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Take(n.) That which is taken
(p. p.) Taken.
(v. i.) To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph
(v. t.) In an active sense
Taking(a.) Apt to take
(n.) Agitation
Talk(n.) Report
(v. t.) To cause to be or become by talking.
Tall(superl.) Brave
Tangle(n.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina.
(v.) A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged
(v. i.) To be entangled or united confusedly
Tar(n.) A sailor
(v. t.) To smear with tar, or as with tar
Tart(n.) A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve
Tattered(p. p.) of Tatter
Team(n.) A flock of wild ducks.
(v. i.) To engage in the occupation of driving a team of horses, cattle, or the like, as in conveying or hauling lumber, goods, etc
(v. t.) To convey or haul with a team
Teeth(n.) pl. of Tooth.
(v. i.) To breed, or grow, teeth.
Tell(n.) A hill or mound.
(v. i.) To give an account
(v. t.) To discern so as to report
Temple(n.) A building dedicated to the administration of ordinances.
(v. t.) To build a temple for
Ten(a.) One more than nine
(n.) A symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or X.
Tend(a.) To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose
(v. i.) To await
(v. t.) To accompany as an assistant or protector
Tenement(n.) A dwelling house
Tense(a.) Stretched tightly
(n.) One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified
Termer(n.) One who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
Terrible(a.) Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread
Terrier(n.) An auger or borer.
Terror(n.) Extreme fear
Than(adv.) Then.
(conj.) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like
That(pron., a., conj., & adv.) As a conjunction, that retains much of its force as a demonstrative pronoun
The(adv.) By that
(definite article.) A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
Their(pron. & a.) The possessive case of the personal pronoun they
Them(pron.) The objective case of they.
Then(adv.) At another time
(conj.) In that case
There(pron.) In or at that place.
These(pron.) The plural of this.
They(obj.) The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed
Thick(adv.) Closely
(n.) A thicket
(superl.) Abundant, close, or crowded in space
(v. t. & i.) To thicken.
Thin(adv.) Not thickly or closely
(superl.) Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite
(v. i.) To grow or become thin
(v. t.) To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
Thirsty(n.) Deficient in moisture
Thirty(a.) Being three times ten
(n.) A symbol expressing thirty, as 30, or XXX.
This(pron. & a.) As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that is just about to be mentioned
Thong(n.) A strap of leather
Those(pron.) The plural of that.
Though(adv.) However
(conj.) Granting, admitting, or supposing that
Thread(n.) A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark
(v. t.) To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in
Three(a.) One more than two
(n.) A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
Threw(imp.) of Throw
Through(a.) Going or extending through
(adv.) From beginning to end
(prep.) Among or in the midst of
Throw(n.) A cast of dice
(v. i.) To perform the act of throwing or casting
(v. t.) To bring forth
Thud(n.) A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance
(v. i. & t.) To make, or strike so as to make, a dull sound, or thud.
Thumb(n.) The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges
(v. i.) To play with the thumb or thumbs
(v. t.) To handle awkwardly.
Tick(n.) Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many other animals
(v. i.) To give tick
(v. t.) To check off by means of a tick or any small mark
Tie(v. i.) To make a tie
(v. t.) A beam or rod for holding two parts together
Tight(superl.) Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid
(v. t.) To tighten.
Till(conj.) As far as
(n.) A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers
(prep.) To plow and prepare for seed, and to sow, dress, raise crops from, etc., to cultivate
(v. i.) To cultivate land.
(v. t.) To
Time(n.) A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future
(v. i.) To keep or beat time
(v. t.) To appoint the time for
Tin(n.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated
(v. t.) To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.
Tiny(superl.) Very small
To(prep.) Accompaniment
(prep.) Apposition
Toe(n.) A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved
(v. i.) To hold or carry the toes (in a certain way).
(v. t.) To touch or reach with the toes
Together(prep.) In company or association with respect to place or time
Tol(v. t.) To take away.
Told(imp. & p. p.) of Tell
Tomorrow(adv.) On the day after the present day
(n.) The day after the present
Tone(n.) Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion.
(v. t.) To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment.
Tonight(adv.) On the last night past.
(n.) The present or the coming night
Too(adv.) Likewise
Took(imp.) of Take
Top(n.) A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out
(v. i.) To excel
(v. t.) To arrange, as fruit, with the best on top.
Topmost(a.) Highest
Torture(n.) Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel
(v. t.) To keep on the stretch, as a bow.
Touch(a.) To lay a hand upon for curing disease.
(n.) A boys' game
(v.) Act or power of exciting emotion.
(v. i.) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
(v. t.) To affect the senses or the sensibility of
Tough(superl.) Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness
Town(adv. & prep.) A farm or farmstead
Trace(n.) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, esp
(v. i.) To walk
(v. t.) A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists
Trail(n.) A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region
(v. i.) To be drawn out in length
(v. t.) To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle
Tramp(n.) A foot journey or excursion
(v. i.) To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
Trap(a.) Of or pertaining to trap rock
(n.) A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids
(v. i.) To set traps for game
Travel(n.) An account, by a traveler, of occurrences and observations during a journey
(v. i.) To go or march on foot
(v. t.) To force to journey.
Tree(n.) A cross or gallows
(v. t.) To drive to a tree
Triangle(n.) A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
Tried(adj.) Proved
Trigger(n.) A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
Trim(n.) Dress
(v. i.) To balance
(v. t.) Fitly adjusted
Triumph(n.) A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy
(v. t.) To obtain a victory over
Trouble(a.) Troubled
(v. t.) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
Trousers(n. pl.) A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the waist to the knee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately
True(a.) Genuine
(adv.) In accordance with truth
(n.) Actual
Truth(n.) A true thing
(v. t.) To assert as true
Try(n.) Act of trying
(v. i.) To do
(v. t.) Refined
Trying(a.) Adapted to try, or put to severe trial
Turn(n.) A change of condition
(v. i.) Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support
(v. t.) Hence, to give form to
Twentieth(a.) Consisting, or being, one of twenty equal parts into which anything is divided.
(n.) The next in order after the nineteen
Twenty(a.) An indefinite number more or less that twenty.
(n.) A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx.
Twinkling(n.) A shining with intermitted light
Twisted(a.) Contorted
Two(n.) A symbol representing two units, as 2, II., or ii.
Under(a.) Lower in position, intensity, rank, or degree
(adv.) In a lower, subject, or subordinate condition
(prep.) Below or lower, in place or position, with the idea of being covered
Until(conj.) As far as
(prep.) To
Up(a.) Inclining up
(adv.) Aloft
(n.) The state of being up or above
(prep.) From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along
Upright(a.) Conformable to moral rectitude.
(n.) A tool made from a flat strip of steel with chisel edges at both ends, bent into horseshoe, the opening between the cutting edges being adjustable, used for reducing splits to skeins
Upside(n.) The upper side
Urn(n.) A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained
(v. t.) To inclose in, or as in, an urn
Us(pron.) The persons speaking, regarded as an object
Use(v. i.) To be accustomed to go
(v. t.) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging
Usual(n.) Such as is in common use
Valley(n.) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof.
Vaseline(n.) A yellowish translucent substance, almost odorless and tasteless, obtained as a residue in the purification of crude petroleum, and consisting essentially of a mixture of several of the higher members of the paraffin series
Vegetable(n.) A plant.
(v.) Consisting of, or comprising, plants
Velvet(a.) Made of velvet
(n.) A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back
(v. i.) To pain velvet.
(v. t.) To make like, or cover with, velvet.
Very(adv.) In a high degree
(v. t.) True
Vest(n.) An article of clothing covering the person
(v. i.) To come or descend
Victory(n.) The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest
Violently(adv.) In a violent manner.
Visible(a.) Noticeable
Voice(n.) A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses
(v. i.) To clamor
(v. t.) To fit for producing the proper sounds
Wagon(n.) A chariot
(v. i.) To wagon goods as a business
(v. t.) To transport in a wagon or wagons
Wait(v. i.) Ambush.
(v. t.) To attend as a consequence
Walk(n.) A frequented track
(v. i.) To behave
(v. t.) To cause to walk
Wall(n.) A defense
(v. t.) To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway.
Want(v. i.) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
(v. t.) To be without
Warm(a.) To communicate a moderate degree of heat to
(n.) The act of warming, or the state of being warmed
(superl.) Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances
(v. i.) To become ardent or animated
Was(imp.) of Be
(v.) The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense
Wash(a.) Capable of being washed without injury
(n.) A liquid cosmetic for the complexion.
(v. i.) To bear without injury the operation of being washed
(v. t.) To cause dephosphorisation of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide
Watch(n.) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty
(v. i.) A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring
(v. t.) To give heed to
Water(n.) A body of water, standing or flowing
(v. i.) To get or take in water
(v. t.) An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or "diluted
Wave(n.) Something resembling or likened to a water wave, as in rising unusually high, in being of unusual extent, or in progressive motion
(v. i.) An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest
Way(adv.) Away.
(n.) A moving
(v. i.) To move
(v. t.) To go or travel to
We(obj.) The plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first person
Weak(a.) Lacking contrast
(v. i.) Deficient in strength of body
Wear(n.) A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like
(v. i.) To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used
(v. t.) To carry or bear upon the person
Wedge(n.) A mass of metal, especially when of a wedgelike form.
(v. t.) To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge
Weed(n.) A garment
(v. t.) To free from anything hurtful or offensive.
Well(a.) Being in favor
(v. i.) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water for the preservation of fish alive while they are transported to market
(v. t.) Considerably
Welter(a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting
(n.) A rising or falling, as of waves
(v. i.) To rise and fall, as waves
Went(imp.) of Go
(n.) Course
Were(n.) A fine for slaying a man
(v. t.) To guard
(v. t. & i.) To wear.
Western(a.) Moving toward the west
Wet(a.) A dram
(imp. & p. p.) of Wet
(superl.) Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid
(v. t.) To fill or moisten with water or other liquid
What(interrog. adv.) Why? For what purpose? On what account?
(n.) Something
(pron., a., & adv.) As an exclamatory word:—(a) Used absolutely or independently
Wheeled(a.) Having wheels
Wheeler(n.) A maker of wheels
When(adv.) At what time
Where(adv.) At or in what place
(conj.) Whereas.
(n.) Place
(pron. & conj.) Whether.
Whether(conj.) In case
(pron.) Which (of two)
Which(a.) A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, or refer to, an individual person or thing among several of a class
(pron.) A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the
While(conj.) During the time that
(n.) Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short
(prep.) Until
(v. i.) To loiter.
(v. t.) To cause to pass away pleasantly or without irksomeness or disgust
Whip(n.) Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion, as a spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit, or a rocking certain piano actions
(v. i.) To move nimbly
(v. t.) A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be in their places at a given time, as when a vote is to be taken
Whisky(n.) A light carriage built for rapid motion
Whisper(n.) A cautious or timorous speech.
(v. i.) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand
(v. t.) To address in a whisper, or low voice.
Whit(n.) The smallest part or particle imaginable
Who(object.) Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also
(pron.) One
Whole(a.) Complete
(n.) A regular combination of parts
Whom(pron.) The objective case of who.
Whore(n.) A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire
(v. t.) To corrupt by lewd intercourse
Why(adv.) For what cause, reason, or purpose
(n.) A young heifer.
Wide(a.) Having or showing a wide difference between the highest and lowest price, amount of supply, etc
(adv.) So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose
(n.) That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.
(superl.) Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like.
Wife(n.) A woman
Wild(adv.) Wildly
(n.) An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region
(superl.) Desert
Will(adv.) As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, "I will" denotes willingness, consent, promise
(n.) To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition
(v.) Arbitrary disposal
(v. i.) To be willing
Win(a.) To allure to kindness
(v. i.) To gain the victory
Wind(n.) A direction from which the wind may blow
(v. i.) To go to the one side or the other
(v. t.) To blow
Winter(n.) The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
(v. i.) To keep, feed or manage, during the winter
Wire(n.) A knitting needle.
(v. i.) To pass like a wire
(v. t.) To bind with wire
Wise(v.) Dictated or guided by wisdom
Wish(n.) A thing desired
(v. t.) To desire
With(prep.) To denote a close or direct relation of opposition or hostility
Woe(a.) Woeful
(n.) A curse
Woman(n.) A female attendant or servant.
(v. t.) To act the part of a woman in
Won(imp. & p. p.) of Win
(n.) Dwelling
(v. i.) To dwell or abide.
Wonder(a.) Wonderful.
(adv.) Wonderfully.
(n.) A cause of wonder
(v. i.) To be affected with surprise or admiration
Wood(a.) Mad
(n.) A large and thick collection of trees
(v. i.) To grow mad
(v. t.) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for
Word(n.) A brief remark or observation
(v. i.) To use words, as in discussion
(v. t.) To express in words
Wore(imp.) of Wear
Work(n.) Break
(v. t.) To cause to ferment, as liquor.
World(n.) Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests
Worn(p. p.) of Wear
Worry(n.) A state of undue solicitude
(v. i.) To feel or express undue care and anxiety
(v. t.) To harass by pursuit and barking
Worse(a.) In a worse degree
(compar.) Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree
(n.) Loss
(v. t.) To make worse
Worst(a.) Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense.
(n.) That which is most bad or evil
(v. i.) To grow worse
Worth(a.) Deserving of
(v. i.) To be
Would(imp.) of Will
(v. t.) Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present
Wrinkle(n.) A notion or fancy
(v. i.) To shrink into furrows and ridges.
(v. t.) Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way.
Wrist(n.) A stud or pin which forms a journal
Write(v. i.) To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or accounting
(v. t.) Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.
Writhed(imp.) of Writhe
(p. p.) of Writhe
Wrong(a.) Designed to be worn or placed inward
(adv.) In a wrong manner
(v. t.) To impute evil to unjustly
Wrote(imp.) of Write
(v. i.) To root with the snout.
Y(n.) A forked or bifurcated pipe fitting.
(pron.) I.
Ya(adv.) Yea.
Yard(n.) An inclosure
(v. i.) A branch
(v. t.) To confine (cattle) to the yard
Ye(adv.) Yea
(n.) An eye.
(pron.) The plural of the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case.
Year(n.) Age, or old age
Yell(n.) A sharp, loud, hideous outcry.
(v. i.) To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise
(v. t.) To utter or declare with a yell
Yes(adv.) Ay
Yet(adv.) At the same time
(conj.) Before some future time
(n.) Any one of several species of large marine gastropods belonging to the genus Yetus, or Cymba
Yon(a.) At a distance, but within view
(adv.) Yonder.
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