| 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. | |
| vernacular |
| 1. n. The language of a people or a national language. | |
| A vernacular of the United States is English. | |
| 2. n. Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom. | |
| Street vernacular can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere. | |
| 3. n. Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot. | |
| For those of a certain age, hiphop vernacular might just as well be a foreign language. | |
| 4. n. (Roman Catholicism) The indigenous language of a people, into which the words of the Mass are translated. | |
| Vatican II allowed the celebration of the mass in the vernacular. | |
| 5. adj. Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom. | |
| 6. adj. Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous. | |
| a vernacular disease | |
| 7. adj. (architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported. | |
| 8. adj. (art) Connected to a collective memory; not imported. | |
| disease |
| 1. n. (pathology) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired. | |
| The tomato plants had some kind of disease that left their leaves splotchy and fruit withered. | |
| 2. n. (by extension) Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc. | |
| 3. n. Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet. | |
| 4. v. (obsolete) To cause unease; to annoy, irritate. | |
| 5. v. To infect with a disease. | |
