Common English Words

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600	voice	©
1. n. Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character
The human voice is the oldest musical instrument in history.
She has a pleasant voice.
His low voice allowed hum to become a bass in the choir.
2. n. (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
601	daughter
1. n. One’s female offspring.
I already have a son, so I would like to have a daughter.
2. n. A female descendant.
3. n. A daughter language.
4. n. (physics) A nuclide left over from radioactive decay.
602	hours	©
1. n. plural of hour
	hour
1. n. A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day.
2. n. A season, moment, time or stound.
3. n. (poetic) The time.
603	nobody	©
1. pron. Not any person; the logical negation of somebody.
I asked several people, but nobody knew how.
Nobody called or visited that day.
2. n. Someone who is not important or well-known.
Whether you're a nobody or a player, everyone in Tinseltown wants to be King of Hollywood! -
604	law	©
1. n. The body of binding rules and regulations, customs and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
the courts interpret the law; entrapment is against the law
2. n. The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
property law; commercial hunting and fishing law
3. n. Common law, as contrasted with equity.
605	blood	©
1. n. A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped b
The blood flows into the menstrual cup.
2. n. A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption (see blood relative, blood relation, by blood).
3. n. (historical) One of the four humours in the human body.
4. n. (medicine) A blood test or blood sample.
606	trouble	©
1. n. A distressing or dangerous situation.
He was in trouble when the rain started.
2. n. A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
The trouble was a leaking brake line. The trouble with that suggestion is that we lack the funds to put it in motion. The bridge column magnified the trouble with a slig
3. n. A violent occurrence or event.
607	loved	©
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of love
2. adj. Being the object of love.
	love
1. n. Strong affection.
2. n. A profound and caring affection towards someone.
3. n. Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being.
608	hair
1. n. A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
2. n. The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.
3. n. (zoology) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mo
4. n. (botany) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
609	within	©
1. prep. Indicates spatial enclosure or containment.
within his hearing; within her studio
2. prep. Indicates figurative inclusion within the scope of.
within five seconds of breaking the record; within an inch of falling overboard
3. prep. Before the specified duration ends.
610	gives	©
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of give
	give
1. v. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
2. v. To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
611	age	©
1. n. The whole duration of a being, whether animal, plant, or other kind, being alive.
2. n. The number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive.
3. n. One of the stages of life.
the age of infancy
4. n. The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
612	needed	©
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of need
2. adj. Necessary; being required.
	need
1. n. A requirement for something; something needed.
613	sister
1. n. A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
My sister is always driving me crazy.
2. n. A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.
Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.
3. n. Any butterfly in the genus , so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.
614	books	©
1. n. plural of book
2. n. (pluralonly, accounting) Accounting records.
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of book
	book
1. n. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
2. n. A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets.
615	who's
1. contraction. Who is.
Who’s that in my bed?
2. contraction. Who has.
Who’s been sleeping in my bed?
3. contraction. misspelling of whose
	who
1. pron. (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people; (asks for the identity of someone). (used in a direct or indirect question)
2. pron. (interrogative) What is one's position; (asks whether someone deserves to say or do something).
	is
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
2. n. plural of i
616	kitchen
1. n. A room or area for preparing food.
2. n. Cuisine.
3. n. (chiefly African American Vernacular English) The nape of a person's hairline, often referring to its uncombed or "nappy" look.
4. n. (music) The percussion section of an orchestra.
5. n. (dated) A utensil for roasting meat.
617	trust	©
1. n. Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back.
2. n. Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
3. n. Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
I was out of cash, but the landlady let me have it on trust.
618	decided	©
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of decide
2. adj. determined; resolute
3. adj. clear; unmistakable
There was a decided ugliness to the patch of waste ground.
	decide
1. v. To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
2. v. (intransitive) To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
619	strong	©
1. adj. Capable of producing great physical force.
a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong
2. adj. Capable of withstanding great physical force.
a strong foundation; good strong shoes
3. adj. (of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power.

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