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as
1. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
2. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
3. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
4. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
5. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
6. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
7. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
8. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
9. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
10. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
11. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
12. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
13. conj. Expressing concession; though.
14. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
15. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
16. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
17. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
18. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
19. n. plural of a
I
1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
(audio, Here I am, sir.ogg, Audio)
2. pron. (nonstandard, hypercorrection) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
3. n. (metaphysics) The ego.
4. n. (US, roadway) Interstate.
5. n. (grammar) (abbreviation of instrumental case)
6. pron. nonstandard spelling of I
continued
1. adj. (dated) Prolonged; unstopped.
2. adj. Uninterrupted.
3. v. simple past tense and past participle of continue
4. n. the word continued when placed in the end of the page to show it is to be continued
continue
1. v. To proceed with (qual, doing an activity); to prolong qual, an activity.
Shall I continue speaking, or will you just interrupt me again?
Do you want me to continue to unload these?
2. v. To make last; to prolong.
3. v. To retain (qual, someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
4. v. (intransitive) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
5. v. (intransitive) To resume.
When will the concert continue?
6. v. (transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
This meeting has been continued to the thirteenth of July.
7. v. (poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
8. n. (video games) An option allowing a gamer to resume play after game over, when all life, lives have been lost.
9. n. (programming) A statement which causes a loop to start executing the next iteration, skipping the statements following it.
to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.
2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
I have to do laundry today.
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
We are walking to the shop.
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
He devoted himself to education.
They drank to his health.
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
His face was beaten to a pulp.
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.
I have ten dollars to your four.
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
Three to the power of two is nine.
Three to the second is nine.
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
I gave the book to him.
12. prep. (time) Preceding.
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
There's a lot of sense to what he says.
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Please push the door to.
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
17. adv. misspelling of too
pour
1. v. To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it.
to pour water from a pail
to pour wine into a decanter
to pour oil upon the waters
to pour out sand or dust.
2. v. To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.
3. v. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
4. v. (intransitive) To flow, pass or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
the rain poured down.
5. v. (intransitive) Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.
6. v. (intransitive) To move in a throng, as a crowd.
The people poured out of the theater.
7. n. The act of pouring.
The bartender's inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam.
8. n. Something, or an amount, poured.
9. n. (colloquial) A stream, or something like a stream; especially a flood of precipitation.
10. v. misspelling of pore
out
See also individual phrasal verbs such as come out, go out, put out, take out, pull out, and so on.
1. adv. Away from the inside or the centre.
The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat.
2. adv. Away from home or one's usual place.
Let's eat out tonight
3. adv. Outside; not indoors.
Last night we slept out under the stars.
4. adv. Away from; at a distance.
Keep out!
5. adv. Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence.
Switch the lights out.
Put the fire out.
6. adv. To the end; completely.
I hadn't finished. Hear me out.
7. adv. Used to intensify or emphasize.
The place was all decked out for the holidays.
8. adv. (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
The sun came out after the rain, and we saw a rainbow.
9. adv. (cricket, baseball) Of a player, so as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket).
Wilson was bowled out for five runs.
10. prep. (nonstandard, contraction of out of) Away from the inside.
He threw it out the door.
11. prep. (colloquial) Outside.
It's raining out.
It's cold out.
12. n. A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
They wrote the law to give those organizations an out.
13. n. (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fieldi
14. n. (cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicke
15. n. (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.
16. n. (dated) A trip out; an outing.
17. n. (mostly, in plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
18. n. A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
19. n. (printing, dated) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
20. v. To eject; to expel.
21. v. To reveal (a person) to be gay, bisexual, or transgender.
22. v. To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
23. v. To reveal (a secret).
A Brazilian company outed the new mobile phone design.
24. v. (intransitive, archaic) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.
25. v. To become apparent.
26. adj. Not at home; not at one's office or place of employment.
I'm sorry, Mr Smith is out at the moment.
27. adj. Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
Did you hear? Their newest CD is out!
28. adj. (in various games; used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball) Dismissed from play under the rules of the game.
He bowls, Johnson pokes at it ... and ... Johnson is out! Caught behind by Ponsonby!
29. adj. Openly acknowledging that one is gay or transgender.
It's no big deal to be out in the entertainment business.
30. adj. (of flowers) In bloom.
The garden looks beautiful now that the roses are out.
31. adj. (of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
The sun is out, and it's a lovely day.
32. adj. (of lamps, fires etc.) Not shining or burning.
I called round to the house but all the lights were out and no one was home.
33. adj. (of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility.
Right, so that idea's out. Let's move on to the next one.
34. adj. No longer popular or in fashion.
Black is out this season. The new black is white.
35. adj. Without; no longer in possession of; not having more
Do you have any bread? Sorry, we're out.
36. adj. (of calculations or measurements) Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount.
Nothing adds up in this report. All these figures are out.
The measurement was out by three millimetres.
37. adj. (obsolete) Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted.
38. interj. (procedure word, especially, military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and does not expect a response.
Destruction. Two T-72s destroyed. Three foot mobiles down. Out.
My
1. n. megayear
2. pron. alternative case form of my often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
3. det. First-person singular possessive determiner. See.
4. det. Belonging to me.
I can't find my book.
5. det. Associated with me.
My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.
Don't you know my name?
I recognised him because he had attended my school.
6. det. Related to me.
My parents won't let me go out tonight.
7. det. In the possession of me.
I have to take my books back to the library soon.
8. interj. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
My, what big teeth you have!
heart
1. n. (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
2. n. Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.
The team lost, but they showed a lot of heart.
3. n. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart
4. n. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
5. n. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
6. n. (archaic) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
Listen, dear heart, we must go now.
7. n. Personality, disposition.
a cold heart
8. n. (figurative) A wight or being.
9. n. A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥ or sometimes (unsupported, <3).
10. n. A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
11. n. (cartomancy) The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
12. n. The centre, essence, or core.
The wood at the heart of a tree is the oldest.
Buddhists believe that suffering is right at the heart of all life.
13. v. (transitive, humorous, informal, mostly, internet slang) To be fond of. (Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.)
14. v. (transitive, obsolete) To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to be devoted.
15. v. (transitive, masonry) To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
16. v. (intransitive, agriculture, botany) To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
this
1. det. The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
This classroom is where I learned to read and write.
2. det. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned).
They give the appearance of knowing what they're doing. It's this appearance that lets them get away with so much.
3. det. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).
When asked what he wanted for his birthday, he gave this reply: “…”
4. det. A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...".
I met this woman the other day who's allergic to wheat. I didn't even know that was possible!
There's just this nervous mannerism that Bob has with his hands, and it drives me crazy.
5. det. (Of a unit of time) which is current.
It snowed this week.
6. adv. To the degree or extent indicated.
I need this much water.
We've already come this far, we can't turn back now.
7. pron. The thing, item, etc. being indicated.
This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,—often the surfeit of our own behaviour,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars(...) — Sh
8. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is here; one of these.
9. interj. (Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.
letter
1. n. A symbol in an alphabet.
There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.
2. n. A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
I wrote a letter to my sister about my life.
3. n. The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (often contrasted with the spirit).
4. n. (plural) Literature.
Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters.
5. n. (law) A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.
Letter (b) constitutes an exception to this provision.
6. n. (US) A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm, US paper sizes rounded to the nearest 5 mm).
7. n. (Canada) A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.
8. n. (US, scholastic) (clipping of varsity letter)
9. n. (printing, dated) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
10. v. To print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.
11. v. (intransitive, US, scholastic) To earn a varsity letter (award).
12. n. One who lets, or lets out.
the letter of a room
a blood-letter
13. n. (archaic) One who retards or hinders.
I
1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
(audio, Here I am, sir.ogg, Audio)
2. pron. (nonstandard, hypercorrection) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
3. n. (metaphysics) The ego.
4. n. (US, roadway) Interstate.
5. n. (grammar) (abbreviation of instrumental case)
6. pron. nonstandard spelling of I
could
1. v. simple past tense of can
Before I was blind, I could see very well.
2. v. conditional of can
3. v. Used as a past subjunctive (contrary to fact).
I think he could do it if he really wanted to.
I wish I could fly!
4. v. Used to politely ask for permission to do something.
Could I borrow your coat?
5. v. Used to politely ask for someone else to do something.
Could you proofread this email?
6. v. Used to show the possibility that something might happen.
We could rearrange the time if you like.
7. v. Used to suggest something.
You could try adding more salt to the soup.
8. n. Something that could happen, or could be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.
can
1. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
She can speak English, French, and German. I can play football. Can you remember your fifth birthday?
2. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework. Can I use your pen?
3. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.
Can it be Friday already?
Teenagers can really try their parents' patience.
Animals can experience emotions.
4. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
Can you hear that?.
I can feel the baby moving inside me.
5. v. (obsolete, transitive) To know.
6. n. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.
7. n. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
8. n. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
9. n. (archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory.
Shit or get off the can.
Bob's in the can. You can wait a few minutes or just leave it with me.
10. n. (US, slang) Buttocks.
11. n. (slang) Jail or prison.
Bob's in the can. He won't be back for a few years.
12. n. (slang) Headphones.
13. n. (archaic) A drinking cup.
14. n. (nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
15. n. A chimney pot.
16. v. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar.
They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.
17. v. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.
18. v. To shut up.
Can your gob.
19. v. (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee.
The boss canned him for speaking out.
barely
1. adv. (degree) By a small margin.
2. adv. (degree) Almost not at all.
The plane is so far away now I can barely see it.
Yes, it is barely visible.
3. adv. (archaic) merely.
hold
1. v. To grasp or grip.
Hold the pencil like this.
2. v. To contain or store.
This package holds six bottles.
3. v. To maintain or keep to a position or state.:
4. v. To have and keep possession of something.
Hold my coat for me. The general ordered the colonel to hold his position at all costs.
5. v. To reserve.
Hold a table for us at 7:00.
6. v. To cause to wait or delay.
Hold the elevator.
7. v. To detain.
Hold the suspect in this cell.
8. v. (intransitive) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
to hold true; The proposition holds.
9. v. To keep oneself in a particular state.
to hold firm; to hold opinions
10. v. To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
11. v. To bear, carry, or manage.
He holds himself proudly erect. Hold your head high.
12. v. (intransitive, mostly, imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
13. v. (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
14. v. To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
to hold one's bladder; to hold one's breath
15. v. To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.:
16. v. To maintain, to consider, to opine.
17. v. To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command. I'll hold him to that promise.
18. v. To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
19. v. To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
20. v. (archaic) To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.
21. v. (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
22. v. To take place, to occur.
23. v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month.
24. v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
25. n. A grasp or grip.
Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
26. n. A place where animals are held for safety
27. n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
Senator X placed a hold on the bill, then went to the library and placed a hold on a book.
28. n. Something reserved or kept.
We have a hold here for you.
29. n. Power over someone or something.
30. n. The ability to persist.
31. n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
32. n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat.
33. n. (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
34. n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
35. n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
36. n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
37. n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
38. n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
39. n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
40. n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
41. n. (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
42. adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
43. n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).
Put that in the hold.
back
1. adj. (not comparable) Near the rear.
Go in the back door of the house.
2. adj. (not comparable) Not current.
I’d like to find a back issue of that magazine.
3. adj. (not comparable) Far from the main area.
They took a back road.
4. adj. (not comparable) In arrear; overdue.
They still owe three months' back rent.
5. adj. (not comparable) Moving or operating backward.
back action
6. adj. (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
The vowel of smallcaps - lot has a back vowel in most dialects of England.
7. adv. (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
He gave back the money. He needs his money back. He was on vacation, but now he’s back. The office fell into chaos when you left, but now order is back.
8. adv. Away from the front or from an edge.
Sit all the way back in your chair.
Step back from the curb.
9. adv. In a manner that impedes.
Fear held him back.
10. adv. In a reciprocal manner.
If you hurt me, I'll hurt you back.
11. adv. Earlier, ago.
many years back
12. n. The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
Could you please scratch my back?
13. n. The spine and associated tissues.
I hurt my back lifting those crates.
14. n. (slang) Large and attractive buttocks.
15. n. (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
I still need to finish the back of your dress.
16. n. The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
Can you fix the back of this chair?
17. n. (obsolete) That part of the body that bears clothing. (Now used only in the phrase clothes on one's back.)
18. n. That which is farthest away from the front.
He sat in the back of the room.
19. n. The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
Turn the book over and look at the back.
20. n. # The edge of a book which is bound.
# The titles are printed on the backs of the books.
21. n. # (printing) The inside margin of a page.
22. n. # The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
# Tap it with the back of your knife.
23. n. The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
I hung the clothes on the back of the door.
24. n. Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
We'll meet out in the back of the library.
25. n. The part of something that goes last.
The car was near the back of the train.
26. n. (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
The backs were lined up in an I formation.
27. n. (figuratively) Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
The small boat raced over the backs of the waves.
28. n. A support or resource in reserve.
29. n. (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
The ship's back broke in the pounding surf.
30. n. (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
31. n. (slang) Effort, usually physical.
Put some back into it!
32. n. A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
Could I get a martini with a water back?
33. n. Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
34. v. (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
the train backed into the station; the horse refuses to back
35. v. To support.
I back you all the way; which horse are you backing in this race?
36. v. (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
37. v. (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
38. v. (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
39. v. (of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
40. v. To push or force backwards.
to back oxen
The mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet.
41. v. (transitive, obsolete) To get upon the back of; to mount.
42. v. (transitive, obsolete) To place or seat upon the back.
43. v. To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
to back books
44. v. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
45. v. To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
to back a letter; to back a note or legal document
46. v. (legal, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
47. v. To row backward with (oars).
to back the oars
48. n. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
49. n. A ferryboat.
the
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.
tears
1. n. plural of tear
2. n. viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of tear
tear
1. v. To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
He tore his coat on the nail.
2. v. To injure as if by pulling apart.
He has a torn ligament.
He tore some muscles in a weight-lifting accident.
3. v. To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
He was torn by conflicting emotions.
4. v. To make (an opening) with force or energy.
A piece of debris tore a tiny straight channel through the satellite.
His boss will tear him a new one when he finds out.
The artillery tore a gap in the line.
5. v. (transitive, often, with off, or out) To remove by tearing.
Tear the coupon out of the newspaper.
6. v. (transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish
The slums were torn down to make way for the new development.
7. v. (intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.
My dress has torn.
8. v. (intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
He went tearing down the hill at 90 miles per hour.
The tornado lingered, tearing through town, leaving nothing upright.
He tore into the backlog of complaints.
9. v. (intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.
The chain shot tore into the approaching line of infantry.
10. n. A hole or break caused by tearing.
A small tear is easy to mend, if it is on the seam.
11. n. (slang) A rampage.
to go on a tear
12. n. A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
There were big tears rolling down Lisa's cheeks.
Ryan wiped the tear from the paper he was crying on.
13. n. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
14. n. (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
15. n. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
16. v. (intransitive) To produce tears.
Her eyes began to tear in the harsh wind.
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
fact
1. n. (archaic) Action; the realm of action.
2. n. (legal, obsolete except in set phrases) A wrongful or criminal deed.
He had become an accessory after the fact.
3. n. (obsolete) A feat or meritorious deed.
4. n. An honest observation.
5. n. Something actual as opposed to invented.
In this story, the Gettysburg Address is a fact, but the rest is fiction.
6. n. Something which is real.
Gravity is a fact, not a theory.
7. n. Something which has become real.
The promise of television became a fact in the 1920s.
8. n. Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
Let's look at the facts of the case before deciding.
9. n. An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.
There is no doubting the fact that the Earth orbits the Sun.
10. n. Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.
The facts about space travel.
11. interj. Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.
I
1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
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2. pron. (nonstandard, hypercorrection) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
3. n. (metaphysics) The ego.
4. n. (US, roadway) Interstate.
5. n. (grammar) (abbreviation of instrumental case)
6. pron. nonstandard spelling of I
couldn't
1. v. could not (negative auxiliaryArnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, , Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513)
could
1. v. simple past tense of can
Before I was blind, I could see very well.
2. v. conditional of can
3. v. Used as a past subjunctive (contrary to fact).
I think he could do it if he really wanted to.
I wish I could fly!
4. v. Used to politely ask for permission to do something.
Could I borrow your coat?
5. v. Used to politely ask for someone else to do something.
Could you proofread this email?
6. v. Used to show the possibility that something might happen.
We could rearrange the time if you like.
7. v. Used to suggest something.
You could try adding more salt to the soup.
8. n. Something that could happen, or could be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.
can
1. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
She can speak English, French, and German. I can play football. Can you remember your fifth birthday?
2. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework. Can I use your pen?
3. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.
Can it be Friday already?
Teenagers can really try their parents' patience.
Animals can experience emotions.
4. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
Can you hear that?.
I can feel the baby moving inside me.
5. v. (obsolete, transitive) To know.
6. n. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.
7. n. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
8. n. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
9. n. (archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory.
Shit or get off the can.
Bob's in the can. You can wait a few minutes or just leave it with me.
10. n. (US, slang) Buttocks.
11. n. (slang) Jail or prison.
Bob's in the can. He won't be back for a few years.
12. n. (slang) Headphones.
13. n. (archaic) A drinking cup.
14. n. (nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
15. n. A chimney pot.
16. v. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar.
They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.
17. v. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.
18. v. To shut up.
Can your gob.
19. v. (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee.
The boss canned him for speaking out.
not
1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
2. adv. To no degree.
That is not red; it's orange.
3. conj. And not.
I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!
Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not!
5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function.
You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip.
6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not.
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
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.
couple
1. n. Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
2. n. Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
3. n. (informal) A small number.
4. n. One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
5. n. (physics) Two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction (and acting along parallel lines), thus creating the turning effect of a torque or moment.
6. n. (architecture) A couple-close.
7. n. (obsolete) That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
8. adj. (informal, US) Two or (a) small number of.
9. det. (colloquial, US) Two or a few, a small number of.
10. v. To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
Now the conductor will couple the train cars.
I've coupled our system to theirs.
11. v. (transitive, dated) To join in wedlock; to marry.
12. v. (intransitive) To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.
actually
1. adv. (modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
Actually, I had nothing to do with that incident.
2. adv. (obsolete) Actively.
Neither actually (...) nor passively. — Fuller.
dropped
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of drop
drop
1. n. A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid.
Put three drops of oil into the mixture.
2. n. The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
On one side of the road was a 50-foot drop.
3. n. A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
That was a long drop, but fortunately I didn't break any bones.
4. n. A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal activity; a drop-off point.
I left the plans at the drop, like you asked.
The Drop (film title)
5. n. An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies by parachute.
The delivery driver has to make three more drops before lunch.
6. n. (chiefly British, Australian) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage
He usually enjoys a drop after dinner.
7. n. (chiefly British, when used with the definite article (the drop)) alcoholic spirits in general.
It doesn't matter where you're from; anyone who enjoys the drop is a friend of mine.
8. n. (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
9. n. A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.
10. n. (American football) A dropped pass.
Yet another drop for the Tiger tight end.
11. n. (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back.
The Tiger quarterback took a one-step drop, expecting his tight end to be open.
12. n. (Rugby football) A drop-kick.
13. n. In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference between chest circumference and waist circumference.
14. n. (sports) relegation from one division to a lower one
15. n. (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies.
16. n. (music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in tempo, bass, and/or overall tone; also known
17. n. (US, banking dated) An unsolicited credit card issue.
18. n. The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
19. n. That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.
20. n. (architecture) A gutta.
21. n. A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's deck; a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet; a curtain which falls in front of a theat
22. n. (slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging.
23. n. A drop press or drop hammer.
24. n. (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
25. n. (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.
26. n. The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole, that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
27. v. (intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
28. v. To drip (a liquid).
29. v. (intransitive) Generally, to fall (straight down).
A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky.
30. v. (transitive, ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
Don't drop that plate! The police ordered the men to drop their weapons.
31. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
32. v. (intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground.
Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private! If your clothes are on fire, stop, drop and roll.
33. v. (intransitive) To fall dead, or to fall in death.
34. v. (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
35. v. To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
The moderator would drop hints whenever the students struggled. She would sometimes drop off to sleep straight after dinner.
36. v. (transitive, slang) To part with or spend (money).
37. v. To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.).
I'm tired of this subject. Will you just drop it?
38. v. (intransitive) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
The stock dropped 1.5% yesterday. We can take our vacation when the price of fuel drops. Watch for the temperature to drop sharply, then you'll know the reaction is comp
39. v. To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message).
Drop me a note when you get to the city.
40. v. To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
Make any sudden movements and I will drop you!
41. v. (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
Cockneys drop their aitches.
42. v. (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman being out.
Warne dropped Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball
43. v. (transitive, slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
They had never dropped acid.
44. v. To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
I dropped ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée.
45. v. To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
I've been dropped from the football team.
46. v. (Rugby football) To score a goal by means of a drop-kick.
47. v. (transitive, slang) To impart.
I drop knowledge wherever I go. Yo, I drop rhymes like nobody's business.
48. v. (transitive, music, computing, colloquial) To release to the public.
They dropped "Hip-Hop Xmas" in time for the holidays.
That hacker has been threatening to drop my docs i.e. publish my personal information.
49. v. (transitive, music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
That guy can drop the bass like a monster. I love it when he drops his funky beats.
50. v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To enter public distribution.
"Hip-Hop Xmas" dropped in time for the holidays.
51. v. (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
52. v. To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
I had to drop calculus because it was taking up too much of my time and I couldn't go anymore.
53. v. (transitive, fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
Drop a basket of fries.
54. v. To lower; to move to a lower position.
55. v. (intransitive, of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
Billy's voice dropped suddenly when he turned 12.
56. v. (intransitive, of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
The song, 180 beats per minute, drops to 150 BPM near the end. My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2.
57. v. (intransitive, of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
drop by soon; drop in on her tomorrow
58. v. To give birth to.
to drop a lamb
59. v. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
60. v. (slang) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
onto
1. prep. Upon; on top of.
My cat just jumped onto the keyboard.
2. prep. (informal) Aware of.
(The thought-police were onto my plans of World domination.)
3. prep. (mathematics) Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below).
The exponential function maps the set of real numbers onto the set of positive real numbers.
4. adj. (mathematics, of a function) Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain.
Considered as a function on the real numbers, the exponential function is not onto.
the
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.
letter
1. n. A symbol in an alphabet.
There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.
2. n. A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
I wrote a letter to my sister about my life.
3. n. The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (often contrasted with the spirit).
4. n. (plural) Literature.
Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters.
5. n. (law) A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.
Letter (b) constitutes an exception to this provision.
6. n. (US) A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm, US paper sizes rounded to the nearest 5 mm).
7. n. (Canada) A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.
8. n. (US, scholastic) (clipping of varsity letter)
9. n. (printing, dated) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
10. v. To print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.
11. v. (intransitive, US, scholastic) To earn a varsity letter (award).
12. n. One who lets, or lets out.
the letter of a room
a blood-letter
13. n. (archaic) One who retards or hinders.
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
smudged
1. adj. Blurred as by being rubbed.
a smudged chalk drawing
2. v. simple past tense and past participle of smudge
smudge
1. n. A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
There was a smudge on the paper.
2. n. Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
3. n. (US) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
4. n. (neopaganism, especially, in the phrase "smudge stick" (=) "stick of incense") A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.
5. v. To obscure by blurring; to smear.
6. v. To soil or smear with dirt.
7. v. To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
8. v. To stifle or smother with smoke.
9. v. (paganism, intransitive) To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).
10. v. (paganism, transitive) To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging).
the
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.
ink
1. n. A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.
2. n. A particular type, color or container of this fluid.
3. n. The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy.
4. n. (slang) Publicity.
The TSA has been getting a lot of ink lately.
5. n. (slang) Tattoo work.
6. n. (slang) Cheap red wine.
7. v. To apply ink to; to cover or smear with ink.
8. v. To sign (a contract or similar document).
9. v. To apply a tattoo to (someone).
10. v. (intransitive, of a squid or octopus) to eject ink (sense 3)

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