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to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.
2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
I have to do laundry today.
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
We are walking to the shop.
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
He devoted himself to education.
They drank to his health.
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
His face was beaten to a pulp.
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.
I have ten dollars to your four.
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
Three to the power of two is nine.
Three to the second is nine.
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
I gave the book to him.
12. prep. (time) Preceding.
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
There's a lot of sense to what he says.
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Please push the door to.
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
17. adv. misspelling of too
Me
1. n. en-abbr
2. n. (chemistry) (abbreviation of methyl)
3. pron. alternative case form of me often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
4. pron. As the direct object of a verb.
Can you hear me?
5. pron. (obsolete) Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb.
6. pron. As the object of a preposition.
Come with me.
7. pron. As the indirect object of a verb.
He gave me this.
8. pron. (US, colloquial) Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.
9. pron. (colloquial) As the complement of the copula (“be” or “is”).
It wasn't me.
10. pron. (Australia, British, New Zealand, colloquial) My; preceding a noun, marking ownership.
11. pron. (colloquial, with "and") As the subject of a verb.
Me and my friends played a game.
12. pron. (nonstandard, not with "and") As the subject of a verb.
13. det. (UK regional, Ireland) alternative form of my
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.
normal
1. adj. according to norms or rules
Organize the data into third normal form.
2. adj. healthy; not sick or ill
John is feeling normal again.
3. adj. (education, of a school) teaching teachers how to teach (to certain norms)
My grandmother attended Mankato State Normal School.
4. adj. (chemistry) of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution
5. adj. (organic chemistry) describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon
6. adj. (physics, of a mode in an oscillating system) in which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency (see normal mode)
7. adj. (rail transport, of points) in the default position, set for the most frequently used route
8. adj. (geometry) perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or derivative of a surface
9. adj. (mathematics) adhering to or being what is considered natural or regular in a particular field or context:
10. adj. (of a real number) whose digits, in any base representation, enjoy a uniform distribution
11. adj. (algebra, of a subgroup) with cosets which form a group
12. adj. (algebra, of a field extension of a field K) which is the splitting field of a family of polynomials in K
13. adj. (probability theory, statistics, of a distribution) which has a very specific bell curve shape; that is or has the qualities of a normal distribution
14. adj. (probability theory, statistics, of a random variable, etc.) which has a normal distribution; which is associated with random variable that has a norma
15. adj. (complex analysis, of a family of continuous functions) which is pre-compact
16. adj. (set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topol
17. adj. (linear algebra, of a matrix) which commutes with its conjugate transpose
18. adj. (functional analysis, of a Hilbert space operator) which commutes with its adjoint
19. adj. (category theory) being (as a morphism) or containing (as a category) only normal epimorphism(s) or monomorphism(s), that is, those which are the kerne
20. adj. (topology, of a topology) in which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods
21. n. (geometry) a line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
22. n. (slang) a person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
23. n. the usual state.
His workload is now back to normal.
Heavy workload is the new normal.
cow
1. n. (properly) An adult female of the species Bos taurus that has calved.
2. n. (formerly inexact but now common) Any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.
3. n. (uncommon) Beef: the meat of cattle as food.
4. n. (uncommon) Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc.
5. n. (biology) A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
6. n. (derogatory, informal) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.
7. n. (mining) A chock: a wedge or brake used to stop a machine or car.
8. v. (transitive, mostly, in the passive voice) To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of.
Con artists are not cowed by the law.
9. n. (dialect) A chimney cowl.
Is
1. n. plural of I
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
3. n. plural of i
remember to dot your is
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?
White
1. adj. alternative case form of white (of or relating to Europeans or Caucasians)
2. adj. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
Write in black ink on white paper.
3. adj. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.
4. adj. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.
white drinking fountain; white hospital
5. adj. Relatively light or pale in colour.
white wine; white grapes
6. adj. Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
7. adj. (of a person, or skin) Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
8. adj. (of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
9. adj. (board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
The white pieces in this set are in fact made of light green glass.
10. adj. Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
11. adj. Honourable, fair; decent.
12. adj. Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
13. adj. (archaic) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.
14. adj. (obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.
15. adj. (politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
16. adj. (of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.
17. adj. (typography) Not containing characters; see white space.
18. adj. (typography) Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black.
Compare two Unicode symbols: , ☞ = "WHITE RIGHT POINTING INDEX"; , ☛ = BLACK RIGHT POINTING INDEX
19. adj. Characterised by the presence of snow.
a white Christmas or white Easter
20. n. The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
21. n. A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.
22. n. The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
23. n. (anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
24. n. Any butterfly of the Pieris genus.
25. n. (sports) The cue ball in cue games.
26. n. White wine.
27. n. (slang) Cocaine
28. n. (archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
29. n. The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.
30. n. A white pigment.
Venice white
31. n. Anything that is of the color white.
32. n. The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.
33. v. To make white; to whiten; to bleach.
with
1. prep. Against.
He picked a fight with the class bully.
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
He went with his friends.
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
5. prep. In support of.
We are with you all the way.
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
slain with robbers
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
cut with a knife
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
9. prep. Having, owning.
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
Do you want to come with?
11. adv. -->
12. n. alternative form of withe
Black
1. adj. alternative case form of black (of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin)
2. adj. (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
3. adj. (of a place, etc) Without light.
4. adj. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
5. adj. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups which have dark pigmentation of the skin.
black drinking fountain; black hospital
6. adj. (card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits. Compare red
I got two red queens, he got one of the black queens.
7. adj. Bad; evil; ill-omened.
8. adj. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen.
He shot her a black look.
9. adj. Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced.
10. adj. (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
11. adj. (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk or creamer.
Jim drinks his coffee black, but Ellen prefers it with creamer.
12. adj. (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' ac
The black pieces in this chess set are made of dark blue glass.
13. adj. (typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color. Compare white.
Compare two Unicode symbols: , ☞ = "WHITE RIGHT POINTING INDEX"; , ☛ = BLACK RIGHT POINTING INDEX
14. adj. (politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
After the election, the parties united in a black-yellow alliance.
15. adj. Relating to an initiative whose existence or exact nature must remain withheld from the general public.
5 percent of the Defense Department funding will go to black projects.
16. adj. (Ireland, now pejorative) Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic
Originally "the Black North" meant west Ulster
17. adj. 1812, Edward Wakefield, "There is a district, comprehending Donegal, the interior of the county of Derry, and the western side of Tyrone, which is emphatically called by the people "the Black North,"
18. adj. then Protestant east Ulster.1841 March 20 Catholic Herald (Bengal) Vol. 2 No. 1 p. 27 'Even in the "black North"—in " Protestant Ulster"—Catholicity is progessing at a rate that must strike terror in
19. adj. Used in the vernacular name of a species to indicate that it has one or more features that is black or dark, especially in comparison to another species with the same base name.
black birch, black locust, black rhino
20. n. The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
(colour panel, 000)
21. n. A black dye or pigment.
22. n. A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
23. n. (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
24. n. (sometimes capitalised) A person of African, Aborigine, or Maori descent; a dark-skinned person.
25. n. (billiards, snooker, pool, with the) The black ball.
26. n. (baseball) The edge of home plate
27. n. (British) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
28. n. (informal) Blackcurrant syrup (in mixed drinks, e.g. snakebite and black, cider and black).
29. n. (in chess and similar games) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
At this point black makes a disastrous move.
30. n. Part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.
31. n. (obsolete) A stain; a spot.
32. v. To make black, to blacken.
33. v. To apply blacking to something.
34. v. (British) To boycott something or someone, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
patches
1. n. plural of patch
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of patch
patch
1. n. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
His sleeves had patches on the elbows where different fabric had been sewn on to replace material that had worn away.
2. n. A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
I can't afford to replace the roof, which is what it really needs. I'll have the roofer apply a patch.
3. n. A repair intended to be used for a limited time; (differs from previous usage in that it is intended to be a temporary fix and the size of the repair is irrelevant). This usage can mean that the repai
Before you can fix a dam, you have to apply a patch to the hole so that everything can dry off.or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a prope
"This patch should hold until you reach the city," the mechanic said as he patted the car's hood.
4. n. A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
The world economy had a rough patch in the 1930s.
To me, a normal cow is white with black patches, but Sarah's from Texas and most of the cows there have solid brown, black, or red coats.
Doesn't that patch of clouds looks like a bunny?
When ice skating, be sure to stay away from reeds: there are always thin patches of ice there, and you could fall through.
I never get first place because on track eight, right after you pass the windmill, there's a patch of oil in the road that always gets me.
5. n. (specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
Scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
6. n. An area of professional responsibility
7. n. (historical) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.
8. n. (medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
9. n. (medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
Many people use a nicotine patch to wean themselves off of nicotine.
10. n. (medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
He had scratched his cornea so badly that his doctor told him to wear a patch.
11. n. A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
12. n. (computing) A patch file, a file used for input to a patch program or that describes changes made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
13. n. A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
14. n. A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
15. n. (often, patch cable, patch cord etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
16. n. A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
17. v. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like
MY coat needs patching.
18. v. To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
19. v. To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
20. v. To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
21. v. A temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
22. v. (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
a truce has been patched up.
23. v. (computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:
24. v. To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
25. v. To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
26. v. To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
I'll need to patch the preamp output to the mixer.
27. n. (archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
but
1. prep. (obsolete, outside, Scotland) Outside of.
Away but the hoose and tell me whae's there.
2. prep. Apart from, except (for), excluding.
Everyone but Father left early.
I like everything but that.
Nobody answered the door when I knocked, so I had no choice but to leave.
3. adv. Merely, only, just.
4. adv. (Australian, conjunctive) Though, however.
I'll have to go home early but.
5. adv. Used as an intensifier.
Nobody, but nobody, crosses me and gets away with it.
6. conj. (following a negative clause or sentence) On the contrary, but rather (introducing a word or clause that contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence without the negation).
I am not rich but (I am) poor; not John but Peter went there.
7. conj. However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (implies that the following clause is contrary to prior belief or contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence).
She is very old but still attractive.
You told me I could do that, but she said that I could not.
8. conj. Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "ex
I cannot but feel offended.
9. conj. (archaic) Without its also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).
It never rains but it pours.
10. conj. (obsolete) Except with; unless with; without.
11. conj. (obsolete) Only; solely; merely.
12. conj. (obsolete) Until.
13. n. An instance or example of using the word "but".
It has to be done – no ifs or buts.
14. n. (Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
15. n. A limit; a boundary.
16. n. The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.
17. v. (archaic) Use the word "but".
But me no buts.
sarah
from
1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
This wine comes from France.
I got a letter from my brother.
2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
He left yesterday from Chicago.
Face away from the wall!
3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
20 from 31 leaves 11.
4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
An umbrella protects from the sun.
He knows right from wrong.
texas
1. n. The topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.
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.
most
1. det. superlative degree of much.
The teams competed to see who could collect the most money.
2. det. superlative degree of many: the comparatively largest number of (ngd, construed with the definite article)
The team with the most points wins.
3. det. superlative degree of many: the majority of; more than half of (ngd, construed without the definite article)
Most bakers and dairy farmers have to get up early.
Winning was not important for most participants.
4. adv. Forms the superlative of many adjectives.
This is the most important example.
Correctness is most important.
5. adv. To a great extent or degree; highly; very.
This is a most unusual specimen.
6. adv. (informal, chiefly US) Almost.
7. adv. superlative form of many: most many
8. adv. superlative form of much: most much
9. pron. The greater part of a group, especially a group of people.
Most want the best for their children.
The peach was juicier and more flavourful than most.
10. n. The greatest amount.
The most I can offer for the house is $150,000.
11. n. The greater part.
Most of the penguins were friendly and curious.
Most of the rice was spoiled.
12. n. A record-setting amount.
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.
cows
1. n. plural of cow
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of cow
3. n. alternate form of kouse
cow
1. n. (properly) An adult female of the species Bos taurus that has calved.
2. n. (formerly inexact but now common) Any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.
3. n. (uncommon) Beef: the meat of cattle as food.
4. n. (uncommon) Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc.
5. n. (biology) A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
6. n. (derogatory, informal) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.
7. n. (mining) A chock: a wedge or brake used to stop a machine or car.
8. v. (transitive, mostly, in the passive voice) To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of.
Con artists are not cowed by the law.
9. n. (dialect) A chimney cowl.
there
1. adv. (location) In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (compare here).
2. adv. (figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place.
He did not stop there, but continued his speech.
They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.
3. adv. (location) To or into that place; thither.
4. adv. (obsolete) Where, there where, in which place.
5. adv. In existence or in this world; see pronoun section below.
6. interj. Used to offer encouragement or sympathy.
There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
7. interj. Used to express victory or completion.
There! That knot should hold.
8. n. That place.
9. n. That status; that position.
You get it ready; I'll take it from there.
10. pron. Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.
There are two apples on the table. =Two apples are on the table.
There is no way to do it. =No way to do it exists.
Is there an answer? =Does an answer exist?
No, there isn't. =No, one doesn't exist.
11. pron. Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
If x is a positive number, then there exists =there is a positive number y less than x.
There remain several problems with this approach. =Several problems remain with this approach.
Once upon a time, in a now-forgotten kingdom, there lived a woodsman with his wife. =There was a woodsman, who lived with his wife.
There arose a great wind out of the east. =There was now a great wind, arising in the east.
12. pron. Used with other verbs, when raised.
There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. =It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.
I expected there to be a simpler solution. =I expected that there would be a simpler solution.
There are beginning to be complications. =It's beginning to be the case that there are complications.
13. pron. (in combination with certain prepositions, no longer productive) That.
therefor, thereat, thereunder
14. pron. (colloquial) Used to replace an unknown name, principally in greetings and farewells
Hi there, young fellow.
15. contraction. misspelling of they’re
16. det. misspelling of their
have
Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast, third-person singular present tense hath, present participle haveing, and second-person singular past tense hadst.
1. v. To possess, own, hold.
I have a house and a car.
Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street!
2. v. To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
I have two sisters.
I have a lot of work to do.
3. v. To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
I have breakfast at six o'clock.
Can I have a look at that?
I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now.
4. v. To be scheduled to attend or participate in.
What class do you have right now? I have English.
Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day.
5. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) (Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.)
I have already eaten today.
I had already eaten.
6. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
I have to go.
7. v. To give birth to.
The couple always wanted to have children.
My wife is having the baby right now!
My mother had me when she was 25.
8. v. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
He's always bragging about how many women he's had.
9. v. To accept as a romantic partner.
Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.
10. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.
11. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
He had him arrested for trespassing.
The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears.
12. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.
I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.
13. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.
14. v. (Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below.))
We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we?
Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she?
(UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he?
15. v. (UK, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
I could have him!
I'm gonna have you!
16. v. (dated) To be able to speak a language.
I have no German.
17. v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.
18. v. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
He had a cold last week.
19. v. To experience, go through, undergo.
We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.
He had surgery on his hip yesterday.
I'm having the time of my life!
20. v. To trick, to deceive.
You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.
21. v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.
The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it.
I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night.
22. v. (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it.
23. v. To host someone; to take in as a guest.
Thank you for having me!
24. v. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
What do you have for problem two?
I have two contacts on my scope.
25. v. (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon.
26. n. A wealthy or privileged person.
27. n. (uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing.
28. n. (AU, NZ, informal) A fraud or deception; something misleading.
They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have.
solid
1. adj. (of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid or a gas.
Almost all metals are solid at room temperature.
2. adj. Large in size, quantity, or value.
3. adj. Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
solid gold, solid chocolate
4. adj. Strong or unyielding.
a solid foundation
5. adj. (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
That's a solid plan.
Radiohead's on tour! Have you heard their latest album yet? It's quite solid.
I don't think Dave would have done that. He's a solid dude.
6. adj. Hearty; filling.
a solid meal
7. adj. Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
8. adj. Sound; not weak.
a solid constitution of body
9. adj. (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
American English writes many words as solid that British English hyphenates.
10. adj. (printing, dated) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
11. adj. (US, politics slang) United; without division; unanimous.
The delegation is solid for a candidate.
12. adj. Of a single color throughout.
John painted the walls solid white.
He wore a solid shirt with floral pants.
13. adj. (of drawn lines) Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.
The solid lines show roads, and the dotted lines footpaths.
14. adj. (dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.
A solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
15. n. (chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).
16. n. (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
17. n. (informal) A favor.
Please do me a solid: lend me your car for one week.
I owe him; he did me a solid last year.
18. n. An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
I prefer solids over paisleys.
19. n. (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.
The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation.
20. adv. Solidly.
21. adv. (not comparable, typography) Without spaces or hyphens.
Many long-established compounds are set solid.
brown
1. n. A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.
(color panel, 623017)
2. n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
3. n. Black tar heroin.
4. n. (slang) A copper coin.
5. n. (sometimes capitalised) A person of Middle Eastern, Latino or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance.
6. adj. Having a brown colour.
7. adj. (obsolete) Gloomy.
8. adj. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
9. v. (intransitive) To become brown.
Fry the onions until they brown.
10. v. (cooking, transitive) To cook something until it becomes brown.
Brown the onions in a large frying pan.
11. v. (intransitive, transitive) To tan.
Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.
12. v. To make brown or dusky.
13. v. To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.
14. v. (demography, transitive, intransitive, slang) To turn progressively more Middle Eastern, Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
the browning of America
Black
1. adj. alternative case form of black (of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin)
2. adj. (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
3. adj. (of a place, etc) Without light.
4. adj. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
5. adj. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups which have dark pigmentation of the skin.
black drinking fountain; black hospital
6. adj. (card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits. Compare red
I got two red queens, he got one of the black queens.
7. adj. Bad; evil; ill-omened.
8. adj. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen.
He shot her a black look.
9. adj. Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced.
10. adj. (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
11. adj. (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk or creamer.
Jim drinks his coffee black, but Ellen prefers it with creamer.
12. adj. (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' ac
The black pieces in this chess set are made of dark blue glass.
13. adj. (typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color. Compare white.
Compare two Unicode symbols: , ☞ = "WHITE RIGHT POINTING INDEX"; , ☛ = BLACK RIGHT POINTING INDEX
14. adj. (politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
After the election, the parties united in a black-yellow alliance.
15. adj. Relating to an initiative whose existence or exact nature must remain withheld from the general public.
5 percent of the Defense Department funding will go to black projects.
16. adj. (Ireland, now pejorative) Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic
Originally "the Black North" meant west Ulster
17. adj. 1812, Edward Wakefield, "There is a district, comprehending Donegal, the interior of the county of Derry, and the western side of Tyrone, which is emphatically called by the people "the Black North,"
18. adj. then Protestant east Ulster.1841 March 20 Catholic Herald (Bengal) Vol. 2 No. 1 p. 27 'Even in the "black North"—in " Protestant Ulster"—Catholicity is progessing at a rate that must strike terror in
19. adj. Used in the vernacular name of a species to indicate that it has one or more features that is black or dark, especially in comparison to another species with the same base name.
black birch, black locust, black rhino
20. n. The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
(colour panel, 000)
21. n. A black dye or pigment.
22. n. A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
23. n. (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
24. n. (sometimes capitalised) A person of African, Aborigine, or Maori descent; a dark-skinned person.
25. n. (billiards, snooker, pool, with the) The black ball.
26. n. (baseball) The edge of home plate
27. n. (British) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
28. n. (informal) Blackcurrant syrup (in mixed drinks, e.g. snakebite and black, cider and black).
29. n. (in chess and similar games) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
At this point black makes a disastrous move.
30. n. Part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.
31. n. (obsolete) A stain; a spot.
32. v. To make black, to blacken.
33. v. To apply blacking to something.
34. v. (British) To boycott something or someone, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
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.
Red
1. n. A Communist.
2. n. A supporter of a sports team who wears red as part of their kit.
3. adj. Communist
the Red Army
4. adj. Having red as its color.
The girl wore a red skirt.
5. adj. (of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
Her hair had red highlights.
6. adj. (card games, of a card) Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare black
I got two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.
7. adj. (often, capitalized) Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:
8. adj. (US, modern) the U.S. Republican party
a red state
a red Congress
9. adj. (also British) Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germ
the red-black grand coalition in Germany
10. adj. (chiefly derogatory, offensive) Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations
11. adj. (astronomy) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
12. adj. (particle physics) Having a color charge of red.
13. n. Any of a range of colours having the longest wavelengths, 670 nm, of the visible spectrum; a primary additive colour for transmitted light: the colour obtained by subtracting green and blue from
(color panel, F00000)
14. n. A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
15. n. (snooker) One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
16. n. Red wine.
17. n. (informal, birdwatching) A redshank.
18. n. (derogatory, offensive) An Amerind.
19. n. (slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
20. n. (informal) A red light (a traffic signal)
21. n. (Ireland, UK, beverages, informal) red lemonade
22. n. (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
23. n. (US, colloquial) chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red")
24. v. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of rede
25. v. alternative spelling of redd
coats
1. n. plural of coat
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of coat
coat
1. n. An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.Wp
2. n. A covering of material, such as paint.Wp
3. n. The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.Wp
When the dog shed its coat, it left hair all over the furniture and the carpet.
4. n. (nautical) Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
5. n. (obsolete) A petticoat.
6. n. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
7. n. A coat of arms.Wp
8. n. A coat card.
9. v. To cover with a coat of some material
One can buy coated frying pans, which are much easier to wash up than normal ones.
10. v. To cover as a coat.

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