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. | |
river |
1. n. A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, ending at an ocean or in an inland sea. | |
Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods. | |
2. n. Any large flow of a liquid in a single body. | |
a river of blood | |
3. n. (poker) The last card dealt in a hand. | |
4. n. (typography) A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide. | |
5. v. (poker) To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game. | |
Johnny rivered me by drawing that ace of spades. | |
6. n. One who rives or splits. | |
lowered |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of lower | |
lower |
1. adj. comparative form of low: more low | |
2. adj. bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object | |
3. adj. (geology, of strata or geological time periods) older | |
4. adv. comparative form of low: more low | |
5. v. To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down | |
lower a bucket into a well | |
to lower a sail of a boat | |
6. v. to pull down | |
to lower a flag | |
7. v. To reduce the height of | |
lower a fence or wall | |
lower a chimney or turret | |
8. v. To depress as to direction | |
lower the aim of a gun | |
9. v. To make less elevated | |
to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes | |
10. v. To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of | |
lower the temperature | |
lower one's vitality | |
lower distilled liquors | |
11. v. To bring down; to humble | |
lower one's pride | |
12. v. (reflexive) (lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity. | |
I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes. | |
13. v. To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc. | |
lower the price of goods | |
lower the interest rate | |
14. v. (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease | |
The river lowered as rapidly as it rose. | |
15. v. (intransitive) To decrease in value, amount, etc. | |
16. v. alternative spelling of lour. | |
As |
1. n. plural of A | |
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As. | |
2. adv. To such an extent or degree. | |
You’re not as tall as I am. | |
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive. | |
3. adv. In the manner or role specified. | |
The kidnappers released him as agreed. | |
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues. | |
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend. | |
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as). | |
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what. | |
Do as I say! | |
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know. | |
As you wish, my lord! | |
6. conj. At the same instant that; when. | |
As I came in, she flew. | |
7. conj. At the same time that; while. | |
He sleeps as the rain falls. | |
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that. | |
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy. | |
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since. | |
As it’s too late, I quit. | |
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. | |
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago. | |
It's not so complicated as I expected. | |
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. | |
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. | |
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. | |
14. conj. Expressing concession; though. | |
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than. | |
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. | |
You are not as tall as me. | |
They're big as houses. | |
17. prep. In the role of. | |
What is your opinion as a parent? | |
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra. | |
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. | |
20. n. plural of a | |
rapidly |
1. adv. With speed; in a rapid manner. | |
She packed her case rapidly and hurried out. | |
As |
1. n. plural of A | |
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As. | |
2. adv. To such an extent or degree. | |
You’re not as tall as I am. | |
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive. | |
3. adv. In the manner or role specified. | |
The kidnappers released him as agreed. | |
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues. | |
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend. | |
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as). | |
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what. | |
Do as I say! | |
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know. | |
As you wish, my lord! | |
6. conj. At the same instant that; when. | |
As I came in, she flew. | |
7. conj. At the same time that; while. | |
He sleeps as the rain falls. | |
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that. | |
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy. | |
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since. | |
As it’s too late, I quit. | |
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. | |
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago. | |
It's not so complicated as I expected. | |
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. | |
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. | |
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. | |
14. conj. Expressing concession; though. | |
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than. | |
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. | |
You are not as tall as me. | |
They're big as houses. | |
17. prep. In the role of. | |
What is your opinion as a parent? | |
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra. | |
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. | |
20. n. plural of a | |
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. | |
Rose |
1. n. (Ireland, informal) A regional contestant in the annual Rose of Tralee contest. | |
2. n. (Ireland, informal) The winner of that year's contest. | |
3. n. A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers. | |
4. n. A flower of the rose plant. | |
5. n. A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae) | |
6. n. Something resembling a rose flower. | |
7. n. (heraldry) The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed. | |
8. n. A purplish-red or pink colour, the colour of some rose flowers. | |
(color panel, web rose, FF007F) | |
(color panel, rose pink, FF66CC) | |
9. n. A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose. | |
10. n. The base of a light socket. | |
11. n. (mathematics) Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares. | |
12. n. (mathematics, graph theory) A graph with only one vertex. | |
13. v. (poetic, transitive) To make rose-coloured; to redden or flush. | |
14. v. (poetic, transitive) To perfume, as with roses. | |
15. adj. Having a purplish-red or pink colour. See rosy. | |
16. v. simple past tense of rise | |
17. n. alternative spelling of rosé | |
rise |
1. v. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. | |
2. v. To move upwards. | |
We watched the balloon rise. | |
3. v. To grow upward; to attain a certain height. | |
This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet. | |
4. v. To slope upward. | |
The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill. | |
5. v. (of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation. | |
The sun was rising in the East. | |
6. v. To become erect; to assume an upright position. | |
to rise from a chair or from a fall | |
7. v. To leave one's bed; to get up. | |
8. v. (figurative) To be resurrected. | |
he rose from the grave; he is risen! | |
9. v. (figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn. | |
The committee rose after agreeing to the report. | |
10. v. (intransitive) To increase in value or standing. | |
11. v. To attain a higher status. | |
12. v. Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase. | |
13. v. To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse. | |
to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest. | |
14. v. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch. | |
to rise a tone or semitone | |
15. v. To begin; to develop. | |
16. v. To develop. | |
17. v. To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light. | |
Has that dough risen yet? | |
18. v. (of a river) To have its source (in a particular place). | |
19. v. To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight. | |
a noise rose on the air; odour rises from the flower | |
20. v. To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel. | |
21. v. To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur. | |
22. v. To go up; to ascend; to climb. | |
to rise a hill | |
23. v. To cause to go up or ascend. | |
to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water | |
to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it | |
24. v. (obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege. | |
25. v. To come; to offer itself. | |
26. v. (printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form. | |
27. n. The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater. | |
The rise of the tide. | |
There was a rise of nearly two degrees since yesterday. | |
Exercise is usually accompanied by a temporary rise in blood pressure. | |
28. n. The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence. | |
The rise of the working class. | |
The rise of the printing press. | |
The rise of the feminists. | |
29. n. (chiefly UK) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc). | |
30. n. The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts. | |
The rise of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed. | |
31. n. (Ireland) An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US). | |
The governor just gave me a rise of two pound six. | |
32. n. (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names. | |
33. n. An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope. | |
34. n. (informal) An angry reaction. | |
I knew that would get a rise out of him. | |
35. n. alternative form of rice (twig) | |