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noun (pl=hail)
- Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation from a thunderstorm.
cite book
, year = 1977
, title = MANOBS Manual of Surface Weather Observations
, edition = Seventh, Amendment 15
, publisher = Meteorological Service of Canada
, location = Canada
verb
- (intransitive) (used only in the infinitive and the third-person singular with it) Said of the weather when hail is falling.
- They say it's going to tomorrow.
- (transitive) To send or release hail
- The cloud would hail down furiously within a few minutes.
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noun (i, but usually in singular)
- (context, countable, uncountable) A pigmented keratinaceous growth that forms thin spires and grows out from a follicle on the human head, or the collection of them.
- Quotations
- Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs. - Chaucer
- And draweth new delights with hoary hairs. - Spenser
- Young man, comb your at home, not in the classroom.
- She said she couldn't go out with me Friday - she had to wash her .
- (uncountable) The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
- The on a bear makes a warm fur coat.
- (context, zoology, countable) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
- (context, botany, countable) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
- (rfv-sense) (countable) A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
- (obsolete) A haircloth. - Chaucer
- (countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
- Just a little louder please - turn that knob a to the right.
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noun (halves)
- one, One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; " sometimes followed by of; as, a of an apple.
- Milton:
- : Not his riches known, and yet despised.
- Tennyson:
- : A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us
- Half of a standard measure; frequently used for half a pint of beer or cider.
- 1968 , John Braine, The crying game, Houghton Mifflin, http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC00291981&id=8GYhAAAAMAAJ&q=pint+%22a+half+of+bitter%22+-pint-and-a-half+date:1961-1980&dq=pint+%22a+half+of+bitter%22+-pint-and-a-half+date:1961-1980&num=100&pgis=1 p. 11,
- :He came back with a pint of Guinness for me and a of bitter for Wendy.
- 1974 , James Herriot, All Things Bright and Beautiful, St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0312020309,
- :I accepted a of bitter from him.
- 2006 , Bill Appleton, Wide Boy, Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie, ISBN 1843862530, http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1843862530&id=BK_ZSZW3LVsC&pg=PA168&lpg=PA168&ots=xRJ0vS0R0F&dq=pint+%22a+half+of+lager%22+-pint-and-a-half+date:2000-2007&num=100&sig=CQ4kR-PCwEgrrDmgoq3ipacsvl0 p. 168,
- :I went to the bar where I bought a pint and two large brandies. ... "Not brandy," she replied, "but I could use a long drink - maybe a of lager.
- (arithmetic, preceded by "a" or a number) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
- Three-quarters minus a quarter is a .
- (obsolete) part; side; behalf " Wyclif
- Chaucer:
- : The four halves of the house
verb (halves, halving, halved)
- (context, transitive, obsolete) To halve.
adjective
- Consisting of a moiety, or half
- a bushel; a hour; a dollar; a view
- Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect
- a dream; knowledge
- Tennyson:
- : Assumed from thence a consent.
adverb
- In an equal part or degree; in some part approximating a half; partially; imperfectly
- -colored; done; -hearted; persuaded; conscious
- Dryden:
- : Half loth and consenting.
- Nehemiah 13:24:
- : Their children spoke in the speech of Ashdod.
| | halfway |
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adverb
- half of the way between two points; midway
| | halve |
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verb (halv, ing)
- (transitive) To reduce to half the original amount.
- (transitive) To divide into two halves.
| | halves |
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noun
- (plural of, half)
verb
- (third-person singular of, halve)
| | hammer |
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noun
- A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
- (anatomy) The malleus.
- (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
- (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
- (curling) The last rock in an end.
- (context, Ultimate Frisbee) A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.
verb
- To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
- (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
- (sports) To hit particularly hard.
- To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
- I could hear the engine"s valves hammering once the timing rod was thrown.
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initialism
- Have a nice day.
| | handwriting |
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noun
- Writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.
- The characteristic writing of a particular person
| | hang |
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noun
- The way in which something hangs
- This skirt has a nice hang
- (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input devices
- We sometimes get system hangs
verb (hangs, hanging, hung or hanged (see Usage notes), hung or hanged (see Usage notes))
- (intransitive) To be or remain suspended
- The lights hung from the ceiling.
- (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
- The smoke hung in the room.
- (intransitive) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose
- You will hang for this, my friend.
- (intransitive) (informal) To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.
- Are you busy, or can you hang with me?
- I didn't see anything, officer. I was just hanging.
- (intransitive) (chess) to be vulnerable to capture.
- In this standard opening position White has to be careful because the pawn on e4 hangs.
- (intransitive) (computing) to stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard or mouse
- The computer has hung again. Not even pressing <nowiki><Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Del></nowiki> works.
- When I push this button the program hangs.
- (transitive) to cause (something) to be suspended
- Hang those lights from the ceiling.
- (transitive) to place on a hook
- (transitive) to exhibit (a painting)
- (transitive) to apply (wallpaper to a wall)
- (transitive) to decorate (something) with hanging objects
- (transitive) (computing) to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding
- The program has a bug that can hang the system.
- (transitive) to execute (someone) by suspension from the neck
- The culprits were hanged from the nearest tree.
- (transitive) (chess) to cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture
- If you move there, you'll hang your queen rook.
- (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect
- He hung his head in shame.
- (intransitive) To "hang up" means to disconnect a telephone call.
- "Hang up my X" can mean "stop doing Y", where X is a characteristic kit item used in the sport or work occupation Y, e.g. "It's time I hung up my fins" may mean "Due to advancing old age I should stop scuba diving".
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noun
- (countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps.
- (countable) A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function.
verb (harness, es)
- (transitive) to place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain
- They harnessed the horse to the post.
- (transitive) to capture, control or put to use
- Imagine what might happen if it were possible to solar energy fully.
| | hash |
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noun
- Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.
- 1633: Samuel Pepys, Diary
- :I had for them, after oysters, at first course, a of rabbits, a lamb, and a rare chine of beef.
- A confused mess.
- 1847: Charlotte Yonge, Scenes and Characters
- :Oh! no, not Naylor's--the girls have made a there, as they do everything else; but we will settle her before they come out again.
- The
- symbol (octothorpe).
- (:Category:Jargon:Computer, computing): The key generated by a hash function.
- Abbreviation for hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.
verb (hash, es)
- (transitive) To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash
- 1749: Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- :In like manner, we shall represent human nature at first to the keen appetite of our reader, in that more plain and simple manner in which it is found in the country, and shall hereafter and ragoo it with all the high French and Italian seasoning of affectation and vice which courts and cities afford.
- To make a quick, rough version; as in - hash up some plans = make some quick, rough plans.
adjective
- Hashed, chopped into small pieces
- 1855: William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes
- :The Colonel, himself, was great at making mutton, hot-pot, curry, and pillau.
- (:Category:Jargon:Computer, computing): Of or relating to the process of hashing or hash coding
| | | hat |
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noun
- A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone or a cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.
- A particular role, especially one which includes a head-covering.
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noun
- A small light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
| | have |
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verb (has or archaic hath, having, had)
- Further archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast and second-person singular past tense hadst.
- (transitive) To possess, own, hold.
- I a house and a car.
- Look what I here " a frog I found on the street!
- (transitive) To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
- I two sisters.
- The dog down the street has a lax owner.
- (transitive) To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
- I breakfast at six o'clock.
- Can I a look at that?
- I'm going to some pizza and some Pepsi right now.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the w:Perfect aspect, perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.
- I already eaten today.
- I had already eaten.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a w:Infinitive, to-infinitive) must.
- I to go.
- Note: there's a separate entry for have to.
- (transitive) To give birth to.
- The couple always wanted to children.
- My wife is having the baby right now!
- (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- He's always bragging about how many women he's had.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command or request.
- They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
- She had him arrested for trespassing.
- The movie's ending had the entire audience in tears.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
- The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.
- I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
- Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.
- Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below)
- We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we?
- Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she?
- (UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he?
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noun (Uncountable)
- devastation
- mayhem
verb
- to pillage.
- Quotations
- 1599: To tear and more than she can eat. — Shakespeare, Henry V, I-ii
| | hay |
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noun
- grass, Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
verb to hay
- To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
| | hazard |
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noun
- chance
- peril
verb
- To chance; to take a risk.
- I'll a guess.
| | Head |
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proper noun
- An English surname.
| | headway |
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noun (headways, -)
- (nautical) forward motion, or its rate
- (countable) (transportation) interval of time or distance between two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in the same direction, especially along the same pre-determined route
- (slang) progress toward a goal
- (countable) the clearance beneath an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom
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noun
- (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body.
- emotions, Emotions, kindness, or spirit in general (but like above, people only have one heart).
- A shape or symbol approximately in the shape of a heart (�).
- A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
- The centre, essence, or core.
verb
- (context, internet slang, text messaging, emoticon) To be fond of, frequently abbreviated as <3.
| | Heaven |
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proper noun
- (given name, female) of modern usage from the noun heaven.
| | heel |
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noun (wikipedia, Heel, Heel (part of the foot))
- (anatomy) Part of the foot on the backside where it becomes the leg.
- The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
- On a long firearm, the back upper part of the stock.
- The last or lowest part of anything; as, the heel of a mast or the heel of a vessel.
- A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- A contemptible, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
- (nautical) The tilt of a ship to one side; also, the degree of such a tilt.
verb
- To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
| | help |
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noun
- (uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.
- I need some with my homework.
- (singularonly) A person or persons who provide assistance with some task.
- He was a great to me when I was moving house.
- (countable) A person employed to help in the maintenance of a house.
- The is coming round this morning to clean.
verb (helps, helping, helped or (archaic) holp, helped or (archaic) holpen)
- (transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
- He helped his grandfather cook breakfast.
- (transitive) To contribute in some way to.
- The white paint on the walls helps make the room look brighter.
- (intransitive) To provide assistance.
- She was struggling with the groceries, so I offered to .
- (transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in the negative with can.
- We couldn"t noticing that you were late.
- We couldn"t but notice that you were late.
- She"s trying not to smile, but she can"t herself.
| | herd |
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noun
- A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle.
- 1768, w:Thomas Gray, Thomas Gray, s:Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,
- : The lowing wind slowly o"er the lea.
- 2007, J. Michael Fay, Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma, National Geographic (March 2007), 47,
- : Zakouma is the last place on Earth where you can see more than a thousand elephants on the move in a single, compact .
- A crowd of low people; a rabble.
- But far more numerous was the of such Who think too little and who talk too much. Dryden.
- You can never interest the common in the abstract question. Coleridge.
- One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.
verb
- To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
- To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.
- I"ll among his friends, and seem One of the number. Addison.
- To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
- To form or put into a herd.
- I heard the herd of cattle being herded home from a long way away.
| | here |
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noun
- (context, abstract) This place; this location.
- Come over .
- (context, abstract) This time, situation.
- Here in history, we are less diligent about quashing monopolies.
adverb
- In, on, or at this place.
- To this place.
| | hide |
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noun
- (countable) The skin of an animal.
- (countable) (italbrac, mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scare, scaring them.
- A medieval land measure equal to the amount of land that could sustain one free family; usually 100 acres. Forty hides equalled a barony.
verb (hides, hiding, hid, hidden)
- (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
- He hides his magazines under the bed.
- The politicians were accused of keeping information hidden from the public.
- (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.
| | high |
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noun
- A period of euphoria due to an intake of drugs
- That pill gave me a for a few hours, before I had a comedown
adjective (higher, highest)
- Being elevated in position or status, a state of being above many things.
- tall, Tall, lofty, at a great distance above the ground (at high altitude).
- (slang) To be under the influence of a mood affecting drug; stoned.
- Of a quantity or value, great or large.
- a interest rate
| | hightail |
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verb - To retreat quickly.
- As soon as she arrived, I hightailed it out of there
| | hike |
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noun
- A long walk.
- An abrupt increase.
- The tenants were not happy with the rent .
- The snap of the ball to start a play.
verb (hik, ing)
- To walk along a hiking trail, especially a nature/scenic long walk, usually without overnight camping gear.
- To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
- To snap the ball to start a play.
- (nautical) To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counter-balance the effects of the wind on the sails.
(wikipedia, hiking (sailing))
| | hilt |
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noun - The handle or grip of a sword that allowed the use of the blade without harming oneself.
| | hip |
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noun
- (anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
- The fruit of a rose.
adjective (hipper, hippest)
- (slang) aware
- (slang) trendy.
| | hire |
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verb (hir, ing)
- To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
- We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.
- To obtain the services of a person by giving them a job.
- The company had problems to sufficiently skilled workers.
pronoun
- yours
| | hit |
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noun
- A blow; a punch.
- The was very slight.
- A success, especially in the entertainment industry.
- The band played their song to the delight of the fans.
- An attack on a location.
- (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder"s choice.
- The catcher got a to lead off the fifth.
- (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- Where am I going to get my next ?
verb (hits, hitting, hit)
- To administer a blow to.
- One boy the other.
- To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- The ball the fence.
- To manage to touch in the right place.
- I the jackpot.
- To kill a person on the instructions of a third party.
- Hit him tonight and throw the body in the river.
- (cards) In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- Hit me.
- (baseball) To come up to bat.
- Jones for the pitcher.
- (colloquial) To go (somewhere).
- We the grocery store on the way to the park.
- (colloquial) To begin; to start; to open.
- The movie hits theaters in December.
- (context, computing, programming) To use.
- The external web servers DBSRV7, the internal web server hits DBSRV3.
- To affect negatively.
- The economy was by a recession.
- (context, figurative, US, slang) To have sex with.
- I'd that.
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adjective
- (archaic) On this side; the nearer.
- 1954, The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the side of good and evil. " Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus 1954, p. 30)
adverb
- (context, literary, or, archaic) To this place, to here.
- He went and thither.
| | hob |
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noun
- A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
- (obsolete) The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
- The top cooking surface on a cooker. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'.
verb (hobb, ing)
(wikipedia, Gear cutting)
(wikipedia, Hobbing machine)
- (transitive) To create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.
- (intransitive) To engage in the process of cutting gears with a hob.
| | Hobby |
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proper noun
- An English surname.
| | hog |
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noun
- Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the wart hog, and the boar.
- A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
- (slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a w:Harley Davidson, Harley-Davidson.
verb (hogg, ing)
- (transitive) To greedily take more than one's share.
- Hey! Quit hogging all the blankets.
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noun
- a hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
- the perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.
- the vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.
- the height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.
verb
- (transitive) to raise; to lift; to elevate; especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.
- 1719: w:Daniel Defoe, Daniel Defoe, w:Robinson Crusoe, Robinson Crusoe
- : ...but this last was so heavy, I could not it up to get it over the ship's side.
- (context, transitive, historical) to lift someone up to be flogged
- (intransitive) to be lifted up
| | hold |
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noun
- A grasp or grip.
- Keep a firm on the handlebars.
- Something reserved or kept.
- We have a here for you.
- (italbrac, wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- He got him in a tight and pinned him to the mat.
- (nautical) The cargo area of a ship, (often cargo hold).
- Put that in the .
- (italbrac, gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble.
verb (holds, holding, held, held or rarely holden)
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- Hold the pencil like this.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- This package holds six bottles.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- Hold my coat for me.
- (transitive) To reserve.
- Hold a table for us at 7:00.
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
- Hold the elevator.
- (transitive) To detain.
- Hold the suspect in this cell.
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noun
- a hollow in a surface
- Get some popcorn out of that popcorn bucket .
- an opening in a solid
- There"s a in my bucket.
- a weakness, a flaw
- I have found a in your argument.
- (golf) the portion of a game in which the players attempt to hit the ball into a particular hole.
- I played 18 holes yesterday.
- (informal) a container or receptacle
- car ; brain
- (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- The shortstop ranged deam into the to make the stop.
- (computer) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit
- (context, anatomy, slang) An orifice, in particular the anus
- (informal) The place where a prisoner is kept
- (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit
- Don"t go there, that place is a !
- (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive seam between the shortstop and the third baseman.
verb (hol, ing)
- (transitive) To make holes in (an object).
- Shrapnel holed the ship"s hull.
| | hollow |
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noun
- A small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies"
- A sunken area in something solid.
- (US) A sunken area, the equivalent to a copse in British English.
- (figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.
verb
- to make a hole in something; to excavate (transitive)
adjective (hollower or more hollow, hollowest or most hollow)
- Of something solid, having an empty space inside.
- Of a sound, low-pitched, and maybe scary.
- a hollow moan
- (figuratively) Without substance, dishonest.
- a hollow promise
| | home |
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noun
- One"s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one"s family; also, one"s birthplace.
- The disciples went away again to their own . "John xx. 10.
- Home is the sacred refuge of our life. "Dryden.
- Home! home! sweet, sweet ! There"s no place like . "Payne.
- One"s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one"s ancestors dwell or dwelt.
- Our old England. "Hawthorne.
- The place where a person was raised. childhood, Childhood or parental home. Home of one"s parents or guardian.
- I left last year.
- The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
- He entered in his house " his no more, For without hearts there is no . "Byron.
- The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.
- the of the pine.
- Her eyes are homes of silent prayer. "Tennyson.
- Flandria, by plenty made the of war.'' "Prior.
- A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, especially, the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
- Man goeth to his long , and the mourners go about the streets. "Eccl. xii.
- In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.
- (baseball) The plate at which the batter stands. The home base.
- (lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent"s goal; also, the player.
verb (hom, ing)
- (usually with "in on") To seek or aim for something.
- The missile was able to on the target.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to one"s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
- close, Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
adverb
- To one"s home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.
- close, Close; closely.
- 'How the charge reaches us, has been made out. "South.
- They come to men"s business and bosoms. "Bacon.
- To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length.
- to drive a nail
- to ram a cartridge
- Wear thy good rapier bare and put it . "Shak.
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noun
- An objectification of praiseworthiness, respect. (I.e. something that represents praiseworthiness, respect.)
- The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon.
- An ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit in bridge.
- The privilege of playing first from the tee in golf.
verb
- (transitive) To show respect for (a person).
- (transitive) To conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, request, or the like).
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noun
- A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- A fishhook, a barbed metal hook used for fishing.
- A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, e.g. g and j.
- A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
- The song's snared me.
- A short punchy opening sentence intended to draw the reader or viewer into a book or play.
- "Last night I dreamed I went to Manderlay again." 1939 Rebecca Daphne Du Maurier.
<!-- - the hook: To be removed from an activity.
- He is not handling this job, we've got to give him the .-->
- (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
- (baseball) A curveball.
- He threw a in the dirt.
- (software) Features, definitions, or codings that enable future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily.
- ''We've added "user-defined" codepoints in several places and careful definitions of what to do with unknown message types as hooks in the standard to enable implementations to be both backward and forward compatible to future versions of the standard.
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice, fade
- (boxing) A type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc.
- The heavyweight delivered a few powerful hooks that staggered his opponent.
- (slang) A jack (the playing card)
verb
- (transitive) To attach a hook to.
- Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.
- (transitive)To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
- He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.
- (transitive)To connect (hook into, hook together).
- If you your network cable into the jack, you'll be on the network.
- hook up: To meet.
- You guys go ahead to the fair, and we'll hook up with you later.
- hook up: (slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- She got wasted at the party and ended up hooking up with her ex.
- (Usually in passive) To make addicted (I'm hooked).
- He had gotten hooked on cigarettes in his youth.
- (context, Cricket) To play a hook shot.
- (context, ice hockey, hockey) To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)
- The opposing team's forward hooked me, but the referee didn't see it, so no penalty.
- (context, intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution.
- I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girls hooking from my bedroom window.
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proper noun
- (given name, female) from the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by Puritans.
- An English and Scottish topographic surname for someone who lived in a hop, a small enclosed valley
- A town in Arkansas
- A town in British Columbia
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noun
- hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent.
::Hopping Down in Kent a book by Alan Bignell (1977).
verb
- (present participle of, hop)
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noun (horns, -)
- (countable) A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals.
- (uncountable) The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.
- an umbrella with a handle made of
- (countable) Any of several musical wind instruments.
- (countable) An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.
- hunting
- (countable) A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.
- (countable) A conical device used to direct waves.
- antenna
- loudspeaker
- (context, informal, countable) Generally, any brass wind instrument.
- (context, slang, countable, from the horn-shaped earpieces of old communication systems that used air tubes) A telephone.
- (context, uncountable, coarse, slang, definite article) An erection of the penis.
- (context, countable, coarse, slang, definite article) A peninsula or crescent-shaped tract of land. "to navigate around the horn."
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noun
- A large hoofed animal (scientific name Equus caballus).
- A cowboy's greatest friend is his .
- (context, zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including the zebra or the ass.
- These bone features, distinctive in the zebra, are actually present in all horses.
- (uncountable) cavalry, Cavalry soldiers.
- We should place two units of and one of foot on this side of the field.
- In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high with two handles on top.
- She's scored very highly with the parallel bars, let's see how she does with the .
- (context, chess, rare) A knight.
- Now just remind me how the moves again?
- (slang) heroin, Heroin.
- Alright, mate, got any ?
- (context, slang, pejorative) A Tongan.
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proper noun the house, House
- The House of Representatives.
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noun
- the roof of a house
- c. 1860: Benjamin R. Hamby, Up on the Housetop
- :Up on the housetop, reindeer pause. / Out jumps good old Santa Claus.
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adverb
- To what degree.
- How often do you practice?
- In what way.
- How do you solve this puzzle?
- Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings.
- How very interesting!
- How wonderful it was to receive your invitation.
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noun
- (dated) a pie made from the offal of deer or hog
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noun
- (uncountable) Something funny, e.g. a joke, satire, or parody.
- He treated the sensitive subject with enough that no one was offended.
- (archaic) Four fluids (blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm) that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body.
- M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisisana (PG), p. 40
- : For some days a fistula lacrymalis had come into my left eye, which discharged an humour, when pressed, that portended danger.
- (uncountable) A mood, especially a bad mood.
- He was in a particularly vile that afternoon.
- (medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.
verb
- (transitive): To pacify by indulge, indulging.
- I know you don't believe my story, but me for a minute and imagine it to be true.
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noun
- A mound of earth.
- A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel.
- A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
- (context, UK, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- (slang) (British) A bad mood, especially in the expression to have the hump.
- (slang) A painfully boorish person.
- That guy is such a hump!
- (The Hump) World War 2 slang for the supply route between India and China over the Himalaya mountain range.
verb
- (transitive) To bend something into a hump.
- (context, transitive, slang) To carry something, especially with some exertion.
- (context, transitive, slang) To have sex with.
- (context, intransitive, slang) To carry, especially with some exertion.
- (context, intransitive, slang) To have sex.
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