| strata |
| 1. n. plural of stratum | |
| 2. n. (British Columbia) condominium unit, condominium building, condominium title | |
| Learn more about the renting in stratas; some stratas may have rental restriction bylaws. There are also legal requirements for buying and selling strata properties. | |
| 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. | |
| rock |
| 1. n. A formation of minerals, specifically: | |
| 2. n. The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust. | |
| The face of the cliff is solid rock. | |
| 3. n. A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water. | |
| The ship crashed on the rocks. | |
| 4. n. (UK) A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble. | |
| Some fool has thrown a rock through my window. | |
| 5. n. (geology) Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals. | |
| 6. n. (slang) A precious stone or gem, especially a diamond. | |
| Look at the size of that rock on her finger! | |
| 7. n. A large hill or island having no vegetation. | |
| Pearl Rock near Cape Cod is so named because the morning sun makes it gleam like a pearl. | |
| 8. n. (figuratively) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another. | |
| 9. n. A lump or cube of ice. | |
| I'll have a whisky on the rocks, please. | |
| 10. n. (British) A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length. | |
| While we're in Brighton, let's get a stick of rock! | |
| 11. n. (US, slang) A crystallized lump of crack cocaine. | |
| 12. n. (US, slang) An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes. | |
| 13. n. (South Africa, slang) An Afrikaner. | |
| 14. n. (US poker slang) An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands. | |
| 15. n. Any of several fish: | |
| 16. n. The striped bass. | |
| 17. n. The huss or rock salmon. | |
| We ordered rock and chips to take away. | |
| 18. n. (US, basketball slang) A basketball. | |
| Yo homie, pass the rock! | |
| 19. n. (rock paper scissors) A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to paper. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock. | |
| 20. v. (transitive, and intransitive) To move gently back and forth. | |
| Rock the baby to sleep. | |
| The empty swing rocked back and forth in the wind. | |
| 21. v. To cause to shake or sway violently. | |
| Don't rock the boat. | |
| 22. v. (intransitive) To sway or tilt violently back and forth. | |
| The boat rocked at anchor. | |
| 23. v. (transitive, and intransitive, of ore etc.) To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker. | |
| The ores had been rocked and laid out for inspection. | |
| 24. v. To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively). | |
| Downing Street has been rocked by yet another sex scandal. | |
| She rocked my world. | |
| 25. v. (intransitive) To do well or to be operating at high efficiency. | |
| 26. v. (euphemistic) to make love to or have sex with someone. | |
| Yarbrough & Peoples, "Don't Stop the Music": I just wanna rock you, all night long. | |
| Andy Kim, "Rock Me Gently": Rock me gently, rock me slowly, take it easy, don't you know, that I have never been loved like this before. | |
| George_McCrae, "Rock Your Baby": Open up your heart / And let the loving start / Oh, woman, take me in your arms / Rock your baby. | |
| 27. n. An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway. | |
| 28. n. A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals. | |
| 29. v. (intransitive) To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy. | |
| Let’s rock! | |
| 30. v. (intransitive, slang) To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic. | |
| Chocolate rocks. | |
| My holidays in Ibiza rocked! I can't wait to go back. | |
| 31. v. to thrill or excite, especially with rock music | |
| Let's rock this joint! | |
| 32. v. to do something with excitement yet skillfully | |
| I need to rock a piss. | |
| 33. v. To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style). | |
| 34. n. Distaff. | |
| 35. n. The flax or wool on a distaff. | |
| dip |
| 1. n. A lower section of a road or geological feature. | |
| There is a dip in the road ahead. | |
| 2. n. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch. | |
| 3. n. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid. | |
| 4. n. A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites. | |
| 5. n. A dip stick. | |
| 6. n. A swim, usually a short swim to refresh. | |
| I'm going for a dip before breakfast. | |
| 7. n. (colloquial, dated) A pickpocket. | |
| 8. n. A sauce for dipping. | |
| This onion dip is just scrumptious. | |
| 9. n. (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line. | |
| 10. n. (archaic) A dipped candle. | |
| 11. n. (dance) a move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader | |
| 12. n. A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straighte | |
| 13. n. In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years. | |
| 14. n. (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole. | |
| 15. n. The moist form of snuff tobacco. | |
| 16. v. To lower into a liquid. | |
| Dip your biscuit into your tea. | |
| 17. v. (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink. | |
| 18. v. (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly. | |
| 19. v. To lower a light's beam. | |
| Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car. | |
| 20. v. To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag bei | |
| “The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.” | |
| 21. v. To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution. | |
| The farmer is going to dip the cattle today. | |
| 22. v. To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine. | |
| 23. v. To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect. | |
| 24. v. To immerse for baptism. | |
| 25. v. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten. | |
| 26. v. (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair. | |
| 27. v. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out. | |
| to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water | |
| 28. v. (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part. | |
| 29. v. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage. | |
| 30. v. To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body. | |
| 31. v. (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon. | |
| Strata of rock dip. | |
| 32. v. (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped) | |
| 33. v. To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music. | |
| 34. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave. | |
| He dipped out of the room so fast. | |
| 35. n. A foolish person. | |
| 36. n. (computer graphics) (initialism of device-independent pixel) | |
| 37. n. (informal) A diplomat. | |
