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every
1. det. All of a group (considered individually), without exception.
Every person in the room stood and cheered.
2. det. Used with ordinal numbers to denote those items whose position is divisible by the corresponding cardinal number, or a portion of equal size to that set.
Every third bead was red, and the rest were blue. The sequence was thus red, blue, blue, red, blue, blue etc.
Decimation originally meant the execution of every tenth soldier in a unit.
now
1. adj. Present; current.
2. adj. (archaic, legal) At the time the will is written. Used in order to prevent any inheritance from being transferred to a person of a future marriage. Does not indicate the existence of a previous marria
Now wife.
3. adj. (informal) Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
I think this band's sound is very now.
4. adv. At the present time.
Now I am six.
5. adv. (sentence) Used to introduce a point, a remonstration or a rebuke.
Now, we all want what is best for our children. Now, stop that Jimmy!
6. adv. Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
Now I am ready. We all now want the latest toys for our children. We all want what is now best for our children.
7. adv. Differently from the situation before a stated event or change of circumstance.
Now all the children have grown up and left, the house is very quiet. Now that my sister has gotten rid of their cat, we can go to her house this coming Thanksgiving.
8. adv. At the time reached within a narration.
Now, he remembered why he had come. He now asked her whether she had made pudding. The pudding was now ready to be served.
9. adv. In the context of urgency.
Now listen, we must do something about this.
10. adv. (obsolete) As 'but now': Very recently; not long ago; up to the present.
11. conj. Since, because, in light of the fact; often with that.
We can play football now that the rain has stopped.
Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry.
Now that we're all here, let's start the meeting. = Let's start the meeting now that everyone's here.
12. interj. Indicates a signal to begin.
Now! Fire all we've got while the enemy is in reach!
13. n. The present time.
Now is the right time.
There is no better time than now.
14. n. (often, with "the") The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.
She is living in the now.
15. n. (chiefly in phenomenology) A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.
16. v. misspelling of know
I don't now. (intended: I don't know.)
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.
then
1. adv. (temporal location) At that time.
He was happy then.
2. adv. (temporal location) Soon afterward.
He fixed it, then left.
Turn left, then right, then right again, then keep going until you reach the service station.
3. adv. (sequence) Next in order; in addition.
There are three green ones, then a blue one.
4. adv. (conjunctive) In that case.
If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key.
Is it 12 o'clock already? Then it's time for me to leave.
You don't like potatoes? What do you want me to cook, then?
5. adv. (sequence) At the same time; on the other hand.
That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.
6. adv. (dialect) Used to contradict an assertion.
7. adj. Being so at that time.
8. n. That time
It will be finished before then.
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
catch
1. n. The act of seizing or capturing.
The catch of the perpetrator was the product of a year of police work.
2. n. The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
The player made an impressive catch.
Nice catch!
3. n. The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
Good catch. I never would have remembered that.
4. n. The game of catching a ball.
The kids love to play catch.
5. n. A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
Did you see his latest catch?
He's a good catch.
6. n. Something which is captured or caught. (jump, quantity captured, s)
The fishermen took pictures of their catch.
The catch amounted to five tons of swordfish.
7. n. A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
She installed a sturdy catch to keep her cabinets closed tight.
8. n. A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
There was a catch in his voice when he spoke his father's name.
9. n. (sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
It sounds like a great idea, but what's the catch?
Be careful, that's a catch question.
10. n. A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
I bent over to see under the table and got a catch in my side.
11. n. A fragment of music or poetry.
12. n. (obsolete) A state of readiness to capture or seize; an ambush.
13. n. (agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
14. n. (obsolete) A type of strong boat, usually having two masts; a ketch.
15. n. (music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
16. n. (music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
17. n. (cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
18. n. (cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
19. n. (rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
20. n. (phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
21. n. Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
22. n. A slight remembrance; a trace.
23. v. To capture, overtake.:
24. v. To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
I hope I catch a fish. He ran but we caught him at the exit. The police caught the robber at a nearby casino.
25. v. To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
26. v. (transitive figuratively, dated) To marry or enter into a similar relationship with.
27. v. To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
If he catches you on the chin, you'll be on the mat.
28. v. To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
If you leave now you might catch him. I would love to have dinner but I have to catch a plane.
29. v. To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
He was caught on video robbing the bank. He was caught in the act of stealing a biscuit.
30. v. To travel by means of.
catch the bus
31. v. (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
32. v. To seize hold of.:
33. v. (transitive, dated) To grab, seize, take hold of.
I caught her by the arm and turned her to face me.
34. v. To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
I have to stop for a moment and catch my breath. I caught some Z's on the train.
35. v. To grip or entangle.
My leg was caught in a tree-root.
36. v. (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
Be careful your dress doesn't catch on that knob. His voice caught when he came to his father's name.
37. v. (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
Push it in until it catches. The engine finally caught and roared to life.
38. v. To have something be held back or impeded.
I caught my heel on the threshold.
39. v. (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
He caught at the railing as he fell.
40. v. Of fire, to spread or be conveyed to.
The fire spread slowly until it caught the eaves of the barn.
41. v. (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
42. v. (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
The seeds caught and grew.
43. v. (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
44. v. (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
When the program catches an exception, this is recorded in the log file.
45. v. To intercept.:
46. v. To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
I will throw you the ball, and you catch it. Watch me catch this raisin in my mouth.
47. v. (transitive, now rare) To seize (an opportunity) when it occurs.
48. v. (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
Townsend hit 29 before he was caught by Wilson.
49. v. (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
He caught the last three innings.
50. v. To receive (by being in the way).:
51. v. To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
You're going to catch a beating if they find out.
52. v. To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
The sunlight caught the leaves and the trees turned to gold. Her hair was caught by the light breeze.
53. v. To be infected by (an illness).
Everyone seems to be catching the flu this week.
54. v. (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
55. v. (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
The bucket catches water from the downspout. The trees caught quickly in the dry wind.
56. v. To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or infection.
She finally caught the mood of the occasion.
57. v. To be hit by something.
He caught a bullet in the back of the head last year.
58. v. (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
59. v. (intransitive,) To get pregnant.
Well, if you didn't catch this time, we'll have more fun trying again until you do.
60. v. To take in with one's senses or intellect.:
61. v. To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
one
1. num. (cardinal) The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
In some religions, there is only one god.
In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.
One person, one vote.
2. num. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
3. num. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
4. num. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
5. pron. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
The big one looks good. I want the green one. A good driver is one who drives carefully.
6. pron. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.
7. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed. One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.
8. pron. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
"driver", noun: one who drives.
9. n. The digit or figure 1.
10. n. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
11. n. (US) A one-dollar bill.
12. n. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
13. n. A joke or amusing anecdote.
14. n. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
15. n. (Internet slang) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
Someone help me; I'm always losing!
B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
Why don't you just go away loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
16. adj. Of a period of time, being particular.
One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
17. adj. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other.".
18. adj. Sole, only.
He is the one man who can help you.
19. adj. Whole, entire.
Body and soul are not separate; they are one.
20. adj. In agreement.
We are one on the importance of learning.
21. adj. The same.
The two types look very different, but are one species.
22. adj. Being a preeminent example.
He is one hell of a guy.
23. adj. Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.
24. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.
masturbating
1. v. present participle of masturbate
masturbate
1. v. (intransitive) To stimulate oneself sexually, especially by use of one’s hand or a sex toy made for this purpose, often to the point of ejaculation.
I find this difficult to masturbate to.
2. v. (transitive, colloquial) To stimulate someone else sexually without penetration of the penis.
3. v. (informal) To stimulate or please oneself by means of anything, not necessarily sexual, that does not get them anywhere; something that wastes their time; something that does not help others or achiev
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.
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.
locker
1. n. A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store clothing, equipment, or books.
The student placed her books in her locker when she arrived at school.
2. n. (rare) One who locks something.
The locker of the trapped chest must be careful, so as not to spring the trap.
3. n. (automotive) A locking differential.
4. n. (historical) A customs officer who guards a warehouse.
room
1. n. (now rare) Opportunity or scope (to do something).
2. n. Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
3. n. (archaic) A particular portion of space.
4. n. (figuratively) Sufficient space for or to do something.
5. n. (nautical) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
6. n. (obsolete) Place; stead.
7. n. A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
8. n. With possessive pronoun: one's bedroom.
Go to your room!
9. n. (in the plural) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
10. n. (always in the singular) The people in a room.
The room was on its feet.
11. n. (mining) An area for working in a coal mine.
12. n. (caving) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.
13. n. (Internet) A forum or chat room.
Some users may not be able to access the AOL room.
14. n. Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.
15. n. Furniture sufficient to furnish a room.
16. v. (intransitive) To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.
Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street.
17. v. To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.
18. adj. (dialectal, or obsolete) Wide; spacious; roomy.
19. adv. (dialectal, or obsolete) Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent.
20. adv. (nautical) Off from the wind.
21. n. alt form, roum, , deep blue dye

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