... color of a
ripe lemon or of the yolk of an
egg. (Plural only for types and
instances.)
2.
the adj. use of Q.
(Comp: yellower; sup: yellowest.)
3.
adj. timid; scared to do some-
thing. (Informal. ... woodiest.)
2.
adj. [of a plant] containing
wood. (Comp: woodier; sup:
woodiest.)
wool
[
"wUl
]
1.
n. the soft, curly hair
of sheep and goats. (Plural only
for types and instances.)
2.
n.
thread, ... one’s
mouth open and breathe in and
out slowly and deeply, especially
when one is tired or bored.
2.
iv.
[for something like a hole] to have
a very wide opening. (Figurative
on Q.)
3.
n. an act of opening
one’s...
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Department
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Health
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lawlaw
law
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officerofficer
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lawlaw
law
enforcementenforcement
enforcement
personnelpersonnel
personnel
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... form. This con-
sisted of a listof pairs of the form (foreign word, English
word). Because bilingual dictionary structure varies
widely, and even the availability and compatibility of
part -of- speech ... Properties of Bilingual Dictionaries For Distinguishing
Senses of English Wordsand Inducing English Sense Clusters
Charles SCHAFER and David YAROWSKY
Department of Computer Science and
Center for Language ... illustrates the kind of support
the aggregate bilingual dictionary provides for partitioning the mean-
ings of fair into distinct senses: blond and just.
erage of 26 and a median of 3 foreign entries...
... subside.
blow off 1. [for something] to be
carried off of something by mov-
ing air.
2. [for a valve or other
pressure-maintaining device] to
be forced off or away by high
pressure.
blow off steam ... quick closing
and opening of the eyes.
2. iv. [for
a light] to flash on and off quickly.
3. tv. to close and open one’s eyes
quickly.
4. iv. [for one’s eyelids] to
close and open quickly.
5. tv. ... against a surface and spring
back.
bounce off ( (of)
something
) to
rebound from something.
bounce out (of
something
) to
rebound out of or away from
something.
bounce
something
off (of)
some-
one...
... wood
partially. (Plural only for types
and instances.)
charge ["tSa#dZ] 1. n. the cost of
something; the amount of money
needed to pay for something.
(Often plural.)
2. n. control [of
someone or something]. ... of something has broken off.
3. n. a flat, crunchy, fried or baked
snack made of starch. (Usually
made from potatoes or corn. Also
short for
potato chip.) 4. tv. to
break off a small piece of ... from
roasted cacao beans, usually in the
form of candy, syrup, a brewed
beverage, or a flavor in cooking.
(Plural only for types and
instances.)
2. n. a piece of Q.
3. adj. made with or flavored...
... from the rising of the sun to
the setting of the sun.
from hand to hand from one per-
son to a series of other persons;
from one person’s hand to another
person’s hand, and so forth.
from pillar ... of water]
to get cold and form a layer of ice
on top.
freeze up
1.
[for something] to
freeze and stop functioning.
2. [for someone] to become
frightened and anxious, and be
unable to continue ... mixture of
sugar and other things that is
spread on top of a cake or pastry.
(Plural only for types and
instances.)
froth ["frOT] n. foam; a mass of
white bubbles that forms on top of
liquids...
... ["gl^v] n. one of a pair of fit-
ted coverings for the hand, typi-
cally made of fabric or leather and
having individual “pockets” for
each finger and thumb.
→
fit like a glove
→ hand in glove ... 237
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accounts for how sentences are
formed, especially the description
of what the standard form of the
language is like.
3. n. following the
rules of W in the use of written
and spoken language. ... sen-
tences are formed; the study of
sentence structure and the rela-
tionships between words within
sentences. (Plural only for types
and instances.)
2. n. a statement of
the rules of a language...
... bound hand and foot
→ by a show of hands
→ can’t see
one’s
hand in front of
one’s
face
→ close at hand
→ come away empty-handed
→ dirty
one’s
hands
→
do something
by hand
→ eat out of
someone’s
hand
→ ...
someone’s
hand
→ fold
one’s
hands
→ force
someone’s
hand
→ from hand to hand
→ get
one’s
hands dirty
→ get the upper hand (on
someone
)
→ go away empty-handed
→ have clean hands
→ have
one’s
hand ... close to someone.
hand over fist [for money and
merchandise to be exchanged]
very rapidly.
hand over hand [moving] one
hand after the other (again and
again).
hand
something
down [for a
court] to...
... 1. tv. the present-tense
form of
have used for the third-
person singular, that is, with he,
she, it, and singular nouns.
2. aux.
the present-tense form of
have T
used for the third-person singular,
hard
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something.
have a head for
something
have
the mental capacity for something.
have a heart to be compassionate;
to be generous and forgiving.
have a heart of gold to be ... some-
thing. (Often with stand.)
head back (
someplace
) to start
moving back to someplace.
head of cabbage and head of
lettuce n. the edible, top part of a
cabbage or a lettuce plant.
head of lettuce...
... objective form
of
she, referring to females. (Used
after prepositions and as the
object of verbs.)
2. pron. an objec-
tive form of
she, referring to ships
and certain countries. (Also other
informal ... objective
form of
he Q. (The pronoun used
to refer to males. Used after
prepositions and as the object of
verbs.)
2. pron. an objective form
of
he W. (Used when the sex of a
grammatical object of a ... the folded and
sewn edge of a piece of cloth.
2. tv.
to make a nice, even edge on a
piece of cloth by folding and
sewing.
hemisphere ["hEm @s fIr] 1. n. half
of a sphere; half of a ball....
... iv. to search forand kill animals
as in Q.
hunt for
someone or something
to
search for someone or something.
hunt high and low for
someone
or something
and search high
and low for
someone ... bear
hungry for
someone or something
desiring someone or something.
hunk ["h^Nk] n. a large, solid
amount of something.
hunt ["h^nt] 1. tv. to search for and
kill animals for food or for sport.
2. ... cream or milk and some
kind of fruit or other flavoring.
(No plural.)
2. the adj. use of Q.
(Hyphenated.)
ice cube ["aIs kjub] n. a small cube
of ice, used to make drinks and
liquids cold.
ice...
... plural.)
informal [In "form @l] 1. adj. not
formal, official, or final. (Adv:
informally.)
2. adj. [of words, lan-
indicate
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in the context of
something
under
the ... the forefront (of
something
)
Go to at the forefront (of
something
).
in the gutter [for a person to be]
in a bad state, mentally and physi-
cally.
in the hole in debt.
in the interest(s) of ... AM Page 291
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an investigation; a search for
truth; a search for an answer.
the
ins and outs of
something
the
details of something. (Informal.)
insane [In "sen] 1. adj. crazy; not
sane....
... to
become a member of an organiza-
tion.
join hands [for people] to hold
hands so that each person is hold-
ing the hands of two other people;
[for two people] to hold each
other’s hands.
Join the ... the condition of being sore or
itchy; soreness or tenderness of
skin or other body tissues. (Plural
only for types and instances.)
is [Iz] iv. a form of be, used in the
present tense of the third-person
singular, ... ["dZ# i] 1. n. a group of people
who listen to evidence at a trial in
a court of law and make a decision
about the truth of the facts of the
case.
2. the adj. use of Q.
just ["dZ^st]...
... [for an airplane]
to return to the ground safely.
7. tv. [for a pilot] to return an air-
plane to the ground safely.
→
do a land-office business
→ lay of the land
→ live off the fat of the land
→ ... over the electric light bulb
in a lamp to soften the glare of the
light.
land ["lAnd] 1. n. the dry, solid part
of the earth’s surface; the part of
the earth’s surface that is not cov-
ered ... sup:
kindest.)
→
two of a kind
kindergarten ["kIn d# gard n] n.
the grade before first grade, usu-
ally for children between the ages
of 4 and 6.
kindness ["kaInn@s] n. the quality
of being kind;...