challa

Phonetic: "/ˈɹɪvə/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

Example: Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.

Definition: Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.

Example: a river of blood

Definition: The last card dealt in a hand.

Definition: A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.

Phonetic: "/ˈɹɪvə/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.

Example: Johnny rivered me by drawing that ace of spades.

Phonetic: "/sænd/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

Definition: (often in the plural) A beach or other expanse of sand.

Example: The Canadian tar sands are a promising source of oil.

Definition: (circa 1920) Personal courage.

Definition: A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

Definition: A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

Definition: A single grain of sand.

Definition: A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).

Phonetic: "/sænd/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

Phonetic: "/juːzd/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To utilize or employ.

Definition: To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)

Example: soldiers who are used to hardships and danger

Definition: (except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)

Example: I used to get things done.

Definition: To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.

Example: to use an animal cruelly

Definition: To behave, act, comport oneself.

Phonetic: "/juːzd/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: That is or has or have been used.

Example: The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.

Definition: That has or have previously been owned by someone else.

Example: He bought a used car.

Definition: Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.

Example: I got used to this weather.

Phonetic: "/ɪn/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A position of power or influence, or a way to get it.

Example: His parents got him an in with the company.

Definition: (chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is in; especially, one who is in office.

Definition: The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting; see innings.

Definition: A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.

Phonetic: "/ɪn/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To enclose.

Definition: To take in; to harvest.

Phonetic: "/ɪn/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Located indoors, especially at home or at one's office or place of work.

Example: Is Mr. Smith in?

Definition: Located inside something.

Example: Little by little I pushed the snake into the basket, until finally all of it was in.

Definition: (of the ball or other playing implement) Falling or remaining within the bounds of the playing area.

Example: If the tennis ball bounces on the line then it's in.

Definition: Inserted or fitted into something.

Example: I've discovered why the TV wasn't working – the plug wasn't in!

Definition: Having been collected or received.

Example: The replies to the questionnaires are now all in.

Definition: In fashion; popular.

Example: Skirts are in this year.

Definition: Incoming.

Example: the in train

Definition: (of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.

Definition: Of the tide, at or near its highest level.

Example: You can't get round the headland when the tide's in.

Definition: With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.

Example: in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband

Definition: Currently batting.

Definition: Having familiarity or involvement with somebody.

Example: He is very in with the Joneses.

Definition: Having a favourable position, such as a position of influence or expected gain, in relation to another person.

Example: I think that bird fancies you. You're in there, mate!

Phonetic: "/ɪn/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: At or towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.

Example: He ran to the edge of the swimming pool and dived in.

Definition: Towards the speaker or other reference point.

Example: For six hours the tide flows in, then for another six hours it flows out.

Definition: So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something.

Example: Bring the water to the boil and drop the vegetables in.

Definition: Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.

Example: He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.

Definition: After the beginning of something.

Example: The show still didn't become interesting 20 minutes in.

Definition: (in combination, after a verb) Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.

Phonetic: "/ɪn/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.

Definition: Into.

Example: Less water gets in your boots this way.

Definition: Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.

Example: In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.

Definition: Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.

Phonetic: "/kənˈstɹʌkʃən/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The process of constructing.

Example: Construction is underway on the new bridge.

Definition: Anything that has been constructed.

Example: The engineer marvelled at his construction.

Definition: The trade of building structures.

Example: He had worked in construction all his life.

Definition: A building, model or some other structure.

Example: The office was a construction of steel and glass.

Definition: A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.

Example: "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.

Definition: The manner in which something is built.

Example: A thing of simple construction.

Definition: (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.

Definition: The act or result of construing the meaning of something.

Example: American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.

Definition: The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.

Definition: A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.