Common English Words

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920	continues
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of continue
	continue
1. v. To proceed with (qual, doing an activity); to prolong qual, an activity.
2. v. To make last; to prolong.
3. v. To retain (qual, someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
921	leader	©
1. n. any person that leads or directs
2. n. one who goes first
Follow the leader.
3. n. one having authority to direct
We elected her team leader.
922	finish	©
1. n. An end; the end of anything.
2. n. A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
The car's finish was so shiny and new.
3. n. The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
4. n. (sports) A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
923	charge
1. n. The scope of someone's responsibility.
The child was in the nanny's charge.
2. n. Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
The child was a charge of the nanny.
3. n. A load or burden; cargo.
924	cat
1. n. An animal of the family Felidae:
2. n. A domesticated subspecies (Felis silvestris catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
3. n. Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, etc.
4. n. A person:
5. n. (offensive) A spiteful or angry woman.
925	afternoon	©
1. n. The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
2. n. (figuratively) The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.
3. n. (informal) A party or social event held in the afternoon.
4. adv. (more often in the plural) In the afternoon.
5. interj. (clipping of good afternoon).
926	low	©
1. adj. Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
standing on low ground in a low valley, ringed by low hills a low wall a low shelf
2. adj. Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than
the low countries Low German
3. adj. (baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees.
927	battle	©
1. n. A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
2. n. A struggle; a contest.
the battle of life
3. n. (now rare) A division of an army; a battalion.
4. n. (obsolete) The main body, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; battalia.
928	major	©
1. n. , or, when used as a title before a person's name, Major
2. n. a military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel
He used to be a major in the army.
3. adj. Of great significance or importance.
4. adj. Greater in number, quantity, or extent
929	appears	©
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of appear
	appear
1. v. (intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
2. v. (intransitive) To come before the public.
3. v. (intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person t
4. v. (intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
930	fell	©
1. v. To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
2. v. To strike down, kill, destroy.
3. v. (sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
4. n. A cutting-down of timber.
5. n. The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
	fall
1. n. The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
2. n. A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
3. n. (chiefly North America, obsolete elsewhere) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.
4. n. A loss of greatness or status.
931	busy	©
1. adj. Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
We crossed a busy street.
2. adj. Engaged in activity or by someone else.
The director cannot see you now: he's busy.
Her telephone has been busy all day.
932	honey
1. n. A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods.
2. n. A variety of this substance.
3. n. (figuratively) Something sweet or desirable.
4. n. A term of affection.
Honey, would you take out the trash?
933	talked	©
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of talk
	talk
1. v. To communicate, usually by means of speech.
2. v. (transitive, informal) To discuss.
934	ran	©
1. v. simple past tense of rin
2. v. simple past tense of run
3. v. (nonstandard, dialectal) past participle of run
4. n. (nautical) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
5. n. (obsolete) Open robbery.
	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.
935	press	©
1. n. A device used to apply pressure to an item.
a flower press
2. n. A printing machine.
Stop the presses!
3. n. A collective term for the print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
936	mad	©
1. adj. Insane; crazy, mentally deranged.
You want to spend $1000 on a pair of shoes? Are you mad?
He's got this mad idea that he's irresistible to women.
2. adj. (chiefly US; UK dated + regional) Angry, annoyed.
Are you mad at me?
937	calling	©
1. v. present participle of call
2. n. A strong urge to become religious.
3. n. A job or occupation.
	call
1. n. A telephone conversation.
2. n. A short visit, usually for social purposes.
938	risk	©
1. n. A possible, usually negative, outcome, e.g., a danger.
2. n. The likelihood of a negative outcome.
I'm taking a risk of being brutalized, arrested, imprisoned and tortured, all because I want you to know the truth about this matter.
3. n. (Formal use in business, engineering, etc.) The potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event, determined by combining the likelihood of the event occurring with the effect should it occur.
4. n. (insurance) An entity insured by an insurer or the specific uncertain events that the insurer underwrites.
939	general	©
1. adj. Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.; as opposed to specific or particular.
2. adj. (sometimes postpositive) Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent.
3. adj. Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.
4. adj. Not limited in use or application; applicable to the whole or every member of a class or category.
5. adj. Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.

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