Nike Definition–noun | 1. | the ancient Greek goddess of victory. |
| 2. | one of a series of antiaircraft or antimissile missiles having two or three rocket stages. |
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Air Definition–noun | 1. | a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere. |
| 2. | a stir in the atmosphere; a light breeze. |
| 3. | overhead space; sky: The planes filled the air. |
| 4. | circulation; publication; publicity: to give air to one's theories. |
| 5. | the general character or complexion of anything; appearance: His early work had an air of freshness and originality. |
| 6. | the peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person: There is an air of mystery about him. |
| 7. | airs, affected or unnatural manner; manifestation of pride or vanity; assumed haughtiness: He acquired airs that were insufferable to his friends. |
| 8. | Music.
| b. | the soprano or treble part. |
| d. | Also, ayre. an Elizabethan art song. |
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| 9. | aircraft as a means of transportation: to arrive by air; to ship goods by air. |
| 10. | Informal. air conditioning or an air-conditioning system: The price includes tires, radio, and air. |
| 11. | Radio. the medium through which radio waves are transmitted. |
–verb (used with object) <
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| 14. | to expose ostentatiously; bring to public notice; display: to air one's opinions; to air one's theories. |
| 15. | to broadcast or televise. |
–verb (used without object) | 16. | to be exposed to the open air (often fol. by out): Open the window and let the room air out. |
| 17. | to be broadcast or televised. |
–adjective | 18. | operating by means of air pressure or by acting upon air: an air drill; an air pump. |
| 19. | of or pertaining to aircraft or to aviation: air industry. |
| 20. | taking place in the air; aerial: air war. |
—Idioms| 21. | clear the air, to eliminate dissension, ambiguity, or tension from a discussion, situation, etc.: The staff meeting was intended to help clear the air. |
| 22. | get the air, Informal. | a. | to be rejected, as by a lover. |
| b. | to be dismissed, as by an employer: He had worked only a few days when he got the air. |
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| 23. | give (someone) the air, Informal. | a. | to reject, as a lover: He was bitter because she gave him the air. |
| b. | to dismiss, as an employee. |
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| 24. | in the air, in circulation; current: There's a rumor in the air that
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| 25. | <
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| 26. | off the air, | a. | not broadcasting: The station goes off the air at midnight. |
| b. | not broadcast; out of operation as a broadcast: The program went off the air years ago. |
| c. | (of a computer) not in operation. |
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| b. | (of a computer) in operation. |
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| 28. | put on airs, to assume an affected or haughty manner: As their fortune increased, they began to put on airs. |
| 29. | take the air, | a. | to go out-of-doors; take a short walk or ride. |
| b. | Slang. to leave, esp. hurriedly. |
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| 30. | up in the air, | a. | Also, in the air. undecided or unsettled: The contract is still up in the air. |
| b. | Informal. angry; perturbed: There is no need to get up in the air over a simple mistake. |
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| 31. | walk or tread on air, to feel very happy; be elated. |
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Force Definition–noun | 1. | physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window. |
| 2. | strength or power exerted upon an object; physical coercion; violence: to use force to open the window; to use force on a person. |
| 3. | strength; energy; power; intensity: a personality of great force. |
| 4. | power to influence, affect, or control; efficacious power: the force of circumstances; a force for law and order. |
| 5. | Law. unlawful violence threatened or committed against persons or property. |
| 6. | persuasive power; power to convince: They felt the force of his arguments. |
| 7. | mental or moral strength: force of character. |
| 8. | might, as of a ruler or realm; strength for war. |
| 9. | Often, forces. the military or fighting strength, esp. of a nation. |
| 10. | any body of persons combined for joint action: a sales force. |
| 11. | intensity or strength of effect: the force of her acting. |
| 12. | Physics. <
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| b. | the intensity of such an influence. Symbol: F, f |
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| 13. | any influence or agency analogous to physical force: social forces. |
| 14. | binding power, as of a contract. |
| 16. | value; significance; meaning. |
| 17. | Billiards. a stroke in which the cue ball is forcibly struck directly below the center in such a manner as to cause it to stop abruptly, bound back, or roll off to one side after hitting the object ball. |
–verb (used with object) | 18. | to compel, constrain, or oblige (oneself or someone) to do something: to force a suspect to confess. |
| 19. | to drive or propel against resistance: He forced his way through the crowd. They forced air into his lungs. |
| 20. | to bring about or effect by force. |
| 21. | to bring about of necessity or as a necessary result: to force a smile. |
| 22. | to put or impose (something or someone) forcibly on or upon a person: to force one's opinions on others. |
| 23. | to compel by force; overcome the resistance of: to force acceptance of something. |
| 24. | to obtain or draw forth by or as if by force; extort: to force a confession. |
| 25. | to enter or take by force; overpower: They forced the town after a long siege. |
| 26. | to break open (a door, lock, etc.). |
| 27. | to cause (plants, fruits, etc.) to grow or mature at an increased rate by artificial means. |
| 28. | to press, urge, or exert (an animal, person, etc.) to violent effort or to the utmost. |
| 31. | Baseball. | a. | to cause (a base runner) to be put out by obliging the runner, as by a ground ball, to vacate a base and attempt to move to the next base in order to make room for another runner or the batter. |
| b. | to cause (a base runner or run) to score, as by walking a batter with the bases full (often
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| 32. | Cards. | a. | to compel (a player) to trump by leading a suit of which the player has no cards. |
| b. | to compel a player to play (a particular card). |
| c. | to compel (a player) to play so as to make known the strength of the hand. |
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| 33. | Photography. | a. | to develop (a print or negative) for longer than usual in order to increase density or bring out details. |
| b. | to bring out underexposed parts of (a print or negative) by adding alkali to the developer. |
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| 34. | Archaic. to give force to; strengthen; reinforce. |
–verb (used without object) | 35. | to make one's way by force. |
—Idiom| 36. | in force, | a. | in operation; effective: This ancient rule is no longer in force. |
| b. | in large numbers; at full strength: They attacked in force. |
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One Definition–adjective | 1. | being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake. |
| 2. | being a person, thing, or individual instance or member of a number, kind, group, or category indicated: one member of the party. |
| 3. | existing, acting, or considered as a single unit, entity, or individual. |
| 4. | of the same or having a single kind, nature, or condition: We belong to one team; We are of one resolve. |
| 5. | noting some indefinite day or time in the future: You will see him one day. |
| 6. | a certain (often used in naming a person otherwise unknown or undescribed): One John Smith was chosen. |
| 7. | being a particular, unique, or only individual, item, or unit: I'm looking for the one adviser I can trust. |
| 8. | noting some indefinite day or time in the past: We all had dinner together one evening last week. |
| 9. | of no consequence as to the character, outcome, etc.; the same: It's all one to me whether they go or not. |
–noun | 10. | the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity. |
| 11. | a symbol of this number, as 1 or I. |
| 12. | a single person or thing: If only problems would come one at a time! |
| 13. | a die face or a domino face having one pip. |
| 14. | a one-dollar bill: to change a five-dollar bill for five ones. |
| 15. | (initial capital letter ) Neoplatonism. the ultimate reality, seen as a central source of being by whose emanations all entities, spiritual and corporeal, have their existence, the corporeal ones containing the fewest of the emanations. |
–pronoun | 16. | a person or thing of a number or kind indicated or understood: one o
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| 17. | (in certain pronominal combinations) a person unless definitely specified otherwise: every one. |
| 18. | (with a defining clause or other qualifying words) a person or a personified being or agency: the evil one; the one I love. |
| 19. | any person indefinitely; anyone: as good as one would desire. |
| 20. | Chiefly British. (used as a substitute for the pronoun I): Mother had been ailing for many months, and one should have realized it. |
| 21. | a person of the speaker's kind; such as the speaker himself or herself: to press one's own claims. |
| 22. | something or someone of the kind just mentioned: The portraits are fine ones. Your teachers this semester seem to be good ones. |
| 23. | something available or referred to, esp. in the immediate area: Here, take one—they're delicious. The bar is open, so have one on me! |
—Idioms| 24. | at one, | a. | in a state of agreement; of one opinion. |
| b. | united in thought or feeling; attuned: He felt at one with his Creator. |
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| 25. | one and all, everyone: They came, one and all, to welcome him home. |
| 26. | one by one, singly and successively: One by one the children married and moved away. |
| 27. | one for the road. road (def. 9). |
From DictionaryShoe Definition–noun | 1. | an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle. |
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| 2. | an object or part resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. |
| 3. | a horseshoe or a similar plate for the hoof of some other animal. |
| 4. | a ferrule or the like, as of iron, for protecting the end of a staff, pole, etc. |
| 6. | the outer casing of a pneumatic automobile tire. |
| 7. | a drag or skid for a wheel of a vehicle. |
| 8. | a part having a larger area than the end of an object on which it fits, serving to disperse or apply its weight or thrust. |
| 9. | the sliding contact by which an electric car or locomotive takes its current from the third rail. |
| 10. | Civil Engineering. | a. | a member supporting one end of a truss or girder in a bridge. |
| b. | a hard and sharp foot of a pile or caisson for piercing underlying soil. |
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| 11. | a small molding, as a quarter round, closing the angle between a baseboard and a floor. | |
| 12. | the outwardly curved portion at the base of a downspout. |
| 13. | a piece of iron or stone, sunk into the ground, against which the leaves of a gateway are shut. |
| 14. | a device on a camera that permits an accessory, as a flashgun, to be attached. |
| 15. | a band of iron on the bottom of the runner of a sleigh. |
| 17. | Furniture. | a. | a cuplike metal piece for protecting the bottom of a leg. |
| b. | a fillet beneath an ornamental foot, as
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| 18. | Printing. a box into which unusable type is thrown. |
| 19. | a chute conveying grain to be ground into flour. |
| 21. | Nautical. a thickness of planking covering the bottom of the keel of a wooden vessel to protect it against rubbing. |
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| 23. | to protect or arm at the point, edge, or face with a ferrule, metal plate, or the like. |
—Idioms| 24. | drop the other shoe, to complete an action or enterprise already begun. |
| 25. | fill someone's shoes, to take the place and assume the obligations of another person: She felt that no stepmother could ever hope to fill her late mother's shoes. |
| 26. | in someone's shoes, in a position or situation similar to that of another: I wouldn't like to be in his shoes. |
| 27. | the shoe is on the other foot, the circumstances are reversed; a change of places has occurred: Now that we are rich and they are poor the shoe is on the other foot. |
| 28. | where the shoe pinches, the true cause of the trouble or worry. |
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