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we're
1. contraction. we are
we
1. pron. (personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.)
2. pron. (personal) The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)
3. pron. (personal) The speaker/writer alone. (This use of we is the editorial we, used by writers and others, including royalty—the royal we—as a less personal substitute for I. The reflexive case of this sen
4. pron. (personal) The plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.
How are we all tonight?
5. pron. (personal, generally considered patronising) A second- or third-person pronoun for a person in the speaker's care.
How are we feeling this morning?
6. det. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.
are
1. v. second-person singular present of be
Mary, where are you going?
2. v. first-person plural present of be
We are not coming.
3. v. second-person plural present of be
Mary and John, are you listening?
4. v. third-person plural present of be
They are here somewhere.
5. v. (East Yorkshire, Midlands) present of be
6. n. (dialectal, or obsolete) grace, mercy
To bid God's are.
God's are is what children of God seech and seek.
7. n. (obsolete) honour, dignity
8. n. (rare) an accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a
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?
taking
1. adj. Alluring; attractive.
2. adj. (obsolete) Infectious; contagious.
3. n. The act by which something is taken.
4. n. A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
5. n. A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior.
6. n. That which has been gained.
Count the shop's takings.
7. n. (in the plural) The cash or money received (taken) by a shop or other business; receipts.
Fred was concerned because the takings from his sweetshop had fallen again for the third week.
8. v. present participle of take
take
1. v. To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.
They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands.
I'll take that plate off the table.
2. v. To seize or capture.
take the guards prisoner
take prisoners
After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city.
3. v. To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
took ten catfish in one afternoon
4. v. (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
5. v. To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
Billy took her pencil.
6. v. To exact.
take a toll
take revenge
7. v. To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
took the next two tricks
took Smith's rook
8. v. To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
took third place
took bribes
The camera takes 35mm film.
9. v. To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
The store doesn't take checks.
She wouldn't take any money for her help.
Do you take credit?
The vending machine only takes bills, it doesn't take coins.
10. v. To accept and follow (advice, etc).
take my advice
11. v. To receive into some relationship.
take a wife
The school only takes new students in the fall.
The therapist wouldn't take him as a client.
12. v. (transitive, intransitive, legal) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
13. v. To remove.
take two eggs from the carton
14. v. To remove or end by death; to kill.
The earthquake took many lives.
The plague took rich and poor alike.
Cancer took her life.
He took his life last night.
15. v. To subtract.
take one from three and you are left with two
16. v. To have sex with.
17. v. To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.
The woman guarding us looks like a professional, but I can take her!
18. v. To grasp or grip.
He took her hand in his.
19. v. To select or choose; to pick.
Take whichever bag you like.
She took the best men with her and left the rest to garrison the city.
I'll take the blue plates.
I'll take two sugars in my coffee, please.
20. v. To adopt (select) as one's own.
She took his side in every argument.
take a stand on the important issues
21. v. To carry or lead (something or someone).
She took her sword with her everywhere she went.
I'll take the plate with me.
22. v. (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
The next bus will take you to Metz.
I took him for a ride
I took him down to London.
23. v. (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
These stairs take you down to the basement.
Stone Street took us right past the store.
24. v. To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
She took the steps two or three at a time/
He took the curve / corner too fast.
The pony took every hedge and fence in its path.
25. v. To escort or conduct (a person).
He took her to lunch at the new restaurant, took her to the movies, and then took her home.
26. v. (reflexive) To go.
27. v. To use as a means of transportation.
take the ferry
I took a plane.
He took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester.
He's 96 but he still takes the stairs.
28. v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
29. v. To obtain for use by payment or lease.
She took a condo at the beach for the summer.
He took a full-page ad in the Times.
30. v. To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
They took two magazines.
I used to take The Sunday Times.
31. v. To consume.
32. v. To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
take two of these and call me in the morning
take the blue pill
I take aspirin every day to thin my blood.
33. v. To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
The general took dinner at seven o'clock.
34. v. To experience, undergo, or endure.
35. v. To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
take sun-baths
take a shower
She made the decision to take chemotherapy.
36. v. To experience or feel.
She takes pride in her work.
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.
crash
1. n. An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
She broke two bones in her body in a car crash.
Nobody survived the plane crash
2. n. A computer malfunction that is caused by faulty software, and makes the system either partially or totally inoperable.
My computer had a crash so I had to reboot it.
3. n. A loud sound as made for example by cymbals.
The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.
4. n. A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
the stock market crash
5. n. A comedown of a drug.
6. n. A group of rhinoceroses.
7. n. dysphoria
8. adj. quick, fast, intensive, impromptu
crash course
crash diet
9. v. To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently.
10. v. To severely damage or destroy something by causing it to collide with something else.
I'm sorry for crashing the bike into a wall. I'll pay for repairs.
11. v. (transitive, slang) (via gatecrash) To attend a social event without invitation, usually with unfavorable intentions.
We weren't invited to the party so we decided to crash it.
12. v. (transitive, management) To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
13. v. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements.
Hey dude, can I crash at your pad?
14. v. (slang) To give, as a favor.
15. v. (slang) To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion.
16. v. (computing, software, intransitive) To terminate extraordinarily.
If the system crashes again, we'll have it fixed in the computer shop.
17. v. (computing, software, transitive) To cause to terminate extraordinarily.
Double-clicking this icon crashes the desktop.
18. v. (intransitive) To experience a period of depression and/or lethargy after a period of euphoria, as after the euphoric effect of a psychotropic drug has dissipated.
19. v. To hit or strike with force
20. v. (medicine, of a patient's condition) To take a sudden and severe turn for the worse; to rapidly deteriorate.
21. v. To make a sudden loud noise.
Thunder crashed directly overhead.
22. n. (fibre) A type of rough linen.
course
1. n. A sequence of events.
The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.
2. n. A normal or customary sequence.
3. n. A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
4. n. Any ordered process or sequence or steps.
5. n. A learning program, as in a school.
I need to take a French course.
6. n. (especially in medicine) A treatment plan.
7. n. A stage of a meal.
We offer seafood as the first course.
8. n. The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
9. n. A path that something or someone moves along.
His illness ran its course.
10. n. The itinerary of a race.
The cross-country course passes the canal.
11. n. A racecourse.
12. n. The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
13. n. (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
14. n. (golf) A golf course.
15. n. (nautical) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
The ship changed its course 15 degrees towards south.
16. n. (navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
A course was plotted to traverse the ocean.
17. n. (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
Main course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship.
18. n. (in the courses, obsolete, euphemistic) Menses.
19. n. A row or file of objects.
20. n. (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
On a building that size, two crews could only lay two courses in a day.
21. n. (roofing) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
22. n. (textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
23. n. (music) One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to played together.
24. v. To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
The oil coursed through the engine.
Blood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries.
25. v. To run through or over.
26. v. To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
27. v. To cause to chase after or pursue game.
to course greyhounds after deer
28. adv. (colloquial) alternative form of of course
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.
first
1. adj. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
The first day of September 2013 was a Sunday.
I was the first runner to reach the finish line, and won the race.
2. adj. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
3. adv. Before anything else; firstly.
Clean the sink first, before you even think of starting to cook.
4. n. The person or thing in the first position.
He was the first to complete the course.
5. n. The first gear of an engine.
6. n. Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
This is a first. For once he has nothing to say.
7. n. (baseball) first base
There was a close play at first.
8. n. (UK, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
9. n. (colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
10. n. A fraction of an integer ending in one.
one forty-first of the estate
11. n. (obsolete) Time; time granted; respite.
aid
1. n. Help; assistance; succor, relief.
He came to my aid when I was foundering.
2. n. A helper; an assistant.
3. n. Something which helps; a material source of help.
Slimming aids include dietary supplements and appetite suppressants.
4. n. (British) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
5. n. (British) An exchequer loan.
6. n. (legal) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
7. n. An aide-de-camp, so called by abbreviation.
The incompetent general's brilliant aid often made priceless suggestions.
8. v. To (give) support (to); to further the progress of; to help; to assist.
before
1. prep. Earlier than (in time).
I want this done before Monday.
2. prep. In front of in space.
He stood before me.
We sat before the fire to warm ourselves.
3. prep. In the presence of.
He performed before the troops in North Africa.
He spoke before a joint session of Congress.
4. prep. Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).
The case laid before the panel aroused nothing but ridicule.
5. prep. In store for, in the future of (someone).
6. prep. In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
In alphabetical order, "cat" comes before "dog", "canine" before feline".
7. prep. At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.
An entrepreneur puts market share and profit before quality, an amateur intrinsic qualities before economical considerations.
8. adv. At an earlier time.
I've never done this before.
9. adv. In advance.
10. adv. At the front end.
11. conj. in advance of the time when
12. conj. (informal) rather or sooner than
our
1. det. Belonging to us.
2. det. Of, from, or belonging to the nation, region, or language of the speaker.
3. det. (Northern England, Scotland) Used before a person's name to indicate that the person is in one's family, or is a very close friend.
I'm going to see our Terry for tea.
4. v. misspelling of are
two
1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••). Ordinal: second.
2. num. Describing a set or group with two elements.
3. n. The digit/figure 2.
The number 2202 contains three twos.
4. n. (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
5. n. A child aged two.
This toy is suitable for the twos and threes.
6. n. The playing cards featuring two pips.
week
1. n. Any period of seven consecutive days.
2. n. A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
3. n. A period of five days beginning with Monday.
4. n. A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
A 4-day week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
5. n. Seven days after (sometimes before) a specified date.
I'll see you Thursday week.
Trek
1. adj. abbreviation of Star Trek
2. n. A slow or difficult journey.
We're planning a trek up Kilimanjaro.
3. n. (South Africa) A journey by ox wagon.
4. n. (South Africa) The Boer migration of 1835-1837.
5. v. (intransitive) To make a slow or arduous journey.
6. v. (intransitive) To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
7. v. (South Africa) To travel by ox wagon.
through
1. prep. From one side of an opening to the other.
I went through the window.
2. prep. Entering, then later leaving.
I drove through the town at top speed without looking left or right.
3. prep. Surrounded by (while moving).
We slogged through the mud for hours before turning back and giving up.
4. prep. By means of.
This team believes in winning through intimidation.
5. prep. (North America) To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values.
from 1945 through 1991; the numbers 1 through 9; your membership is active through March 15, 2013
6. adj. Passing from one side of something to the other.
Interstate highways form a nationwide system of through roads.
7. adj. Finished; complete.
They were through with laying the subroof by noon.
8. adj. Valueless; without a future.
After being implicated in the scandal, he was through as an executive in financial services.
9. adj. No longer interested.
She was through with him.
10. adj. Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment.
The through flight through Memphis was the fastest.
11. adj. (association football) In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
12. adv. From one side to the other by way of the interior.
The arrow went straight through.
13. adv. From one end to the other.
Others slept; he worked straight through.
She read the letter through.
14. adv. To the end.
He said he would see it through.
15. adv. Completely.
Leave the yarn in the dye overnight so the color soaks through.
16. adv. Out into the open.
The American army broke through at St. Lo.
17. n. A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.
18. n. (obsolete) A coffin, sarcophagus or tomb of stone; a large slab of stone laid on a tomb.
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.
Mountains
1. n. plural of Mountain
2. n. plural of mountain
mountain
1. n. A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 304.8 metres), though such masses may still b
Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
We spent the weekend hiking in the mountains.
2. n. A large amount.
There's still a mountain of work to do.
3. n. A very large person or thing.
He was a real mountain of a man, standing seven feet tall.
4. n. (figuratively) A difficult task or challenge.
5. n. (slang) A woman's large breast.
6. n. (cartomancy) The twenty-first Lenormand card.

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