Common English Words

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1280	growing	©
1. v. present participle of grow
2. n. growth; increase
3. n. (attributive) Connected with growing
The growing season here begins in March.
4. adj. That grows.
	grow
1. v. To become bigger.
2. v. (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
1281	loud	©
1. adj. (of a sound) Of great intensity.
Turn that music down; it's too loud.
2. adj. (of a person, thing, event, etc.) Noisy.
a loud party that went on all night
3. adj. (of a person, event, etc.) Not subtle or reserved, brash.
1282	movement	©
1. n. Physical motion between points in space.
I saw a movement in that grass on the hill.
2. n. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
3. n. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
4. n. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
1283	songs	©
1. n. plural of song
	song
1. n. A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.
2. n. (by extension) Any musical composition.
3. n. Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
4. n. The act or art of singing.
1284	type	©
1. n. A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
This type of plane can handle rough weather more easily than that type of plane.
2. n. An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
3. n. An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
4. n. (printing) A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.
1285	store	©
1. n. A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
This building used to be a store for old tires.
2. n. A supply held in storage.
3. n. (mainly North American) A place where items may be purchased; a shop.
I need to get some milk from the grocery store.
1286	crying	©
1. adj. That cries.
The crying child on the street was evidently lost.
2. adj. That demands action or attention.
There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country.
3. adj. That deserves rebuke or censure.
	cry
1. v. (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep.
2. v. To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
3. v. To shout, scream, yell.
4. v. (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
1287	theatre
1. n. (Australia, Canada, NZ, UK) alternative spelling of theater
2. n. (US) Often used specifically of playhouses and drama, so as to distinguish from moviehouses and cinema.
1288	closed	©
1. adj. Sealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not open.
2. adj. (of a store or business) Not operating or conducting trade.
3. adj. Not public.
closed source
a closed committee
	close
1. v. (physical) To remove a gap.
2. v. To obstruct (an opening).
3. v. To move so that an opening is closed.
1289	bob
1. v. (intransitive) To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.
The cork bobbed gently in the calm water.
The ball, which we had thought lost, suddenly bobbed up out of the water.
The flowers were bobbing in the wind.
2. v. To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
1290	apart	©
1. adv. Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
2. adv. In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently.
Consider the two propositions apart.
3. adv. Aside; away.
4. adv. In or into two or more parts.
1291	otherwise	©
1. adv. (manner) Differently, in another way.
You may have a point, but I think otherwise.
2. adv. (conjunctive) In different circumstances; or else.
I’m not well today, otherwise I would have helped. You have to open your umbrella, otherwise you'll get wet.
3. adv. (conjunctive) In all other respects.
1292	details
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of detail
2. n. plural of detail
	detail
1. n. Something small enough to escape casual notice.
2. n. A profusion of details.
1293	stairs
1. n. plural of stair
2. n. A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.
	stair
1. n. A single step in a staircase.
2. n. A series of steps; a staircase.
1294	successful	©
1. adj. Resulting in success; assuring, or promoting, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect
a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise
1295	neck
1. n. (anatomy) The part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
2. n. The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
3. n. The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
4. n. The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
5. n. (botany) The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
1296	beauty
1. n. The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.
2. n. Someone who is beautiful.
Brigitte Bardot was a renowned beauty.
3. n. Something that is particularly good or pleasing.
That phrasing is a beauty.
1297	somehow	©
1. adv. In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means
This problem has to be tackled somehow. -
We don't know how he's still alive after the accident, but somehow he does. -
1298	knowing
1. adj. Possessing knowledge or understanding; intelligent.
2. adj. Shrewd or showing clever awareness.
a knowing rascal
3. adj. Suggestive of private knowledge.
4. adj. Deliberate
	know
1. v. To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that.
2. v. To be aware of; to be cognizant of.
1299	programme
1. n. (British, NZ, India) standard spelling of program
Our programme for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
The programme about Greek architecture starts at 9:00 on Channel 4.
2. n. (UK, dated, possibly, non-standard) alternative spelling of program (A computer program).
3. v. (British) standard spelling of program

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