they |
1. pron. (the third-person plural) A group of people, animals, plants or objects previously mentioned. | |
Fred and Jane? They just arrived. Dogs may bark if they want to be fed. Plants wilt if they are not watered. | |
I have a car and a truck, but they are both broken. | |
2. pron. (the third-person singular, sometimes proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender, but not if previously named and identified as male or female. | |
3. pron. (indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker. | |
They say it’s a good place to live. | |
They didn’t have computers in the old days. | |
They should do something about this. | |
They have a lot of snow in winter. | |
4. det. (now Southern England dialect, or nonstandard) The, those. | |
5. det. (US dialects including AAVE) Their. | |
6. pron. (US dialectal) There (especially as an expletive subject of be). | |
were |
1. v. Second-person singular simple past tense indicative of be. | |
John, you were the only person to see him. | |
2. v. First-person plural simple past tense indicative of be. | |
We were about to leave. | |
3. v. Second-person plural simple past tense indicative of be. | |
Mary and John, you were right. | |
4. v. Third-person plural simple past tense indicative of be. | |
They were a fine group. | |
They were to be the best of friends from that day on. | |
5. v. Simple imperfect subjunctive in all persons of be. | |
I wish that it were Sunday. | |
I wish that I were with you. | |
* with "if" omitted, put first in an "if" clause: | |
*: Were it simply that she wore a hat, I would not be upset at all. (= If it were simply...) | |
*: Were father a king, we would have war. (= If father were a king,...) | |
6. v. (Northern England) was. | |
7. n. (obsolete) A fine for slaying a man; weregild. | |
8. n. (fandom) (The collective name for any kind of person that changes into another form under certain conditions, including the werewolf.) | |
be |
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence. | |
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist. | |
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place. | |
The cup is on the table. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place. | |
When will the meeting be? | |
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar. | |
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come. | |
I have been to Spain many times. | |
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating. | |
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same. | |
Knowledge is bliss. | |
Hi, I’m Jim. | |
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same. | |
3 times 5 is fifteen. | |
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal. | |
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995. | |
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it. | |
The sky is blue. | |
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase. | |
The sky is a deep blue today. | |
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice. | |
The dog was drowned by the boy. | |
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses. | |
The woman is walking. | |
I shall be writing to you soon. | |
We liked to chat while we were eating. | |
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go". | |
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic. | |
I am to leave tomorrow. | |
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car. | |
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement. | |
This building is three hundred years old. | |
I am 75 kilograms. | |
He’s about 6 feet tall. | |
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years. | |
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.) | |
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day. | |
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.) | |
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo. | |
What time is it there? It’s night. | |
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event. | |
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period) | |
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him. | |
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like. | |
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid. | |
Why is it so dark in here? | |
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way. | |
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.". | |
Why is he being nice to me? | |
all |
1. adv. (degree) intensifier. | |
It suddenly went all quiet. | |
She was all, “Whatever.” | |
2. adv. (poetic) Entirely. | |
3. adv. Apiece; each. | |
The score was 30 all when the rain delay started. | |
4. adv. (degree) So much. | |
Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets. | |
5. adv. (obsolete, poetic) even; just | |
6. det. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or un). | |
All contestants must register at the scorer’s table. All flesh is originally grass. All my friends like classical music. | |
7. det. Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer). | |
The store is open all day and all night. (= through the whole of the day and the whole of the night.) | |
I’ve been working on this all year. (= from the beginning of the year until now.) | |
8. det. (obsolete) Any. | |
9. det. Only; alone; nothing but. | |
He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice. | |
10. pron. Everything. | |
some gave all they had; she knows all and sees all; Those who think they know it all are annoying to those of us who do. | |
11. pron. Everyone. | |
A good time was had by all. | |
12. n. (with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of. | |
She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line. | |
13. n. The totality of one's possessions. | |
14. conj. (obsolete) although | |
15. adj. (dialect, Pennsylvania) All gone; dead. | |
The butter is all. | |
pouring |
1. v. present participle of pour | |
2. n. The act by which something is poured. | |
pour |
1. v. To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it. | |
to pour water from a pail | |
to pour wine into a decanter | |
to pour oil upon the waters | |
to pour out sand or dust. | |
2. v. To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly. | |
3. v. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To flow, pass or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly. | |
the rain poured down. | |
5. v. (intransitive) Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To move in a throng, as a crowd. | |
The people poured out of the theater. | |
7. n. The act of pouring. | |
The bartender's inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam. | |
8. n. Something, or an amount, poured. | |
9. n. (colloquial) A stream, or something like a stream; especially a flood of precipitation. | |
10. v. misspelling of pore | |
sweat |
1. n. Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circul | |
2. n. (UK, slang) A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced). | |
3. n. (historical) The sweating sickness. | |
4. n. Moisture issuing from any substance. | |
the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack | |
5. n. A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise. | |
6. n. Hard work; toil. | |
7. v. (intransitive) To emit sweat. | |
8. v. To cause to excrete moisture through skin. | |
9. v. To cause to perspire. | |
His physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics. | |
10. v. (intransitive, informal) To work hard. | |
I've been sweating over my essay all day. | |
11. v. (transitive, informal) To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression. | |
to sweat a spendthrift | |
to sweat labourers | |
12. v. (intransitive, informal) To worry. | |
13. v. (transitive, colloquial) To worry about (something). | |
14. v. To emit, in the manner of sweat. | |
to sweat blood | |
15. v. (intransitive) To emit moisture. | |
The cheese will start sweating if you don't refrigerate it. | |
16. v. (intransitive, plumbing) To solder (a pipe joint) together. | |
17. v. (transitive, slang) To stress out. | |
Stop sweatin' me! | |
18. v. (transitive, intransitive, cooking) To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content. | |
19. v. (transitive, archaic) To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that the friction wears off a small quantity of the metal. | |
eyeballs |
1. n. plural of eyeball | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of eyeball | |
eyeball |
1. n. the ball of the eye | |
2. n. (CB, slang) a meeting | |
We had an eyeball last year. | |
3. n. (Marketing, in the plural) readership or viewership | |
4. v. To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at. | |
A good cook can often just eyeball the correct quantities of ingredients. | |
Each geometric construction must be exact; eyeballing it and getting close does not count. | |
5. v. To scrutinize | |
6. v. To stare at intently | |
Are you eyeballing my girl? | |
7. v. To roll one's eyes. | |
perpetually |
1. adv. Seeming to never end; endlessly; constantly. | |
moving |
1. adj. (not comparable) That moves or move. | |
moving pictures | |
2. adj. That causes someone to feel emotion. | |
3. v. present participle of move | |
4. n. The relocation of goods | |
5. n. A causing of a movement | |
The rats' movings are willed movements. | |
6. n. wikibooks, Packing & Moving Household Goods | |
move |
1. v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another. | |
A ship moves rapidly. | |
I was sitting on the sofa for a long time, feeling too lazy to move. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act | |
to move in a matter | |
Come on guys, let's move: there's work to do! | |
3. v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in. | |
I decided to move to the country for a more peaceful life. | |
They moved closer to work to cut down commuting time. | |
4. v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game. | |
The rook moved from a8 to a6. | |
My opponent's counter was moving much quicker round the board than mine. | |
5. v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another | |
The waves moved the boat up and down. | |
The horse moves a carriage. | |
6. v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game | |
She moved the queen closer to the centre of the board. | |
7. v. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence. | |
This song moves me to dance. | |
8. v. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion). | |
That book really moved me. | |
9. v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit | |
I move to repeal the rule regarding obligatory school uniform. | |
10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint). | |
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to. | |
12. v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid. | |
13. v. (lbl, en, law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court. | |
An attorney moved the court to issue a restraining order. | |
The district attorney moved for a non-suit. | |
14. n. The act of moving; a movement. | |
A slight move of the tiller, and the boat will go off course. | |
15. n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose. | |
He made another move towards becoming a naturalized citizen. | |
16. n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc. | |
She always gets spontaneous applause for that one move. | |
He can win a match with that one move. | |
17. n. The event of changing one's residence. | |
The move into my fiancé's house took two long days. | |
They were pleased about their move to the country. | |
18. n. A change in strategy. | |
I am worried about our boss's move. | |
It was a smart move to bring on a tall striker to play against the smaller defenders. | |
19. n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another. | |
20. n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game. | |
The best move of the game was when he sacrificed his rook in order to gain better possession. | |
It's your move! Roll the dice! | |
If you roll a six, you can make two moves. | |
like |
1. v. (transitive, archaic) To please. | |
2. v. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of. | |
I like hamburgers | |
I like skiing in winter | |
I like the Seattle Mariners this season | |
3. v. (obsolete) To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something. | |
4. v. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity. | |
I like to go to the dentist every six months | |
She likes to keep herself physically fit | |
we like to keep one around the office just in case | |
5. v. (obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition). | |
6. v. (archaic) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly. | |
He liked to have been too late. | |
7. v. To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for. | |
I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her. | |
8. v. (obsolete) To liken; to compare. | |
9. v. (Internet, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote. | |
I liked my friend's last status on Facebook. | |
I can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition. | |
10. n. (usually plural) Something that a person likes (prefers). | |
Tell me your likes and dislikes. | |
11. n. (internet) An individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet. | |
12. adj. Similar. | |
My partner and I have like minds. | |
13. adj. (obsolete) Likely; probable. | |
14. adv. (informal) For example, such as: to introduce an example or list of examples. | |
There are lots of birds, like ducks and gulls, in this park. | |
15. adv. (archaic, colloquial) Likely. | |
16. adv. (obsolete) In a like or similar manner. | |
17. n. (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort. | |
There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like. | |
It was something the likes of which I had never seen before. | |
18. n. (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side. | |
to play the like | |
19. conj. (colloquial) As, the way. | |
20. conj. As if; as though. | |
It looks like you've finished the project. | |
It seemed like you didn't care. | |
21. prep. Similar to, reminiscent of. | |
These hamburgers taste like leather. | |
22. part. (colloquial, Scotland, Geordie, Teesside, Scouse) A delayed filler. | |
He was so angry, like. | |
23. part. (colloquial) A mild intensifier. | |
She was, like, sooooo happy. | |
24. part. (colloquial) indicating approximation or uncertainty | |
There were, like, twenty of them. | |
And then he, like, got all angry and left the room. | |
25. part. (colloquial, slang) When preceded by any form of the verb to be, used to mean “to say” or “to think”; used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase. | |
I was like, “Why did you do that?” and he's like, “I don't know.” | |
26. interj. (Liverpool, Geordie) Used to place emphasis upon a statement. | |
divint ye knaa, like? | |
distrustful |
1. adj. (active sense) Experiencing distrust, showing distrust, wary, sceptical, suspicious, doubtful. | |
2. adj. (passive sense) Causing or giving rise to distrust. | |
grasshoppers |
1. n. plural of grasshopper | |
grasshopper |
1. n. A herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera noted for its ability to jump long distances and for its habit of communicating by stridulation. | |
2. n. A cocktail made with crème de menthe and optionally with crème de cacao. | |
3. n. (figuratively) a young student in initial stages of training who has been chosen on account of their obvious talent | |
4. n. In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key. | |