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the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
trumpet
1. n. (musical instrument) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.
The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival.
2. n. In an orchestra or other musical group, a musician who plays the trumpet.
The trumpets were assigned to stand at the rear of the orchestra pit.
3. n. The cry of an elephant, or any similar loud cry.
The large bull gave a basso trumpet as he charged the hunters.
4. n. (figurative) One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
5. n. A funnel, or short flaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
6. n. A kind of traffic interchange involving at least one loop ramp connecting traffic either entering or leaving the terminating expressway with the far lanes of the continuous highway.
7. n. A powerful reed stop in organs, having a trumpet-like sound.
8. v. (intransitive) To sound loudly, be amplified
The music trumpeted from the speakers, hurting my ears.
9. v. (intransitive) To play the trumpet.
Cedric made a living trumpeting for the change of passersby in the subway.
10. v. (intransitive) Of an elephant, to make its cry.
The circus trainer cracked the whip, signaling the elephant to trumpet.
11. v. To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically
Andy trumpeted Jane's secret across the school, much to her embarrassment.
sounded
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of sound
sound
1. adj. Healthy.
He was safe and sound.
In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.
2. adj. Complete, solid, or secure.
Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.
3. adj. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
4. adj. (UK, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
"How are you?" - "I'm sound.".
That's a sound track you're playing.
See that man over there? He's sound. You should get to know him.
5. adj. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
Her sleep was sound.
6. adj. Heavy; laid on with force.
a sound beating
7. adj. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
a sound title to land
8. adv. Soundly.
9. interj. (UK, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
- I found my jacket.- Sound.
10. n. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him. Nobody made a sound.
11. n. A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
12. n. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc
13. n. Noise without meaning; empty noise.
14. n. earshot, Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
Stay within the sound of my voice.
15. v. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
When the horn sounds, take cover.
16. v. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
He sounded good when we last spoke.
That story sounds like a pack of lies!
17. v. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
19. v. (intransitive, legal, often, with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.
20. v. To cause to produce a sound.
Sound the alarm!
He sounds the instrument.
21. v. (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
The "e" in "house" isn't sounded.
22. n. (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
Puget Sound; Owen Sound
23. n. The air bladder of a fish.
Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
24. n. A cuttlefish.
25. v. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.
The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.
26. v. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.
27. v. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.
28. v. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra
29. n. (medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
30. n. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.
strident
1. adj. Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra.
2. adj. Grating or obnoxious
The artist chose a strident mixture of colors.
3. adj. (nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides
4. n. (linguistics) One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.
against
1. prep. A close but separated relationship.:
2. prep. In a contrary direction to.
If you swim against the current, you must work harder.
3. prep. Close to.
The kennel was put against the back wall.
4. prep. In front of; before a background.
The giant was silhouetted against the door.
5. prep. In physical contact with.
The puppy rested its head against a paw.
6. prep. In physical opposition to, or in collision with.
The rain pounds against the window.
7. prep. (heading, social) A contrasting or competitive relationship.
8. prep. In contrast and/or comparison with.
He stands out against his local classmates.
9. prep. In competition with, versus.
The Tigers will play against the Bears this weekend.
10. prep. In opposition to.
Are you against freedom of choice? I'd bet against his succeeding.
11. prep. In exchange for.
The vouchers are redeemable against West End shows and theatre breaks.
12. prep. As protection from.
He turned the umbrella against the wind.
13. prep. In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
14. prep. (Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
The studio weren't sure the movie would ever get made, so they only paid $50,000 against $200,000. That way they wouldn't be out very much if filming never began.
15. conj. (obsolete) By the time that (something happened); before.
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.
string
1. n. A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
2. n. Such a structure considered as a substance.
3. n. Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
a violin string
a bowstring
4. n. A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
a string of shells or beads; a string of sausages
5. n. A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive
6. n. A series of items or events.
a string of successes
7. n. The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
8. n. In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
9. n. A group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stables.
10. n. (computing) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
11. n. (music) A stringed instrument.
12. n. (music, usually in plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
13. n. (in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
no strings attached
14. n. (physics) The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
15. n. (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
16. n. Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
17. n. The points made in a game of billiards.
18. n. (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
19. n. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
20. n. (archaic) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
21. n. (archaic) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
22. n. (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
23. n. (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
the strings of beans
24. n. (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
25. n. (architecture) A stringcourse.
26. n. (dated, slang) A hoax; a fake story.
27. v. To put (items) on a string.
You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.
28. v. To put strings on (something).
It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.
29. v. (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
orchestra
1. n. (music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.
2. n. A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.
3. n. The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes (also) used by other performers.

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