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uncheck
1. v. (computing) To remove a checkmark.
Uncheck the “save my password” box.
2. v. (travel, aviation) To remove a previously checked-in passenger from the check-in system, allowing changes to the ticket.
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.
save
1. n. In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
The goaltender made a great save.
2. n. (baseball) When a relief pitcher comes into a game leading by 3 points (runs) or less, and his team wins while continually being ahead.
Jones retired seven to earn the save.
3. n. (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
The giant wrestler continued to beat down his smaller opponent, until several wrestlers ran in for the save.
4. n. (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
If you're hit by a power cut, you'll lose all of your changes since your last save.
The game console can store up to eight saves on a single cartridge.
5. n. (RPG) A saving throw.
6. v. To prevent harm or difficulty.
7. v. To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
She was saved from drowning by a passer-by.
We were able to save a few of our possessions from the house fire.
8. v. To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
9. v. To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
10. v. (theology) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
Jesus Christ came to save sinners.
11. v. (sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
12. v. To put aside, to avoid.
13. v. To store for future use.
Let's save the packaging in case we need to send the product back.
14. v. To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
Save electricity by turning off the lights when you leave the room.
15. v. To obviate or make unnecessary.
16. v. (transitive, computing) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
Where did I save that document? I can't find it on the desktop.
17. v. (intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.
18. v. (transitive, and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.
19. prep. Except; with the exception of.
20. conj. (dated) unless; except
My
1. n. megayear
2. pron. alternative case form of my often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
3. det. First-person singular possessive determiner. See.
4. det. Belonging to me.
I can't find my book.
5. det. Associated with me.
My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.
Don't you know my name?
I recognised him because he had attended my school.
6. det. Related to me.
My parents won't let me go out tonight.
7. det. In the possession of me.
I have to take my books back to the library soon.
8. interj. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
My, what big teeth you have!
password
1. n. A word used to gain admittance or to gain access to information; watchword.
2. n. (computing) A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, etc.
3. v. (computing, transitive) To protect with a password.
box
1. n. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
2. n. A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
3. n. A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
a box of books
4. n. A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
5. n. A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
post box post office box
6. n. # A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements.
7. n. A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre or other building.
8. n. The driver's seat on a horse-drawn coach.
9. n. A small rectangular shelter; a booth.
sentry-box
10. n. (short for, horsebox, , container for transporting horses)
11. n. (figuratively) A predicament or trap.
I’m really in a box now.
12. n. (euphemistic) A coffin.
13. n. (slang) Preceded by the: television.
14. n. (slang) The vagina.
15. n. (computing, slang) A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
a UNIX box
16. n. (cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.
17. n. (engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.
18. n. (fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body
19. n. (dated) A small country house.
20. n. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space
21. n. A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
Place a tick in the box.
This text would stand out better if we put it in a coloured box.
22. n. (baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.
23. n. (genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.
24. n. (juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
25. n. (lacrosse, informal) (short for, box lacrosse, , indoor form of lacrosse)
26. n. (soccer) The penalty area.
27. v. To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
28. v. Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
29. v. To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
30. v. (transitive, agriculture) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
31. v. (transitive, architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
32. v. (transitive, engineering) To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
33. v. (transitive, graphic design, printing) To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
34. v. (transitive, object-oriented programming) To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.
35. n. Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus, especially the common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
36. n. The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
37. n. (musical instrument, slang) A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
38. n. (Australia) An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, the box scrub, (vern, Brisbane box), vern, brush box, pink box, or vern, Queensland box,).
39. n. A blow with the fist.
40. v. To strike with the fists; to punch.
box someone’s ears
Leave this place before I box you!
41. v. (transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
42. v. (intransitive, boxing) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
43. n. (dated) A Mediterranean food fish of the genus , which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye.

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