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proper noun
- A river in southern Germany, flowing from Bavaria to the Rhine.
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noun (majorities)
- More than half (50%) of some group
- The agreed that the new proposal was the best.
- The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes
- The winner with 53% had a 6% over the loser with 47%.
- (dated) Legal adulthood
- By the time I reached my , I had already been around the world twice.
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noun
- (context, of a car) brand, Brand; often paired with model.
- What car do you drive?
verb (makes, making, made)
- To create, construct or produce.
- We made a bird feeder for our yard.
- They hope to a bigger profit.
- We"ll a man out of him yet.
- To constitute.
- They a cute couple.
- This makes the third infraction.
- (context, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
- I don"t know what to of it.
- (context, usually stressed) To bring into success.
- This company is what made you.
- She married into wealth. She has it made.
- (context, second object is an adjective) To cause to be.
- The citizens made their objections clear.
- This might you a bit woozy.
- (context, second object is a verb) To cause to do.
- You"re making her cry.
- I was made to feel like a criminal.
- (context, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
- The teacher made the student study.
- Don"t let them you suffer.
- (context, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
- His past mistakes don"t him a bad person.
- (context, of a person being sought) To recognise (without being recognised in return)
- 2004, George Nolfi et al, w:Ocean's Twelve, Ocean's Twelve, Warner Bros. Pictures, 0:50:30,
- :<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Linus Caldwell:</span> Well, she just made Danny and Yen, which means in the next 48 hours the three o' your pictures are gonna be in every police station in Europe.
- 2007 May 4, Andrew Dettmann et al, "Under Pressure", episode 3-22 of w:Numb3rs, Numb3rs, 00:01:16,
- :<span style="font-variant:small-caps">David Sinclair:</span> (walking) Almost at Seventh; I should have a visual any second now. (rounds a corner, almost collides into Kaleed Asan) Damn, that was close.<br /><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Don Eppes:</span> David, he you?<br /><span style="font-variant:small-caps">David Sinclair:</span> No, I don't think so.
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noun , plural makers
- one who makes; person or thing that makes or produces something
- (law) one who signs a check or promissory note, thereby becoming responsible for payment.
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noun
- Process of growth or development.
- ''As a child he didn't seem like a genius in the .
verb - (present participle of, make)
- Soon (30 years?) we'll be complete DNA and life in reverse, growing food that only reversed creatures cn eat. - Earliest Usenet use via Google Groups - fa.human-nets, 10 May 1981 09:16-EDT, Robert Elton Maas
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proper noun
- The genus Homo.
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noun
- Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.
- Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style.
- Customary method of acting; habit.
- Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address.
- The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
- Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already.
- Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds.
- standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.
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noun
- A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary.
- A mathematical name for a function that assigns a value to some other value.
- A diagram of components of an item.
- A city map.
verb (map, p, ed)
- To create a visual representation of a territory, etc. via cartography.
- To inform someone of a particular idea.
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proper noun (es, -)
- The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April. Abbreviation: Mar or Mar.
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adjective
- Of, or pertaining to, a marine corps.
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proper noun (book of the Bible, Gospel of Mark)
- (given name, male). Jocular diminutive: Marky.
- (biblical) w:Mark the Evangelist, Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, first patriarch of Alexandria and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark.
- (biblical) The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.
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noun
- (physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume.
- 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 5.
- : Parmenides seems to fasten on that which is one in definition, Melissus on that which is one in ,
- (physics) Non-antimatter matter.
- A kind of substance.
- vegetable
- A reason for concern; being amiss.
- What's the ?
- A situation.
- a trivial
- A cause.
- a for concern
- (neurology) Gray and white matter are the two nerve tissue types that comprise the brain and spinal cord.
verb
- (intransitive): Be important.
- The only thing that matters to Jim is being rich.
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noun
- (mathematics) Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments.
- (context, mathematics, more, _, specifically) The arithmetic mean.
- (mathematics) Either of the two numbers in the middle of a proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
- Commonly, an intermediate value.
verb (means, meaning, meant)
- (transitive) To convey, signify, or indicate.
- What does this hieroglyph ?
- The sky is red this morning—does that we're in for a storm?
- (transitive) To want or intend to convey.
- I'm afraid I don't understand what you .
- Say what you and mean what you say.
- (transitive) To intend; to plan on doing.
- I didn't to knock your tooth out.
- I mean to go to Baddeck this summer.
- I meant to take the car in for a smog check, but it slipped my mind.
- (transitive) To have conviction in what one says.
- Does she really what she said to him last night?
- Say what you mean and what you say.
- (transitive) To have intentions of a some kind.
- Don't be angry; she meant well.
- Someone's coming up. He means business.
- (transitive) To result in; to bring about.
- One faltering step means certain death.
adjective
- Causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious.
- Watch out for her, she's . I said good morning to her, and she punched me in the nose.
- Miserly; stingy.
- ''He's so . I've never seen him spend so much as five pounds on presents for his children.
- Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.
- It was to steal the girl's piggy bank, but he just had to get uptown and he had no cash of his own.
- Powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging.
- It must have been a typhoon that levelled this town.
- Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
- Your mother can roll a cigarette.
- He hits a backhand.
- Low in quality; inferior.
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noun
- The quantity, size, weight, distance or capacity of a substance compared to a designated standard.
- An (unspecified) quantity or capacity :
- a of salt
- (rfdate) The unwise man never knows the of his stomach. " from the w:Hí¡vamí¡l, Hí¡vamí¡l
- The precise designated distance between two objects or points.
- The act of measuring.
- A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition.
- A rule, ruler or measuring stick.
- A tactic, strategy or piece of legislation.
- He took drastic measures to halt inflation.
- (mathematics) A function that assigns a non-negative number to a given set following the mathematical nature that is common among length, volume, probability and the like.
- An indicator; Something used to assess some property.
- The average price of basic household goods is a for inflation.
- Honesty is the true of a man.
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verb (measur, ing)
- To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
- To estimate the unit size of something.
- To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
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noun
- A treatment or cure.
- A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.
- The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of disease or illness.
- The profession of physicians and surgeons; those who practice .
- Ritual Native American magic used to promote a desired outcome, in hunting, warfare, etc.
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noun
- A sports competition, especially for athletics or swimming.
- A gathering of riders, their horses and hounds for the purpose of foxhunting.
- (rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross. (Antonym: a pass.)
verb (meets, meeting, met)
- To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
- Guess who I met at the supermarket today?
- Fancy meeting you here!
- To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
- Let's at the station at 9 o'clock.
- Shall we at 8 p.m in our favorite chatroom?
- To converge and finally touch or intersect.
- The two streets at a crossroad half a mile away.
- To satisfy; to comply with.
- This proposal meets my requirements.
adjective
- suitable; right; proper
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noun
- A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.
verb
- To speak of something.
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noun (mercies, -)
- (uncountable) relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
- She took on him and quit embarassing him.
- (uncountable) forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate
- Have on the poor and assist them if you can.
- (uncountable) a tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion
- Mercy is one of his many virtues.
- (countable) Instances of forebearance or forgiveness.
- Psalms 40:11 Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord
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noun
- The middle of the night; 12:00 am; On a 12-hour clock, 12:00 at night; on a 24-hour clock, 00:00.
- :"The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes
:"She twisted her hands behind her;
:but all the knots held good!
:She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood!
:They stretched and strained in the darkness,
:and the hours crawled by like years,
:Till, now, on the stroke of ,
:Cold, on the stroke of ,
:The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers!
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noun
- A place (literal or metaphoric) in the middle of something.
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noun
- (uncountable) power, Power, strength, force or influence held by a person or group.
- (uncountable) physical, Physical strength.
- He pushed with all his , but still it would not move.
- (uncountable) The ability to do something.
verb
- (auxiliary) (simple past of, may)
- (auxiliary) Used to indicate conditional or possible actions.
- I go to the party, but I haven't decided yet.
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noun
- (uncountable) A liquid secreted by the mammary glands of mammals to nourish their young.
- (countable, informal) An individual serving of milk.
- Table three ordered three milks. (Formally: The guests at table three ordered three glasses of .)
verb
- (transitive) To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
- (transitive) To express any liquid (from any creature).
- (transitive) To talk or write at length about (a particular point).
- (transitive) To take advantage of (a situation).
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noun
- A mixture of fruit, spices and sugar used as a filling for mince pies.
- (rare) Minced meat.
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noun
- The ability for rational thought.
- Despite advancing age his was still as sharp as ever.
- The ability to be aware of things.
- There was no doubt in his that they would win.
- The ability to remember things.
- My just went blank.
- The ability to focus the thoughts.
- I can"t keep my on what I"m doing.
- Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
- He was one of history"s greatest minds.
- Judgment, opinion, or view.
- He changed his after hearing the speech.
- Desire, inclination, or intention.
- She had a to go to Paris.
- A to the madness.
- A healthy mental state.
- I, __ being of sound and body, do hereby...
- You are losing your .
- (philosophy) The spirit of consciousness regarded as an aspect of reality.
- In the philosophy of , dualism is about the relationship between and matter.
verb
- To pay attention to.
- Mind the gap.
- Mind one"s manners.
- Mind you, she's very able.
- To care, to object, to have a contrary opinion.
- I don"t .
- To look after, to take care of.
- Would you my bag for me?
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noun
- A musical composition which is short in duration.
- Sacha composed a for strings as a final project at the conservatory.
- A small, highly detailed painting; a portrait miniature.
- The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
- A model of reduced scale.
- There was a of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantlepiece.
- (context, gaming) A token in a game representing a unit or character.
- Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleanic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.
adjective
- small, Smaller than normal.
- I find dogs annoying; they seem to yap more than full-size dogs.
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noun
- A unit of time equal to sixty seconds and one-sixtieth of an hour.
- You have twenty minutes to complete the test.
- A short but unspecified time period.
- Wait a , I"m not ready yet!
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
- We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one of arc.
- (in plural minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting.
- Let"s look at the minutes of last week"s meeting.
- A minute of use of a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network.
- If you buy this phone, you"ll get 100 free minutes.
verb (minut, ing)
- (transitive) Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
- I"ll this evening"s meeting.
adjective (minut, er)
- Very small.
- They found only quantities of chemical residue on his clothing.
- very careful and exact, giving small details.
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noun
- Form of address for an unmarried woman.
- Form of address for a teacher
- Excuse me Miss, Donny's been pinching my pencils again.
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noun
- An error; a blunder.
- (figurative) An aborted fetus, especially female. (italbrac, one boy and seven mistakes)
- (baseball) A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard to hit location, but instead ends up in an easy to hit place
verb (mistakes, mistaking, mistook, mistaken)
- (transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing for another.
- (transitive) To make an error, to do something in wrong way.
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noun
- A small mound of earth created by a mole's burrowing underneath the surface of the ground.
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noun (''normally uncountable, but moneys or monies)
- A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value.
- Before colonial times cowry shells imported from Mauritius were used as in Western Africa.
- A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).
- Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or credit cards.
- The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits.
- wealth, Wealth
- He was born with .
- An item of value between two parties used for the exchange of goods or services.
- A person who funds an operation.
- As a modifier, of or pertaining to ; monetary.
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noun
- Any of several members of the infra-order Simiiformes of primates, generally smaller than the apes, and distinguished from them by having a tail and cheek pouches.
- (context, informal) A mischievous child.
- Stop misbehaving, you little !
- (context, UK, slang) Five-hundred pounds sterling.
- (slang) A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.
verb (monkeys, monkeying, mokeyed or monkied, mokeyed or monkied)
- (informal) To meddle; to mess with; to interfere; to fiddle.
- ''Please don't with the controls if you don't know what you're doing.
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noun
- An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
- A fair where servants are hired. Prov. Eng.
- The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
- Prov. Eng. --Halliwell.
- A made-up face; a grimace.
- What mops and mowes it makes! --Beau. & Fl.
- (jocular) A head of hair.
- He ran a comb through his and hurried out the door.
verb (mop, p, ing)
- (transitive) To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
- to (or scrub) a floor
- to one's face with a handkerchief
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proper noun
- (Greek mythology) A deity from the Greek pantheon, he was the god of dreams.
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adverb
- (With a definite article) Forms the superlative of many adjectives.
- This is the important example.
- To a great extent or degree; highly.
- This is a unusual specimen.
pronoun
- The majority of a specified group.
- Most simply choose to ignore it.
- The majority of people in general.
- Most want the best for their children.
| | Mother |
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proper noun
- One's mother
- A title given to a nun or a priestess
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noun
- (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
- (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
- (physics) A change from one place to another.
- John kept making motions under the table to Elise.
- (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
- The motion to amend is now open for discussion.
verb
- To gesture indicating a desired movement.
- He motioned for me to come closer.
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proper noun
- One's mother
- I wish Mum and Dad didn't argue so much.
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noun
- (countable) An act of deliberate killing.
- There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone.
- (uncountable) The crime of deliberate killing.
- The defendant was charged with .
- (uncountable) (When used as a predicative noun): terrible, Terrible to endure.
- This headache is .
- (countable) The collective noun for crows
- 2004 CE: w:Incubus, Incubus, A Crow Left of the Murder...
- : Out of line! Indivisable! A crow left of the !
verb
- To deliberately kill (a person or persons).
- (transitive) (context, sports, figurative, colloquial) To defeat decisively.
- Our team is going to them.
- (figurative, colloquial) Used to express one"s anger at somebody.
- He's torn my best shirt. When I see him, I'll him!
- (figurative, colloquial, UK) to devour, ravish.
- I could a hamburger right now.
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noun (i, mass noun)
- A sound, or the study of such sounds, organized in time in a melodious way.
- (figurative) Any pleasing or interesting sounds
- Something wonderful.
- That's to my ears!
- A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
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noun
- a plant of the genus Brassica, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods.
- a powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice.
- (colour) a dark yellow color, colour, the colour of mustard.
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adjective
- (colour) of a dark yellow colour.
- (Skateboard Slang) Outstanding. Popularized by Finnish Skateboarder Arto Saari "Check out these shoes, they're really mustard." ("Pro Spotlight," Skateboarding Magazine, 12/06.)
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