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she
1. pron. (personal) The female person or animal previously mentioned or implied.
I asked Mary, but she said that she didn’t know.
2. pron. (personal, sometimes affectionate) A ship or boat.
She could do forty knots in good weather.
She is a beautiful boat, isn’t she?
3. pron. (personal, affectionate) Another machine (besides a ship), such as a car.
She only gets thirty miles to the gallon on the highway, but she’s durable.
4. pron. (personal, dated) A country.
She is a poor place, but has beautiful scenery and friendly people.
5. pron. (personal) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant (used in a work, along with or in place of he, as an indefinite pronoun).
6. n. A female.
Pat is definitely a she.
inhaled
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of inhale
inhale
1. v. (intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
2. v. To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in form of aerosols/smoke -sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or m
3. v. (transitive, figuratively) To eat very quickly.
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.
gas
1. n. (chemistry) Matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid) (or held together by gravitational pull)
A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.
2. n. (chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.
3. n. A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines i
Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.
4. n. A hob on a gas cooker.
She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.
5. n. (US) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process.
My tummy hurts so bad, I have gas.
6. n. (slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
He is such a gas!
7. n. (baseball) A fastball.
The closer threw him nothing but gas.
8. n. (medicine, colloquial) Arterial or venous blood gas.
9. v. To kill with poisonous gas.
10. v. (intransitive) To talk, chat.
11. v. (intransitive) To emit gas.
The battery cell was gassing.
12. v. To impregnate with gas.
to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder
13. v. To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
to gas thread
14. n. (US) Gasoline; a derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
15. n. (US) Gas pedal.
16. v. (US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
The cops are coming. Gas it!
17. v. (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
18. adj. (Ireland, colloquial) comical, zany; fun, amusing
Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.
19. adj. topics, en, Automotive, Matter
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
by
1. prep. Near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.
Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July.
3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of.
The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour.
4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.
6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of.
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination.
The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight.
8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed.
I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of.
Our stock is up by ten percent.
10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches.
11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to.
He cheated by his own admission.
12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of.
By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm.
14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.
15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker.
I watched as it passed by.
16. adv. In the vicinity, near.
There was a shepherd close by.
The shop is hard by the High Street.
17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
I'll stop by on my way home from work.
We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
18. adv. Aside, away.
The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary.
20. n. (card games) A pass
21. interj. alternative spelling of bye
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.
time
1. n. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past.
Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time
2. n. (physics, usually) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.
3. n. (physics) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
Time slows down when you approach the speed of light.
4. n. (physics, reductionistic definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change.
5. n. A duration of time.
6. n. A quantity of availability of duration.
More time is needed to complete the project. You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute. Are you finish
7. n. A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
a long time; Record the individual times for the processes in each batch. Only your best time is compared with the other compet
8. n. (slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time. He is not living at home because he is doing time.
9. n. An experience.
We had a wonderful time at the party.
10. n. An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs
11. n. (with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
In my time, we respected our elders.
12. n. (only in singular, sports) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
13. n. An instant of time.
14. n. How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
Excuse me, have you got the time? What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock? A computer keeps time using a clock battery
15. n. A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
it’s time for bed; it’s time to sleep; we must wait for the right time; it's time we were going
16. n. A numerical indication of a particular moment.
at what times do the trains arrive?; these times were erroneously converted between zones
17. n. An instance or occurrence.
When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember.
see you another time; that’s three times he’s made the same mistake
Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that!
18. n. (of pubs) Closing time.
Last call: it's almost time.
19. n. The hour of childbirth.
20. n. (as someone's time) The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
It was his time.
21. n. The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.
22. n. Ratio of comparison.
your car runs three times faster than mine; that is four times as heavy as this
23. n. (grammar, dated) Tense.
the time of a verb
24. n. (music) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.
common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.
25. v. To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.
26. v. To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.
The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.
27. v. (obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
28. v. (obsolete) To pass time; to delay.
29. v. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
30. v. To measure, as in music or harmony.
31. interj. (tennis) Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.
we
1. pron. (personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.)
2. pron. (personal) The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)
3. pron. (personal) The speaker/writer alone. (This use of we is the editorial we, used by writers and others, including royalty—the royal we—as a less personal substitute for I. The reflexive case of this sen
4. pron. (personal) The plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.
How are we all tonight?
5. pron. (personal, generally considered patronising) A second- or third-person pronoun for a person in the speaker's care.
How are we feeling this morning?
6. det. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.
took
1. v. simple past tense of take
2. v. (obsolete, dialectal) past participle of take
take
1. v. To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.
They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands.
I'll take that plate off the table.
2. v. To seize or capture.
take the guards prisoner
take prisoners
After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city.
3. v. To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
took ten catfish in one afternoon
4. v. (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
5. v. To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
Billy took her pencil.
6. v. To exact.
take a toll
take revenge
7. v. To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
took the next two tricks
took Smith's rook
8. v. To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
took third place
took bribes
The camera takes 35mm film.
9. v. To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
The store doesn't take checks.
She wouldn't take any money for her help.
Do you take credit?
The vending machine only takes bills, it doesn't take coins.
10. v. To accept and follow (advice, etc).
take my advice
11. v. To receive into some relationship.
take a wife
The school only takes new students in the fall.
The therapist wouldn't take him as a client.
12. v. (transitive, intransitive, legal) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
13. v. To remove.
take two eggs from the carton
14. v. To remove or end by death; to kill.
The earthquake took many lives.
The plague took rich and poor alike.
Cancer took her life.
He took his life last night.
15. v. To subtract.
take one from three and you are left with two
16. v. To have sex with.
17. v. To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.
The woman guarding us looks like a professional, but I can take her!
18. v. To grasp or grip.
He took her hand in his.
19. v. To select or choose; to pick.
Take whichever bag you like.
She took the best men with her and left the rest to garrison the city.
I'll take the blue plates.
I'll take two sugars in my coffee, please.
20. v. To adopt (select) as one's own.
She took his side in every argument.
take a stand on the important issues
21. v. To carry or lead (something or someone).
She took her sword with her everywhere she went.
I'll take the plate with me.
22. v. (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
The next bus will take you to Metz.
I took him for a ride
I took him down to London.
23. v. (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
These stairs take you down to the basement.
Stone Street took us right past the store.
24. v. To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
She took the steps two or three at a time/
He took the curve / corner too fast.
The pony took every hedge and fence in its path.
25. v. To escort or conduct (a person).
He took her to lunch at the new restaurant, took her to the movies, and then took her home.
26. v. (reflexive) To go.
27. v. To use as a means of transportation.
take the ferry
I took a plane.
He took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester.
He's 96 but he still takes the stairs.
28. v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
29. v. To obtain for use by payment or lease.
She took a condo at the beach for the summer.
He took a full-page ad in the Times.
30. v. To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
They took two magazines.
I used to take The Sunday Times.
31. v. To consume.
32. v. To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
take two of these and call me in the morning
take the blue pill
I take aspirin every day to thin my blood.
33. v. To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
The general took dinner at seven o'clock.
34. v. To experience, undergo, or endure.
35. v. To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
take sun-baths
take a shower
She made the decision to take chemotherapy.
36. v. To experience or feel.
She takes pride in her work.
Her
1. pron. honoraltcaps, her
2. det. Belonging to her.
This is her book
3. pron. The form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc.
Give it to her (after preposition)
He wrote her a letter (indirect object)
He treated her for a cold (direct object)
4. n. (informal) A female person or animal.
I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.
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
hospital
1. n. A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment.
Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital. (UK)
Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to the hospital. (US)
2. n. A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support.
3. n. (obsolete) A place of lodging.
4. adj. (obsolete) Hospitable.
She
1. pron. honoraltcaps, she
2. n. An ethnic group in southern China.
3. n. A language of the Hmong-Mien language family spoken by the She people.
4. pron. (personal) The female person or animal previously mentioned or implied.
I asked Mary, but she said that she didn’t know.
5. pron. (personal, sometimes affectionate) A ship or boat.
She could do forty knots in good weather.
She is a beautiful boat, isn’t she?
6. pron. (personal, affectionate) Another machine (besides a ship), such as a car.
She only gets thirty miles to the gallon on the highway, but she’s durable.
7. pron. (personal, dated) A country.
She is a poor place, but has beautiful scenery and friendly people.
8. pron. (personal) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant (used in a work, along with or in place of he, as an indefinite pronoun).
9. n. A female.
Pat is definitely a she.
died
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of die
die
1. v. (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
2. v. followed by of; general use:
He died of embarrassment.
3. v. followed by from; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine(topics, en, Medicine) or the sciencestopics, en, Sciences:
He died from heart failure.
4. v. followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes:
He died for the one he loved.
5. v. (now rare) followed by with as an indication of direct cause:
6. v. (still current) followed by with as an indication of manner:
She died with dignity.
7. v. To stop living and undergo (a specified death).
He died a hero's death.
They died a thousand deaths.
8. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To yearn intensely.
I'm dying for a packet of crisps.
I'm dying for a piss.
9. v. (intransitive) To be utterly cut off by family or friends, as if dead.
The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother.
10. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him.
11. v. (intransitive, colloquial, hyperbolic) To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
If anyone sees me wearing this ridiculous outfit, I'll die.
12. v. (figurative, intransitive, hyperbolic) To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
When I found out my two favorite musicians would be recording an album together, I literally planned my own funeral arrangements and died.
13. v. (intransitive, of a machine) To stop working, to break down.
My car died in the middle of the freeway this morning.
14. v. (intransitive, of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
15. v. To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
16. v. To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
17. v. (often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
to die to pleasure or to sin
18. v. (intransitive, video games) To be killed by an enemy. Usually followed by to or another preposition.
I can't believe I just died to a squirrel!
19. v. (architecture) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
20. v. To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
21. v. (of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
Then there was that time I died onstage in Montreal...
22. n. The cubical part of a pedestal, a plinth.
23. n. A device for cutting into a specified shape.
24. n. A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
25. n. A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
26. n. An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
27. n. (electronics) (plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
28. n. Any small cubical or square body.
29. n. A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
30. n. (obsolete) That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
31. n. (electronics) (plural also dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
32. v. topics, en, Death, Dice games

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