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scattered
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of scatter
2. adj. Seemingly randomly distributed.
3. adj. (meteorology, of clouds) covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
4. adj. (meteorology, of precipitation) affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.
scatter
1. v. To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
The crowd scattered in terror.
2. v. To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall.
3. v. (transitive, physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).
4. v. (intransitive) To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
5. v. To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
to scatter hopes or plans
6. v. To be dispersed upon.
Desiccated stalks scattered the fields.
7. n. The act of scattering or dispersing.
8. n. A collection of dispersed objects.
patches
1. n. plural of patch
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of patch
patch
1. n. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
His sleeves had patches on the elbows where different fabric had been sewn on to replace material that had worn away.
2. n. A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
I can't afford to replace the roof, which is what it really needs. I'll have the roofer apply a patch.
3. n. A repair intended to be used for a limited time; (differs from previous usage in that it is intended to be a temporary fix and the size of the repair is irrelevant). This usage can mean that the repai
Before you can fix a dam, you have to apply a patch to the hole so that everything can dry off.or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a prope
"This patch should hold until you reach the city," the mechanic said as he patted the car's hood.
4. n. A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
The world economy had a rough patch in the 1930s.
To me, a normal cow is white with black patches, but Sarah's from Texas and most of the cows there have solid brown, black, or red coats.
Doesn't that patch of clouds looks like a bunny?
When ice skating, be sure to stay away from reeds: there are always thin patches of ice there, and you could fall through.
I never get first place because on track eight, right after you pass the windmill, there's a patch of oil in the road that always gets me.
5. n. (specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
Scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
6. n. An area of professional responsibility
7. n. (historical) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.
8. n. (medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
9. n. (medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
Many people use a nicotine patch to wean themselves off of nicotine.
10. n. (medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
He had scratched his cornea so badly that his doctor told him to wear a patch.
11. n. A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
12. n. (computing) A patch file, a file used for input to a patch program or that describes changes made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
13. n. A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
14. n. A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
15. n. (often, patch cable, patch cord etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
16. n. A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
17. v. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like
MY coat needs patching.
18. v. To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
19. v. To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
20. v. To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
21. v. A temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
22. v. (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
a truce has been patched up.
23. v. (computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:
24. v. To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
25. v. To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
26. v. To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
I'll need to patch the preamp output to the mixer.
27. n. (archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
of
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
6. prep. Expressing separation.
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
He seemed devoid of human feelings.
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
10. prep. Expressing origin.
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
The invention was born of necessity.
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
It is said that she died of a broken heart.
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
I am tired of all this nonsense.
15. prep. Expressing agency.
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
She wore a dress of silk.
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
What a lot of nonsense!
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
I'm always thinking of you.
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
He told us the story of his journey to India.
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
29. prep. Having partitive effect.
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
Most of these apples are rotten.
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
He is a friend of mine.
34. prep. Expressing possession.
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
She had a profound distrust of the police.
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
It's not that big of a deal.
45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
trees
1. n. plural of tree
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of tree
tree
1. n. (botany) A large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, with a single trunk that grows in girth with age and branches (that also grow in circumference with age).
Hyperion is the tallest living tree in the world.
Birds have a nest in a tree in the garden.
2. n. (botany) Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree in the strict botanical sense.
the banana tree
3. n. An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree.
4. n. A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.
5. n. The structural frame of a saddle.
6. n. (graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, equivalently, a connected graph with n vertices and n-1 edges.
7. n. (computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
8. n. (graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.
We’ll show it as a tree list.
9. n. Any structure or construct having branches akin to (1).
family tree; skill tree
10. n. The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
11. n. (slang) Marijuana.
12. n. (obsolete) A cross or gallows.
Tyburn tree
13. n. (obsolete) wood; timber
14. n. (chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
15. n. (cartomancy) The fifth Lenormand card.
16. v. To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
The dog treed the cat.
17. v. To place in a tree.
Black bears can tree their cubs for protection, but grizzly bears cannot.
18. v. To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.
to tree a boot
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.
growing
1. v. present participle of grow
2. n. growth; increase
3. n. (attributive) Connected with growing
The growing season here begins in March.
4. adj. That grows.
Milk is good for growing children.
grow
1. v. To become bigger.
Children grow quickly.
2. v. (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
Flowers grew on the trees as summer approached.
A long tail began to grow from his backside.
3. v. To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.
Have you ever grown your hair before?
4. v. (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
The boy grew wise as he matured.
The town grew smaller and smaller in the distance as we travelled.
You have grown strong.
5. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
corn
1. n. (British) The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales.
2. n. (US, Canada Australia) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
3. n. A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.
4. n. A small, hard particle.
5. v. (US, Canada) to granulate; to form a substance into grains
to corn gunpowder
6. v. (US, Canada) to preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef
7. v. (US, Canada) to provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed
Corn the horses.
8. v. to render intoxicated
ale strong enough to corn one
9. n. A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
10. n. (US, Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
11. n. A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and re-freezing, often in mountain spring conditions.

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