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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.
tired
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of tire
2. adj. In need of some rest or sleep.
3. adj. Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
I'm tired of this
4. adj. Overused, cliché.
a tired song
5. adj. (slang) ineffectual; incompetent
tire
1. v. (intransitive) To become sleepy or weary.
2. v. To make sleepy or weary.
3. v. (intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with)
I tire of this book.
4. v. To bore
5. n. (obsolete) Accoutrements, accessories.
6. n. (obsolete) Dress, clothes, attire.
7. n. A covering for the head; a headdress.
8. n. Metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
9. n. (North America) The rubber covering on a wheel; a tyre.
10. n. A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To dress or adorn.
12. v. (obsolete) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
13. v. (obsolete) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
14. n. A tier, row, or rank.
mule
1. n. The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
2. n. The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.
3. n. A hybrid plant.
4. n. (informal) A stubborn person.
5. n. (slang) A person paid to smuggle drugs.
6. n. (numismatics) A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.
7. n. (RPG) A MMORPG character, or NPC companion in a tabletop RPG, used mainly to store extra inventory for the owner's primary character.
8. n. Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors.
9. n. A kind of cotton-spinning machine.
10. v. (transitive, slang) To smuggle (illegal drugs).
11. n. A shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel, but which covers the foot.
flopped
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of flop
flop
1. v. (intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work.
2. v. To cause to drop heavily.
The tired mule flopped its ears forward and trudged on.
3. v. (intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
The latest album flopped and so the studio canceled her contract.
4. v. (sports) To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
It starts with Chris Paul, because Blake didn't really used to flop like that, you know, last year.
While Stern chastised Vogel for on Thursday calling the Heat "the biggest flopping team in the NBA," he did intimate that he sees merit in the sentiment.
5. v. (intransitive) To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap.
The brim of a hat flops.
6. v. (poker, transitive) To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
Both players flopped sets! Cards dealt on the flop: Q95. Player A's hole cards: 55 (making three of a kind: 555). Player B's hole cards: QQ (making three of a kind: QQQ).
7. v. (intransitive, slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.
8. n. An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down.
9. n. A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
10. n. (poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
11. n. A ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop.
12. adv. Right, squarely, flat-out.
13. adv. With a flopping sound.
14. n. (computing) One floating-point operation per second, a unit of measure of processor speed.
15. n. (computing) (abbreviation of floating-point operation).
its
1. det. Belonging to it.
2. pron. The one (or ones) belonging to it.
3. n. plural of it
ears
1. n. plural of ear
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of ear
ear
1. n. (topics, en, Organs) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
2. n. The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
3. n. (slang) A police informant.
4. n. The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music.
a good ear for music
5. n. The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.
6. n. That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; a lug; a handle.
the ears of a tub, skillet, or dish; The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow.
7. n. (architecture) An acroterium.
8. n. (architecture) A crossette.
9. v. (humorous) To take in with the ears; to hear.
10. n. The fruiting body of a grain plant.
He is in the fields, harvesting ears of corn.
11. v. (intransitive) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.
This corn ears well.
12. v. (archaic) To plough.
forward
1. adj. Toward the front or at the front.
The fire was confined to the forward portion of the store.
the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet
2. adj. Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
1999: "Would you think it forward of me to kiss you?" asked Tristran. — Neil Gaiman, Stardust, pg. 44 (2001 Perennial paperback edition).
3. adj. (finance) Expected in the future.
The stock price is currently 12 times forward earnings.
4. adj. Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty.
5. adj. Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
The grass is forward, or forward for the season. We have a forward spring.
6. adv. Towards the front or from the front.
The bus driver told everyone standing up to move forward.
7. adv. In the usual direction of travel.
After spending an hour stuck in the mud, we could once again move forward.
8. adv. Into the future.
From this day forward, there will be no more brussels sprouts at the cafeteria.
9. v. To advance, promote.
10. v. To send (a letter, email etc.) to a third party.
I'll be glad to forward your mail to you while you're gone.
11. v. (transitive, bookbinding) To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.
12. n. (rugby) One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession
13. n. (soccer) A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
14. n. (ice hockey) An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
15. n. (basketball) The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.
16. n. (nautical) The front part of a vessel.
17. n. (Internet) An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.
18. n. (dialectal, or obsolete) Agreement; covenant.
19. n. misconstruction of foreword, , preface or introduction
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
trudged
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of trudge
trudge
1. n. A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.
2. v. (intransitive) To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.
3. v. To trudge along or over a route etc.
on
1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
2. adj. Performing according to schedule.
Are we still on for tonight?
Is the show still on?
3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate.
You can't do that; it's just not on.
4. adj. (informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
"Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!".
Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now.
5. adj. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
6. adj. (euphemistic) Menstruating.
7. adv. To an operating state.
turn the television on
8. adv. Along, forwards (continuing an action).
drive on, rock on
9. adv. In continuation, at length.
and so on.
He rambled on and on.
10. adv. (not US) Later.
Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village.
11. prep. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
on the table; on the couch
The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder.
12. prep. At or near; adjacent to.
Soon we'll pass a statue on the left.
The fleet is on the American coast.
Croton-on-Hudson, Rostov-on-Don, Southend-on-Sea
13. prep. Covering.
He wore old shoes on his feet.
14. prep. At the date of.
Born on the 4th of July.
15. prep. Some time during the day of.
I'll see you on Monday. The bus leaves on Friday. Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy.
16. prep. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something.
A book on history. The World Summit on the Information Society.
17. prep. Touching; hanging from.
The fruit ripened on the trees. The painting hangs on the wall.
18. prep. (informal) In the possession of.
I haven't got any money on me.
19. prep. Because of, or due to.
To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery. To contact someone on a hunch.
20. prep. Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
On Jack's entry, William got up to leave.
On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins.
21. prep. Paid for by.
The drinks are on me tonight, boys. The meal is on the house. I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company.
22. prep. Used to indicate a means or medium.
I saw it on television. Can't you see I'm on the phone?
23. prep. Indicating a means of subsistence.
They lived on ten dollars a week. The dog survived three weeks on rainwater.
24. prep. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity).
He's on his lunch break. on vacation; on holiday
25. prep. Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
to play on a violin or piano
Her words made a lasting impression on my mind.
26. prep. Regularly taking (a drug).
You've been on these antidepressants far too long. He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something.
27. prep. Under the influence of (a drug).
He's acting crazy because he's on crack right now.
28. prep. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain.
a function on
29. prep. (mathematics) HavingV^n as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
an operator on
30. prep. (mathematics) Generated by.
the free group on four letters
31. prep. Supported by (the specified part of itself).
A table can't stand on two legs. After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels.
32. prep. At a given time after the start of something; at.
33. prep. In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
heaps on heaps of food
mischief on mischief; loss on loss
34. prep. (obsolete, regional) of
35. prep. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in.
I depended on them for assistance.
He will promise on certain conditions.
Do you ever bet on horses?
36. prep. Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
Have pity or compassion on him.
37. prep. (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of.
38. prep. In the service of; connected with; of the number of.
He is on a newspaper; I am on the committee.
39. prep. By virtue of; with the pledge of.
He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour.
40. prep. To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
On us be all the blame.
A curse on him!
Please don't tell on her and get her in trouble.
He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since.
He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession.
41. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) to switch on
Can you on the light?
42. prep. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without.
43. n. In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun.
Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun".

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