The Definition–definite article | 1. | (used, esp. before a noun, with a specifying or particulariz
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ing effect, as opposed to the indefinite or generalizing force of the indefinite article a or an): the book you gave me; Come into the house. |
| 2. | (used to mark a proper noun, natural phenomenon, ship, building, time, point of the compass, branch of endeavor, or field of study as something well-known or unique): the sun; the Alps; the Queen Elizabeth; the past; the West. |
| 3. | (used with or as part of a title): the Duke of Wellington; the Reverend John Smith. |
| 4. | (used to mark a noun as indicating the best-known, most approved, most important, most satisfying, etc.): the skiing center of the U.S.; If you're going to work hard, now is the time. |
| 5. | (used to mark a noun as being used generically): The dog is a quadruped. |
| 6. | (used in place of a possessive pronoun, to note a part of the body or a personal belonging): He won't be able to play football until the leg mends. |
| 7. | (used before adjectives that are used substantively, to note an individual, a class or number of individuals, or an abstract idea): to visit the sick; from the sublime to the ridiculous. |
| 8. | (used before a modifying adjective to specify or limit its modifying effect): He took the wrong road and drove miles out of his way. |
| 9. | (used to indicate one particular decade of a lifetime or of a century): the sixties; the gay nineties. |
| 10. | (one of many of a class or type, as of a manufactured item, as opposed to an individual one): Did you listen to the radio last night? |
| 11. | enough: He saved until he had the money for a new car. She didn't have the courage to leave. |
| 12. | (used distributively, to note any one separately) for, to, or in each; a or an: at one dollar the pound. |
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Big Definition–adjective | 1. | large, as in size, height, width, or amount: a big house; a big quantity. |
| 2. | of major concern, importance, gravity, or the like: a big problem. |
| 3. | outstanding for a specified quality: a big liar; a big success. |
| 4. | important, as in influence, standing, or wealth: a big man in his field. |
| 5. | grown-up; mature: big enough to know better. |
| 7. | doing business or conducted on a large scale; major in size or importance: big government. |
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| 9. | Informal. known or used widely; popular: Nouvelle cuisine became big in the 1970s. |
| 10. | magnanimous; generous; kindly: big enough to forgive. |
| 11. | boastful; pompous; pretentious; haughty: a big talker. |
| 12. | loud; orotund: a big voice. |
| 13. | (of clothing or a clothing design) made of or distinguished by voluminous fabric that is loosely or softly shaped and fitted: a big shirt; the big look. |
| 14. | (of a wine) having more than average flavor, body, and alcoholic content. |
| 15. | filled; brimming: eyes big with tears. |
| 16. | Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. pregnant. |
| 17. | Obsolete. very strong; powerful. |
–adverb | 18. | Informal. boastfully; pretentiously: to act big; to talk big. |
| 19. | Informal. with great success; successfully: to go over big. |
–noun | 20. | the bigs, Sports S
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lang. the highest level of professional competition, as the major leagues in baseball. |
—Idioms| 21. | be big on, to have a special liking or enthusiasm for: Mother is big on family get-togethers. |
| 22. | big with child. great (def. 23). |
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Sleep Definition–verb (used without object) | 1. | to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake. |
| 2. | Botany. to assume, esp. at night, a state similar to the sleep of animals, marked by closing of petals, leaves, etc. |
| 3. | to be dormant, quiescent, or inactive, as faculties. |
| 4. | to be careless or unalert; allow one's alertness,
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vigilance, or attentiveness to lie dormant: While England slept, Germany prepared for war. |
| 5. | to lie in death: They are sleeping in their tombs. |
–verb (used with object) | 6. | to take rest in (a specified kind of sleep): He slept the sleep of the innocent. |
| 7. | to accommodate for sleeping; have sleeping accommodations for: This trailer sleeps three people. |
| 8. | to spend or pass in sleep (usually fol. by away or out): to sleep the day away. |
| 9. | to recover from the effects of (a headache, hangover, etc.) by sleeping (usually fol. by off or away). |
–noun | 10. | the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps. |
| 11. | a period of sleeping: a brief sleep. |
| 12. | dormancy or inactivity. |
—Verb phrases| 15. | sleep around, Informal. to have sexual relations with many partners, esp. in a casual way; be sexually promiscuous. |
| 16. | sleep in, | a. | (esp. of domestic help) to sleep where one is employed. |
| b. | to sleep beyond one's usual time of arising. |
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| 17. | sleep on, to postpone making a decision about for at least a day: to sleep on a proposal till the end of the week. |
| 18. | sleep out, | a. | (esp. of domestic help) to sleep away from one's place of employment. |
| b. | Chiefly Northern U.S. to sleep away from one's home. |
| c. | to sleep
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| 19. | sleep over, to spend one or more nights in a place other than one's own home: Two friends will sleep over this weekend. |
| 20. | sleep together, to be sexual partners; have a sexual relationship. |
| 21. | sleep with, to have sexual relations with. |
—Idiom| 22. | put to sleep, to put (an animal) to death in a humane way: to put a sick old dog to sleep. |
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