textiles usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
The tablecloth had red and white checks.
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.
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.
pockets
1. n. plural of pocket
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of pocket
pocket
1. n. A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
2. n. Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.
I paid for it out of my own pocket.
3. n. (sports) An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
4. n. An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas.
5. n. (Australia) An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.
6. n. (Australian rules football) The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roug
7. n. (American Football) The region directly behind the offensive line in which the quarterback executes plays.
8. n. (military) An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
9. n. (rugby) The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.
10. n. A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries.
11. n. (architecture) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.
12. n. (mining) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
13. n. (nautical) A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
14. n. The pouch of an animal.
15. n. (bowling) The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.
16. n. A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.
17. n. A bight on a lee shore.
18. n. (dentistry) A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.
19. v. To put (something) into a pocket.
20. v. (sports) To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
21. v. (slang) To take and keep (especially money) that which is not one's own.
22. v. (slang) To shoplift, to steal.
23. v. (transitive, obsolete) To receive (an insult, an affront, etc.) without open resentment, or without seeking redress.
24. adj. Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.
pocket dictionary
25. adj. Smaller or more compact than usual.
pocket battleship, pocket beach
26. adj. (Texas hold'em poker) Referring to the two initial hole cards.
A pocket pair of kings.
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).
tissues
1. n. plural of tissue
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of tissue
tissue
1. n. Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.
2. n. A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
3. n. A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
4. n. Absorbent paper as material.
5. n. (biology) A group of similar cells that function together to do a specific job.
6. n. Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
a tissue of forgeries, or of lies
7. v. To form tissue of; to interweave.
before
1. prep. Earlier than (in time).
I want this done before Monday.
2. prep. In front of in space.
He stood before me.
We sat before the fire to warm ourselves.
3. prep. In the presence of.
He performed before the troops in North Africa.
He spoke before a joint session of Congress.
4. prep. Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).
The case laid before the panel aroused nothing but ridicule.
5. prep. In store for, in the future of (someone).
6. prep. In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
In alphabetical order, "cat" comes before "dog", "canine" before feline".
7. prep. At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.
An entrepreneur puts market share and profit before quality, an amateur intrinsic qualities before economical considerations.
8. adv. At an earlier time.
I've never done this before.
9. adv. In advance.
10. adv. At the front end.
11. conj. in advance of the time when
12. conj. (informal) rather or sooner than
washing
1. n. The action of the verb to wash
2. n. (chiefly British, NZ, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
3. n. (often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
4. n. The liquid used to wash an ore.
5. n. A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
the gold-washings, or silver-washings
6. n. A thin covering or coat.
a washing of silver
7. n. (stock exchange) A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
8. n. (pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.
9. v. present participle of wash
wash
1. v. To clean with water.
The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.
Dishwashers wash dishes much more efficiently than most humans.
2. v. To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.
The flood washed away houses.
3. v. (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
4. v. (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
I wash every morning after getting up.
5. v. To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
Waves wash the shore.
6. v. (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
to hear the water washing
7. v. (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
8. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
9. v. (intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
Some calicoes do not wash.
10. v. (intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
11. v. To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
12. v. To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
steel washed with silver
13. v. To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
14. v. To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
15. n. The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
I'm going to have a quick wash before coming to bed.
My jacket needs a wash.
16. n. A liquid used for washing.
17. n. The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
There's a lot in that wash: maybe you should split it into two piles.
18. n. (arts) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
19. n. The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.
I could hear the wash of the wave.
20. n. The wake of a moving ship.
The ship left a big wash
Sail away from the wash to avoid rocking the boat.
21. n. The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
22. n. A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
mouth wash
hand wash
23. n. Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
24. n. A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
25. n. A shallow body of water.
26. n. In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
27. n. A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
28. n. Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
29. n. In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
30. n. A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
31. n. A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
32. n. (nautical) The blade of an oar.
33. n. The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
34. n. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
35. n. (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
a carriage wash in a stable
36. n. (television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
Your
1. pron. honoraltcaps, your
2. det. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
Let's meet tomorrow at your convenience.
Is this your cat?
3. det. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
4. det. A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
Your Show of Shows
Your World with Neil Cavuto
Not Your Average Travel Guide
5. det. (Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
Your man just bought a new car.
Have you seen what your one over there is doing?
6. contraction. misspelling of you're
clothes
1. n. (plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.
2. n. (obsolete) plural of cloth.
3. n. The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of clothe
clothe
1. v. To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
to feed and clothe a family; to clothe oneself extravagantly
2. v. (figurative) To cover or invest, as if with a garment.
to clothe somebody with authority or power

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