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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. | |
bound |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of bind | |
I bound the splint to my leg. | |
I had bound the splint with duct tape. | |
2. adj. (with infinitive) Obliged (to). | |
You are not legally bound to reply. | |
3. adj. (with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to | |
They were bound to come into conflict eventually. | |
4. adj. (linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word. | |
5. adj. (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier. | |
6. adj. (dated) Constipated; costive. | |
7. adj. Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound. | |
8. adj. Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound. | |
9. n. (often, used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory. | |
I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on. | |
Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure. | |
10. n. (mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values. | |
11. v. To surround a territory or other geographical entity. | |
France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain. | |
Kansas is bounded by Nebraska on the north, Missouri on the east, Oklahoma on the south and Colorado on the west. | |
12. v. (mathematics) To be the boundary of. | |
13. n. A sizeable jump, great leap. | |
The deer crossed the stream in a single bound. | |
14. n. A spring from one foot to the other in dancing. | |
15. n. (dated) A bounce; a rebound. | |
the bound of a ball | |
16. v. (intransitive) To leap, move by jumping. | |
The rabbit bounded down the lane. | |
17. v. To cause to leap. | |
to bound a horse | |
18. v. (intransitive, dated) To rebound; to bounce. | |
a rubber ball bounds on the floor | |
19. v. (transitive, dated) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce. | |
to bound a ball on the floor | |
20. adj. (obsolete) Ready, prepared. | |
21. adj. Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of). | |
Which way are you bound? | |
Is that message bound for me? | |
bind |
1. v. (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass. | |
Just to make the cheese more binding | |
3. v. (intransitive) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction. | |
I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence. | |
These are the ties that bind. | |
5. v. To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc. | |
to bind grain in bundles to bind a prisoner | |
6. v. To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind. | |
Gravity binds the planets to the sun. | |
Frost binds the earth. | |
7. v. To couple. | |
8. v. (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie. | |
to bind the conscience to bind by kindness bound by affection commerce binds nations to each other | |
9. v. (law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant. | |
10. v. (law) To place under legal obligation to serve. | |
to bind an apprentice bound out to service | |
11. v. To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment. | |
12. v. (transitive, archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something. | |
to bind a belt about one to bind a compress upon a wound | |
13. v. To cover, as with a bandage. | |
to bind up a wound | |
14. v. (transitive, archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action. | |
Certain drugs bind the bowels. | |
15. v. To put together in a cover, as of books. | |
The three novels were bound together. | |
16. v. (transitive, chemistry) To make two or more elements stick together. | |
17. v. (transitive, computing) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location. | |
18. v. (dialect) To complain; to whine about something. | |
19. n. That which binds or ties. | |
20. n. A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary. | |
21. n. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine. | |
22. n. (music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes. | |
23. n. (chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break. | |
the Maróczy Bind | |
24. n. The indurated clay of coal mines. | |
bailiff |
1. n. (law enforcement) An officer of the court, particularly: | |
2. n. (historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Con | |
3. n. (UK) A high bailiff: an officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders, appointed by the judge and removable by the L | |
4. n. (UK) A bound bailiff: a deputy bailiff charged with debt collection. | |
5. n. (US, colloquial) Any law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order. | |
6. n. A huissier de justice or other foreign officer of the court acting as either a process server or as courtroom security. | |
7. n. A public administrator, particularly: | |
8. n. (obsolete) A king's man: any officer nominated by the English Crown. | |
9. n. (historical) The chief officer of a hundred in medieval England. | |
10. n. The title of the mayor of certain English towns. | |
11. n. The title of the castellan of certain royal castles in England. | |
12. n. The chief justice and president of the legislature on Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands. | |
13. n. The High Bailiff of the Isle of Man. | |
14. n. (obsolete) A bailie: an alderman in certain Scottish towns. | |
15. n. (historical) An appointee of the French king administering certain districts of northern France in the Middle Ages. | |
16. n. (historical) A head of a district ("bailiwick") of the Knights Hospitaller; a head of one of the national associations ("tongues") of the Hospitallers' | |
17. n. (historical) A landvogt in the medieval German states. | |
18. n. A private administrator, particularly (anchor, Steward) | |
19. n. (historical) A steward: the manager of a medieval manor charged with collecting its rents, etc. | |
20. n. (historical) An overseer: a supervisor of tenant farmers, serfs, or slaves, usually as part of his role as steward (see above). | |
21. n. (historical, mining) The foreman or overman of a mine. | |
22. n. (slang) Any debt collector, regardless of his or her official status. | |
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. | |
deputy |
1. n. One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office | |
the deputy of a prince | |
The deputy sheriff was promoted after his senior retired | |
As the deputy store manager, he is able to fire staff. | |
2. n. (mining, historical) A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners. | |
3. n. (France): A member of the Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif | |
4. n. (Ireland): a member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann. (Normally capitalised in both cases) | |
Eamon Ryan is a deputy in the Dáil. | |
At today's meeting, Deputy Ryan will speak on local issues. | |
5. v. (informal, nonstandard) to deputise | |
bailiff |
1. n. (law enforcement) An officer of the court, particularly: | |
2. n. (historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Con | |
3. n. (UK) A high bailiff: an officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders, appointed by the judge and removable by the L | |
4. n. (UK) A bound bailiff: a deputy bailiff charged with debt collection. | |
5. n. (US, colloquial) Any law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order. | |
6. n. A huissier de justice or other foreign officer of the court acting as either a process server or as courtroom security. | |
7. n. A public administrator, particularly: | |
8. n. (obsolete) A king's man: any officer nominated by the English Crown. | |
9. n. (historical) The chief officer of a hundred in medieval England. | |
10. n. The title of the mayor of certain English towns. | |
11. n. The title of the castellan of certain royal castles in England. | |
12. n. The chief justice and president of the legislature on Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands. | |
13. n. The High Bailiff of the Isle of Man. | |
14. n. (obsolete) A bailie: an alderman in certain Scottish towns. | |
15. n. (historical) An appointee of the French king administering certain districts of northern France in the Middle Ages. | |
16. n. (historical) A head of a district ("bailiwick") of the Knights Hospitaller; a head of one of the national associations ("tongues") of the Hospitallers' | |
17. n. (historical) A landvogt in the medieval German states. | |
18. n. A private administrator, particularly (anchor, Steward) | |
19. n. (historical) A steward: the manager of a medieval manor charged with collecting its rents, etc. | |
20. n. (historical) An overseer: a supervisor of tenant farmers, serfs, or slaves, usually as part of his role as steward (see above). | |
21. n. (historical, mining) The foreman or overman of a mine. | |
22. n. (slang) Any debt collector, regardless of his or her official status. | |
charged |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of charge | |
charge |
1. n. The scope of someone's responsibility. | |
The child was in the nanny's charge. | |
2. n. Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher. | |
The child was a charge of the nanny. | |
3. n. A load or burden; cargo. | |
The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings. | |
4. n. The amount of money levied for a service. | |
There will be a charge of five dollars. | |
5. n. An instruction. | |
I gave him the charge to get the deal closed by the end of the month. | |
6. n. (military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy. | |
Pickett did not die leading his famous charge. | |
7. n. An accusation. | |
That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust. | |
8. n. (physics, and chemistry) An electric charge. | |
9. n. (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender. | |
10. n. A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge. | |
11. n. (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon. | |
12. n. A forceful forward movement. | |
13. n. (weaponry) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack. | |
to bring a weapon to the charge | |
14. n. (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment. | |
15. n. (obsolete) Weight; import; value. | |
16. n. (historical, or obsolete) A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; a charre. | |
17. n. (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation. | |
18. v. To assign a duty or responsibility to. | |
19. v. To assign (a debit) to an account. | |
Let's charge this to marketing. | |
20. v. To pay on account, as by using a credit card. | |
Can I charge my purchase to my credit card? | |
Can I charge this purchase? | |
21. v. To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.). | |
to charge high for goods I won't charge you for the wheat | |
22. v. (possibly archaic) To sell at a given price. | |
to charge coal at $5 per unit | |
23. v. (law) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime. | |
I'm charging you with assault and battery. | |
24. v. To impute or ascribe. | |
25. v. To call to account; to challenge. | |
26. v. To place a burden or load on or in. | |
27. v. To ornament with or cause to bear. | |
to charge an architectural member with a moulding | |
28. v. (heraldry) To assume as a bearing. | |
He charges three roses. | |
29. v. (heraldry) To add to or represent on. | |
He charges his shield with three roses or. | |
30. v. To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials. | |
Charge your weapons; we're moving up. | |
31. v. To cause to take on an electric charge. | |
Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly. | |
32. v. To add energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery). | |
He charged the battery overnight. | |
Don't forget to charge the drill. | |
I charge my phone every night. | |
33. v. (intransitive) (Of a battery or a device containing a battery) To gain energy. | |
The battery is still charging: I can't use it yet. | |
His cell phone charges very quickly, whereas mine takes forever. | |
34. v. (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback. | |
35. v. (military, transitive and intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group. | |
The impetuous corps charged the enemy lines. | |
36. v. (basketball) To commit a charging foul. | |
37. v. (cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or | |
38. v. (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still (A command given by a hunter to a dog). | |
with |
1. prep. Against. | |
He picked a fight with the class bully. | |
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to. | |
He went with his friends. | |
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to. | |
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar. | |
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence. | |
5. prep. In support of. | |
We are with you all the way. | |
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by. | |
slain with robbers | |
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of. | |
cut with a knife | |
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on. | |
9. prep. Having, owning. | |
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc. | |
Do you want to come with? | |
11. adv. --> | |
12. n. alternative form of withe | |
debt |
1. n. An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another. | |
2. n. The state or condition of owing something to another. | |
I am in your debt. | |
3. n. Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction. | |
4. n. (legal) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due. | |
collection |
1. n. A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together. | |
The attic contains a remarkable collection of antiques, oddities, and random junk. | |
The asteroid belt consists of a collection of dust, rubble, and minor planets. | |
2. n. Multiple related objects associated as a group. | |
He has a superb coin collection. | |
3. n. The activity of collecting. | |
Collection of trash will occur every Thursday. | |
4. n. (topology, analysis) A set of sets. | |
5. n. A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations. | |
6. n. (law) Debt collection. | |
7. n. (obsolete) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred. | |
8. n. (UK) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise. | |
9. n. (in the UK, Oxford University) A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term. | |
10. n. The quality of being collected; calm composure. | |