Common English Words

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460	tried	©
1. adj. Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.
2. adj. (law) Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt.
3. v. simple past tense and past participle of try
	try
1. v. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
2. v. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
3. v. To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.
461	half	©
1. adj. Consisting of a half (1/2, 50%).
a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view
2. adj. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
a half dream; half knowledge
3. adj. (of a sibling) Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
462	hold
1. v. To grasp or grip.
Hold the pencil like this.
2. v. To contain or store.
This package holds six bottles.
3. v. To maintain or keep to a position or state.:
463	company	©
1. n. A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
2. n. A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
A company of actors.
3. n. (military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battal
the boys in Company C
464	truth	©
1. n. True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
The truth is that our leaders knew a lot more than they were letting on.
2. n. Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
There was some truth in his statement that he had no other choice.
3. n. The state or quality of being true to someone or something.
465	shall	©
1. v. (modal, auxiliary verb, defective) Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural.
I shall sing in the choir tomorrow.
I hope that we shall win the game.
2. v. Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural.
(determination): You shall go to the ball!
466	stuff	©
1. n. Miscellaneous items; things; (with possessive) personal effects.
What is all that stuff on your bedroom floor? He didn't want his pockets to bulge so he was walking around with all his stuff in his hands.
2. n. (slang) Things; trivial details.
I had to do some stuff.
3. n. The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
467	means	©
1. n. plural of mean
2. n. An instrument or condition for attaining a purpose.
She treated him as a means to an end.
A car is a means of transport.
3. n. Resources; riches.
	mean
1. v. To intend.
2. v. To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
468	baby
1. n. A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
2. n. Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of
3. n. Unborn young; a fetus.
When is your baby due?
4. n. A person who is immature or infantile.
469	meet	©
1. v. To make contact (with) while in proximity.
2. v. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
Fancy meeting you here! Guess who I met at the supermarket today?
3. v. To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock. Shall we meet at 8 p.m in our favorite chatroom?
470	sir	©
1. n. A man of a higher rank or position.
2. n. A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position, particularly:
3. n. to a knight or other low member of the peerage.
Just be careful. He gets whingy now if you don't address him as Sir John.
4. n. to a superior military officer.
471	watch
1. n. A portable or wearable timepiece.
More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets.
2. n. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
3. n. A particular time period when guarding is kept.
The second watch of the night began at midnight.
472	black
1. adj. (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
2. adj. (of a place, etc) Without light.
3. adj. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
4. adj. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups which have dark pigmentation of the skin.
black drinking fountain; black hospital
473	answer	©
1. n. A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
Her answer to his proposal was a slap in the face.
2. n. A solution to a problem.
There is no simple answer to corruption.
3. n. (legal) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
474	die	©
1. v. (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
2. v. followed by of; general use:
He died of embarrassment.
3. v. followed by from; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine(topics, en, Medicine) or the sciencestopics, en, Sciences:
He died from heart failure.
475	begins	©
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of begin
	begin
1. v. To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
2. v. (intransitive) To be in the first stage of some situation
3. v. (intransitive) To come into existence.
476	poor	©
1. adj. With little or no possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes.
2. adj. Of low quality.
That was a poor performance.
3. adj. Used to express pity.
477	sits
1. n. plural of sit
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of sit
	sit
1. v. (intransitive, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
2. v. (intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.
3. v. (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position permanently.
478	killed	©
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of kill
2. adj. (metallurgy, of steel) deoxidized
	kill
1. v. To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
2. v. To render inoperative.
3. v. (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.
479	whether
1. det. (obsolete) Which of two.
2. pron. (obsolete) Which of two.
3. conj. (obsolete) Introducing a direct interrogative question (often with correlative or) which indicates doubt between alternatives.
4. conj. Used to introduce an indirect interrogative question that consists of multiple alternative possibilities (usually with correlative or).
He chose the correct answer, but I don't know whether it was by luck or by skill.

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