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dressing
1. n. (medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
2. n. A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
3. n. Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
4. n. The activity of getting dressed.
5. n. (obsolete) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
6. n. The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.
7. n. Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
8. n. An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
9. n. (dated) Castigation; scolding; dressing down.
10. n. (dated) the process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals
11. v. present participle of dress
dress
1. n. An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes skirts below the waist.
Amy and Mary looked very pretty in their dresses.
2. n. Apparel, clothing.
He came to the party in formal dress.
3. n. The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
4. n. A dress rehearsal.
5. v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To prepare oneself; to make ready.
6. v. To adorn, ornament.
It was time to dress the windows for Christmas again.
7. v. (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when "dressed full", the signal flags and pennants are added.
8. v. To treat (a wound, or wounded person).
9. v. To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it.
10. v. To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone).
He was dressed in the latest fashions.
11. v. (intransitive) To clothe oneself; to put on clothes.
I rose and dressed before daybreak. It's very cold out. Dress warm.
12. v. (sports) To put on the uniform and equipment necessary to play the game.
Due to a left ankle sprain, Kobe Bryant did not dress for the game against Indiana
13. v. (intransitive) Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other within the trousers.
Does sir dress to the right or the left?
14. v. To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
to dress leather or cloth; to dress a garden; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them
15. v. To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber).
16. v. To bolt or sift flour.
17. v. (military, ambitransitive) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align. Sometimes an imperative command.
to dress the ranks
Right, dress!
18. v. To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.
down
1. n. (especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland
We went for a walk over the downs.
The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east England.
2. n. (usually plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
3. n. (mostly) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
4. n. (American football) Any of the four chances for a team to successfully move the ball for the yards needed to keep possession of the ball.
first down, second down, etc.
5. adv. (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
The cat jumped down from the table.
6. adv. (comparable) At a lower and/or further along or away place or position along a set path.
His place is farther down the road.
The company was well down the path to bankruptcy.
7. adv. South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
I went down to Miami for a conference.
8. adv. (Ireland) Away from the city (even if the location is to the North).
He went down to Cavan.
down on the farm
down country
9. adv. (sport) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
10. adv. Into a state of non-operation.
The computer has been shut down.
They closed the shop down.
11. adv. To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
Smith was sent down to the minors to work on his batting.
After the incident, Kelly went down to Second Lieutenant.
12. adv. (anchor, Adv_rail)(rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
13. adv. (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
Down, boy! (such as to direct a dog to stand on four legs from two, or to sit from standing on four legs.)
14. adv. (academia) Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
He's gone back down to Newcastle for Christmas.
15. adv. From a remoter or higher antiquity.
16. adv. From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence.
17. adv. From less to greater detail.
18. adv. (intensifier) Used with verbs to add emphasis to the action of the verb.
They tamped (down) the asphalt to get a better bond.
19. adv. Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, rather than being of indefinite duration.
He boiled the mixture./He boiled down the mixture.
He sat waiting./He sat down and waited.
20. prep. From the higher end to the lower of.
The ball rolled down the hill.
21. prep. From one end to another of.
The bus went down the street.
They walked down the beach holding hands.
22. adj. (informal) sad, unhappy, Depressed, feeling low.
23. adj. Sick or ill.
He is down with the flu.
24. adj. At a lower level than before.
The stock market is down.
Prices are down.
25. adj. Having a lower score than an opponent.
They are down by 3-0 with just 5 minutes to play.
He was down by a bishop and a pawn after 15 moves.
At 5-1 down, she produced a great comeback to win the set on a tiebreak.
26. adj. (baseball, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
Two down and one to go in the bottom of the ninth.
27. adj. (colloquial) With "on", negative about, hostile to
Ever since Nixon, I've been down on Republicans.
28. adj. (not comparable, North America, slang) Comfortable with, accepting of.
He's chill enough; he'd probably be totally down with it.
Are you down to hang out at the mall, Jamal?
As long as you're down with helping me pick a phone, Tyrone.
29. adj. (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
The system is down.
30. adj. Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
Two down and three to go. (Two tasks completed and three more still to be done.)
Ten minutes down and nothing's happened yet.
31. adj. (not comparable military, police slang) Wounded and unable to move normally; killed.
We have an officer down outside the suspect's house.
There are three soldiers down and one walking wounded.
32. adj. (not comparable military, aviation slang) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
We have a chopper down near the river.
33. adj. Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
It's two weeks until opening night and our lines are still not down yet.
34. adj. (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.
35. v. To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
He downed an ale and ordered another.
36. v. To cause to come down; to knock down or subdue.
The storm downed several old trees along the highway.
37. v. (transitive, pocket billiards) To put a ball in a pocket; to pot a ball.
He downed two balls on the break.
38. v. (transitive, American football) To bring a play to an end by touching the ball to the ground or while it is on the ground.
He downed it at the seven-yard line.
39. v. To write off; to make fun of.
40. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go down; to descend.
41. n. A negative aspect; a downer.
I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.
42. n. (dated) A grudge (on someone).
43. n. An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
44. n. (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
I bet after the third down, the kicker will replace the quarterback on the field.
45. n. (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
I haven't solved 12 or 13 across, but I've got most of the downs.
46. n. A downstairs room of a two-story house.
She lives in a two-up two-down.
47. n. Down payment.
48. n. Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
49. n. (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
50. n. The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
51. n. That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
52. v. To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
should
1. v. (auxiliary) Be obliged to; have an obligation to; indicates that the subject of the sentence has some obligation to execute the sentence predicate or that the speaker has some strong advice but has no
What do I think? What should I do?
You should never drink and drive.
You should always wear a seat belt.
2. v. (auxiliary) ought to; speaker's opinion, or advice that an action is correct, beneficial, or desirable.
You should brush your teeth every day.
I should exercise more often, but I'm too lazy.
3. v. (auxiliary) Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the subject of the sentence is likely to execute the sentence predicate.
When you press this button, the pilot flame should ignite.
You should be warm enough with that coat.
4. v. (auxiliary, subjunctive) Used as a variant of the present subjunctive.
If I should be late, go without me.
Should you need extra blankets, you will find them in the closet.
5. v. (auxiliary) simple past tense of shall
I told him that I should be busy tomorrow.
6. v. (auxiliary, formal, literary) A variant of would when used with first person subjects.
I should imagine that everything is fine right now.
I should be lucky if I were you.
7. n. A statement of what ought to be the case as opposed to what is the case.
shall
1. v. (modal, auxiliary verb, defective) Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural.
I shall sing in the choir tomorrow.
I hope that we shall win the game.
2. v. Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural.
(determination): You shall go to the ball!
(obligation): Citizens shall provide proof of identity.
3. v. Used in questions with the first person singular or plural to suggest a possible future action.
Shall I help you with that?
Shall we go out later?
Let us examine that, shall we?
4. v. (obsolete) To owe.
have
Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast, third-person singular present tense hath, present participle haveing, and second-person singular past tense hadst.
1. v. To possess, own, hold.
I have a house and a car.
Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street!
2. v. To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
I have two sisters.
I have a lot of work to do.
3. v. To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
I have breakfast at six o'clock.
Can I have a look at that?
I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now.
4. v. To be scheduled to attend or participate in.
What class do you have right now? I have English.
Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day.
5. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) (Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.)
I have already eaten today.
I had already eaten.
6. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
I have to go.
7. v. To give birth to.
The couple always wanted to have children.
My wife is having the baby right now!
My mother had me when she was 25.
8. v. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
He's always bragging about how many women he's had.
9. v. To accept as a romantic partner.
Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.
10. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.
11. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
He had him arrested for trespassing.
The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears.
12. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.
I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.
13. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.
14. v. (Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below.))
We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we?
Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she?
(UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he?
15. v. (UK, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
I could have him!
I'm gonna have you!
16. v. (dated) To be able to speak a language.
I have no German.
17. v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.
18. v. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
He had a cold last week.
19. v. To experience, go through, undergo.
We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.
He had surgery on his hip yesterday.
I'm having the time of my life!
20. v. To trick, to deceive.
You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.
21. v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.
The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it.
I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night.
22. v. (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it.
23. v. To host someone; to take in as a guest.
Thank you for having me!
24. v. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
What do you have for problem two?
I have two contacts on my scope.
25. v. (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon.
26. n. A wealthy or privileged person.
27. n. (uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing.
28. n. (AU, NZ, informal) A fraud or deception; something misleading.
They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have.
taken
1. adj. Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.
He was very taken with the girl, I hear.
2. adj. (informal) In a serious romantic relationship.
I can't ask her out, she's taken.
3. v. past participle of take
take
1. v. To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.
They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands.
I'll take that plate off the table.
2. v. To seize or capture.
take the guards prisoner
take prisoners
After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city.
3. v. To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
took ten catfish in one afternoon
4. v. (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
5. v. To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
Billy took her pencil.
6. v. To exact.
take a toll
take revenge
7. v. To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
took the next two tricks
took Smith's rook
8. v. To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
took third place
took bribes
The camera takes 35mm film.
9. v. To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
The store doesn't take checks.
She wouldn't take any money for her help.
Do you take credit?
The vending machine only takes bills, it doesn't take coins.
10. v. To accept and follow (advice, etc).
take my advice
11. v. To receive into some relationship.
take a wife
The school only takes new students in the fall.
The therapist wouldn't take him as a client.
12. v. (transitive, intransitive, legal) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
13. v. To remove.
take two eggs from the carton
14. v. To remove or end by death; to kill.
The earthquake took many lives.
The plague took rich and poor alike.
Cancer took her life.
He took his life last night.
15. v. To subtract.
take one from three and you are left with two
16. v. To have sex with.
17. v. To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.
The woman guarding us looks like a professional, but I can take her!
18. v. To grasp or grip.
He took her hand in his.
19. v. To select or choose; to pick.
Take whichever bag you like.
She took the best men with her and left the rest to garrison the city.
I'll take the blue plates.
I'll take two sugars in my coffee, please.
20. v. To adopt (select) as one's own.
She took his side in every argument.
take a stand on the important issues
21. v. To carry or lead (something or someone).
She took her sword with her everywhere she went.
I'll take the plate with me.
22. v. (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
The next bus will take you to Metz.
I took him for a ride
I took him down to London.
23. v. (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
These stairs take you down to the basement.
Stone Street took us right past the store.
24. v. To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
She took the steps two or three at a time/
He took the curve / corner too fast.
The pony took every hedge and fence in its path.
25. v. To escort or conduct (a person).
He took her to lunch at the new restaurant, took her to the movies, and then took her home.
26. v. (reflexive) To go.
27. v. To use as a means of transportation.
take the ferry
I took a plane.
He took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester.
He's 96 but he still takes the stairs.
28. v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
29. v. To obtain for use by payment or lease.
She took a condo at the beach for the summer.
He took a full-page ad in the Times.
30. v. To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
They took two magazines.
I used to take The Sunday Times.
31. v. To consume.
32. v. To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
take two of these and call me in the morning
take the blue pill
I take aspirin every day to thin my blood.
33. v. To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
The general took dinner at seven o'clock.
34. v. To experience, undergo, or endure.
35. v. To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
take sun-baths
take a shower
She made the decision to take chemotherapy.
36. v. To experience or feel.
She takes pride in her work.
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.
sting
1. n. A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
2. n. A bite by an insect.
3. n. A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
4. n. A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis
5. n. (botany) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.
6. n. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
7. n. (law enforcement) A police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal.
8. n. A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.
9. n. A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of punctuation in a dramatic or comedic scene.
10. n. A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.
11. n. (figurative) The harmful or painful part of something.
12. n. A goad; incitement.
13. n. The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
14. v. To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.
Right so came out an adder of a little heathbush, and it stung a knight in the foot.
Still, it stung when a slightly older acquaintance asked me why I couldn't do any better.
15. v. (transitive, of an insect) To bite.
16. v. (intransitive, sometimes figurative) To hurt, to be in pain.
My hand stings after knocking on the door so long.
17. v. (figurative) To cause harm or pain to.
I thought I could park in front of the hotel, but they stung me for five pounds!
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.
of
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
6. prep. Expressing separation.
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
He seemed devoid of human feelings.
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
10. prep. Expressing origin.
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
The invention was born of necessity.
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
It is said that she died of a broken heart.
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
I am tired of all this nonsense.
15. prep. Expressing agency.
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
She wore a dress of silk.
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
What a lot of nonsense!
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
I'm always thinking of you.
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
He told us the story of his journey to India.
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
29. prep. Having partitive effect.
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
Most of these apples are rotten.
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
He is a friend of mine.
34. prep. Expressing possession.
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
She had a profound distrust of the police.
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
It's not that big of a deal.
45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
fashion
1. n. A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.
2. n. Popular trends.
Check out the latest in fashion.
3. n. A style or manner in which something is done.
4. n. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; workmanship; execution.
the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.
5. n. (dated) Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding.
men of fashion
6. v. To make, build or construct, especially in a crude or improvised way.
7. v. (dated) To make in a standard manner; to work.
8. v. (dated) To fit, adapt, or accommodate to.
9. v. (obsolete) To forge or counterfeit.
snobbery
1. n. The property or trait of being a snob.

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