my |
1. det. First-person singular possessive determiner. See. | |
2. det. Belonging to me. | |
I can't find my book. | |
3. det. Associated with me. | |
My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable. | |
Don't you know my name? | |
I recognised him because he had attended my school. | |
4. det. Related to me. | |
My parents won't let me go out tonight. | |
5. det. In the possession of me. | |
I have to take my books back to the library soon. | |
6. interj. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement. | |
My, what big teeth you have! | |
undying |
1. adj. permanent; never-ending; infinite | |
My abandoned heart | |
Just doesn't understand | |
My undying love for you | |
Won't let me wait - Janet Jackson - Come Back to Me | |
2. v. present participle of undie | |
undie |
1. n. (informal, often, attributive) underwear | |
2. n. (informal) a spy, undercover agent | |
3. v. hypothetically, to come back to life after having died | |
4. v. to become undead | |
love |
1. n. Strong affection. | |
2. n. A profound and caring affection towards someone. | |
A mother’s love is not easily shaken. | |
My husband’s love is the most important thing in my life. | |
3. n. Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being. | |
4. n. A feeling of intense attraction towards someone. | |
I have never been in love as much as I have with you. | |
5. n. A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something. | |
My love of cricket knows no bounds. | |
6. n. A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved. | |
7. n. (colloquial, British) A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings. | |
Hello love, how can I help you? | |
8. n. A thing, activity etc which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm. | |
9. n. (euphemistic) Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction. | |
10. n. (euphemistic) Sexual activity. | |
11. n. An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair. | |
12. n. Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young. | |
13. n. (altcaps, Love, , personification of love). | |
14. n. (obsolete) A thin silk material. | |
15. n. A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba. | |
16. v. (usually transitive sometimes intransitive) To have a strong affection for (someone or something). | |
I love my spouse. I love you! | |
17. v. To need, thrive on. | |
Mold loves moist, dark places. | |
18. v. (transitive, colloquial) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like. | |
I love walking barefoot on wet grass; I'd love to join the team; I love what you've done with your hair | |
19. v. (usually transitive sometimes intransitive) To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something). | |
20. v. To derive delight from a fact or situation. | |
I love the fact that the coffee shop now offers fat-free chai latte. | |
21. v. To lust for. | |
22. v. (transitive, euphemistic) To have sex with, (perhaps from make love.) | |
I wish I could love her all night long. | |
23. v. (transitive, obsolete, or UK dialectal) To praise; commend. | |
24. v. (transitive, obsolete, or UK dialectal) To praise as of value; prize; set a price on. | |
25. n. (racquet sports) Zero, no score. | |
So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova. | |
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). | |
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. | |