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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.
process
1. n. A series of events which produce a result (the product).
This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.
2. n. (manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.
3. n. A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
4. n. (anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
5. n. (legal) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
6. n. (biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
7. n. (anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
8. n. (computing) An executable task or program.
9. n. The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
10. v. to perform a particular process on a thing
11. v. to retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions.
12. v. to think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
I didn't know she had a criminal record. That will take me a while to process.
13. v. (mostly, British) To walk in a procession.
of
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
6. prep. Expressing separation.
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
He seemed devoid of human feelings.
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
10. prep. Expressing origin.
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
The invention was born of necessity.
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
It is said that she died of a broken heart.
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
I am tired of all this nonsense.
15. prep. Expressing agency.
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
She wore a dress of silk.
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
What a lot of nonsense!
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
I'm always thinking of you.
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
He told us the story of his journey to India.
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
29. prep. Having partitive effect.
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
Most of these apples are rotten.
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
He is a friend of mine.
34. prep. Expressing possession.
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
She had a profound distrust of the police.
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
It's not that big of a deal.
45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
cleaning
1. v. present participle of clean
2. n. (gerund of clean) The process of making something clean.
3. n. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.
clean
1. adj. Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.:
2. adj. Not dirty.
Are these dishes clean? Your room is finally clean!
3. adj. In an unmarked condition.
Put a clean sheet of paper into the printer.
4. adj. (aerodynamics) Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
5. adj. Empty.
The cargo hold is clean. Mister, I want to see a clean dinner plate or there'll be no dessert for you.
6. adj. (of metal) Having relatively few impurities.
clean steel
7. adj. Free of immorality or criminality.:
8. adj. Pure, especially morally or religiously.
Our kids can watch this movie because it is clean.
9. adj. Not having used drugs or alcohol.
I've been clean this time for eight months.
10. adj. (of criminal, driving, etc. records) Without restrictions or penalties, or someone having such a record.
Unlike you, I’ve never caused any accidents — my record is still clean!
11. adj. (informal) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.
I’m clean, officer. You can go ahead and search me if you want.
12. adj. (informal) Devoid of profanity.
13. adj. Smooth, exact, and performed well.
I’ll need a sharper knife to make clean cuts. a clean leap over a fence
14. adj. (obsolete) Total; utter.
15. adj. (informal) Cool or neat.
Wow, Dude, those are some clean shoes ya got there!
16. adj. (health) Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
I want to make sure my fiancé is clean before we are married.
17. adj. That does not damage the environment.
clean energy; clean coal
18. adj. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
clean land; clean timber
19. adj. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
20. adj. Well-proportioned; shapely.
clean limbs
21. adj. (climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.
22. n. Removal of dirt.
This place needs a clean.
23. n. (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
24. v. To remove dirt from a place or object.
Can you clean the windows today?
25. v. To tidy up, make a place neat.
Clean your room right now!
26. v. (transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
27. v. (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
She just likes to clean. That’s why I married her.
28. v. (transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
29. v. (intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.
30. v. (manga fandom) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
31. v. To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
32. adv. Fully and completely.
He was stabbed clean through.
You must be clean mad.
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
brightening
1. v. present participle of brighten
2. n. An instance of becoming brighter.
brighten
1. v. To make bright or brighter in color.
We brightened the room with a new coat of paint.
2. v. To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to
3. v. (transitive, figuratively) To make more cheerful and pleasant; to enliven
to brighten one's prospects; Having Mark around the place really brightens things up.
4. v. (intransitive) To grow bright, or more bright in color; to clear up
The sun starts to brighten around this time of the year. The sky brightened as the storm moved on.
5. v. (intransitive) To become brighter or more cheerful in mood
She brightened when I changed the subject.
6. v. To make acute or witty; to enliven.
sheet
1. n. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
2. n. A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include
3. n. A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
4. n. A thin, flat layer of solid material.
5. n. A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
6. n. (nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
7. n. (nautical, nonstandard) A sail.
8. n. (curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
9. n. (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
10. n. (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
11. n. (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
12. n. (nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
fore sheets; stern sheets
13. v. To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.
14. v. To form into sheets.
15. v. (intransitive) Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.
16. v. (nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.
metal
1. n. Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.:
2. n. Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and ha
3. n. Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.
4. n. (astronomy) An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen
5. n. Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
6. n. (mining) The ore from which a metal is derived.
7. n. (obsolete) A mine from which ores are taken.
8. n. (tincture) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or.
9. n. Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
10. n. (music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.
11. n. (archaic) The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper; mettle.
12. n. The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
13. n. (obsolete) The rails of a railway.
14. n. (informal, travel, aviation) The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
We have American Airlines tickets, but it's on British Airways metal.
15. adj. (music) Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.
16. adj. Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.
17. v. To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
metalware
1. n. Any wares made out of metal, such as pots and pans.
especially
1. adv. (manner) In a special manner; specially.
2. adv. (focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
3. adv. (focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.
Invite them all, especially Molly.
brass
1. n. A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.
2. n. A memorial or sepulchral tablet usually made of brass or latten
3. n. Fittings, utensils, or other items made of brass
4. n. (music) A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound.
5. n. Spent shell casings (usually made of brass); the part of the cartridge left over after bullets have been fired.
6. n. The colour of brass.
(color panel, C9AE5D)
7. n. (used as a singular or plural noun military, metonym) High-ranking officers.
The brass are not going to like this.
The brass is not going to like this.
8. n. (informal) A brave or foolhardy attitude; impudence.
You've got a lot of brass telling me to do that!
9. n. (slang) Money.
10. n. Inferior composition.
11. adj. Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.
12. adj. Of the colour of brass.
13. adj. (informal) Impertinent, bold: brazen.
14. adj. (slang) Bad, annoying; as wordplay applied especially to brass instruments.
15. adj. Of inferior composition.
16. v. to coat with brass
17. n. (slang) Brass in pocket; money.
18. n. (slang) A brass nail; a prostitute.
19. adj. (slang) Brass monkey; cold.
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
dipping
1. v. present participle of dip
2. n. An act or process of immersing.
3. n. The act of inclining downward.
4. n. The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.
5. n. The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, especially brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
6. n. (US) The use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the mouth.
dip
1. n. A lower section of a road or geological feature.
There is a dip in the road ahead.
2. n. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
3. n. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
4. n. A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
5. n. A dip stick.
6. n. A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
I'm going for a dip before breakfast.
7. n. (colloquial, dated) A pickpocket.
8. n. A sauce for dipping.
This onion dip is just scrumptious.
9. n. (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
10. n. (archaic) A dipped candle.
11. n. (dance) a move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader
12. n. A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straighte
13. n. In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
14. n. (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
15. n. The moist form of snuff tobacco.
16. v. To lower into a liquid.
Dip your biscuit into your tea.
17. v. (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
18. v. (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
19. v. To lower a light's beam.
Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car.
20. v. To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag bei
“The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.”
21. v. To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
The farmer is going to dip the cattle today.
22. v. To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
23. v. To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
24. v. To immerse for baptism.
25. v. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
26. v. (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
27. v. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water
28. v. (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
29. v. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
30. v. To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
31. v. (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
Strata of rock dip.
32. v. (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
33. v. To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.
34. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave.
He dipped out of the room so fast.
35. n. A foolish person.
36. n. (computer graphics) (initialism of device-independent pixel)
37. n. (informal) A diplomat.
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.
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
acids
1. n. plural of acid
acid
1. adj. Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
acid fruits or liquors
2. adj. (figuratively) Sour-tempered.
3. adj. Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
4. adj. (music) Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.
5. n. A sour substance.
6. n. (chemistry) Any of several classes of compound having the following properties:
7. n. Any of a class of water-soluble compounds, having sour taste, that turn blue litmus red, and react with some metals to liberate hydrogen, and with base
8. n. Any compound that easily donates protons; a Brønsted acid
9. n. Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid
10. n. (slang) lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
etc
1. adv. alternative form of etc.

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