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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.
shows
1. n. plural of show
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of show
show
1. v. To display, to have somebody see (something).
The car's dull finish showed years of neglect.
All he had to show for four years of attendance at college was a framed piece of paper.
2. v. To bestow; to confer.
to show mercy; to show favour; (dialectal) show me the salt please
3. v. To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
4. v. To guide or escort.
Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.
They showed us in.
5. v. (intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
Your bald patch is starting to show.
At length, his gloom showed.
6. v. (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
We waited for an hour, but they never showed.
7. v. (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
8. v. (intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.
9. v. (obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
10. n. A play, dance, or other entertainment.
11. n. An exhibition of items.
art show; dog show
12. n. A demonstration.
show of force
13. n. A broadcast program/programme.
radio show; television show
14. n. A movie.
Let's catch a show.
15. n. A project or presentation.
Let's get on with the show. Let's get this show on the road. They went on an international road show to sell the shares to investors. It was Apple's usual do
16. n. Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show.
17. n. Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
18. n. (baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show.
19. n. (mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
20. n. (archaic) Pretence.
21. n. (archaic) Sign, token, or indication.
22. n. (obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
23. n. (obsolete) Plausibility.
24. n. (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
Him
1. pron. honoraltcaps, him
2. pron. A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.
3. pron. With dative effect or as an indirect object.
4. pron. Following a preposition.
5. pron. With accusative effect or as a direct object.
6. pron. (now rare) Used reflexively: (to) himself.
7. pron. With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition.
8. pron. alternative case form of Him
9. n. (informal) A male person.
I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.
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
two
1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••). Ordinal: second.
2. num. Describing a set or group with two elements.
3. n. The digit/figure 2.
The number 2202 contains three twos.
4. n. (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
5. n. A child aged two.
This toy is suitable for the twos and threes.
6. n. The playing cards featuring two pips.
faced
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of face
2. adj. (in combination) Having a specified type or number of face.
3. adj. (slang) drunk
the first time I got faced
face
1. n. (anatomy) The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area.
The monkey has a pretty face.
2. n. One's facial expression.
Why the sad face?
3. n. The public image; outward appearance.
The face of this company. He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment.
4. n. The frontal aspect of something.
The face of the cliff loomed above them.
5. n. (figurative) Presence; sight; front.
to fly in the face of danger; to speak before the face of God
6. n. The directed force of something.
They turned to boat into the face of the storm.
7. n. Good reputation; standing in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).
8. n. Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
9. n. The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face
10. n. (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
11. n. Any surface; especially a front or outer one.
Put a big sign on each face of the building that can be seen from the road. They climbed the north face of the mountain. She wanted to wipe him off the face of the earth.
12. n. The numbered dial of a clock or watch, the clock face.
13. n. (slang) The mouth.
Shut your face! He's always stuffing his face with chips.
14. n. (slang) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
I'll be out in a sec. Just let me put on my face.
15. n. (slang) Short for baby face. A headlining wrestler whose in-ring persona is embodying heroic or virtuous traits.
The fans cheered on the face as he made his comeback.
16. n. (cricket) The front surface of a bat.
17. n. (golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
18. n. (cards) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
19. n. (heraldiccharge) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
20. n. (typography) A typeface.
21. n. Mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
22. n. (computing) An interface.
23. n. The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
24. v. (transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
Face the sun.
25. v. (transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
Turn the chair so it faces the table.
26. v. To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
27. v. To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
I'm going to have to face this sooner or later.
28. v. (intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
The bunkers faced north and east, toward Germany.
29. v. To have as an opponent.
30. v. (intransitive, cricket) To be the batsman on strike.
31. v. (obsolete) To confront impudently; to bully.
32. v. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
a building faced with marble
33. v. To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress
34. v. To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
35. v. (engineering) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from t
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.
from
1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
This wine comes from France.
I got a letter from my brother.
2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
He left yesterday from Chicago.
Face away from the wall!
3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
20 from 31 leaves 11.
4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
An umbrella protects from the sun.
He knows right from wrong.
now
1. adj. Present; current.
2. adj. (archaic, legal) At the time the will is written. Used in order to prevent any inheritance from being transferred to a person of a future marriage. Does not indicate the existence of a previous marria
Now wife.
3. adj. (informal) Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
I think this band's sound is very now.
4. adv. At the present time.
Now I am six.
5. adv. (sentence) Used to introduce a point, a remonstration or a rebuke.
Now, we all want what is best for our children. Now, stop that Jimmy!
6. adv. Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
Now I am ready. We all now want the latest toys for our children. We all want what is now best for our children.
7. adv. Differently from the situation before a stated event or change of circumstance.
Now all the children have grown up and left, the house is very quiet. Now that my sister has gotten rid of their cat, we can go to her house this coming Thanksgiving.
8. adv. At the time reached within a narration.
Now, he remembered why he had come. He now asked her whether she had made pudding. The pudding was now ready to be served.
9. adv. In the context of urgency.
Now listen, we must do something about this.
10. adv. (obsolete) As 'but now': Very recently; not long ago; up to the present.
11. conj. Since, because, in light of the fact; often with that.
We can play football now that the rain has stopped.
Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry.
Now that we're all here, let's start the meeting. = Let's start the meeting now that everyone's here.
12. interj. Indicates a signal to begin.
Now! Fire all we've got while the enemy is in reach!
13. n. The present time.
Now is the right time.
There is no better time than now.
14. n. (often, with "the") The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.
She is living in the now.
15. n. (chiefly in phenomenology) A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.
16. v. misspelling of know
I don't now. (intended: I don't know.)
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".
people
1. n. Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
Why do so many people commit suicide?
2. n. Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc; folk; a community.
3. n. A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.
4. n. One's colleagues or employees.
5. n. A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
My people lived through the Black Plague and the Thirty Years War.
6. n. The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.
7. n. plural of person.
8. v. To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
9. v. (intransitive) To become populous or populated.
10. v. To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.
Will
1. n. (American football) A weak-side linebacker.
2. v. (rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
Do what you will.
3. v. (rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
4. v. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
5. v. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
6. v. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
7. v. (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
8. 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.
9. n. One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.
10. n. The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
Most creatures have a will to live.
11. 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.
12. n. (archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.
13. n. (archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
14. v. (archaic) To wish, desire.
15. v. (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
16. v. To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
All the fans were willing their team to win the game.
17. 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?
reluctant
1. adj. (now rare) Opposing; offering resistance (to).
2. adj. Not wanting to take some action; unwilling.
She was reluctant to lend him the money
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
put
1. v. To place something somewhere.
She put her books on the table.
2. v. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
Put your house in order!
He is putting all his energy into this one task.
She tends to put herself in dangerous situations.
3. v. (finance) To exercise a put option.
He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80.
4. v. To express something in a certain manner.
When you put it that way, I guess I can see your point.
5. v. (athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)
6. v. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
7. v. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
8. v. To attach or attribute; to assign.
to put a wrong construction on an act or expression
9. v. (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
10. v. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
to put a question; to put a case
11. v. (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
12. v. (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
13. n. (business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
14. n. (finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet.
15. n. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
the put of a ball
16. n. An old card game.
17. n. (obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person; a duffer.
18. n. (obsolete) A prostitute.
themselves
1. pron. The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for em
(reflexively) They’ve hurt themselves.
(after a preposition) They fought among themselves.
(for emphasis) They are going to try climbing Mount Everest themselves.
2. pron. The reflexive case of they, the third-person singular personal pronoun. The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
(reflexively) Would whoever stole my phone please make themselves known.
(after a preposition) I don't want anyone to fight among themselves.
(for emphasis) Everyone must do it themselves.
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
His
1. pron. honoraltcaps, his
2. det. Belonging to him.
3. det. (dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
4. det. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
5. det. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.
Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark.
Sejanus his Fall
6. pron. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
The decision was his to live with.
7. pron. alternative spelling of His
8. n. plural of hi
hands
1. n. plural of hand
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of hand
hand
1. n. The part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
Her hands are really strong.
2. n. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.:
3. n. A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
4. n. An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
5. n. In linear measurement::
6. n. (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.
7. n. (obsolete) Three inches.
8. n. A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
9. n. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
10. n. An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful.
an old hand at speaking; large farms need many farm hands
11. n. An instance of helping.
Bob gave Alice a hand to move the furniture.
12. n. Handwriting; style of penmanship.
a good hand
13. n. A person's autograph or signature.
Given under my Hand and Seal of the State this 1st Day of January, 2010.
14. n. Personal possession; ownership.
15. n. (usually in the hands) Management, domain, control.
in safe hands; in good hands; He lost his job when the factory changed hands. With the business back in the founder's hands, there is new hope for the company. With John
16. n. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.:
17. n. (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
18. n. # A round of a card game.
19. n. (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
20. n. (collective) The collective noun for a bunch of bananas.
21. n. Applause.
Give him a hand.
22. n. (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
23. n. (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
24. n. A whole rhizome of ginger.
25. n. The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
This fabric has a smooth, soft hand.
26. n. (archaic) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
27. n. (archaic) Agency in transmission from one person to another.
to buy at first hand (from the producer, or when new); to buy at second hand (when no longer in the producer’s hand, or when not new); It's not a rumor. I heard it at first hand.
28. n. (obsolete) Rate; price.
29. v. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
He handed them the letter. She handed responsibility over to her deputy.
30. v. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
to hand a lady into a carriage
31. v. (transitive, obsolete) To manage.
32. v. (transitive, obsolete) To seize; to lay hands on.
33. v. (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
34. v. (transitive, nautical, said of a sail) To furl.
35. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To cooperate.

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