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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.
dying
1. adj. Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!
dying fire
2. adj. Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.
In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.
3. adj. Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.
His dying words were of his mother.
until my dying day
his dying bed
4. n. The process of approaching death; or, less precisely, death itself.
5. n. (with "the") Those who are currently expiring, moribund.
The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying.
6. v. present participle of die
7. v. (nonstandard) present participle of dye
die
1. v. (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
2. v. followed by of; general use:
He died of embarrassment.
3. v. followed by from; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine(topics, en, Medicine) or the sciencestopics, en, Sciences:
He died from heart failure.
4. v. followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes:
He died for the one he loved.
5. v. (now rare) followed by with as an indication of direct cause:
6. v. (still current) followed by with as an indication of manner:
She died with dignity.
7. v. To stop living and undergo (a specified death).
He died a hero's death.
They died a thousand deaths.
8. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To yearn intensely.
I'm dying for a packet of crisps.
I'm dying for a piss.
9. v. (intransitive) To be utterly cut off by family or friends, as if dead.
The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother.
10. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him.
11. v. (intransitive, colloquial, hyperbolic) To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
If anyone sees me wearing this ridiculous outfit, I'll die.
12. v. (figurative, intransitive, hyperbolic) To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
When I found out my two favorite musicians would be recording an album together, I literally planned my own funeral arrangements and died.
13. v. (intransitive, of a machine) To stop working, to break down.
My car died in the middle of the freeway this morning.
14. v. (intransitive, of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
15. v. To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
16. v. To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
17. v. (often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
to die to pleasure or to sin
18. v. (intransitive, video games) To be killed by an enemy. Usually followed by to or another preposition.
I can't believe I just died to a squirrel!
19. v. (architecture) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
20. v. To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
21. v. (of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
Then there was that time I died onstage in Montreal...
22. n. The cubical part of a pedestal, a plinth.
23. n. A device for cutting into a specified shape.
24. n. A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
25. n. A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
26. n. An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
27. n. (electronics) (plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
28. n. Any small cubical or square body.
29. n. A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
30. n. (obsolete) That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
31. n. (electronics) (plural also dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
32. v. topics, en, Death, Dice games
man
1. n. An adult male human.
The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.
2. n. (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
3. n. A human, a person of either gender, usually an adult. (See usage notes.)
every man for himself
4. n. (collective) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. (Sometimes capitalized as Man.)
5. n. (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
6. n. (obsolete) A sentient being, whether human or supernatural.
7. n. An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
8. n. (obsolete, uncommon) Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
9. n. A husband.
10. n. A lover; a boyfriend.
11. n. A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
Some people prefer apple pie, but me, I’m a cherry pie man.
12. n. A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
I wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead I’m a flag man on a road crew.
13. n. A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
14. n. A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.
15. n. An adult male servant.
16. n. (historical) A vassal. A subject.
Like master, like man. (old proverb)
all the king's men
17. n. A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
18. n. (Multicultural London English, slang) Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; (non-gloss definition, construed in the third person).
19. n. A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
Come on, man, we've got no time to lose!
20. n. A friendly term of address usually reserved for other adult males.
Hey, man, how's it goin'?
21. n. (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
22. adj. only used in, man enough
23. interj. Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.
Man, that was a great catch!
24. v. To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
The ship was manned with a small crew.
25. v. To take up position in order to operate (something).
Man the machine guns!
26. v. (reflexive, possibly dated) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.)
27. v. (transitive, obsolete) To wait on, attend to or escort.
28. v. (transitive, obsolete, chiefly falconry) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.
strength
1. n. The quality or degree of being strong.
It requires great strength to lift heavy objects.
2. n. The intensity of a force or power; potency.
He had the strength of ten men.
3. n. The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
4. n. A positive attribute.
We all have our own strengths and weaknesses.
5. n. (obsolete) Armed force, body of troops.
6. n. (obsolete) A strong place; a stronghold.
7. v. (obsolete) To give strength to; to strengthen.
ebbed
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of ebb
ebb
1. n. The receding movement of the tide.
The boats will go out on the ebb.
2. n. A gradual decline.
3. n. A low state; a state of depression.
4. n. A European bunting, the corn bunting (, syn. ,).
5. v. (intransitive) to flow back or recede
The tides ebbed at noon.
6. v. (intransitive) to fall away or decline
The dying man's strength ebbed away.
7. v. (intransitive) to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
8. v. To cause to flow back.
9. adj. low, shallow
The water there is otherwise very low and ebb. (Holland)
away
1. adv. From a place, hence.
He went away on vacation.
2. adv. Aside; off; in another direction.
3. adv. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
4. adv. (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.
5. adv. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
sing away
6. adv. Without restraint.
You've got questions? Ask away!
7. adv. Being so engaged for the entire time.
That's where tourists go to hear great Cuban bands and dance the night away.
8. adv. At a distance in time or space.
Christmas is only two weeks away.
9. interj. (Northern England) come on!; go on!
10. adj. Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
The master is away from home.
Would you pick up my mail while I'm away.
11. adj. (following the noun modified) At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
He's miles away by now.
Spring is still a month away.
12. adj. (chiefly sports) Not on one's home territory.
Entrance for away supporters.
Next, they are playing away in Dallas.
13. adj. (baseball, following the noun modified) Out.
Two men away in the bottom of the ninth.
14. adj. misspelling of aweigh

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