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ear
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noun
  1. (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
  2. (countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
  3. (countable) (slang) A police informant.
    • Quotations:
      From the movie w:The Enforcer, The Enforcer.
      : If you don"t cooperate, I"ll put it out on the street that you"re an ear.
verb
  1. (archaic) To plough.
    • Quotations:
      1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II
      : That power I have, discharge; and let them go
      : To the land that hath some hope to grow,
      : For I have none.
early
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adjective (earli, er)
  1. At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
At eleven, we went for an lunch.
She began reading at an age.
His mother suffered an death.
  1. arrive, Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on-time.
You're today! I don't usually see you before nine o'clock.
The guests sipped their punch and avoided each other's eyes.
  1. Near the start or beginning.
''The play "Two Gentlemen of Verona" is one of Shakespeare's works.
adverb (earli, er)
  1. At a time before expected; sooner than usual.
''We finished the project an hour sooner than scheduled, so we left .
Earth
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proper noun
  1. The third planet in order from the Sun, upon which humans live; represented in astronomy and astrology by ♠and ⊕.
eat
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verb (eats, eating, ate, eaten)
  1. (transitive) To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
He"s eating an apple.
  1. (context, transitive, colloquial) To cause (someone) to worry.
What"s eating you?
  1. (transitive) (Idiom) To take a loss in a transaction
It"s a special order, we can"t send it back; if the customer won"t accept it, we"ll have to the 40 tons of steel ourselves.
  1. (intransitive) To consume a meal.
What time do we this evening?
Don"t disturb me now; can't you see I"m eating?
edge
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noun
  1. The boundary line of a surface.
  2. (geometry) The joining line between two vertex, vertices of a polygon.
  3. (geometry) The place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
  4. An advantage (as have the edge on)
  5. The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
He which hath the sharp sword with two edges. Rev. ii. 12.
Slander,<BR> Whose edge is sharper than the sword. Shak.
  1. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
Upon the edge of yonder coppice. Shak.
In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge<BR> Of battle. Milton.
Pursue even to the very edge of destruction. Sir W. Scott.
  1. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
The full edge of our indignation. Sir W. Scott.
Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices. Jer. Taylor.
  1. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening. "On the edge of winter." Milton.
  2. (cricket) The edge of a cricket bat.
  3. (graphtheory) Any of the connected pairs of vertex, vertices in a graph.
  4. In male masturbation, a level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.
verb (edg, ing)
  1. (transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
He edged the book across the table.
  1. (intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
He edged away from her.
  1. (cricket) (transitive) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
  2. (transitive) Triming the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
effigy
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noun (effig, ies)
  1. a dummy or other crude representation meant to represent a person or group that is hated
  2. a likeness of a person
egg
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noun
  1. (context, zoology, countable) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals housing the embryo during its development.
  2. (countable) The egg of a domestic fowl as an item of food.
  3. (uncountable) The contents of one or more (hen's usually) eggs as a culinary ingredient, etc.
I also determine the minimal amount of egg required to make good mayonnaise.
  1. (context, biology, countable) The female primary cell, the ovum.
verb
  1. To throw eggs at.
  2. (with "on"): To encourage.
  3. To add beaten egg (cooking).
elbow
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noun
  1. The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
  2. A pipe fitting that turns a corner.
verb
  1. To push with the elbow; to jostle or force.
    He elbowed his way through the crowd.
else
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adverb
  1. A word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to.
  2. (computing) A statement that indicates the result of a conditional statement (if) evaluating as false.
end
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noun
  1. Extreme part.
  2. Extreme line.
  3. Death.
  4. Result.
  5. Purpose.
  6. (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
    • The Pavillion End
      1. The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
      2. (curling) A period of play in which each team throws 8 rocks, 2 per player, in alternating fashion.
verb
  1. (intransitive): To finish, terminate.
Is this movie ever going to ?
  1. (transitive): To finish, terminate.
escutcheon
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noun
  1. (heraldry): an individual or corporate coat of arms
  2. the insignia around doorknob's exterior hardware or a door lock's cosmetic plate
  3. a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by user's fingers
essence
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noun (wikipedia, essence, essence (philosophy))
  1. The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
  2. A significant feature of something.
  3. The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
    • essence of Jojoba
      1. fragrance, Fragrance, a perfume.
      2. (philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
even
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noun
  1. (context, archaic, or, poetic) evening, Evening.
verb
  1. To make flat and level.
We need to even this playing field; the west goal is too low.
adjective
  1. Flat and level.
Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even.
  1. Without great variation.
Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice.
  1. Equal in proportion, quantity, size etc.
The distribution of food must be even.
  1. (arithmetic) (no comparative or superlative) Leaving no remainder when divided by 2.
Four, fourteen and forty are even numbers.
adverb (notcomp)
  1. (context, archaic or rhetorical) exactly, just, fully
I fulfilled my instructions as I had promised.
You are leaving tonight? &mdash; Even so.
  1. Implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality
Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.
Did you make it through the front door?
That was before I was born.
  1. Emphasising a comparative
I was strong before; but now I am stronger.
event
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noun
  1. An occurrence of social or personal importance.
  2. (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate
ever
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adverb
  1. (archaic) Always
It was ever thus.
  1. At any time, particularly used as an intensifier.
If that ever happens, we"re in deep trouble.
Has a foreign-born man ever been president?
Will this ever end?
Don't ever do that again.
evidence
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noun
  1. Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
  2. (context, legal) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
verb (evidenc, ing)
  1. (transitive) To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.
She was furious, as evidenced by her slamming the door.
evil
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noun (uncountable)
  1. The forces/behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good. Evil generally seeks own benefit at the expense of others and is based on general malevolence.
The evils of society include murder.
  1. Any particular individual or state which may follow these forces or behaviors.
adjective
  1. Intending to harm.
  2. (context, of food) Gone off, fattening, etc.
except
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verb
  1. (transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
    • 2007: But this ban on circumcision must have been a provocation, as the emperor Antoninus Pius later acknowledged by excepting the Jews. " Glen Bowersock, "Provocateur", London Review of Books 29:4, p. 17
      1. (context, intransitive, rare, construed with to or against) To take exception, to object to.
    • 1658: The Athenians might fairly against the practise of Democritus to be buried up in honey; as fearing to embezzle a great commodity of their Countrey " Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 23)
excuse
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noun
  1. An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement.
Tell me why you were late &ndash; and I don't want to hear any excuses!
expect
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verb
  1. To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated.
    • Good: I will expect you. Shakespeare
    • Expecting thy reply. Shakespeare
    • The Somersetshire or yellow regiment ... was expected to arrive on the following day. Macaulay.
      1. to consider obligatory or required;
      2. to consider reasonably due;
      You are expected to get the task done by the end of next week.
      1. (obsolete) To wait for; to await.
    • Let's in, and there expect their coming. Shakespeare
expense
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noun
  1. A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.
Husband nature's riches from . - Shakespeare, Sonnet XCIV
  1. That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time.
  2. Courting popularity at his party's expense. - Brougham?
  3. (obsolete) Loss. - Shakespeare
And moan the of many a vanished sight. - Edmund Spenser
verb (expenses, expensing, expensed)
  1. (transitive) To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.
It should be acceptable to a business lunch with a client.
eye
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noun (plural eyes or (archaic) eyen)
  1. An organ that is sensitive to light, which it converts to electrical signals passed to the brain, by which means animals see.
  2. A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
  3. A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook.
  4. The center/centre of a hurricane.
  5. A mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling an eye.
  6. A reproductive bud in a potato.
  7. The ability to notice what others might miss.
He has a good eye for talent.
verb (eyes, eyeing or eying, eyed)
  1. To look at someone or something as if with the intent to do something with that person or thing.
eyetooth
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noun (pl=eyeteeth)
  1. a canine tooth of the upper jaw
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