looking |
1. v. present participle of look | |
2. n. The act of one who looks; a glance. | |
3. n. (obsolete) The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance. | |
look |
1. v. (intransitive, often, with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes. | |
Look at my new car! Don’t look in the closet. | |
2. v. To appear, to seem. | |
It looks as if it’s going to rain soon. | |
3. v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being. | |
That painting looks nice. | |
4. v. (intransitive, often, with "for") To search for, to try to find. | |
5. v. To face or present a view. | |
The hotel looks over the valleys of the HinduKush. | |
6. v. To expect or anticipate. | |
I look to each hour for my lover’s arrival. | |
7. v. To express or manifest by a look. | |
8. v. (transitive, often, with "to") To make sure of, to see to. | |
9. v. (dated, sometimes figurative) To show oneself in looking. | |
Look out of the window i.e. lean out while I speak to you. | |
10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward. | |
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for. | |
12. v. (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence. | |
to look down opposition | |
13. v. (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it. | |
The fastball caught him looking. | |
Clem Labine struck Mays out looking at his last at bat. | |
It's unusual for Mays to strike out looking. He usually takes a cut at it. | |
14. interj. Pay attention. | |
Look, I'm going to explain what to do, so you have to listen closely. | |
15. n. The action of looking; an attempt to see. | |
Let’s have a look under the hood of the car. | |
16. n. (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression. | |
She got her mother’s looks. | |
I don’t like the look of the new design. | |
17. n. A facial expression. | |
He gave me a dirty look. | |
If looks could kill ... | |
back |
1. adj. (not comparable) Near the rear. | |
Go in the back door of the house. | |
2. adj. (not comparable) Not current. | |
I’d like to find a back issue of that magazine. | |
3. adj. (not comparable) Far from the main area. | |
They took a back road. | |
4. adj. (not comparable) In arrear; overdue. | |
They still owe three months' back rent. | |
5. adj. (not comparable) Moving or operating backward. | |
back action | |
6. adj. (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel). | |
The vowel of smallcaps - lot has a back vowel in most dialects of England. | |
7. adv. (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place. | |
He gave back the money. He needs his money back. He was on vacation, but now he’s back. The office fell into chaos when you left, but now order is back. | |
8. adv. Away from the front or from an edge. | |
Sit all the way back in your chair. | |
Step back from the curb. | |
9. adv. In a manner that impedes. | |
Fear held him back. | |
10. adv. In a reciprocal manner. | |
If you hurt me, I'll hurt you back. | |
11. adv. Earlier, ago. | |
many years back | |
12. n. The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly. | |
Could you please scratch my back? | |
13. n. The spine and associated tissues. | |
I hurt my back lifting those crates. | |
14. n. (slang) Large and attractive buttocks. | |
15. n. (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back. | |
I still need to finish the back of your dress. | |
16. n. The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back. | |
Can you fix the back of this chair? | |
17. n. (obsolete) That part of the body that bears clothing. (Now used only in the phrase clothes on one's back.) | |
18. n. That which is farthest away from the front. | |
He sat in the back of the room. | |
19. n. The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side. | |
Turn the book over and look at the back. | |
20. n. # The edge of a book which is bound. | |
# The titles are printed on the backs of the books. | |
21. n. # (printing) The inside margin of a page. | |
22. n. # The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting. | |
# Tap it with the back of your knife. | |
23. n. The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen. | |
I hung the clothes on the back of the door. | |
24. n. Area behind, such as the backyard of a house. | |
We'll meet out in the back of the library. | |
25. n. The part of something that goes last. | |
The car was near the back of the train. | |
26. n. (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team. | |
The backs were lined up in an I formation. | |
27. n. (figuratively) Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back. | |
The small boat raced over the backs of the waves. | |
28. n. A support or resource in reserve. | |
29. n. (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship. | |
The ship's back broke in the pounding surf. | |
30. n. (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage. | |
31. n. (slang) Effort, usually physical. | |
Put some back into it! | |
32. n. A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail. | |
Could I get a martini with a water back? | |
33. n. Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides. | |
34. v. (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction. | |
the train backed into the station; the horse refuses to back | |
35. v. To support. | |
I back you all the way; which horse are you backing in this race? | |
36. v. (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere. | |
37. v. (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship. | |
38. v. (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power. | |
39. v. (of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed. | |
40. v. To push or force backwards. | |
to back oxen | |
The mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet. | |
41. v. (transitive, obsolete) To get upon the back of; to mount. | |
42. v. (transitive, obsolete) To place or seat upon the back. | |
43. v. To make a back for; to furnish with a back. | |
to back books | |
44. v. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of. | |
45. v. To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement. | |
to back a letter; to back a note or legal document | |
46. v. (legal, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender). | |
47. v. To row backward with (oars). | |
to back the oars | |
48. n. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc. | |
49. n. A ferryboat. | |
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. | |
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. | |
hanging |
1. v. present participle of hang | |
2. adj. Suspended. | |
The hanging vines made the house look older than it was. | |
3. adj. (chess, of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture. | |
4. adj. (baseball, slang) Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher hence relatively easy to hit. | |
hanging breaking ball | |
hanging slider | |
5. adj. (slang) ugly; very unattractive | |
6. n. The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to execute that person (or to commit suicide). | |
Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there. | |
7. n. A sometimes public event at which a person is hanged. | |
The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village. | |
8. n. Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins or posters). | |
The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice. | |
9. n. The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged. | |
I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters. | |
hang |
1. v. (intransitive) To be or remain suspended. | |
The lights hung from the ceiling. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To float, as if suspended. | |
The smoke hung in the room. | |
3. v. (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground. | |
4. v. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect. | |
He hung his head in shame. | |
5. v. To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger or the like. | |
Hang those lights from the ceiling. | |
It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than | |
6. v. (transitive, legal) To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck. | |
The culprits were hanged from the nearest tree. | |
7. v. (intransitive, legal) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose. | |
You will hang for this, my friend. | |
8. v. (intransitive, informal) To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly. | |
Are you busy, or can you hang with me? I didn't see anything, officer. I was just hanging. | |
9. v. To exhibit (an object) by hanging. | |
10. v. To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall). | |
Let's hang this cute animal design in the nursery. | |
11. v. To decorate (something) with hanging objects. | |
Let's hang the nursery with some new wallpaper. | |
12. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts. | |
13. v. To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous. | |
One obstinate juror can hang a jury. | |
14. v. (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard and mouse. | |
The computer has hung again. Not even pressing++ works. When I push this button the program hangs. | |
15. v. (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding. | |
The program has a bug that can hang the system. | |
16. v. (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture. | |
If you move there, you'll hang your queen rook. | |
17. v. (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture. | |
In this standard opening position White has to be careful because the pawn on e4 hangs. | |
18. v. (transitive, baseball, slang) Of a pitcher, to throw a hittable off-speed pitch. | |
19. n. The way in which something hangs. | |
This skirt has a nice hang. | |
20. n. (figuratively) A grip, understanding | |
He got the hang of it after only two demonstrations | |
21. n. (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input devices. | |
We sometimes get system hangs. | |
22. n. A sharp or steep declivity or slope. | |
23. n. (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap, processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches. | |
24. n. alternative spelling of Hang | |
slope |
1. n. An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward. | |
I had to climb a small slope to get to the site. | |
2. n. The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward. | |
The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point. | |
3. n. (mathematics) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical. | |
The slope of this line is 0.5 | |
4. n. (mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point. | |
The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x. | |
5. n. The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run). | |
The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater. | |
6. n. (vulgar, highly offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent. | |
7. v. (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward. | |
The road slopes sharply down at that point. | |
8. v. To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant. | |
to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment | |
9. v. (colloquial usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously. | |
I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me. | |
10. v. (military) To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder. | |
The order was given to "slope arms". | |
11. adj. (obsolete) Sloping. | |
12. adv. (obsolete) slopingly | |
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 | |
could |
1. v. simple past tense of can | |
Before I was blind, I could see very well. | |
2. v. conditional of can | |
3. v. Used as a past subjunctive (contrary to fact). | |
I think he could do it if he really wanted to. | |
I wish I could fly! | |
4. v. Used to politely ask for permission to do something. | |
Could I borrow your coat? | |
5. v. Used to politely ask for someone else to do something. | |
Could you proofread this email? | |
6. v. Used to show the possibility that something might happen. | |
We could rearrange the time if you like. | |
7. v. Used to suggest something. | |
You could try adding more salt to the soup. | |
8. n. Something that could happen, or could be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality. | |
can |
1. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to. | |
She can speak English, French, and German. I can play football. Can you remember your fifth birthday? | |
2. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to. | |
You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework. Can I use your pen? | |
3. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible. | |
Can it be Friday already? | |
Teenagers can really try their parents' patience. | |
Animals can experience emotions. | |
4. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception. | |
Can you hear that?. | |
I can feel the baby moving inside me. | |
5. v. (obsolete, transitive) To know. | |
6. n. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top. | |
7. n. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can). | |
8. n. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish. | |
9. n. (archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory. | |
Shit or get off the can. | |
Bob's in the can. You can wait a few minutes or just leave it with me. | |
10. n. (US, slang) Buttocks. | |
11. n. (slang) Jail or prison. | |
Bob's in the can. He won't be back for a few years. | |
12. n. (slang) Headphones. | |
13. n. (archaic) A drinking cup. | |
14. n. (nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark | |
15. n. A chimney pot. | |
16. v. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar. | |
They spent August canning fruit and vegetables. | |
17. v. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.). | |
He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail. | |
18. v. To shut up. | |
Can your gob. | |
19. v. (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee. | |
The boss canned him for speaking out. | |
see |
1. v. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight. | |
2. v. To witness or observe by personal experience. | |
Now I've seen it all! | |
I have been blind since birth and I love to read Braille. When the books arrive in from the library, I can’t wait to see what stories they have s | |
I saw military service in Vietnam. | |
3. v. To form a mental picture of. | |
4. v. (figuratively) To understand. | |
Do you see what I mean? | |
5. v. To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled. | |
They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see. | |
6. v. (social) To meet, to visit. | |
7. v. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit. | |
to go to see a friend | |
8. v. To date frequently. | |
I've been seeing her for two months | |
9. v. To be the setting or time of. | |
The 20th century saw humanity's first space exploration. | |
10. v. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it. | |
I'll see you hang for this! I saw that they didn't make any more trouble. | |
11. v. (gambling) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value. | |
I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten. | |
12. v. (sometimes mystical) To foresee, predict, or prophesy. | |
The oracle saw the destruction of the city. | |
13. v. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether). | |
I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer. | |
14. v. (used in the imperative) (Used to emphasise a proposition.) | |
You see, Johnny, your Dad isn't your real dad. | |
15. v. (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details. | |
Step 4: In the system, check out the laptop to the student (see: "Logging Resources" in the Tutor Manual). | |
This article is about the insect. For the English rock band, see. | |
For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C. | |
16. interj. Directing the audience to pay attention to the following | |
See here, fellas, there's no need for all this rucus! | |
17. interj. Introducing an explanation | |
See, in order to win the full prize we would have to come up with a scheme to land a rover on the Moon. | |
18. n. A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop. | |
19. n. The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric | |
20. n. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised. | |
groups |
1. n. plural of group | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of group | |
group |
1. n. A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another. | |
there is a group of houses behind the hill; he left town to join a Communist group | |
A group of people gathered in front of the Parliament to demonstrate against the Prime Minister's proposals. | |
2. n. (group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse. | |
3. n. (geometry, archaic) An effective divisor on a curve. | |
4. n. A (usually small) group of people who perform music together. | |
Did you see the new jazz group? | |
5. n. (astronomy) A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other. | |
6. n. (chemistry) A column in the periodic table of chemical elements. | |
7. n. (chemistry) A functional group. | |
Nitro is an electron-withdrawing group. | |
8. n. (sociology) A subset of a culture or of a society. | |
9. n. (military) An air force formation. | |
10. n. (geology) A collection of formations or rock strata. | |
11. n. (computing) A number of users with same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals. | |
12. n. An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter. | |
13. n. (music) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes. | |
14. n. (sports) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division. | |
15. n. (business) A commercial organization. | |
16. v. To put together to form a group. | |
group the dogs by hair colour | |
17. v. (intransitive) To come together to form a group. | |
of |
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion. | |
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". | |
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). | |
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). | |
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage. | |
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to. | |
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three. | |
6. prep. Expressing separation. | |
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.) | |
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband. | |
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.) | |
He seemed devoid of human feelings. | |
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.) | |
10. prep. Expressing origin. | |
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.) | |
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin. | |
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of. | |
The invention was born of necessity. | |
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.) | |
It is said that she died of a broken heart. | |
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.) | |
I am tired of all this nonsense. | |
15. prep. Expressing agency. | |
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).) | |
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea. | |
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below). | |
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties. | |
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.) | |
It was very brave of you to speak out like that. | |
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance. | |
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.) | |
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic. | |
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.) | |
She wore a dress of silk. | |
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.) | |
What a lot of nonsense! | |
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.) | |
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich. | |
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also". | |
I'm not driving this wreck of a car. | |
25. prep. Introducing subject matter. | |
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma | |
I'm always thinking of you. | |
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning. | |
He told us the story of his journey to India. | |
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.) | |
This behaviour is typical of teenagers. | |
29. prep. Having partitive effect. | |
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among". | |
Most of these apples are rotten. | |
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.) | |
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of. | |
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort. | |
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).) | |
He is a friend of mine. | |
34. prep. Expressing possession. | |
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above. | |
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century. | |
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it. | |
The owner of the nightclub was arrested. | |
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter | |
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames. | |
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive". | |
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.) | |
She had a profound distrust of the police. | |
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics. | |
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards. | |
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner. | |
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by". | |
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain. | |
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.) | |
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%. | |
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod | |
It's not that big of a deal. | |
45. prep. Expressing a point in time. | |
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity. | |
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river. | |
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time). | |
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while. | |
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.) | |
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off. | |
pale |
1. adj. Light in color. | |
I have pale yellow wallpaper. | |
She had pale skin because she didn't get much sunlight. | |
2. adj. (of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.). | |
His face turned pale after hearing about his mother's death. | |
3. adj. Feeble, faint. | |
He is but a pale shadow of his former self. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To turn pale; to lose colour. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To become insignificant. | |
6. v. To make pale; to diminish the brightness of. | |
7. n. (obsolete) Paleness; pallor. | |
8. n. A wooden stake; a picket. | |
9. n. (archaic) Fence made from wooden stake; palisade. | |
10. n. (by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of). | |
11. n. The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale. | |
12. n. (heraldry) A vertical band down the middle of a shield. | |
13. n. (archaic) A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction. | |
14. n. (historical) The parts of Ireland under English jurisdiction. | |
15. n. (historical) The territory around Calais under English control (from the 14th to 16th centuries). | |
16. n. (historical) A portion of Russia in which Jews were permitted to live. | |
17. n. (archaic) The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority. | |
18. n. A cheese scoop.P. L. Simmonds, A Dictionary of Trade Products, Commercial, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms, London: Routledge, 1858, p. 272 | |
19. n. A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened. | |
20. v. To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off. | |
primroses |
1. n. plural of primrose | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of primrose | |
primrose |
1. n. A flowering plant of the genus Primula. | |
2. n. Specifically, the species (syn.). | |
3. n. A plant of the family Primulaceae. | |
4. n. A plant of the genus Oenothera, better known as an evening primrose. | |
5. n. A flower of a primrose plant. | |
6. n. A light yellow colour. | |
(color panel, E9C518) | |
7. adj. Of a light yellow colour. | |
8. v. (intransitive) To pick primroses. | |
We went primrosing on Sunday and returned with a full basket. | |
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. | |
between |
1. prep. In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.) | |
John stood between Amy and Mary. Let's meet between two and three. | |
I want to buy one that costs somewhere between forty and fifty dollars. | |
2. prep. Done together or reciprocally. | |
conversation between friends | |
3. prep. Shared in confidence. | |
Between you and me, I think the boss is crazy. Let's keep this between ourselves. | |
4. prep. In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places). | |
He's between jobs right now. The shuttle runs between the town and the airport. | |
5. prep. Combined (by effort or ownership). | |
Between us all, we shall succeed. We've only got £5 between us. | |
Between the leaky taps and the peeling wallpaper, there isn't much about this house to appeal to a buyer. | |
6. prep. One of (representing a choice). | |
You must choose between him and me. | |
Some colour-blind people can't distinguish between red and green. | |
7. n. A kind of needle, shorter than a sharp, with a small rounded eye, used for making fine stitches on heavy fabrics. | |
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. | |
exposed |
1. adj. (usually followed by to) Vulnerable, susceptible. | |
exposed to abuse; exposed to danger | |
2. v. simple past tense and past participle of expose | |
expose |
1. v. To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to. | |
2. v. To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image. | |
3. v. To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness. | |
4. v. To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc. | |
5. v. (computing, transitive) To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs. | |
roots |
1. n. plural of root | |
2. n. Ancestry. | |
I have both Irish and German roots. | |
3. n. Beginnings; origin. | |
Jazz has its roots in blues. | |
root |
1. n. The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction. | |
This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground. | |
2. n. A root vegetable. | |
3. n. The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place. | |
Root damage is a common problem of overbrushing. | |
4. n. The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place. | |
The root is the only part of the hair that is alive. | |
5. n. The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated. | |
He dyed his hair black last month, so the grey roots can be seen. | |
6. n. The primary source; origin. | |
The love of money is the root of all evil. | |
7. n. (arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression. | |
The cube root of 27 is 3. | |
8. n. (arithmetic) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, “the root of” is often abbreviated to “root”). | |
Multiply by root 2. | |
9. n. (analysis) A zero (of an equation). | |
10. n. (graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent. | |
11. n. (linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often der | |
12. n. (philology) A word from which another word or words are derived. | |
13. n. (music) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed. | |
14. n. The lowest place, position, or part. | |
15. n. (computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages account | |
I have to log in as root before I do that. | |
16. n. (computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories. | |
I installed the files in the root directory. | |
17. n. (slang) A penis, especially the base of a penis. | |
18. v. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow. | |
19. v. To be firmly fixed; to be established. | |
20. v. (computing, slang) To break into a computer system and obtain root access. | |
We rooted his box and planted a virus on it. | |
21. v. To turn up or dig with the snout. | |
A pig roots the earth for truffles. | |
22. v. (by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn. | |
23. v. (intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil. | |
rooting about in a junk-filled drawer | |
24. v. To root out; to abolish. | |
25. v. (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang) To have sexual intercourse. | |
26. v. (horticulture, intransitive) To grow roots | |
The cuttings are starting to root. | |
27. v. (horticulture, transitive) To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings | |
We rooted some cuttings last summer. | |
28. n. (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse. | |
Fancy a root? | |
29. n. (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A sexual partner. | |
30. v. (intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.) | |
I'm rooting for you, don't let me down! | |
of |
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion. | |
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". | |
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). | |
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). | |
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage. | |
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to. | |
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three. | |
6. prep. Expressing separation. | |
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.) | |
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband. | |
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.) | |
He seemed devoid of human feelings. | |
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.) | |
10. prep. Expressing origin. | |
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.) | |
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin. | |
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of. | |
The invention was born of necessity. | |
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.) | |
It is said that she died of a broken heart. | |
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.) | |
I am tired of all this nonsense. | |
15. prep. Expressing agency. | |
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).) | |
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea. | |
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below). | |
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties. | |
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.) | |
It was very brave of you to speak out like that. | |
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance. | |
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.) | |
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic. | |
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.) | |
She wore a dress of silk. | |
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.) | |
What a lot of nonsense! | |
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.) | |
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich. | |
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also". | |
I'm not driving this wreck of a car. | |
25. prep. Introducing subject matter. | |
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma | |
I'm always thinking of you. | |
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning. | |
He told us the story of his journey to India. | |
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.) | |
This behaviour is typical of teenagers. | |
29. prep. Having partitive effect. | |
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among". | |
Most of these apples are rotten. | |
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.) | |
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of. | |
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort. | |
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).) | |
He is a friend of mine. | |
34. prep. Expressing possession. | |
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above. | |
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century. | |
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it. | |
The owner of the nightclub was arrested. | |
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter | |
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames. | |
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive". | |
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.) | |
She had a profound distrust of the police. | |
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics. | |
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards. | |
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner. | |
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by". | |
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain. | |
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.) | |
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%. | |
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod | |
It's not that big of a deal. | |
45. prep. Expressing a point in time. | |
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity. | |
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river. | |
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time). | |
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while. | |
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.) | |
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off. | |
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. | |
high |
1. adj. Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty. | |
The balloon rose high in the sky. The wall was high. a high mountain | |
2. adj. Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions. | |
3. adj. (baseball, of a ball) Above the batter's shoulders. | |
the pitch (or: the ball) was high | |
4. adj. Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured. | |
5. adj. Having a specified elevation or height; tall. | |
three feet high three Mount Everests high | |
6. adj. Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character. | |
The oldest of the elves' royal family still conversed in High Elvish. | |
7. adj. Most exalted; foremost. | |
the high priest, the high officials of the court, the high altar | |
8. adj. Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive). | |
high crimes, the high festival of the sun | |
9. adj. Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith. | |
high (i.e. intense) heat; high (i.e. full or quite) noon; high (i.e. rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i.e. complete) pleasure; high (i.e. deep or vivid) colour; high (i.e. extensive, thorough) s | |
10. adj. Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend). | |
11. adj. (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time. | |
high latitude, high antiquity | |
12. adj. (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory. | |
13. adj. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc. | |
in high spirits | |
14. adj. (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich. | |
high living, the high life | |
15. adj. Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud. | |
a high tone | |
16. adj. (with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused. | |
17. adj. (of a body of water) With tall waves. | |
18. adj. Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc). | |
My bank charges me a high interest rate. I was running a high temperature and had high cholesterol. high voltage high prices high winds a high number | |
19. adj. Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, (which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative)). | |
Carrots are high in vitamin A. made from a high-copper alloy | |
20. adj. (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations). | |
The note was too high for her to sing. | |
21. adj. (phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate. | |
22. adj. (card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc. | |
23. adj. (poker) Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush. | |
I have KT742 of the same suit. In other words, a K-high flush. | |
9-high straight = 98765 unsuited | |
Royal Flush = AKQJT suited = A-high straight flush | |
24. adj. (of a card or hand) Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc. | |
North's hand was high. East was in trouble. | |
25. adj. (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose. | |
Epicures do not cook game before it is high. | |
The tailor liked his meat high. | |
26. adj. (slang) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly (until the early 20th century) usually alcohol, but now (by the mid 20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, c | |
27. adj. (nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind. | |
28. adv. In or to an elevated position. | |
How high above land did you fly? | |
29. adv. In or at a great value. | |
Costs have grown higher this year again. | |
30. adv. In a pitch of great frequency. | |
I certainly can't sing that high. | |
31. n. A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. | |
32. n. A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best. | |
It was one of the highs of his career. | |
33. n. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs. | |
That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown. | |
34. n. A drug that gives such a high. | |
35. n. (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone. | |
A large high is centred on the Azores. | |
36. n. The maximum value attained by some quantity within a specified period. | |
Inflation reached a ten-year high. | |
37. n. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period. | |
Today's high was 32°C. | |
38. n. (card games) The highest card dealt or drawn. | |
39. v. (obsolete) To rise. | |
The sun higheth. | |
40. n. (obsolete) Thought; intention; determination; purpose. | |
41. v. To hie; to hasten. | |
beeches |
1. n. plural of beech | |
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. | |
violets |
1. n. plural of violet | |
violet |
1. n. A bluish-purple colour. | |
(color panel, 7F00FF) | |
(color panel, web violet, EE82EE) | |
2. n. Viola, a genus of fragrant plants with white, purple or yellow flowers. | |
3. n. Any of several plants that look like the plants of the genus Viola but are taxonomically unrelated to them. | |
4. adj. Having a bluish-purple colour. | |
had |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of have. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the pluperfect tense, expressing a completed action in the past (with a past participle). | |
3. v. (auxiliary, now rare) As past subjunctive: would have. | |
4. adj. (obsolete) Available. | |
have |
Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast, third-person singular present tense hath, present participle haveing, and second-person singular past tense hadst. | |
1. v. To possess, own, hold. | |
I have a house and a car. | |
Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street! | |
2. v. To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship). | |
I have two sisters. | |
I have a lot of work to do. | |
3. v. To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action. | |
I have breakfast at six o'clock. | |
Can I have a look at that? | |
I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now. | |
4. v. To be scheduled to attend or participate in. | |
What class do you have right now? I have English. | |
Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day. | |
5. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) (Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.) | |
I have already eaten today. | |
I had already eaten. | |
6. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to. | |
I have to go. | |
7. v. To give birth to. | |
The couple always wanted to have children. | |
My wife is having the baby right now! | |
My mother had me when she was 25. | |
8. v. To engage in sexual intercourse with. | |
He's always bragging about how many women he's had. | |
9. v. To accept as a romantic partner. | |
Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me. | |
10. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation. | |
They had me feed their dog while they were out of town. | |
11. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be. | |
He had him arrested for trespassing. | |
The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears. | |
12. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.) | |
The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week. | |
I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice. | |
13. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being. | |
Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening. | |
14. v. (Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below.)) | |
We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we? | |
Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she? | |
(UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he? | |
15. v. (UK, slang) To defeat in a fight; take. | |
I could have him! | |
I'm gonna have you! | |
16. v. (dated) To be able to speak a language. | |
I have no German. | |
17. v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of. | |
Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before. | |
18. v. To be afflicted with, suffer from. | |
He had a cold last week. | |
19. v. To experience, go through, undergo. | |
We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that. | |
He had surgery on his hip yesterday. | |
I'm having the time of my life! | |
20. v. To trick, to deceive. | |
You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke. | |
21. v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate. | |
The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it. | |
I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night. | |
22. v. (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by. | |
I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it. | |
23. v. To host someone; to take in as a guest. | |
Thank you for having me! | |
24. v. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation. | |
What do you have for problem two? | |
I have two contacts on my scope. | |
25. v. (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case. | |
We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon. | |
26. n. A wealthy or privileged person. | |
27. n. (uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing. | |
28. n. (AU, NZ, informal) A fraud or deception; something misleading. | |
They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have. | |
burst |
1. v. (intransitive) To break from internal pressure. | |
I blew the balloon up too much, and it burst. | |
2. v. To cause to break from internal pressure. | |
I burst the balloon when I blew it up too much. | |
3. v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to break by any means. | |
4. v. To separate formfeed at perforation lines. | |
I printed the report on formfeed paper then burst the sheets. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting. | |
The flowers burst into bloom on the first day of spring. | |
7. v. To produce as an effect of bursting. | |
to burst a hole through the wall | |
8. n. An act or instance of bursting. | |
The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away. | |
9. n. A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display. | |
10. n. A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm. | |
into |
1. prep. Going inside (of). | |
Mary danced into the house. | |
2. prep. Going to a geographic region. | |
We left the house and walked into the street. | |
The plane flew into the open air. | |
3. prep. Against, especially with force or violence. | |
The car crashed into the tree; I wasn't careful, and walked into a wall | |
4. prep. Producing, becoming; (indicates transition into another form or substance). | |
I carved the piece of driftwood into a sculpture of a whale. Right before our eyes, Jake turned into a wolf! | |
5. prep. After the start of. | |
About 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot reported a fire on board. | |
6. prep. (colloquial) Interested in or attracted to. | |
She's really into Shakespeare right now; I'm so into you! | |
7. prep. (mathematics) Taking distinct arguments to distinct values. | |
The exponential function maps the set of real numbers into itself. | |
8. prep. (UK, archaic, India, mathematics) Expressing the operation of multiplication.(R:OED Online) | |
Five into three is fifteen. | |
9. prep. (mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes". | |
Three into two won't go. | |
24 goes into 48 how many times? | |
10. prep. Investigating the subject (of). | |
Call for research into pesticides blamed for vanishing bees. | |
flower |
1. n. A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction. | |
2. n. (botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil. | |
3. n. A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood. | |
We transplanted the flowers to a larger pot. | |
4. n. (usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms. | |
The dogwoods are in flower this week. | |
5. n. (euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora. | |
6. n. The best examples or representatives of a group. | |
We selected the flower of the applicants. | |
7. n. The best state of things; the prime. | |
She was in the flower of her life. | |
8. n. (obsolete) Flour. | |
9. n. (in the chemistry, obsolete) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation. | |
the flowers of sulphur | |
10. n. A figure of speech; an ornament of style. | |
11. n. (printing) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc. | |
12. n. (in the plural) Menstrual discharges. | |
13. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To put forth blooms. | |
This plant flowers in June. | |
14. v. (lbl, en, transitive) To decorate with pictures of flowers. | |
15. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To reach a state of full development or achievement. | |
16. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer. | |
17. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To come off as flowers by sublimation. | |
18. n. (rare) Something that flows, such as a river. | |
among |
1. prep. (Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)) | |
How can you speak with authority about their customs when you have never lived among them? | |
2. prep. Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group. | |
He is among the few who completely understand the subject. | |
3. prep. Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group. | |
Lactose intolerance is common among people of Asian heritage. | |
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. | |
much |
1. det. A large amount of. | |
2. det. (now archaic, or nonstandard) A great number of; many (people). | |
3. det. (now Caribbean, African-American) Many ( + plural noun). | |
4. adj. (obsolete) Large, great. | |
5. adv. To a great extent. | |
I don't like fish much. | |
He is much fatter than I remember him. | |
He left her, much to the satisfaction of her other suitor. | |
6. adv. Often; frequently. | |
Does he get drunk much? | |
7. pron. A large amount or great extent. | |
From those to whom much has been given much is expected. | |
taller |
1. adj. comparative form of tall: more tall | |
stems |
1. n. plural of stem | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of stem | |
stem |
1. n. The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors. | |
2. n. A branch of a family. | |
3. n. An advanced or leading position; the lookout. | |
4. n. (botany) The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms. | |
5. n. A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather. | |
the stem of an apple or a cherry | |
6. n. A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon. | |
7. n. (linguistics) The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions deri | |
8. n. (slang) A person's leg. | |
9. n. (typography) A vertical stroke of a letter. | |
10. n. (music) A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music. | |
11. n. (nautical) The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached. | |
12. n. Component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork | |
13. n. (anatomy) A part of an anatomic structure considered without its possible branches or ramifications. | |
14. n. (slang) A crack pipe; or the long, hollow portion of a similar pipe (i.e. meth pipe) resembling a crack pipe. | |
15. n. (chiefly British) A winder on a clock, watch, or similar mechanism | |
16. v. To remove the stem from. | |
to stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves | |
17. v. To be caused or derived; to originate. | |
The current crisis stems from the short-sighted politics of the previous government. | |
18. v. To descend in a family line. | |
19. v. To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against. | |
20. v. (obsolete) To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram. | |
21. v. To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole. | |
22. v. To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood). | |
to stem a tide | |
23. v. (skiing) To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn. | |
24. n. alternative form of steem | |
25. n. alternative form of STEM | |
of |
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion. | |
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". | |
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). | |
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). | |
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage. | |
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to. | |
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three. | |
6. prep. Expressing separation. | |
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.) | |
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband. | |
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.) | |
He seemed devoid of human feelings. | |
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.) | |
10. prep. Expressing origin. | |
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.) | |
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin. | |
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of. | |
The invention was born of necessity. | |
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.) | |
It is said that she died of a broken heart. | |
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.) | |
I am tired of all this nonsense. | |
15. prep. Expressing agency. | |
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).) | |
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea. | |
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below). | |
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties. | |
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.) | |
It was very brave of you to speak out like that. | |
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance. | |
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.) | |
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic. | |
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.) | |
She wore a dress of silk. | |
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.) | |
What a lot of nonsense! | |
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.) | |
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich. | |
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also". | |
I'm not driving this wreck of a car. | |
25. prep. Introducing subject matter. | |
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma | |
I'm always thinking of you. | |
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning. | |
He told us the story of his journey to India. | |
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.) | |
This behaviour is typical of teenagers. | |
29. prep. Having partitive effect. | |
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among". | |
Most of these apples are rotten. | |
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.) | |
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of. | |
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort. | |
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).) | |
He is a friend of mine. | |
34. prep. Expressing possession. | |
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above. | |
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century. | |
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it. | |
The owner of the nightclub was arrested. | |
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter | |
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames. | |
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive". | |
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.) | |
She had a profound distrust of the police. | |
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics. | |
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards. | |
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner. | |
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by". | |
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain. | |
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.) | |
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%. | |
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod | |
It's not that big of a deal. | |
45. prep. Expressing a point in time. | |
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity. | |
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river. | |
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time). | |
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while. | |
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.) | |
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off. | |
dogs |
1. n. plural of dog | |
2. n. (slang) Feet, from rhyming slang dog's meat. | |
My dogs are tired. Let's get a taxi. | |
3. n. (usually with the) A greyhound racing event. | |
I lost money at the dogs last night. | |
4. n. (nautical) Fasteners securing a watertight hatch. | |
5. v. third-person singular present indicative of dog | |
dog |
1. n. A mammal, Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding. | |
The dog barked all night long. | |
2. n. A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch (often attributive). | |
3. n. (slang) A dull, unattractive girl or woman. | |
She’s a real dog. | |
4. n. (slang) A man (derived from definition 2). | |
You lucky dog! | |
He's a silly dog. | |
5. n. (slang) A coward. | |
Come back and fight, you dogs! | |
6. n. (derogatory) Someone who is morally reprehensible. | |
You dirty dog. | |
7. n. (slang) A sexually aggressive man (cf. horny). | |
8. n. Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection. | |
9. n. A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet-wheel, to restrain the back action; a click or pawl. (See also: ratchet, windlass) | |
10. n. A metal support for logs in a fireplace. | |
The dogs were too hot to touch. | |
11. n. (cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card. | |
12. n. A hot dog. | |
13. n. (poker slang) Underdog. | |
14. n. (slang) Foot. | |
My dogs are barking! - My feet hurt! | |
15. n. (Cockney rhyming slang) (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone. | |
My dog is dead. - My mobile-phone battery has run out of charge and is no longer able to function. | |
16. n. One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses. | |
17. v. To pursue with the intent to catch. | |
18. v. To follow in an annoying or harassing way. | |
The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step. | |
19. v. (transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely. | |
It is very important to dog down these hatches... | |
20. v. (intransitive, emerging usage in British) To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place. | |
I admit that I like to dog at my local country park. | |
21. v. (intransitive, transitive) To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished. | |
A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it. | |
Mercury |
1. n. (dated) A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger. | |
2. n. (dated) A newspaper. | |
3. n. A metal. | |
4. n. A silvery-colored, toxic, metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg. | |
5. n. (science, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals. | |
6. n. (with definite article) Ambient pressure or temperature (from the use of mercury in barometers and thermometers). | |
The mercury there has averaged 37.6C, 2.3C above the February norm. | |
7. n. (obsolete) Liveliness, volatility. | |
8. n. A plant. | |
9. n. An annual plant, annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, (vern, herb mercury). | |
10. n. A similar edible plant, , otherwise known as English mercury or allgood. | |
11. n. (US, regional) The poison oak or poison ivy. | |