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please
     1. v. To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
           Her presentation pleased the executives.
           I'm pleased to see you've been behaving yourself.
     2. v. (intransitive, ergative) To desire; to will; to be pleased by.
           Just do as you please.
     3. adv. Used to make a polite request.
           Please, pass the bread.
           Would you please sign this form?
           Could you tell me the time, please?
           May I take your order, please?
     4. adv. Used as an affirmative to an offer.
           —May I help you? —Please.
     5. adv. An expression of annoyance or impatience.
           Oh, please, do we have to hear that again?
     6. adv. (Cincinnati) Said as a request to repeat information.
give
     1. v. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
     2. v.          To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
                   I gave him my coat.
                   I gave my coat to the beggar.
                   When they asked, I gave my coat.
     3. v.          To make a present or gift of.
                   I'm going to give my wife a necklace for her birthday.
                   She gave a pair of shoes to her husband for their anniversary.
                   He gives of his energies to the organization.
     4. v.          To pledge.
                   I gave him my word that I'd protect his children.
     5. v.          To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.
                   I gave them permission to miss tomorrow's class.
                   Please give me some more time.
     6. v.          To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.
                   It gives me a lot of pleasure to be here tonight.
                   The fence gave me an electric shock.
                   My mother-in-law gives me nothing but grief.
     7. v.          To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).
                   I want to give you a kiss.
                   She gave him a hug.
                   I'd like to give the tire a kick.
                   I gave the boy a push on the swing.
                   She gave me a wink afterwards, so I knew she was joking.
     8. v.          To pass (something) into (someone's) hand or the like.
                   Give me your hand.
                   On entering the house, he gave his coat to the doorman.
     9. v.          To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.
                   My boyfriend gave me chlamydia.
                   He was convinced that it was his alcoholism that gave him cancer.
     10. v. (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
           I give it ten minutes before he gives up.
           I give it a 95% chance of success.
           I'll give their marriage six months.
     11. v. (intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied.
     12. v. (intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force.
           One pillar gave, then more, and suddenly the whole floor pancaked onto the floor below.
     13. v. To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
           They're giving my favorite show!
     14. v. (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
           The master bedroom gives onto a spacious balcony.
     15. v. (transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
           His window gave the park.
     16. v. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
           The number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.
     17. v. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
     18. v. To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
     19. v. To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
           He can be bad-tempered, I'll give you that, but he's a hard worker.
     20. v. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
     21. v. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
     22. v. (dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.
     23. v. (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
           The soldiers give themselves to plunder.
           That boy is given to fits of bad temper.
     24. v. (obsolete) To become soft or moist.
     25. v. (obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
     26. v. (obsolete) To have a misgiving.
     27. v. To be going on, to be occurring
           What gives?
     28. n. The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilence.
           This chair doesn't have much give.
           There is no give in his dogmatic religious beliefs.
Me
     1. n. en-abbr
     2. n. (chemistry) (abbreviation of methyl)
     3. pron. alternative case form of me often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
     4. pron. As the direct object of a verb.
           Can you hear me?
     5. pron. (obsolete) Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb.
     6. pron. As the object of a preposition.
           Come with me.
     7. pron. As the indirect object of a verb.
           He gave me this.
     8. pron. (US, colloquial) Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.
     9. pron. (colloquial) As the complement of the copula (“be” or “is”).
           It wasn't me.
     10. pron. (Australia, British, New Zealand, colloquial) My; preceding a noun, marking ownership.
     11. pron. (colloquial, with "and") As the subject of a verb.
           Me and my friends played a game.
     12. pron. (nonstandard, not with "and") As the subject of a verb.
     13. det. (UK regional, Ireland) alternative form of my
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.
biggest
     1. adj. superlative form of big: most big
pineapple
     1. n. A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
     2. n. The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.
     3. n. The flesh of a pineapple fruit used as a food item.
     4. n. (slang) An Australian fifty dollar note.
     5. n. A web burrfish (, syn.)
     6. n. A light yellow colour, like that of pineapple flesh.
           (color panel, FCF477)
     7. n. (obsolete) A pinecone.
     8. n. A decorative carving of a pineapple fruit used as a symbol of hospitality.
     9. n. (slang) A hand grenade.
     10. n. A hairstyle consisting of a ponytail worn on top of the head, imitating the leaves of a pineapple.
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