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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
feel
     1. v. To use the sense of touch.:
     2. v.          (transitive, copulative) To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
                   You can feel a heartbeat if you put your fingers on your breast.
                   I felt cold and miserable all night.
     3. v.          To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious movements.
                   I felt my way through the darkened room.
                   I felt my way cautiously through the dangerous business maneuver.
     4. v.          (intransitive) To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing.
     5. v.          (intransitive) To search by sense of touch.
                   He felt for the light switch in the dark.
     6. v. To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.:
     7. v.          To experience an emotion or other mental state about.
                   I can feel the sadness in his poems.
     8. v.          To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.
                   I feel that we need to try harder.
     9. v.          (intransitive, copulative) To experience an emotion or other mental state.
                   He obviously feels strongly about it.
                   She felt even more upset when she heard the details.
     10. v.          (intransitive) To sympathise; to have the sensibilities moved or affected.
                   I feel for you and your plight.
     11. v. To be or become aware of.
     12. v. To experience the consequences of.
           Feel my wrath!
     13. v. (copulative) To seem (through touch or otherwise).
           It looks like wood, but it feels more like plastic.
           This is supposed to be a party, but it feels more like a funeral!
     14. v. (transitive, US, slang) To understand.
           I don't want you back here, ya feel me?
     15. n. A quality of an object experienced by touch.
           Bark has a rough feel.
     16. n. A vague mental impression.
           You should get a feel of the area before moving in.
     17. n. An act of fondling.
           She gave me a quick feel to show that she loves me.
     18. n. A vague understanding.
           I'm getting a feel for what you mean.
     19. n. An intuitive ability.
           She has a feel for music.
     20. n. (chiefly US, slang) Alternative form of feeling.
           I know that feel.
     21. pron. (dialectal, or obsolete) alternative form of fele
     22. adj. (dialectal, or obsolete) alternative form of fele
     23. adv. (dialectal, or obsolete) alternative form of fele
another
     1. det. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
           Yes, I'd like another slice of cake, thanks.
     2. det. Not the same; different.
           Do you know another way to do this job?
     3. det. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; anyone else; someone else.
           He has never known another like her.
     4. pron. An additional one of the same kind.
           This napkin fell to the floor, could you please bring me another?
     5. pron. One that is different from the current one.
           I saw one movie, but I think I will see another.
     6. pron. One of a group of things of the same kind.
           His interests keep shifting from one thing to another.
soliloquy
     1. n. (drama) The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.
           At the end of the second act the main villain gave a soliloquy detailing his plans to attack the protagonist.
     2. n. (authorship) A speech or written discourse in this form.
     3. v. (very, rare) To issue a soliloquy.
coming
     1. v. present participle of come
     2. n. The act of arriving; an arrival
     3. adj. Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.
           We expect great things from you this coming year.
           She will have two or three paintings in the coming exhibition.
     4. adj. Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.
           Ergonomic wallets are the coming thing.
     5. adj. (obsolete) Ready to come; complaisant; fond.
     come
          1. v. (intransitive) To move from further away to nearer to.
                She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes...
          2. v.          To move towards the speaker.
                        I called the dog, but she wouldn't come.
                        Stop dawdling and come here!
          3. v.          To move towards the listener.
                        Hold on, I'll come in a second.
                        You should ask the doctor to come to your house.
          4. v.          To move towards the object that is the focus of the sentence.
                        No-one can find Bertie Wooster when his aunts come to visit.
                        Hundreds of thousands of people come to Disneyland every year.
          5. v.          (in subordinate clauses and gerunds) To move towards the agent or subject of the main clause.
                        King Cnut couldn't stop the tide coming.
                        He threw the boomerang, which came right back to him.
          6. v.          To move towards an unstated agent.
                        The butler should come when called.
          7. v. (intransitive) To arrive.
          8. v. (intransitive) To appear, to manifest itself.
                The pain in his leg comes and goes.
          9. v. (intransitive) To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.
                Which letter comes before Y?   Winter comes after autumn.
          10. v. (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
                He came after a few minutes.
          11. v. (copulative figuratively, with close) To approach a state of being or accomplishment.
                They came very close to leaving on time.   His test scores came close to perfect.
                One of the screws came loose, and the skateboard fell apart.
          12. v. (figuratively, with to) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
                He came to SF literature a confirmed technophile, and nothing made him happier than to read a manuscript thick with imaginary gizmos and whatzits.
          13. v. (copulative, archaic) To become, to turn out to be.
                He was a dream come true.
          14. v. (intransitive) To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
                He's as tough as they come.   Our milkshakes come in vanilla, strawberry and chocolate flavours.
          15. v. (slang) To carry through; to succeed in.
                You can't come any tricks here.
          16. v. (intransitive) Happen.
                This kind of accident comes when you are careless.
          17. v. (intransitive, with from or sometimes of) To have as an origin, originate.
          18. v.          To have a certain social background.
          19. v.          To be or have been a resident or native.
                        Where did you come from?
          20. v.          To have been brought up by or employed by.
                        She comes from a good family.
                        He comes from a disreputable legal firm.
          21. v.          To begin (at a certain location); to radiate or stem (from).
                        The river comes from Bear Lake.
                        Where does this road come from?
          22. v. (intransitive, of grain) To germinate.
          23. n. (obsolete) Coming, arrival; approach.
          24. n. (vulgar, slang) Semen
          25. n. (vulgar, slang) Female ejaculatory discharge.
          26. prep. Used to indicate an event, period, or change in state occurring after a present time.
                Leave it to settle for about three months and, come Christmas time, you'll have a delicious concoction to offer your guests.
                Come retirement, their Social Security may turn out to be a lot less than they counted on.
          27. interj. An exclamation to express annoyance.
                Come come! Stop crying.  Come now! You must eat it.
          28. interj. An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.
                Come come! You can do it.  Come now! It won't bite you.
          29. n. (typography) alternative form of comma in its medieval use as a middot ⟨·⟩ serving as a form of colon.
on
     1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
     2. adj. Performing according to schedule.
           Are we still on for tonight?
           Is the show still on?
     3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate.
           You can't do that; it's just not on.
     4. adj. (informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
           "Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!".
           Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now.
     5. adj. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
     6. adj. (euphemistic) Menstruating.
     7. adv. To an operating state.
           turn the television on
     8. adv. Along, forwards (continuing an action).
           drive on, rock on
     9. adv. In continuation, at length.
           and so on.
           He rambled on and on.
     10. adv. (not US) Later.
           Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village.
     11. prep. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
           on the table;  on the couch
           The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder.
     12. prep. At or near; adjacent to.
           Soon we'll pass a statue on the left.
           The fleet is on the American coast.
           Croton-on-Hudson, Rostov-on-Don, Southend-on-Sea
     13. prep. Covering.
           He wore old shoes on his feet.
     14. prep. At the date of.
           Born on the 4th of July.
     15. prep. Some time during the day of.
           I'll see you on Monday.   The bus leaves on Friday.   Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy.
     16. prep. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something.
           A book on history.   The World Summit on the Information Society.
     17. prep. Touching; hanging from.
           The fruit ripened on the trees.   The painting hangs on the wall.
     18. prep. (informal) In the possession of.
           I haven't got any money on me.
     19. prep. Because of, or due to.
           To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery.   To contact someone on a hunch.
     20. prep. Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
           On Jack's entry, William got up to leave.
           On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins.
     21. prep. Paid for by.
           The drinks are on me tonight, boys.   The meal is on the house.   I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company.
     22. prep. Used to indicate a means or medium.
           I saw it on television.   Can't you see I'm on the phone?
     23. prep. Indicating a means of subsistence.
           They lived on ten dollars a week.   The dog survived three weeks on rainwater.
     24. prep. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity).
           He's on his lunch break.   on vacation;  on holiday
     25. prep. Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
           to play on a violin or piano
           Her words made a lasting impression on my mind.
     26. prep. Regularly taking (a drug).
           You've been on these antidepressants far too long.   He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something.
     27. prep. Under the influence of (a drug).
           He's acting crazy because he's on crack right now.
     28. prep. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain.
           a function on
     29. prep. (mathematics) HavingV^n as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
           an operator on
     30. prep. (mathematics) Generated by.
           the free group on four letters
     31. prep. Supported by (the specified part of itself).
           A table can't stand on two legs.   After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels.
     32. prep. At a given time after the start of something; at.
     33. prep. In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
           heaps on heaps of food
           mischief on mischief; loss on loss
     34. prep. (obsolete, regional) of
     35. prep. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in.
           I depended on them for assistance.
           He will promise on certain conditions.
           Do you ever bet on horses?
     36. prep. Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
           Have pity or compassion on him.
     37. prep. (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of.
     38. prep. In the service of; connected with; of the number of.
           He is on a newspaper; I am on the committee.
     39. prep. By virtue of; with the pledge of.
           He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour.
     40. prep. To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
           On us be all the blame.
           A curse on him!
           Please don't tell on her and get her in trouble.
           He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since.
           He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession.
     41. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) to switch on
           Can you on the light?
     42. prep. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without.
     43. n. In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun.
           Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun".
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