ilk onbir

Phonetic: "/ði/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

Example: It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.

Definition: With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none. See none the.

Example: I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.

Phonetic: "/fɪrst/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The person or thing in the first position.

Example: He was the first to complete the course.

Definition: The first gear of an engine.

Definition: Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.

Example: This is a first. For once he has nothing to say.

Definition: First base

Example: There was a close play at first.

Definition: A first-class honours degree.

Definition: A first-edition copy of some publication.

Definition: A fraction of an integer ending in one.

Example: one forty-first of the estate

Phonetic: "/fɪrst/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.

Example: I was the first runner to reach the finish line, and won the race.

Definition: Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.

Example: Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.

Phonetic: "/fɪrst/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Before anything else; firstly.

Example: Clean the sink first, before you even think of starting to cook.

Definition: For the first time;

Example: I first witnessed a death when I was nine years old.

Phonetic: "/stɹɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.

Example: There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.

Definition: (metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.

Definition: A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.

Definition: An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.

Definition: A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.

Phonetic: "/stɹɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.

Definition: Such a structure considered as a substance.

Definition: Any similar long, thin and flexible object.

Example: a bowstring

Definition: A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.

Example: a string of sausages

Definition: A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.

Example: The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive

Definition: A series of items or events.

Example: a string of successes

Definition: The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.

Definition: In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.

Definition: A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.

Definition: An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.

Definition: A stringed instrument.

Definition: (usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.

Definition: (in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.

Example: no strings attached

Definition: The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.

Definition: Cannabis or marijuana.

Definition: Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.

Definition: The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.

Definition: (by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.

Definition: The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.

Definition: A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

Definition: A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.

Definition: A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

Definition: An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

Definition: The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.

Example: the strings of beans

Definition: A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

Definition: A stringcourse.

Definition: A hoax; a fake story.

Phonetic: "/stɹɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To put (items) on a string.

Example: You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.

Definition: To put strings on (something).

Example: It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.

Definition: To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

Definition: To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.

Definition: To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.