one |
1. num. (cardinal) The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number. | |
In some religions, there is only one god. | |
In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth. | |
One person, one vote. | |
2. num. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers. | |
3. num. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set. | |
4. num. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one. | |
5. pron. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group. | |
The big one looks good. I want the green one. A good driver is one who drives carefully. | |
6. pron. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other. | |
She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other. | |
7. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general). | |
One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed. One shouldn’t be too quick to judge. | |
8. pron. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing. | |
"driver", noun: one who drives. | |
9. n. The digit or figure 1. | |
10. n. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring. | |
11. n. (US) A one-dollar bill. | |
12. n. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single. | |
13. n. A joke or amusing anecdote. | |
14. n. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing. | |
15. n. (Internet slang) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1". | |
A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?! | |
Someone help me; I'm always losing! | |
B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1! | |
Why don't you just go away loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
16. adj. Of a period of time, being particular. | |
One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries. | |
17. adj. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any. | |
My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other.". | |
18. adj. Sole, only. | |
He is the one man who can help you. | |
19. adj. Whole, entire. | |
Body and soul are not separate; they are one. | |
20. adj. In agreement. | |
We are one on the importance of learning. | |
21. adj. The same. | |
The two types look very different, but are one species. | |
22. adj. Being a preeminent example. | |
He is one hell of a guy. | |
23. adj. Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain". | |
The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”. | |
24. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite. | |
half |
1. adj. Consisting of a half (1/2, 50%). | |
a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view | |
2. adj. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect. | |
a half dream; half knowledge | |
3. adj. (of a sibling) Having one parent (rather than two) in common. | |
A half brother or half sister | |
4. adj. (rare, of a relative other than a sibling) Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two. | |
A half uncle or half aunt or half cousin | |
5. adv. In two equal parts or to an equal degree. | |
6. adv. In some part approximating a half. | |
7. adv. Partially; imperfectly. | |
half-colored; half done; half-hearted; half persuaded; half conscious | |
He does sometimes half wish to change his life, but it is too difficult. | |
8. n. One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided. | |
I ate the slightly smaller half of the apple. | |
You don't know the half of it. | |
9. n. (sports) One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game. | |
10. n. Half of a standard measure; frequently used (British) for half a pint of beer or cider. | |
11. n. (preceded by “a” or a number) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2. | |
Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half. | |
12. n. (obsolete) Part; side; behalf. | |
13. n. Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer. | |
14. n. (slang) A half sibling. | |
15. n. (archaic) A child ticket. | |
16. v. (transitive, obsolete) To halve. | |
17. prep. (Ireland) A half-hour after, thirty minutes after (used with the number of the hour). | |
half one - half past one, 1:30 | |
left |
1. adj. The opposite of right; toward the west when one is facing north. | |
The left side. | |
2. adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political left. | |
3. adv. On the left side. | |
4. adv. Towards the left side. | |
Turn left at the corner. | |
5. n. The left side or direction. | |
6. n. (politics) The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group. | |
The political left is holding too much power. | |
7. n. (boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist. | |
8. v. simple past tense and past participle of leave. | |
9. v. (Ireland, colloquial) permitted, allowed to proceed. | |
We were not left go to the beach after school except on a weekend. | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
right |
1. adj. (archaic) Straight, not bent. | |
a right line | |
2. adj. (geometry) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines. | |
The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall. | |
3. adj. (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc. | |
a right triangle, a right prism, a right cone | |
4. adj. Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true. | |
I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along. | |
It's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work. | |
5. adj. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose. | |
Is this the right software for my computer? | |
6. adj. Healthy, sane, competent. | |
I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind. | |
7. adj. Real; veritable (used emphatically). | |
You've made a right mess of the kitchen! | |
8. adj. (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance. | |
9. adj. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate. | |
10. adj. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: → | |
After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left. | |
11. adj. Designed to be placed or worn outward. | |
the right side of a piece of cloth | |
12. adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative. | |
13. adv. On the right side. | |
14. adv. Towards the right side. | |
15. adv. Exactly, precisely. | |
The arrow landed right in the middle of the target. | |
Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film. | |
16. adv. Immediately, directly. | |
Can't you see it? It's right beside you! | |
Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view. | |
17. adv. (UK, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite. | |
I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I? | |
I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much. | |
18. adv. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really. | |
19. adv. In a correct manner. | |
Do it right or don't do it at all. | |
20. adv. (dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree. | |
Sir, I am right glad to meet you … | |
Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life. | |
The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci. | |
21. interj. Yes, that is correct; I agree. | |
22. interj. I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion. | |
23. interj. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse. | |
- After that interview, I don't think we should hire her.- Right — who wants lunch? | |
24. interj. Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance. | |
You're going, right? | |
25. interj. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement. | |
26. n. That which complies with justice, law or reason. | |
We're on the side of right in this contest. | |
27. n. A legal, just or moral entitlement. | |
You have no right to go through my personal diary. | |
see also in right of | |
28. n. The right side or direction. | |
The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop. | |
29. n. The right hand. | |
30. n. (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group. | |
The political right holds too much power. | |
31. n. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc. | |
32. v. To correct. | |
Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible. | |
33. v. To set upright. | |
The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile. | |
34. v. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position. | |
When the wind died down, the ship righted. | |
35. v. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of. | |
to right the oppressed | |
top |
1. n. The highest or uppermost part of something. | |
His kite got caught at the top of the tree. | |
2. n. (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top. | |
We flipped the machine onto its top. | |
3. n. The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc. | |
Further weather information can be found at the top of your television screen. Headings appear at the tops of pages. | |
4. n. A lid, cap or cover of a container. | |
Put a top on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad. | |
5. n. A garment worn to cover the torso. | |
I bought this top as it matches my jeans. | |
6. n. (nautical) A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached. | |
7. n. (baseball) The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats. | |
8. n. (archaic) The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head. | |
9. n. A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top. | |
The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin. | |
10. n. Someone who is eminent.: | |
11. n. (archaic) The chief person; the most prominent one. | |
12. n. The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place. | |
to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school | |
13. n. (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay. | |
14. n. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse. | |
I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom. | |
15. n. (physics) A top quark. | |
16. n. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit. | |
17. n. (ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting. | |
18. n. (sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume. | |
She sang at the top of her voice. | |
19. n. (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out. | |
20. n. (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point. | |
21. n. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface. | |
22. n. (in the slang) Topboots. | |
23. n. (golf) A stroke on the top of the ball. | |
24. n. (golf) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top. | |
25. n. (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant. | |
26. v. To cover on the top or with a top. | |
I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce. | |
27. v. To cut or remove the top (as of a tree) | |
I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair. | |
Top and tail the carrots. | |
28. v. To excel, to surpass, to beat. | |
Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar. | |
29. v. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of). | |
Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s. | |
30. v. (UK, slang) To commit suicide, (rare) to murder. | |
Depression causes many people to top themselves. | |
31. v. (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay. | |
I used to be a slave, but I ended up topping. | |
Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom". | |
32. v. (slang) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex. | |
33. v. (slang) To anally penetrate. | |
34. v. (archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower. | |
lofty ridges and topping mountains | |
35. v. (archaic) To predominate. | |
topping passions | |
36. v. (archaic) To excel; to rise above others. | |
37. v. (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other. | |
38. v. (dyeing) To cover with another dye. | |
to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening | |
39. v. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade). | |
40. v. (slang) To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top. | |
41. v. (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus. | |
42. v. To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds. | |
43. v. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal. | |
44. v. (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way. | |
45. adj. Situated on the top of something. | |
46. adj. (informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank. | |
She's in the top dance school. | |
47. adj. (informal) Very good, of high quality. | |
He's a top lawyer. | |
That is a top car. | |
48. adv. Rated first. | |
She came top in her French exam. | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
bottom |
1. n. The lowest part of anything. | |
Footers appear at the bottoms of pages. | |
2. n. (UK, slang) Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment. | |
lack bottom | |
3. n. (UK, US) A valley, often used in place names. | |
Where shall we go for a walk? How about Ashcombe Bottom? | |
4. n. The buttocks or anus. | |
5. n. (nautical) A cargo vessel, a ship. | |
6. n. (nautical) Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater. | |
7. n. (baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat. | |
8. n. (BDSM) A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity. | |
9. n. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrated or with a preference for being penetrated during homosexual intercourse. | |
10. n. (physics) A bottom quark. | |
11. n. (often, figuratively) The lowest part of a container. | |
12. n. A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon. | |
13. n. The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea. | |
14. n. An abyss. | |
15. n. (obsolete) Power of endurance. | |
a horse of a good bottom | |
16. n. (obsolete) Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment. | |
17. n. (usually: bottoms or bottomland) Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil. | |
18. v. To fall to the lowest point. | |
19. v. To establish firmly; to found or justify on or upon something; to set on a firm footing; to set or rest on or upon something which provides support or authority. | |
20. v. (intransitive) To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded. | |
21. v. (intransitive) To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder. | |
22. v. (obsolete, transitive) To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread. | |
23. v. To furnish with a bottom. | |
to bottom a chair | |
24. v. To be the submissive in a BDSM relationship or roleplay. | |
25. v. To be anally penetrated in gay sex. | |
I've never bottomed in my life. | |
26. adj. The lowest or last place or position. | |
Those files should go on the bottom shelf. | |
front |
1. n. The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. | |
2. n. The side of a building with the main entrance. | |
3. n. A field of activity. | |
4. n. A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group. | |
Officially it's a dry-cleaning shop, but everyone knows it's a front for the mafia. | |
5. n. (meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmos | |
6. n. (military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact. | |
7. n. (military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank. | |
8. n. (military) The direction of the enemy. | |
9. n. (military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced. | |
10. n. (obsolete) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army. | |
11. n. (informal) An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself. | |
He says he likes hip-hop, but I think it's just a front. | |
You don't need to put on a front. Just be yourself. | |
12. n. (historical) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women. | |
13. n. The most conspicuous part. | |
14. n. (obsolete) The beginning. | |
15. n. (UK) a seafront or coastal promenade. | |
16. n. (obsolete) The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face. | |
17. n. (slang) The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation. | |
18. n. (slang) A grill (qual, jewellery worn on front teeth). | |
19. adj. Located at or near the front. | |
The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor. | |
20. adj. (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel). | |
The English word smallcaps - dress has a front vowel in most dialects. | |
21. v. (intransitive, dated) To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction. | |
22. v. To face, be opposite to. | |
23. v. To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront. | |
24. v. To adorn the front of; to put on the front. | |
25. v. (phonetics, transitive, intransitive) To pronounce with the tongue in a front position. | |
26. v. (linguistics, transitive) To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence. | |
27. v. (intransitive, slang) To act as a front (for); to cover (for). | |
28. v. To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.). | |
29. v. (transitive, colloquial) To provide money or financial assistance in advance to. | |
30. v. (intransitive, slang) To assume false or disingenuous appearances. | |
31. v. To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on). | |
32. v. To appear before, as in to front court. | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
back |
1. adj. (not comparable) Near the rear. | |
Go in the back door of the house. | |
2. adj. (not comparable) Not current. | |
I’d like to find a back issue of that magazine. | |
3. adj. (not comparable) Far from the main area. | |
They took a back road. | |
4. adj. (not comparable) In arrear; overdue. | |
They still owe three months' back rent. | |
5. adj. (not comparable) Moving or operating backward. | |
back action | |
6. adj. (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel). | |
The vowel of smallcaps - lot has a back vowel in most dialects of England. | |
7. adv. (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place. | |
He gave back the money. He needs his money back. He was on vacation, but now he’s back. The office fell into chaos when you left, but now order is back. | |
8. adv. Away from the front or from an edge. | |
Sit all the way back in your chair. | |
Step back from the curb. | |
9. adv. In a manner that impedes. | |
Fear held him back. | |
10. adv. In a reciprocal manner. | |
If you hurt me, I'll hurt you back. | |
11. adv. Earlier, ago. | |
many years back | |
12. n. The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly. | |
Could you please scratch my back? | |
13. n. The spine and associated tissues. | |
I hurt my back lifting those crates. | |
14. n. (slang) Large and attractive buttocks. | |
15. n. (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back. | |
I still need to finish the back of your dress. | |
16. n. The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back. | |
Can you fix the back of this chair? | |
17. n. (obsolete) That part of the body that bears clothing. (Now used only in the phrase clothes on one's back.) | |
18. n. That which is farthest away from the front. | |
He sat in the back of the room. | |
19. n. The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side. | |
Turn the book over and look at the back. | |
20. n. # The edge of a book which is bound. | |
# The titles are printed on the backs of the books. | |
21. n. # (printing) The inside margin of a page. | |
22. n. # The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting. | |
# Tap it with the back of your knife. | |
23. n. The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen. | |
I hung the clothes on the back of the door. | |
24. n. Area behind, such as the backyard of a house. | |
We'll meet out in the back of the library. | |
25. n. The part of something that goes last. | |
The car was near the back of the train. | |
26. n. (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team. | |
The backs were lined up in an I formation. | |
27. n. (figuratively) Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back. | |
The small boat raced over the backs of the waves. | |
28. n. A support or resource in reserve. | |
29. n. (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship. | |
The ship's back broke in the pounding surf. | |
30. n. (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage. | |
31. n. (slang) Effort, usually physical. | |
Put some back into it! | |
32. n. A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail. | |
Could I get a martini with a water back? | |
33. n. Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides. | |
34. v. (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction. | |
the train backed into the station; the horse refuses to back | |
35. v. To support. | |
I back you all the way; which horse are you backing in this race? | |
36. v. (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere. | |
37. v. (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship. | |
38. v. (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power. | |
39. v. (of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed. | |
40. v. To push or force backwards. | |
to back oxen | |
The mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet. | |
41. v. (transitive, obsolete) To get upon the back of; to mount. | |
42. v. (transitive, obsolete) To place or seat upon the back. | |
43. v. To make a back for; to furnish with a back. | |
to back books | |
44. v. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of. | |
45. v. To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement. | |
to back a letter; to back a note or legal document | |
46. v. (legal, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender). | |
47. v. To row backward with (oars). | |
to back the oars | |
48. n. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc. | |
49. n. A ferryboat. | |
etc |
1. adv. alternative form of etc. | |