Common English Words

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1300	boss	©
1. n. A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
2. n. (geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
3. n. A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
4. n. (mechanics) A protrusion, frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
5. n. (architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
1301	destroy	©
1. v. To damage beyond use or repair.
The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
2. v. (intransitive) To cause destruction.
Hooligans destroy unprovoked.
3. v. To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
1302	smart	©
1. v. (intransitive) To hurt or sting.
After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!".
2. v. To cause a smart or sting in.
3. v. (intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.
4. adj. Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
1303	forgotten	©
1. adj. Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.
2. v. past participle of forget
3. n. A person or thing that has been forgotten.
	forget
1. v. To lose remembrance of.
2. v. To unintentionally not do, neglect.
3. v. To unintentionally leave something behind.
1304	teach	©
1. v. (obsolete, transitive) To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.
‘The bliss is there’, mumbled the old man and taught to Heaven.
2. v. To pass on knowledge to.
Can you teach me to sew? Can you teach sewing to me?
3. v. (intransitive) To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
1305	received	©
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of receive
2. adj. Generally accepted as correct or true.
	receive
1. v. To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.
2. v. To take possession of.
3. v. To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
1306	barely	©
1. adv. (degree) By a small margin.
2. adv. (degree) Almost not at all.
The plane is so far away now I can barely see it.
Yes, it is barely visible.
3. adv. (archaic) merely.
1307	heaven
1. n. The sky, specifically:
2. n. (dated, now usually plural) The distant sky in which the sun, moon, and stars appear or move; the firmament; the celestial spheres.
3. n. (obsolete) The near sky in which weather, flying animals, etc. appear; (obsolete) the atmosphere; the climate.
4. n. (obsolete) A model displaying the movement of the celestial bodies, an orrery.
5. n. (religion) The abode of God or the gods, traditionally conceived as beyond the sky; especially:
1308	driving
1. v. present participle of drive
2. adj. That drives (a mechanism or process).
3. adj. (of wind, rain, etc) That drives forcefully; strong; forceful; violent
4. n. The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
5. n. In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle.
	drive
1. n. Motivation to do or achieve something; ability coupled with ambition.
2. n. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
3. n. An act of driving animals forward, such as to be captured, hunted etc.
4. n. (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
1309	higher	©
1. adj. comparative form of high: more high
2. adv. comparative form of high: more high
3. n. (Scotland, education) A national school-leaving examination and university entrance qualification.
4. v. To make higher; to raise or increase in amount or quantity.
1310	mention	©
1. n. A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase make mention of.
2. v. To make a short reference to something.
3. v. (philosophy, linguistics) To utter an word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as opposed to its usual referent.
1311	stick	©
1. n. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
The beaver's dam was made out of sticks.
2. n. A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
I found several good sticks in the brush heap.
What do you call a boomerang that won't come back? A stick.
1312	hotel	©
1. n. (now chiefly historical) A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.
2. n. An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.
3. n. The letter H in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
4. n. The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
5. n. The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.
1313	advice	©
1. n. An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.
She was offered various piece of advice on what to do with her new-found wealth.
2. n. (obsolete) Deliberate consideration; knowledge.
How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her?
3. n. (archaic, commonly in plural) Information or news given; intelligence
1314	eating	©
1. v. present participle of eat
2. adj. Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.
Wait! That's not an eating apple.
3. n. The act of ingesting food.
4. n. (informal, dialectal) Food; cooking, cuisine.
	eat
1. v. To ingest; to be ingested.
2. v. To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
3. v. (intransitive) To consume a meal.
1315	nose
1. n. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
She has a cold in the nose.
2. n. A snout, the nose of an animal.
3. n. The tip of an object.
the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane
1316	anywhere	©
1. adv. In or at any location or an unknown location.
I don't know where I left my keys. They could be anywhere.
I'd rather be anywhere else.
2. adv. To (in the direction of) any location or an unknown location.
Anywhere you go in France, there will be bread and wine with dinner.
1317	innocent	©
1. adj. Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
2. adj. Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
3. adj. Naive; artless.
4. adj. (obsolete) Not harmful; innocuous; harmless.
an innocent medicine or remedy
1318	ball	©
1. n. A solid or hollow sphere, or part thereof.
a ball of spittle; a fecal ball
2. n. A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
a ball of wool; a ball of twine
3. n. (ballistics) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, etc.
1319	pocket	©
1. n. A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
2. n. Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.
I paid for it out of my own pocket.
3. n. (sports) An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
4. n. An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.

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