5 1 noun n verb
• take (someone) as a wife
Example sentence • The wives of the two partners met for lunch.
5 1 noun n noun
• a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls
Example sentence • Let's play a game of fives .
5 1 verb v noun
• a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
Example sentence • He dives into the pool with a perfect form.
6 2 noun n noun
• small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
adjective satellite
• of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
Example sentence • She loves to eat black olives straight from the jar.
6 1 noun n noun
• perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning
Example sentence • I sprinkled chives over the baked potato.
5 1 verb v noun
• the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
verb
• cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
Example sentence • He gives money to charity every month.
5 1 verb v verb
• tear or be torn violently
Example sentence • He rives the wood with an axe to make firewood.
7 1 verb v
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6 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
Example sentence • He picked up the shives of wood from the floor.
7 1 verb, adverb v, adv verb
• grant remission of a sin to
Example sentence • The priest shrives the penitent during confession.
6 1 verb v Example sentence • He always skives off work on Fridays.
6 1 verb v
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7 1 verb v Example sentence • She thrives in a fast-paced work environment.
9 3 noun, adjective n, adj adjective
• relating to the ablative case
noun
• the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
adjective satellite
• tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature
Example sentence • There are different functions of ablatives in Latin grammar.
9 3 noun n noun
• a substance that abrades or wears down
Example sentence • She used abrasives to clean the stubborn stains on the kitchen countertop.
11 4 noun n adjective
• serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes
noun
• the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
adjective satellite
• containing or expressing accusation
Example sentence • In Latin, accusatives are marked by a specific case ending.
7 2 noun, adjective n, adj adjective
• tending to become more severe or wider in scope
noun
• chemical agent capable of activity
adjective satellite
• engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
Example sentence • The actives in the skincare product help to reduce wrinkles.
9 3 noun n adjective
• designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
noun
• something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine
Example sentence • Many processed foods contain additives to enhance flavor and preserve freshness.
9 3 noun n noun
• a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
Example sentence • I need to buy some adhesives for my DIY project.
10 3 noun n adjective
• of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
noun
• a word that expresses an attribute of something
Example sentence • She used several adjectives to explain the mysterious situation.
10 3 noun n
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Example sentence • The dictionary defines 'adventives ' as the words borrowed from foreign languages that have become fully assimilated into a language.
9 3 noun n
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Example sentence • 'Singer' and 'actor' are examples of agentives .
8 3 noun n noun
• A woman who keeps an alehouse.
Example sentence • The alewives return to their spawning grounds every spring.
11 4 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• (grammar) a word or phrase that is in apposition
Example sentence • My teacher taught us about appositives in grammar class.
9 3 noun n
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9 3 noun n
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Example sentence • Psychologists use aversives to discourage certain behaviors in therapy.
10 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• A drug with calming effects.
Example sentence • Doctors often prescribed calmatives to patients with anxiety disorders.
8 2 noun n noun
• a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
Example sentence • The captives were treated harshly by their kidnappers.
10 3 noun n Example sentence • In sentence structure, causatives are typically formed with a verb followed by an object and a complement.
9 3 verb v
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Example sentence • The scientist coderives a new theory based on his research findings.
8 2 verb, noun v, n
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Example sentence • She codrives with her husband on long road trips.
11 3 noun n adjective
• forming a whole or aggregate
noun
• members of a cooperative enterprise
adjective satellite
• done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
Example sentence • The collectives in our community work together to promote sustainable farming practices.
11 3 noun n noun
• an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
adjective satellite
• connecting or tending to connect
Example sentence • Some common connectives include 'and', 'but', 'however', and 'therefore'.
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