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seams
1. n. plural of seam
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of seam
seam
1. n. (sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.Wp
2. n. A suture.
3. n. A thin stratum, especially of coal or mineral.
4. n. (cricket) The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.
5. n. (construction) A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials.
Seams can be made or sealed in a variety of ways, including adhesive bonding, hot-air welding, solvent welding, using adhesive tapes, sealant, etc.
6. n. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
7. n. (figurative) A line of junction; a joint.
8. v. To put together with a seam.
9. v. To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.
10. v. To mark with a seam or line; to scar.
11. v. To crack open along a seam.
12. v. (cricket) Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.
13. v. (cricket) Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.
14. n. (historical) An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels.
15. n. (historical) An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.
16. n. (dialect) grease; tallow; lard
can
1. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
She can speak English, French, and German. I can play football. Can you remember your fifth birthday?
2. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework. Can I use your pen?
3. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.
Can it be Friday already?
Teenagers can really try their parents' patience.
Animals can experience emotions.
4. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
Can you hear that?.
I can feel the baby moving inside me.
5. v. (obsolete, transitive) To know.
6. n. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.
7. n. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
8. n. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
9. n. (archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory.
Shit or get off the can.
Bob's in the can. You can wait a few minutes or just leave it with me.
10. n. (US, slang) Buttocks.
11. n. (slang) Jail or prison.
Bob's in the can. He won't be back for a few years.
12. n. (slang) Headphones.
13. n. (archaic) A drinking cup.
14. n. (nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
15. n. A chimney pot.
16. v. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar.
They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.
17. v. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.
18. v. To shut up.
Can your gob.
19. v. (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee.
The boss canned him for speaking out.
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?
made
1. n. (UK dialectal, or obsolete) A grub or maggot.
2. v. simple past tense and past participle of make
mak
1. v. (Wearside, dialectal) to make
make
1. v. To create.
2. v. To build, construct, or produce.
We made a bird feeder for our yard.
I'll make a man out of him yet.
3. v. To write or compose.
I made a poem for her wedding.
He made a will.
4. v. To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
make war
They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men.
5. v. (religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
God made earth and heaven.
6. v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
They made nice together, as if their fight never happened.
He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.
7. v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
8. v. To constitute.
They make a cute couple.
This makes the third infraction.
One swallow does not a summer make.
9. v. 1995, Harriette Simpson Arnow: Critical Essays on Her Work, p.46:
10. v. To add up to, have a sum of.
Two and four make six.
11. v. (intransitive, construed with of typically interrogative) To interpret.
I don’t know what to make of it.
12. v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
This company is what made you.
She married into wealth and so has it made.
13. v. (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
The citizens made their objections clear.
This might make you a bit woozy.
Did I make myself heard?
Scotch will make you a man.
14. v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
15. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
You're making her cry.
I was made to feel like a criminal.
16. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
The teacher made the student study.
Don’t let them make you suffer.
17. v. (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
18. v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
19. v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
20. v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
21. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
They made westward over the snowy mountains.
Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!
They made away from the fire toward the river.
22. v. To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
23. v. To move at (a speed).
The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
This baby can make 220 miles an hour.
24. v. To appoint; to name.
25. v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
26. v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
27. v. To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
They hope to make a bigger profit.
He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.
She made ten points in that game.
28. v. To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
29. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
30. v. To enact; to establish.
31. v. To develop into; to prove to be.
She'll make a fine president.
32. v. To form or formulate in the mind.
make plans
made a questionable decision
33. v. To perform a feat.
make a leap
make a pass
make a u-turn
34. v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
35. v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
36. v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
37. v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
38. v. (transitive, euphemism) To take the virginity of.
39. v. To have sexual intercourse with.
40. n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
What make of car do you drive?
41. n. How a thing is made; construction.
42. n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
The camera was of German make.
43. n. Quantity produced, especially of materials.
44. n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
45. n. A person's character or disposition.
46. n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
47. n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
48. n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
49. n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
50. n. (slang) Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
51. n. (slang) A promotion.
52. n. A home-made project
53. n. (basketball) A made basket.
54. n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
55. n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.
myek
1. v. (Geordie, dialectal) To make.
Will ye myek is a stotty for me bait pet?
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.
sealed
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of seal
2. adj. Closed by a seal.
3. adj. Preventing entrance.
4. adj. Of a road that has an asphalt or macadamised surface.
5. adj. (object-oriented programming) Not subclassable; from which one cannot inherit.
seal
1. n. A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
The seals in the harbor looked better than they smelled.
2. n. (heraldry) A bearing representing a creature something like a walrus.
3. v. (intransitive) To hunt seals.
They're organizing a protest against sealing.
4. n. A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
5. n. An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
6. n. A design or insignia usually associated with an organization or an official role.
The front of the podium bore the presidential seal.
7. n. Anything that secures or authenticates.
8. n. Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
The result was declared invalid, as the seal on the meter had been broken.
9. n. Confirmation or an indication of confirmation.
Her clothes always had her mom's seal of approval.
10. n. Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
The canister is leaking. I think the main seal needs to be replaced.
11. n. A tight closure, secure against leakage.
Close the lid tightly to get a good seal.
12. n. A chakra.
13. v. To place a seal on (a document).
14. v. To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware
15. v. To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
The cover is sealed. If anyone tries to open it, we'll know about it.
16. v. To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
The border has been sealed until the fugitives are found.
17. v. To close securely to prevent leakage.
I've sealed the bottle to keep the contents fresh.
18. v. To place in a sealed container.
I've sealed the documents in this envelope.
19. v. (transitive, chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
After thinking for half an hour, the champion sealed his move.
20. v. To guarantee.
The last-minute goal sealed United's win.
21. v. To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
22. v. To close by means of a seal.
to seal a drainpipe with water
23. v. (Mormonism) To confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.
24. v. (dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
variety
1. n. The quality of being varied; diversity.
Variety is the spice of life.
2. n. A specific variation of something.
3. n. A number of different things.
4. n. A state of constant change.
5. n. (taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species and subspecies.
6. n. (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system.
7. n. (cybernetics) Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
8. n. (linguistics) A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect, accent, register, etc. and to its prestige level.
9. n. (algebra, esp. universal algebra) The class of all algebraic structures of a given signature satisfying a given set of identities.
10. n. The kind of theatrical entertainment given in variety shows.
11. n. The production of, or performance in, variety shows.
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.
ways
1. n. plural of way
2. n. (informal, usually preceded by a) A distance.
way
1. n. To do with a place or places.:
2. n. A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
Do you know the way to the airport? Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut. It's a long way from here.
3. n. A means to enter or leave a place.
We got into the cinema through the back way.
4. n. A roughly-defined geographical area.
If you're ever 'round this way, come over and visit me.
5. n. A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
You're going about it the wrong way. He's known for his quirky ways. I don't like the way she looks at me.
6. n. A state or condition
When I returned home, I found my house and belongings in a most terrible way.
7. n. Personal interaction.:
8. n. Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way').
There's no way I'm going to clean up after you.
9. n. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.
My little sister always whines until she gets her way.
10. n. (paganism) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.
11. n. (nautical) Speed, progress, momentum.
12. n. A degree, an amount, a sense.
In a large way, crocodiles and alligators are similar.
13. n. (US, As the head of an interjectory clause) Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation.
Way to ruin the moment, guys.
14. n. (plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.
15. n. (plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.
16. interj. (only in reply to no way) It is true.
17. v. (obsolete) To travel.
18. adv. (informal, with comparative or modified adjective) Much.
I'm way too tired to do that.
I'm a way better singer than Emma.
19. adv. (slang) Very.
I'm way tired
String theory is way cool, except for the math.
20. adv. (informal) Far.
I used to live way over there.
The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill.
21. n. The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.
including
1. prep. Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned.
All you have to do is to fill in the details, including your name and address and the amount you wish to give.
2. prep. (rare, nonstandard) Introducing a finite clause.
3. v. present participle of include
include
1. v. To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental.
2. v. To contain, as parts of a whole; to comprehend.
The vacation package includes car rental.
Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets?
I was included in the invitation to the family gathering.
up to and including page twenty-five
3. v. (obsolete) To enclose, confine.
4. v. (obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.
5. v. (programming) To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
You have to include the strings library to use this function.
6. n. (programming) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
adhesive
1. adj. sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances
2. adj. apt or tending to adhere; clinging
3. n. a substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion
bonding
1. v. present participle of bond
2. n. The act by which something is bonded.
3. n. (networking) A method of aggregating multiple network interfaces on a computer into a single logical interface
bond
1. n. (legal) Evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate
2. n. (finance) A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.
Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities ha
Many say that government and corporate bonds are a good investment to balance against a portfolio consisting primarily of stocks.
3. n. A partial payment made to show a provider that the customer is sincere about buying a product or a service. If the product or service is not purchased the customer then forfeits the bond.
4. n. A physical connection which binds, a band; often plural.
The prisoner was brought before the tribunal in iron bonds.
5. n. An emotional link, connection or union.
They had grown up as friends and neighbors, and not even vastly differing political views could break the bond of their friendship.
6. n. Moral or political duty or obligation.
7. n. (chemistry) A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.
Organic chemistry primarily consists of the study of carbon bonds, in their many variations.
8. n. A binding agreement, a covenant.
You could rely on him. His word was his bond.
Herbert resented his wife for subjecting him to the bonds of matrimony; he claimed they had gotten married while drunk.
9. n. A bail bond.
The bailiff released the prisoner as soon as the bond was posted.
10. n. Any constraining or cementing force or material.
A bond of superglue adhered the teacups to the ceiling, much to the consternation of the cafe owners.
11. n. (construction) In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying.
12. n. In Scotland, a mortgage.
13. n. (railways) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.
14. v. To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.
The gargantuan ape was bonded in iron chains and carted onto the stage.
15. v. To cause to adhere (one material with another).
The children bonded their snapshots to the scrapbook pages with mucilage.
16. v. (transitive, chemistry) To form a chemical compound with.
Under unusual conditions, even gold can be made to bond with other elements.
17. v. To guarantee or secure a financial risk.
The contractor was bonded with a local underwriter.
18. v. To form a friendship or emotional connection.
The men had bonded while serving together in Vietnam.
19. v. To put in a bonded warehouse.
20. v. (transitive, construction) To lay bricks in a specific pattern.
21. v. (transitive, electricity) To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors).
A house's distribution panel should always be bonded to the grounding rods via a panel bond.
22. v. To bail out by means of a bail bond.
23. n. A peasant; churl.
24. n. A vassal; serf; one held in bondage to a superior.
25. adj. Subject to the tenure called bondage.
26. adj. In a state of servitude or slavedom; not free.
27. adj. Servile; slavish; pertaining to or befitting a slave.
bond fear
hot
1. adj. (of an object) Having a high temperature.
He forgot the frying pan was hot, and dropped it suddenly.
2. adj. (of the weather) Causing the air to be hot.
It is too hot to be outside. It is hotter in summer than in winter.
3. adj. (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
I was so hot from being in the sun too long. Aren't you hot with that thick coat on?
4. adj. (of a temper) Easily provoked to anger.
Be careful, he has a hot temper and may take it out on you.
5. adj. Feverish.
6. adj. (of food) Spicy.
Before moving to India, I never ate hot food. The Indians love spicy food.
7. adj. (informal) Very good, remarkable, exciting.
He's a hot young player, we should give him a trial.
8. adj. Stolen.
hot merchandise
9. adj. (incomparable) Electrically charged.
a hot wire
10. adj. (informal) Radioactive.
11. adj. (slang) Very physically and/or sexually attractive.
That girl is hot!
12. adj. (slang) Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
13. adj. (slang) Sexually aroused; horny.
14. adj. Popular; in demand.
His new pickup is hot!
15. adj. Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
Am I warm yet? — You're hot!
16. adj. Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
17. adj. Fresh; just released.
18. adj. Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
19. adj. (slang) Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
He was finished in a hot minute.
I dated him for a hot second.
20. v. (with up) To heat; to make or become hot.
21. v. (with up) To become lively or exciting.
air
1. n. (meteorology) The substance constituting earth's atmosphere, particularly:
I'm going outside to get some air.
2. n. (historical, philosophy, alchemy) understood as one of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
3. n. (historical, medical) understood as a particular local substance with supposed effects on human health.
There was a tension in the air which made me suspect an approaching storm.
4. n. (physics) understood as a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
5. n. (usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered surrounded by th
The flock of birds took to the air.
6. n. A breeze; a gentle wind.
7. n. A feeling or sense.
to give it an air of artistry and sophistication
8. n. A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.
9. n. (usually plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
putting on airs
10. n. (music) A song, especially a solo; an aria.
11. n. (informal) Nothing; absence of anything.
12. n. An air conditioner or the processed air it produces. Can be a mass noun or a count noun depending on context; similar to hair.
Could you turn on the air?
Hey, did you mean to leave the airs on all week while you were on vacation?
13. n. (obsolete, chemistry) Any specific gas.
14. n. (snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) A jump in which one becomes airborne.
15. n. A television or radio signal.
16. v. To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.
17. v. To let fresh air into a room or a building, to ventilate.
It's getting quite stuffy in this room: let's open the windows and air it.
18. v. To discuss varying viewpoints on a given topic.
19. v. To broadcast, as with a television show.
20. v. (UK, MLE, slang) to ignore
welding
1. v. present participle of weld
2. n. The action or process of welding.
weld
1. n. A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.
2. n. The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
3. v. To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately.
4. v. To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.
5. n. The state of being welded.
6. n. The joint made by welding.
7. v. (transitive, obsolete) To wield.
solvent
1. n. A liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
2. n. That which resolves.
a solvent of mystery
3. adj. Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets.
4. adj. Having the power of dissolving; causing solution.
welding
1. v. present participle of weld
2. n. The action or process of welding.
weld
1. n. A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.
2. n. The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
3. v. To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately.
4. v. To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.
5. n. The state of being welded.
6. n. The joint made by welding.
7. v. (transitive, obsolete) To wield.
using
1. v. present participle of use
2. n. use; utilization
use
1. n. The act of using.
the use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations; there is no use for your invention
2. n. (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
3. n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
This tool has many uses.
4. n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
I have no further use for these textbooks.
5. n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
6. n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
7. n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
8. n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
9. n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
10. v. To utilize or employ.
11. v. To employ; to apply; to utilize.
Use this knife to slice the bread.
We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
12. v. (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
I used the money they allotted me.
We should use up most of the fuel.
She used all the time allotted to complete the test.
13. v. To exploit.
You never cared about me; you just used me!
14. v. To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
He uses cocaine. I have never used drugs.
15. v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.
16. v. (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
I could use a drink. My car could use a new coat of paint.
17. v. To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.)
soldiers who are used to hardships and danger (still common)
to use the soldiers to hardships and danger (now rare)
18. v. (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
19. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
20. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.
21. v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
I used to get things done.
22. v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
to use an animal cruelly
23. v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
adhesive
1. adj. sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances
2. adj. apt or tending to adhere; clinging
3. n. a substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion
tapes
1. n. plural of tape
tape
1. n. Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper.
2. n. Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
After the party there was tape all over the place.
3. n. Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record.
4. n. Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
Did you get that on tape?
5. n. (informal, by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
6. n. (informal) An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.
Old couples will sometimes play tapes at each other during a fight.
7. n. (trading, from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
Don’t fight the tape.
8. n. (ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick
His pass was right on the tape.
9. v. To bind with adhesive tape.
Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it.
10. v. To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.
You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.
11. v. (informal, passive) To understand, figure out.
I've finally got this thing taped.
sealant
1. n. Any material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid.
2. n. (construction) A mixture of polymers, fillers, and pigments used to fill and seal joints where moderate movement is expected.
etc
1. adv. alternative form of etc.

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