Common English Words

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560	mine	©
1. pron. My; belonging to me; that which belongs to me.
2. pron. Used predicatively.
The house itself is mine, but the land is not.
3. pron. Used substantively, with an implied noun.
Mine has been a long journey.
561	minutes	©
1. n. plural of minute
2. n. The official notes kept during a meeting.
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of minute
	minute
1. n. A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
2. n. (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
3. n. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
562	paper
1. n. A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
2. n. A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
3. n. Wallpaper.
4. n. Wrapping paper.
5. n. (rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
563	large	©
1. adj. Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
Russia is a large country. The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size. He has a large collection of stamps.
2. adj. (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
3. adj. (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
4. adj. (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
564	sex
1. n. A category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species.
The effect of the medication is dependent upon age, sex, and other factors.
2. n. Another category, especially of humans and especially based on sexuality or gender roles.
3. n. The members of such a category, taken collectively.
4. n. The distinction and relation between these categories, especially in humans; gender.
565	fun	©
1. n. amusement, enjoyment or pleasure
2. n. playful, often noisy, activity.
3. adj. (informal) enjoyable, amusing
We had a fun time at the party.
He is such a fun person to be with.
566	short	©
1. adj. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
2. adj. (of a person) Of comparatively little height.
3. adj. Having little duration; opposite of long.
Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long.
4. adj. (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
567	stupid	©
1. adj. Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
Because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
2. adj. To the point of stupor.
Neurobiology bores me stupid.
3. adj. (archaic) Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.
568	weeks	©
1. n. plural of week
	week
1. n. Any period of seven consecutive days.
2. n. A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
3. n. A period of five days beginning with Monday.
4. n. A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
569	news	©
1. n. New information of interest.
Is there any news about the storm?
That was not much news in the press release.
2. n. Information about current events disseminated via media.
Did you hear/read/see the latest news?
570	kids	©
1. n. plural of kid
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of kid
	kid
1. n. A young goat.
2. n. Of a female goat, the state of being pregnant: in kid.
3. n. Kidskin.
4. n. The meat of a young goat.
571	audience	©
1. n. A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc.
We joined the audience just as the lights went down.
2. n. (now rare) Hearing; the condition or state of hearing or listening.
3. n. A widespread or nationwide viewing or listening public, as of a TV or radio network or program.
4. n. A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary.
572	write
1. v. To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
The pupil wrote his name on the paper.
Your son has been writing on the wall.
2. v. To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.
573	gun	©
1. n. A device for projecting a hard object very forcefully; a firearm or cannon.
Guns were considered improvements of crossbows and catapults.
Looking for wild meat to fill his family's freezer for the winter, the young man quietly raised up his gun at the approaching deer.
2. n. A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol or Derringer.
3. n. A less portable, long firearm, bullet or projectile firing; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.
574	buy	©
1. v. To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
I'm going to buy my father something nice for his birthday.
2. v. To obtain by some sacrifice.
I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.
3. v. To bribe.
575	funny	©
1. adj. Amusing; humorous; comical.
When I went to the circus, I only found the clowns funny.
2. adj. Strange or unusual, often implying unpleasant.
The milk smelt funny so I poured it away.
I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work.
576	turned	©
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of turn
	turn
1. v. to make a non-linear physical movement.:
2. v. (intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
3. v. To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
577	local	©
1. adj. From or in a nearby location.
We prefer local produce.
2. adj. (computing, of a variable or identifier) Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program.
3. adj. (mathematics, not comparable, of a condition or state) Applying to each point in a space rather than the space as a whole.
4. adj. (medicine) Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.
578	looked	©
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of look
	look
1. v. (intransitive, often, with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
2. v. To appear, to seem.
3. v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
579	scene	©
1. n. The location of an event that attracts attention.
the scene of the crime
2. n. (theater) The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
They stood in the centre of the scene.
3. n. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a

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