| rejected |
| 1. v. simple past tense and past participle of reject | |
| reject |
| 1. v. To refuse to accept. | |
| She even rejected my improved offer. | |
| 2. v. (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court. | |
| 3. v. To refuse a romantic advance. | |
| I've been rejected three times this week. | |
| 4. n. Something that is rejected. | |
| 5. n. (derogatory slang) An unpopular person. | |
| 6. n. (colloquial) a rejected defective product in a production line | |
| 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 | |
| God |
| 1. n. A being such as a monotheistic God: a single divine creator and ruler of the universe. | |
| 2. interj. (short for, oh God): non-gloss, expressing annoyance or frustration. | |
| God, is this because of the "I don't love you anymore" T-shirt I bought? It was a joke fer chrissakes. | |
| 3. n. A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers. | |
| The most frequently used name for the Islamic god is Allah. | |
| 4. n. alternative case form of God. | |
| 5. n. An idol. | |
| 6. n. A representation of a deity, especially a statue or statuette. | |
| 7. n. Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed. | |
| 8. n. (metaphor) A person in a high position of authority, importance or influence. | |
| 9. n. (metaphor) A powerful ruler or tyrant. | |
| 10. n. (colloquial) An exceedingly handsome man. | |
| Lounging on the beach were several Greek gods. | |
| 11. n. (Internet) The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon. | |
| 12. v. To idolize. | |
| 13. v. To deify. | |
| damned |
| 1. adj. God-forsaken. | |
| 2. adj. Variant of profane damn. | |
| His damned cards are scattered! | |
| 3. adv. (mildly vulgar) Very. | |
| What's so damned important about a football game? | |
| 4. v. simple past tense and past participle of damn | |
| damn |
| 1. v. (theology, transitive, intransitive) To condemn to hell. | |
| The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity. | |
| Only God can damn. — I damn you eternally, fiend! | |
| 2. v. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment. | |
| 3. v. To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively. | |
| I’m afraid that if I speak out on this, I’ll be damned as a troublemaker. | |
| 4. v. To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal. | |
| 5. v. (mildly profane) To curse; put a curse upon. | |
| That man stole my wallet. Damn him! | |
| 6. v. (archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse. | |
| 7. adj. (mildly profane) Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody. | |
| Shut the damn door! | |
| 8. adv. (mildly profane) Very; extremely. | |
| That car was going damn fast! | |
| 9. interj. (mildly profane) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc. See also dammit. | |
| 10. n. The use of "damn" as a curse. | |
| He said a few damns and left. | |
| 11. n. (mildly profane) A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot. | |
| The new hires aren't worth a damn. | |
| 12. n. (mildly profane) The smallest amount of concern or consideration. | |
| I don't give a damn. | |
| sinful |
| 1. adj. constituting a sin; being morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil | |
