on |
1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating. | |
2. adj. Performing according to schedule. | |
Are we still on for tonight? | |
Is the show still on? | |
3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate. | |
You can't do that; it's just not on. | |
4. adj. (informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed. | |
"Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!". | |
Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now. | |
5. adj. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter. | |
6. adj. (euphemistic) Menstruating. | |
7. adv. To an operating state. | |
turn the television on | |
8. adv. Along, forwards (continuing an action). | |
drive on, rock on | |
9. adv. In continuation, at length. | |
and so on. | |
He rambled on and on. | |
10. adv. (not US) Later. | |
Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village. | |
11. prep. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above. | |
on the table; on the couch | |
The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder. | |
12. prep. At or near; adjacent to. | |
Soon we'll pass a statue on the left. | |
The fleet is on the American coast. | |
Croton-on-Hudson, Rostov-on-Don, Southend-on-Sea | |
13. prep. Covering. | |
He wore old shoes on his feet. | |
14. prep. At the date of. | |
Born on the 4th of July. | |
15. prep. Some time during the day of. | |
I'll see you on Monday. The bus leaves on Friday. Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy. | |
16. prep. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something. | |
A book on history. The World Summit on the Information Society. | |
17. prep. Touching; hanging from. | |
The fruit ripened on the trees. The painting hangs on the wall. | |
18. prep. (informal) In the possession of. | |
I haven't got any money on me. | |
19. prep. Because of, or due to. | |
To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery. To contact someone on a hunch. | |
20. prep. Upon; at the time of (and often because of). | |
On Jack's entry, William got up to leave. | |
On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins. | |
21. prep. Paid for by. | |
The drinks are on me tonight, boys. The meal is on the house. I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company. | |
22. prep. Used to indicate a means or medium. | |
I saw it on television. Can't you see I'm on the phone? | |
23. prep. Indicating a means of subsistence. | |
They lived on ten dollars a week. The dog survived three weeks on rainwater. | |
24. prep. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity). | |
He's on his lunch break. on vacation; on holiday | |
25. prep. Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with. | |
to play on a violin or piano | |
Her words made a lasting impression on my mind. | |
26. prep. Regularly taking (a drug). | |
You've been on these antidepressants far too long. He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something. | |
27. prep. Under the influence of (a drug). | |
He's acting crazy because he's on crack right now. | |
28. prep. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain. | |
a function on | |
29. prep. (mathematics) HavingV^n as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n. | |
an operator on | |
30. prep. (mathematics) Generated by. | |
the free group on four letters | |
31. prep. Supported by (the specified part of itself). | |
A table can't stand on two legs. After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels. | |
32. prep. At a given time after the start of something; at. | |
33. prep. In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series. | |
heaps on heaps of food | |
mischief on mischief; loss on loss | |
34. prep. (obsolete, regional) of | |
35. prep. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in. | |
I depended on them for assistance. | |
He will promise on certain conditions. | |
Do you ever bet on horses? | |
36. prep. Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion. | |
Have pity or compassion on him. | |
37. prep. (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of. | |
38. prep. In the service of; connected with; of the number of. | |
He is on a newspaper; I am on the committee. | |
39. prep. By virtue of; with the pledge of. | |
He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour. | |
40. prep. To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon. | |
On us be all the blame. | |
A curse on him! | |
Please don't tell on her and get her in trouble. | |
He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since. | |
He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession. | |
41. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) to switch on | |
Can you on the light? | |
42. prep. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without. | |
43. n. In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun. | |
Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun". | |
a |
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
4. art. The same; one. | |
We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
Stand a tiptoe. | |
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
Torn a pieces. | |
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
A God’s name. | |
13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
To set the people a worke. | |
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
The times, they are a-changin'. | |
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
Jacob, when he was a dying | |
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
The name of John a Gaunt. | |
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
warm |
1. adj. Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot. | |
The tea is still warm. | |
This is a very warm room. | |
2. adj. Caring and friendly, of relations to another person. | |
We have a warm friendship. | |
3. adj. Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum. | |
4. adj. Close, often used in the context of a game in which "warm" and "cold" are used to indicate nearness to the goal. | |
5. adj. (figurative) Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness | |
a warm piano sound | |
6. adj. (archaic) Ardent, zealous. | |
a warm debate, with strong words exchanged | |
7. adj. (archaic, colloquial) Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; rich. | |
8. adj. (archaic) Requiring arduous effort. | |
9. v. To make or keep warm. | |
10. v. (intransitive) To become warm, to heat up. | |
My socks are warming by the fire. | |
The earth soon warms on a clear summer day. | |
11. v. (intransitive) To favour increasingly. | |
He is warming to the idea. | |
Her classmates are gradually warming to her. | |
12. v. To become ardent or animated. | |
The speaker warms as he proceeds. | |
13. v. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven. | |
14. n. (colloquial) The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating. | |
Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave? | |
sunny |
1. adj. (of weather or a day) Featuring a lot of sunshine. | |
Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain. | |
2. adj. (of a place) Receiving a lot of sunshine. | |
the sunny side of a hill | |
I would describe Spain as sunny, but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara. | |
3. adj. (figuratively, of a person or a person's mood) Cheerful. | |
a sunny disposition | |
4. adj. Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; brilliant; radiant. | |
5. adv. (US, regional) sunny side up | |
6. n. A sunfish. | |
day |
1. n. Any period of 24 hours. | |
I've been here for two days and a bit. | |
2. n. A period from midnight to the following midnight. | |
The day begins at midnight. | |
3. n. (astronomy) Rotational period of a planet (especially Earth). | |
A day on Mars is slightly over 24 hours. | |
4. n. The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc. | |
I worked two days last week. | |
5. n. Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight; daytime. | |
day and night; I work at night and sleep during the day. | |
6. n. A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time. | |
Every dog has its day. | |
7. n. A period of contention of a day or less. | |
The day belonged to the Allies. | |
8. n. (meteorology) A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise. | |
Your 8am forecast: The high for the day will be 30 and the low, before dawn, will be 10. | |
9. v. (rare, intransitive) To spend a day (in a place). | |
last |
1. adj. Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind. | |
“Eyes Wide Shut” was the last film to be directed by Stanley Kubrick. | |
2. adj. Most recent, latest, last so far. | |
The last time I saw him, he was married. | |
I have received your note dated the 17th last, and am responding to say that.... (archaic usage) | |
3. adj. Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable. | |
He is the last person to be accused of theft. | |
The last person I want to meet is Helen. | |
More rain is the last thing we need right now. | |
4. adj. Being the only one remaining of its class. | |
Japan is the last empire. | |
5. adj. Supreme; highest in degree; utmost. | |
6. adj. Lowest in rank or degree. | |
the last prize | |
7. det. The (one) immediately before the present. | |
We went there last year. | |
8. det. (of a day of the week) Closest to seven days (one week) ago. | |
It's Wednesday, and the party was last Tuesday; that is, not yesterday, but eight days ago. | |
9. adv. Most recently. | |
When we last met, he was based in Toronto. | |
10. adv. (sequence) after everything else; finally | |
I'll go last. | |
last but not least | |
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To perform, carry out. | |
12. v. (intransitive) To endure, continue over time. | |
Summer seems to last longer each year. | |
They seem happy now, but that won't last long. | |
13. v. (intransitive) To hold out, continue undefeated or entire. | |
I don't know how much longer we can last without reinforcements. | |
14. n. A tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes. | |
15. v. To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last. | |
to last a boot | |
16. n. (obsolete) A burden; load; a cargo; freight. | |
17. n. (obsolete) A measure of weight or quantity, varying in designation depending on the goods concerned. | |
18. n. (obsolete) An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons. | |
19. n. A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value. | |
week |
1. n. Any period of seven consecutive days. | |
2. n. A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday. | |
3. n. A period of five days beginning with Monday. | |
4. n. A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath. | |
A 4-day week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. | |
5. n. Seven days after (sometimes before) a specified date. | |
I'll see you Thursday week. | |
I |
1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence. | |
(audio, Here I am, sir.ogg, Audio) | |
2. pron. (nonstandard, hypercorrection) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence. | |
3. n. (metaphysics) The ego. | |
4. n. (US, roadway) Interstate. | |
5. n. (grammar) (abbreviation of instrumental case) | |
6. pron. nonstandard spelling of I | |
scrambled |
1. adj. Mixed, disordered, shuffled. | |
a scrambled TV signal, requiring decryption | |
2. adj. (of eggs) beaten, Beaten and cooked. | |
He always ate his eggs fried, never scrambled. | |
3. v. simple past tense and past participle of scramble | |
scramble |
1. v. (intransitive) To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner. | |
3. v. (transitive of food ingredients usually including egg) To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass. | |
I scrambled some eggs with spinach and cheese. | |
4. v. To process (telecommunication signals) to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener. | |
5. v. (transitive, military) To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy. | |
6. v. (intransitive, sports) To partake in motocross. | |
7. v. (intransitive) To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity. | |
8. v. To gather or collect by scrambling. | |
to scramble up wealth | |
9. v. To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired. | |
10. n. A rush or hurry, especially making use of the limbs against a surface. | |
a last-minute scramble to the finish line | |
11. n. (military) An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft. | |
12. n. A motocross race. | |
13. n. Any frantic period of activity. | |
14. interj. (UK) Shouted when something desirable is thrown into a group of people who individually want that item, causing them to rush for it. | |
across |
1. prep. To, toward or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest). | |
We rowed across the river. | |
Fortunately, there was a bridge across the river. | |
He came across the street to meet me. | |
2. prep. On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest). | |
That store is across the street. | |
3. prep. (Southern US, AAVE) across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest). | |
4. prep. From one side to the other within (a space being traversed). | |
The meteor streaked across the sky. | |
He walked across the room. | |
Could you slide that across the table to me, please? | |
5. prep. At or near the far end of (a space). | |
6. prep. Spanning. | |
This poetry speaks across the centuries. | |
7. prep. Throughout. | |
All across the country, voters were communicating their representatives. | |
8. prep. So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle. | |
Lay the top stick across the bottom one. | |
She had straps fastened across the conduit every six feet. | |
9. prep. In possession of full, up-to-date information about; abreast of. | |
As a newspaper reporter, you should be across all these issues. | |
10. adv. From one side to the other. | |
she helped the blind man across; the river is half a mile across | |
11. adv. On the other side. | |
If we sail off at noon, when will we be across? | |
12. adv. In a particular direction. | |
He leaned across for a book. | |
13. adv. (crosswords) Horizontally. | |
I got stuck on 4 across. | |
14. n. (crosswords, often in combination) A word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue. | |
I solved all of the acrosses, but then got stuck on 3 down. | |
1 Bygone hangout for 64-Acrosses | |
a |
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
4. art. The same; one. | |
We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
Stand a tiptoe. | |
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
Torn a pieces. | |
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
A God’s name. | |
13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
To set the people a worke. | |
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
The times, they are a-changin'. | |
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
Jacob, when he was a dying | |
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
The name of John a Gaunt. | |
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
bank |
1. n. An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs. | |
2. n. A branch office of such an institution. | |
3. n. An underwriter or controller of a card game; also banque. | |
4. n. A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital. | |
5. n. (gambling) The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses. | |
6. n. (slang) money; profit | |
7. n. In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw. | |
8. n. A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods. | |
blood bank; sperm bank; data bank | |
9. n. A device used to store coins or currency. | |
If you want to buy a bicycle, you need to put the money in your piggy bank. | |
10. v. (intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client. | |
He banked with Barclays. | |
11. v. To put into a bank. | |
I'm going to bank the money. | |
12. v. (transitive, slang) To conceal in the rectum for use in prison. | |
Johnny banked some coke for me. | |
13. n. (hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse. | |
14. n. (nautical, hydrology) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank). | |
the banks of Newfoundland | |
15. n. (geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment. | |
16. n. (aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn. | |
17. n. (rail transport) An incline, a hill. | |
18. n. A mass noun for a quantity of clouds. | |
The bank of clouds on the horizon announced the arrival of the predicted storm front. | |
19. n. (mining) The face of the coal at which miners are working. | |
20. n. (mining) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level. | |
21. n. (mining) The ground at the top of a shaft. | |
Ores are brought to bank. | |
22. v. (intransitive, aviation) To roll or incline laterally in order to turn. | |
23. v. To cause (an aircraft) to bank. | |
24. v. To form into a bank or heap, to bank up. | |
to bank sand | |
25. v. To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat. | |
26. v. To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank. | |
27. v. (transitive, obsolete) To pass by the banks of. | |
28. n. A row or panel of items stored or grouped together. | |
a bank of switches | |
a bank of pay phones | |
29. n. A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard. | |
30. v. (transitive, order and arrangement) To arrange or order in a row. | |
31. n. A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars. | |
32. n. A bench or seat for judges in court. | |
33. n. The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See banc. | |
34. n. (archaic, printing) A kind of table used by printers. | |
35. n. (music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ. | |
36. n. slang for money | |
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. | |
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. | |
Northern |
1. adj. (British) Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised). | |
Les Dawson was a famous Northern comedian. | |
2. n. (rail) a steam locomotive of the 4-8-4 wheel arrangement. (swp, 4-8-4) | |
3. adj. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north. | |
4. adj. (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly. | |
5. adj. (British) Characteristic of the North of England (qual, usually capitalised) | |
Les Dawson was a famous northern comedian. | |
6. n. An inhabitant of the northern regions. | |
7. n. (fishing) The northern pike. | |
woods |
1. n. plural of wood | |
2. n. (usually sometimes singular) A dense collection of trees covering a relatively small area; smaller than a forest. | |
Woods are lovely, dark places. | |
These woods are near a field. | |
This woods is near a field. (uncommon) | |
3. n. (military, attributive) For chemical behavior purposes, trees in full leaf (coniferous or medium-dense deciduous forests). | |
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of wood | |
wood |
1. n. The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel. | |
This table is made of wood. | |
There was lots of wood on the beach. | |
2. n. The wood of a particular species of tree. | |
Teak is much used for outdoor benches, but a number of other woods are also suitable, such as ipé, redwood, etc. | |
3. n. A forested or wooded area. | |
He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle. | |
4. n. Firewood. | |
We need more wood for the fire. | |
5. n. (golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood. | |
6. n. (music) A woodwind instrument. | |
7. n. (slang) An erection of the penis. | |
That girl at the strip club gave me wood. | |
8. n. (chess, slang) Chess pieces. | |
9. v. To cover or plant with trees. | |
10. v. (reflexive, intransitive) To hide behind trees. | |
11. v. To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for. | |
to wood a steamboat or a locomotive | |
12. v. (intransitive) To take or get a supply of wood. | |
13. adj. (obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed. | |
14. n. (US, sometimes offensive chiefly prison slang) A peckerwood. | |
down |
1. n. (especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland | |
We went for a walk over the downs. | |
The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east England. | |
2. n. (usually plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing. | |
3. n. (mostly) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep. | |
4. n. (American football) Any of the four chances for a team to successfully move the ball for the yards needed to keep possession of the ball. | |
first down, second down, etc. | |
5. adv. (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards. | |
The cat jumped down from the table. | |
6. adv. (comparable) At a lower and/or further along or away place or position along a set path. | |
His place is farther down the road. | |
The company was well down the path to bankruptcy. | |
7. adv. South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps). | |
I went down to Miami for a conference. | |
8. adv. (Ireland) Away from the city (even if the location is to the North). | |
He went down to Cavan. | |
down on the farm | |
down country | |
9. adv. (sport) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports). | |
10. adv. Into a state of non-operation. | |
The computer has been shut down. | |
They closed the shop down. | |
11. adv. To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank. | |
Smith was sent down to the minors to work on his batting. | |
After the incident, Kelly went down to Second Lieutenant. | |
12. adv. (anchor, Adv_rail)(rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero. | |
13. adv. (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down. | |
Down, boy! (such as to direct a dog to stand on four legs from two, or to sit from standing on four legs.) | |
14. adv. (academia) Away from Oxford or Cambridge. | |
He's gone back down to Newcastle for Christmas. | |
15. adv. From a remoter or higher antiquity. | |
16. adv. From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence. | |
17. adv. From less to greater detail. | |
18. adv. (intensifier) Used with verbs to add emphasis to the action of the verb. | |
They tamped (down) the asphalt to get a better bond. | |
19. adv. Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, rather than being of indefinite duration. | |
He boiled the mixture./He boiled down the mixture. | |
He sat waiting./He sat down and waited. | |
20. prep. From the higher end to the lower of. | |
The ball rolled down the hill. | |
21. prep. From one end to another of. | |
The bus went down the street. | |
They walked down the beach holding hands. | |
22. adj. (informal) sad, unhappy, Depressed, feeling low. | |
23. adj. Sick or ill. | |
He is down with the flu. | |
24. adj. At a lower level than before. | |
The stock market is down. | |
Prices are down. | |
25. adj. Having a lower score than an opponent. | |
They are down by 3-0 with just 5 minutes to play. | |
He was down by a bishop and a pawn after 15 moves. | |
At 5-1 down, she produced a great comeback to win the set on a tiebreak. | |
26. adj. (baseball, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out. | |
Two down and one to go in the bottom of the ninth. | |
27. adj. (colloquial) With "on", negative about, hostile to | |
Ever since Nixon, I've been down on Republicans. | |
28. adj. (not comparable, North America, slang) Comfortable with, accepting of. | |
He's chill enough; he'd probably be totally down with it. | |
Are you down to hang out at the mall, Jamal? | |
As long as you're down with helping me pick a phone, Tyrone. | |
29. adj. (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service. | |
The system is down. | |
30. adj. Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining). | |
Two down and three to go. (Two tasks completed and three more still to be done.) | |
Ten minutes down and nothing's happened yet. | |
31. adj. (not comparable military, police slang) Wounded and unable to move normally; killed. | |
We have an officer down outside the suspect's house. | |
There are three soldiers down and one walking wounded. | |
32. adj. (not comparable military, aviation slang) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly. | |
We have a chopper down near the river. | |
33. adj. Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.) | |
It's two weeks until opening night and our lines are still not down yet. | |
34. adj. (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive. | |
35. v. To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty. | |
He downed an ale and ordered another. | |
36. v. To cause to come down; to knock down or subdue. | |
The storm downed several old trees along the highway. | |
37. v. (transitive, pocket billiards) To put a ball in a pocket; to pot a ball. | |
He downed two balls on the break. | |
38. v. (transitive, American football) To bring a play to an end by touching the ball to the ground or while it is on the ground. | |
He downed it at the seven-yard line. | |
39. v. To write off; to make fun of. | |
40. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go down; to descend. | |
41. n. A negative aspect; a downer. | |
I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off. | |
42. n. (dated) A grudge (on someone). | |
43. n. An act of swallowing an entire drink at once. | |
44. n. (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed. | |
I bet after the third down, the kicker will replace the quarterback on the field. | |
45. n. (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid. | |
I haven't solved 12 or 13 across, but I've got most of the downs. | |
46. n. A downstairs room of a two-story house. | |
She lives in a two-up two-down. | |
47. n. Down payment. | |
48. n. Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets. | |
49. n. (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle. | |
50. n. The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear. | |
51. n. That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down. | |
52. v. To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down. | |
to |
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive. | |
I want to leave. | |
He asked me what to do. | |
I don’t know how to say it. | |
I have places to go and people to see. | |
2. part. As above, with the verb implied. | |
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.". | |
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to. | |
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs. | |
I have to do laundry today. | |
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at. | |
We are walking to the shop. | |
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose. | |
He devoted himself to education. | |
They drank to his health. | |
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action. | |
His face was beaten to a pulp. | |
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application. | |
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking. | |
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a. | |
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t | |
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison. | |
one to one = 1:1 | |
ten to one = 10:1. | |
I have ten dollars to your four. | |
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation. | |
Three squared or three to the second power is nine. | |
Three to the power of two is nine. | |
Three to the second is nine. | |
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object. | |
I gave the book to him. | |
12. prep. (time) Preceding. | |
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour). | |
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains. | |
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it. | |
There's a lot of sense to what he says. | |
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At. | |
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y. | |
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position. | |
Please push the door to. | |
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind. | |
17. adv. misspelling of too | |
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. | |
edge |
1. n. The boundary line of a surface. | |
2. n. (geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet. | |
3. n. An advantage. | |
I have the edge on him. | |
4. n. (also figuratively) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc. | |
5. n. A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge. | |
The cup is right on the edge of the table. | |
He is standing on the edge of a precipice. | |
6. n. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire. | |
7. n. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time) | |
in the edge of evening | |
8. n. (cricket) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally. | |
9. n. (graph theory) A connected pair of vertices in a graph. | |
10. n. In male masturbation, a level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax; see also edging. | |
11. v. To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction. | |
He edged the book across the table. | |
12. v. (intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction. | |
He edged away from her. | |
13. v. (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin. | |
14. v. (cricket, transitive) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection. | |
15. v. To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger. | |
16. v. To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging. | |
17. v. To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen. | |
18. v. (figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. | |
19. v. (intransitive) To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm. | |
of |
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion. | |
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". | |
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). | |
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). | |
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage. | |
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to. | |
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three. | |
6. prep. Expressing separation. | |
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.) | |
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband. | |
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.) | |
He seemed devoid of human feelings. | |
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.) | |
10. prep. Expressing origin. | |
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.) | |
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin. | |
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of. | |
The invention was born of necessity. | |
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.) | |
It is said that she died of a broken heart. | |
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.) | |
I am tired of all this nonsense. | |
15. prep. Expressing agency. | |
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).) | |
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea. | |
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below). | |
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties. | |
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.) | |
It was very brave of you to speak out like that. | |
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance. | |
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.) | |
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic. | |
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.) | |
She wore a dress of silk. | |
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.) | |
What a lot of nonsense! | |
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.) | |
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich. | |
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also". | |
I'm not driving this wreck of a car. | |
25. prep. Introducing subject matter. | |
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma | |
I'm always thinking of you. | |
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning. | |
He told us the story of his journey to India. | |
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.) | |
This behaviour is typical of teenagers. | |
29. prep. Having partitive effect. | |
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among". | |
Most of these apples are rotten. | |
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.) | |
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of. | |
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort. | |
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).) | |
He is a friend of mine. | |
34. prep. Expressing possession. | |
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above. | |
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century. | |
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it. | |
The owner of the nightclub was arrested. | |
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter | |
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames. | |
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive". | |
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.) | |
She had a profound distrust of the police. | |
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics. | |
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards. | |
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner. | |
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by". | |
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain. | |
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.) | |
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%. | |
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod | |
It's not that big of a deal. | |
45. prep. Expressing a point in time. | |
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity. | |
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river. | |
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time). | |
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while. | |
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.) | |
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off. | |
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. | |
river |
1. n. A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, ending at an ocean or in an inland sea. | |
Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods. | |
2. n. Any large flow of a liquid in a single body. | |
a river of blood | |
3. n. (poker) The last card dealt in a hand. | |
4. n. (typography) A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide. | |
5. v. (poker) To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game. | |
Johnny rivered me by drawing that ace of spades. | |
6. n. One who rives or splits. | |
where |
1. conj. While on the contrary; although; whereas. | |
Where Susy has trouble coloring inside the lines, Johnny has already mastered shading. | |
2. conj. At or in which place or situation. | |
He is looking for a house where he can have a complete office. | |
I've forgotten where I was in this book, but it was probably around chapter four. | |
3. conj. To which place or situation. | |
The snowbirds travel where it is warm. | |
4. conj. Wherever. | |
Their job is to go where they are called. | |
5. conj. (legal) In a position, case, etc., in which. | |
Where no provision under this Act is applicable, the case shall be decided in accordance with the customary practices. | |
6. adv. (Interrogative adverb, used in either a direct or indirect question): at what place; to what place; what place. | |
Where are you? | |
Where are you going? | |
He asked where I grew up. | |
7. adv. (With the preposition from) | |
Where did you come from? | |
8. adv. In what situation. | |
Where would we be without our parents? | |
9. adv. (relative) At which, on which. | |
That is the place where we first met. | |
10. pron. The place in which. | |
He lives within five miles of where he was born. | |
11. n. The place in which something happens. | |
A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how. | |
Finding the nymph asleep in secret where. — Spenser. | |
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. | |
woodland |
1. adj. Of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland. | |
The woodland creatures ran from the fire. | |
2. adj. (obsolete) Having the character of a woodland. | |
3. n. Land covered with woody vegetation. | |
floor |
1. n. The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room. | |
The room has a wooden floor. | |
2. n. Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground). | |
3. n. The lower inside surface of a hollow space. | |
Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor. | |
The floor of a cave served the refugees as a home. | |
The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been. | |
4. n. A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories. | |
5. n. The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge. | |
Wooden planks of the old bridge's floor were nearly rotten. | |
6. n. A storey/story of a building. | |
For years we lived on the third floor. | |
7. n. In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery. | |
8. n. Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event. | |
Will the senator from Arizona yield the floor? | |
The mayor often gives a lobbyist the floor. | |
9. n. (nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal. | |
10. n. (mining) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. | |
11. n. (mining) A horizontal, flat ore body. | |
12. n. (mathematics) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number. | |
The floor of 4.5 is 4. | |
13. n. (gymnastics) An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface. | |
14. n. (gymnastics) A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements. | |
15. n. (finance) A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap. | |
16. n. A dance floor. | |
17. n. The area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition | |
18. v. To cover or furnish with a floor. | |
floor a house with pine boards | |
19. v. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down. | |
20. v. (driving, slang) To accelerate rapidly. | |
21. v. To silence by a conclusive answer or retort. | |
floor an opponent | |
22. v. To amaze or greatly surprise. | |
We were floored by his confession. | |
23. v. (colloquial) To finish or make an end of. | |
floor a college examination | |
24. v. (mathematics) To set a lower bound. | |
was |
1. v. first-person singular past of be. | |
2. v. third-person singular past of be. | |
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? | |
bathed |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of bathe | |
2. v. simple past tense and past participle of bath | |
bath |
1. n. A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub. | |
2. n. A building or area where bathing occurs. | |
3. n. The act of bathing. | |
4. n. A substance or preparation in which something is immersed. | |
a bath of heated sand, ashes, steam, or hot air | |
5. v. To wash a person or animal in a bath | |
6. n. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23(nbsp)L or 6 gallons). | |
bathe |
1. v. (intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim. | |
3. v. To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath. | |
We bathe our baby before going to bed; other parents do it in the morning if they have time. | |
4. v. To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid. | |
She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical. | |
The nurse bathed his wound with a sponge. | |
The incoming tides bathed the coral reef. | |
5. v. (figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround. | |
The room was bathed in moonlight. | |
A dense fog bathed the city streets. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To sunbathe. | |
The women bathed in the sun. | |
7. n. (UK, colloquial) The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath. | |
I'm going to have a midnight bathe tonight. | |
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. | |
sunlight |
1. n. All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, especially that in the visible spectrum that bathes the Earth. | |
Sunlight on the skin gives you vitamin D. | |
2. n. (figuratively) Brightness, hope; a positive outlook. | |
3. n. synonym of sunrise | |
4. v. To work on the side (at a secondary job) during the daytime. | |
and |
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. | |
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs. | |
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences. | |
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first. | |
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but. | |
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often | |
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements. | |
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition. | |
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause. | |
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’. | |
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, | |
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other". | |
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb). | |
14. conj. Expressing a condition.: | |
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that. | |
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though. | |
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat. | |
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath. | |
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog. | |
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine. | |
shielded |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of shield | |
2. adj. provided with a shield | |
3. adj. protected from influence or danger | |
shield |
1. n. Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection. | |
2. n. A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. | |
3. n. (figurative) One who protects or defends. | |
4. n. (lichenology) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci. | |
5. n. (mining) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses. | |
6. n. (science fiction) A field of energy that protects or defends. | |
7. n. A shape like that of a shield; usually, an inverted triangle with sides that curve inward to form a pointed bottom, commonly used for police identifications and company logos. | |
8. n. (heraldry) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. | |
9. n. (Scotland) A toilet seat. | |
10. n. A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield. | |
11. n. (obsolete) A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield. | |
12. n. (transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route. | |
13. n. (colloquial, law enforcement) A police badge. | |
14. n. (geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock. | |
15. n. (geology) A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows. | |
16. n. (figuratively) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory. | |
17. v. To protect, to defend. | |
18. v. (electricity) to protect from the influence of | |
from |
1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at. | |
This wine comes from France. | |
I got a letter from my brother. | |
2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at. | |
He had books piled from floor to ceiling. | |
He left yesterday from Chicago. | |
Face away from the wall! | |
3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation. | |
20 from 31 leaves 11. | |
4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of. | |
An umbrella protects from the sun. | |
He knows right from wrong. | |
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. | |
easterly |
1. n. (meteorology) Any persistent wind from the east (usually applied to broad currents or belts of easterly winds). | |
2. adj. Facing the east; directed towards the east. | |
an easterly course or voyage | |
3. adj. Located towards the east. | |
the easterly side of a lake | |
4. adj. Coming from the east. | |
an easterly wind | |
5. adv. In an eastward direction or position; towards the east. | |
6. adv. From the east. | |
wind |
1. n. Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure. | |
The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship. | |
As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack. | |
The winds in Chicago are fierce. | |
There was a sudden gust of wind. | |
2. n. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action. | |
the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows | |
3. n. The ability to breathe easily. | |
After the second lap he was already out of wind. | |
The fall knocked the wind out of him. | |
4. n. News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.) | |
Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend. | |
5. n. (India, and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements). | |
6. n. (colloquial) Flatus. | |
Eww. Someone just passed wind. | |
7. n. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument. | |
8. n. (music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section. | |
9. n. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the "four winds". | |
10. n. Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds. | |
11. n. A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing. | |
12. n. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words. | |
13. n. A bird, the dotterel. | |
14. n. (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury. | |
15. v. To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. | |
16. v. To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen. | |
The boxer was winded during round two. | |
17. v. (reflexive) To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath. | |
I can’t run another step — I’m winded. | |
18. v. (British) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side. | |
19. v. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate. | |
20. v. To perceive or follow by scent. | |
The hounds winded the game. | |
21. v. To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe. | |
22. v. To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something. | |
to wind thread on a spool or into a ball | |
23. v. To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock. | |
Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock. | |
24. v. To entwist; to enfold; to encircle. | |
25. v. To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight. | |
Vines wind round a pole. The river winds through the plain. | |
26. v. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern. | |
27. v. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate. | |
28. v. To cover or surround with something coiled about. | |
to wind a rope with twine | |
29. v. To make a winding motion. | |
30. n. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist. | |
31. n. topics, en, Atmospheric phenomena | |
by |
1. prep. Near or next to. | |
The mailbox is by the bus stop. | |
2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval. | |
Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July. | |
3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of. | |
The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour. | |
4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of. | |
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare | |
5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of. | |
6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of. | |
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking. | |
7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination. | |
The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight. | |
8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed. | |
I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife. | |
9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of. | |
Our stock is up by ten percent. | |
10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another. | |
We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches. | |
11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to. | |
He cheated by his own admission. | |
12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of. | |
By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this. | |
13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something. | |
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm. | |
14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of. | |
She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress. | |
15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker. | |
I watched as it passed by. | |
16. adv. In the vicinity, near. | |
There was a shepherd close by. | |
The shop is hard by the High Street. | |
17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business. | |
I'll stop by on my way home from work. | |
We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave. | |
18. adv. Aside, away. | |
The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring. | |
19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary. | |
20. n. (card games) A pass | |
21. interj. alternative spelling of bye | |
beech |
1. n. A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches. | |
2. n. The wood of the beech tree. | |
trees |
1. n. plural of tree | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of tree | |
tree |
1. n. (botany) A large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, with a single trunk that grows in girth with age and branches (that also grow in circumference with age). | |
Hyperion is the tallest living tree in the world. | |
Birds have a nest in a tree in the garden. | |
2. n. (botany) Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree in the strict botanical sense. | |
the banana tree | |
3. n. An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms. | |
He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree. | |
4. n. A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open. | |
He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes. | |
5. n. The structural frame of a saddle. | |
6. n. (graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, equivalently, a connected graph with n vertices and n-1 edges. | |
7. n. (computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children. | |
8. n. (graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right. | |
We’ll show it as a tree list. | |
9. n. Any structure or construct having branches akin to (1). | |
family tree; skill tree | |
10. n. The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding. | |
11. n. (slang) Marijuana. | |
12. n. (obsolete) A cross or gallows. | |
Tyburn tree | |
13. n. (obsolete) wood; timber | |
14. n. (chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution. | |
15. n. (cartomancy) The fifth Lenormand card. | |
16. v. To chase (an animal or person) up a tree. | |
The dog treed the cat. | |
17. v. To place in a tree. | |
Black bears can tree their cubs for protection, but grizzly bears cannot. | |
18. v. To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree. | |
to tree a boot | |
and |
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. | |
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs. | |
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences. | |
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first. | |
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but. | |
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often | |
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements. | |
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition. | |
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause. | |
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’. | |
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, | |
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other". | |
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb). | |
14. conj. Expressing a condition.: | |
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that. | |
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though. | |
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat. | |
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath. | |
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog. | |
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine. | |
bramble |
1. n. (British) Common blackberry. | |
2. n. (US) Any of several closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus, including blackberry and raspberry. | |
3. n. Any thorny shrub. | |
4. n. A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur. | |