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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
would
     1. v. As a past-tense form of will.:
     2. v.          (obsolete) Wished, desired (something).
     3. v.          (archaic) Wanted to ( + bare infinitive).
     4. v.          Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to ( + bare infinitive); indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly.
     5. v.          Used with bare infinitive to form the "anterior future", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
     6. v.          (archaic) Used with ellipsis of the infinitive verb, or postponement to a relative clause, in various senses.
     7. v.          Was determined to; loosely, could naturally have been expected to (given the tendencies of someone's character etc.).
     8. v. As a modal verb, the subjunctive of will.:
     9. v.          Used to give a conditional or potential "softening" to the present; might, might wish.
     10. v.          Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality (with a bare infinitive); indicating an action or state that is conditional on another.
     11. v.          (chiefly archaic) Might wish ( + verb in past subjunctive); often used in the first person (with or without that) in the sense of "if only".
     12. v.          Used to impart a sense of hesitancy or uncertainty to the present; might be inclined to. Now sometimes colloquially with ironic effect.
     13. v.          Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …?
                   Would you pass the salt, please?
     14. v.          (chiefly archaic, transitive, or control verb) Might desire; wish (something).
     15. n. Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.
     will
          1. v. (rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
                Do what you will.
          2. v. (rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
          3. v. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
          4. v. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
          5. v. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
          6. v. (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
                Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
          7. n. One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
                Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.
          8. n. One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
                Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.
          9. n. The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
                Most creatures have a will to live.
          10. n. (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
          11. n. (archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.
          12. n. (archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
                He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
          13. v. (archaic) To wish, desire.
          14. v. (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
          15. v. To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
                All the fans were willing their team to win the game.
          16. v. To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
                He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.
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?
nuts
     1. n. plural of nut
     2. n. (vulgar, slang) Testicles.
           Ohhh, he just got kicked in the nuts!
     3. n. (poker) An unbeatable hand; the best poker hand available.
           If the board is 234QA, all of spades, the nuts is 56 of spades.
           If the board is 4444J, the nuts is any hand with an ace.
     4. adj. (colloquial) Insane, mad.
           After living on the island alone for five years, he eventually went nuts.
     5. adj. (colloquial, figuratively) Crazy, mad; unusually pleased or, alternatively, angered.
           I just go nuts over her fantastic desserts.
           The referee made a bad call against the home team and the crowd went nuts.
     6. interj. Indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment.
           Nuts! They didn't even listen to what I had to say.
     7. interj. Signifies rejection of a proposal or idea, as in forget it, no way, or nothing doing; often followed by to.
           They want me to pay $5 for a banana? Nuts to that!
     8. v. third-person singular present indicative of nut
     nut
          1. n. A hard-shelled seed.
                There are many sort of nuts: peanuts, cashews, pistachios, Brazil nuts and more.
          2. n. A piece of metal, usually square or hexagonal in shape, with a hole through it having machined internal threads, intended to be screwed onto a bolt or other threaded shaft.
          3. n. (slang) A crazy person.
                He was driving his car like a nut.
          4. n. (slang) The head.
          5. n. (US, slang) Monthly expense to keep a venture running.
          6. n. (US, slang) The amount of money necessary to set up some venture; set-up costs.
          7. n. (US, slang) A stash of money owned by an extremely rich investor, sufficient to sustain a high level of consumption if all other money is lost.
          8. n. (musical instruments, lutherie) On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cas
          9. n. (typography slang) En, a unit of measurement equal to half of the height of the type in use.
          10. n. (dated, UK, slang) An extravagantly fashionable young man.
          11. n. (vulgar, slang) A testicle.
                I kicked him in the nuts.
          12. n. (vulgar, slang) Semen, ejaculate.
          13. n. (vulgar, slang) Orgasm (male), ejaculation, release of semen
                He just needs a good nut to make him feel better.
          14. n. (colloquial) An extreme enthusiast.
                a fashion nut
                a gun nut
                a sailing nut
          15. n. (climbing) A shaped piece of metal, threaded by a wire loop, which is jammed in a crack in the rockface and used to protect a climb. (Originally, machine nuts sense #2 were used for this purpose.)
          16. n. (poker, only in attributive use) The best possible hand of a certain type, especially: "nut flush" and "nut straight". Compare nuts.
                If you have two cards of spades in your hand, one being the ace, and the table has any three or more cards of spades, congratulations, you have the nut flush! A full house could still beat you
                nut straight
                a nut hand
                a nut flush
          17. n. The tumbler of a gunlock.
          18. n. (nautical) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place.
          19. v. (mostly in the form "nutting") To gather nuts.
          20. v. To hit deliberately with the head; to headbutt.
          21. v. (vulgar, slang) To ejaculate.
          22. interj. (Scotland, colloquial) No.
to
     1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
           I want to leave.
           He asked me what to do.
           I don’t know how to say it.
           I have places to go and people to see.
     2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
           "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
           If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
     3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
           I have to do laundry today.
     4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
           We are walking to the shop.
     5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
           He devoted himself to education.
           They drank to his health.
     6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
           His face was beaten to a pulp.
     7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
           similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
     8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
           With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   t
     9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
           one to one = 1:1
           ten to one = 10:1.
           I have ten dollars to your four.
     10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
           Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
           Three to the power of two is nine.
           Three to the second is nine.
     11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
           I gave the book to him.
     12. prep. (time) Preceding.
           ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
     13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
           Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
           There's a lot of sense to what he says.
     14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
           Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
     15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
           Please push the door to.
     16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
     17. adv. misspelling of too
give
     1. v. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
     2. v.          To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
                   I gave him my coat.
                   I gave my coat to the beggar.
                   When they asked, I gave my coat.
     3. v.          To make a present or gift of.
                   I'm going to give my wife a necklace for her birthday.
                   She gave a pair of shoes to her husband for their anniversary.
                   He gives of his energies to the organization.
     4. v.          To pledge.
                   I gave him my word that I'd protect his children.
     5. v.          To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.
                   I gave them permission to miss tomorrow's class.
                   Please give me some more time.
     6. v.          To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.
                   It gives me a lot of pleasure to be here tonight.
                   The fence gave me an electric shock.
                   My mother-in-law gives me nothing but grief.
     7. v.          To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).
                   I want to give you a kiss.
                   She gave him a hug.
                   I'd like to give the tire a kick.
                   I gave the boy a push on the swing.
                   She gave me a wink afterwards, so I knew she was joking.
     8. v.          To pass (something) into (someone's) hand or the like.
                   Give me your hand.
                   On entering the house, he gave his coat to the doorman.
     9. v.          To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.
                   My boyfriend gave me chlamydia.
                   He was convinced that it was his alcoholism that gave him cancer.
     10. v. (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
           I give it ten minutes before he gives up.
           I give it a 95% chance of success.
           I'll give their marriage six months.
     11. v. (intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied.
     12. v. (intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force.
           One pillar gave, then more, and suddenly the whole floor pancaked onto the floor below.
     13. v. To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
           They're giving my favorite show!
     14. v. (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
           The master bedroom gives onto a spacious balcony.
     15. v. (transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
           His window gave the park.
     16. v. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
           The number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.
     17. v. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
     18. v. To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
     19. v. To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
           He can be bad-tempered, I'll give you that, but he's a hard worker.
     20. v. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
     21. v. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
     22. v. (dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.
     23. v. (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
           The soldiers give themselves to plunder.
           That boy is given to fits of bad temper.
     24. v. (obsolete) To become soft or moist.
     25. v. (obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
     26. v. (obsolete) To have a misgiving.
     27. v. To be going on, to be occurring
           What gives?
     28. n. The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilence.
           This chair doesn't have much give.
           There is no give in his dogmatic religious beliefs.
up
     1. adv. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
           I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
     2. adv. (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely.
           I will mix up the puzzle pieces.
           Tear up the contract.
           He really messed up.
           Please type up our monthly report.
     3. adv. To or from one's possession or consideration.
           I picked up some milk on the way home.
           The committee will take up your request.
           She had to give up her driver's license after the accident.
     4. adv. North.
           I will go up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
     5. adv. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
           Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.
           Turn it up, I can barely hear it.
           Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.
           Cheer up, the weekend's almost here.
     6. adv. (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
     7. adv. (sailing) Against the wind or current.
     8. adv. (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
     9. adv. (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
           The bowler pitched the ball up.
     10. adv. (hospitality, US) Without additional ice.
           Would you like that drink up or on ice?
     11. adv. (academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
           She's going up to read Classics this September.
     12. adv. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
           I was up to my chin in water.
           A stranger came up and asked me for directions.
     13. adv. To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
           Drink up. The pub is closing.
           Can you sum up your research?
           The comet burned up in the atmosphere.
           I need to sew up the hole in this shirt.
     14. adv. Aside, so as not to be in use.
           to lay up riches; put up your weapons
     15. prep. Toward the top of.
           The cat went up the tree.   They walk up the steps.
     16. prep. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
           The information made its way up the chain of command to the general.   I felt something crawling up my arm.
     17. prep. Further along (in any direction).
           Go up the street until you see the sign.
     18. prep. From south to north of
     19. prep. From the mouth towards the source (of a river or waterway).
     20. prep. (vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with.
           Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her.
     21. prep. (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more remote from a central location).
     22. adj. Awake.
           I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up.
     23. adj. Finished, to an end
           Time is up!
     24. adj. In a good mood.
           I’m feeling up today.
     25. adj. Willing; ready.
           If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
     26. adj. Next in a sequence.
           Smith is up to bat.
     27. adj. Happening; new.
           What is up with that project at headquarters?
     28. adj. Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
           Put the notebook face up on the table.
           Take a break and put your feet up.
     29. adj. Larger; greater in quantity.
           Sales are up from last quarter.
     30. adj. Ahead; leading; winning.
           The home team were up by two goals at half-time.
     31. adj. Standing.
           Get up and give her your seat.
     32. adj. On a higher level.
           The new ground is up.
     33. adj. Available; made public.
           The new notices are up as of last Tuesday.
     34. adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
           AAKK = aces up
           QQ33 = queens up
     35. adj. Well-informed; current.
           I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
     36. adj. (computing) Functional; working.
           Is the server back up?
     37. adj. (anchor, Adj_railway)(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
           The London train is on the up line.
     38. adj. Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
     39. adj. (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
           A Cosmopolitan is typically served up.
     40. adj. (slang) Erect.
     41. adj. (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
     42. adj. (slang) well-known; renowned
     43. n. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
           Up is a good way to go.
     44. n. A positive thing.
           I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.
     45. n. An upstairs room of a two story house.
           She lives in a two-up two-down.
     46. v. (transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise.
           If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details.
           We upped anchor and sailed away.
     47. v. (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
           It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
     48. v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
good
     1. adj. of people
     2. adj.          Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
                   good intentions
     3. adj.          Competent or talented.
                   a good swimmer
     4. adj.          Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit.
                   Can you lend me fifty dollars? You know I'm good for it.
     5. adj.          (US) Satisfied or at ease
                   Would you like a glass of water? — I'm good.
                   Are you good? — Yeah, I'm fine.
     6. adj. of capabilities
     7. adj.          Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
                   it’s a good watch;  the flashlight batteries are still good
     8. adj.          Effective.
                   a good worker
     9. adj.          (obsolete) Real; actual; serious.
                   in good sooth
     10. adj. of properties and qualities
     11. adj.          (of food)
     12. adj.         # Edible; not stale or rotten.
              #     The bread is still good.
     13. adj.         # Having a particularly pleasant taste.
              #     The food was very good.
     14. adj.         # Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
              #     Eat a good dinner so you will be ready for the big game tomorrow.
     15. adj.          Healthful.
                   carrots are good for you;  walking is good for you
     16. adj.          Pleasant; enjoyable.
                   the music, dancing, and food were very good;  we had a good time
     17. adj.          Favourable.
                   a good omen;  good weather
     18. adj.          Beneficial; worthwhile.
                   a good job
     19. adj.          Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
     20. adj. (colloquial, when with and) Very, extremely.
           The soup is good and hot.
     21. adj. Holy (especially when capitalized).
           Good Friday
     22. adj. of quantities
     23. adj.          Reasonable in amount.
                   all in good time
     24. adj.          Large in amount or size.
                   a good while longer;  a good number of seeds;  A good part of his day was spent shopping.  It will be a good while longer until he
     25. adj.          Full; entire; at least as much as.
                   This hill will take a good hour and a half to climb.  The car was a good ten miles away.
     26. interj. That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
           Good! I can leave now.
     27. adv. (nonstandard) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
     28. n. The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
     29. n. A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
     30. n. The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.
           The best is the enemy of the good.
     31. n. (usually in plural) An item of merchandise.
     32. v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
     33. v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make good; turn to good; improve.
     34. v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make improvements or repairs.
     35. v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To benefit; gain.
     36. v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
     37. v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
     38. v. (reflexive, now chiefly dialectal) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
     39. v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.
scam
     1. n. A fraudulent deal.
           That marketing scheme looks like a scam to me.
     2. n. Something that is promoted using scams.
           That car was a scam.
     3. v. To defraud or embezzle.
           They tried to scam her out of her savings.
like
     1. v. (transitive, archaic) To please.
     2. v. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
           I like hamburgers
           I like skiing in winter
           I like the Seattle Mariners this season
     3. v. (obsolete) To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.
     4. v. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
           I like to go to the dentist every six months
           She likes to keep herself physically fit
           we like to keep one around the office just in case
     5. v. (obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
     6. v. (archaic) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.
           He liked to have been too late.
     7. v. To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
           I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.
     8. v. (obsolete) To liken; to compare.
     9. v. (Internet, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
           I liked my friend's last status on Facebook.
           I can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition.
     10. n. (usually plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
           Tell me your likes and dislikes.
     11. n. (internet) An individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet.
     12. adj. Similar.
           My partner and I have like minds.
     13. adj. (obsolete) Likely; probable.
     14. adv. (informal) For example, such as: to introduce an example or list of examples.
           There are lots of birds, like ducks and gulls, in this park.
     15. adv. (archaic, colloquial) Likely.
     16. adv. (obsolete) In a like or similar manner.
     17. n. (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
           There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like.
           It was something the likes of which I had never seen before.
     18. n. (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
           to play the like
     19. conj. (colloquial) As, the way.
     20. conj. As if; as though.
           It looks like you've finished the project.
           It seemed like you didn't care.
     21. prep. Similar to, reminiscent of.
           These hamburgers taste like leather.
     22. part. (colloquial, Scotland, Geordie, Teesside, Scouse) A delayed filler.
           He was so angry, like.
     23. part. (colloquial) A mild intensifier.
           She was, like, sooooo happy.
     24. part. (colloquial) indicating approximation or uncertainty
           There were, like, twenty of them.
           And then he, like, got all angry and left the room.
     25. part. (colloquial, slang) When preceded by any form of the verb to be, used to mean “to say” or “to think”; used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase.
           I was like, “Why did you do that?” and he's like, “I don't know.”
     26. interj. (Liverpool, Geordie) Used to place emphasis upon a statement.
           divint ye knaa, like?
this
     1. det. The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
           This classroom is where I learned to read and write.
     2. det. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned).
           They give the appearance of knowing what they're doing. It's this appearance that lets them get away with so much.
     3. det. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).
           When asked what he wanted for his birthday, he gave this reply: “…”
     4. det. A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...".
           I met this woman the other day who's allergic to wheat. I didn't even know that was possible!
           There's just this nervous mannerism that Bob has with his hands, and it drives me crazy.
     5. det. (Of a unit of time) which is current.
           It snowed this week.
     6. adv. To the degree or extent indicated.
           I need this much water.
           We've already come this far, we can't turn back now.
     7. pron. The thing, item, etc. being indicated.
           This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,—often the surfeit of our own behaviour,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars(...) — Sh
     8. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is here; one of these.
     9. interj. (Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.
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