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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.
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