1. Definition: 1. An ancient name of a gum.

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1. Definition: 1. a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug"

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1. Definition: 1. situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank"

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1. Definition: 1. determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"

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1. Definition: 1. a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"

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1. Definition: 1. a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

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1. Definition: 1. a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"

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1. Definition: 1. sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs); "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"

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1. Definition: 1. a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

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1. Definition: 1. kill intentionally and with premeditation;

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1. Definition: 1. an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"

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1. Definition: 1. a set of three similar things considered as a unit

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1. Definition: 1. growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation"

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1. Definition: 1. a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)

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1. Definition: 1. two or more draft animals that work together to pull something

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1. Definition: 1. a small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair"

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1. Definition: 1. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

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1. Definition: 1. amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5"

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1. Definition: 1. a bunch of feathers or hair

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1. Definition: 1. one of two or more layers one atop another; "tier upon tier of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake"

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1. Definition: 1. cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)

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1. Definition: 1. a driving belt in machinery

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1. Definition: 1. an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"

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1. Definition: 1. a person who takes drugs

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1. Definition: 1. a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together; "each club played six home games with teams in its own division"

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1. Definition: 1. a subdivision of a larger religious group

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1. Definition: 1. a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground); "we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks"

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1. Definition: 1. a group of countries in special alliance

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1. Definition: 1. a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans

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1. Definition: 1. an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole; "the reduced the number of units and installations"; "the word is a basic linguistic unit"

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1. Definition: 1. distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"

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1. Definition: 1. people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"

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1. Definition: 1. group of people related by blood or marriage

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1. Definition: 1. a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body; "subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response"; "electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks"

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1. Definition: 1. a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles

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1. Definition: 1. group of people related by blood or marriage

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1. Definition: 1. a group of soldiers

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1. Definition: 1. change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"

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1. Definition: 1. elegant sitting room where guests are received

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1. Definition: 1. assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

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1. Definition: 1. bet more than the previous player

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1. Definition: 1. a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime

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1. Definition: 1. an informal right to something;

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1. Definition: 1. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"

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1. Definition: 1. show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"

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1. Definition: 1. an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics

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1. Definition: 1. Celebrate

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1. Definition: 1. return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied"

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1. Definition: 1. have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"

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1. Definition: 1. education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"

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1. Definition: 1. of trade unions; "the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract"

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1. Definition: 1. (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"

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1. Definition: 1. gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist"

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1. Definition: 1. a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section

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1. Definition: 1. gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist"

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1. Definition: 1. a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";

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1. Definition: 1. (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups;

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1. Definition: 1. directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book)

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1. Definition: 1. composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability; "a purely social club"; "the church has a large social hall"; "a social director"

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1. Definition: 1. a musical composition written for six performers

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1. Definition: 1. firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation; "the economy is stable"

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1. Definition: 1. a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"

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1. Definition: 1. a coarse sieve (as for gravel)

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1. Definition: 1. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

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1. Definition: 1. test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus"

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1. Definition: 1. movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"

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1. Definition: 1. division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"

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1. Definition: 1. organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical); "the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel"

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1. Definition: 1. an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900"

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1. Definition: 1. a large gathering of people

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1. Definition: 1. the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"

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1. Definition: 1. a group of people having approximately the same age

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1. Definition: 1. a person who is a member of an ethnic group

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1. Definition: 1. act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

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1. Definition: 1. the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally balanced"

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1. Definition: 1. an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized; "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here"

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1. Definition: 1. (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions

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1. Definition: 1. one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"

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1. Definition: 1. divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"

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1. Definition: 1. coins collectively

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1. Definition: 1. a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"

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1. Definition: 1. an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"

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1. Definition: 1. get together socially or for a specific purpose

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1. Definition: 1. a dense growth of bushes

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1. Definition: 1. manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery)

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1. Definition: 1. noticeable heterogeneity; "a diversity of possibilities"; "the range and variety of his work is amazing"

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1. Definition: 1. an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

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1. Definition: 1. five performers or singers who perform together

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1. Definition: 1. a musical composition for four performers

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1. Definition: 1. the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station"

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1. Definition: 1. stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"

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1. Definition: 1. how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

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1. Definition: 1. army unit smaller than a division

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1. Definition: 1. (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order

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1. Definition: 1. arrange or enter in tabular form

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1. Definition: 1. the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

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1. Definition: 1. a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme

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1. Definition: 1. a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra

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1. Definition: 1. separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"

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1. Definition: 1. sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations

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1. Definition: 1. the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"

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1. Definition: 1. shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"

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1. Definition: 1. several things grouped together or considered as a whole

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1. Definition: 1. harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin

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1. Definition: 1. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"

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1. Definition: 1. make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"

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