tehuacanazo

Phonetic: "/ˈtɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ)/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony

Example: In every war there are acts of torture that cause the world to shudder.

Definition: The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships

Example: Coventry City midfielder Josh Ruffels described his 11 months out injured as 'absolute torture' after the goalless draw with Derby County Under-21s. (http//www.ccfc.co.uk/news/article/eleven-months-of-absolute-torture-760652.aspx)

Definition: (often as "absolute torture") stage fright, severe embarrassment

Phonetic: "/ˈtɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ)/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).

Example: In the aftermath of 9/11, we did some things that were wrong. We did a whole lot of things that were right, but, we tortured some folks. We did some things that were contrary to our values.

Phonetic: "/kənˈsɪstɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To be.

Definition: To exist.

Definition: (with in) To be comprised or contained.

Definition: (with of) To be composed, formed, or made up (of).

Example: The greeting package consists of some brochures, a pen, and a notepad.

Phonetic: "/ɔv/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Expressing distance or motion.

Definition: Expressing separation.

Definition: Expressing origin.

Definition: Expressing agency.

Definition: Expressing composition, substance.

Definition: Introducing subject matter.

Definition: Having partitive effect.

Definition: Expressing possession.

Definition: Forming the "objective genitive".

Definition: Expressing qualities or characteristics.

Definition: Expressing a point in time.

Phonetic: "/ˈʃeɪkɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

Example: He shook the can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere.

Definition: To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance or disapproval.

Example: Shaking his head, he kept repeating "No, no, no".

Definition: To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.

Example: to shake fruit down from a tree

Definition: To disturb emotionally; to shock.

Example: He was shaken by what had happened.

Definition: To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).

Example: I can't shake the feeling that I forgot something.

Definition: To move from side to side.

Example: She shook with grief.

Definition: (usually as "shake on") To shake hands.

Example: OK, let's shake on it.

Definition: To dance.

Example: She was shaking it on the dance floor.

Definition: To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.

Example: to shake a note in music

Definition: To threaten to overthrow.

Example: The experience shook my religious belief.

Definition: To be agitated; to lose firmness.

Phonetic: "/ˈʃeɪkɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A movement that shakes.

Phonetic: "/æɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

Phonetic: "/ˈbɑ.təl/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.

Example: Beer is often sold in bottles.

Definition: The contents of such a container.

Example: I only drank a bottle of beer.

Definition: A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants, a baby bottle.

Example: The baby wants a bottle.

Definition: Nerve, courage.

Example: He was going to ask her out, but he lost his bottle when he saw her.

Definition: (of a person with a particular hair color) A container of hair dye, hence with one’s hair color produced by dyeing.

Example: Did you know he’s a bottle brunette? His natural hair color is strawberry blonde.

Definition: A bundle, especially of hay; something tied in a bundle.

Definition: Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.

Example: to drown one’s troubles in the bottle

Definition: The tendency of pages printed several on a sheet to rotate slightly when the sheet is folded two or more times.

Phonetic: "/ˈbɑ.təl/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.

Example: This plant bottles vast quantities of spring water every day.

Definition: To feed (an infant) baby formula.

Example: Because of complications she can't breast feed her baby and so she bottles him.

Definition: To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.

Example: The rider bottled the big jump.

Definition: To throw away a leading position.

Example: Liverpool bottled the Premier League.

Definition: To strike (someone) with a bottle.

Example: He was bottled at a nightclub and had to have facial surgery.

Definition: To pelt (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.

Example: Meat Loaf was once bottled at Reading Festival.

Phonetic: "/ɔv/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Expressing distance or motion.

Definition: Expressing separation.

Definition: Expressing origin.

Definition: Expressing agency.

Definition: Expressing composition, substance.

Definition: Introducing subject matter.

Definition: Having partitive effect.

Definition: Expressing possession.

Definition: Forming the "objective genitive".

Definition: Expressing qualities or characteristics.

Definition: Expressing a point in time.

Phonetic: "/ˈmɪ.nəɹ.əl/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Any naturally occurring inorganic material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties.

Definition: Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).

Definition: (nutrition) Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition; a dietary mineral.

Definition: Mineral water.

Definition: A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can.

Definition: A mine or mineral deposit.

Definition: A poisonous or dangerous substance.

Phonetic: "/ˈmɪ.nəɹ.əl/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Of, related to, or containing minerals

Phonetic: "/ˈwoːtə/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.

Example: By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen.

Definition: The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.

Example: And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Definition: Water in a body; an area of open water.

Example: The boat was found within the territorial waters.

Definition: A body of water, almost always a river.

Definition: A combination of water and other substance(s).

Definition: (in the plural or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.

Example: The rough waters of change will bring about the calm after the storm.

Definition: A person's intuition.

Example: I know he'll succeed. I feel it in my waters.

Definition: Excess valuation of securities.

Definition: The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.

Example: a diamond of the first water is perfectly pure and transparent

Definition: A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.

Part Of Speech: conjunction

Definition: As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.

Definition: (heading) Expressing a condition.

Phonetic: "[ˈpʰʊɾɪŋ]"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To place something somewhere.

Example: She put her books on the table.

Definition: To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.

Example: He is putting all his energy into this one task.

Definition: To exercise a put option.

Example: He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80.

Definition: To express something in a certain manner.

Example: When you put it that way, I guess I can see your point.

Definition: To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)

Definition: To steer; to direct one's course; to go.

Definition: To play a card or a hand in the game called put.

Definition: To attach or attribute; to assign.

Example: to put a wrong construction on an act or expression

Definition: To lay down; to give up; to surrender.

Definition: To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.

Example: to put a question; to put a case

Definition: To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.

Definition: To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.

Phonetic: "[ˈpʰʊɾɪŋ]"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Instigation or incitement; enticement.

Definition: The action or result of the verb put.

Phonetic: "/ɪt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.

Definition: The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.

Example: In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…

Definition: The game of tag.

Example: Let's play it at breaktime.

Definition: Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.

Definition: Sexual activity.

Example: caught them doing it

Definition: A biological force that inhabits living beings, according to the vitalist approach of Georg Groddeck.

Phonetic: "/ɪt/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Most fashionable.

Phonetic: "/ɪt/"

Part Of Speech: pronoun

Definition: The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals.

Example: I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today.

Definition: A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender.

Example: She took the baby and held it in her arms.

Definition: Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.

Example: Is it her?

Definition: The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)

Example: It is nearly 10 o’clock.

Definition: The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms.

Definition: The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject is commonly a to-infinitive, a gerund, or a noun clause introduced by a .

Example: He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that)

Definition: All or the end; something after which there is no more.

Example: Are there more students in this class, or is this it?

Definition: A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.

Definition: Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun: That which; what.

Phonetic: "/ap/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.

Example: Up is a good way to go.

Definition: A positive thing.

Example: I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.

Definition: An upstairs room of a two story house.

Example: She lives in a two-up two-down.

Phonetic: "/ap/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To increase or raise.

Example: If we up the volume, we may be able to hear what he says.

Definition: To promote.

Example: It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.

Definition: (usually in combination with another verb) To act suddenly.

Example: He just upped and quit.

Definition: To ascend; to climb up.

Definition: To upload.

Example: 100 new apps and games have just been upped.

Phonetic: "/ap/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Facing upwards.

Example: Put the notebook face up on the table.

Definition: On or at a physically higher level.

Example: The flood waters are up again across large areas of the country.

Definition: Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.

Example: Where is the up escalator?

Definition: Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.

Example: The Christmas decorations are up.

Definition: Aloft.

Example: The kite is up!

Definition: Raised; lifted.

Example: Don't go into the living room just now – I've got the carpet up.

Definition: Built, constructed.

Example: Are the new buildings up yet?

Definition: Standing.

Example: The audience were up and on their feet.

Definition: Awake and out of bed.

Example: I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up.

Definition: Riding the horse; mounted.

Definition: (of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.

Example: It'll get warmer once the sun's up.

Definition: Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.

Example: My temperature is up this morning.

Definition: Indicating a larger or higher quantity.

Example: The barometer is up, so fine weather should be on the way.

Definition: Ahead; leading; winning.

Example: The home team were up by two goals at half-time.

Definition: Available; made public; posted.

Example: Is your new video up yet? I looked on the website, but I couldn't find it.

Definition: Finished, to an end

Example: Her contract is up next month, so it's time to negotiate another one.

Definition: In a good mood.

Example: I’m feeling up today.

Definition: (usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.

Example: If you are up for a trip, let’s go.

Definition: Next in a sequence.

Example: Smith is up to bat.

Definition: (not used attributively) Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up with.

Example: What is up with that project at headquarters?

Definition: (postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.

Example: AAKK = aces up

Definition: Well-informed; current.

Example: I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?

Definition: Functional; working.

Example: Is the server back up?

Definition: (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.

Example: The London train is on the up line.

Definition: (bartending) Chilled and served without ice.

Example: A Cosmopolitan is typically served up.

Definition: Erect.

Definition: (graffiti) well-known; renowned

Phonetic: "/ap/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.

Example: I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.

Definition: To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.

Example: All day we climbed up and up.

Definition: To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.

Example: Cheer up, the weekend's almost here.

Definition: To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.

Example: A stranger came up and asked me for directions.

Definition: (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.

Example: Can you sum up your research?

Definition: To or from one's possession or consideration.

Example: I picked up some milk on the way home.

Definition: North.

Example: I live in Florida, but I'm going up to New York to visit my family this weekend.

Definition: Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.

Example: He lives up by the railway station.

Definition: Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.

Definition: Aside, so as not to be in use.

Example: to lay up riches; put up your weapons

Definition: Against the wind or current.

Definition: (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.

Definition: Relatively close to the batsman.

Example: The bowler pitched the ball up.

Definition: (bartending) Without additional ice.

Example: Would you like that drink up or on ice?

Definition: (academia) To university, especially to Cambridge or Oxford.

Example: She's going up to read Classics this September.

Phonetic: "/ap/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Toward the top of.

Example: The cat climbed up the tree.

Definition: Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.

Example: I felt something crawling up my arm.

Definition: From south to north of.

Example: We sailed up the East Coast of England from Ipswich to South Shields.

Definition: Further along (in any direction).

Example: Go up the street until you see the sign.

Definition: From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).

Example: He led an expedition up the Amazon.

Definition: Of a man: having sex with.

Example: Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her.

Definition: At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).

Example: I'll see you later up the snooker club.

Phonetic: "/nəʊz/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.

Example: She has a cold in the nose.

Definition: A snout, the nose of an animal.

Definition: The tip of an object.

Example: the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane

Definition: The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.

Definition: The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.

Example: Red Rum only won by a nose.

Definition: A perfumer.

Definition: The power of smelling.

Definition: Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.

Definition: The skill in recognising bouquet.

Example: It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose.

Definition: (by extension) Skill at finding information.

Example: A successful reporter has a nose for news.

Definition: A downward projection from a cornice.

Definition: An informer.

Phonetic: "/nəʊz/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To move cautiously by advancing its front end.

Example: The ship nosed through the minefield.

Definition: To snoop.

Example: She was nosing around other people’s business.

Definition: To detect by smell or as if by smell.

Definition: To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.

Definition: To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.

Definition: To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.

Example: to nose a prayer

Definition: To furnish with a nose.

Example: to nose a stair tread

Definition: To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.