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no
     1. det. Not any.
           no one
           There is no water left.
           No hot dogs were sold yesterday.
           No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous.
           There was no score at the end of the first period. (The score was 0-0.)
     2. det. Hardly any.
           We'll be finished in no time at all.
     3. det. Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
           No smoking
           There's no stopping her once she gets going.
     4. det. Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.
           My mother's no fool.
           Working nine to five every day is no life.
     5. adv. (now only used with comparatives, except in Scotland) Not, not at all.
           It is a different kind of torture, but no less gruesome.
           I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.
     6. part. Used to show disagreement or negation.
           No, you are mistaken.
           No, you may not watch television now.
     7. part. Used to show agreement with a negative question.
           "Don’t you like milk?" "No" (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.")
     8. part. (colloquial) As if to say, "No, don’t doubt this!", or to deny an imagined contradictory statement, used to show intense agreement
           No, totally.
           No, yeah, that's exactly right.
           "Wow!" "Yeah, no, it was really awful!".
           No, yeah
     9. n. A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement or disapproval.
     10. n. A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.
           The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".
     11. adv. (archaic) Alternative form of No.
     12. n. Alternative form of No.
churn
     1. v. To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
           Now the cream is churned to make butter.
           no-churn ice cream
     2. v. (transitive, figuratively) To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
     3. v. (intransitive) To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.
           I was so nervous my stomach was churning.
     4. v. (informal, travel, aviation) To repeatedly cancel and rebook a reservation in order to refresh ticket time limits or other fare rule restrictions.
     5. n. A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.
           a butter churn
     6. n. (telecommunications) The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.
     7. n. (telecommunications) The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers.
     8. n. Cyclic activity that achieves nothing.
ice
     1. n. Water in frozen (solid) form.
     2. n. Covering made of frozen water on a river or other water basin in cold season.
     3. n. (physics, astronomy) Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.
     4. n. (astronomy) Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form.
     5. n. A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.
     6. n. Any substance having the appearance of ice.
     7. n. (slang) One or more diamonds.
     8. n. (slang) Crystal form of amphetamine-based drugs.
     9. n. (ice hockey) The area where a game of ice hockey is played.
     10. v. To cool with ice, as a beverage.
     11. v. To become ice, to freeze.
     12. v. (slang) To murder.
     13. v. To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.
     14. v. (ice hockey) To put out a team for a match.
           Milton Keynes have yet to ice a team this season
     15. v. (ice hockey) To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing.
           If the Bruins ice the puck, the faceoff will be in their own zone.
cream
     1. n. The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
           Take 100 ml of cream and 50 grams of sugar…
     2. n.          (standard of identity, US) The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it mi
     3. n.          (standard of identity, UK) The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream).
     4. n. A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream.
           (color panel, FFFF9D)
     5. n. (informal) Frosting, custard, creamer or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
     6. n. (figuratively) The best part of something.
           the cream of the crop;  the cream of a collection of books or pictures
     7. n. (medicine) A viscous aqueous oil/fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)
           You look really sunburnt; you should apply some cream.
     8. n. (vulgar, slang) Semen.
     9. n. (obsolete) The chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies.
     10. adj. Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.
     11. v. To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.
           Cream the vegetables with the olive oil, flour, salt and water mixture.
     12. v. To turn a yellowish white colour; to give something the color of cream.
     13. v. (slang) To obliterate, to defeat decisively.
           We creamed the opposing team!
     14. v. (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate (used of either gender).
     15. v. (transitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate in (clothing).
     16. v. (transitive, cooking) To rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency.
     17. v. To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.
     18. v. (transitive, figurative) To take off the best or choicest part of.
     19. v. To furnish with, or as if with, cream.
     20. v. (intransitive) To gather or form cream.
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