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not
     1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
           Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
           Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
     2. adv. To no degree.
           That is not red; it's orange.
     3. conj. And not.
           I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
           He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
     4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
           I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!
           Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not!
     5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function.
           You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip.
     6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not.
fully
     1. adv. In a full manner; without lack or defect.
           He fully met his responsibilities.
     2. adv. In a full degree; to a full extent.
           He is fully capable of meeting his responsibilities.
     3. adv. As a minimum; at least.
developed
     1. adj. (said of a country) Not primitive; not third world.
     2. adj. Mature.
     3. adj. Containing man-made structures such as roads, sewers, electric lines, buildings, and so on.
     4. adj. Having useful or necessary infrastructure.
     5. adj. Advanced, fully formed.
     6. v. simple past tense and past participle of develop
     develop
          1. v. (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
                Let's see how things develop and then make our decision.
          2. v. To progress through a sequence of stages.
                Isabel developed from a tropical depression to a tropical storm to a hurricane.   An embryo develops into a fetus and then into an infant.
          3. v. To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
          4. v. To create.
                I need to develop a plan for the next three weeks.
          5. v. To bring out images latent in photographic film.
                Please develop this roll of film.
          6. v. To acquire something usually over a period of time.
                I have been in England enough to develop a British accent.
                You will develop calluses if you play the cello.
                She developed bad eating habits.
          7. v. (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
                I need to develop my white-square bishop.
          8. v. (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
          9. v. (math) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
in
     1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
     2. prep.          Contained by.
                   The dog is in the kennel.
     3. prep.          Within.
     4. prep.          Surrounded by.
                   We are in the enemy camp.   Her plane is in the air.
     5. prep.          Part of; a member of.
                   One in a million.   She's in band and orchestra.
     6. prep.          Pertaining to; with regard to.
                   What grade did he get in English?
                   Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
     7. prep.          At the end of a period of time.
                   They said they would call us in a week.
     8. prep.          Within a certain elapsed time
                   Are you able to finish this in three hours?   The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
     9. prep.          During (said of periods of time).
                   in the first week of December;  Easter falls in the fourth lunar month;   The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
     10. prep.          (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
                   English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
     11. prep. Into.
           Less water gets in your boots this way.
     12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
           In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
     13. prep.          Indicating an order or arrangement.
                   My fat rolls around in folds.
     14. prep.          Denoting a state of the subject.
                   He stalked away in anger.   John is in a coma.
     15. prep.          Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
                   You've got a friend in me.   He's met his match in her.
     16. prep.          Wearing (an item of clothing).
                    I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
     17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
     18. prep.          (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
                   Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
                   The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
                    Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
     19. prep.          Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
                   Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
                   His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
                   When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
     20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
     21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
     22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
           Is Mr. Smith in?
     23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
           Suddenly a strange man walked in.
     24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
           He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
     25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
           What's that in?
     26. adv. After the beginning of something.
     27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
           His parents got him an in with the company
     28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
     29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
     30. adj. In fashion; popular.
           Skirts are in this year.
     31. adj. Incoming.
           the in train
     32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
     33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
           in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
     34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
     35. n. Inch.
mature
     1. adj. Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
           She is quite mature for her age.
     2. adj. Brought to a state of complete readiness.
           a mature plan
     3. adj. Profound; careful.
           The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.
     4. adj. (medicine, obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
     5. v. (intransitive, of food, especially fruit) To become mature; to ripen.
     6. v. (intransitive) To gain experience or wisdom with age.
     7. v. To make something mature.
     8. v. (intransitive, finance) To reach the date when payment is due
Animals
     1. n. plural of Animal
     2. n. plural of animal
     animal
          1. n. In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plant, plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely
                A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants.
          2. n. In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
          3. n. In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fish, fishes, insect, insects, etc.).
          4. n. (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
                My students are animals.
          5. n. (informal) A person of a particular type.
                He's a political animal.
          6. n. matter, Matter, thing.
                a whole different animal
          7. adj. Of or relating to animals.
                animal instincts
          8. adj. Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
                animal passions
          9. adj. Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
          10. adj. (slang) Excellent
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