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|Afloat ||phr||"To Stay Afloat" - to remain solvent. |
|Afloat ||phr||"To Stay Afloat" - to remain solvent. |
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|Afond ||vb||To try, make a trail of, put to the test, find out by experiment. 2. to attempt, to try. |
|Afond ||vb||To try, make a trail of, put to the test, find out by experiment. 2. to attempt, to try. |
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− | |Afong ||vb||(Afang)- to take by force or authority. |
+ | |Afong ||vb||(Afang)- to take by force or authority. 2. to sieze, apprehend. 3. to take what is offered, to accept. 4. to recieve (a person); to welcome. 5. to recieve, get, come into possession. 6. to be in possession. 7. to get offspring; to concieve. |
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|Afoot ||adv||On foot, on or by one's own feet. 2. astir, moving, on the move; in active existence or operation. |
|Afoot ||adv||On foot, on or by one's own feet. 2. astir, moving, on the move; in active existence or operation. |
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|Afoot ||phr||"There's Something Afoot" - planned (secretly) |
|Afoot ||phr||"There's Something Afoot" - planned (secretly) |
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|Aforehand ||adj||Beforehand in condition; forehanded. |
|Aforehand ||adj||Beforehand in condition; forehanded. |
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|Aforesaid ||adj||Of a previously stated list, the entry of the list items, usu. the first in two or three-mentioned list items. 3. abovementioned. 4. aforementioned, mentioned. |
|Aforesaid ||adj||Of a previously stated list, the entry of the list items, usu. the first in two or three-mentioned list items. 3. abovementioned. 4. aforementioned, mentioned. |
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|Aforethought ||n||Premeditated, planned ahead of time; thinking beforehand. 2. fore, fore-thought, thought. |
|Aforethought ||n||Premeditated, planned ahead of time; thinking beforehand. 2. fore, fore-thought, thought. |
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|Aforetime ||adv||Of old time or in a time past; in days of old, in a former time, though before, formerly, auld lang syne. |
|Aforetime ||adv||Of old time or in a time past; in days of old, in a former time, though before, formerly, auld lang syne. |
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|Aforeward ||adv||First in rank, in front. |
|Aforeward ||adv||First in rank, in front. |
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|Afrought ||adj||Affrighted, timid, frightened (in mind). |
|Afrought ||adj||Affrighted, timid, frightened (in mind). |
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− | |Aft ||prp||Behind, in rear, hind, stern of position. 2. in or near the hind part or stern of a ship or aircraft. |
+ | |Aft ||prp||Behind, in rear, hind, stern of position. 2. in or near the hind part or stern of a ship or aircraft. 3. earlier (of time) |
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|After ||conj||Signifies that the action of the clause it starts take place before the action of the other clause. |
|After ||conj||Signifies that the action of the clause it starts take place before the action of the other clause. |
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|Afterdeal ||n||Afterdele: disadvantage. |
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|Afterglow ||n||The glow in the sky after sunset. 2. the light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling. 3. the mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, such as sex or a drug-high. 4. light emitted by phosphor after excitation. 5. an after-party. |
|Afterglow ||n||The glow in the sky after sunset. 2. the light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling. 3. the mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, such as sex or a drug-high. 4. light emitted by phosphor after excitation. 5. an after-party. |
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|After-life ||n||A future life. 2. the later period of one's life. |
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|Afterling ||n||One who comes older or later. 2. an aftercomer who is later. |
|Afterling ||n||One who comes older or later. 2. an aftercomer who is later. |
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|Aftersee ||vb||To witness or see after the fact or event. 2. to see in hindsight or retrospectively. |
|Aftersee ||vb||To witness or see after the fact or event. 2. to see in hindsight or retrospectively. |
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|Aftershave ||n||A lotion, gel or liquid used after shaving. |
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|Afterwise ||adj||Wise after the event. |
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+ | |Afterwit ||n||Wisdom which comes after the event or too late. 2. later knowledge; the knowledge of riper years or later times. 3. second thoughts; reconsideration.. 4. one who lacks foresight. 5. recognition of former folly; practical repentance; coming to one's senses. |
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|Afterwort ||n||The second run in the brewing of beer. |
|Afterwort ||n||The second run in the brewing of beer. |
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Old English | sp | English |
Afar | adv | From far. 2. far, at or a distance, as John saw the place afar. |
Afterworld | n. | Future, afterlife, other existence |
Afare | vb | To depart |
Afear | vb | To frighten. |
Afear | adv | In fear. |
Afeard | adj | Afraid. |
Afeed | vb | To feed, nourish. |
Afell | vb | Strike down, fell, lay low |
Afield | adv | On or to the field, abroad. |
A'fellowship | vb | Fellow (late OE.) - to be in fellowship, to accompany. |
A'ferrom | adv | From afar, afar, afar off. |
Afford | vb | To further accomplish. 2. to manage (do). 3. with 'can' - to have the means to be able. 4. withot 'can' - to give of what one has. 5. of things; to be capable of yielding; yield naturally. |
Affright | vb | Frighten, terrify |
Affriended | ppl | Made friends. |
Affright | n | The action of causing terror. 2. the state of terror. |
Affright | vb | To frighten terrify. |
Affrighted | adj | Struck with fear, alarmed. |
Affrighted | adv | In an affeared manner, with fright or alarm |
Affrightedly | adv | In a fearful manner. |
Affrightful | adj | Full of terror; alarmed, frull of fear, timid. 2. alarming, exciting, shocking, deadful, revolting. |
Affrightfully | adv | In terrifying or alarming way or manner. |
Affrighting | adj | Frightful, terrifying. |
Afgod | vb | Idol, false god, |
Afgodness | n | Idolatry |
Afield | adv | On or in the field, esp. of labour or battle (war). 3. to or into the field. 4. away from home. ('to go further afield') |
Afield | phr | "To Go Further Afield" - to travel afar, overseas, abroad. |
A'fingered | adj | Afflicted with hunger, famished, very hungry. |
Afire | vb | To be on fire; or in a state of burning. |
Afire | adv | On or in fire; burning. 2. fig. burning with passion, emotion etc. |
A'flee | vb | To run away, escape, run away. |
Afleme | vb | to drive aaway, expel, eject. |
Aflicker | adv | In a flickering state. |
A'flight | vb | To put to flight. |
Afoam | adv | In a state of foam. |
Afloat | adv | Also adj. 2. in a floating condition, opp. to aground. 2. at sea opp. to on shore. 3. OE - buoyed up in the air. 4. in a state of overflow or submersion. 5. fig. unembarrassed; having one head above water. 6. adrift. 7. in full swing. 8. in commerce and currency free ad subject to market fluctation. |
Afloat | phr | "To Stay Afloat" - to remain solvent. |
A'flow | adj | Floating, flowing, drifting. 2. (fig.) - in progress. |
Afond | vb | To try, make a trail of, put to the test, find out by experiment. 2. to attempt, to try. |
Afong | vb | (Afang)- to take by force or authority. 2. to sieze, apprehend. 3. to take what is offered, to accept. 4. to recieve (a person); to welcome. 5. to recieve, get, come into possession. 6. to be in possession. 7. to get offspring; to concieve. |
Afoot | adv | On foot, on or by one's own feet. 2. astir, moving, on the move; in active existence or operation. |
Afoot | prp | Of place: befor. 2. in OE. (rank) - in precedence. |
Afoot | conj | Sooner than. |
Afoot | phr | "There's Something Afoot" - planned (secretly) |
Afore | adv | Before, prior to, previosly. |
Aforegiven | adv | Given before, prior to or previously. |
Aforegoing | adv | Gone before or prior to. |
Aforehand | adj | Beforehand in condition; forehanded. |
Aforehand | adv | Beforehand, in advance, in anticipation. |
Aforeness | n | Pre-existence; the state of being before. |
Aforesaid | adj | Of a previously stated list, the entry of the list items, usu. the first in two or three-mentioned list items. 3. abovementioned. 4. aforementioned, mentioned. |
Aforespoken | adv | Spoken after the initail event or happening. |
Aforethought | n | Premeditated, planned ahead of time; thinking beforehand. 2. fore, fore-thought, thought. |
Aforetime | adv | Of old time or in a time past; in days of old, in a former time, though before, formerly, auld lang syne. |
Aforetold | adv | Told or spoken afterwards; foretold. |
Aforeward | adv | First in rank, in front. |
Afornens | prp | Against opposite. 2. fig. before, in the presence of. 3. with regard to, in respect of, as concerns, |
Afornens | adv | Over against, opposite. |
Aforn-ons | adv | In front. |
Afresh | adv | Anew, freshly, with a fresh commencement. |
Afrith | vb | To make peace. |
Afrought | adj | Affrighted, timid, frightened (in mind). |
Aft | prp | Behind, in rear, hind, stern of position. 2. in or near the hind part or stern of a ship or aircraft. 3. earlier (of time) |
Aft | phr | "Fore and Aft" - from stern to stern, lengthwise. |
After | conj | Signifies that the action of the clause it starts take place before the action of the other clause. |
After | adv | The second of two; next; later. 2. of place: nearer the rear, more aft. 3. of time: earlier. 4. behind; later in time; following. |
After | prp | Subsequently to; following in time; later than. 2. behind. 3. in pursuit of, seeking. 4.iIn allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing. 5.next in importance or rank. 6. as a result of. 7 in spite of. 8. according to an author or text. 9. denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to. 10. (obsolete) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting |
After | adj | Later, second of two, next, following, subsequent. 2. at or towards the stern of a ship. |
After all | phr | In spite of everything. 2. anyway or in any case. 3. in the end, however. |
After | phr | "After One's Own Beat" - having the same opininions, feelings, behaviour as oneself. |
After | phr | "To Be After Somebody" - pursue, want to catch. |
After | phr | "To Be After Something" - desire, want to obtain. |
Afterbeat | n | A secondary, weaker half of a musical beat; a forebeat. |
Afterbirth | n | The secundine of the placenta which is expelled from the womb after birth. 2. birth after the death of the father. 3. late-born children. |
Afterbite | n | Something that linger after it is bitten, especialy a flavour, an aftertaste. 2. that which returns with a memory, usually one which is bitter or painful. |
Afterbody | n | The after part of a vehicle. 2. a companion body that trails a satellite or space craft. 3. section or piece of launch rocket or spacecraft. |
Afterborn | adj | Born after the father's death. |
Afterbrain | n | The posterior lobe of cerebellum. |
Afterburner | n | A device in a turbojet engine which injects fuel in to the exhaust system to increase the thrust. |
Aftercare | n | The care of a patient during recovery after an operation or after hospitalization. |
Aftercome | n | A subsequent result, consequence; something that comes after. |
Aftercomer | n | Successor |
Aftercoming | adj | A following state, sequel, consequence or result. 2. an aftercome. |
Afterdeal | n | Afterdele: disadvantage. |
After-eye | n | To keep in view or sight. |
Afterglow | n | The glow in the sky after sunset. 2. the light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling. 3. the mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, such as sex or a drug-high. 4. light emitted by phosphor after excitation. 5. an after-party. |
After-grave | n | The state of life after death. 2. the hereafter; existence after death. |
Afterhand | adv | Afterwards. |
Afterhind | adv | Behind. |
Afterings | adv | The milk drawn from a cow. 2. dregs; the last of any substance that is a poorer quality than the earlier substance or later? |
After-life | n | A future life. 2. the later period of one's life. |
After-light | n | An afterglow. 2. (also fig)the light of what is known; hindsight. 3. afterwards. |
Afterling | n | One who comes older or later. 2. an aftercomer who is later. |
Afterling | adj | Coming after, later, subsequent or later, late in order of time or succession. |
Afterlithe | n | OE. - Aeftera: second & litha: serene, name for the two months June and July; old name for July. |
After-liver | n | A survivor. |
Afterlong | adv | Lengthwise, along. |
Aftermath | n | Second or later mowing. 2. crop of grass which springs up after the mowing in early summer. |
Aftermost | adj | Hindmost; last in time; most aft. 2. nearest the stern of a vessel. |
Afterness | n | Posterity, the quality of being after. |
Afternoon | n | The time from midday to evening. |
Afters | n | Dessert. 2. festivities held after a wedding meal. |
Aftersee | vb | To witness or see after the fact or event. 2. to see in hindsight or retrospectively. |
After-send | adj | Sent afterwards, subesquently. |
Aftershave | n | A lotion, gel or liquid used after shaving. |
Afterspring | n | Posterity. 2. a spring time weather change out of season. |
Aftertale | n | A postscript; something added when the tale or story is, or ought be, ended. 2. ill-talk, slander, defamation. |
Afterthought | n | A subsequent though. 2. reflection after an act; hence, a later explanation. |
Afterward | adv | Behind. 2. subsequently. 3. next in order. |
Afterwards | adv | At a later time. |
Afterwardsness | n | The concept that an earlier event in one's life can aquire a maening. |
Afterwinter | n | Renewal of winter. |
Afterwise | adj | Wise after the event. |
Afterwit | n | Wisdom which comes after the event or too late. 2. later knowledge; the knowledge of riper years or later times. 3. second thoughts; reconsideration.. 4. one who lacks foresight. 5. recognition of former folly; practical repentance; coming to one's senses. |
Afterwitted | adj | Wise when it's too late. 2. wanting in forethought. |
Afterword | n | A postscipt to a letter; or an appendix to a book. 2. an epilogue |
Afterworld | n. | Future, afterlife, other existence. |
Afterwort | n | The second run in the brewing of beer. |
After-written | adj | Written or recorded in writing afterwards |
Aftmost | adj | Furthest aft, most sternwards, as far as possible. |