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. | |
top |
1. n. The highest or uppermost part of something. | |
His kite got caught at the top of the tree. | |
2. n. (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top. | |
We flipped the machine onto its top. | |
3. n. The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc. | |
Further weather information can be found at the top of your television screen. Headings appear at the tops of pages. | |
4. n. A lid, cap or cover of a container. | |
Put a top on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad. | |
5. n. A garment worn to cover the torso. | |
I bought this top as it matches my jeans. | |
6. n. (nautical) A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached. | |
7. n. (baseball) The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats. | |
8. n. (archaic) The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head. | |
9. n. A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top. | |
The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin. | |
10. n. Someone who is eminent.: | |
11. n. (archaic) The chief person; the most prominent one. | |
12. n. The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place. | |
to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school | |
13. n. (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay. | |
14. n. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse. | |
I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom. | |
15. n. (physics) A top quark. | |
16. n. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit. | |
17. n. (ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting. | |
18. n. (sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume. | |
She sang at the top of her voice. | |
19. n. (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out. | |
20. n. (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point. | |
21. n. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface. | |
22. n. (in the slang) Topboots. | |
23. n. (golf) A stroke on the top of the ball. | |
24. n. (golf) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top. | |
25. n. (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant. | |
26. v. To cover on the top or with a top. | |
I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce. | |
27. v. To cut or remove the top (as of a tree) | |
I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair. | |
Top and tail the carrots. | |
28. v. To excel, to surpass, to beat. | |
Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar. | |
29. v. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of). | |
Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s. | |
30. v. (UK, slang) To commit suicide, (rare) to murder. | |
Depression causes many people to top themselves. | |
31. v. (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay. | |
I used to be a slave, but I ended up topping. | |
Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom". | |
32. v. (slang) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex. | |
33. v. (slang) To anally penetrate. | |
34. v. (archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower. | |
lofty ridges and topping mountains | |
35. v. (archaic) To predominate. | |
topping passions | |
36. v. (archaic) To excel; to rise above others. | |
37. v. (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other. | |
38. v. (dyeing) To cover with another dye. | |
to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening | |
39. v. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade). | |
40. v. (slang) To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top. | |
41. v. (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus. | |
42. v. To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds. | |
43. v. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal. | |
44. v. (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way. | |
45. adj. Situated on the top of something. | |
46. adj. (informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank. | |
She's in the top dance school. | |
47. adj. (informal) Very good, of high quality. | |
He's a top lawyer. | |
That is a top car. | |
48. adv. Rated first. | |
She came top in her French exam. | |
part |
1. n. A portion; a component. | |
2. n. A fraction of a whole. | |
Gaul is divided into three parts. | |
3. n. A distinct element of something larger. | |
The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle. | |
4. n. A group inside a larger group. | |
5. n. Share, especially of a profit. | |
I want my part of the bounty. | |
6. n. A unit of relative proportion in a mixture. | |
The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water. | |
7. n. 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink. | |
8. n. A section of a document. | |
Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2. | |
9. n. A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region. | |
10. n. (math, dated) A factor. | |
3 is a part of 12. | |
11. n. (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom. | |
12. n. Duty; responsibility. | |
to do one’s part | |
13. n. Position or role (especially in a play). | |
We all have a part to play. | |
14. n. (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece. | |
The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging. | |
15. n. Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand". | |
16. n. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions. | |
The part of his hair was slightly to the left. | |
17. n. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds. | |
18. n. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense. | |
19. v. (intransitive) To leave someone's company; (rare, poetic, literary) to go way; to die; to get rid of something, stop using it. | |
20. v. To cut hair with a parting; shed. | |
21. v. To divide in two. | |
to part the curtains | |
22. v. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed. | |
A rope parts. His hair parts in the middle. | |
23. v. (transitive, now rare) To divide up; to share. | |
24. v. (obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake. | |
25. v. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder. | |
26. v. (obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between. | |
27. v. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion. | |
to part gold from silver | |
28. v. (transitive, archaic) To leave; to quit. | |
29. v. (transitive, internet) To leave (an IRC channel). | |
30. adj. Fractional; partial. | |
Fred was part owner of the car. | |
31. adv. Partly; partially; fractionally. | |
Part finished | |
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. | |
a |
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
4. art. The same; one. | |
We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
Stand a tiptoe. | |
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
Torn a pieces. | |
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
A God’s name. | |
13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
To set the people a worke. | |
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
The times, they are a-changin'. | |
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
Jacob, when he was a dying | |
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
The name of John a Gaunt. | |
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
boot |
1. n. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. | |
2. n. (sports) A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football. | |
3. n. A blow with the foot; a kick. | |
4. n. (construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc. | |
5. n. A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot. | |
6. n. (US) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp. | |
7. n. A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A deicing boot. | |
8. n. (obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach. | |
9. n. (archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach. | |
10. n. (US, military police slang) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie. | |
11. n. (Australia, British, NZ, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car. | |
12. n. (informal) The act or process of removing or firing someone (give someone the boot). | |
13. n. (UK, slang) unattractive person, ugly woman (usu as "old boot") | |
14. n. (firearms) A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle. | |
15. n. (baseball) A bobbled ball. | |
16. n. (botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant. | |
17. v. To kick. | |
I booted the ball toward my teammate. | |
18. v. To put boots on, especially for riding. | |
19. v. To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering). | |
20. v. (informal) To forcibly eject. | |
We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible | |
21. v. (computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc. | |
22. v. (slang) To vomit. | |
Sorry, I didn’t mean to boot all over your couch. | |
23. n. (archaic, dialectal) remedy, amends | |
24. n. profit, plunder | |
25. n. (obsolete) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense | |
26. n. (obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use. | |
27. n. (obsolete) Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings. | |
28. n. (obsolete) A medicinal cure or remedy. | |
29. v. (transitive, obsolete) To profit, avail, benefit. | |
30. v. (transitive, obsolete) To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. | |
31. n. (computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device. | |
It took three boots, but I finally got the application installed. | |
32. v. (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap. | |
When arriving at the office, first thing I do is booting my machine. | |
33. n. A bootleg recording. | |
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. | |
shoe |
1. n. A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generall | |
Get your shoes on now, or you'll be late for school. | |
2. n. A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe. | |
Throw the shoe from behind the line, and try to get it to land circling (a ringer) or touching the far stake. | |
3. n. (card games) A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles. | |
4. n. Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe. | |
Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes, or they will wear out unevenly. | |
5. n. A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow. | |
6. n. A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill. | |
7. n. The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion. | |
8. n. (architecture) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off | |
9. n. A trough or spout for conveying grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone. | |
10. n. An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill. | |
11. n. An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter. | |
12. n. An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile. | |
13. n. (engineering) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means | |
14. n. Part of a current collector on electric trains which provides contact either with a live rail or an overhead wire (fitted to a pantograph in the latter | |
15. n. The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile. | |
16. v. To put shoes on one's feet. | |
17. v. To put horseshoes on a horse. | |
18. v. To equip an object with a protection against wear. | |
The billiard cue stick was shod in silver. | |
above |
1. prep. Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, as clothing. | |
He always put his coat on above his sweater. | |
2. prep. In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface. | |
3. prep. Farther north than. | |
Idaho is above Utah. | |
4. prep. Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise. | |
5. prep. (figuratively) Higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of neg | |
Even the chief of police is not above suspicion. | |
He was always above reproach. | |
I thought you said you were above these kinds of antics. | |
That's above my comprehension. | |
to cut above average | |
6. prep. Higher in rank, status, or position. | |
to stand head and shoulders above the rest | |
7. prep. In addition to; besides. | |
above and beyond the call of duty | |
over and above | |
8. prep. Surpassing in number or quantity; more than. | |
That amount is way above our asking price. | |
9. prep. In preference to. | |
10. prep. Too proud to stoop to; averse to; disinclined; too honorable to give. | |
The owner was above taking more than a token salary. | |
11. prep. Beyond; on the other side. | |
12. prep. (theater) Upstage of. | |
13. adv. Directly overhead; vertically on top of. | |
14. adv. Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go. | |
15. adv. Into or from heaven; in the sky. | |
He's in a better place now, floating free as the clouds above. | |
16. adv. In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream. | |
17. adv. Higher in rank, power, or position. | |
He appealed to the court above. | |
18. adv. (archaic) In addition. | |
19. adv. More in number. | |
20. adv. Above zero; above freezing. | |
It was a cold day at only 5 above. | |
21. adv. (biology) On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal. | |
The sparrow I saw was rufous above and off-white below. | |
22. adj. Of heaven; heavenly. | |
23. adj. Being located higher on the same page or on a preceding page. | |
24. n. Heaven. | |
25. n. Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page. | |
26. n. Higher authority. | |
27. n. (archaic) betterment, raised status or condition. | |
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. | |
sole |
1. n. (dialectal, or obsolete) A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall. | |
2. n. (dialectal, Northern England) A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water. | |
3. v. (transitive, UK dialectal) To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug. | |
4. adj. only | |
5. adj. (legal) unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed. | |
6. n. (anatomy) The bottom or plantar surface of the foot. | |
7. n. (footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot. | |
8. n. (obsolete) The foot itself. | |
9. n. Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae. | |
10. n. The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing. | |
11. n. The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade. | |
12. n. The bottom of a furrow. | |
13. n. The end section of the chanter of a set of bagpipes. | |
14. n. The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts. | |
15. n. (military) The bottom of an embrasure. | |
16. n. (nautical) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel. | |
17. n. (mining) The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes. | |
18. v. to put a sole on (a shoe or boot) | |
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. | |
welt |
1. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To roll; revolve | |
2. n. A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow; a wheal or weal. | |
3. n. (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling. | |
4. n. A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it. | |
5. n. In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint. | |
6. n. In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it. | |
7. n. In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed. | |
8. n. (heraldry) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends. | |
9. n. A feature resembling a welt. | |
10. v. To cause to have welts, to beat. | |
11. v. To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce. | |
12. v. (dialect) To decay. | |
13. v. (dialect) To become stringy. | |
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. | |
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. | |
front |
1. n. The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. | |
2. n. The side of a building with the main entrance. | |
3. n. A field of activity. | |
4. n. A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group. | |
Officially it's a dry-cleaning shop, but everyone knows it's a front for the mafia. | |
5. n. (meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmos | |
6. n. (military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact. | |
7. n. (military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank. | |
8. n. (military) The direction of the enemy. | |
9. n. (military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced. | |
10. n. (obsolete) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army. | |
11. n. (informal) An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself. | |
He says he likes hip-hop, but I think it's just a front. | |
You don't need to put on a front. Just be yourself. | |
12. n. (historical) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women. | |
13. n. The most conspicuous part. | |
14. n. (obsolete) The beginning. | |
15. n. (UK) a seafront or coastal promenade. | |
16. n. (obsolete) The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face. | |
17. n. (slang) The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation. | |
18. n. (slang) A grill (qual, jewellery worn on front teeth). | |
19. adj. Located at or near the front. | |
The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor. | |
20. adj. (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel). | |
The English word smallcaps - dress has a front vowel in most dialects. | |
21. v. (intransitive, dated) To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction. | |
22. v. To face, be opposite to. | |
23. v. To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront. | |
24. v. To adorn the front of; to put on the front. | |
25. v. (phonetics, transitive, intransitive) To pronounce with the tongue in a front position. | |
26. v. (linguistics, transitive) To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence. | |
27. v. (intransitive, slang) To act as a front (for); to cover (for). | |
28. v. To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.). | |
29. v. (transitive, colloquial) To provide money or financial assistance in advance to. | |
30. v. (intransitive, slang) To assume false or disingenuous appearances. | |
31. v. To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on). | |
32. v. To appear before, as in to front court. | |
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. | |
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. | |
ankle |
1. n. The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint. | |
2. v. (US, slang) To walk. | |
3. v. (cycling) To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution. | |
seam |
1. n. (sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.Wp | |
2. n. A suture. | |
3. n. A thin stratum, especially of coal or mineral. | |
4. n. (cricket) The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam. | |
5. n. (construction) A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials. | |
Seams can be made or sealed in a variety of ways, including adhesive bonding, hot-air welding, solvent welding, using adhesive tapes, sealant, etc. | |
6. n. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix. | |
7. n. (figurative) A line of junction; a joint. | |
8. v. To put together with a seam. | |
9. v. To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting. | |
10. v. To mark with a seam or line; to scar. | |
11. v. To crack open along a seam. | |
12. v. (cricket) Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam. | |
13. v. (cricket) Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus. | |
14. n. (historical) An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels. | |
15. n. (historical) An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds. | |
16. n. (dialect) grease; tallow; lard | |
that |
1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement. | |
He told me that the book is a good read. | |
I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British. | |
2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that. | |
Be glad that you have enough to eat. | |
3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that. | |
4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect. | |
The noise was so loud that she woke up. | |
The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed. | |
5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that. | |
6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb. | |
Was John there? — Not that I saw. | |
How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw. | |
7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish. | |
8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise. | |
9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. | |
That book is a good read. This one isn't. | |
That battle was in 1450. | |
That cat of yours is evil. | |
10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t | |
He went home, and after that I never saw him again. | |
11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said). | |
They're getting divorced. What do you think about that? | |
12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement. | |
The water is so cold! — That it is. | |
13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition). | |
The CPR course that she took really came in handy. | |
The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated. | |
14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.) | |
the place that = where or to which I went last year | |
the last time that = when I went to Europe | |
15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree. | |
"The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...". | |
16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions). | |
I'm just not that sick. | |
I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult. | |
17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions). | |
Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her. | |
18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those. | |
covers |
1. n. plural of cover | |
2. n. (pluralonly) The bedclothes; collectively, the sheets, blankets, etc. | |
It's time to get under the covers! | |
3. n. (cricket) The area of the field near cover and extra cover. | |
4. n. (cricket) The tarpaulins or other devices used to cover the wicket during rain, in order to prevent it getting wet. | |
5. v. third-person singular present indicative of cover | |
cover |
1. n. A lid. | |
2. n. Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view. | |
We didn't see John because he had taken cover behind the wing chair. | |
3. n. The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc. | |
4. n. The top sheet of a bed. | |
5. n. A cloth, usually fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa to protect it from dust, rain, etc. when not in use. | |
6. n. A cover charge. | |
There's a $15 cover tonight. | |
7. n. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner. | |
We need to set another cover for the Smith party. | |
8. n. (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song. | |
9. n. (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position. | |
10. n. (topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set. | |
The open intervals are a cover for the real numbers. | |
11. n. (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc. | |
12. n. (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire. | |
13. n. (legal) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the good | |
14. n. (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract. | |
15. n. (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story | |
16. n. The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above. | |
17. n. In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve. | |
18. n. (construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete. | |
19. adj. Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine. | |
20. adj. (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions. | |
21. v. To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect. | |
He covered the baby with a blanket. | |
When the pot comes to a boil, cover it and reduce the heat to medium. | |
22. v. To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect. | |
The blanket covered the baby. | |
23. v. To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal. | |
Regular hexagons can cover the plane. | |
24. v. To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal. | |
You can cover the plane with regular hexagons. | |
25. v. To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself). | |
The heroic soldier covered himself with glory. | |
26. v. (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of. | |
The magazine covers such diverse topics as politics, news from the world of science, and the economy. | |
27. v. To deal with or include someone or something. | |
28. v. To be enough money for. | |
We've earned enough to cover most of our costs. | |
Ten dollars should cover lunch. | |
29. v. (intransitive) To act as a replacement. | |
I need to take off Tuesday. Can you cover for me? | |
30. v. To have as an assignment or responsibility. | |
Can you cover the morning shift tomorrow? I'll give you off next Monday instead. | |
He is our salesman covering companies with headquarters in the northern provinces. | |
31. v. (music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist). | |
32. v. (military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to rem | |
33. v. To provide insurance coverage for. | |
Does my policy cover accidental loss? | |
34. v. To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses). | |
I would like to have my bitch covered next spring. | |
The stallion has not covered the mare yet. | |
35. v. (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square). | |
In order to checkmate a king on the side of the board, the five squares adjacent to the king must all be covered. | |
36. v. To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area. | |
37. v. (sports) To defend a particular player or area. | |
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. | |
instep |
1. n. (anatomy) The arched part of the top of the foot between the toes and the ankle. | |
2. n. A section of any footwear covering that part of the foot. | |
3. n. In horses, the hind leg from the ham to the pastern joint. | |
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. | |
toes |
1. n. plural of toe | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of toe | |
toe |
1. n. Each of the five digits on the end of the foot. | |
2. n. An equivalent part in an animal. | |
3. n. That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe. | |
4. n. Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something. | |
(golf) the extreme end of the head of a club. | |
(cricket) the tip of the bat farthest from the handle | |
(kayaking) the bow; the front of the kayak. | |
(geology) a bulbous protrusion at the front of a lava flow or landslide. | |
5. n. (dance) An advanced form of ballet primarily for the females, dancing ballet primarily using a Pointe shoe. | |
6. n. An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle with positive toe (or toe in) signifying that the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back and negative toe (or toe out) the opposite. | |
7. n. (engineering) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step. | |
8. n. (engineering) A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, such as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved. | |
9. n. (engineering) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece. | |
10. n. (carpentry) The long side of an angled cut. | |
11. v. To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe. | |
12. v. To touch, tap or kick with the toes. | |
13. v. To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to. | |
to toe the mark | |
14. v. (construction) To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of the piece) into the piece to which it is to be fastened. | |
The framers toed the irregular pieces into the sill. | |
15. v. (golf) To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club. | |
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. | |
front |
1. n. The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. | |
2. n. The side of a building with the main entrance. | |
3. n. A field of activity. | |
4. n. A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group. | |
Officially it's a dry-cleaning shop, but everyone knows it's a front for the mafia. | |
5. n. (meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmos | |
6. n. (military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact. | |
7. n. (military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank. | |
8. n. (military) The direction of the enemy. | |
9. n. (military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced. | |
10. n. (obsolete) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army. | |
11. n. (informal) An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself. | |
He says he likes hip-hop, but I think it's just a front. | |
You don't need to put on a front. Just be yourself. | |
12. n. (historical) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women. | |
13. n. The most conspicuous part. | |
14. n. (obsolete) The beginning. | |
15. n. (UK) a seafront or coastal promenade. | |
16. n. (obsolete) The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face. | |
17. n. (slang) The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation. | |
18. n. (slang) A grill (qual, jewellery worn on front teeth). | |
19. adj. Located at or near the front. | |
The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor. | |
20. adj. (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel). | |
The English word smallcaps - dress has a front vowel in most dialects. | |
21. v. (intransitive, dated) To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction. | |
22. v. To face, be opposite to. | |
23. v. To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront. | |
24. v. To adorn the front of; to put on the front. | |
25. v. (phonetics, transitive, intransitive) To pronounce with the tongue in a front position. | |
26. v. (linguistics, transitive) To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence. | |
27. v. (intransitive, slang) To act as a front (for); to cover (for). | |
28. v. To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.). | |
29. v. (transitive, colloquial) To provide money or financial assistance in advance to. | |
30. v. (intransitive, slang) To assume false or disingenuous appearances. | |
31. v. To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on). | |
32. v. To appear before, as in to front court. | |
part |
1. n. A portion; a component. | |
2. n. A fraction of a whole. | |
Gaul is divided into three parts. | |
3. n. A distinct element of something larger. | |
The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle. | |
4. n. A group inside a larger group. | |
5. n. Share, especially of a profit. | |
I want my part of the bounty. | |
6. n. A unit of relative proportion in a mixture. | |
The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water. | |
7. n. 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink. | |
8. n. A section of a document. | |
Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2. | |
9. n. A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region. | |
10. n. (math, dated) A factor. | |
3 is a part of 12. | |
11. n. (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom. | |
12. n. Duty; responsibility. | |
to do one’s part | |
13. n. Position or role (especially in a play). | |
We all have a part to play. | |
14. n. (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece. | |
The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging. | |
15. n. Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand". | |
16. n. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions. | |
The part of his hair was slightly to the left. | |
17. n. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds. | |
18. n. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense. | |
19. v. (intransitive) To leave someone's company; (rare, poetic, literary) to go way; to die; to get rid of something, stop using it. | |
20. v. To cut hair with a parting; shed. | |
21. v. To divide in two. | |
to part the curtains | |
22. v. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed. | |
A rope parts. His hair parts in the middle. | |
23. v. (transitive, now rare) To divide up; to share. | |
24. v. (obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake. | |
25. v. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder. | |
26. v. (obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between. | |
27. v. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion. | |
to part gold from silver | |
28. v. (transitive, archaic) To leave; to quit. | |
29. v. (transitive, internet) To leave (an IRC channel). | |
30. adj. Fractional; partial. | |
Fred was part owner of the car. | |
31. adv. Partly; partially; fractionally. | |
Part finished | |
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. | |
an |
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound | |
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable | |
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable | |
4. conj. (archaic) If | |
5. conj. (archaic) So long as. | |
An it harm none, do what ye will. | |
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though. | |
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri). | |
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per. | |
I was only going twenty miles an hour. | |
upper |
1. adj. At a higher level, rank or position. | |
2. adj. Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly. | |
3. adj. (geology, of strata or geological time periods) younger, more recent | |
4. adj. (education) Of or pertaining to a secondary school. | |
5. n. That which is higher, contrasted with the lower. | |
As the restless sleeper here, I'll take the lower berth. You take the upper. | |
6. n. (shoemaking) The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole. | |
7. n. A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite. | |
8. n. (footwear) The Y-shaped strap on flip-flops. | |
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. | |
analogous |
1. adj. Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion (often followed by "to".) | |
2. adj. (biology) Functionally similar, but arising through convergent evolution rather than being homologous. | |
part |
1. n. A portion; a component. | |
2. n. A fraction of a whole. | |
Gaul is divided into three parts. | |
3. n. A distinct element of something larger. | |
The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle. | |
4. n. A group inside a larger group. | |
5. n. Share, especially of a profit. | |
I want my part of the bounty. | |
6. n. A unit of relative proportion in a mixture. | |
The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water. | |
7. n. 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink. | |
8. n. A section of a document. | |
Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2. | |
9. n. A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region. | |
10. n. (math, dated) A factor. | |
3 is a part of 12. | |
11. n. (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom. | |
12. n. Duty; responsibility. | |
to do one’s part | |
13. n. Position or role (especially in a play). | |
We all have a part to play. | |
14. n. (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece. | |
The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging. | |
15. n. Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand". | |
16. n. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions. | |
The part of his hair was slightly to the left. | |
17. n. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds. | |
18. n. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense. | |
19. v. (intransitive) To leave someone's company; (rare, poetic, literary) to go way; to die; to get rid of something, stop using it. | |
20. v. To cut hair with a parting; shed. | |
21. v. To divide in two. | |
to part the curtains | |
22. v. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed. | |
A rope parts. His hair parts in the middle. | |
23. v. (transitive, now rare) To divide up; to share. | |
24. v. (obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake. | |
25. v. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder. | |
26. v. (obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between. | |
27. v. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion. | |
to part gold from silver | |
28. v. (transitive, archaic) To leave; to quit. | |
29. v. (transitive, internet) To leave (an IRC channel). | |
30. adj. Fractional; partial. | |
Fred was part owner of the car. | |
31. adv. Partly; partially; fractionally. | |
Part finished | |
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. | |
a |
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
4. art. The same; one. | |
We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
Stand a tiptoe. | |
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
Torn a pieces. | |
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
A God’s name. | |
13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
To set the people a worke. | |
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
The times, they are a-changin'. | |
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
Jacob, when he was a dying | |
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
The name of John a Gaunt. | |
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
stocking |
1. n. A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear. | |
a pair of stockings | |
2. n. A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped. | |
3. n. A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting. | |
4. v. present participle of stock | |
I've almost finished stocking these groceries. | |
stock |
1. n. A store or supply. | |
2. n. (operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory. | |
We have a stock of televisions on hand. | |
3. n. A supply of anything ready for use. | |
Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season. | |
4. n. Railroad rolling stock. | |
5. n. (cards, in a card game) A stack of undealt cards made available to the players. | |
6. n. Farm or ranch animals; livestock. | |
7. n. The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use. | |
8. n. (finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder. | |
9. n. The price or value of the stock for a company on the stock market. | |
When the bad news came out, the company's stock dropped precipitously. | |
10. n. (figurative) The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued. | |
After that last screw-up of mine, my stock is pretty low around here. | |
11. n. Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one. | |
12. n. The raw material from which things are made; feedstock. | |
13. n. Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup. | |
14. n. The type of paper used in printing. | |
The books were printed on a heavier stock this year. | |
15. n. Undeveloped film; film stock. | |
16. n. Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed. | |
17. n. Stock theater, summer stock theater. | |
18. n. The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches. | |
19. n. (horticulture) The plant upon which the scion is grafted. | |
20. n. lineage, family, ancestry. | |
21. n. # (linguistics) A larger grouping of language families: a superfamily or macrofamily. | |
22. n. Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola. | |
23. n. A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached. | |
24. n. (firearm) The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder. | |
25. n. The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc. | |
26. n. Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place. | |
27. n. The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc. | |
28. n. The tailstock of a lathe. | |
29. n. A bar, stick or rod. | |
30. n. A ski pole. | |
31. n. (nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes. | |
32. n. (nautical) The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder. | |
33. n. (geology) A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore) | |
34. n. A type of (now formal or official) neckwear. | |
35. n. A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competit | |
36. n. A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar. | |
37. n. A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle | |
38. n. (folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings. | |
39. n. (obsolete) A cover for the legs; a stocking. | |
40. n. A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post. | |
41. n. (by extension, obsolete) A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense. | |
42. n. (historical) The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. | |
43. n. (shipbuilding, in the plural) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction. | |
44. n. (in the plural) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings. | |
45. n. (biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as as trees, chains of salpae, etc. | |
46. n. The beater of a fulling mill. | |
47. v. To have on hand for sale. | |
The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables. | |
48. v. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply. | |
to stock a warehouse with goods | |
to stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools | |
to stock land, i.e. to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass | |
49. v. To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale. | |
50. v. To put in the stocks as punishment. | |
51. v. (nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place. | |
52. v. (card games, dated) To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck. | |
53. adj. Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock. | |
stock items | |
stock sizes | |
54. adj. (racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car. | |
55. adj. Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic. | |
That band is quite stock | |
He gave me a stock answer | |
56. n. A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado. | |