lower |
1. adj. comparative form of low: more low | |
2. adj. bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object | |
3. adj. (geology, of strata or geological time periods) older | |
4. adv. comparative form of low: more low | |
5. v. To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down | |
lower a bucket into a well | |
to lower a sail of a boat | |
6. v. to pull down | |
to lower a flag | |
7. v. To reduce the height of | |
lower a fence or wall | |
lower a chimney or turret | |
8. v. To depress as to direction | |
lower the aim of a gun | |
9. v. To make less elevated | |
to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes | |
10. v. To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of | |
lower the temperature | |
lower one's vitality | |
lower distilled liquors | |
11. v. To bring down; to humble | |
lower one's pride | |
12. v. (reflexive) (lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity. | |
I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes. | |
13. v. To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc. | |
lower the price of goods | |
lower the interest rate | |
14. v. (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease | |
The river lowered as rapidly as it rose. | |
15. v. (intransitive) To decrease in value, amount, etc. | |
16. v. alternative spelling of lour. | |
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. | |
fence |
1. n. A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter. | |
2. n. Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods. | |
3. n. The place whence such a middleman operates. | |
4. n. Skill in oral debate. | |
5. n. (obsolete) The art or practice of fencing. | |
6. n. A guard or guide on machinery. | |
7. n. (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier. | |
8. n. (computing, programming) A memory barrier. | |
9. v. To enclose, contain or separate by building fence. | |
10. v. To defend or guard. | |
11. v. To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods. | |
12. v. (intransitive, sports) To engage in (the sport) fencing. | |
13. v. (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence. | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
wall |
1. n. A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes. | |
2. n. A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc. | |
The town wall was surrounded by a moat. | |
3. n. Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure. | |
We're adding another wall in this room during the remodeling. The wind blew against the walls of the tent. | |
4. n. A point of desperation. | |
5. n. A point of defeat or extinction. | |
6. n. An impediment to free movement. | |
A wall of police officers met the protesters before they reached the capitol steps. | |
As Goebbels put it, “We want to build a wall, a protective wall.” , Timothy Snyder, The New York Times, June 14, 2018, How Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany? | |
7. n. A type of butterfly. | |
8. n. (often, in combination) A barrier. | |
a seawall; a firewall | |
9. n. A barrier to vision. | |
10. n. Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall. | |
a wall of sound; a wall of water | |
11. n. (anatomy, zoology, botany) A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity. | |
12. n. (auction) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction. | |
Synonyms: chandelier | |
13. n. (US, slang) A doctor who tries to admit as few patients as possible. | |
14. n. (soccer) A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal. | |
15. n. (Internet) A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user. | |
16. v. To enclose with a wall | |
He walled the study with books. | |
17. v. (with "in") To enclose by surrounding with walls. | |
They had walled in the garden | |
18. v. (with "off") To separate with a wall | |
The previous owners had walled off two rooms, making an apartment. | |
19. v. (with "up") To seal with a wall | |
They walled up the basement space that had been used as a coal bin. | |
20. v. To boil. | |
21. v. To well, as water; spring. | |
22. n. (chiefly dialectal) A spring of water. | |
23. n. (nautical) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale. | |