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Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The tip of the external ear.

Definition: A small earpiece or earplug.

Definition: The part of an earbud that contours to the ear canal.

Example: The shape of the nozzle prevents the use of aftermarket eartips.

Definition: The removal of the tip of a cat's ear, done to indicate that the cat has been fixed.

Example: a cat with an eartip

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.

Example: the tip of one's nose

Definition: A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.

Example: a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.

Definition: The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.

Definition: (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.

Example: chicken tips over rice, pork tips, marinated alligator tips

Definition: A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

Definition: A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.

Phonetic: "/ði/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

Example: It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.

Definition: With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none. See none the.

Example: I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.

Phonetic: "/skeɪlz/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.

Definition: An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude.

Example: Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10.

Definition: Size; scope.

Example: The Holocaust was insanity on an enormous scale.

Definition: The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.

Example: This map uses a scale of 1:10.

Definition: A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced.

Definition: A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.

Definition: A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix.

Example: the decimal scale; the binary scale

Definition: Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.

Definition: A standard amount of money to be received by a performer or writer, negotiated by a union.

Example: Sally wasn't the star of the show, so she was glad to be paid scale.

Phonetic: "/skeɪlz/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.

Example: We should scale that up by a factor of 10.

Definition: To climb to the top of.

Example: Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest.

Definition: To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.

Example: That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.

Definition: To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.

Phonetic: "/skeɪlz/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.

Definition: A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.

Definition: A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.

Definition: Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that flare when mature to release pine nut seeds.

Definition: The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.

Definition: Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).

Definition: Limescale.

Definition: A scale insect.

Definition: The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife.

Phonetic: "/skeɪlz/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To remove the scales of.

Example: Please scale that fish for dinner.

Definition: To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.

Example: The dry weather is making my skin scale.

Definition: To strip or clear of scale; to descale.

Example: to scale the inside of a boiler

Definition: To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.

Definition: To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.

Example: Some sandstone scales by exposure.

Definition: To scatter; to spread.

Definition: To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.

Phonetic: "/skeɪlz/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A device to measure mass or weight.

Example: After the long, lazy winter I was afraid to get on the scale.

Definition: Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.

Phonetic: "/skeɪlz/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A device for measuring weight.

Example: The butcher put the sausages on the scales.

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: "/ˈfeɪvə/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).

Example: He did me a favor when he took the time to drive me home.

Definition: Goodwill; benevolent regard.

Example: She enjoyed the queen's favor.

Definition: A small gift; a party favor.

Example: A marriage favour is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.

Definition: Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.

Definition: The object of regard; person or thing favoured.

Definition: Appearance; look; countenance; face.

Definition: Partiality; bias.

Definition: A letter, a written communication.

Definition: Anything worn publicly as a pledge of a woman's favor.

Definition: (in the plural) Lovelocks.

Phonetic: "/ˈfeɪvə/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To look upon fondly; to prefer.

Definition: To encourage, conduce to

Definition: To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.

Example: Would you favor us with a poetry reading?

Definition: To treat with care.

Example: Favoring your sore leg will only injure the other one.

Definition: (including) To resemble, to look like (another person).

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.