at |
1. prep. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place. | |
Caesar was at Rome; at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine; at Jim’s house | |
2. prep. (indicating time) (Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.) | |
at six o’clock; at closing time; at night. | |
3. prep. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner). | |
He threw the ball at me. He shouted at her. | |
4. prep. Denotes a price. | |
3 apples at 2¢ (each) The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations. | |
5. prep. Occupied in (activity). | |
men at work | |
6. prep. In a state of. | |
She is at sixes and sevens with him. They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff. The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces. | |
7. prep. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series. | |
Sell at 90. Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders. I'm offering it—just to select customers—at cost. | |
8. prep. Because of. | |
to laugh at a joke mad at their comments | |
9. prep. Indicates a means, method, or manner. | |
10. prep. Holding a given speed or rate. | |
It is growing at the rate of 3% a year. Cruising along at fifty miles per hour. | |
11. prep. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding. | |
The twins were both bad at chemistry. | |
He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation. | |
12. prep. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to | |
13. n. The at sign (@). | |
14. n. (alt form, att) (Laos currency unit) | |
least |
1. det. superlative form of little: most little; the smallest amount of something. | |
He earns the least money in his family. Of all the sisters, she has the least patience. I can only afford to pay the least of the bills. | |
2. adv. Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est. | |
It was the least surprising thing. | |
3. adv. In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others. | |
to reward those who least deserve it | |
4. n. (philosophy) Something of the smallest possible extent; an indivisible unit. | |
5. adj. superlative form of less: most less | |
6. adj. superlative form of little: most little | |
7. prep. (informal, nonstandard) At least. | |
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. | |
until |
1. prep. Up to the time of (something happening). | |
2. prep. Before (a time). | |
3. prep. (obsolete) To; physically towards. | |
4. conj. Up to the time that (a condition becomes true). | |
5. conj. Before (a condition becoming true). | |
He |
1. pron. honoraltcaps, he | |
I love the Lord for He is Great and Holy. | |
2. pron. (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied. | |
3. pron. (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant. | |
The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna? | |
4. pron. (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown. | |
5. n. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he". | |
6. n. (informal) A male. | |
Alex totally is a he. | |
7. n. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). | |
threw |
1. v. simple past tense of throw | |
throw |
1. v. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn. | |
A thrown nail. | |
2. v. To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air. | |
throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider | |
3. v. To eject or cause to fall off. | |
4. v. To move to another position or condition; to displace. | |
throw the switch | |
5. v. (ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel. | |
6. v. (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery. | |
7. v. (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing. | |
If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid operation exception. | |
8. v. (sports) To intentionally lose a game. | |
The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match. | |
9. v. (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead. | |
The deliberate red herring threw me at first. | |
10. v. (figuratively) To send desperately. | |
Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle. | |
11. v. To imprison. | |
The magistrate ordered the suspect to be thrown into jail. | |
12. v. To organize an event, especially a party. | |
13. v. To roll (a die or dice). | |
14. v. To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it. | |
15. v. (transitive, bridge) To discard. | |
16. v. (martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower. | |
17. v. (transitive, said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else. | |
18. v. To show sudden emotion, especially anger. | |
19. v. To project or send forth. | |
20. v. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly. | |
21. v. To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole c | |
22. v. (baseball, slang) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever). | |
23. v. To install a bridge. | |
24. n. The flight of a thrown object | |
What a great throw by the quarterback! | |
25. n. The act of throwing something. | |
With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow. | |
26. n. One's ability to throw | |
He's got a girl's throw. | |
He's always had a pretty decent throw. | |
27. n. A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston. | |
28. n. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing. | |
29. n. A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance. | |
Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw. | |
30. n. Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe. | |
31. n. (veterinary) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows. | |
32. v. (transitive, said of animals) To give birth to. | |
33. n. (obsolete) A moment, time, occasion. | |
34. n. (obsolete) A period of time; a while. | |
35. n. misspelling of throe | |
it |
1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals. | |
Put it over there. | |
Take each day as it comes. | |
I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today. | |
2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender. | |
She took the baby and held it in her arms. | |
3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation. | |
It's me. John. | |
Is it her? | |
4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it) | |
It is nearly 10 o’clock. | |
It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five. | |
It’s very cold today. | |
It’s lonely without you. | |
5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms. | |
stick it out | |
live it up | |
rough it | |
6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i | |
It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see) | |
I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that) | |
It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing) | |
He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that) | |
It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if) | |
7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more. | |
Are there more students in this class, or is this it? | |
That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you. | |
8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male. | |
9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what. | |
10. det. (obsolete) its | |
11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being. | |
12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag. | |
In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it… | |
13. n. (British) The game of tag. | |
Let's play it at breaktime. | |
14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty. | |
15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity. | |
caught them doing it | |
16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable. | |
away |
1. adv. From a place, hence. | |
He went away on vacation. | |
2. adv. Aside; off; in another direction. | |
3. adv. From a state or condition of being; out of existence. | |
4. adv. (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away. | |
5. adv. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay. | |
sing away | |
6. adv. Without restraint. | |
You've got questions? Ask away! | |
7. adv. Being so engaged for the entire time. | |
That's where tourists go to hear great Cuban bands and dance the night away. | |
8. adv. At a distance in time or space. | |
Christmas is only two weeks away. | |
9. interj. (Northern England) come on!; go on! | |
10. adj. Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation. | |
The master is away from home. | |
Would you pick up my mail while I'm away. | |
11. adj. (following the noun modified) At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively. | |
He's miles away by now. | |
Spring is still a month away. | |
12. adj. (chiefly sports) Not on one's home territory. | |
Entrance for away supporters. | |
Next, they are playing away in Dallas. | |
13. adj. (baseball, following the noun modified) Out. | |
Two men away in the bottom of the ninth. | |
14. adj. misspelling of aweigh | |