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man
1. n. An adult male human.
The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.
2. n. (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
3. n. A human, a person of either gender, usually an adult. (See usage notes.)
every man for himself
4. n. (collective) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. (Sometimes capitalized as Man.)
5. n. (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
6. n. (obsolete) A sentient being, whether human or supernatural.
7. n. An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
8. n. (obsolete, uncommon) Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
9. n. A husband.
10. n. A lover; a boyfriend.
11. n. A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
Some people prefer apple pie, but me, I’m a cherry pie man.
12. n. A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
I wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead I’m a flag man on a road crew.
13. n. A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
14. n. A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.
15. n. An adult male servant.
16. n. (historical) A vassal. A subject.
Like master, like man. (old proverb)
all the king's men
17. n. A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
18. n. (Multicultural London English, slang) Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; (non-gloss definition, construed in the third person).
19. n. A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
Come on, man, we've got no time to lose!
20. n. A friendly term of address usually reserved for other adult males.
Hey, man, how's it goin'?
21. n. (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
22. adj. only used in, man enough
23. interj. Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.
Man, that was a great catch!
24. v. To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
The ship was manned with a small crew.
25. v. To take up position in order to operate (something).
Man the machine guns!
26. v. (reflexive, possibly dated) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.)
27. v. (transitive, obsolete) To wait on, attend to or escort.
28. v. (transitive, obsolete, chiefly falconry) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.
there
1. adv. (location) In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (compare here).
2. adv. (figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place.
He did not stop there, but continued his speech.
They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.
3. adv. (location) To or into that place; thither.
4. adv. (obsolete) Where, there where, in which place.
5. adv. In existence or in this world; see pronoun section below.
6. interj. Used to offer encouragement or sympathy.
There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
7. interj. Used to express victory or completion.
There! That knot should hold.
8. n. That place.
9. n. That status; that position.
You get it ready; I'll take it from there.
10. pron. Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.
There are two apples on the table. =Two apples are on the table.
There is no way to do it. =No way to do it exists.
Is there an answer? =Does an answer exist?
No, there isn't. =No, one doesn't exist.
11. pron. Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
If x is a positive number, then there exists =there is a positive number y less than x.
There remain several problems with this approach. =Several problems remain with this approach.
Once upon a time, in a now-forgotten kingdom, there lived a woodsman with his wife. =There was a woodsman, who lived with his wife.
There arose a great wind out of the east. =There was now a great wind, arising in the east.
12. pron. Used with other verbs, when raised.
There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. =It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.
I expected there to be a simpler solution. =I expected that there would be a simpler solution.
There are beginning to be complications. =It's beginning to be the case that there are complications.
13. pron. (in combination with certain prepositions, no longer productive) That.
therefor, thereat, thereunder
14. pron. (colloquial) Used to replace an unknown name, principally in greetings and farewells
Hi there, young fellow.
15. contraction. misspelling of they’re
16. det. misspelling of their
are
1. v. second-person singular present of be
Mary, where are you going?
2. v. first-person plural present of be
We are not coming.
3. v. second-person plural present of be
Mary and John, are you listening?
4. v. third-person plural present of be
They are here somewhere.
5. v. (East Yorkshire, Midlands) present of be
6. n. (dialectal, or obsolete) grace, mercy
To bid God's are.
God's are is what children of God seech and seek.
7. n. (obsolete) honour, dignity
8. n. (rare) an accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?
some
1. pron. A certain number, at least one.
Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.
2. pron. An indefinite quantity.
Can I have some of them?
3. pron. An indefinite amount, a part.
please give me some of the cake; everyone is wrong some of the time
4. det. A certain proportion of, at least one.
Some people like camping.
5. det. An unspecified quantity or number of.
Would you like some grapes?
6. det. An unspecified amount of (something un).
Would you like some water?
After some persuasion, he finally agreed.
7. det. A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
I've just met some guy who said he knew you.
The sequence S converges to zero for some initial value v.
8. det. A considerable quantity or number of; approximately.
He had edited the paper for some years.
9. det. (informal) A remarkable.
He is some acrobat!
10. adv. Of a measurement: approximately, roughly
I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.
Some 30,000 spectators witnessed the feat.
Some 4,000 acres of land were flooded.
fine
1. adj. Senses referring to subjective quality.
2. adj. Of superior quality.
The tree frog that they encountered was truly a fine specimen.
Only a really fine wine could fully complement Lucía's hand-made pasta.
3. adj. (informal) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory.
How are you today? – Fine.
Will this one do? It's got a dent in it. – Yeah, it'll be fine, I guess.
It's fine with me if you stay out late, so long as you're back by three.
4. adj. (informal) Good-looking, attractive.
That man is so fine that I'd jump into his pants without a moment's hesitation.
5. adj. Subtle, delicately balanced.
6. adj. (obsolete) Showy; overdecorated.
7. adj. Delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous.
8. adj. (An answer often used to cover an unnecessary explanation, rather to avoid conflict or an argument. Saying "I'm fine" can be used to avoid inquiry when
When a girl says she's "fine," she ain't fine.
9. adj. Senses referring to objective quality.
10. adj. Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint.
The small scratch meant that his copy of “X-Men 2” was merely fine when it otherwise would have been “near mint”.
11. adj. (of weather) Sunny and not raining.
12. adj. Consisting of especially minute particulate; made up of particularly small pieces.
Grind it into a fine powder.
When she touched the artifact, it collapsed into a heap of fine dust.
13. adj. Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth.
The threads were so fine that you had to look through a magnifying glass to see them.
14. adj. Made of slender or thin filaments.
They protected themselves from the small parasites with a fine wire mesh.
15. adj. Having a (specified) proportion of pure metal in its composition.
coins nine tenths fine
16. adj. (cricket) Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
...to nudge it through the covers (or tickle it down to fine leg) for a fournb...
17. adj. (obsolete) Subtle; thin; tenuous.
18. adv. Expression of (typically) reluctant agreement.
19. adv. Well, nicely, in a positive way.
Everything worked out fine.
20. adv. (dated, dialect, colloquial) Finely; elegantly; delicately.
21. adv. (pool, billiards) In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.
22. n. Fine champagne; French brandy.
23. n. (usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles.
24. v. To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
to fine gold
25. v. (intransitive) To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
26. v. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
to fine the soil
27. v. To change by fine gradations.
to fine down a ship's lines, i.e. to diminish her lines gradually
28. v. To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
29. v. (intransitive, dated) To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off).
30. n. A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.
The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years.
31. v. To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed.
32. v. (intransitive) To pay a fine.
33. n. (music) The end of a musical composition.
34. n. (music) The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.
35. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To finish; to cease.
36. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to cease; to stop.
37. n. (obsolete) End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
38. n. A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
39. n. (legal) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.
honeys
1. n. plural of honey
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of honey
honey
1. n. A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods.
2. n. A variety of this substance.
3. n. (figuratively) Something sweet or desirable.
4. n. A term of affection.
Honey, would you take out the trash?
Honey, I'm home.
5. n. (informal) A woman, especially an attractive one.
Man, there are some fine honeys here tonight!
6. n. A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
(color panel, FDD378)
7. adj. Involving or resembling honey.
8. adj. Of a pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like most types of honey.
9. v. To sweeten; to make agreeable.
10. v. (intransitive) To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments.
11. v. (intransitive) To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.
here
1. adv. (location) In, on, or at this place.
2. adv. (location) To this place; used in place of the more dated hither.
Please come here.
3. adv. (abstract) In this context.
Derivatives can refer to anything that is derived from something else, but here they refer specifically to functions that give the slope of the tangent line to a curve.
4. adv. At this point in the argument or narration.
Here endeth the lesson.
5. n. (abstract) This place; this location.
An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.
6. adj. Filler after a noun or demonstrative pronoun, solely for emphasis.
John here is a rascal.
7. adj. Filler after a demonstrative pronoun but before the noun it modifies, solely for emphasis.
This here orange is too sour.
8. interj. (slang) (non-gloss, Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.)
Here, now I'm giving it to you.
9. interj. (UK, slang) Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
Here, I'm tired and I want a drink.
tonight
1. adv. During the night following the current day.
I want to party tonight!
I had a wonderful time with you tonight.
2. adv. (obsolete) Last night.
3. n. The nighttime of the current day or date; this night.
Tonight is the night.
I have high hopes for tonight.

Dictionary entries from Wiktionary