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verbally
     1. adv. In a verbal manner; with words; by speaking.
           Dumbstruck with joy, she was unable to express herself verbally, but the gratitude in her face was evident to all.
He
     1. pron. honoraltcaps, he
           I love the Lord for He is Great and Holy.
     2. pron. (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.
     3. pron. (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant.
           The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?
     4. pron. (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown.
     5. n. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
     6. n. (informal) A male.
           Alex totally is a he.
     7. n. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
never
     1. adv. At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.
           I finally finished, and I never want to do that again.
           I repeated the test a hundred times, and never saw a positive result.
           I will never tell.
     2. adv. Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously.
     3. adv. (colloquial) Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely).
           The police say I stole the car, but I never did it.
           You said you were going to mow the lawn today. – I never!
expressed
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of express
     express
          1. adj. (not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
          2. adj. (comparable) Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
                I gave him express instructions not to begin until I arrived, but he ignored me.
                This book cannot be copied without the express permission of the publisher.
          3. adj. Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
                In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance.
          4. adj. (retail) Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.
                The Pizza Hut inside Target isn't a full one: it's a Pizza Hut Express.
                Some Wal-Mart stores will include a McDonald's Express.
                The mall's selection of cell phone carriers includes a full AT&T store and a T-Mobile express.
          5. n. A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.
                I took the express into town.
          6. n. A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
          7. n. An express rifle.
          8. n. (obsolete) A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.
          9. n. A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
          10. n. An express office.
          11. n. That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
          12. v. To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
                Words cannot express the love I feel for him.
          13. v. To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).
          14. v. (biochemistry) To translate messenger RNA into protein.
          15. v. (biochemistry) To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.
          16. n. (obsolete) The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.
          17. n. (obsolete) A specific statement or instruction.
His
     1. pron. honoraltcaps, his
     2. det. Belonging to him.
     3. det. (dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
     4. det. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
     5. det. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.
           Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark.
           Sejanus his Fall
     6. pron. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
           The decision was his to live with.
     7. pron. alternative spelling of His
     8. n. plural of hi
love
     1. n. Strong affection.
     2. n.          A profound and caring affection towards someone.
                   A mother’s love is not easily shaken.
                   My husband’s love is the most important thing in my life.
     3. n.          Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being.
     4. n.          A feeling of intense attraction towards someone.
                   I have never been in love as much as I have with you.
     5. n.          A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something.
                   My love of cricket knows no bounds.
     6. n. A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.
     7. n. (colloquial, British) A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.
           Hello love, how can I help you?
     8. n. A thing, activity etc which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm.
     9. n. (euphemistic) Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction.
     10. n. (euphemistic) Sexual activity.
     11. n. An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair.
     12. n. Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young.
     13. n. (altcaps, Love, , personification of love).
     14. n. (obsolete) A thin silk material.
     15. n. A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba.
     16. v. (usually transitive sometimes intransitive) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).
           I love my spouse.   I love you!
     17. v. To need, thrive on.
           Mold loves moist, dark places.
     18. v. (transitive, colloquial) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.
           I love walking barefoot on wet grass;  I'd love to join the team;  I love what you've done with your hair
     19. v. (usually transitive sometimes intransitive) To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).
     20. v. To derive delight from a fact or situation.
           I love the fact that the coffee shop now offers fat-free chai latte.
     21. v. To lust for.
     22. v. (transitive, euphemistic) To have sex with, (perhaps from make love.)
           I wish I could love her all night long.
     23. v. (transitive, obsolete, or UK dialectal) To praise; commend.
     24. v. (transitive, obsolete, or UK dialectal) To praise as of value; prize; set a price on.
     25. n. (racquet sports) Zero, no score.
           So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova.
for
     1. conj. (dated) Because.
     2. prep. Towards.
           The astronauts headed for the moon.
     3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
           I have something for you.
     4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
           We're having a birthday party for Janet.
           The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
           The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
     5. prep. Supporting.
           All those for the motion raise your hands.
     6. prep. Because of.
           He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
           (UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
           She was the worse for drink.
     7. prep. Over a period of time.
           I've lived here for three years.
           They fought for days over a silly pencil.
     8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
     9. prep. On behalf of.
           I will stand in for him.
     10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
     11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
           I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
           He's going for his doctorate.
           Do you want to go for coffee?
           People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
           Can you go to the store for some eggs?
           I'm saving up for a car.
           Don't wait for an answer.
           What did he ask you for?
     12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
           Run for the hills!
           He was headed for the door when he remembered.
     13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
           Fair for its day.
           She's spry for an old lady.
     14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
     15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
           For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
           All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
     16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
           In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
     17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
           At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
     18. prep. To be, or as being.
     19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
     20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
you
     1. pron. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
     2. pron. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
     3. pron. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
     4. pron. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
           Both of you should get ready now.
           You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
     5. pron. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
     6. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
     7. det. The individual or group spoken or written to.
           Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
     8. det. Used before epithets for emphasis.
           You idiot!
     9. v. To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal.
in
     1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
     2. prep.          Contained by.
                   The dog is in the kennel.
     3. prep.          Within.
     4. prep.          Surrounded by.
                   We are in the enemy camp.   Her plane is in the air.
     5. prep.          Part of; a member of.
                   One in a million.   She's in band and orchestra.
     6. prep.          Pertaining to; with regard to.
                   What grade did he get in English?
                   Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
     7. prep.          At the end of a period of time.
                   They said they would call us in a week.
     8. prep.          Within a certain elapsed time
                   Are you able to finish this in three hours?   The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
     9. prep.          During (said of periods of time).
                   in the first week of December;  Easter falls in the fourth lunar month;   The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
     10. prep.          (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
                   English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
     11. prep. Into.
           Less water gets in your boots this way.
     12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
           In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
     13. prep.          Indicating an order or arrangement.
                   My fat rolls around in folds.
     14. prep.          Denoting a state of the subject.
                   He stalked away in anger.   John is in a coma.
     15. prep.          Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
                   You've got a friend in me.   He's met his match in her.
     16. prep.          Wearing (an item of clothing).
                    I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
     17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
     18. prep.          (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
                   Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
                   The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
                    Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
     19. prep.          Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
                   Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
                   His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
                   When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
     20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
     21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
     22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
           Is Mr. Smith in?
     23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
           Suddenly a strange man walked in.
     24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
           He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
     25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
           What's that in?
     26. adv. After the beginning of something.
     27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
           His parents got him an in with the company
     28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
     29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
     30. adj. In fashion; popular.
           Skirts are in this year.
     31. adj. Incoming.
           the in train
     32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
     33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
           in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
     34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
     35. n. Inch.
words
     1. n. plural of word
           Words have a longer life than deeds. — Pindar (translated)
     2. n. Angry debate or conversation; argument.
           After she found out the truth, she had words with him, to tell him how she felt.
     3. n. Lines in a script for a performance.
           You better get your words memorised before rehearsal next Saturday.
     4. v. third-person singular present indicative of word
     word
          1. n. The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)
          2. n.          The smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes
          3. n.          The smallest discrete unit of written language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more letters or symbols and one or more morphemes
          4. n.          A discrete, meaningful unit of language approved by an authority or native speaker (compare non-word).
          5. n. Something like such a unit of language:
          6. n.          A sequence of letters, characters, or sounds, considered as a discrete entity, though it does not necessarily belong to a language or have a meaning
          7. n.          (telegraphy) A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space.
          8. n.          (computing) A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine (on many 16-bit machines, 16 bits or two bytes).
          9. n.          (computer science) A finite string that is not a command or operator.
          10. n.          (group theory) A group element, expressed as a product of group elements.
          11. n. The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action.
          12. n. (now rare outside certain phrases) Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech.
          13. n. (obsolete outside certain phrases) A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words).
                mum's the word
          14. n. (obsolete) A proverb or motto.
          15. n. News; tidings (used without an article).
                Have you had any word from John yet?
          16. n. An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
                He sent word that we should strike camp before winter.
                Don't fire till I give the word
                Their mother's word was law.
          17. n. A promise; an oath or guarantee.
                I give you my word that I will be there on time.
          18. n. A brief discussion or conversation.
                Can I have a word with you?
          19. n. (in the plural) See words.
                There had been words between him and the secretary about the outcome of the meeting.
          20. n. (theology, sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
                Her parents had lived in Botswana, spreading the word among the tribespeople.
          21. n. (theology, sometimes Word) Logos, Christ.
          22. v. To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something).
                I’m not sure how to word this letter to the council.
          23. v. (transitive, obsolete) To flatter with words, to cajole.
          24. v. To ply or overpower with words.
          25. v. (transitive, rare) To conjure with a word.
          26. v. (intransitive, archaic) To speak, to use words; to converse, to discourse.
          27. interj. (slang) Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement "My word is my bond.".
                "Yo, that movie was epic!" / "Word?" ("You speak the truth?") / "Word." ("I speak the truth.")
          28. interj. (slang) An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval.
          29. v. alternative form of worth (to become).
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