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 | |
can't |
1. v. Cannot (negative auxiliaryArnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, , Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513); is unable to; does not have the ability to. | |
I can’t quite get it to work. | |
2. v. Is forbidden to; is not permitted to. | |
You can’t enter the hall without a ticket. | |
3. v. Often with be: is logically impossible. | |
The butler can’t be the murderer because he was in London that evening. | |
can |
1. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to. | |
She can speak English, French, and German. I can play football. Can you remember your fifth birthday? | |
2. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to. | |
You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework. Can I use your pen? | |
3. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible. | |
Can it be Friday already? | |
Teenagers can really try their parents' patience. | |
Animals can experience emotions. | |
4. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception. | |
Can you hear that?. | |
I can feel the baby moving inside me. | |
5. v. (obsolete, transitive) To know. | |
6. n. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top. | |
7. n. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can). | |
8. n. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish. | |
9. n. (archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory. | |
Shit or get off the can. | |
Bob's in the can. You can wait a few minutes or just leave it with me. | |
10. n. (US, slang) Buttocks. | |
11. n. (slang) Jail or prison. | |
Bob's in the can. He won't be back for a few years. | |
12. n. (slang) Headphones. | |
13. n. (archaic) A drinking cup. | |
14. n. (nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark | |
15. n. A chimney pot. | |
16. v. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar. | |
They spent August canning fruit and vegetables. | |
17. v. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.). | |
He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail. | |
18. v. To shut up. | |
Can your gob. | |
19. v. (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee. | |
The boss canned him for speaking out. | |
not |
1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb. | |
Did you take out the trash? No, I did not. | |
Not knowing any better, I went ahead. | |
2. adv. To no degree. | |
That is not red; it's orange. | |
3. conj. And not. | |
I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken. | |
He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple. | |
4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. | |
I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not! | |
Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not! | |
5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function. | |
You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip. | |
6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not. | |
play |
1. v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment. | |
They played long and hard. | |
2. v. To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game). | |
He plays on three teams. Who's playing now? play football; play sports; play games | |
3. v. To compete against, in a game. | |
4. v. (in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to. | |
Look at the score now ... 23 plays 8! | |
5. v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex. | |
6. v. To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance. | |
He plays the King, and she's the Queen. No part of the brain plays the role of permanent memory. | |
7. v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre. | |
8. v. (intransitive, of a musical instrument) To produce music. | |
9. v. (intransitive, especially, of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument. | |
I've practiced the piano off and on, but I still can't play very well. | |
10. v. (transitive, especially, of a person) To produce music (or a specified song or musical style) using (a specified musical instrument). | |
I'll play the piano and you sing. Can you play an instrument? We especially like to play jazz together. Play a song for me.&ems | |
11. v. (transitive, ergative) To use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording. | |
You can play the DVD now. | |
12. v. (intransitive, of a theatrical performance) To be performed; (or of a, film) to be shown. | |
His latest film is playing in the local theatre tomorrow. | |
13. v. (transitive, of a theatrical company, or band, etc.) To perform in or at; to give performances in or at. | |
14. v. To act or perform (a play). | |
to play a comedy | |
15. v. To behave in a particular way.: | |
16. v. (copulative) Contrary to fact, to give an appearance of being. | |
17. v. (intransitive) To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless. | |
18. v. (intransitive) To act; to behave; to practice deception. | |
19. v. To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute. | |
to play tricks | |
20. v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate. | |
The fountain plays. | |
21. v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport. | |
22. v. To put in action or motion. | |
to play cannon upon a fortification; to play a trump in a card game | |
23. v. To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it. | |
24. v. (transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle someone. | |
You played me! | |
25. n. (formerly ) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young. | |
26. n. Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills. | |
27. n. (ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions ..., and initiated voluntarily when ... in a low-stress setting.". | |
28. n. The conduct, or course of a game. | |
29. n. An individual's performance in a sport or game. | |
30. n. (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play. | |
31. n. A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue. | |
32. n. A theatrical performance featuring actors. | |
We saw a two-act play in the theatre. | |
33. n. A major move by a business. | |
34. n. A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources. | |
35. n. The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely. | |
No wonder the fanbelt is slipping: there’s too much play in it. | |
Too much play in a steering wheel may be dangerous. | |
36. n. (informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing. | |
37. n. (archaic, now usually in compounds) Activity relating to martial combat or fighting. | |
handplay, swordplay | |
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. | |
sing |
1. v. (intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice. | |
"I really want to sing in the school choir," said Vera. | |
2. v. To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization. | |
3. v. To soothe with singing. | |
to sing somebody to sleep | |
4. v. (intransitive, slang) To confess under interrogation. | |
5. v. To make a small, shrill sound. | |
The air sings in passing through a crevice. | |
a singing kettle | |
6. v. To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry. | |
7. v. (intransitive) To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent. | |
The sauce really makes this lamb sing. | |
8. v. To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung. | |
9. n. A gathering at which people sing songs. | |
alto |
1. n. A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody. | |
2. n. A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part. | |
3. n. (colloquial, music) An alto saxophone | |
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) | |
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. | |
same |
1. adj. Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical. | |
Are you the same person who phoned me yesterday? | |
I realised I was the same age as my grandfather had been when he joined the air force. | |
Even if the twins are identical, they are still not the same person, unlike Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens. | |
Peter and Anna went to the same high school: the high school to which Peter went is the high school to which Anna went. | |
2. adj. Similar, alike. | |
You have the same hair I do! | |
3. adj. Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities. | |
Round here it can be cloudy and sunny even in the same day. | |
We were all going in the same direction. | |
4. adj. A reply of confirmation of identity. | |
5. pron. The identical thing, ditto. | |
The same can be said of him. | |
It's the same everywhere. | |
6. pron. Something similar, something of the identical type. | |
She's having apple pie? I'll have the same. You two are just the same. | |
7. pron. (formal, often, legal) It or them, without a connotation of similarity. | |
The question is his credibility or lack of same. | |
8. pron. (Indian English, common) It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same. | |
My picture/photography blog...kindly give me your reviews on the same. | |
9. interj. (Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material. | |
10. adv. (obsolete, or UK dialectal) Together. | |
time |
1. n. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past. | |
Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time | |
2. n. (physics, usually) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension. | |
Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time. | |
3. n. (physics) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy. | |
Time slows down when you approach the speed of light. | |
4. n. (physics, reductionistic definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration. | |
An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change. | |
5. n. A duration of time. | |
6. n. A quantity of availability of duration. | |
More time is needed to complete the project. You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute. Are you finish | |
7. n. A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression. | |
a long time; Record the individual times for the processes in each batch. Only your best time is compared with the other compet | |
8. n. (slang) The serving of a prison sentence. | |
The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time. He is not living at home because he is doing time. | |
9. n. An experience. | |
We had a wonderful time at the party. | |
10. n. An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs. | |
Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs | |
11. n. (with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day. | |
In my time, we respected our elders. | |
12. n. (only in singular, sports) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play. | |
13. n. An instant of time. | |
14. n. How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device. | |
Excuse me, have you got the time? What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock? A computer keeps time using a clock battery | |
15. n. A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive). | |
it’s time for bed; it’s time to sleep; we must wait for the right time; it's time we were going | |
16. n. A numerical indication of a particular moment. | |
at what times do the trains arrive?; these times were erroneously converted between zones | |
17. n. An instance or occurrence. | |
When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember. | |
see you another time; that’s three times he’s made the same mistake | |
Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that! | |
18. n. (of pubs) Closing time. | |
Last call: it's almost time. | |
19. n. The hour of childbirth. | |
20. n. (as someone's time) The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined. | |
It was his time. | |
21. n. The measurement under some system of region of day or moment. | |
Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time. | |
22. n. Ratio of comparison. | |
your car runs three times faster than mine; that is four times as heavy as this | |
23. n. (grammar, dated) Tense. | |
the time of a verb | |
24. n. (music) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division. | |
common or triple time; the musician keeps good time. | |
25. v. To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of. | |
I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block. | |
26. v. To choose when something begins or how long it lasts. | |
The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl. | |
The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m. | |
27. v. (obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time. | |
28. v. (obsolete) To pass time; to delay. | |
29. v. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement. | |
30. v. To measure, as in music or harmony. | |
31. interj. (tennis) Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause. | |