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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.
mayor
1. n. The leader of a city, or a municipality, sometimes just a figurehead and sometimes a powerful position. In some countries, the mayor is elected by the citizens or by the city council.
2. n. (historical) The steward of some royal courts, particularly in early Medieval France
announced
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of announce
announce
1. v. To give public notice, especially for the first time; to make known
2. v. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
draconian
1. adj. Very severe or strict.
The Soviet regime was draconian.
The mayor announced draconian budget cuts today.
2. adj. (obsolete, except in fiction) Of or resembling a dragon.
budget
1. n. The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or time-frame.
2. n. An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
3. n. (obsolete) A wallet, purse or bag.
4. n. (obsolete) A compact collection of things.
5. n. (obsolete, military) A socket in which the end of a cavalry carbine rests.
6. adj. Of or relating to a budget.
7. adj. Appropriate to a restricted budget.
We flew on a budget airline.
8. v. (intransitive) To construct or draw up a budget.
Budgeting is even harder in times of recession
9. v. To provide funds, allow for in a budget.
The PM’s pet projects are budgeted rather generously
10. v. To plan for the use of in a budget.
The prestigious building project is budgeted in great detail, from warf facilities to the protocollary opening.
cuts
1. n. plural of cut
2. n. (Australia, dated, or historical, with "the") Corporal punishment at school.
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of cut
cut
1. adj. (participial adjective) Having been cut.
2. adj. Reduced.
The pitcher threw a cut fastball that was slower than his usual pitch.
Cut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor.
3. adj. Omitted from a literary or musical work.
My favourite song had been cut from the show.
4. adj. (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
5. adj. (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
6. adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
7. adj. (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation
8. adj. (Australia, NZ, slang) Emotionally hurt.
9. adj. Eliminated from consideration during a recruitment drive.
10. adj. Removed from a team roster.
11. adj. (NZ) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
12. n. An opening resulting from cutting.
Look at this cut on my finger!
13. n. The act of cutting.
He made a fine cut with his sword.
14. n. The result of cutting.
a smooth or clear cut
15. n. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
a cut for a railroad
16. n. (specifically) An artificial navigation as distinguished from a navigable river
17. n. A share or portion.
The lawyer took a cut of the profits.
18. n. (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
19. n. (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
20. n. (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
21. n. (golf) In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entert
22. n. (theatre) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play.
The director asked the cast to note down the following cuts.
23. n. (cinema) A particular version or edit of a film.
24. n. The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
The player next to the dealer makes a cut by placing the bottom half on top.
25. n. The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
I like the cut of that suit.
26. n. A slab, especially of meat.
That’s our finest cut of meat.
27. n. (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
28. n. A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
29. n. A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
The drummer on the last cut of their CD is not identified.
30. n. (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
31. n. A haircut.
32. n. (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
33. n. A string of railway cars coupled together.
34. n. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
a book illustrated with fine cuts
35. n. (obsolete) A common workhorse; a gelding.
36. n. (slang) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
37. n. A skein of yarn.
38. n. (slang) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
Don't buy his coke: it's full of cut.
39. n. (fashion) A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
40. n. (bodybuilding) A time period when one tries to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
41. v. (heading, transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
42. v. To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
43. v. To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
Would you please cut the cake?
44. v. To form or shape by cutting.
I have three diamonds to cut today.
45. v. (slang) To wound with a knife.
46. v. (intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
The patient said she had been cutting since the age of thirteen.
47. v. To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
48. v. To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
Sarcasm cuts to the quick.
49. v. To castrate or geld.
to cut a horse
50. v. To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
51. v. (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
52. v. (transitive, heading, social) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
53. v. To separate from prior association; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
Travis was cut from the team.
54. v. To abridge a piece of printed or written work.
55. v. To reduce, especially intentionally.
They're going to cut salaries by fifteen percent.
56. v. To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
I cut fifth period to hang out with Angela.
57. v. To ignore as a social snub.
After the incident at the dinner party, people started to cut him on the street.
58. v. (intransitive, cinema, audio, usually as imperative) To cease recording activities.
After the actors read their lines, the director yelled, "Cut!".
59. v. (intransitive, cinema) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
The camera then cut to the woman on the front row who was clearly overcome and crying tears of joy.
60. v. (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
61. v. (transitive, computing) To remove and place in memory for later use.
Select the text, cut it, and then paste it in the other application.
62. v. (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
One student kept trying to cut in front of the line.
63. v. (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
This road cuts right through downtown.
64. v. (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
65. v. (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
The football player cut to his left to evade a tackle.
66. v. (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
If you cut then I'll deal.
67. v. (transitive, slang) To write.
cut orders; cut a check
68. v. (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
today
1. adv. On the current day or date.
I want this done today.
Today, my brother went to the shops.
2. adv. In the current era; nowadays.
In the 1500s, people had to do things by hand, but today we have electric can openers.
3. n. A current day or date.
Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all.
4. n. (US, meteorology) From 6am to 6pm on the current day.

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