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". | |
being |
1. v. present participle of be | |
2. n. A living creature. | |
3. n. The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state. | |
4. n. (philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept). | |
5. n. (philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality. | |
6. n. (obsolete) An abode; a cottage. | |
7. conj. (obsolete) Given that; since. | |
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? | |
presented |
1. adj. (mathematics, of a group) Having a specified presentation, or a presentation with specified properties. | |
2. v. simple past tense and past participle of present | |
present |
1. adj. Relating to now, for the time being; current. | |
The barbaric practice continues to the present day. | |
The present manager has been here longer than the last one. | |
2. adj. Located in the immediate vicinity. | |
Is there a doctor present? Several people were present when the event took place. | |
3. adj. (obsolete) Having an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting. | |
4. adj. (obsolete) Not delayed; immediate; instant. | |
5. adj. (dated) Ready; quick in emergency. | |
a present wit | |
6. adj. (obsolete) Favorably attentive; propitious. | |
7. adj. Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this. | |
in the present study, the present article, the present results. | |
8. adj. Attentive; alert; focused. | |
Sorry, I was distracted just now, I'll try to be more present from now on. | |
9. n. The current moment or period of time. | |
10. n. The present tense. | |
11. n. A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions. | |
12. n. (military) The position of a soldier in presenting arms. | |
to stand at present | |
13. v. To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally. | |
to present an envoy to the king | |
14. v. To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution. | |
15. v. To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration. | |
16. v. (transitive, now rare) To charge (a person) with a crime or accusation; to bring before court. | |
17. v. (reflexive) To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally. | |
18. v. To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit. | |
19. v. To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration. | |
20. v. To put on, stage (a play etc.). | |
The theater is proud to present the Fearless Fliers. | |
21. v. (transitive, military) To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire. | |
22. v. (reflexive) To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind. | |
Well, one idea does present itself. | |
23. v. (intransitive, medicine) To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom. | |
The patient presented with insomnia. | |
24. v. (intransitive, medicine) To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth. | |
25. v. (intransitive, with "as") To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender). | |
At that time, Elbe was presenting as a man. | |
I was presenting as a boy / a girl / a man / a woman / (a) male / (a) female / masculine / feminine | |
26. v. To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.). | |
Anne Robinson presents "The Weakest Link". | |
27. v. To give a gift or presentation to (someone). | |
She was presented with an honorary degree for her services to entertainment. | |
28. v. To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow. | |
29. v. To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer. | |
I presented my compliments to Lady Featherstoneshaw. | |
30. v. To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid. | |
31. v. (intransitive, zoology) To display one's female genitalia in a way that signals to others that one is ready for copulation. Also referred to as lordosis behaviour. | |
with |
1. prep. Against. | |
He picked a fight with the class bully. | |
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to. | |
He went with his friends. | |
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to. | |
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar. | |
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence. | |
5. prep. In support of. | |
We are with you all the way. | |
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by. | |
slain with robbers | |
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of. | |
cut with a knife | |
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on. | |
9. prep. Having, owning. | |
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc. | |
Do you want to come with? | |
11. adv. --> | |
12. n. alternative form of withe | |
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. | |
sixth |
1. adj. The ordinal form of the number six. | |
2. n. (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position. | |
3. n. One of six equal parts of a whole. | |
4. n. (music) The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale, for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth. (Note that the interval covers six notes counting i | |
5. v. to divide by six, which also means multiplying a denominator by six | |
most |
1. det. superlative degree of much. | |
The teams competed to see who could collect the most money. | |
2. det. superlative degree of many: the comparatively largest number of (ngd, construed with the definite article) | |
The team with the most points wins. | |
3. det. superlative degree of many: the majority of; more than half of (ngd, construed without the definite article) | |
Most bakers and dairy farmers have to get up early. | |
Winning was not important for most participants. | |
4. adv. Forms the superlative of many adjectives. | |
This is the most important example. | |
Correctness is most important. | |
5. adv. To a great extent or degree; highly; very. | |
This is a most unusual specimen. | |
6. adv. (informal, chiefly US) Almost. | |
7. adv. superlative form of many: most many | |
8. adv. superlative form of much: most much | |
9. pron. The greater part of a group, especially a group of people. | |
Most want the best for their children. | |
The peach was juicier and more flavourful than most. | |
10. n. The greatest amount. | |
The most I can offer for the house is $150,000. | |
11. n. The greater part. | |
Most of the penguins were friendly and curious. | |
Most of the rice was spoiled. | |
12. n. A record-setting amount. | |
deadliest |
1. adj. superlative form of deadly: most deadly | |
The black mamba is one of the deadliest snakes. | |
snake |
1. n. A legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue. | |
2. n. A treacherous person. | |
3. n. A tool for unclogging plumbing. | |
4. n. A tool to aid cable pulling. | |
5. n. (slang) trouser snake; the penis | |
6. n. (maths) A series of Bézier curves | |
7. n. (cartomancy) The seventh Lenormand card. | |
8. v. (intransitive) To follow or move in a winding route. | |
The path snaked through the forest. | |
The river snakes through the valley. | |
9. v. (transitive, Australia, slang) To steal slyly. | |
He snaked my DVD! | |
10. v. F*CK ME !! Snaked again ! | |
11. v. , url=https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=!topic/aus.cars/fMo1P5elErs | |
12. v. To clean using a plumbing snake. | |
13. v. (US, informal) To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out. | |
14. v. (nautical) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm. | |
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. | |
world |
1. n. (with "the") Human collective existence; existence in general. | |
There will always be lovers, till the world’s end. | |
2. n. The Universe. | |
3. n. (with "the") The Earth. | |
People are dying of starvation all over the world. | |
4. n. A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable. | |
Our mission is to travel the galaxy and find new worlds. | |
5. n. (by extension) Any other body, astronomical body which many be inhabitable, such as a satellite, natural satellite. | |
6. n. A very large extent of country. | |
the New World | |
7. n. (fiction, speculation) A realm, such as planet, containing one or multiple society, societies of being, beings, specially intelligent ones. | |
the world of Narnia; the Wizarding World of Harry Potter; a zombie world | |
8. n. An individual or group perspective or social setting. | |
In the world of boxing, good diet is all-important. | |
Welcome to my world. | |
9. n. (computing) The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs. | |
10. n. (tarot) The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot. | |
11. n. (informal) A great amount. | |
Taking a break from work seems to have done her a world of good. | |
You're going to be in a world of trouble when your family finds out. | |
a world of difference; a world of embarrassment | |
12. n. (archaic) Age, era | |
13. v. To consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective; to consider as a global whole, rather than making or focussing on national or other distinctions; compare globalise. | |
Her |
1. pron. honoraltcaps, her | |
2. det. Belonging to her. | |
This is her book | |
3. pron. The form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc. | |
Give it to her (after preposition) | |
He wrote her a letter (indirect object) | |
He treated her for a cold (direct object) | |
4. n. (informal) A female person or animal. | |
I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her. | |
charm |
1. n. An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation). | |
a charm against evil | |
It works like a charm. | |
2. n. The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration; often constructed in the plural. | |
He had great personal charm. | |
She tried to win him over with her charms. | |
3. n. A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer. | |
She wears a charm bracelet on her wrist. | |
4. n. (physics) A quantum number of hadrons determined by the quantity of charm quarks & antiquarks. | |
5. n. (finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time. | |
6. v. To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something. | |
He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor. | |
7. v. To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence. | |
After winning three games while wearing the chain, Dan began to think it had been charmed. | |
8. v. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences. | |
She led a charmed life. | |
9. v. (obsolete, rare) To make music upon. | |
10. v. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe. | |
11. n. The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children. | |
12. n. A flock, group (especially of finches). | |
dried |
1. adj. Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying. | |
2. adj. Usually of foods: cured, preserved by drying. | |
dried fish; dried fruit | |
3. v. simple past tense and past participle of dry | |
dry |
1. adj. Free from or lacking moisture. | |
This towel's dry. Could you wet it and cover the chicken so it doesn't go dry as it cooks? | |
2. adj. Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (Petrochemistry) oil, or (farming) milk. | |
This well is as dry as that cow. | |
3. adj. (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar. | |
4. adj. (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids. | |
Dry alcohol is 200 proof. | |
5. adj. Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages. | |
Of course it's a dry house. He was an alcoholic but he's been dry for almost a year now. | |
6. adj. (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned. | |
You'll have to drive out of this dry county to find any liquor. | |
7. adj. Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly: | |
8. adj. (wine & other alcoholic beverages) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened. | |
Proper martinis are made with London dry gin and dry vermouth. | |
9. adj. (humor) Amusing without showing amusement. | |
Steven Wright has a deadpan delivery, Norm Macdonald has a dry sense of humor, and Oscar Wilde had a dry wit. | |
10. adj. Lacking interest, boring. | |
A dry lecture may require the professor to bring a watergun in order to keep the students' attention. | |
11. adj. (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color. | |
12. adj. (science, somewhat pejorative) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter. | |
13. adj. (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects. | |
14. adj. Without a usual complement or consummation; impotently. (attn, en, improve this) | |
never dry fire a bow; dry humping her girlfriend; making a dry run | |
15. n. (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages). | |
16. n. (especially, Australia, with "the") The dry season. | |
17. n. (Australia) An area of waterless country. | |
18. n. (UK, politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s, contrasted with wet. | |
19. v. (intransitive) To lose moisture. | |
The clothes dried on the line. | |
20. v. To remove moisture from. | |
Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief. | |
21. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be thirsty. | |
up |
1. adv. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity. | |
I looked up and saw the airplane overhead. | |
2. adv. (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely. | |
I will mix up the puzzle pieces. | |
Tear up the contract. | |
He really messed up. | |
Please type up our monthly report. | |
3. adv. To or from one's possession or consideration. | |
I picked up some milk on the way home. | |
The committee will take up your request. | |
She had to give up her driver's license after the accident. | |
4. adv. North. | |
I will go up to New York to visit my family this weekend. | |
5. adv. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc. | |
Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets. | |
Turn it up, I can barely hear it. | |
Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question. | |
Cheer up, the weekend's almost here. | |
6. adv. (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero. | |
7. adv. (sailing) Against the wind or current. | |
8. adv. (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction. | |
9. adv. (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman. | |
The bowler pitched the ball up. | |
10. adv. (hospitality, US) Without additional ice. | |
Would you like that drink up or on ice? | |
11. adv. (academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford. | |
She's going up to read Classics this September. | |
12. adv. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with. | |
I was up to my chin in water. | |
A stranger came up and asked me for directions. | |
13. adv. To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite. | |
Drink up. The pub is closing. | |
Can you sum up your research? | |
The comet burned up in the atmosphere. | |
I need to sew up the hole in this shirt. | |
14. adv. Aside, so as not to be in use. | |
to lay up riches; put up your weapons | |
15. prep. Toward the top of. | |
The cat went up the tree. They walk up the steps. | |
16. prep. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached. | |
The information made its way up the chain of command to the general. I felt something crawling up my arm. | |
17. prep. Further along (in any direction). | |
Go up the street until you see the sign. | |
18. prep. From south to north of | |
19. prep. From the mouth towards the source (of a river or waterway). | |
20. prep. (vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with. | |
Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her. | |
21. prep. (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more remote from a central location). | |
22. adj. Awake. | |
I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up. | |
23. adj. Finished, to an end | |
Time is up! | |
24. adj. In a good mood. | |
I’m feeling up today. | |
25. adj. Willing; ready. | |
If you are up for a trip, let’s go. | |
26. adj. Next in a sequence. | |
Smith is up to bat. | |
27. adj. Happening; new. | |
What is up with that project at headquarters? | |
28. adj. Facing upwards; facing toward the top. | |
Put the notebook face up on the table. | |
Take a break and put your feet up. | |
29. adj. Larger; greater in quantity. | |
Sales are up from last quarter. | |
30. adj. Ahead; leading; winning. | |
The home team were up by two goals at half-time. | |
31. adj. Standing. | |
Get up and give her your seat. | |
32. adj. On a higher level. | |
The new ground is up. | |
33. adj. Available; made public. | |
The new notices are up as of last Tuesday. | |
34. adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair. | |
AAKK = aces up | |
QQ33 = queens up | |
35. adj. Well-informed; current. | |
I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on? | |
36. adj. (computing) Functional; working. | |
Is the server back up? | |
37. adj. (anchor, Adj_railway)(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus. | |
The London train is on the up line. | |
38. adj. Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc. | |
39. adj. (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass. | |
A Cosmopolitan is typically served up. | |
40. adj. (slang) Erect. | |
41. adj. (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time) | |
42. adj. (slang) well-known; renowned | |
43. n. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity. | |
Up is a good way to go. | |
44. n. A positive thing. | |
I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home. | |
45. n. An upstairs room of a two story house. | |
She lives in a two-up two-down. | |
46. v. (transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise. | |
If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details. | |
We upped anchor and sailed away. | |
47. v. (transitive, colloquial) To promote. | |
It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President. | |
48. v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb. | |
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. | |
She |
1. pron. honoraltcaps, she | |
2. n. An ethnic group in southern China. | |
3. n. A language of the Hmong-Mien language family spoken by the She people. | |
4. pron. (personal) The female person or animal previously mentioned or implied. | |
I asked Mary, but she said that she didn’t know. | |
5. pron. (personal, sometimes affectionate) A ship or boat. | |
She could do forty knots in good weather. | |
She is a beautiful boat, isn’t she? | |
6. pron. (personal, affectionate) Another machine (besides a ship), such as a car. | |
She only gets thirty miles to the gallon on the highway, but she’s durable. | |
7. pron. (personal, dated) A country. | |
She is a poor place, but has beautiful scenery and friendly people. | |
8. pron. (personal) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant (used in a work, along with or in place of he, as an indefinite pronoun). | |
9. n. A female. | |
Pat is definitely a she. | |
started |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of start | |
start |
1. n. The beginning of an activity. | |
The movie was entertaining from start to finish. | |
2. n. A sudden involuntary movement. | |
He woke with a start. | |
3. n. The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc. | |
4. n. An appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match. | |
Jones has been a substitute before, but made his first start for the team last Sunday. | |
5. n. (horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later. | |
6. n. An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start. | |
to get, or have, the start | |
7. v. To begin, commence, initiate. | |
8. v. To set in motion. | |
to start a stream of water; to start a rumour; to start a business | |
9. v. To begin. | |
10. v. To initiate operation of a vehicle or machine. | |
to start the engine | |
11. v. To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion). | |
12. v. To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent. | |
13. v. (intransitive) To begin an activity. | |
The rain started at 9:00. | |
14. v. (intransitive) To have its origin (at), begin. | |
The speed limit is 50 km/h, starting at the edge of town. | |
The blue line starts one foot away from the wall. | |
15. v. To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly. | |
16. v. (intransitive) To jerk suddenly in surprise. | |
17. v. (intransitive) To awaken suddenly. | |
18. v. To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly. | |
The hounds started a fox. | |
19. v. To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate. | |
to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel | |
20. v. (intransitive) To break away, to come loose. | |
21. v. (transitive, sports) To put into play. | |
22. v. (transitive, nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from. | |
to start a water cask | |
23. v. (intransitive, euphemistic) To start one's periods (menstruation). | |
Have you started yet? | |
24. n. A tail, or anything projecting like a tail. | |
25. n. A handle, especially that of a plough. | |
26. n. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket. | |
27. n. The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse. | |
crying |
1. adj. That cries. | |
The crying child on the street was evidently lost. | |
2. adj. That demands action or attention. | |
There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country. | |
3. adj. That deserves rebuke or censure. | |
It is a crying shame that he managed to get away with that! | |
4. n. The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting. | |
Their constant cryings kept us awake! | |
5. v. present participle of cry | |
cry |
1. v. (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep. | |
That sad movie always makes me cry. | |
2. v. To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly. | |
3. v. To shout, scream, yell. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do. | |
5. v. To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping. | |
Tonight I'll cry myself to sleep. | |
6. v. To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, etc. | |
to cry goods | |
7. v. Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage. | |
8. n. A shedding of tears; the act of crying. | |
After we broke up, I retreated to my room for a good cry. | |
9. n. A shout or scream. | |
I heard a cry from afar. | |
10. n. Words shouted or screamed. | |
a battle cry | |
11. n. (collectively) A group of hounds. | |
12. n. (obsolete, derogatory) A pack or company of people. | |
13. n. (of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question. | |
"Woof" is the cry of a dog, while "neigh" is the cry of a horse. | |
14. n. A desperate or urgent request. | |
15. n. (obsolete) Common report; gossip. | |
like |
1. v. (transitive, archaic) To please. | |
2. v. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of. | |
I like hamburgers | |
I like skiing in winter | |
I like the Seattle Mariners this season | |
3. v. (obsolete) To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something. | |
4. v. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity. | |
I like to go to the dentist every six months | |
She likes to keep herself physically fit | |
we like to keep one around the office just in case | |
5. v. (obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition). | |
6. v. (archaic) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly. | |
He liked to have been too late. | |
7. v. To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for. | |
I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her. | |
8. v. (obsolete) To liken; to compare. | |
9. v. (Internet, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote. | |
I liked my friend's last status on Facebook. | |
I can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition. | |
10. n. (usually plural) Something that a person likes (prefers). | |
Tell me your likes and dislikes. | |
11. n. (internet) An individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet. | |
12. adj. Similar. | |
My partner and I have like minds. | |
13. adj. (obsolete) Likely; probable. | |
14. adv. (informal) For example, such as: to introduce an example or list of examples. | |
There are lots of birds, like ducks and gulls, in this park. | |
15. adv. (archaic, colloquial) Likely. | |
16. adv. (obsolete) In a like or similar manner. | |
17. n. (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort. | |
There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like. | |
It was something the likes of which I had never seen before. | |
18. n. (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side. | |
to play the like | |
19. conj. (colloquial) As, the way. | |
20. conj. As if; as though. | |
It looks like you've finished the project. | |
It seemed like you didn't care. | |
21. prep. Similar to, reminiscent of. | |
These hamburgers taste like leather. | |
22. part. (colloquial, Scotland, Geordie, Teesside, Scouse) A delayed filler. | |
He was so angry, like. | |
23. part. (colloquial) A mild intensifier. | |
She was, like, sooooo happy. | |
24. part. (colloquial) indicating approximation or uncertainty | |
There were, like, twenty of them. | |
And then he, like, got all angry and left the room. | |
25. part. (colloquial, slang) When preceded by any form of the verb to be, used to mean “to say” or “to think”; used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase. | |
I was like, “Why did you do that?” and he's like, “I don't know.” | |
26. interj. (Liverpool, Geordie) Used to place emphasis upon a statement. | |
divint ye knaa, like? | |
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. | |
weirdo |
1. n. (slang) A strange, odd, eccentric person. | |
2. n. (slang) An insane, possibly dangerous person. | |