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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.
glib
1. adj. Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
2. adj. (dated) Smooth or slippery.
a sheet of glib ice
3. adj. Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued
a glib tongue; a glib speech
4. v. To make glib.
5. n. (historical) A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly worn in Ireland.
6. v. (obsolete) To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.
tongue
1. n. The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different s
2. n. This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).−
cold tongue with mustard
3. n. (metonym) A language.
He was speaking in his native tongue.
4. n. (obsolete) Speakers of a language, collectively.
5. n. (obsolete) Voice (the distinctive sound of a person's speech); accent (gloss, distinctive manner of pronouncing a language).
6. n. Manner of speaking, often habitually.
7. n. (metonym) A person speaking in a specified manner (most often plural).
8. n. The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.
9. n. (obsolete) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
10. n. (obsolete) Honourable discourse; eulogy.
11. n. (religion, often in the plural) Glossolalia.
12. n. In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).
13. n. Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
14. n. A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.
the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance
15. n. A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.
16. n. The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
17. n. The clapper of a bell.
18. n. (figuratively) An individual point of flame from a fire.
19. n. A small sole (type of fish).
20. n. (nautical) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
21. n. (music) A reed.
22. v. (music, ambitransitive) On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).
Playing wind instruments involves tonguing on the reed or mouthpiece.
23. v. (slang) To manipulate with the tongue, as in kissing or oral sex.
24. v. To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.
a soil horizon that tongues into clay
25. v. To join by means of a tongue and groove.
to tongue boards together
26. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To talk; to prate.
27. v. (transitive, obsolete) To speak; to utter.
28. v. (transitive, obsolete) To chide; to scold.
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.
glib
1. adj. Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
2. adj. (dated) Smooth or slippery.
a sheet of glib ice
3. adj. Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued
a glib tongue; a glib speech
4. v. To make glib.
5. n. (historical) A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly worn in Ireland.
6. v. (obsolete) To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.
speech
1. n. The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate.
It was hard to hear the sounds of his speech over the noise. He had a bad speech impediment.
2. n. A session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
The candidate made some ambitious promises in his campaign speech.
3. n. A style of speaking.
Her speech was soft and lilting.
4. n. (grammar) Speech reported in writing; see direct speech, reported speech
5. n. A dialect or language.
6. n. Talk; mention; rumour.
7. v. (transitive, intransitive) To make a speech; to harangue.

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