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sprinkle
1. v. To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
The confectioner sprinkled icing sugar over the cakes.
2. v. To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
The confectioner sprinkled the cakes with icing sugar.
3. v. (intransitive) To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
It sprinkled outside all day long.
4. v. To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
5. n. A light covering with a sprinkled substance.
He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter.
6. n. A light rain shower.
7. n. An aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling.
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.
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.
sugar
1. n. Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.
2. n. A specific variety of sugar.
3. n. (chemistry) Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.
4. n. A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.
He usually has his coffee white with one sugar.
5. n. A term of endearment.
I'll be with you in a moment, sugar.
6. n. (slang) A kiss.
7. n. (chiefly southern US, slang) Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.
I think John has a little bit of sugar in him.
8. n. (informal) Diabetes.
9. n. (dated) Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance, especially in chemistry.
Sugar of lead (lead acetate) is a poisonous white crystalline substance with a sweet taste.
10. n. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
11. n. (US, slang) heroin Heroin.
12. v. To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.
John heavily sugars his coffee.
13. v. To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.
She has a gift for sugaring what would otherwise be harsh words.
14. v. (US, Canada regional) In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the syrup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; with the prepositi
15. v. (entomology) To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moth, moths.
16. v. (programming, transitive) To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar.
17. interj. (informal, euphemistic) Used in place of shit!
Oh, sugar!
mix
1. v. To stir together.
Mix the eggs and milk with the flour until the consistency is smooth.
2. v. To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).
to mix business with pleasure
Don't mix the meat recipes with the dairy recipes.
3. v. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.
Yellow and blue paint mix to make green.
4. v. To blend by the use of a mixer (machine).
Mix the egg whites until they are stiff.
5. v. (transitive, music) To combine (several tracks).
I'll mix the rhythm tracks down to a single track.
6. v. (transitive, music) To produce a finished version of (a recording).
I'm almost done mixing this song.
7. v. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
8. n. The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.
Now add the raisins to the mix.
9. n. The result of combining items normally kept separate.
My recipe file was now a mix of meat and dairy.
The combination of classical music and hip hop is a surprisingly good mix.
10. n. (music) The result of mixing several tracks.
The rhythm mix sounds muddy.
11. n. (music) The finished version of a recording.
I've almost finished the mix for this song.
carefully
1. adv. (obsolete) Sorrowfully.
2. adv. With care; attentively, circumspectly.
As he was a politician, he discussed all subjects carefully, not offending anyone. He carefully studied the papers, while planning his next move. He carefully avoided the subject al
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.
set
1. v. To put (something) down, to rest.
Set the tray there.
2. v. To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
I have set my heart on running the marathon.
3. v. To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
4. v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
to set a coach in the mud
5. v. To determine or settle.
to set the rent
6. v. To adjust.
I set the alarm at 6 a.m.
7. v. To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
8. v. To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
Please set the table for our guests.
9. v. To introduce or describe.
I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene.
10. v. To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
He says he will set his next film in France.
11. v. To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
This crossword was set by Araucaria.
12. v. To prepare (a stage or film set).
13. v. To fit (someone) up in a situation.
14. v. To arrange (type).
It was a complex page, but he set it quickly.
15. v. To devise and assign (work) to.
The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot.
16. v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
17. v. (intransitive) To solidify.
The glue sets in four minutes.
18. v. To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
to set milk for cheese
19. v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
The moon sets at eight o'clock tonight.
20. v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
21. v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
22. v. (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
to set seed
23. v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
24. v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
He sets in that chair all day.
25. v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
26. v. (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
The dog sets the bird.
Your dog sets well.
27. v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
28. v. To fit music to words.
29. v. To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
to set pear trees in an orchard
30. v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
31. v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
The current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.
32. v. To place or fix in a setting.
to set a precious stone in a border of metal
to set glass in a sash
33. v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
to set (that is, to hone) a razor
to set a saw
34. v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
to set the sails of a ship
35. v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
to set a psalm
36. v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
to set a broken bone
37. v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
38. v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
39. v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
40. v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
41. v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
to set a good example; to set lessons to be learned
42. v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
It sets him ill.
43. n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
nail set
44. n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
television set
45. n. (alt form, sett): a hole made and lived in by a badger.
46. n. (alt form, sett): pattern of threads and yarns.
47. n. (alt form, sett): piece of quarried stone.
48. n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
49. n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
50. n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
51. n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
the set of a spring
52. n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
53. n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
54. n. A young oyster when first attached.
55. n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
56. n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun)
57. n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
the set of a coat
58. n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
59. adj. Fixed in position.
60. adj. Rigid, solidified.
61. adj. Ready, prepared.
on your marks, get set, go!; on your marks, set, go!
62. adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
set on getting to his destination
63. adj. Prearranged.
a set menu
64. adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
aside
1. adv. To or on one side so as to be out of the way.
Move aside, please, so that these people can come through.
2. post. aside from
Joking aside...
Unusual circumstances aside...
3. n. An incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity.
4. n. (theatre) A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.
5. n. A minor related mention, an afterthought
at
1. prep. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place.
Caesar was at Rome; at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine; at Jim’s house
2. prep. (indicating time) (Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.)
at six o’clock; at closing time; at night.
3. prep. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner).
He threw the ball at me. He shouted at her.
4. prep. Denotes a price.
3 apples at 2¢ (each) The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations.
5. prep. Occupied in (activity).
men at work
6. prep. In a state of.
She is at sixes and sevens with him. They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff. The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces.
7. prep. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series.
Sell at 90. Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders. I'm offering it—just to select customers—at cost.
8. prep. Because of.
to laugh at a joke mad at their comments
9. prep. Indicates a means, method, or manner.
10. prep. Holding a given speed or rate.
It is growing at the rate of 3% a year. Cruising along at fifty miles per hour.
11. prep. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding.
The twins were both bad at chemistry.
He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation.
12. prep. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to
13. n. The at sign (@).
14. n. (alt form, att) (Laos currency unit)
room
1. n. (now rare) Opportunity or scope (to do something).
2. n. Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
3. n. (archaic) A particular portion of space.
4. n. (figuratively) Sufficient space for or to do something.
5. n. (nautical) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
6. n. (obsolete) Place; stead.
7. n. A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
8. n. With possessive pronoun: one's bedroom.
Go to your room!
9. n. (in the plural) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
10. n. (always in the singular) The people in a room.
The room was on its feet.
11. n. (mining) An area for working in a coal mine.
12. n. (caving) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.
13. n. (Internet) A forum or chat room.
Some users may not be able to access the AOL room.
14. n. Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.
15. n. Furniture sufficient to furnish a room.
16. v. (intransitive) To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.
Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street.
17. v. To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.
18. adj. (dialectal, or obsolete) Wide; spacious; roomy.
19. adv. (dialectal, or obsolete) Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent.
20. adv. (nautical) Off from the wind.
21. n. alt form, roum, , deep blue dye
temperature
1. n. (obsolete) The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.
2. n. (now rare, archaic) The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.
3. n. A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
The boiling temperature of pure water is 100 degrees Celsius.
4. n. An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses.
You have a temperature; I think you should stay home today. You’re sick.
5. n. (when not used in relation with something) The temperature(1) of the immediate environment.
The temperature dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.
6. n. (thermodynamics) A property of macroscopic amounts of matter that serves to gauge the average intensity of the random actual motions of the individually mobile particulate constituents.

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