relatively |
1. adv. Proportionally, in relation to some larger scale thing. | |
He measured his success relatively, that is, competitively. | |
2. adv. Somewhat. | |
He was relatively successful. | |
short |
1. adj. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically. | |
2. adj. (of a person) Of comparatively little height. | |
3. adj. Having little duration; opposite of long. | |
Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long. | |
4. adj. (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another). | |
“Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible". | |
5. adj. (cricket, of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman. | |
6. adj. (cricket, of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman. | |
7. adj. (golf, of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole. | |
8. adj. (of pastries and metals) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust.) | |
9. adj. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant. | |
He gave a short answer to the question. | |
10. adj. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty. | |
a short supply of provisions | |
11. adj. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking. | |
to be short of money | |
The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift. | |
12. adj. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard. | |
an account which is short of the truth | |
13. adj. (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand. | |
14. adj. Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future. | |
I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging. | |
15. adv. Abruptly, curtly, briefly. | |
They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street. | |
He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting. | |
The boss got a message and cut the meeting short. | |
16. adv. Unawares. | |
The recent developments at work caught them short. | |
17. adv. Without achieving a goal or requirement. | |
His speech fell short of what was expected. | |
18. adv. (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full. | |
19. adv. (finance) With a negative ownership position. | |
We went short most finance companies in July. | |
20. n. A short circuit. | |
21. n. A short film. | |
22. n. Used to indicate a short-length version of a size | |
38 short suits fit me right off the rack. | |
Do you have that size in a short. | |
23. n. (baseball) A shortstop. | |
Jones smashes a grounder between third and short. | |
24. n. (finance) A short seller. | |
The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne. | |
25. n. (finance) A short sale. | |
He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months. | |
26. n. A summary account. | |
27. n. (phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel. | |
28. n. (programming) An integer variable shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long. | |
29. v. To cause a short circuit in (something). | |
30. v. (intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit. | |
31. v. To shortchange. | |
32. v. To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount. | |
This is the third time I've caught them shorting us. | |
33. v. (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short. | |
34. v. (obsolete) To shorten. | |
35. prep. Deficient in. | |
We are short a few men on the second shift. | |
He's short common sense. | |
36. prep. (finance) Having a negative position in. | |
I don't want to be short the market going into the 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. | |
low |
1. adj. Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty. | |
standing on low ground in a low valley, ringed by low hills a low wall a low shelf | |
2. adj. Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than | |
the low countries Low German | |
3. adj. (baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees. | |
the pitch (or: the ball) was low | |
4. adj. Of less than normal height; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured. | |
a low bow a low tide the Mississippi is unusually low right now | |
5. adj. Not high in status, esteem or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar). | |
low birth low rank the low officials of the bureaucracy low-quality fabric playing low tricks on them a person of low mind | |
Now that was low even for you! | |
6. adj. Humble, meek, not haughty. | |
7. adj. Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence. | |
She had a low opinion of cats. He took a low view of dogs. | |
8. adj. Being a nadir, a bottom. | |
the low point in her career | |
9. adj. Depressed in mood, dejected, sad. | |
low spirits | |
10. adj. Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak. | |
a low pulse | |
made (or: laid) low by sickness | |
11. adj. Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc). | |
My credit union charges a low interest rate. Jogging during a whiteout, with such low temperatures and low visibility, is dangerous. The store sold bread at low prices, and milk a | |
12. adj. Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative). | |
diets low in vitamin A made from low-carbon steel | |
13. adj. Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply. | |
running low on cash | |
14. adj. (especially in the field of biology) Simple in complexity or development; (in several set phrases) favoring simplicity; see e.g. low church, Low Tory. | |
low protozoan animals, low cryptogamic plants, and other low organisms | |
15. adj. (in several set phrases) Being near the equator. | |
the low northern latitudes | |
16. adj. (acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat. | |
The note was too low for her to sing. | |
Generally, European men have lower voices than their Indian counterparts. | |
17. adj. Quiet; soft; not loud. | |
They spoke in low voices so I would not hear what they were saying. | |
Why would you want to play heavy metal at such a low volume? | |
18. adj. (phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate. | |
19. adj. (card games) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc. | |
a low card | |
20. adj. (archaic) Not rich, seasoned, or nourishing; plain, simple. | |
a low diet | |
21. adj. (of an, automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed. | |
low gear | |
22. n. Something that is low; a low point. | |
You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank. | |
Economic growth has hit a new low. | |
23. n. The minimum value attained by some quantity within a specified period. | |
Unemployment has reached a ten-year low. | |
24. n. A depressed mood or situation. | |
He is in a low right now | |
25. n. (meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression. | |
A deep low is centred over the British Isles. | |
26. n. The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle. | |
Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour. | |
27. n. (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn. | |
28. n. (slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense. | |
He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low. | |
29. adv. Close to the ground. | |
30. adv. Of a pitch, at a lower frequency. | |
31. adv. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently. | |
to speak low | |
32. adv. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply. | |
He sold his wheat low. | |
33. adv. In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly. | |
34. adv. In a time approaching our own. | |
35. adv. (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution. | |
The moon runs low, i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian. | |
36. v. (obsolete, transitive) To depress; to lower. | |
37. v. (obsolete) simple past tense of laugh. | |
38. v. (intransitive) To moo. | |
The cattle were lowing. | |
39. n. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze. | |
40. v. (Scotland) To burn; to blaze. | |
41. n. (archaic, or obsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus. | |
42. n. (Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill. | |
43. n. cln, en, basic words, three-letter words | |
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. | |
thick |
1. adj. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension. | |
2. adj. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension. | |
I want some planks that are two inches thick. | |
3. adj. Heavy in build; thickset. | |
He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side. | |
4. adj. Densely crowded or packed. | |
We walked through thick undergrowth. | |
5. adj. Having a viscous consistency. | |
My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about. | |
6. adj. Abounding in number. | |
The room was thick with reporters. | |
7. adj. Impenetrable to sight. | |
We drove through thick fog. | |
8. adj. Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated. | |
We had difficulty understanding him with his thick accent. | |
9. adj. (informal) Stupid. | |
He was as thick as two short planks. | |
10. adj. (informal) Friendly or intimate. | |
They were as thick as thieves. | |
11. adj. Deep, intense, or profound. | |
Thick darkness. | |
12. adj. (dated) troublesome; unreasonable | |
13. adj. (slang) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips. | |
14. adj. topics, en, Size | |
15. adv. In a thick manner. | |
Snow lay thick on the ground. | |
16. adv. Thickly. | |
Bread should be sliced thick to make toast. | |
17. adv. Frequently; in great numbers. | |
The arrows flew thick and fast around us. | |
18. n. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something. | |
It was mayhem in the thick of battle. | |
19. n. A thicket. | |
20. n. (slang) A stupid person; a fool. | |
21. v. (archaic, transitive) To thicken. | |
The nightmare Life-in-death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold. — Coleridge. | |
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. | |
broad |
1. adj. Wide in extent or scope. | |
three feet broad | |
the broad expanse of ocean | |
2. adj. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. | |
3. adj. Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained. | |
4. adj. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. | |
5. adj. Plain; evident. | |
a broad hint | |
6. adj. (writing) Unsubtle; obvious. | |
7. adj. Free; unrestrained; unconfined. | |
8. adj. (dated) Gross; coarse; indelicate. | |
a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour | |
9. adj. (of an accent) Strongly regional. | |
10. adj. (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized. | |
11. n. (dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals. | |
12. n. (US, colloquial slang) A woman or girl. | |
Who was that broad I saw you with? | |
13. n. (UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk. | |
14. n. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. | |
15. n. (historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656. | |