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that
1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
He told me that the book is a good read.
I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British.
2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
Be glad that you have enough to eat.
3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
The noise was so loud that she woke up.
The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed.
5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
Was John there? — Not that I saw.
How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw.
7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.
9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
That book is a good read. This one isn't.
That battle was in 1450.
That cat of yours is evil.
10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t
He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said).
They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?
12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement.
The water is so cold! — That it is.
13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition).
The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.
14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.)
the place that = where or to which I went last year
the last time that = when I went to Europe
15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
"The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...".
16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
I'm just not that sick.
I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.
17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.
18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
cuckoo
1. adj. Crazy; not sane.
2. n. Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, that has a characteristic two-note call.
3. n. The sound of that particular bird.
4. n. The bird shaped figure found in Swiss/German clocks (cuckoo clocks) or the clock itself.
5. n. Someone found where they shouldn't be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).
6. n. Someone who is crazy.
7. v. To make the call of a cuckoo
8. v. To repeat something incessantly
Ends
1. n. plural of End
2. n. plural of end
3. n. (MLE, plural only) The area in close proximity to one's home; neighbourhood.
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of end
end
1. n. The terminal point of something in space or time.
At the end of the road, turn left.
At the end of the story, the main characters fall in love.
2. n. (by extension) (euphemistic) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
Is there no end to this madness?
3. n. (by extension) Death, especially miserable.
He met a terrible end in the jungle.
I hope the end comes quickly.
4. n. The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
Hold the string at both ends.
My father always sat at the end of the table.
5. n. Result.
6. n. A purpose, goal, or aim.
7. n. (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
The Pavillion End
8. n. (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
9. n. (curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
10. n. (mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex.
11. n. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
odds and ends
12. n. One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
13. v. To finish, terminate.
Is this movie never going to end?
The lesson will end when the bell rings.
The referee blew the whistle to end the game.
up
1. adv. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
2. adv. (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely.
I will mix up the puzzle pieces.
Tear up the contract.
He really messed up.
Please type up our monthly report.
3. adv. To or from one's possession or consideration.
I picked up some milk on the way home.
The committee will take up your request.
She had to give up her driver's license after the accident.
4. adv. North.
I will go up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
5. adv. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.
Turn it up, I can barely hear it.
Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.
Cheer up, the weekend's almost here.
6. adv. (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
7. adv. (sailing) Against the wind or current.
8. adv. (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
9. adv. (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
The bowler pitched the ball up.
10. adv. (hospitality, US) Without additional ice.
Would you like that drink up or on ice?
11. adv. (academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
She's going up to read Classics this September.
12. adv. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
I was up to my chin in water.
A stranger came up and asked me for directions.
13. adv. To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
Drink up. The pub is closing.
Can you sum up your research?
The comet burned up in the atmosphere.
I need to sew up the hole in this shirt.
14. adv. Aside, so as not to be in use.
to lay up riches; put up your weapons
15. prep. Toward the top of.
The cat went up the tree. They walk up the steps.
16. prep. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
The information made its way up the chain of command to the general. I felt something crawling up my arm.
17. prep. Further along (in any direction).
Go up the street until you see the sign.
18. prep. From south to north of
19. prep. From the mouth towards the source (of a river or waterway).
20. prep. (vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with.
Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her.
21. prep. (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more remote from a central location).
22. adj. Awake.
I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up.
23. adj. Finished, to an end
Time is up!
24. adj. In a good mood.
I’m feeling up today.
25. adj. Willing; ready.
If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
26. adj. Next in a sequence.
Smith is up to bat.
27. adj. Happening; new.
What is up with that project at headquarters?
28. adj. Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
Put the notebook face up on the table.
Take a break and put your feet up.
29. adj. Larger; greater in quantity.
Sales are up from last quarter.
30. adj. Ahead; leading; winning.
The home team were up by two goals at half-time.
31. adj. Standing.
Get up and give her your seat.
32. adj. On a higher level.
The new ground is up.
33. adj. Available; made public.
The new notices are up as of last Tuesday.
34. adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
AAKK = aces up
QQ33 = queens up
35. adj. Well-informed; current.
I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
36. adj. (computing) Functional; working.
Is the server back up?
37. adj. (anchor, Adj_railway)(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
The London train is on the up line.
38. adj. Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
39. adj. (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
A Cosmopolitan is typically served up.
40. adj. (slang) Erect.
41. adj. (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
42. adj. (slang) well-known; renowned
43. n. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
Up is a good way to go.
44. n. A positive thing.
I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.
45. n. An upstairs room of a two story house.
She lives in a two-up two-down.
46. v. (transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise.
If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details.
We upped anchor and sailed away.
47. v. (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
48. v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
So
1. n. A Mon-Khmer-speaking people of Laos and Thailand.
2. conj. In order that.
Eat your broccoli so you can have dessert.
3. conj. With the result that; for that reason; therefore.
I was hungry so I asked if there was any more food.
He ate too much cake, so he fell ill.
He wanted a book, so he went to the library.
“I need to go to the bathroom.”―“So go!”
4. conj. (archaic) Provided that; on condition that, as long as.
5. adv. To the (explicitly stated) extent that.
It was so hot outside that all the plants died. He was so good, they hired him on the spot.
6. adv. (informal) To the (implied) extent.
I need a piece of cloth so long. = this long
7. adv. (informal) Very (positive clause).
He is so good!
8. adv. (informal) Very (negative clause).
It’s not so bad. i.e. it's acceptable
9. adv. (slang) Very much.
But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town! That is so not true!
10. adv. In a particular manner.
Place the napkin on the table just so. If that's what you mean, then say so; (or do so).
11. adv. In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; also.
Just as you have the right to your free speech, so I have the right to mine. Many people say she's the world's greatest athlete, but I don't think so. "I can count backwards from on
12. adv. (with as) To such an extent or degree; as.
so far as; so long as; so much as
13. adj. True, accurate.
That is so. You are responsible for this, is that not so?
14. adj. In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.
15. adj. (dated, UK, slang) Homosexual.
Is he so?
16. interj. Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story.
So, let's go home.
So, what'll you have?
So, there was this squirrel stuck in the chimney...
17. interj. (Short for) so what.
"You park your car in front of my house every morning." — "So?".
18. interj. Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.
So how does this story end?
So, everyone wants to know - did you win the contest or not?
19. interj. (archaic) Be as you are; stand still; (used especially to cows; also used by sailors.)
20. pron. abbreviation of someone
21. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.
22. n. (foods) A type of dairy product made in Japan between the seventh and 10th centuries.
large
1. adj. Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
Russia is a large country. The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size. He has a large collection of stamps.
2. adj. (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
3. adj. (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
4. adj. (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
5. adj. (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
6. adj. (nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
7. adj. topics, en, Size
8. n. (music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
9. n. (obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
10. n. (slang) A thousand dollars/pounds.
Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.
11. n. A large serving of something.
One small coffee and two larges, please.
12. adv. (nautical) Before the wind.
just
1. adj. Factually right, correct; factual.
It is a just assessment of the facts.
2. adj. Rationally right, correct.
3. adj. Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.
It looks like a just solution at first glance.
4. adj. Proper, adequate.
5. adv. Only, simply, merely.
Plant just a few tomatoes, unless you can freeze or dry them.
He calls it vermilion, but it's just red to me.
6. adv. (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.
Just follow the directions on the box.
7. adv. (speech act) Used to convey a less serious or formal tone
I just called to say "hi".
8. adv. (speech act) Used to show humility.
Lord, we just want to thank You and praise Your Name.
9. adv. (degree) absolutely, positively
It is just splendid!
10. adv. Moments ago, recently.
They just left, but you may leave a message at the desk.
11. adv. By a narrow margin; closely; nearly.
The fastball just missed my head!
The piece just might fit.
12. adv. Exactly, precisely, perfectly.
He wants everything just right for the big day.
13. interj. (slang) Expressing dismay or discontent.
14. n. A joust, tournament.
15. v. To joust, fight a tournament.
happens
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of happen
happen
1. v. (intransitive) To occur or take place.
Let me tell you how it happened.
2. v. (transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.
3. v. (intransitive or impersonal, with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.
Take an umbrella in case it happens to rain.
Do you happen to have an umbrella?
I happened to get wet.
4. v. (followed by on or upon) To encounter by chance.
5. adv. (obsolete or dialect) maybe, perhaps.
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.
you
1. pron. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
2. pron. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
3. pron. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
4. pron. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
Both of you should get ready now.
You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
5. pron. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
6. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
7. det. The individual or group spoken or written to.
Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
8. det. Used before epithets for emphasis.
You idiot!
9. v. To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal.
feed
1. v. To give (someone or something) food to eat.
Feed the dog every evening.
2. v. (intransitive) To eat (usually of animals).
Spiders feed on gnats and flies.
3. v. To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
Feed the fish to the dolphins.
4. v. To give to a machine to be processed.
Feed the paper gently into the document shredder.
We got interesting results after feeding the computer with the new data.
5. v. (figurative) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
6. v. To supply with something.
Springs feed ponds with water.
7. v. To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
If grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.
8. v. (sports) To pass to.
9. v. (phonology, of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before another rule.
Nasalization feeds raising.
10. v. (syntax, of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before another syntactic rule.
11. n. Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.
They sell feed, riding helmets, and everything else for horses.
12. n. Something supplied continuously.
a satellite feed
13. n. The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
the paper feed of a printer
14. n. A gathering to eat, especially in quantity
They held a crab feed on the beach.
15. n. (Internet) Encapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that can be subscribed to.
I've subscribed to the feeds of my favourite blogs, so I can find out when new posts are added without having to visit those sites.
16. v. simple past tense and past participle of fee
fee
1. n. (feudal law) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief.
2. n. (legal) An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the performing of certain services.
3. n. (legal) An estate of inheritance in land, either absolute and without limitation to any particular class of heirs (fee simple) or limited to a particular class of heirs (fee tail).
4. n. (obsolete) Property; owndom; estate.
5. n. (obsolete) Money paid or bestowed; payment; emolument.
6. n. (obsolete) A prize or reward. Only used in the set phrase "A finder's fee" in Modern English.
7. n. A monetary payment charged for professional services.
8. v. To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.
it
1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals.
Put it over there.
Take each day as it comes.
I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today.
2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender.
She took the baby and held it in her arms.
3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
It's me. John.
Is it her?
4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)
It is nearly 10 o’clock.
It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five.
It’s very cold today.
It’s lonely without you.
5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms.
stick it out
live it up
rough it
6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i
It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see)
I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing)
He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if)
7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more.
Are there more students in this class, or is this it?
That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.
9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what.
10. det. (obsolete) its
11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…
13. n. (British) The game of tag.
Let's play it at breaktime.
14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.
15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity.
caught them doing it
16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable.
till
1. prep. Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
She stayed till the very end.
It's twenty till two. (1:40)
I have to work till eight o'clock tonight.
2. prep. (obsolete) To, up to (physically).
They led him till his tent
3. prep. (dialectal) In order that, to enable.
Come here till I speak to you
4. conj. Until, until the time that.
Maybe you can, maybe you can't: you won't know till you try.
5. n. A cash register.
6. n. A removable box within a cash register containing the money.
Pull all the tills and lock them in the safe.
7. n. The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.
My count of my till was 30 dollars short.
8. n. (obsolete) A tray or drawer in a chest.
9. v. To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.).
10. v. To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.
11. v. (intransitive) To cultivate soil.
12. v. (obsolete) To prepare; to get.
13. n. glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders
14. n. (dialect) manure or other material used to fertilize land
15. n. A vetch; a tare.
you
1. pron. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
2. pron. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
3. pron. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
4. pron. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
Both of you should get ready now.
You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
5. pron. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
6. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
7. det. The individual or group spoken or written to.
Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
8. det. Used before epithets for emphasis.
You idiot!
9. v. To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal.
drop
1. n. A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid.
Put three drops of oil into the mixture.
2. n. The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
On one side of the road was a 50-foot drop.
3. n. A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
That was a long drop, but fortunately I didn't break any bones.
4. n. A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal activity; a drop-off point.
I left the plans at the drop, like you asked.
The Drop (film title)
5. n. An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies by parachute.
The delivery driver has to make three more drops before lunch.
6. n. (chiefly British, Australian) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage
He usually enjoys a drop after dinner.
7. n. (chiefly British, when used with the definite article (the drop)) alcoholic spirits in general.
It doesn't matter where you're from; anyone who enjoys the drop is a friend of mine.
8. n. (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
9. n. A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.
10. n. (American football) A dropped pass.
Yet another drop for the Tiger tight end.
11. n. (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back.
The Tiger quarterback took a one-step drop, expecting his tight end to be open.
12. n. (Rugby football) A drop-kick.
13. n. In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference between chest circumference and waist circumference.
14. n. (sports) relegation from one division to a lower one
15. n. (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies.
16. n. (music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in tempo, bass, and/or overall tone; also known
17. n. (US, banking dated) An unsolicited credit card issue.
18. n. The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
19. n. That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.
20. n. (architecture) A gutta.
21. n. A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's deck; a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet; a curtain which falls in front of a theat
22. n. (slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging.
23. n. A drop press or drop hammer.
24. n. (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
25. n. (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.
26. n. The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole, that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
27. v. (intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
28. v. To drip (a liquid).
29. v. (intransitive) Generally, to fall (straight down).
A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky.
30. v. (transitive, ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
Don't drop that plate! The police ordered the men to drop their weapons.
31. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
32. v. (intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground.
Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private! If your clothes are on fire, stop, drop and roll.
33. v. (intransitive) To fall dead, or to fall in death.
34. v. (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
35. v. To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
The moderator would drop hints whenever the students struggled. She would sometimes drop off to sleep straight after dinner.
36. v. (transitive, slang) To part with or spend (money).
37. v. To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.).
I'm tired of this subject. Will you just drop it?
38. v. (intransitive) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
The stock dropped 1.5% yesterday. We can take our vacation when the price of fuel drops. Watch for the temperature to drop sharply, then you'll know the reaction is comp
39. v. To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message).
Drop me a note when you get to the city.
40. v. To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
Make any sudden movements and I will drop you!
41. v. (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
Cockneys drop their aitches.
42. v. (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman being out.
Warne dropped Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball
43. v. (transitive, slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
They had never dropped acid.
44. v. To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
I dropped ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée.
45. v. To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
I've been dropped from the football team.
46. v. (Rugby football) To score a goal by means of a drop-kick.
47. v. (transitive, slang) To impart.
I drop knowledge wherever I go. Yo, I drop rhymes like nobody's business.
48. v. (transitive, music, computing, colloquial) To release to the public.
They dropped "Hip-Hop Xmas" in time for the holidays.
That hacker has been threatening to drop my docs i.e. publish my personal information.
49. v. (transitive, music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
That guy can drop the bass like a monster. I love it when he drops his funky beats.
50. v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To enter public distribution.
"Hip-Hop Xmas" dropped in time for the holidays.
51. v. (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
52. v. To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
I had to drop calculus because it was taking up too much of my time and I couldn't go anymore.
53. v. (transitive, fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
Drop a basket of fries.
54. v. To lower; to move to a lower position.
55. v. (intransitive, of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
Billy's voice dropped suddenly when he turned 12.
56. v. (intransitive, of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
The song, 180 beats per minute, drops to 150 BPM near the end. My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2.
57. v. (intransitive, of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
drop by soon; drop in on her tomorrow
58. v. To give birth to.
to drop a lamb
59. v. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
60. v. (slang) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.

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