Common English Words

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1340	quit	©
1. v. (transitive, archaic) To pay (a debt, fine etc.).
2. v. (transitive, obsolete) To repay (someone) for (something).
3. v. (transitive, obsolete) To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.).
4. v. (reflexive, archaic) To conduct or acquit (oneself); to behave (in a specified way).
5. v. (transitive, archaic) To carry through; to go through to the end.
1341	charges	©
1. n. plural of charge
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of charge
	charge
1. n. The scope of someone's responsibility.
2. n. Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
3. n. A load or burden; cargo.
1342	anger	©
1. n. A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm.
You need to control your anger.
2. n. (obsolete) Pain or stinging.
3. v. To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.
He who angers you conquers you.
1343	losing
1. v. present participle of lose
2. adj. That loses or has lost.
Being on the losing team is disappointing.
3. n. The process by which something is lost; a loss.
	lose
1. v. To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons.
2. v. To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
1344	named	©
1. adj. Having a name.
2. v. simple past tense and past participle of name
	name
1. n. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
2. n. Reputation.
3. n. An abusive or insulting epithet.
1345	regime	©
1. n. Mode of rule or management.
a prison regime
2. n. A form of government, or the government in power.
a capitalist regime
3. n. A period of rule.
1346	writer	©
1. n. A person who writes, or produces literary work.
Has your girlfriend written you a letter yet? She’s quite a writer!
2. n. (historical) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.
3. n. Anything that writes or produces output.
1347	tells	©
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of tell
2. n. plural of tell
	tell
1. v. To count, reckon, or enumerate.
2. v. To narrate.
3. v. To convey by speech; to say.
1348	returns	©
1. n. plural of return
2. n. (pluralonly) Merchandise returned to a retailer or wholesaler by a purchaser.
3. n. (pluralonly) Unsold merchandise returned to the supplier.
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of return
	return
1. v. (intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
2. v. (intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
3. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To turn back, retreat.
1349	loves	©
1. n. plural of love
2. v. third-person singular present indicative 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.
1350	officer	©
1. n. One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
2. n. One who holds a public office.
3. n. An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
4. n. (colloquial, military) A commissioned officer.
5. v. To supply with officers.
1351	willing	©
1. adj. Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.
If my boyfriend isn't willing to change his drinking habits, I will split up with him.
2. n. (rare, or obsolete) The execution of a will.
3. v. present participle of will
	will
1. v. (rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
2. v. (rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
3. v. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
4. v. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
1352	approach	©
1. v. (intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
2. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate.
as he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
3. v. To come near to in place, time, character or value; to draw nearer to.
"Would counsel please approach the bench?" asked the judge.
1353	lets
1. n. plural of let
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of let
	let
1. v. To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
2. v. To leave.
3. v. To allow the release of (a fluid).
1354	thirty
1. num. The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.
2. n. (slang) A rack of thirty beers.
1355	breath	©
1. n. The act or process of breathing.
I could hear the breath of the runner behind me.
The child's breath came quickly and unevenly.
2. n. A single act of breathing in or out.
I took a deep breath and started the test.
1356	coat
1. n. An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.Wp
2. n. A covering of material, such as paint.Wp
3. n. The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.Wp
When the dog shed its coat, it left hair all over the furniture and the carpet.
4. n. (nautical) Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
1357	characters
1. n. plural of character
	character
1. n. A being involved in the action of a story.
2. n. A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.
3. n. A complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group.
1358	cast
1. v. (physical) To move, or be moved, away.
2. v. (now somewhat literary) To throw.
3. v. To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
4. v. Specifically, to throw down or aside.
5. v. (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
1359	ends	©
1. n. plural of end
2. n. (MLE, plural only) The area in close proximity to one's home; neighbourhood.
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of end
	end
1. n. The terminal point of something in space or time.
2. n. (by extension) (euphemistic) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.

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