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. | |
burglars |
1. n. plural of burglar | |
burglar |
1. n. A thief who steals from premises. | |
The burglar made off with a large diamond from the museum. | |
2. v. To commit burglary; to burgle. | |
rummaged |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of rummage | |
rummage |
1. v. (transitive, nautical) To arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods. | |
2. v. (transitive, nautical) To search a vessel for smuggled goods. | |
After the long voyage, the customs officers rummaged the ship. | |
3. v. To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged. | |
She rummaged her purse in search of the keys. | |
The burglars rummaged the entire house for cash and jewellery. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside. | |
She rummaged in the drawers trying to find the missing sock. | |
5. n. (obsolete) Commotion; disturbance. | |
6. n. A thorough search, usually resulting in disorder. | |
7. n. An unorganized collection of miscellaneous objects; a jumble. | |
8. n. (nautical) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; formerly written romage. | |
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. | |
entire |
1. adj. (sometimes postpositive) Whole; complete. | |
We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening. | |
2. adj. (botany) Having a smooth margin without any indentation. | |
3. adj. (botany) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla. | |
4. adj. (complex analysis, of a complex function) Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ. | |
5. adj. (of a male animal) Not gelded. | |
6. adj. Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful. | |
7. adj. Internal; interior. | |
8. n. (now rare) The whole of something; the entirety. | |
9. n. An uncastrated horse; a stallion. | |
10. n. (philately) A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted. | |
11. n. Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery. | |
house |
1. n. A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings. | |
This is my house and my family's ancestral home. | |
2. n. The people who live in a house; a household. | |
3. n. A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). | |
The former carriage house had been made over into a guest house. | |
On arriving at the zoo, we immediately headed for the monkey house. | |
4. n. A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier. | |
A small publishing house would have a contract with an independent fulfillment house. | |
5. n. A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof. | |
One more, sir, then I'll have to stop serving you – rules of the house, I'm afraid. | |
The house always wins. | |
6. n. The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance. | |
After her swan-song, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. | |
7. n. (politics) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature. | |
The petition was so ridiculous that the house rejected it after minimal debate. | |
8. n. A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one. | |
A curse lay upon the House of Atreus. | |
9. n. (metaphorical) a place of rest or repose. | |
10. n. A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities. | |
I was a member of Spenser house when I was at school. | |
11. n. An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection. | |
12. n. (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart. | |
13. n. (cartomancy) The fourth Lenormand card. | |
14. n. (chess, now rare) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. | |
15. n. (curling) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice. | |
16. n. Lotto; bingo. | |
17. n. A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household. | |
As the babysitter, Emma always acted as the mother whenever the kids demanded to play house. | |
18. n. (US, dialect) A small stand of trees in a swamp. | |
19. v. To keep within a structure or container. | |
The car is housed in the garage. | |
20. v. To admit to residence; to harbor/harbour. | |
21. v. To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge. | |
22. v. (transitive, astrology) To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses. | |
23. v. To contain or cover mechanical parts. | |
24. v. (obsolete) To drive to a shelter. | |
25. v. (obsolete) To deposit and cover, as in the grave. | |
26. v. (nautical) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe. | |
to house the upper spars | |
27. n. (music genre) House music. | |
for |
1. conj. (dated) Because. | |
2. prep. Towards. | |
The astronauts headed for the moon. | |
3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to. | |
I have something for you. | |
4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of. | |
We're having a birthday party for Janet. | |
The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary. | |
The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala. | |
5. prep. Supporting. | |
All those for the motion raise your hands. | |
6. prep. Because of. | |
He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him. | |
(UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight. | |
She was the worse for drink. | |
7. prep. Over a period of time. | |
I've lived here for three years. | |
They fought for days over a silly pencil. | |
8. prep. Throughout an extent of space. | |
9. prep. On behalf of. | |
I will stand in for him. | |
10. prep. Instead of, or in place of. | |
11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire. | |
I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday. | |
He's going for his doctorate. | |
Do you want to go for coffee? | |
People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers. | |
Can you go to the store for some eggs? | |
I'm saving up for a car. | |
Don't wait for an answer. | |
What did he ask you for? | |
12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward. | |
Run for the hills! | |
He was headed for the door when he remembered. | |
13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect. | |
Fair for its day. | |
She's spry for an old lady. | |
14. prep. Despite, in spite of. | |
15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive. | |
For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.) | |
All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.) | |
16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio | |
In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day | |
17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen. | |
At close of play, England were 305 for 3. | |
18. prep. To be, or as being. | |
19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.) | |
20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs). | |
cash |
1. n. Money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions. | |
After you bounced those checks last time, they want to be paid in cash. | |
2. n. (informal) Money. | |
3. n. (Canada) Cash register. | |
4. n. (archaic) A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box. | |
5. v. To exchange (a check/cheque) for money in the form of notes/bills. | |
6. v. (poker slang) To obtain a payout from a tournament. | |
7. n. Any of several low-denomination coins of India, China, or Vietnam, especially the Chinese copper coin. | |
8. v. To disband. | |
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. | |
jewellery |
1. n. (British spelling, Canadian spelling) Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones. | |
She had more jewellery ornamented about her than any three ladies needed. | |