elijan

Phonetic: "/hænd/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.

Example: Her hands are really strong.

Definition: That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.

Definition: In linear measurement:

Definition: A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.

Definition: Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.

Definition: An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful.

Example: an old hand at speaking;  large farms need many farm hands

Definition: An instance of helping.

Example: Bob gave Alice a hand to move the furniture.

Definition: Handwriting; style of penmanship.

Example: a good hand

Definition: A person's autograph or signature.

Example: Given under my Hand and Seal of the State this 1st Day of January, 2010.

Definition: Personal possession; ownership.

Definition: (usually in the plural, hands) Management, domain, control.

Example: in safe hands;  in good hands;  He lost his job when the factory changed hands.  With the business back in the founder's hands, there is new hope for the company.  With John in charge of the project, it's in good hands.

Definition: That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.

Definition: Applause.

Example: Give him a hand.

Definition: A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.

Definition: The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.

Definition: A whole rhizome of ginger.

Definition: The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.

Example: This fabric has a smooth, soft hand.

Definition: Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.

Definition: Agency in transmission from one person to another.

Example: to buy at first hand (from the producer, or when new);  to buy at second hand (when no longer in the producer’s hand, or when not new);  It's not a rumor. I heard it at first hand.

Definition: Rate; price.

Phonetic: "/hænd/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.

Example: He handed them the letter.   She handed responsibility over to her deputy.

Definition: To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.

Example: to hand a lady into a carriage

Definition: To manage.

Definition: To seize; to lay hands on.

Definition: To pledge by the hand; to handfast.

Definition: (said of a sail) To furl.

Definition: To cooperate.

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: "/kaːd/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A playing card.

Definition: (in the plural) Any game using playing cards; a card game.

Example: He played cards with his friends.

Definition: A resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose.

Example: He accused them of playing the race card.

Definition: Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.

Definition: A map or chart.

Definition: An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentrically so.

Definition: A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants.

Example: What’s on the card for tonight?

Definition: A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match: batsmen’s scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.

Definition: A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.

Example: He needed to replace the card his computer used to connect to the internet.

Definition: A greeting card.

Example: She gave her neighbors a card congratulating them on their new baby.

Definition: A business card.

Example: The realtor gave me her card so I could call if I had any questions about buying a house.

Definition: Title card / Intertitle: A piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of the photographed action at various points, generally to convey character dialogue or descriptive narrative material related to the plot.

Definition: A test card.

Definition: A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, etc.

Example: to put a card in the newspapers

Definition: A printed programme.

Definition: (by extension) An attraction or inducement.

Example: This will be a good card for the last day of the fair.

Definition: A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.

Definition: A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom.

Definition: An indicator card.

Phonetic: "/kaːd/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.

Example: I heard you don't get carded at the other liquor store.

Definition: To play cards.

Definition: To make (a stated score), as recorded on a scoring card.

Example: McIlroy carded a stellar nine-under-par 61 in the final round.

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: "/æɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

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

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.

Example: He banked with Barclays.

Definition: To put into a bank.

Example: I'm going to bank the money.

Definition: To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.

Example: Johnny banked some coke for me.

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.

Definition: To cause (an aircraft) to bank.

Definition: To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.

Example: to bank sand

Definition: To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.

Definition: To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.

Definition: To pass by the banks of.

Definition: To provide additional power for a train ascending a bank (incline) by attaching another locomotive.

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: (order and arrangement) To arrange or order in a row.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The business of managing a bank.

Definition: The occupation of managing or working in a bank.

Definition: A horizontal turn.

Definition: A mechanical component to prevent vibration in a timepiece, etc.

Definition: The practice of assisting a train up a steep incline (called a bank) with another locomotive at the rear.

Phonetic: "/ɡeɪm/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A playful or competitive activity.

Definition: A video game.

Definition: (nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.

Example: He's in the securities game somehow.

Definition: Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.

Example: In the game of life, you may find yourself playing the waiting game far too often.

Definition: An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.

Definition: Wild animals hunted for food.

Example: The forest has plenty of game.

Definition: (used mostly of males) The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.

Example: He didn't get anywhere with her because he had no game.

Definition: Mastery; the ability to excel at something.

Definition: A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal; a scheme.

Example: You want to borrow my credit card for a week? What's your game?

Phonetic: "/ɡeɪm/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To gamble.

Definition: To play card games, board games, or video games.

Definition: To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.

Example: We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system.

Definition: (of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.

Phonetic: "/ɡeɪm/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Willing to participate.

Definition: (of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.

Definition: Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.

Definition: Injured, lame (of a limb).