gurrufío

Phonetic: "/tɔɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.

Example: A grown man does not play with a child’s toy.

Definition: A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.

Definition: A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.

Definition: Love play, amorous dalliance; fondling.

Definition: A vague fancy, a ridiculous idea or notion; a whim.

Definition: An inferior graffiti artist.

Definition: An old story; a silly tale.

Definition: A headdress of linen or wool that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; called also toy mutch.

Definition: A sex toy (object or device to give sexual pleasure).

Phonetic: "/tɔɪ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.

Example: Figo is toying with the English defence.

Definition: To ponder or consider.

Example: I have been toying with the idea of starting my own business.

Definition: To stimulate with a sex toy.

Phonetic: "/meɪd/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A grub or maggot.

Phonetic: "/ɔv/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Expressing distance or motion.

Definition: Expressing separation.

Definition: Expressing origin.

Definition: Expressing agency.

Definition: Expressing composition, substance.

Definition: Introducing subject matter.

Definition: Having partitive effect.

Definition: Expressing possession.

Definition: Forming the "objective genitive".

Definition: Expressing qualities or characteristics.

Definition: Expressing a point in time.

Phonetic: "/æɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

Phonetic: "/dɪsk/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

Example: A coin is a disc of metal.

Definition: An intervertebral disc.

Definition: Something resembling a disc.

Example: Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun.

Definition: A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.

Example: Turn the disc over, after it has finished.

Definition: The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.

Definition: (ultimate frisbee) A Frisbee.

Phonetic: "/dɪsk/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To harrow with a disc harrow.

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Along, together with others, in a group, etc.

Example: Do you want to come with?

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Against.

Example: He picked a fight with the class bully.

Definition: In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.

Example: He went with his friends.

Definition: In addition to; as an accessory to.

Example: She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.

Definition: Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.

Example: Jim was listening to Bach with his eyes closed.

Definition: In support of.

Example: We are with you all the way.

Definition: In regard to.

Example: He was pleased with the outcome.

Definition: To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.

Example: slain with robbers

Definition: Using as an instrument; by means of.

Example: Find what you want instantly with our search engine.

Definition: Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.

Definition: Having, owning.

Example: It was small and bumpy, with a tinge of orange.

Definition: Affected by (a certain emotion or condition).

Example: He spoke with sadness in his voice.

Definition: Prompted by (a certain emotion).

Example: green with envy; flushed with success

Phonetic: "/tuː/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The digit/figure 2.

Example: The number 2202 contains three twos.

Definition: A two-dollar bill.

Definition: A child aged two.

Example: This toy is suitable for the twos and threes.

Definition: A playing card featuring two pips.

Phonetic: "/tuː/"

Part Of Speech: numeral

Definition: A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••).

Definition: Describing a set or group with two elements.

Phonetic: "/həʊlz/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.

Example: There’s a hole in my shoe.  Her stocking has a hole in it.

Definition: (heading) In games.

Definition: An excavation pit or trench.

Definition: A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.

Example: I have found a hole in your argument.

Definition: A container or receptacle.

Example: car hole;  brain hole

Definition: In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.

Definition: A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.

Definition: An orifice, in particular the anus. When used with shut it always refers to the mouth.

Example: Just shut your hole!

Definition: (particularly in the phrase "get one's hole") Sex, or a sex partner.

Example: Are you going out to get your hole tonight?

Definition: (with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.

Definition: An undesirable place to live or visit; a hovel.

Example: His apartment is a hole!

Definition: Difficulty, in particular, debt.

Example: If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

Definition: A chordless cycle in a graph.

Phonetic: "/həʊlz/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To make holes in (an object or surface).

Example: Shrapnel holed the ship's hull.

Definition: (by extension) To destroy.

Example: She completely holed the argument.

Definition: To go into a hole.

Definition: To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.

Example: Woods holed a standard three foot putt

Definition: To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.

Example: to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars

Phonetic: "/θɹuː/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.

Phonetic: "/θɹuː/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Passing from one side of something to the other.

Example: Interstate highways form a nationwide system of through roads.

Definition: Finished; complete.

Example: They were through with laying the subroof by noon.

Definition: Without a future; done for.

Example: After being implicated in the scandal, he was through as an executive in financial services.

Definition: No longer interested; wearied or turned off by experience.

Example: She was through with him.

Definition: Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment.

Example: The through flight through Memphis was the fastest.

Definition: In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.

Phonetic: "/θɹuː/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: From one side to the other by way of the interior.

Example: The arrow went straight through.

Definition: From one end to the other.

Example: Others slept; he worked straight through.

Definition: To the end.

Example: He said he would see it through.

Definition: Completely.

Example: Leave the yarn in the dye overnight so the color soaks through.

Definition: Out into the open.

Example: The American army broke through at St. Lo.

Phonetic: "/θɹuː/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: From one side of an opening to the other.

Example: I went through the window.

Definition: Entering, then later leaving.

Example: I drove through the town at top speed without looking left or right.

Definition: Surrounded by (while moving).

Example: We slogged through the mud for hours before turning back and giving up.

Definition: By means of.

Example: This team believes in winning through intimidation.

Definition: In consequence of; as a result of.

Definition: To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values.

Example: from 1945 through 1991;  the numbers 1 through 9;  your membership is active through March 15, 2013

Phonetic: "/wɪt͡ʃ/"

Part Of Speech: pronoun

Definition: (interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).

Example: By now, you must surely know which is which.

Definition: The/Any ones that; whichever.

Example: Please take which you please.

Definition: (relative) Introduces a relative clause giving further information about something previously mentioned.

Example: He had to leave, which was very difficult.

Definition: (relative) Used of people (now generally who, whom or that).

Phonetic: "/æɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

Phonetic: "/luːp/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.

Definition: The opening so formed.

Definition: A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.

Example: Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints.

Definition: A ring road or beltway.

Definition: An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.

Definition: A complete circuit for an electric current.

Definition: A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.

Definition: An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.

Definition: A path that starts and ends at the same point.

Definition: A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.

Definition: A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop.

Definition: A quasigroup with an identity element.

Definition: A loop-shaped intrauterine device.

Definition: An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.

Definition: A small, narrow opening; a loophole.

Definition: A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.

Phonetic: "/luːp/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

Phonetic: "/ɔv/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Expressing distance or motion.

Definition: Expressing separation.

Definition: Expressing origin.

Definition: Expressing agency.

Definition: Expressing composition, substance.

Definition: Introducing subject matter.

Definition: Having partitive effect.

Definition: Expressing possession.

Definition: Forming the "objective genitive".

Definition: Expressing qualities or characteristics.

Definition: Expressing a point in time.

Phonetic: "/stɹɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.

Example: There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.

Definition: (metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.

Definition: A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.

Definition: An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.

Definition: A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.

Phonetic: "/stɹɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.

Definition: Such a structure considered as a substance.

Definition: Any similar long, thin and flexible object.

Example: a bowstring

Definition: A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.

Example: a string of sausages

Definition: A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.

Example: The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive

Definition: A series of items or events.

Example: a string of successes

Definition: The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.

Definition: In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.

Definition: A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.

Definition: An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.

Definition: A stringed instrument.

Definition: (usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.

Definition: (in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.

Example: no strings attached

Definition: The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.

Definition: Cannabis or marijuana.

Definition: Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.

Definition: The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.

Definition: (by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.

Definition: The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.

Definition: A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

Definition: A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.

Definition: A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

Definition: An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

Definition: The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.

Example: the strings of beans

Definition: A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

Definition: A stringcourse.

Definition: A hoax; a fake story.

Phonetic: "/stɹɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To put (items) on a string.

Example: You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.

Definition: To put strings on (something).

Example: It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.

Definition: To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

Definition: To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.

Definition: To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.

Phonetic: "/ˈpɐːsəz/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To change place.

Definition: To change in state or status

Definition: To move through time.

Definition: To be accepted.

Definition: In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.

Definition: To do or be better.

Definition: To take heed.

Phonetic: "/ˈpɐːsəz/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.

Definition: A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.

Example: the passes of the Mississippi

Definition: A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over or along anything.

Definition: A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.

Definition: An attempt.

Example: My first pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful.

Definition: Success in an examination or similar test.

Example: I gained three passes at A-level, in mathematics, French, and English literature.

Definition: A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.

Definition: A thrust; a sally of wit.

Definition: A sexual advance.

Example: The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife.

Definition: The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.

Definition: A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.

Definition: Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.

Definition: A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission

Example: a railroad pass; a theater pass; a military pass

Definition: An intentional walk.

Example: Smith was given a pass after Jones' double.

Definition: The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.

Definition: The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.

Definition: Estimation; character.

Definition: (Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.

Definition: The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.

Definition: An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".

Example: A pass would have seen her win the game, but instead she gave a wrong answer and lost a point, putting her in second place.

Definition: A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.

Example: Most Pascal compilers process source code in a single pass.

Phonetic: "/ˈpɐːsəz/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).

Example: Anyone want to trade passes?

Phonetic: "/tʉː/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

Example: Please push the door to.

Definition: Into the wind.

Phonetic: "/tʉː/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.

Example: We are walking to the shop.

Definition: Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.

Example: He devoted himself to education.

Definition: Used to indicate result of action.

Example: His face was beaten to a pulp.

Definition: Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion.

Example: To everyone's great relief, the tuneless carol singers finally ceased their warbling.

Definition: Used after an adjective to indicate its application.

Example: similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.

Definition: Denotes the end of a range.

Example: It takes 2 to 4 weeks to process typical applications.

Definition: As a.

Example: 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);   took her to wife (took her as a wife);   was sold to slave (was sold as a slave).

Definition: Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.

Example: I have ten dollars to your four.

Definition: Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.

Example: Three squared or three to the second power is nine.

Definition: (time) Preceding.

Example: ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).

Definition: Used to describe what something consists of or contains.

Example: Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.

Definition: At.

Example: Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.

Phonetic: "/meɪk/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Brand or kind; model.

Example: What make of car do you drive?

Definition: Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made); form.

Definition: Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.

Example: The camera was of German make.

Definition: A person's character or disposition.

Definition: The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.

Definition: Quantity produced, especially of materials.

Definition: A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.

Definition: Identification or recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.

Definition: (usually in phrase "easy make") Past, present or future target of seduction (usually female).

Definition: A promotion.

Definition: A home-made project

Definition: Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.

Definition: A made basket.

Definition: The closing of an electrical circuit.

Phonetic: "/meɪk/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To create.

Definition: To behave, to act.

Example: He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.

Definition: To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.

Definition: To constitute.

Example: One swallow does not a summer make.

Definition: To add up to, have a sum of.

Example: Two and four make six.

Definition: (construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.

Example: I don’t know what to make of it.

Definition: (usually stressed) To bring into success.

Example: She married into wealth and so has it made.

Definition: (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.

Example: Did I make myself heard?

Definition: To cause to appear to be; to represent as.

Definition: (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).

Example: I was made to feel like a criminal.

Definition: (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.

Example: Don’t let them make you suffer.

Definition: (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.

Example: His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.

Definition: (of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.

Definition: (law enforcement) To recognise, identify, spot.

Definition: To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.

Example: We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.

Definition: To proceed (in a direction).

Example: Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!

Definition: To cover (a given distance) by travelling.

Definition: To move at (a speed).

Example: The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.

Definition: To appoint; to name.

Definition: To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).

Definition: To defecate or urinate.

Definition: To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).

Example: He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.

Definition: To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.

Definition: To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.

Definition: To enact; to establish.

Definition: To develop into; to prove to be.

Example: She'll make a fine president.

Definition: To form or formulate in the mind.

Example: made a questionable decision

Definition: To perform a feat.

Example: make a leap

Definition: To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.

Example: In the end, my class didn't make, which left me with a bit of free time.

Definition: To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.

Definition: To increase; to augment; to accrue.

Definition: To be engaged or concerned in.

Definition: To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.

Definition: To take the virginity of.

Definition: To have sexual intercourse with.

Phonetic: "/ði/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

Example: It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.

Definition: With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none. See none the.

Example: I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.

Phonetic: "/dɪsk/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

Example: A coin is a disk of metal.

Definition: Something resembling a disk.

Example: Venus' disk cut off light from the Sun.

Definition: An intervertebral disc

Definition: A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.

Example: Turn the disk over, after it has finished.

Definition: A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium.

Example: She burned some disks yesterday to back up her computer.

Definition: A type of harrow.

Definition: A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.

Phonetic: "/dɪsk/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To harrow

Phonetic: "/dɪsk/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB.

Phonetic: "/ɹəʊˈteɪt/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To spin, turn, or revolve.

Example: He rotated in his chair to face me.

Definition: To advance through a sequence; to take turns.

Example: The nurses' shifts rotate each week.

Definition: (of aircraft) To lift the nose, just prior to takeoff.

Example: The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.

Definition: To spin, turn, or revolve something.

Example: Rotate the dial to the left.

Definition: To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.

Definition: To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.

Example: The supermarket rotates the stock daily so that old foods don't sit around.

Definition: To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.

Phonetic: "/ɹəʊˈteɪt/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.

Example: a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla

Phonetic: "/ʍɛn/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The time at which something happens.

Example: A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.

Phonetic: "/ʍɛn/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: (interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.

Example: Do you know when they arrived?

Definition: At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.

Example: He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when.

Definition: (relative) At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.

Example: That was the day when the Twin Towers fell.

Phonetic: "/ʍɛn/"

Part Of Speech: pronoun

Definition: (interrogative) What time; which time.

Example: Since when do I need your permission?

Definition: The time that.

Example: I recall when they were called the Greys.

Phonetic: "/ʍɛn/"

Part Of Speech: conjunction

Definition: At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.

Example: A player wins when [as soon as, or at any time that, if] she has four cards of the same suit.

Definition: During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.

Example: Be careful when crossing the street.

Definition: At what time; at which time.

Example: I am here till Friday, when [i.e. at which time] I leave for Senegal.

Definition: Since; given the fact that; considering that.

Example: I don't see the point of putting up Christmas decorations when I am the only person who is going to see them.

Definition: Whereas; although; at the same time as; in spite of the fact that.

Example: He keeps changing things when the existing system works perfectly well.

Phonetic: "/ʍɛn/"

Part Of Speech: interjection

Definition: That's enough, a command to stop adding something, especially an ingredient of food or drink.

Definition: Expressing impatience. (Compare what.)

Phonetic: "/ˈhɛld/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To grasp or grip.

Example: Hold the pencil like this.

Definition: To contain or store.

Example: This package holds six bottles.

Definition: (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.

Definition: (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.

Definition: To win one's own service game.

Definition: To take place, to occur.

Definition: To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).

Example: Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month.

Definition: To derive right or title.

Definition: In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.

Example: A martini, please, and hold the olive.

Definition: To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.

Phonetic: "/tɔːt/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To make taut; to tauten, to tighten.

Phonetic: "/tɔːt/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight.

Definition: (of a body, muscles, etc.) Not flabby; firm, toned; (of a person) having a lean, strong body.

Definition: (of music, writing, etc.) Containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled.

Definition: Experiencing anxiety or stress.

Definition: (of a sailor, a ship, etc.) Neat and well-disciplined; (by extension) efficient and in order.

Definition: Strong; uncompromising.

Phonetic: "/ɪn/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A position of power or influence, or a way to get it.

Example: His parents got him an in with the company.

Definition: (chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is in; especially, one who is in office.

Definition: The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting; see innings.

Definition: A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.

Phonetic: "/ɪn/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To enclose.

Definition: To take in; to harvest.

Phonetic: "/ɪn/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Located indoors, especially at home or at one's office or place of work.

Example: Is Mr. Smith in?

Definition: Located inside something.

Example: Little by little I pushed the snake into the basket, until finally all of it was in.

Definition: (of the ball or other playing implement) Falling or remaining within the bounds of the playing area.

Example: If the tennis ball bounces on the line then it's in.

Definition: Inserted or fitted into something.

Example: I've discovered why the TV wasn't working – the plug wasn't in!

Definition: Having been collected or received.

Example: The replies to the questionnaires are now all in.

Definition: In fashion; popular.

Example: Skirts are in this year.

Definition: Incoming.

Example: the in train

Definition: (of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.

Definition: Of the tide, at or near its highest level.

Example: You can't get round the headland when the tide's in.

Definition: With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.

Example: in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband

Definition: Currently batting.

Definition: Having familiarity or involvement with somebody.

Example: He is very in with the Joneses.

Definition: Having a favourable position, such as a position of influence or expected gain, in relation to another person.

Example: I think that bird fancies you. You're in there, mate!

Phonetic: "/ɪn/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: At or towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.

Example: He ran to the edge of the swimming pool and dived in.

Definition: Towards the speaker or other reference point.

Example: For six hours the tide flows in, then for another six hours it flows out.

Definition: So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something.

Example: Bring the water to the boil and drop the vegetables in.

Definition: Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.

Example: He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.

Definition: After the beginning of something.

Example: The show still didn't become interesting 20 minutes in.

Definition: (in combination, after a verb) Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.

Phonetic: "/ɪn/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.

Definition: Into.

Example: Less water gets in your boots this way.

Definition: Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.

Example: In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.

Definition: Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.

Phonetic: "/ði/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

Example: It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.

Definition: With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none. See none the.

Example: I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.

Phonetic: "/hæn(d)z/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.

Example: Her hands are really strong.

Definition: That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.

Definition: In linear measurement:

Definition: A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.

Definition: Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.

Definition: An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful.

Example: an old hand at speaking;  large farms need many farm hands

Definition: An instance of helping.

Example: Bob gave Alice a hand to move the furniture.

Definition: Handwriting; style of penmanship.

Example: a good hand

Definition: A person's autograph or signature.

Example: Given under my Hand and Seal of the State this 1st Day of January, 2010.

Definition: Personal possession; ownership.

Definition: (usually in the plural, hands) Management, domain, control.

Example: in safe hands;  in good hands;  He lost his job when the factory changed hands.  With the business back in the founder's hands, there is new hope for the company.  With John in charge of the project, it's in good hands.

Definition: That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.

Definition: Applause.

Example: Give him a hand.

Definition: A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.

Definition: The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.

Definition: A whole rhizome of ginger.

Definition: The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.

Example: This fabric has a smooth, soft hand.

Definition: Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.

Definition: Agency in transmission from one person to another.

Example: to buy at first hand (from the producer, or when new);  to buy at second hand (when no longer in the producer’s hand, or when not new);  It's not a rumor. I heard it at first hand.

Definition: Rate; price.

Phonetic: "/hæn(d)z/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.

Example: He handed them the letter.   She handed responsibility over to her deputy.

Definition: To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.

Example: to hand a lady into a carriage

Definition: To manage.

Definition: To seize; to lay hands on.

Definition: To pledge by the hand; to handfast.

Definition: (said of a sail) To furl.

Definition: To cooperate.