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he
     1. pron. (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.
     2. 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?
     3. pron. (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown.
     4. n. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
     5. n. (informal) A male.
           Alex totally is a he.
     6. n. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
sneaks
     1. n. plural of sneak
     sneak
          1. n. One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.
                My little brother is such a sneak; yesterday I caught him trying to look through my diary.
          2. n. A cheat; a con artist; a trickster
                I can't believe I gave that sneak $50 for a ticket when they were selling for $20 at the front gate.
          3. n. An informer; a tell-tale.
          4. n. (obsolete, cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; a daisy-cutter
          5. n. (US) A sneaker; a tennis shoe.
          6. v. (intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.
                He decided to sneak into the kitchen for a second cookie while his mom was on the phone.
          7. v. To take something stealthily without permission.
                I went to sneak a chocolate but my dad caught me.
          8. v. (ditransitive) To stealthily bring someone something.
                She asked me to sneak her a phone next month.
          9. v. (transitive, dated) To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.
          10. v. (intransitive) (informal, especially with on) To inform an authority about another's misdemeanours; to tell tales; to grass.
                If you sneak on me I'll bash you!
          11. adj. In advance; before release to the general public.
                The company gave us a sneak look at their new electronic devices.
          12. adj. In a stealthy or surreptitious manner.
                I was able to get a sneak peek at the guest list.
all
     1. adv. (degree) intensifier.
           It suddenly went all quiet.
           She was all, “Whatever.”
     2. adv. (poetic) Entirely.
     3. adv. Apiece; each.
           The score was 30 all when the rain delay started.
     4. adv. (degree) So much.
           Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets.
     5. adv. (obsolete, poetic) even; just
     6. det. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or un).
           All contestants must register at the scorer’s table.  All flesh is originally grass.  All my friends like classical music.
     7. det. Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).
           The store is open all day and all night. (= through the whole of the day and the whole of the night.)
           I’ve been working on this all year. (= from the beginning of the year until now.)
     8. det. (obsolete) Any.
     9. det. Only; alone; nothing but.
           He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice.
     10. pron. Everything.
           some gave all they had;  she knows all and sees all;  Those who think they know it all are annoying to those of us who do.
     11. pron. Everyone.
           A good time was had by all.
     12. n. (with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.
           She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line.
     13. n. The totality of one's possessions.
     14. conj. (obsolete) although
     15. adj. (dialect, Pennsylvania) All gone; dead.
           The butter is all.
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.
way
     1. n. To do with a place or places.:
     2. n.          A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
                   Do you know the way to the airport?  Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut.  It's a long way from here.
     3. n.          A means to enter or leave a place.
                   We got into the cinema through the back way.
     4. n.          A roughly-defined geographical area.
                   If you're ever 'round this way, come over and visit me.
     5. n. A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
           You're going about it the wrong way.  He's known for his quirky ways.  I don't like the way she looks at me.
     6. n. A state or condition
           When I returned home, I found my house and belongings in a most terrible way.
     7. n. Personal interaction.:
     8. n.          Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way').
                   There's no way I'm going to clean up after you.
     9. n.          Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.
                   My little sister always whines until she gets her way.
     10. n. (paganism) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.
     11. n. (nautical) Speed, progress, momentum.
     12. n. A degree, an amount, a sense.
           In a large way, crocodiles and alligators are similar.
     13. n. (US, As the head of an interjectory clause) Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation.
           Way to ruin the moment, guys.
     14. n. (plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.
     15. n. (plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.
     16. interj. (only in reply to no way) It is true.
     17. v. (obsolete) To travel.
     18. adv. (informal, with comparative or modified adjective) Much.
           I'm way too tired to do that.
           I'm a way better singer than Emma.
     19. adv. (slang) Very.
           I'm way tired
           String theory is way cool, except for the math.
     20. adv. (informal) Far.
           I used to live way over there.
           The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill.
     21. n. The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.
over
     1. adj. Discontinued; ended or concluded.
           The show is over.
     2. adv. Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
           Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting.
           Let me think that over.
           I'm going to look over our department's expenses.
     3. adv. To an excessive degree; overly.
     4. adv. From an upright position to being horizontal.
           He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out.
           That building just fell over!
           He bent over to touch his toes.
     5. adv. Horizontally; left to right or right to left.
           Slide the toilet-paper dispenser's door over when one roll is empty in order to reveal the other.
           I moved over to make room for him to sit down.
     6. adv. From one position or state to another.
           Please pass that over to me.
           He came over to our way of thinking on the new project.
           Come over and play!
           I'll bring over a pizza.
     7. adv. Overnight (throughout the night).
           We stayed over at Grandma's.
           Can I sleep over?
     8. adv. (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
           I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over.
     9. adv. (procedure word, military) a procedure word meaning that a station is finished transmitting and is expecting a response.
           Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over.
           Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over.
     10. n. (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
     11. n. Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
     12. prep. Physical positioning.
     13. prep.          On top of; above; higher than; further up.
                   Hold the sign up over your head.   climb up the ladder and look over the roof
     14. prep.          Across or spanning.
                   There is a bridge over the river.
     15. prep.          In such a way as to cover.
                   drape the fabric over the table;  there is a roof over the house
     16. prep.          From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
                   The dog jumped over the fence.
                   I'll go over the fence first and then help you.
                   Let's walk over the hill to get there.
     17. prep. By comparison.
     18. prep.          More than; to a greater degree.
                   I prefer the purple over the pink.
     19. prep.          Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far.
                   I think I’m over my limit for calories for today.
     20. prep.          (in certain collocations) As compared to.
                   Sales are down this quarter over last.
     21. prep. Indicating relative status, authority, or power
           The owner's son lorded over the experienced managers.
           The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom.
     22. prep. (mathematics) Divided by.
           four over two equals two over one
     23. prep. (poker) (Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.)
           9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes
     24. prep. Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
           We got over the engineering problems and the prototype works great.
           I am over my cold and feel great again.
           I know the referee made a bad call, but you have to get over it your annoyance with the referee's decision.
           She is finally over the distress of losing her job.
           He is finally over his distress over the loss of the relationship with his ex-girlfriend.
     25. prep. While using, especially while consuming.
     26. prep. Concerning or regarding.
           The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best.
     27. prep. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
           We triumphed over difficulties.
           The bill was passed over the veto.
           It was a fine victory over their opponents.
     28. interj. In radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive reply.
           How do you receive? Over!
     29. n. (rare, dialectal, or obsolete) A shore, riverbank.
           The sea's over.
here
     1. adv. (location) In, on, or at this place.
     2. adv. (location) To this place; used in place of the more dated hither.
           Please come here.
     3. adv. (abstract) In this context.
           Derivatives can refer to anything that is derived from something else, but here they refer specifically to functions that give the slope of the tangent line to a curve.
     4. adv. At this point in the argument or narration.
           Here endeth the lesson.
     5. n. (abstract) This place; this location.
           An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.
     6. adj. Filler after a noun or demonstrative pronoun, solely for emphasis.
           John here is a rascal.
     7. adj. Filler after a demonstrative pronoun but before the noun it modifies, solely for emphasis.
           This here orange is too sour.
     8. interj. (slang) (non-gloss, Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.)
           Here, now I'm giving it to you.
     9. interj. (UK, slang) Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
           Here, I'm tired and I want a drink.
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.
we're
     1. contraction. we are
     we
          1. pron. (personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.)
          2. pron. (personal) The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)
          3. pron. (personal) The speaker/writer alone. (This use of we is the editorial we, used by writers and others, including royalty—the royal we—as a less personal substitute for I. The reflexive case of this sen
          4. pron. (personal) The plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.
                How are we all tonight?
          5. pron. (personal, generally considered patronising) A second- or third-person pronoun for a person in the speaker's care.
                How are we feeling this morning?
          6. det. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
                We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.
     are
          1. v. second-person singular present of be
                Mary, where are you going?
          2. v. first-person plural present of be
                We are not coming.
          3. v. second-person plural present of be
                Mary and John, are you listening?
          4. v. third-person plural present of be
                They are here somewhere.
          5. v. (East Yorkshire, Midlands) present of be
          6. n. (dialectal, or obsolete) grace, mercy
                To bid God's are.
                God's are is what children of God seech and seek.
          7. n. (obsolete) honour, dignity
          8. n. (rare) an accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a
     be
          1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
          2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
                There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
          3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
                The cup is on the table.
          4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
                When will the meeting be?
          5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
                The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
                I have been to Spain many times.
                Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
          6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
                Knowledge is bliss.
                Hi, I’m Jim.
          7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
                3 times 5 is fifteen.
          8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
                François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
          9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
                The sky is blue.
          10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
                The sky is a deep blue today.
          11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
                The dog was drowned by the boy.
          12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
                The woman is walking.
                I shall be writing to you soon.
                We liked to chat while we were eating.
          13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
          14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
                I am to leave tomorrow.
                I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
          15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
                This building is three hundred years old.
                I am 75 kilograms.
                He’s about 6 feet tall.
          16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
                I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
          17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
                It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
                It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
                What time is it there? It’s night.
          18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
                It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
                It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
          19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
                It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
                Why is it so dark in here?
          20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
                "What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
                Why is he being nice to me?
gone
     1. v. past participle of go
     2. adj. Away, having left.
           Are they gone already?
     3. adj. (figuratively) No longer part of the present situation.
           Don't both trying to understand what Grandma says, she's gone.
           He won't be going out with us tonight. Now that he's engaged, he's gone.
           Have you seen their revenue numbers? They're gone.
     4. adj. No longer existing, having passed.
           The days of my youth are gone.
     5. adj. Used up.
           I'm afraid all the coffee's gone at the moment.
     6. adj. Dead.
     7. adj. (colloquial) Intoxicated to the point of being unaware of one's surroundings
           Dude, look at Jack. He's completely gone.
     8. adj. (colloquial) Excellent; wonderful.
     9. adj. (archaic) Ago (used post-positionally).
     10. prep. (UK, informal) Past, after, later than (a time).
           You'd better hurry up, it's gone four o'clock.
     go
          1. v. To move:
          2. v.          (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like
                        Why don’t you go with us?   This train goes through Cincinnati on its way to Chicago.   Chris, where are you going? &nbs
          3. v.          (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's m
                         Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.
                         Fans want to see the Twelfth Doctor go to the 51st century to visit River in the library.
          4. v.          (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
          5. v.          To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
                        We've only gone twenty miles today.   This car can go circles around that one.
          6. v.          (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
                        We went swimming.   Let's go shopping.
          7. v.          (intransitive) To leave; to move away.
                        Please don't go!   I really must be going.   Workmen were coming and going at all hours of the night.
          8. v.          (obsolete, intransitive) To walk; to travel on one's feet.
          9. v. (intransitive, chiefly of a, machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
                The engine just won't go anymore.
          10. v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
                Get ready, get set, go!   On your marks, get set, go!   On your marks, set, go!
                Here goes nothing.   Let's go and hunt.
          11. v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
                It’s your turn; go.
          12. v. (intransitive) To attend.
                I go to school at the schoolhouse.   She went to Yale.   They only go to church on Christmas.
          13. v. To proceed:
          14. v.         (intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
                        That went well.   "How are things going?" "Not bad, thanks.".
          15. v.          (intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
                        Why'd you have to go and do that?
                        Why'd you have to go do that?
                        He just went and punched the guy.
          16. v. To follow or travel along (a path):
          17. v.          To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
                        Let's go this way for a while.
                         She was going that way anyway, so she offered to show him where it was.
          18. v.          To travel or pass along.
          19. v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
                This property goes all the way to the state line.
          20. v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
                Does this road go to Fort Smith?
          21. v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
                You'll go blind.   I went crazy / went mad.   After failing as a criminal, he decided to go straight.
          22. v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
          23. v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
                I don't want my children to go hungry.   We went barefoot in the summer.
          24. v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
                they went into debt, she goes to sleep around 10 o'clock, the local shop wants to go digital, and eventually go global
          25. v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
                   The traffic light went straight from green to red.
          26. v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
                How did your meeting with Smith go?
          27. v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
                Well, that goes to show you.   These experiences go to make us stronger.
          28. v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
                qualities that go to make a lady / lip-reader / sharpshooter
          29. v. To pass, to be used up:
          30. v.          (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
                        The time went slowly.
          31. v.          (intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
                        After three days, my headache finally went.
          32. v.          (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
                        His money went on drink.
          33. v. (intransitive) To die.
          34. v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
                This chair has got to go.
          35. v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out:
          36. v.          (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
          37. v.          (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
          38. v. To break down or apart:
          39. v.          (intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.
          40. v.          (intransitive) To break down or decay.
                        This meat is starting to go off.   My mind is going.   She's 83; her eyesight is starting to go.
          41. v. (intransitive) To be sold.
                Everything must go.   The car went for five thousand dollars.
          42. v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
                The property shall go to my wife.   The award went to Steven Spielberg.
          43. v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
                How long can you go without water?   We've gone without your help for a while now.   I've gone ten days now without a cigarette.   Can you two go twenty minutes wi
          44. v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
                They've gone one for three in this series.   The team is going five in a row.
          45. v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
          46. v.          (intransitive) To have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
                        Whatever the boss says goes, do you understand?
          47. v.          (intransitive) To be accepted.
                        Anything goes around here.
          48. v.          (intransitive) To be valid.
          49. v. To say (something), to make a sound:
          50. v.          (transitive, slang) To say (something, aloud or to oneself). (Often used in present tense.)
                        I go, "As if!" And she was all like, "Whatever!".
                        As soon as I did it, I went "that was stupid.".
          51. v.          To make the (specified) sound.
                        Cats go "meow". Motorcycles go "vroom".
          52. v.          (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
                        I woke up just before the clock went.
          53. v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
                The tune goes like this.   As the story goes, he got the idea for the song while sitting in traffic.
          54. v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
                I'll go to court if I have to.
          55. v. To apply or subject oneself to:
          56. v.          To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
                         I'm going to join a sports team.   I wish you'd go and get a job.   He went to pick it up, but it rolled out of reach.
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