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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.
move
     1. v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
           A ship moves rapidly.
           I was sitting on the sofa for a long time, feeling too lazy to move.
     2. v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act
           to move in a matter
           Come on guys, let's move: there's work to do!
     3. v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.
           I decided to move to the country for a more peaceful life.
           They moved closer to work to cut down commuting time.
     4. v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
           The rook moved from a8 to a6.
           My opponent's counter was moving much quicker round the board than mine.
     5. v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another
           The waves moved the boat up and down.
           The horse moves a carriage.
     6. v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game
           She moved the queen closer to the centre of the board.
     7. v. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
           This song moves me to dance.
     8. v. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
           That book really moved me.
     9. v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
           I move to repeal the rule regarding obligatory school uniform.
     10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
     11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
     12. v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
     13. v. (lbl, en, law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
           An attorney moved the court to issue a restraining order.
           The district attorney moved for a non-suit.
     14. n. The act of moving; a movement.
           A slight move of the tiller, and the boat will go off course.
     15. n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
           He made another move towards becoming a naturalized citizen.
     16. n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
           She always gets spontaneous applause for that one move.
           He can win a match with that one move.
     17. n. The event of changing one's residence.
           The move into my fiancé's house took two long days.
           They were pleased about their move to the country.
     18. n. A change in strategy.
           I am worried about our boss's move.
           It was a smart move to bring on a tall striker to play against the smaller defenders.
     19. n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
     20. n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
           The best move of the game was when he sacrificed his rook in order to gain better possession.
           It's your move! Roll the dice!
           If you roll a six, you can make two moves.
Will
     1. n. (American football) A weak-side linebacker.
     2. v. (rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
           Do what you will.
     3. v. (rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
     4. v. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
     5. v. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
     6. v. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
     7. v. (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
           Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
     8. 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.
     9. n. One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
           Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.
     10. n. The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
           Most creatures have a will to live.
     11. 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.
     12. n. (archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.
     13. n. (archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
           He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
     14. v. (archaic) To wish, desire.
     15. v. (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
     16. v. To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
           All the fans were willing their team to win the game.
     17. v. To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
           He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.
speed
     1. n. The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity.
           How does Usain Bolt run at that speed?
     2. n. The rate of motion or action, specifically (mathematics)/(physics) the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.
     3. n. (photography) The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
     4. n. (photography) The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open.
     5. n. (photography) The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
     6. n. (photography) The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
     7. n. (slang) Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally.
     8. n. (archaic) Luck, success, prosperity.
     9. n. (slang) Personal preference.
           We could go to the shore next week, or somewhere else if that's not your speed.
     10. n. (finance) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
     11. v. (intransitive, archaic) To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
     12. v. (transitive, archaic) To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
           God speed, until we meet again.
     13. v. (intransitive) To go fast.
           The Ferrari was speeding along the road.
     14. v. (intransitive) To exceed the speed limit.
           Why do you speed when the road is so icy?
     15. v. To increase the rate at which something occurs.
     16. v. (intransitive, slang) To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
     17. v. (obsolete) To be expedient.
     18. v. (archaic) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.
     19. v. (archaic) To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
     20. v. To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
     21. v. To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
up
     1. adv. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
           I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
     2. adv. (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely.
           I will mix up the puzzle pieces.
           Tear up the contract.
           He really messed up.
           Please type up our monthly report.
     3. adv. To or from one's possession or consideration.
           I picked up some milk on the way home.
           The committee will take up your request.
           She had to give up her driver's license after the accident.
     4. adv. North.
           I will go up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
     5. adv. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
           Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.
           Turn it up, I can barely hear it.
           Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.
           Cheer up, the weekend's almost here.
     6. adv. (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
     7. adv. (sailing) Against the wind or current.
     8. adv. (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
     9. adv. (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
           The bowler pitched the ball up.
     10. adv. (hospitality, US) Without additional ice.
           Would you like that drink up or on ice?
     11. adv. (academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
           She's going up to read Classics this September.
     12. adv. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
           I was up to my chin in water.
           A stranger came up and asked me for directions.
     13. adv. To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
           Drink up. The pub is closing.
           Can you sum up your research?
           The comet burned up in the atmosphere.
           I need to sew up the hole in this shirt.
     14. adv. Aside, so as not to be in use.
           to lay up riches; put up your weapons
     15. prep. Toward the top of.
           The cat went up the tree.   They walk up the steps.
     16. prep. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
           The information made its way up the chain of command to the general.   I felt something crawling up my arm.
     17. prep. Further along (in any direction).
           Go up the street until you see the sign.
     18. prep. From south to north of
     19. prep. From the mouth towards the source (of a river or waterway).
     20. prep. (vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with.
           Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her.
     21. prep. (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more remote from a central location).
     22. adj. Awake.
           I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up.
     23. adj. Finished, to an end
           Time is up!
     24. adj. In a good mood.
           I’m feeling up today.
     25. adj. Willing; ready.
           If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
     26. adj. Next in a sequence.
           Smith is up to bat.
     27. adj. Happening; new.
           What is up with that project at headquarters?
     28. adj. Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
           Put the notebook face up on the table.
           Take a break and put your feet up.
     29. adj. Larger; greater in quantity.
           Sales are up from last quarter.
     30. adj. Ahead; leading; winning.
           The home team were up by two goals at half-time.
     31. adj. Standing.
           Get up and give her your seat.
     32. adj. On a higher level.
           The new ground is up.
     33. adj. Available; made public.
           The new notices are up as of last Tuesday.
     34. adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
           AAKK = aces up
           QQ33 = queens up
     35. adj. Well-informed; current.
           I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
     36. adj. (computing) Functional; working.
           Is the server back up?
     37. adj. (anchor, Adj_railway)(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
           The London train is on the up line.
     38. adj. Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
     39. adj. (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
           A Cosmopolitan is typically served up.
     40. adj. (slang) Erect.
     41. adj. (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
     42. adj. (slang) well-known; renowned
     43. n. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
           Up is a good way to go.
     44. n. A positive thing.
           I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.
     45. n. An upstairs room of a two story house.
           She lives in a two-up two-down.
     46. v. (transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise.
           If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details.
           We upped anchor and sailed away.
     47. v. (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
           It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
     48. v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
garment
     1. n. A single item of clothing.
     2. v. To clothe in a garment.
production
     1. n. The act of producing, making or creating something.
           The widget making machine is being used for production now.
     2. n. The act of bringing something forward, out etc. for use or consideration.
     3. n. The act of being produced.
           The widgets are coming out of production now.
     4. n. The total amount produced.
           They hope to increase spaghetti production next year.
     5. n. The presentation of a theatrical work.
           We went to a production of Hamlet.
     6. n. An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary.
           He made a simple meal into a huge production.
     7. n. That which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model).
           This is the final production model.
     8. n. The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
     9. n. (computing) A rewrite rule specifying a symbol substitution that can be recursively performed to generate new symbol sequences. (more information on Wikipedia)
           Each production is implemented with a function.
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.
response
     1. n. An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
     2. n. The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
     3. n. An oracular answer.
     4. n. (liturgics) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
     5. n. (liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
     6. n. A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
     7. n. An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.
     8. n. A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.
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
growing
     1. v. present participle of grow
     2. n. growth; increase
     3. n. (attributive) Connected with growing
           The growing season here begins in March.
     4. adj. That grows.
           Milk is good for growing children.
     grow
          1. v. To become bigger.
                Children grow quickly.
          2. v. (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
                Flowers grew on the trees as summer approached.
                A long tail began to grow from his backside.
          3. v. To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
                He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.
                Have you ever grown your hair before?
          4. v. (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
                The boy grew wise as he matured.
                The town grew smaller and smaller in the distance as we travelled.
                You have grown strong.
          5. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
demands
     1. n. plural of demand
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of demand
     demand
          1. n. The desire to purchase goods and services.
                Prices usually go up when demand exceeds supply.
          2. n. (economics) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.
          3. n. A forceful claim for something.
                Modern society is responding to women's demands for equality.
          4. n. A requirement.
                His job makes many demands on his time.
                There is a demand for voluntary health workers in the poorer parts of Africa and Asia.
          5. n. An urgent request.
                She couldn't ignore the newborn baby's demands for attention.
          6. n. An order.
          7. n. (electricity supply) More precisely peak demand or peak load, a measure of the maximum power load of a utility's customer over a short period of time; the power load integrated over a specified time i
          8. v. To request forcefully.
                I demand to see the manager.
          9. v. To claim a right to something.
                The bank is demanding the mortgage payment.
          10. v. To ask forcefully for information.
                I demand an immediate explanation.
          11. v. To require of someone.
                This job demands a lot of patience.
          12. v. (legal) To issue a summons to court.
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).
ever
     1. adv. Always, frequently, forever.
           It was ever thus.
     2. adv. At any time.
           If that ever happens, we’re in deep trouble
           He's back and better than ever.
     3. adv. In any way.
           How can I ever get there in time?
     4. adv. (informal) As intensifier following an interrogative word.
           Was I ever glad to see you!
           Did I ever!
     5. adj. (epidemiology) Occurring at any time, occurring even but once during a timespan.
     6. det. (dialectal, and informal) Shortening of every
changing
     1. n. Change; alteration.
     2. v. present participle of change
     change
          1. v. (intransitive) To become something different.
                The tadpole changed into a frog.   Stock prices are constantly changing.
          2. v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
                The fairy changed the frog into a prince.   I had to change the wording of the ad so it would fit.
          3. v. To replace.
                Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb.   After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt.
          4. v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
                You can't go into the dressing room while she's changing.   The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started.
          5. v. To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).
                It's your turn to change the baby.
          6. v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
          7. v. (archaic) To exchange.
          8. v. To change hand while riding (a horse).
                to change a horse
          9. n. The process of becoming different.
                The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.
          10. n. Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
                Can I get change for this $100 bill please?
          11. n. A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes
          12. n. Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
                A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change.
          13. n. Coins (as opposed to paper money).
                Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call.
          14. n. A transfer between vehicles.
                The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham.
          15. n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
          16. n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
          17. n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
          18. n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.
clothing
     1. v. present participle of clothe
     2. n. Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.
     3. n. An act or instance of putting clothes on.
           The clothing and unclothing of the idols was of special significance.
     4. n. (obsolete) The art or process of making cloth.
     5. n. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
     clothe
          1. v. To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
                to feed and clothe a family; to clothe oneself extravagantly
          2. v. (figurative) To cover or invest, as if with a garment.
                to clothe somebody with authority or power
ranges
     1. n. plural of range
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of range
     range
          1. n. A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
          2. n. A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.
          3. n. Selection, array.
                We sell a wide range of cars.
          4. n. An area for practicing shooting at targets.
          5. n. An area for military training or equipment testing.
          6. n. The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
                We could see the ship at a range of five miles.
                One can use the speed of sound to estimate the range of a lightning flash.
          7. n. Maximum distance of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, fuel supply, etc.).
                This missile's range is 500 kilometres.
          8. n. An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
          9. n. Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
          10. n. (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
          11. n. (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
          12. n. (sports) The defensive area that a player can cover.
                Jones has good range for a big man.
          13. n. (music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
          14. n. (ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
          15. n. (programming) A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
                std::for_each  calls the given function on each value in the input range.
          16. n. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
          17. n. (obsolete) The step of a ladder; a rung.
          18. n. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A bolting sieve to sift meal.
          19. n. A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
          20. n. (US, historical) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
          21. n. The scope of something, the extent which something covers or includes.
          22. n. The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
                By playing in comedies as well as in dramas he has proved his range as an actor.
                By playing in comedies as well as in dramas he has proved his acting range.
          23. v. (intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
          24. v. To rove over or through.
                to range the fields
          25. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit to, over.
          26. v. To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
          27. v. (intransitive, mathematics, computing, followed by over) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
                The variable x ranges over all real values from 0 to 10.
          28. v. To classify.
                to range plants and animals in genera and species
          29. v. (intransitive) To form a line or a row.
                The front of a house ranges with the street.
          30. v. (intransitive) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
          31. v. To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.
          32. v. To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
          33. v. (biology) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
                The peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.
          34. v. To separate into parts; to sift.
          35. v. To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
                to range the coast
          36. v. (baseball) Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.
          37. v. (seeMoreCites)
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