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780 clothes  ©
     1. n. (plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.
     2. n. (obsolete) plural of cloth.
     3. n. The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
     4. v. third-person singular present indicative of clothe
     clothe
          1. v. To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
          2. v. (figurative) To cover or invest, as if with a garment.
781 issue
     1. n. The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly:
     2. n. (military) A movement of soldiers towards an enemy, a sortie.
     3. n. (now) The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly label, en, now, _, rare in abnormal amounts.
                    The technique minimizes the issue of blood from the incision.
     4. n. Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly:
782 watching
     1. v. present participle of watch
     2. n. The act of one who watches.
     watch
          1. n. A portable or wearable timepiece.
          2. n. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
          3. n. A particular time period when guarding is kept.
783 safe  ©
     1. adj. Not in danger; out of harm's reach.
           You’ll be safe here.
     2. adj. Free from risk; harmless, riskless.
           It’s safe to eat this.
     3. adj. Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
784 alive  ©
     1. adj. Having life; living; not dead
           As long as the plant is alive, he will continue to water it.
     2. adj. In a state of action; in force or operation; existent
           to keep the fire alive
           to keep the affections alive
785 ass  ©
     1. n. Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.
     2. n. (slang) A stupid person.
           That new kid left the cap off the syrup bottle again! What an ass.
     3. n. (vulgar, slang) Buttocks.
     4. n. (vulgar, slang) Sex.
786 doubt  ©
     1. n. Uncertainty, disbelief.
           There was some doubt as to who the child's real father was.
     2. n. (India) A query; a point of uncertainty.
           I have a doubt about how to convert this code to JavaScript.
     3. v. To lack confidence in; to disbelieve, question, or suspect.
787 situation  ©
     1. n. The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
           The Botanical Gardens are in a delightful situation on the river bank.
     2. n. The place in which something is situated; a location.
     3. n. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
     4. n. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
788 dog
     1. n. A mammal, Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.
           The dog barked all night long.
     2. n. A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch (often attributive).
     3. n. (slang) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
           She’s a real dog.
789 boys  ©
     1. n. plural of boy
     2. n. (plural only, slang) The testicles.
     boy
          1. n. A young male, particularly
          2. n.          A male child or teenager, as distinguished from infants or adults.
          3. n. (diminutive) A male child: a son of any age.
          4. n. (affectionate, diminutive) A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker.
790 television
     1. n. An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
           It’s a good thing that television doesn’t transmit smell.
     2. n. A device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form.
           I have an old television in the study.
     3. n. Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.
791 lead  ©
     1. n. A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other m
     2. n. A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
     3. n. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
     4. n. (typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
           This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines.
792 middle  ©
     1. n. A centre, midpoint.
           The middle of a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle.
     2. n. The part between the beginning and the end.
           I woke up in the middle of the night.
           In the middle of the marathon, David collapsed from fatigue.
793 send  ©
     1. v. To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.
           Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.
           to send a message, or a letter
     2. v. (slang) To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
     3. v. To bring to a certain condition.
794 tired  ©
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of tire
     2. adj. In need of some rest or sleep.
     3. adj. Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
           I'm tired of this
     4. adj. Overused, cliché.
     tire
          1. v. (intransitive) To become sleepy or weary.
          2. v. To make sleepy or weary.
          3. v. (intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with)
          4. v. To bore
795 follow  ©
     1. v. To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.
           Follow that car!
     2. v. To go or come after in a sequence.
           B follows A in the alphabet.
           We both ordered the soup, with roast beef to follow.
796 reading
     1. v. present participle of read
     2. n. The process of interpreting written language.
     3. n. The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
     4. n. A value indicated by a measuring device.
           a speedometer reading.
     read
          1. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
          2. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.
797 runs  ©
     1. n. plural of run
     2. n. (the runs) (slang) Diarrhea/diarrhoea
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of run
     run
          1. v. To move swiftly.
          2. v.          (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. (Compare walk.)
          3. v.          (intransitive) To go at a fast pace, to move quickly.
798 sees  ©
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of see
     2. n. plural of see
     see
          1. v. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
          2. v.          To witness or observe by personal experience.
799 leaves  ©
     1. n. plural of leaf
     2. n. plural of leave
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of leave
     leave
          1. v. To have a consequence or remnant.
          2. v.          To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (somet
          3. v.          To cause, to result in.
     leaf
          1. n. The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
          2. n. Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
          3. n. A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
          4. n. A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
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