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there
1. adv. (location) In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (compare here).
2. adv. (figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place.
He did not stop there, but continued his speech.
They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.
3. adv. (location) To or into that place; thither.
4. adv. (obsolete) Where, there where, in which place.
5. adv. In existence or in this world; see pronoun section below.
6. interj. Used to offer encouragement or sympathy.
There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
7. interj. Used to express victory or completion.
There! That knot should hold.
8. n. That place.
9. n. That status; that position.
You get it ready; I'll take it from there.
10. pron. Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.
There are two apples on the table. =Two apples are on the table.
There is no way to do it. =No way to do it exists.
Is there an answer? =Does an answer exist?
No, there isn't. =No, one doesn't exist.
11. pron. Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
If x is a positive number, then there exists =there is a positive number y less than x.
There remain several problems with this approach. =Several problems remain with this approach.
Once upon a time, in a now-forgotten kingdom, there lived a woodsman with his wife. =There was a woodsman, who lived with his wife.
There arose a great wind out of the east. =There was now a great wind, arising in the east.
12. pron. Used with other verbs, when raised.
There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. =It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.
I expected there to be a simpler solution. =I expected that there would be a simpler solution.
There are beginning to be complications. =It's beginning to be the case that there are complications.
13. pron. (in combination with certain prepositions, no longer productive) That.
therefor, thereat, thereunder
14. pron. (colloquial) Used to replace an unknown name, principally in greetings and farewells
Hi there, young fellow.
15. contraction. misspelling of they’re
16. det. misspelling of their
are
1. v. second-person singular present of be
Mary, where are you going?
2. v. first-person plural present of be
We are not coming.
3. v. second-person plural present of be
Mary and John, are you listening?
4. v. third-person plural present of be
They are here somewhere.
5. v. (East Yorkshire, Midlands) present of be
6. n. (dialectal, or obsolete) grace, mercy
To bid God's are.
God's are is what children of God seech and seek.
7. n. (obsolete) honour, dignity
8. n. (rare) an accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a
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?
No
1. adv. (archaic) Alternative form of No.
2. n. Alternative form of No.
3. n. Alternative form of Noh: a form of classical Japanese drama.
4. det. Not any.
no one
There is no water left.
No hot dogs were sold yesterday.
No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous.
There was no score at the end of the first period. (The score was 0-0.)
5. det. Hardly any.
We'll be finished in no time at all.
6. det. Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
No smoking
There's no stopping her once she gets going.
7. det. Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.
My mother's no fool.
Working nine to five every day is no life.
8. adv. (now only used with comparatives, except in Scotland) Not, not at all.
It is a different kind of torture, but no less gruesome.
I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.
9. part. Used to show disagreement or negation.
No, you are mistaken.
No, you may not watch television now.
10. part. Used to show agreement with a negative question.
"Don’t you like milk?" "No" (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.")
11. part. (colloquial) As if to say, "No, don’t doubt this!", or to deny an imagined contradictory statement, used to show intense agreement
No, totally.
No, yeah, that's exactly right.
"Wow!" "Yeah, no, it was really awful!".
No, yeah
12. n. A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement or disapproval.
13. n. A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.
The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".
14. adv. (archaic) Alternative form of No.
15. n. Alternative form of No.
huge
1. adj. Very large.
The castle was huge.
2. adj. (slang) Distinctly interesting, significant, important, likeable, well regarded.
Our next album is going to be huge! In our league our coach is huge!
Rolls
1. n. (informal) Rolls-Royce automobile
2. n. plural of roll
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of roll
roll
1. v. To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
To roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
2. v. (intransitive) To turn over and over.
The child will roll on the floor.
3. v. To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
4. v. To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
To roll a sheet of paper; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
5. v. To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
To roll up the map for shipping.
6. v. (intransitive) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
The cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
7. v. To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
This river will roll its waters to the ocean.
8. v. To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
To roll forth someone's praises; to roll out sentences.
9. v. To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails.
10. v. (intransitive) To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
The pastry rolls well.
11. v. To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
12. v. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To leave or begin a journey.
I want to get there early; let's roll.
13. v. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To compete, especially with vigor.
OK guys, we're only down by two points. Let's roll!
14. v. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
15. v. (geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the
16. v. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
17. v. (US, slang) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
I was going to kick his ass, but he wasn't worth getting all worked up over; I don't roll like that.
18. v. (dice, transitive, intransitive) To throw dice.
19. v. (dice, transitive) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
If you roll doubles, you get an extra turn.
With two dice, you're more likely to roll seven than ten.
20. v. (RPG) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
I'm gonna go and roll a new shaman tonight.
21. v. (computing) To generate a random number.
22. v. (nautical, of a vessel) To rotate on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch.
23. v. (in folk songs) To travel by sailing.
24. v. To beat up; to attack and cause physical damage to.
25. v. (transitive, slang) To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
The feds rolled him by giving him a free pass for most of what he'd done.
26. v. (intransitive, slang) To betray secrets.
He rolled on those guys after being in jail two days.
27. v. (slang) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
28. v. (intransitive, of a camera) To film.
The cameras are rolling.
29. v. (transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
30. v. To have a rolling aspect.
the hills rolled on
31. v. (figurative, intransitive) To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
The years roll on.
32. v. To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
33. v. (figurative, intransitive) to move and cause an effect on someone
34. v. (intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
The thunder rolled and the lightning flashed.
35. v. To utter with an alveolar trill.
Many languages roll their r's.
36. v. (transitive, US) To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
The kids rolled the principal's house and yard.
37. v. To create a customized version of something.
38. n. The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
the roll of a ball
Look at the roll of the waves.
a roll of parchment
39. n. A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
40. n. That which rolls; a roller.
41. n. A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
42. n. One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
to pass rails through the rolls
43. n. That which is rolled up.
a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
44. n. A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
45. n. Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.
46. n. A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon
47. n. A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
48. n. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
49. n. (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate r
50. n. (nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis.
51. n. A heavy, reverberatory sound.
Hear the roll of cannon.
Hear the roll of thunder.
52. n. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
53. n. (obsolete) Part; office; duty; rôle.
54. n. A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
55. n. The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
Calculate the roll of that aircraft.
56. n. The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
Make your roll.
Whoever gets the highest roll moves first.
57. n. A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
He is on a roll tonight.
58. n. A training match for a fighting dog.
of
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
6. prep. Expressing separation.
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
He seemed devoid of human feelings.
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
10. prep. Expressing origin.
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
The invention was born of necessity.
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
It is said that she died of a broken heart.
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
I am tired of all this nonsense.
15. prep. Expressing agency.
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
She wore a dress of silk.
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
What a lot of nonsense!
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
I'm always thinking of you.
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
He told us the story of his journey to India.
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
29. prep. Having partitive effect.
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
Most of these apples are rotten.
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
He is a friend of mine.
34. prep. Expressing possession.
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
She had a profound distrust of the police.
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
It's not that big of a deal.
45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
barbed
1. adj. Having barbs
2. adj. (heraldry) Bearded (also applied to roses, referring to the leaves between the petals).
3. adj. (of a horse) Accoutered with defensive armor; barded.
4. v. simple past tense and past participle of barb
barb
1. n. The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
2. n. (figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
3. n. A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
4. n. Armor for a horse, corrupted from bard.
5. n. (ornithology) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
6. n. (ichthyology) Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
7. n. (US) (Carolina whiting, (vern king whiting), vern southern kingcroaker, and vern southern kingfish), found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
8. n. (botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
9. n. A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
10. n. (obsolete) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
11. n. Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and
12. n. (obsolete) A bit for a horse.
13. n. A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
14. v. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
15. v. To cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.
16. v. (obsolete) To shave or dress the beard of.
17. v. (obsolete) To clip; to mow.
18. n. The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
19. n. A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
wire
1. n. Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
2. n. A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
3. n. A metal conductor that carries electricity.
4. n. A fence made of usually barbed wire.
5. n. (sports) A finish line of a racetrack.
6. n. (informal) A telecommunication wire or cable
7. n. (by extension) An electric telegraph; a telegram.
8. n. (slang) A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
9. n. (informal) A deadline or critical endpoint.
This election is going to go right to the wire
10. n. (billiards) A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
11. n. (usually plural) Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings.
to pull the wires for office
12. n. (archaic, thieves' slang) A pickpocket who targets women.
13. n. (Scotland) A knitting needle.
14. v. To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
We need to wire that hole in the fence.
15. v. To string on a wire.
wire beads
16. v. To equip with wires for use with electricity.
17. v. To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.
I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen.
18. v. (informal) To send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
Urgent: please wire me another 100 pounds sterling.
19. v. To make someone tense or psyched up.
I'm never going to sleep: I'm completely wired from all that coffee.
20. v. (slang) To install eavesdropping equipment.
We wired the suspect's house.
21. v. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
22. v. (transitive, croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.

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