| tediously |
| 1. adv. In a tedious or wearisome manner. | |
| lengthy |
| 1. adj. Having length; long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension. | |
| a lengthy text | |
| a lengthy discussion | |
| a laborious and lengthy process | |
| She died last night after a lengthy illness. | |
| They received lengthy prison terms. | |
| 2. adj. Speaking or writing at length; long-winded. | |
| verbose |
| 1. adj. Abounding in words, containing more words than necessary; long-winded. | |
| 2. adj. (computing) Producing unusually detailed output for diagnostic purposes. | |
| dwelling |
| 1. n. A habitation; a place or house in which a person lives; home | |
| The old house served as a dwelling for Albert. | |
| 2. v. present participle of dwell | |
| I was dwelling in the cave. | |
| dwell |
| 1. n. (engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state. | |
| 2. n. (engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed. | |
| 3. n. (electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program. | |
| 4. n. (automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around t | |
| 5. v. (intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive) To linger (on) a particular thought, idea etc.; to remain fixated (on). | |
| 7. v. (intransitive, engineering) To be in a given state. | |
| 8. v. (intransitive) To abide; to remain; to continue. | |
| on |
| 1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating. | |
| 2. adj. Performing according to schedule. | |
| Are we still on for tonight? | |
| Is the show still on? | |
| 3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate. | |
| You can't do that; it's just not on. | |
| 4. adj. (informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed. | |
| "Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!". | |
| Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now. | |
| 5. adj. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter. | |
| 6. adj. (euphemistic) Menstruating. | |
| 7. adv. To an operating state. | |
| turn the television on | |
| 8. adv. Along, forwards (continuing an action). | |
| drive on, rock on | |
| 9. adv. In continuation, at length. | |
| and so on. | |
| He rambled on and on. | |
| 10. adv. (not US) Later. | |
| Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village. | |
| 11. prep. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above. | |
| on the table; on the couch | |
| The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder. | |
| 12. prep. At or near; adjacent to. | |
| Soon we'll pass a statue on the left. | |
| The fleet is on the American coast. | |
| Croton-on-Hudson, Rostov-on-Don, Southend-on-Sea | |
| 13. prep. Covering. | |
| He wore old shoes on his feet. | |
| 14. prep. At the date of. | |
| Born on the 4th of July. | |
| 15. prep. Some time during the day of. | |
| I'll see you on Monday. The bus leaves on Friday. Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy. | |
| 16. prep. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something. | |
| A book on history. The World Summit on the Information Society. | |
| 17. prep. Touching; hanging from. | |
| The fruit ripened on the trees. The painting hangs on the wall. | |
| 18. prep. (informal) In the possession of. | |
| I haven't got any money on me. | |
| 19. prep. Because of, or due to. | |
| To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery. To contact someone on a hunch. | |
| 20. prep. Upon; at the time of (and often because of). | |
| On Jack's entry, William got up to leave. | |
| On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins. | |
| 21. prep. Paid for by. | |
| The drinks are on me tonight, boys. The meal is on the house. I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company. | |
| 22. prep. Used to indicate a means or medium. | |
| I saw it on television. Can't you see I'm on the phone? | |
| 23. prep. Indicating a means of subsistence. | |
| They lived on ten dollars a week. The dog survived three weeks on rainwater. | |
| 24. prep. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity). | |
| He's on his lunch break. on vacation; on holiday | |
| 25. prep. Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with. | |
| to play on a violin or piano | |
| Her words made a lasting impression on my mind. | |
| 26. prep. Regularly taking (a drug). | |
| You've been on these antidepressants far too long. He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something. | |
| 27. prep. Under the influence of (a drug). | |
| He's acting crazy because he's on crack right now. | |
| 28. prep. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain. | |
| a function on | |
| 29. prep. (mathematics) HavingV^n as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n. | |
| an operator on | |
| 30. prep. (mathematics) Generated by. | |
| the free group on four letters | |
| 31. prep. Supported by (the specified part of itself). | |
| A table can't stand on two legs. After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels. | |
| 32. prep. At a given time after the start of something; at. | |
| 33. prep. In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series. | |
| heaps on heaps of food | |
| mischief on mischief; loss on loss | |
| 34. prep. (obsolete, regional) of | |
| 35. prep. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in. | |
| I depended on them for assistance. | |
| He will promise on certain conditions. | |
| Do you ever bet on horses? | |
| 36. prep. Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion. | |
| Have pity or compassion on him. | |
| 37. prep. (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of. | |
| 38. prep. In the service of; connected with; of the number of. | |
| He is on a newspaper; I am on the committee. | |
| 39. prep. By virtue of; with the pledge of. | |
| He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour. | |
| 40. prep. To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon. | |
| On us be all the blame. | |
| A curse on him! | |
| Please don't tell on her and get her in trouble. | |
| He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since. | |
| He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession. | |
| 41. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) to switch on | |
| Can you on the light? | |
| 42. prep. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without. | |
| 43. n. In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun. | |
| Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun". | |
| trivial |
| 1. adj. Ignorable; of little significance or value. | |
| 2. adj. Commonplace, ordinary. | |
| 3. adj. Concerned with or involving trivia. | |
| 4. adj. (taxonomy) Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic. | |
| 5. adj. (mathematics) Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case. | |
| 6. adj. (mathematics) Self-evident. | |
| 7. adj. Pertaining to the trivium. | |
| 8. adj. (philosophy) Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity. | |
| 9. n. (obsolete) Any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. | |
| details |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of detail | |
| 2. n. plural of detail | |
| detail |
| 1. n. Something small enough to escape casual notice. | |
| Note this fine detail in the lower left corner. | |
| We missed several important details in the contract. | |
| 2. n. A profusion of details. | |
| This etching is full of fine detail. | |
| 3. n. The small things that can escape casual notice. | |
| 4. n. Something considered trivial enough to ignore. | |
| I don't concern myself with the details of accounting. | |
| 5. n. A person's name, address and other personal information. | |
| The arresting officer asked the suspect for his details. | |
| 6. n. (military, law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment. | |
| 7. n. A part distinct from the whole. | |
| 8. n. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars. | |
| 9. v. to explain in detail | |
| I'll detail the exact procedure to you later. | |
| 10. v. to clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles) ((IPAchar, ˈdi(ː)teɪɫ)) | |
| We need to have the minivan detailed. | |
| 11. v. (transitive, military) to assign to a particular task | |
