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I
1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
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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
it
1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals.
Put it over there.
Take each day as it comes.
I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today.
2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender.
She took the baby and held it in her arms.
3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
It's me. John.
Is it her?
4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)
It is nearly 10 o’clock.
It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five.
It’s very cold today.
It’s lonely without you.
5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms.
stick it out
live it up
rough it
6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i
It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see)
I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing)
He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if)
7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more.
Are there more students in this class, or is this it?
That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.
9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what.
10. det. (obsolete) its
11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…
13. n. (British) The game of tag.
Let's play it at breaktime.
14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.
15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity.
caught them doing it
16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable.
As
1. n. plural of A
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
7. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
17. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
20. n. plural of a
soon
1. adj. Short in length of time from the present.
I need the soonest date you have available.
2. adj. (US, dialect) early
3. adv. (obsolete) Immediately, instantly.
4. adv. Within a short time; quickly.
5. adv. (now dialectal) Early.
6. adv. Readily; willingly; used with would, or some other word expressing will.
As
1. n. plural of A
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
7. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
17. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
20. n. plural of a
My
1. n. megayear
2. pron. alternative case form of my often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
3. det. First-person singular possessive determiner. See.
4. det. Belonging to me.
I can't find my book.
5. det. Associated with me.
My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.
Don't you know my name?
I recognised him because he had attended my school.
6. det. Related to me.
My parents won't let me go out tonight.
7. det. In the possession of me.
I have to take my books back to the library soon.
8. interj. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
My, what big teeth you have!
feet
1. n. plural form of foot.
2. n. (obsolete) Fact; performance; feat.
foot
1. n. A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
A spider has eight feet.
2. n. (anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
3. n. (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.
There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.
4. n. The base or bottom of anything.
I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.
5. n. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
We came and stood at the foot of the bed.
6. n. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
The host should sit at the foot of the table.
7. n. A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.
8. n. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
The flag pole at the local high school is about 20 feet high.
9. n. (music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
10. n. (military, collective) Foot soldiers; infantry.
King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.
11. n. (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
12. n. (sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
13. n. (printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
14. n. (printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
15. n. (prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
16. n. (phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
17. n. (nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the sail.
18. n. (billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
19. n. (botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
20. n. (malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
21. n. (molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein.
22. n. (geometry) The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
23. n. (qualifier) Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
24. n. (qualifier) Recognized condition; rank; footing.
25. v. To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
26. v. To pay (a bill).
27. v. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
28. v. To walk.
29. v. To tread.
to foot the green
30. v. (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
31. v. To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
32. v. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
to foot (or foot up) an account
hit
1. v. To strike.:
2. v. To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
One boy hit the other.
3. v. To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
The ball hit the fence.
4. v. (intransitive) To strike against something.
5. v. (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
Hit him tonight and throw the body in the river.
6. v. (transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously.
If intelligence had been what it should have been, I don't think we'd ever have hit that island.
7. v. (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
We hit the grocery store on the way to the park.
8. v. (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
You'll hit some nasty thunderstorms if you descend too late. We hit a lot of traffic coming back from the movies.
9. v. To attain, to achieve.:
10. v. (transitive, informal) To reach or achieve.
I hit the jackpot. The movie hits theaters in December. The temperature could hit 110°F tomorrow. We hit Detroit at one in the
11. v. (intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
12. v. To guess; to light upon or discover.
13. v. To affect negatively.
The economy was hit by a recession. The hurricane hit his fishing business hard.
14. v. (heading, games) To make a play.
15. v. (transitive, cards) In blackjack, to deal a card to.
Hit me.
16. v. (intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat.
Jones hit for the pitcher.
17. v. (backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
18. v. (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
The external web servers hit DBSRV7, but the internal web server hits DBSRV3.
19. v. (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
I'd hit that.
20. v. (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
21. n. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
The hit was very slight.
22. n. Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
23. n. An attack on a location, person or people.
24. n. In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
25. n. (computing, Internet) The result of a search of a computer system or of a search engine
26. n. (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
My site received twice as many hits after being listed in a search engine.
27. n. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
28. n. (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
The catcher got a hit to lead off the fifth.
29. n. (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
Where am I going to get my next hit?
30. n. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
31. n. (dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
a happy hit
32. n. (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
33. n. (backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
34. adj. Very successful.
The band played their hit song to the delight of the fans.
35. pron. (dialectal) it, It.
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.
pavement
1. n. Any paved floor.
2. n. (chiefly British) A paved footpath, especially at the side of a road.
3. n. (US) Any paved exterior surface, as of a road or sidewalk.
4. n. The interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings such as a cathedral.
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.
morning
1. n. The part of the day from dawn to noon.
I'll see you tomorrow morning.
2. n. The part of the day between midnight and noon.
one o'clock in the morning (1 am)
3. n. (figurative) The early part of anything.
4. n. The first alcoholic drink of the day; a morning draught.
5. interj. A greeting said in the morning; shortening of good morning

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