al pairo

Phonetic: "/ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

Example: The book lies on the table;  the snow lies on the roof;  he lies in his coffin

Definition: To be placed or situated.

Definition: To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.

Example: The paper does not lie smooth on the wall.

Definition: Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.

Definition: Used with with: to have sexual relations with.

Definition: Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.

Definition: To lodge; to sleep.

Definition: To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.

Definition: To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

Phonetic: "/ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.

Example: If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.

Definition: To convey a false image or impression.

Example: Photographs often lie.

Definition: To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.

Example: Sorry, I haven't seen your keys anywhere...wait, I lied! They're right there on the coffee table.

Phonetic: "/ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.

Phonetic: "/tʉː/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

Example: Please push the door to.

Definition: Into the wind.

Phonetic: "/tʉː/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.

Example: We are walking to the shop.

Definition: Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.

Example: He devoted himself to education.

Definition: Used to indicate result of action.

Example: His face was beaten to a pulp.

Definition: Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion.

Example: To everyone's great relief, the tuneless carol singers finally ceased their warbling.

Definition: Used after an adjective to indicate its application.

Example: similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.

Definition: Denotes the end of a range.

Example: It takes 2 to 4 weeks to process typical applications.

Definition: As a.

Example: With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   took her to wife (took her as a wife);   was sold to slave (was sold as a slave).

Definition: Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.

Example: I have ten dollars to your four.

Definition: Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.

Example: Three squared or three to the second power is nine.

Definition: (time) Preceding.

Example: ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).

Definition: Used to describe what something consists of or contains.

Example: Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.

Definition: At.

Example: Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Along, together with others, in a group, etc.

Example: Do you want to come with?

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Against.

Example: He picked a fight with the class bully.

Definition: In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.

Example: He went with his friends.

Definition: In addition to; as an accessory to.

Example: She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.

Definition: Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.

Example: Jim was listening to Bach with his eyes closed.

Definition: In support of.

Example: We are with you all the way.

Definition: In regard to.

Example: He was pleased with the outcome.

Definition: To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.

Example: slain with robbers

Definition: Using as an instrument; by means of.

Example: Find what you want instantly with our search engine.

Definition: Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.

Definition: Having, owning.

Example: It was small and bumpy, with a tinge of orange.

Definition: Affected by (a certain emotion or condition).

Example: He spoke with sadness in his voice.

Definition: Prompted by (a certain emotion).

Example: green with envy; flushed with success

Phonetic: "/ɔːl/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: (with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.

Example: She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line.

Definition: The totality of one's possessions.

Phonetic: "/ɔːl/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: All gone; dead.

Example: The butter is all.

Phonetic: "/ɔːl/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: (degree) Intensifier.

Example: It suddenly went all quiet.

Definition: Entirely; completely; totally.

Definition: Apiece; each.

Example: The score was 30 all when the rain delay started.

Definition: (degree) so much.

Example: Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets.

Definition: Even; just.

Phonetic: "/ɔːl/"

Part Of Speech: pronoun

Definition: Everything.

Example: She knows all and sees all.

Definition: Everyone.

Example: A good time was had by all.

Definition: The only thing(s).

Example: All that was left was a small pile of ash.

Definition: Used after who, what, where, how and similar words, either without changing their meaning, or indicating that one expects that they cover more than one element, e.g. that "who all attended" is more than one person. (Some dialects only allow this to follow some words and not others.)

Definition: Clipping of y’all. Used only as a vocative.

Phonetic: "/ɔːl/"

Part Of Speech: conjunction

Definition: Although.

Phonetic: "/seɪl/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.

Definition: (nautical,uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.

Example: Take in sail: a storm is coming.

Definition: The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.

Definition: A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.

Example: Let's go for a sail.

Definition: (plural "sail") A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.

Example: Twenty sail were in sight.

Definition: The blade of a windmill.

Definition: A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.

Definition: The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.

Definition: A sailfish.

Example: We caught three sails today.

Definition: An outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids

Definition: Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.

Phonetic: "/sɛt/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To put (something) down, to rest.

Example: Set the tray there.

Definition: To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

Example: I have set my heart on running the marathon.

Definition: To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.

Definition: To start (a fire).

Definition: To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.

Example: to set a coach in the mud

Definition: To determine or settle.

Example: to set the rent

Definition: To adjust.

Example: I set the alarm at 6 a.m.

Definition: To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.

Definition: To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.

Example: Please set the table for our guests.

Definition: To introduce or describe.

Example: I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene.

Definition: To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.

Example: He says he will set his next film in France.

Definition: To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).

Example: This crossword was set by Araucaria.

Definition: To prepare (a stage or film set).

Definition: To fit (someone) up in a situation.

Definition: To arrange (type).

Example: It was a complex page, but he set it quickly.

Definition: To devise and assign (work) to.

Example: The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot.

Definition: To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.

Definition: To solidify.

Example: The glue sets in four minutes.

Definition: To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.

Example: to set milk for cheese

Definition: Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.

Example: The moon sets at eight o'clock tonight.

Definition: To defeat a contract.

Definition: (now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.

Definition: To produce after pollination.

Example: to set seed

Definition: (of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.

Definition: (Midwestern US) To sit (be in a seated position).

Example: He sets in that chair all day.

Definition: To hunt game with the aid of a setter.

Definition: Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.

Example: The dog sets the bird.

Definition: To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.

Definition: To fit music to words.

Definition: To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.

Example: to set pear trees in an orchard

Definition: To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

Definition: To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.

Example: The current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.

Definition: (country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.

Example: Set to partners! was the next instruction from the caller.

Definition: To place or fix in a setting.

Example: to set a precious stone in a border of metal

Definition: To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.

Example: to set (that is, to hone) a razor

Definition: To extend and bring into position; to spread.

Example: to set the sails of a ship

Definition: To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.

Example: to set a psalm

Definition: To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.

Example: to set a broken bone

Definition: To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.

Definition: To wager in gambling; to risk.

Definition: To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

Definition: To value; to rate; used with at.

Definition: To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.

Example: to set a good example

Definition: To suit; to become.

Example: It sets him ill.