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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.
car
1. n. A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation; a motorcar or automobile.
She drove her car to the mall.
2. n. (dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot.
3. n. (Birmingham) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
4. n. (rail transport, chiefly North America) An unpowered unit in a railroad train.
The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.
5. n. (rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.
The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit.
6. n. (rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.
From the frontmost car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.
7. n. A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.
8. n. The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
Fix the car of the express elevator - the door is sticking.
9. n. The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
The most exciting part of riding a Ferris wheel is when your car goes over the top.
10. n. The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
11. n. (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
12. n. (US, slang) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
Buy now! You can get more car for your money.
13. n. (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
14. n. (obsolete) A turn.
15. n. (computing) The first part of a cons in LISP. The first element of a list
Bomb
1. n. (informal) The atomic bomb; the capacity to launch a nuclear attack.
Pakistan and India both have the Bomb now.
2. n. An explosive device used or intended as a weapon.
3. n. (dated) The atomic bomb.
During the Cold War, everyone worried about the bomb sometimes.
4. n. (figurative) Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.
5. n. (slang) A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
6. n. (US, Australia informal) A car in poor condition.
7. n. (slang) A large amount of money, a fortune.
make a bomb; cost a bomb
8. n. (social) Something highly effective or attractive.
9. n. (chiefly British, slang) A success; the bomb.
Our fabulous new crumpets have been selling like a bomb.
10. n. (chiefly British, India, slang) A very attractive woman; a bombshell.
11. n. (often, in combination) An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
It was an ordinary speech, until the president dropped a bomb: he would be retiring for medical reasons.
Normally very controlled, he dropped the F-bomb and cursed the paparazzi.
12. n. (American football, slang) A long forward pass.
13. n. (informal) A jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, for maximum splashing.
14. n. A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
15. n. (chemistry) A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
16. n. (obsolete) A great booming noise; a hollow sound.
17. n. (slang) A woman’s breast.
18. n. (wrestling) A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
19. n. (slang) A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
20. n. (colloquial) An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body.
21. v. (transitive, intransitive) To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
22. v. (intransitive, slang) To fail dismally.
23. v. (informal) To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs.
24. v. (obsolete) To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
25. v. (slang) To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
26. v. (informal) To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
27. v. (slang) To make oneself drunk.
28. v. (informal, especially with along, down, up etc.) To move at high speed.
I was bombing down the road on my motorbike.
29. adj. (slang) Great, awesome.
Have you tried the new tacos from that restaurant? They're pretty bomb!
crippled
1. adj. (usually offensive) Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.
1848 "A crippled man, twenty years older than you, whom you will have to wait on?" — Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
2. adj. (usually offensive) Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.
1893 The Percy Driscoll estate was in such a crippled shape when its owner died that it could pay only sixty percent of its great indebtedness, and was settled at that rate. — Mark Twain, '
3. v. simple past tense and past participle of cripple
cripple
1. adj. (now rare, dated) Crippled.
2. n. (sometimes offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
He returned from war a cripple.
3. n. A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.
4. n. (dialect, Southern US except Louisiana) scrapple.
5. n. (among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream.
6. v. to make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired
The car bomb crippled five passers-by.
7. v. (figuratively) to damage seriously; to destroy
My ambitions were crippled by a lack of money.
8. v. to release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless.
The word processor was released in a crippled demonstration version that did not allow you to save.
9. v. (informal) slang: to nerf (used in gaming) something which is overpowered.
five
1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six. This many dots: (•••••).
2. num. Describing a group or set with five elements.
3. n. The digit/figure 5.
He wrote a five followed by four zeroes.
4. n. (US) A five-dollar bill.
Can anyone here change a five?
5. n. Anything measuring five units, as length.
All the fives are over there in the corner, next to the fours.
6. n. A person who is five years old.
The fives and sixes will have snack first, then the older kids.
7. n. Five o'clock.
See you at five.
8. n. A short rest, especially one of five minutes.
Take five, soldier.
9. n. (basketball) A basketball team, club or lineup.
passers
1. n. plural of passer
by
1. prep. Near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.
Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July.
3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of.
The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour.
4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.
6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of.
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination.
The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight.
8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed.
I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of.
Our stock is up by ten percent.
10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches.
11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to.
He cheated by his own admission.
12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of.
By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm.
14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.
15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker.
I watched as it passed by.
16. adv. In the vicinity, near.
There was a shepherd close by.
The shop is hard by the High Street.
17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
I'll stop by on my way home from work.
We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
18. adv. Aside, away.
The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary.
20. n. (card games) A pass
21. interj. alternative spelling of bye

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