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1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already | |
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.) | |
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.) | |
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird. | |
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause. | |
The street that runs through my hometown. | |
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time. | |
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe. | |
God save the Queen! | |
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item. | |
That was the best apple pie ever. | |
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive. | |
That apple pie was the best. | |
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class. | |
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective. | |
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. | |
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar. | |
No one in the whole country had seen it before. | |
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning. | |
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun. | |
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”) | |
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention. | |
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery. | |
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives. | |
The hotter the better. | |
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks. | |
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children. | |
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it. | |
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone. | |
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it. | |
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it. | |
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that. | |
blushing |
1. v. present participle of blush | |
2. n. The act of one who blushes; a blush. | |
3. adj. Showing blushes; rosy red. | |
the blushing bride | |
blush |
1. n. An act of blushing; a red glow on the face caused by shame, modesty, etc. | |
2. n. A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red. | |
3. n. (figuratively) Feeling or appearance of optimism. | |
4. n. A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks. | |
5. n. A color between pink and cream. | |
(color panel, FAD1B1) | |
6. n. (chiefly US) A pale pink wine made by removing the dark grape skins at the required point during fermentation. | |
7. v. (intransitive) To glance | |
8. v. (intransitive) To become red in the face due to shyness, shame, excitement, or embarrassment. | |
He wasn't used to this much attention, so he blushed as he saw dozens of pairs of eyes watching him. | |
9. v. (intransitive) To become red. | |
10. v. To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate. | |
11. v. To change skin color in the face (to a particular shade). | |
When he saw it, he blushed a beet red. | |
I wasn't surprised, but it was embarrassing enough that I blushed a little pink. | |
12. v. To express or make known by blushing. | |
Looking at me with a knowing glare, she blushed her discomfort with the situation. | |
13. v. (intransitive) To have a warm and delicate colour, like some roses and other flowers. | |
The garden was full of blossoms that blushed in myriad shades to form a beautiful carpet of color. | |
14. n. The collective noun for a group of boys. | |
A blush of boys. | |
bride |
1. n. A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married. | |
2. n. (obsolete, figurative) An object ardently loved. | |
3. v. (obsolete) To make a bride of. | |
4. n. An individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework. | |