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Phonetic: "/pʊt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A right to sell something at a predetermined price.

Definition: A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.

Example: He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet.

Definition: The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.

Example: the put of a ball

Definition: An old card game.

Phonetic: "/pʊt/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To place something somewhere.

Example: She put her books on the table.

Definition: To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.

Example: He is putting all his energy into this one task.

Definition: To exercise a put option.

Example: He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80.

Definition: To express something in a certain manner.

Example: When you put it that way, I guess I can see your point.

Definition: To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)

Definition: To steer; to direct one's course; to go.

Definition: To play a card or a hand in the game called put.

Definition: To attach or attribute; to assign.

Example: to put a wrong construction on an act or expression

Definition: To lay down; to give up; to surrender.

Definition: To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.

Example: to put a question; to put a case

Definition: To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.

Definition: To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.

Phonetic: "/wʌnz/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The digit or figure 1.

Definition: The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.

Definition: A one-dollar bill.

Definition: One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.

Definition: A joke or amusing anecdote.

Definition: A particularly special or compatible person or thing.

Example: I knew as soon I met him that John was the one for me and we were married within a month.

Definition: (leet) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".

Example: 2003 September 26, "DEAL WITH IT!!!!11one!!", in alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube, Usenet

Phonetic: "/wʌnz/"

Part Of Speech: pronoun

Definition: (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.

Example: Any one of the boys.  The big one looks good.  I want the green one.  A good driver is one who drives carefully.

Definition: (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.

Example: She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.

Definition: (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).

Example: One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed.  One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.

Definition: (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.

Example: "driver", noun: one who drives.

Phonetic: "/wʌnz/"

Part Of Speech: pronoun

Definition: Belonging to one.

Phonetic: "/wʌnz/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A senior or first team (as opposed to a reserves team).

Definition: The cells located on the ground floor.

Phonetic: "/hɛd/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.

Example: Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.

Definition: The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

Example: What does it say at the head of the page?

Definition: (social, metonymy) A leader or expert.

Definition: A significant or important part.

Definition: Headway; progress.

Example: We are having a difficult time making head against this wind.

Definition: Topic; subject.

Example: We will consider performance issues under the head of future improvements.

Definition: Denouement; crisis.

Example: These isses are going to come to a head today.

Definition: (fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.

Definition: Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.

Example: She gave great head.

Definition: The glans penis.

Definition: A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.

Definition: Power; armed force.

Phonetic: "/hɛd/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To be in command of. (See also head up.)

Example: Who heads the board of trustees?

Definition: To come at the beginning of; to commence.

Example: A group of clowns headed the procession.

Definition: To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball

Definition: To move in a specified direction.

Example: How does the ship head?

Definition: To remove the head from a fish.

Example: The salmon are first headed and then scaled.

Definition: To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.

Definition: To form a head.

Example: This kind of cabbage heads early.

Definition: To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.

Example: to head a nail

Definition: To cut off the top of; to lop off.

Example: to head trees

Definition: To behead; to decapitate.

Definition: To go in front of.

Example: to head a drove of cattle

Definition: To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.

Example: The wind headed the ship and made progress difficult.

Definition: (by extension) To check or restrain.

Definition: To set on the head.

Example: to head a cask

Phonetic: "/hɛd/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Of, relating to, or intended for the head.

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.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.

Example: Tigers and lions share a common ancestor from a few million years ago.

Definition: (by extension) Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion.

Definition: A Chinese foo dog.

Definition: An individual who shows strength and courage, attributes associated with the lion.

Definition: A famous person regarded with interest and curiosity.

Definition: A light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.

Definition: An old Scottish coin, with a lion on the obverse, worth 74 shillings.

Phonetic: "/mʌʊθ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.

Example: "Open your mouth and say 'aah'," directed the doctor.

Definition: The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.

Example: The mouth of the river is a good place to go birdwatching in spring and autumn.

Definition: An outlet, aperture or orifice.

Example: The mouth of a cave

Definition: A loud or overly talkative person.

Example: My kid sister is a real mouth; she never shuts up.

Definition: (saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.

Definition: A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.

Definition: Cry; voice.

Definition: Speech; language; testimony.

Definition: A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

Phonetic: "/mʌʊθ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To speak; to utter.

Example: He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting.

Definition: To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.

Example: The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.

Definition: To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.

Definition: To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.

Example: The fish mouthed the lure, but didn't bite.

Definition: To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.

Definition: To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.

Definition: To make mouths at.