entretelones

Phonetic: "/sɛt/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To put (something) down, to rest.

Example: Set the tray there.

Definition: To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

Example: I have set my heart on running the marathon.

Definition: To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.

Definition: To start (a fire).

Definition: To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.

Example: to set a coach in the mud

Definition: To determine or settle.

Example: to set the rent

Definition: To adjust.

Example: I set the alarm at 6 a.m.

Definition: To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.

Definition: To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.

Example: Please set the table for our guests.

Definition: To introduce or describe.

Example: I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene.

Definition: To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.

Example: He says he will set his next film in France.

Definition: To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).

Example: This crossword was set by Araucaria.

Definition: To prepare (a stage or film set).

Definition: To fit (someone) up in a situation.

Definition: To arrange (type).

Example: It was a complex page, but he set it quickly.

Definition: To devise and assign (work) to.

Example: The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot.

Definition: To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.

Definition: To solidify.

Example: The glue sets in four minutes.

Definition: To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.

Example: to set milk for cheese

Definition: Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.

Example: The moon sets at eight o'clock tonight.

Definition: To defeat a contract.

Definition: (now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.

Definition: To produce after pollination.

Example: to set seed

Definition: (of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.

Definition: (Midwestern US) To sit (be in a seated position).

Example: He sets in that chair all day.

Definition: To hunt game with the aid of a setter.

Definition: Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.

Example: The dog sets the bird.

Definition: To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.

Definition: To fit music to words.

Definition: To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.

Example: to set pear trees in an orchard

Definition: To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

Definition: To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.

Example: The current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.

Definition: (country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.

Example: Set to partners! was the next instruction from the caller.

Definition: To place or fix in a setting.

Example: to set a precious stone in a border of metal

Definition: To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.

Example: to set (that is, to hone) a razor

Definition: To extend and bring into position; to spread.

Example: to set the sails of a ship

Definition: To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.

Example: to set a psalm

Definition: To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.

Example: to set a broken bone

Definition: To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.

Definition: To wager in gambling; to risk.

Definition: To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

Definition: To value; to rate; used with at.

Definition: To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.

Example: to set a good example

Definition: To suit; to become.

Example: It sets him ill.

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: "/fæks/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Something actual as opposed to invented.

Example: In this story, the Gettysburg Address is a fact, but the rest is fiction.

Definition: Something which is real.

Example: Gravity is a fact, not a theory.

Definition: Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.

Example: Let's look at the facts of the case before deciding.

Definition: An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.

Example: There is no doubting the fact that the Earth orbits the Sun.

Definition: Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.

Example: The facts about space travel.

Definition: An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.

Definition: Action; the realm of action.

Definition: A wrongful or criminal deed.

Example: He had become an accessory after the fact.

Definition: A feat or meritorious deed.

Phonetic: "/ɹɪˈleɪtɪd/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To tell in a descriptive way.

Example: Please relate the circumstances of your journey here today.

Definition: To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).

Definition: To have a connection.

Example: The patterns on the screen relate to the pitch and volume of the music being played.

Definition: To interact.

Definition: To respond through reaction.

Definition: (with to) To identify with; to understand.

Example: I find it difficult to relate to others because I'm extremely introverted.

Definition: To bring back; to restore.

Phonetic: "/ɹɪˈleɪtɪd/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Standing in relation or connection.

Example: Electric and magnetic forces are closely related.

Definition: Being a relative of.

Example: Everyone is related to their parents.

Definition: Narrated; told.

Definition: Fulfilling a relation.

Definition: (in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named

Example: Gun-related crime.

Phonetic: "/ɹɪˈleɪtɪd/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.

Definition: (of a URL, URI, path, or similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.

Example: The relative URL /images/pic.jpg, when evaluated in the context of http://example.com/docs/pic.html, corresponds to the absolute URL http://example.com/images/pic.jpg.

Definition: (grammar) That relates to an antecedent.

Definition: Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.

Definition: Relevant; pertinent; related.

Example: relative to your earlier point about taxes, ...

Definition: Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.

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: "/æɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

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

Phonetic: "/ˈmætə/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Substance, material.

Definition: A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.

Example: What's the matter?;   state matters

Definition: An approximate amount or extent.

Example: I stayed for a matter of months.

Definition: The essence; the pith; the embodiment.

Definition: Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.

Definition: Pus.

Phonetic: "/ˈmætə/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To be important.

Example: Sorry for pouring ketchup on your clean white shirt! - Oh, don't worry, it does not matter.

Definition: (in negative constructions) To care about, to mind; to find important.

Definition: To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

Phonetic: "/ˈðæt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Something being indicated that is there; one of those.

Phonetic: "/ˈðæt/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: (degree) To a given extent or degree.

Example: "The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner..."

Definition: (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).

Example: I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.

Definition: To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).

Example: Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.

Phonetic: "/ˈðæt/"

Part Of Speech: pronoun

Definition: (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.

Example: He went home, and after that I never saw him again.

Definition: The known (thing); used to refer to something just said.

Example: They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?

Definition: (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality or proposition; used to emphatically affirm or deny a previous statement or question.

Example: The water is so cold! — That it is.

Definition: (relative) (plural that) Which, who; representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition.

Example: The CPR course that she took really came in handy.

Definition: Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.

Example: the last time that [= when] I went to Europe

Phonetic: "/ˈðæt/"

Part Of Speech: conjunction

Definition: Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.

Example: He told me that the book is a good read.

Definition: Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.

Example: Be glad that you have enough to eat.

Definition: Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.

Definition: Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.

Example: The noise was so loud that she woke up.

Definition: Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.

Definition: Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.

Example: How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw.

Definition: Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.

Example: Oh that spring would come!

Definition: Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.

Phonetic: "/dʉː/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A party, celebration, social function.

Example: We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.

Definition: A hairdo.

Example: Nice do!

Definition: Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).

Definition: A deed; an act.

Definition: Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.

Definition: A cheat; a swindler.

Definition: An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.

Phonetic: "/dʉː/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.

Definition: To perform; to execute.

Example: All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?

Definition: To cause, make (someone) (do something).

Definition: To suffice.

Example: it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do;  this will do me, thanks.

Definition: To be reasonable or acceptable.

Example: It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.

Definition: (ditransitive) To have (as an effect).

Example: The fresh air did him some good.

Definition: To fare, perform (well or poorly).

Example: Our relationship isn't doing very well;  how do you do?

Definition: (chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.

Example: What does Bob do? — He's a plumber.

Definition: To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).

Example: "Don't forget to do your report" means something quite different depending on whether you're a student or a programmer.

Definition: To cook.

Example: I'll just do some eggs.

Definition: To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.

Example: Let’s do New York also.

Definition: To treat in a certain way.

Definition: To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.

Definition: To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.

Definition: To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)

Example: I did five years for armed robbery.

Definition: To impersonate or depict.

Example: They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer.

Definition: (with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.

Example: He did a Henry VIII and got married six times.

Definition: To kill.

Definition: To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.

Definition: To punish for a misdemeanor.

Example: He got done for speeding.

Definition: To have sex with. (See also do it)

Definition: To cheat or swindle.

Example: That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!

Definition: To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.

Example: the novel has just been done into English;  I'm going to do this play into a movie

Definition: To finish.

Definition: To work as a domestic servant (with for).

Definition: (auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.

Definition: To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.

Definition: (ditransitive) To make or provide.

Example: Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?

Definition: To injure (one's own body part).

Definition: To take drugs.

Example: I do cocaine.

Definition: (in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.

Example: What's that car doing in our swimming pool?

Phonetic: "/nɒt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true.

Phonetic: "/nɒt/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Negates the meaning of the modified verb.

Example: Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.

Definition: To no degree.

Example: It's not you, it's me.

Definition: (understatement, litotes) Used to modify superlatives to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement.

Example: It was not my favorite movie of all time.

Phonetic: "/nɒt/"

Part Of Speech: conjunction

Definition: And not.

Example: He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.

Phonetic: "/nɒt/"

Part Of Speech: interjection

Definition: (1990s) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.

Example: I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!

Phonetic: "/kʌm/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Coming, arrival; approach.

Definition: Semen

Definition: Female ejaculatory discharge.

Phonetic: "/kʌm/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To move from further away to nearer to.

Example: She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes [...]

Definition: To arrive.

Definition: To appear, to manifest itself.

Example: The pain in his leg comes and goes.

Definition: (with an infinitive) To begin to have an opinion or feeling.

Example: She came to think of that country as her home.

Definition: (with an infinitive) To do something by chance, without intending to do it.

Example: Could you tell me how the document came to be discovered?

Definition: To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.

Example: Which letter comes before Y?   Winter comes after autumn.

Definition: To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.

Example: He came after a few minutes.

Definition: (with close) To approach a state of being or accomplishment.

Example: One of the screws came loose, and the skateboard fell apart.

Definition: (with to) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.

Example: He came to SF literature a confirmed technophile, and nothing made him happier than to read a manuscript thick with imaginary gizmos and whatzits.

Definition: (fossil word) To become, to turn out to be.

Example: He was a dream come true.

Definition: To be supplied, or made available; to exist.

Example: A new sports car doesn't come cheap.

Definition: To carry through; to succeed in.

Example: You can't come any tricks here.

Definition: Happen.

Example: This kind of accident comes when you are careless.

Definition: (with from or sometimes of) To have as an origin, originate.

Definition: (of grain) To germinate.

Definition: To pretend to be; to behave in the manner of.

Example: Don't come the innocent victim. We all know who's to blame here.

Phonetic: "/kʌm/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Used to indicate a point in time at or after which a stated event or situation occurs.

Example: Come retirement, their Social Security may turn out to be a lot less than they counted on.

Phonetic: "/kʌm/"

Part Of Speech: interjection

Definition: An exclamation to express annoyance.

Example: Come come! Stop crying.  Come now! You must eat it.

Definition: An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.

Example: Come come! You can do it.  Come now! It won't bite you.

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: "/ˈpʌblɪk/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.

Example: Members of the public may not proceed beyond this point.

Definition: A public house; an inn.

Phonetic: "/ˈpʌblɪk/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Able to be seen or known by everyone; open to general view, happening without concealment.

Definition: Pertaining to the people as a whole (as opposed to a private group); concerning the whole country, community etc.

Definition: Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the state on behalf of the community.

Definition: Open to all members of a community; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes.

Definition: (of a company) Traded publicly via a stock market.

Definition: Accessible to the program in general, not only to the class or any subclasses.

Phonetic: "/lʌɪt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation (light) in the wavelength range of about 400 to 750 nanometers. Nearby shorter and longer wavelength ranges, although not visible, are commonly called ultraviolet and infrared light.

Example: As you can see, this spacious dining-room gets a lot of light in the mornings.

Definition: A source of illumination.

Example: Put that light out!

Definition: Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.

Example: Can you throw any light on this problem?

Definition: (in the plural) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.

Definition: A notable person within a specific field or discipline.

Example: Picasso was one of the leading lights of the cubist movement.

Definition: The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.

Definition: A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.

Example: I'm really seeing you in a different light today.

Definition: A flame or something used to create fire.

Example: Hey, buddy, you got a light?

Definition: A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.

Example: a Bengal light

Definition: A window, or space for a window in architecture.

Example: This facade has eight south-facing lights.

Definition: The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.

Example: The average length of a light on a 15×15 grid is 7 or 8.

Definition: A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.

Definition: Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.

Definition: The power of perception by vision.

Definition: The brightness of the eye or eyes.

Definition: A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler who is receiving instructions.

Example: To get to our house, turn right at the third light.