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wooden
1. adj. Made of wood.
a wooden boat
On a recent windy day, hundreds of visitors climbed wooden stairs to take pictures in front of the glacier.
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2. adj. (figuratively) As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion.
wooden acting
garden
1. n. An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
a vegetable garden a flower garden
2. n. (in the plural) Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.
You can spend the afternoon walking around the town gardens.
3. n. (attributive) Taking place in, or used in, such a garden.
a garden party; a garden spade; a garden path
4. n. The grounds at the front or back of a house.
This house has a swimming pool, a tent, a swing set and a fountain in the garden. We were drinking lemonade and playing croquet in the garden. Our garden is overgrown with weeds.
5. n. (cartomancy) The twentieth Lenormand card.
6. n. (slang) Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.
7. v. (intransitive, chiefly North America) to grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden.
I love to garden — this year I'm going to plant some daffodils.
8. v. (intransitive, cricket) of a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities.
9. adj. Common, ordinary, domesticated.
furniture
1. n. (now usually un) Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.
The woman does not even have one stick of furniture moved in yet.
How much furniture did they leave behind?
A chair is furniture. Sofas are also furniture.
They bought a couple of pieces of furniture.
2. n. The harness, trappings etc. of a horse, hawk, or other animal.
3. n. Fittings, such as handles, of a door, coffin, or other wooden item.
4. n. (firearms) The stock and forearm of a weapon.
5. n. (printing, historical) The pieces of wood or metal put round pages of type to make proper margins and fill the spaces between the pages and the chase.
must
1. v. (modal auxiliary, defective) To do with certainty; indicates that the speaker is certain that the subject will have executed the predicate.
If it has rained all day, it must be very wet outside.
You picked one of two, and it wasn't the first: it must have been the second.
2. v. (modal auxiliary, defective) To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in
You must arrive in class on time. — the requirement is an imperative
This door handle must be rotated fully. — the requirement is a directive
Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. (Bible, Acts 9:6)
3. v. (modal auxiliary, defective) said about something that is very likely, probable, or certain to be true
The children must be asleep by now.
4. n. Something that is mandatory or required.
If you'll be out all day, a map is a must.
5. n. The property of being stale or musty.
6. n. Something that exhibits the property of being stale or musty.
7. n. Fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented, usually grapes.
8. v. To make musty.
9. v. (intransitive) To become musty.
10. n. A time during which male elephants exhibit increased levels of sexual activity and aggressiveness (also spelled musth).
11. n. An elephant in this sexual and aggressive state.
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?
well
1. adv. (manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
He does his job well.
2. adv. (manner) Completely, fully.
a well done steak
We’re well beat now.
3. adv. (degree) To a significant degree.
That author is well known.
4. adv. (degree, British, slang) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
5. adv. In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
6. adj. In good health.
I had been sick, but now I'm well.
7. adj. (hypercorrect) Good, content.
“How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!”
8. adj. (archaic) Prudent; good; well-advised.
9. interj. Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.
“The car is broken.” “Well, we could walk to the movies instead.”
“I didn't like the music.” “Well, I thought it was good.”
“I forgot to pack the tent! Well, I guess we're sleeping under the stars tonight.”
10. interj. An exclamation of surprise, often doubled or tripled.
Well, well, well, what do we have here?
11. interj. An exclamation of indignance.
Well! There was no need to say that in front of my mother!
12. interj. Used in speech to express the overcoming of reluctance to say something.
It was a bit... well... too loud.
13. interj. Used in speech to fill gaps; filled pause.
“So what have you been doing?” “Well, we went for a picnic, and then it started raining so we came home early.”
14. interj. (Hiberno-English) Used as a greeting
Well lads. How's things?
15. n. A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
16. n. A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
17. n. A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
Make a well in the dough mixture and pour in the milk.
18. n. (figurative) A source of supply.
19. n. (nautical) A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
20. n. (nautical) The cockpit of a sailboat.
21. n. (nautical) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported
22. n. (nautical) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
23. n. (military) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
24. n. (architecture) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
25. n. The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
26. n. (metalworking) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
27. n. A well drink.
They're having a special tonight: $1 wells.
28. n. (video games) The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
29. n. (biology) In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
30. v. (intransitive) To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
31. v. (intransitive) To have something seep out of the surface.
Her eyes welled with tears.
well
1. adv. (manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
He does his job well.
2. adv. (manner) Completely, fully.
a well done steak
We’re well beat now.
3. adv. (degree) To a significant degree.
That author is well known.
4. adv. (degree, British, slang) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
5. adv. In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
6. adj. In good health.
I had been sick, but now I'm well.
7. adj. (hypercorrect) Good, content.
“How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!”
8. adj. (archaic) Prudent; good; well-advised.
9. interj. Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.
“The car is broken.” “Well, we could walk to the movies instead.”
“I didn't like the music.” “Well, I thought it was good.”
“I forgot to pack the tent! Well, I guess we're sleeping under the stars tonight.”
10. interj. An exclamation of surprise, often doubled or tripled.
Well, well, well, what do we have here?
11. interj. An exclamation of indignance.
Well! There was no need to say that in front of my mother!
12. interj. Used in speech to express the overcoming of reluctance to say something.
It was a bit... well... too loud.
13. interj. Used in speech to fill gaps; filled pause.
“So what have you been doing?” “Well, we went for a picnic, and then it started raining so we came home early.”
14. interj. (Hiberno-English) Used as a greeting
Well lads. How's things?
15. n. A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
16. n. A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
17. n. A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
Make a well in the dough mixture and pour in the milk.
18. n. (figurative) A source of supply.
19. n. (nautical) A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
20. n. (nautical) The cockpit of a sailboat.
21. n. (nautical) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported
22. n. (nautical) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
23. n. (military) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
24. n. (architecture) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
25. n. The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
26. n. (metalworking) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
27. n. A well drink.
They're having a special tonight: $1 wells.
28. n. (video games) The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
29. n. (biology) In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
30. v. (intransitive) To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
31. v. (intransitive) To have something seep out of the surface.
Her eyes welled with tears.
oiled
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of oil
2. adj. Covered in, or supplied with, oil.
an oiled machine; a person's oiled body
3. adj. (slang) drunk. Usually in conjunction with well.
oil
1. n. Liquid fat.
2. n. Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
3. n. An oil painting.
4. v. To lubricate with oil.
5. v. To grease with oil for cooking.
As
1. n. plural of A
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
7. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
17. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
20. n. plural of a
it
1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals.
Put it over there.
Take each day as it comes.
I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today.
2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender.
She took the baby and held it in her arms.
3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
It's me. John.
Is it her?
4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)
It is nearly 10 o’clock.
It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five.
It’s very cold today.
It’s lonely without you.
5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms.
stick it out
live it up
rough it
6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i
It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see)
I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing)
He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if)
7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more.
Are there more students in this class, or is this it?
That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.
9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what.
10. det. (obsolete) its
11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…
13. n. (British) The game of tag.
Let's play it at breaktime.
14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.
15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity.
caught them doing it
16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable.
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?
continuously
1. adv. Without pause.
The river continuously flows to the sea, it will never pause to let us cross on dry land.
exposed
1. adj. (usually followed by to) Vulnerable, susceptible.
exposed to abuse; exposed to danger
2. v. simple past tense and past participle of expose
expose
1. v. To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to.
2. v. To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.
3. v. To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
4. v. To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.
5. v. (computing, transitive) To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.
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
weather
1. n. The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
2. n. Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.
Wooden garden furniture must be well oiled as it is continuously exposed to weather.
3. n. (nautical) The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
4. n. (figuratively) A situation.
5. n. (obsolete) A storm; a tempest.
6. n. (obsolete) A light shower of rain.
7. adj. (sailing, geology) Facing towards the flow of a fluid, usually air.
weather side, weather helm
8. v. To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
9. v. (by extension) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.
10. v. To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air.
11. v. (nautical) To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
to weather a cape; to weather another ship
12. v. (nautical) To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
Joshua weathered a collision with a freighter near South Africa.
13. v. (falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.

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