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. | |
tides |
1. n. plural of tide | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of tide | |
tide |
1. n. The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon. | |
2. n. A stream, current or flood. | |
3. n. (chronology, obsolete, except in liturgy) Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast. | |
4. n. (regional, archaic) A time. | |
The doctor's no good this tide. | |
5. n. (regional, archaic) A point or period of time identified or described by a qualifier (found in compounds). | |
Eventide, noontide, morrowtide, nighttide, moon-tide, harvest-tide, wintertide, summertide, springtide, autumn-tide etc.,. | |
6. n. (mining) The period of twelve hours. | |
7. n. Something which changes like the tides of the sea. | |
8. n. Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current. | |
9. n. (obsolete) Violent confluence | |
10. v. To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream. | |
11. v. (intransitive) To pour a tide or flood. | |
The ocean tided most impressively, even frightening | |
12. v. (intransitive, nautical) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse. | |
13. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To happen, occur. | |
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) | |
at |
1. prep. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place. | |
Caesar was at Rome; at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine; at Jim’s house | |
2. prep. (indicating time) (Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.) | |
at six o’clock; at closing time; at night. | |
3. prep. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner). | |
He threw the ball at me. He shouted at her. | |
4. prep. Denotes a price. | |
3 apples at 2¢ (each) The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations. | |
5. prep. Occupied in (activity). | |
men at work | |
6. prep. In a state of. | |
She is at sixes and sevens with him. They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff. The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces. | |
7. prep. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series. | |
Sell at 90. Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders. I'm offering it—just to select customers—at cost. | |
8. prep. Because of. | |
to laugh at a joke mad at their comments | |
9. prep. Indicates a means, method, or manner. | |
10. prep. Holding a given speed or rate. | |
It is growing at the rate of 3% a year. Cruising along at fifty miles per hour. | |
11. prep. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding. | |
The twins were both bad at chemistry. | |
He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation. | |
12. prep. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to | |
13. n. The at sign (@). | |
14. n. (alt form, att) (Laos currency unit) | |
noon |
1. n. (obsolete) The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon. | |
2. n. Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. | |
3. n. (obsolete) The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight. | |
4. n. (figurative) The highest point; culmination. | |
5. v. To relax or sleep around midday | |
6. n. The letter ن in the Arabic script. | |