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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.
chief
     1. n. A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.
           All firefighters report to the fire chief.
     2. n. (heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
     3. n. An informal, ironic address to an equal.
           Hey, chief.
     4. adj. Primary; principal.
           Negligence was the chief cause of the disaster.
     5. v. (US, slang) To smoke cannabis.
buyer
     1. n. A person who makes one or more purchases.
           Every person who steps through the door is a potential buyer, so acknowledge their presence.
     2. n. (retailing) A person who purchases items for resale in a retail establishment.
           The supermarket's new buyer decided to stock a larger range of vegetarian foods.
     3. n. (manufacturing) A person who purchases items consumed or used as components in the manufacture of products.
for
     1. conj. (dated) Because.
     2. prep. Towards.
           The astronauts headed for the moon.
     3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
           I have something for you.
     4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
           We're having a birthday party for Janet.
           The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
           The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
     5. prep. Supporting.
           All those for the motion raise your hands.
     6. prep. Because of.
           He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
           (UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
           She was the worse for drink.
     7. prep. Over a period of time.
           I've lived here for three years.
           They fought for days over a silly pencil.
     8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
     9. prep. On behalf of.
           I will stand in for him.
     10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
     11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
           I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
           He's going for his doctorate.
           Do you want to go for coffee?
           People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
           Can you go to the store for some eggs?
           I'm saving up for a car.
           Don't wait for an answer.
           What did he ask you for?
     12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
           Run for the hills!
           He was headed for the door when he remembered.
     13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
           Fair for its day.
           She's spry for an old lady.
     14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
     15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
           For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
           All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
     16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
           In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
     17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
           At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
     18. prep. To be, or as being.
     19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
     20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
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.
Swiss
     1. adj. Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.
     2. n. A person from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.
     3. n. Swiss cheese.
           My favourite sandwich has roast beef and Swiss on rye bread.
     4. v. To prepare (meat, fabric, etc.) by rolling or pounding in order to soften it.
army
     1. n. A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
           The army was sent in to quell the uprising.
     2. n.          Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces.
                    The army received a bigger share of this year's budget increase than the navy or air force.
     3. n.          (often capitalized) Within a vast military, a very large tactical contingent (e.g. a number of divisions).
                    The Fourth Army suffered such losses that its remainders were merged into the Second Army, also deployed on the Western front.
     4. n. The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.
           The army opposed the legislature's involvement.
     5. n. (figuratively) A large group of people working toward the same purpose.
           It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud.
     6. n. (figuratively) A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.
           Our house is being attacked by an army of ants.
     7. n. (figuratively) Any multitude.
           On sunny days the beaches draw armies of tourists of all kinds.
was
     1. v. first-person singular past of be.
     2. v. third-person singular past of be.
     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?
particularly
     1. adv. (focus) Especially, extremely.
           The apéritifs were particularly stimulating.
     2. adv. (degree) To a great extent.
     3. adv. Specifically, uniquely or individually.
     4. adv. In detail; with regard to particulars.
     5. adv. (dated) In a particular manner; fussily.
excited
     1. adj. Having great enthusiasm.
           He was very excited about his promotion.
     2. adj. (physics) Being in a state of higher energy.
           The excited electrons give off light when they drop to a lower energy state.
     3. adj. Having an erection; erect.
     4. adj. Sexually aroused.
     5. v. past participle of excite
     excite
          1. v. To stir the emotions of.
                The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.
          2. v. To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
                Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored.
                The political reforms excited unrest among the population.
                There are drugs designed to excite certain nerves in our body.
          3. v. (transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.
                By applying electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons become excited, then emit a photon when returning to normal.
          4. v. To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.
                to excite a dynamo
about
     1. prep. In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
     2. prep. Near; not far from; approximately; regarding time, size, quantity.
     3. prep. On the point or verge of.
           the show is about to start;  I am not about to admit to your crime
     4. prep. On one's person; nearby the person.
     5. prep. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
     6. prep. Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
     7. prep. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
           He knew more about what was occurring than anyone.
     8. prep. (figurative) In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in possession of; in control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.
           He has his wits about him.
     9. prep. In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
     10. adv. Not distant; approximate.
     11. adv.          On all sides; around.
     12. adv.          Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
     13. adv.          Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
                   about as cold;  about as high
     14. adv.          Near; in the vicinity.
     15. adv. In succession; one after another; in the course of events.
     16. adv. On the move; active; astir.
     17. adv. To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
           to face about;  to turn oneself about
     18. adv.          (nautical) To the opposite tack.
     19. adv. (obsolete) Preparing; planning.
     20. adv. (archaic) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference.
           a mile about, and a third of a mile across
     21. adv. (chiefly North America, colloquial) Going to; on the verge of; intending to.
     22. adj. Moving around; astir.
           out and about;  up and about
           After my bout with Guillan-Barre Syndrome, it took me 6 months to be up and about again.
     23. adj. In existence; being in evidence; apparent
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.
little
     1. adj. Small in size.
           This is a little table.
     2. adj. Insignificant, trivial.
           It's of little importance.
     3. adj.          (offensive) (Used to belittle a person.)
                   Listen up, you little shit.
     4. adj. Very young.
           Did he tell you any embarrassing stories about when she was little?
           That's the biggest little boy I've ever seen.
     5. adj. (of a sibling) Younger.
           This is my little sister.
     6. adj. Used with the name of place, especially of a country, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
     7. adj. Small in amount or number, having few members.
           little money;  little herd
     8. adj. Short in duration; brief.
           I feel better after my little sleep.
     9. adj. Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
     10. adv. Not much.
           This is a little known fact.  She spoke little and listened less.
     11. adv. Not at all.
           I was speaking ill of Fred; little did I know that he was right behind me, listening in.
     12. det. Not much, only a little: only a small amount (of).
           There is little water left.
           We had very little to do.
     13. pron. Not much; not a large amount.
           Little is known about his early life.
     14. n. (BDSM, slang) The participant in ageplay who acts out the younger role.
penknife
     1. n. A small pocketknife; a small knife with a blade which folds into the handle. Penknives often incorporate other tools such as corkscrews, but are generally smaller than pocketknives.
with
     1. prep. Against.
           He picked a fight with the class bully.
     2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
           He went with his friends.
     3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
           She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
     4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
     5. prep. In support of.
           We are with you all the way.
     6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
           slain with robbers
     7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
           cut with a knife
     8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
     9. prep. Having, owning.
     10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
           Do you want to come with?
     11. adv. -->
     12. n. alternative form of withe
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.
bottle
     1. n. A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
           Beer is often sold in bottles.
     2. n. The contents of such a container.
           I only drank a bottle of beer.
     3. n. A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants, a baby bottle.
           The baby wants a bottle.
     4. n. (UK, informal) Nerve, courage.
           You don’t have the bottle to do that!   He was going to ask her out, but he lost his bottle when he saw her.
     5. n. (attributive, of a person with a particular hair color) A container of hair dye, hence with one’s hair color produced by dyeing.
           Did you know he’s a bottle brunette? His natural hair color is strawberry blonde.
     6. n. (obsolete) A bundle, especially of hay; something tied in a bundle.
     7. n. (figurative) Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.
           to drown one’s troubles in the bottle
           to hit the bottle
           Tracy Chapman, “Fast Car” (song): See, my old man’s got a problem. He live(SIC) with the bottle; that’s the way it is.
     8. n. (printing) the tendency of pages printed several on a sheet to rotate slightly when the sheet is folded two or more times.
     9. v. To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.
           This plant bottles vast quantities of spring water every day.
     10. v. (transitive, British) To feed (an infant) baby formula.
           Because of complications she can't breast feed her baby and so she bottles him.
     11. v. (UK, slang) To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.
           The rider bottled the big jump.
     12. v. (UK, slang) To strike (someone) with a bottle.
           He was bottled at a nightclub and had to have facial surgery.
     13. v. (UK, slang) To pelt (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.
           Meat Loaf was once bottled at Reading Festival.
     14. n. (dialectal) A dwelling; habitation.
     15. n. (dialectal) A building; house.
opener
     1. n. A person who opens something.
     2. n. A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.
     3. n. (in combination) An establishment that opens.
           The late-night openers in the mall include two restaurants and a clothing store.
     4. n. (card games) The player who starts the betting.
     5. n. (card games, in the plural) Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting.
     6. n. (metalworking) A person employed to separate sheets of hot metal that become stuck together.
     7. n. (theater) The first act in a variety show or concert.
     8. n. (Islam) Fatiha
     9. n. (cricket) A batsman who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings.
     10. n. (colloquial) The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation.
     11. n. (sports) The first game played in a competition.
     12. n. (sports) The first goal or point scored.
     13. n. (fishing) A period of time when it is legal to commercially fish.
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.
magnifying
     1. v. present participle of magnify
     magnify
          1. v. To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God).
          2. v. To make (something) larger or more important.
          3. v. To make (someone or something) appear greater or more important than it is; to intensify, exaggerate.
          4. v. To make (something) appear larger by means of a lens, magnifying glass, telescope etc.
          5. v. (intransitive, slang) To have effect; to be of importance or significance.
glass
     1. n. An amorphous solid, often transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime.
           The tabletop is made of glass.
           A popular myth is that window glass is actually an extremely viscous liquid.
     2. n. A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
           Fill my glass with milk, please.
     3. n. (metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
           There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce.
     4. n. Glassware.
           We collected art glass.
     5. n. A mirror.
           She adjusted her lipstick in the glass.
     6. n. A magnifying glass or telescope.
     7. n. (sport) A barrier made of solid, transparent material.
     8. n.          (basketball, colloquial) The backboard.
                   He caught the rebound off the glass.
     9. n.          (ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
                   He fired the outlet pass off the glass.
     10. n. A barometer.
     11. n. (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
           glass frog;  glass shrimp;  glass worm
     12. n. (obsolete) An hourglass.
     13. v. To fit with glass; to glaze.
     14. v. To enclose in glass.
     15. v. (clipping of fibreglass). To fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass).
     16. v. (transitive, UK, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
     17. v. (science fiction) To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
     18. v. To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
     19. v. To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
     20. v. (archaic, reflexive) To reflect; to mirror.
     21. v. To become glassy.
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