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rob
1. v. To steal from, especially using force or violence.
He robbed three banks before he was caught.
2. v. To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
The best way to rob a bank is to own one.
3. v. (transitive figuratively, used with "of") To deprive (of).
Working all day robs me of any energy to go out in the evening.
4. v. (intransitive, slang) To burgle.
5. v. (intransitive) To commit robbery.
6. v. (sports) To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from.
7. n. The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire until it reaches a syrupy consistency. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar.
I'm
1. contraction. Contraction of I am.
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)
am
1. v. first-person singular present indicative of be
2. adv. alternative spelling of a.m.
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?
not
1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
2. adv. To no degree.
That is not red; it's orange.
3. conj. And not.
I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!
Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not!
5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function.
You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip.
6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not.
going
1. v. present participle of go
2. n. A departure.
3. n. The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
The going was very difficult over the ice.
4. n. progress
We made good going for a while, but then we came to the price.
5. n. (figurative) Conditions for advancing in any way.
Not only were the streets not paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant.
6. n. (obsolete) pregnancy; gestation; childbearing
7. n. (in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
8. adj. Likely to continue; viable.
He didn't want to make an unsecured loan to the business because it didn't look like a going concern.
9. adj. That attends habitually or regularly.
10. adj. Current, prevailing.
The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour.
11. adj. (especially, after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available.
He has the easiest job going.
go
1. v. To move:
2. v. (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like
Why don’t you go with us? This train goes through Cincinnati on its way to Chicago. Chris, where are you going? &nbs
3. v. (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's m
Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.
Fans want to see the Twelfth Doctor go to the 51st century to visit River in the library.
4. v. (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
5. v. To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
We've only gone twenty miles today. This car can go circles around that one.
6. v. (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
We went swimming. Let's go shopping.
7. v. (intransitive) To leave; to move away.
Please don't go! I really must be going. Workmen were coming and going at all hours of the night.
8. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To walk; to travel on one's feet.
9. v. (intransitive, chiefly of a, machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
The engine just won't go anymore.
10. v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
Get ready, get set, go! On your marks, get set, go! On your marks, set, go!
Here goes nothing. Let's go and hunt.
11. v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
It’s your turn; go.
12. v. (intransitive) To attend.
I go to school at the schoolhouse. She went to Yale. They only go to church on Christmas.
13. v. To proceed:
14. v. (intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
That went well. "How are things going?" "Not bad, thanks.".
15. v. (intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
Why'd you have to go and do that?
Why'd you have to go do that?
He just went and punched the guy.
16. v. To follow or travel along (a path):
17. v. To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
Let's go this way for a while.
She was going that way anyway, so she offered to show him where it was.
18. v. To travel or pass along.
19. v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
This property goes all the way to the state line.
20. v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
Does this road go to Fort Smith?
21. v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
You'll go blind. I went crazy / went mad. After failing as a criminal, he decided to go straight.
22. v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
23. v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
I don't want my children to go hungry. We went barefoot in the summer.
24. v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
they went into debt, she goes to sleep around 10 o'clock, the local shop wants to go digital, and eventually go global
25. v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
The traffic light went straight from green to red.
26. v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
How did your meeting with Smith go?
27. v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
Well, that goes to show you. These experiences go to make us stronger.
28. v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
qualities that go to make a lady / lip-reader / sharpshooter
29. v. To pass, to be used up:
30. v. (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
The time went slowly.
31. v. (intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
After three days, my headache finally went.
32. v. (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
His money went on drink.
33. v. (intransitive) To die.
34. v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
This chair has got to go.
35. v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out:
36. v. (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
37. v. (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
38. v. To break down or apart:
39. v. (intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.
40. v. (intransitive) To break down or decay.
This meat is starting to go off. My mind is going. She's 83; her eyesight is starting to go.
41. v. (intransitive) To be sold.
Everything must go. The car went for five thousand dollars.
42. v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
The property shall go to my wife. The award went to Steven Spielberg.
43. v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
How long can you go without water? We've gone without your help for a while now. I've gone ten days now without a cigarette. Can you two go twenty minutes wi
44. v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
They've gone one for three in this series. The team is going five in a row.
45. v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
46. v. (intransitive) To have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
Whatever the boss says goes, do you understand?
47. v. (intransitive) To be accepted.
Anything goes around here.
48. v. (intransitive) To be valid.
49. v. To say (something), to make a sound:
50. v. (transitive, slang) To say (something, aloud or to oneself). (Often used in present tense.)
I go, "As if!" And she was all like, "Whatever!".
As soon as I did it, I went "that was stupid.".
51. v. To make the (specified) sound.
Cats go "meow". Motorcycles go "vroom".
52. v. (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
I woke up just before the clock went.
53. v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
The tune goes like this. As the story goes, he got the idea for the song while sitting in traffic.
54. v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
I'll go to court if I have to.
55. v. To apply or subject oneself to:
56. v. To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
I'm going to join a sports team. I wish you'd go and get a job. He went to pick it up, but it rolled out of reach.
to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.
2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
I have to do laundry today.
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
We are walking to the shop.
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
He devoted himself to education.
They drank to his health.
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
His face was beaten to a pulp.
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.
I have ten dollars to your four.
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
Three to the power of two is nine.
Three to the second is nine.
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
I gave the book to him.
12. prep. (time) Preceding.
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
There's a lot of sense to what he says.
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Please push the door to.
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
17. adv. misspelling of too
beat
1. n. A stroke; a blow.
2. n. A pulsation or throb.
a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse
3. n. A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
4. n. A rhythm.
5. n. (music) specifically The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.
6. n. The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
7. n. (authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect; a plot point or story development.
8. n. The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
to walk the beat
9. n. (by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially
10. n. In journalism, the primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
11. n. (dated) An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.
12. n. (colloquial, dated) That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.
the beat of him
13. n. (dated) A place of habitual or frequent resort.
14. n. (archaic) A low cheat or swindler.
a dead beat
15. n. The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
16. n. (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
17. n. (fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
18. v. To hit; strike
As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled.
19. v. To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque.
20. v. (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
21. v. (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
22. v. To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.
Jan had little trouble beating John in tennis. He lost five games in a row.
No matter how quickly Joe finished his test, Roger always beat him.
I just can't seem to beat the last level of this video game.
23. v. (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
24. v. To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
25. v. To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
Beat the eggs and whip the cream.
26. v. (transitive, UK, In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price
He wanted $50 for it, but I managed to beat him down to $35.
27. v. To indicate by beating or drumming.
to beat a retreat; to beat to quarters
28. v. To tread, as a path.
29. v. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
30. v. To be in agitation or doubt.
31. v. To make a sound when struck.
The drums beat.
32. v. (military, intransitive) To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
The drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.
33. v. To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
34. v. To arrive at a place before someone.
He beat me there.
The place is empty, we beat the crowd of people who come at lunch.
35. v. (transitive, US, slang) to masturbate.
This was the second time he beat off today.
36. v. (intransitive, UK, slang) to have sexual intercourse.
Bruv, She came in just as we started to beat.
37. adj. (US slang) exhausted
After the long day, she was feeling completely beat.
38. adj. dilapidated, beat up
Dude, you drive a beat car like that and you ain’t gonna get no honeys.
39. adj. (gay slang) fabulous
Her makeup was beat!
40. adj. (slang) boring
41. adj. (slang) ugly
42. n. A beatnik.
around
1. prep. Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.
I planted a row of lillies around the statue. The jackals began to gather around someone or something.
2. prep. Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
We walked around the football field. She went around the track fifty times.
3. prep. Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
The road took a brief detour around the large rock formation, then went straight on.
4. prep. (of distance, time) Near; in the vicinity of.
I left my keys somewhere around here. I left the house around 10 this morning. There isn't another house here for miles around. I'll see you around the neighbourhood, etc.
5. prep. At various places in.
The pages from the notebook were scattered around the room. Those teenagers like to hang around the mall.
6. adj. (informal, with the verb "to be") Alive; existing.
The record store on Main Street? Yes, it's still around.
"How is old Bob? I heard that his health is failing." "Oh, he's still around. He's feeling better now.".
7. adv. Generally.
8. adv. From place to place.
There are rumors going around that the company is bankrupt.
She went around the office and got everyone to sign the card.
Look around and see what you find.
We moved the furniture around in the living room.
9. adv. From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement.
The team wasn't doing well, but the new coach really turned things around.
He used to stay up late but his new girlfriend changed that around.
The patient was unconscious but the doctor brought him around quickly. (see bring around, come around)
I didn't think he would ever like the new design, but eventually we brought him around. (see bring around, come around)
10. adv. (with turn, spin etc.) Partially or completely rotated, including to face in the opposite direction.
Turn around at the end of this street.
She spun around a few times.
11. adv. Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people
Stop kidding around. I'm serious.
I asked around, and no-one really liked it.
Shopping around can get you a better deal.
When are you going to stop whoring around, find a nice girl, and give us grandchildren?
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.
bush
1. n. (horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
2. n. (slang) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's; loosely, a woman's vulva.
3. n. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
bushes to support pea vines
4. n. (historical) A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.
5. n. (hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
6. v. (intransitive) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
7. v. To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
to bush peas
8. v. To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.
to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground
9. n. (archaic) A tavern or wine merchant.
10. n. (often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.
11. n. (Australia) The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbati
12. n. (New Zealand) An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.
13. n. (Canadian) The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry.
14. n. (Canadian) A woodlot or bluff on a farm.
15. adv. (Australia) Towards the direction of the outback.
On hatching, the chicks scramble to the surface and head bush on their own.
16. adj. (colloquial) Not skilled; not professional; not major league.
They're supposed to be a major league team, but so far they've been bush.
17. n. (baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior".
18. n. A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.
19. n. A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which a camera is attached to a tripod stand.
20. n. A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
21. v. To furnish with a bush or lining.
to bush a pivot hole
because
1. adv. (archaic) For the reason (that).
2. adv. On account (of), for sake (of).
My life is ruined because of you!
3. adv. Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".
4. conj. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
I hid myself because I was afraid.
5. conj. As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
It must be broken, because I pressed the button and nothing happened.
I don't think he is a nice person, because he yells at people for no reason.
6. conj. (obsolete) So that, in order that.
7. prep. (uncommon, slang) On account of, because of.
I went to the store because hungry.
that's
1. contraction. That is.
That’s the book I've been looking for.
2. contraction. That has.
I’ve managed to find the solution to the problem that's been bugging me all day.
3. contraction. That was.
4. contraction. That does.
5. pron. (rare, nonstandard) whose, of which
that
1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
He told me that the book is a good read.
I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British.
2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
Be glad that you have enough to eat.
3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
The noise was so loud that she woke up.
The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed.
5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
Was John there? — Not that I saw.
How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw.
7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.
9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
That book is a good read. This one isn't.
That battle was in 1450.
That cat of yours is evil.
10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t
He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said).
They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?
12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement.
The water is so cold! — That it is.
13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition).
The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.
14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.)
the place that = where or to which I went last year
the last time that = when I went to Europe
15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
"The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...".
16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
I'm just not that sick.
I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.
17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.
18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
is
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
2. n. plural of i
remember to dot your is
kind
1. n. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
What kind of a person are you?
This is a strange kind of tobacco.
2. n. A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
The opening served as a kind of window.
3. n. (archaic) One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.
4. n. Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.
5. n. Equivalent means used as response to an action.
I'll pay in kind for his insult.
6. n. (Christianity) Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.
7. adj. Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others.
8. adj. Affectionate.
a kind man; a kind heart
9. adj. Favorable.
10. adj. Mild, gentle, forgiving
The years have been kind to Richard Gere; he ages well.
11. adj. Gentle; tractable; easily governed.
a horse kind in harness
12. adj. (obsolete) Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.
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.
Guy
1. n. (British) An effigy of Guy Fawkes burned on Bonfire Night
2. n. (British) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
3. n. (dated) A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright".
4. n. (colloquial) A man, fellow.
5. n. (especially, in the plural) A person (see usage notes).
6. n. (colloquial, of animals and sometimes objects) Thing, creature.
The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy.
7. n. (colloquial, figuratively) Thing, unit.
This guy, here, controls the current, and this guy, here, measures the voltage.
This guy is the partial derivative of that guy with respect to x.
8. n. (informal, term of address) Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man.
Hey, guy, give a man a break, would ya?
9. v. (intransitive) To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
10. v. To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
11. v. (theatre, transitive) To play in a comedic manner.
12. n. (obsolete, rare) A guide; a leader or conductor.
13. n. (primarily, nautical) A support rope or cable used to guide, steady or secure something which is being hoisted or lowered.
14. n. (primarily, nautical) A support to secure or steady something prone to shift its position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension-bridge).
15. v. To equip with a support cable.
I
1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
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2. pron. (nonstandard, hypercorrection) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
3. n. (metaphysics) The ego.
4. n. (US, roadway) Interstate.
5. n. (grammar) (abbreviation of instrumental case)
6. pron. nonstandard spelling of I
am
1. v. first-person singular present indicative of be
2. adv. alternative spelling of a.m.
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?

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