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say
     1. v. To pronounce.
           Please say your name slowly and clearly.
     2. v. To recite.
           Martha, will you say the Pledge of Allegiance?
     3. v. To tell, either verbally or in writing.
           He said he would be here tomorrow.
     4. v. To indicate in a written form.
           The sign says it’s 50 kilometres to Paris.
     5. v. (impersonal) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
           They say "when in Rome, do as the Romans do", which means "behave as those around you do.".
     6. v. (informal, imperative) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
           A holiday somewhere warm – Florida, say – would be nice.
           Say he refuses. What do we do then?
           Say your family is starving and you don't have any money, is it ok to steal some food?
     7. v. (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
     8. v. (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
     9. n. A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision.
     10. adv. For example; let us assume.
           Pick a color you think they'd like, say, peach.
           He was driving pretty fast, say, fifty miles per hour.
     11. interj. (colloquial) Used to gain one's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion
           Say, what did you think about the movie?
     12. n. A type of fine cloth similar to serge.
     13. v. To try; to assay.
     14. n. Trial by sample; assay; specimen.
     15. n. Tried quality; temper; proof.
     16. n. Essay; trial; attempt.
     17. n. (Scotland) A strainer for milk.
it's
     1. det. (now nonstandard) alternative form of its
     it
          1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals.
                Put it over there.
                Take each day as it comes.
                I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today.
          2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender.
                She took the baby and held it in her arms.
          3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
                It's me. John.
                Is it her?
          4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)
                It is nearly 10 o’clock.
                It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five.
                It’s very cold today.
                It’s lonely without you.
          5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms.
                stick it out
                live it up
                rough it
          6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i
                It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see)
                I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
                It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing)
                He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
                It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if)
          7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more.
                Are there more students in this class, or is this it?
                That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
          8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.
          9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what.
          10. det. (obsolete) its
          11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
          12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
                In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…
          13. n. (British) The game of tag.
                Let's play it at breaktime.
          14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.
          15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity.
                caught them doing it
          16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable.
     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
only
     1. adj. Alone in a category.
           He is the only doctor for miles.
           The only people in the stadium were the fans: no players, coaches, or officials.
           That was the only time I went to Turkey.
     2. adj. Singularly superior; the best.
           He is the only trombonist to recruit.
     3. adj. Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
           He is their only son, in fact, an only child.
     4. adj. (obsolete) Mere.
     5. adv. Without others or anything further; exclusively.
           My heart is hers, and hers only.   The cat sat only on the mat. It kept off the sofa.
     6. adv. No more than; just.
           The cat only sat on the mat. It didn't scratch it.   If there were only one more ticket!
     7. adv. As recently as.
           He left only moments ago.
     8. adv. (obsolete) Above all others; particularly.
     9. conj. Under the condition that; but.
     10. conj. But; except.
           I would enjoy running, only I have this broken leg.
     11. n. An only child.
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
canvas
     1. n. A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.
     2. n. A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.
     3. n. A basis for creative work.
           The author takes rural midwestern life as a canvas for a series of tightly woven character studies.
     4. n. (computer graphics) A region on which graphics can be rendered.
     5. n. (nautical) Sails in general.
     6. n. A tent.
           He spent the night under canvas.
     7. n. A painting, or a picture on canvas.
     8. n. A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; especially one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make.
     9. n. alternative spelling of canvass.
     10. v. To cover an area or object with canvas.
     11. v. alternative spelling of canvass.
sky
     1. n. The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the ground during the day.
           That year, a meteor fell from the sky.
     2. n. The part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its condition, climate etc.
           I lay back under a warm Texas sky.
           We're not sure how long the cloudy skies will last.
     3. n. Heaven.
           This mortal has incurred the wrath of the skies.
     4. n. ellipsis of sky blue
     5. n. (colloquial, dated) In an art gallery, the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen.
     6. n. (obsolete) A cloud.
     7. v. (sports) To hit, kick or throw (a ball) extremely high.
     8. v. (colloquial, dated) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot be well seen.
     9. v. (colloquial) To drink something from a container without one's lips touching the container.
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
over
     1. adj. Discontinued; ended or concluded.
           The show is over.
     2. adv. Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
           Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting.
           Let me think that over.
           I'm going to look over our department's expenses.
     3. adv. To an excessive degree; overly.
     4. adv. From an upright position to being horizontal.
           He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out.
           That building just fell over!
           He bent over to touch his toes.
     5. adv. Horizontally; left to right or right to left.
           Slide the toilet-paper dispenser's door over when one roll is empty in order to reveal the other.
           I moved over to make room for him to sit down.
     6. adv. From one position or state to another.
           Please pass that over to me.
           He came over to our way of thinking on the new project.
           Come over and play!
           I'll bring over a pizza.
     7. adv. Overnight (throughout the night).
           We stayed over at Grandma's.
           Can I sleep over?
     8. adv. (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
           I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over.
     9. adv. (procedure word, military) a procedure word meaning that a station is finished transmitting and is expecting a response.
           Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over.
           Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over.
     10. n. (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
     11. n. Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
     12. prep. Physical positioning.
     13. prep.          On top of; above; higher than; further up.
                   Hold the sign up over your head.   climb up the ladder and look over the roof
     14. prep.          Across or spanning.
                   There is a bridge over the river.
     15. prep.          In such a way as to cover.
                   drape the fabric over the table;  there is a roof over the house
     16. prep.          From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
                   The dog jumped over the fence.
                   I'll go over the fence first and then help you.
                   Let's walk over the hill to get there.
     17. prep. By comparison.
     18. prep.          More than; to a greater degree.
                   I prefer the purple over the pink.
     19. prep.          Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far.
                   I think I’m over my limit for calories for today.
     20. prep.          (in certain collocations) As compared to.
                   Sales are down this quarter over last.
     21. prep. Indicating relative status, authority, or power
           The owner's son lorded over the experienced managers.
           The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom.
     22. prep. (mathematics) Divided by.
           four over two equals two over one
     23. prep. (poker) (Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.)
           9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes
     24. prep. Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
           We got over the engineering problems and the prototype works great.
           I am over my cold and feel great again.
           I know the referee made a bad call, but you have to get over it your annoyance with the referee's decision.
           She is finally over the distress of losing her job.
           He is finally over his distress over the loss of the relationship with his ex-girlfriend.
     25. prep. While using, especially while consuming.
     26. prep. Concerning or regarding.
           The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best.
     27. prep. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
           We triumphed over difficulties.
           The bill was passed over the veto.
           It was a fine victory over their opponents.
     28. interj. In radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive reply.
           How do you receive? Over!
     29. n. (rare, dialectal, or obsolete) A shore, riverbank.
           The sea's over.
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
muslin
     1. n. (textile) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.
     2. n. (US) Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.
     3. n. Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.
     4. n. (US) Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments.
     5. n. A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting.
     6. n. Any of several different moths.
tree
     1. n. (botany) A large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, with a single trunk that grows in girth with age and branches (that also grow in circumference with age).
           Hyperion is the tallest living tree in the world.
           Birds have a nest in a tree in the garden.
     2. n. (botany) Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree in the strict botanical sense.
           the banana tree
     3. n. An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
           He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree.
     4. n. A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
           He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.
     5. n. The structural frame of a saddle.
     6. n. (graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, equivalently, a connected graph with n vertices and n-1 edges.
     7. n. (computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
     8. n. (graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.
           We’ll show it as a tree list.
     9. n. Any structure or construct having branches akin to (1).
           family tree; skill tree
     10. n. The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
     11. n. (slang) Marijuana.
     12. n. (obsolete) A cross or gallows.
           Tyburn tree
     13. n. (obsolete) wood; timber
     14. n. (chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
     15. n. (cartomancy) The fifth Lenormand card.
     16. v. To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
           The dog treed the cat.
     17. v. To place in a tree.
           Black bears can tree their cubs for protection, but grizzly bears cannot.
     18. v. To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.
           to tree a boot
but
     1. prep. (obsolete, outside, Scotland) Outside of.
           Away but the hoose and tell me whae's there.
     2. prep. Apart from, except (for), excluding.
           Everyone but Father left early.
           I like everything but that.
           Nobody answered the door when I knocked, so I had no choice but to leave.
     3. adv. Merely, only, just.
     4. adv. (Australian, conjunctive) Though, however.
           I'll have to go home early but.
     5. adv. Used as an intensifier.
           Nobody, but nobody, crosses me and gets away with it.
     6. conj. (following a negative clause or sentence) On the contrary, but rather (introducing a word or clause that contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence without the negation).
           I am not rich but (I am) poor;  not John but Peter went there.
     7. conj. However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (implies that the following clause is contrary to prior belief or contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence).
           She is very old but still attractive.
           You told me I could do that, but she said that I could not.
     8. conj. Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "ex
           I cannot but feel offended.
     9. conj. (archaic) Without its also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).
           It never rains but it pours.
     10. conj. (obsolete) Except with; unless with; without.
     11. conj. (obsolete) Only; solely; merely.
     12. conj. (obsolete) Until.
     13. n. An instance or example of using the word "but".
           It has to be done – no ifs or buts.
     14. n. (Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
     15. n. A limit; a boundary.
     16. n. The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.
     17. v. (archaic) Use the word "but".
           But me no buts.
it
     1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals.
           Put it over there.
           Take each day as it comes.
           I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today.
     2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender.
           She took the baby and held it in her arms.
     3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
           It's me. John.
           Is it her?
     4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)
           It is nearly 10 o’clock.
           It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five.
           It’s very cold today.
           It’s lonely without you.
     5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms.
           stick it out
           live it up
           rough it
     6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i
           It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see)
           I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
           It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing)
           He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
           It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if)
     7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more.
           Are there more students in this class, or is this it?
           That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
     8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.
     9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what.
     10. det. (obsolete) its
     11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
     12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
           In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…
     13. n. (British) The game of tag.
           Let's play it at breaktime.
     14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.
     15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity.
           caught them doing it
     16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable.
wouldn't
     1. v. would not (negative auxiliaryArnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, , Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513)
     would
          1. v. As a past-tense form of will.:
          2. v.          (obsolete) Wished, desired (something).
          3. v.          (archaic) Wanted to ( + bare infinitive).
          4. v.          Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to ( + bare infinitive); indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly.
          5. v.          Used with bare infinitive to form the "anterior future", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
          6. v.          (archaic) Used with ellipsis of the infinitive verb, or postponement to a relative clause, in various senses.
          7. v.          Was determined to; loosely, could naturally have been expected to (given the tendencies of someone's character etc.).
          8. v. As a modal verb, the subjunctive of will.:
          9. v.          Used to give a conditional or potential "softening" to the present; might, might wish.
          10. v.          Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality (with a bare infinitive); indicating an action or state that is conditional on another.
          11. v.          (chiefly archaic) Might wish ( + verb in past subjunctive); often used in the first person (with or without that) in the sense of "if only".
          12. v.          Used to impart a sense of hesitancy or uncertainty to the present; might be inclined to. Now sometimes colloquially with ironic effect.
          13. v.          Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …?
                        Would you pass the salt, please?
          14. v.          (chiefly archaic, transitive, or control verb) Might desire; wish (something).
          15. n. Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.
     will
          1. v. (rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
                Do what you will.
          2. v. (rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
          3. v. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
          4. v. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
          5. v. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
          6. v. (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
                Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
          7. n. One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
                Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.
          8. n. One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
                Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.
          9. n. The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
                Most creatures have a will to live.
          10. n. (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
          11. n. (archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.
          12. n. (archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
                He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
          13. v. (archaic) To wish, desire.
          14. v. (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
          15. v. To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
                All the fans were willing their team to win the game.
          16. v. To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
                He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.
     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.
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?
make
     1. v. To create.
     2. v.          To build, construct, or produce.
                   We made a bird feeder for our yard.
                   I'll make a man out of him yet.
     3. v.          To write or compose.
                   I made a poem for her wedding.
                   He made a will.
     4. v.          To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
                   make war
                   They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men.
     5. v.          (religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
                   God made earth and heaven.
     6. v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
           To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
           They made nice together, as if their fight never happened.
           He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.
     7. v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
     8. v. To constitute.
           They make a cute couple.
           This makes the third infraction.
           One swallow does not a summer make.
     9. v. 1995, Harriette Simpson Arnow: Critical Essays on Her Work, p.46:
     10. v. To add up to, have a sum of.
           Two and four make six.
     11. v. (intransitive, construed with of typically interrogative) To interpret.
           I don’t know what to make of it.
     12. v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
           This company is what made you.
           She married into wealth and so has it made.
     13. v. (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
           The citizens made their objections clear.
           This might make you a bit woozy.
           Did I make myself heard?
           Scotch will make you a man.
     14. v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
     15. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
           You're making her cry.
           I was made to feel like a criminal.
     16. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
           The teacher made the student study.
           Don’t let them make you suffer.
     17. v. (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
           His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
     18. v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
     19. v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
     20. v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
           We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
     21. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
           They made westward over the snowy mountains.
           Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!
           They made away from the fire toward the river.
     22. v. To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
     23. v. To move at (a speed).
           The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
           This baby can make 220 miles an hour.
     24. v. To appoint; to name.
     25. v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
     26. v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
     27. v. To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
           They hope to make a bigger profit.
           He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.
           She made ten points in that game.
     28. v. To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
     29. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
     30. v. To enact; to establish.
     31. v. To develop into; to prove to be.
           She'll make a fine president.
     32. v. To form or formulate in the mind.
           make plans
           made a questionable decision
     33. v. To perform a feat.
           make a leap
           make a pass
           make a u-turn
     34. v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
     35. v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
     36. v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
     37. v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
     38. v. (transitive, euphemism) To take the virginity of.
     39. v. To have sexual intercourse with.
     40. n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
           What make of car do you drive?
     41. n. How a thing is made; construction.
     42. n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
           The camera was of German make.
     43. n. Quantity produced, especially of materials.
     44. n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
     45. n. A person's character or disposition.
     46. n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
     47. n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
     48. n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
     49. n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
     50. n. (slang) Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
     51. n. (slang) A promotion.
     52. n. A home-made project
     53. n. (basketball) A made basket.
     54. n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
     55. n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.
believe
     1. v. To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing)
           If you believe the numbers, you'll agree we need change.
           I believe there are faeries.
     2. v. To accept that someone is telling the truth.
           Why did I ever believe you?
     3. v. (intransitive) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
           After that night in the church, I believed.
     4. v. To consider likely
           I believe it might rain tomorrow. (Here, the speaker merely accepts the accuracy of the conditional.)
if
     1. conj. Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition or choice.
           If it rains, I shall get wet.
     2. conj. (computing) In the event that a statement is true (a programming statement that acts in a similar manner).
           If A, then B, else C.
     3. conj. Supposing that; used with past or past perfect subjunctive indicating that the condition is closed.
           I would prefer it if you took your shoes off.
           I would be unhappy if you had not talked with me yesterday.
           If I were you, I wouldn't go there alone.
     4. conj. Supposing that; given that; supposing it is the case that.
           If that's true, we had better get moving!
     5. conj. Although; used to introduce a concession.
           He was a great friend, if a little stingy at the bar.
     6. conj. (sometimes proscribed) Whether; used to introduce a noun clause, an indirect question, that functions as the direct object of certain verbs.
           I don't know if I want to go or not.
     7. conj. (usually hyperbolic) Even if; even in the circumstances that.
     8. conj. Introducing a relevance conditional.
           I have leftover cake if you want some.
     9. n. (informal) An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc.
you
     1. pron. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
     2. pron. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
     3. pron. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
     4. pron. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
           Both of you should get ready now.
           You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
     5. pron. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
     6. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
     7. det. The individual or group spoken or written to.
           Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
     8. det. Used before epithets for emphasis.
           You idiot!
     9. v. To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal.
believed
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of believe
     believe
          1. v. To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing)
                If you believe the numbers, you'll agree we need change.
                I believe there are faeries.
          2. v. To accept that someone is telling the truth.
                Why did I ever believe you?
          3. v. (intransitive) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
                After that night in the church, I believed.
          4. v. To consider likely
                I believe it might rain tomorrow. (Here, the speaker merely accepts the accuracy of the conditional.)
in
     1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
     2. prep.          Contained by.
                   The dog is in the kennel.
     3. prep.          Within.
     4. prep.          Surrounded by.
                   We are in the enemy camp.   Her plane is in the air.
     5. prep.          Part of; a member of.
                   One in a million.   She's in band and orchestra.
     6. prep.          Pertaining to; with regard to.
                   What grade did he get in English?
                   Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
     7. prep.          At the end of a period of time.
                   They said they would call us in a week.
     8. prep.          Within a certain elapsed time
                   Are you able to finish this in three hours?   The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
     9. prep.          During (said of periods of time).
                   in the first week of December;  Easter falls in the fourth lunar month;   The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
     10. prep.          (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
                   English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
     11. prep. Into.
           Less water gets in your boots this way.
     12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
           In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
     13. prep.          Indicating an order or arrangement.
                   My fat rolls around in folds.
     14. prep.          Denoting a state of the subject.
                   He stalked away in anger.   John is in a coma.
     15. prep.          Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
                   You've got a friend in me.   He's met his match in her.
     16. prep.          Wearing (an item of clothing).
                    I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
     17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
     18. prep.          (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
                   Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
                   The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
                    Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
     19. prep.          Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
                   Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
                   His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
                   When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
     20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
     21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
     22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
           Is Mr. Smith in?
     23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
           Suddenly a strange man walked in.
     24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
           He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
     25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
           What's that in?
     26. adv. After the beginning of something.
     27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
           His parents got him an in with the company
     28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
     29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
     30. adj. In fashion; popular.
           Skirts are in this year.
     31. adj. Incoming.
           the in train
     32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
     33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
           in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
     34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
     35. n. Inch.
Me
     1. n. en-abbr
     2. n. (chemistry) (abbreviation of methyl)
     3. pron. alternative case form of me often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
     4. pron. As the direct object of a verb.
           Can you hear me?
     5. pron. (obsolete) Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb.
     6. pron. As the object of a preposition.
           Come with me.
     7. pron. As the indirect object of a verb.
           He gave me this.
     8. pron. (US, colloquial) Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.
     9. pron. (colloquial) As the complement of the copula (“be” or “is”).
           It wasn't me.
     10. pron. (Australia, British, New Zealand, colloquial) My; preceding a noun, marking ownership.
     11. pron. (colloquial, with "and") As the subject of a verb.
           Me and my friends played a game.
     12. pron. (nonstandard, not with "and") As the subject of a verb.
     13. det. (UK regional, Ireland) alternative form of my
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