raining (verb)

  • 71get */*/*/ — UK [ɡet] / US verb Word forms get : present tense I/you/we/they get he/she/it gets present participle getting past tense got UK [ɡɒt] / US [ɡɑt] past participle got 1) [transitive, never passive] to obtain, receive, or be given something Ross s… …

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  • 72rain down — phrasal verb Word forms rain down : present tense I/you/we/they rain down he/she/it rains down present participle raining down past tense rained down past participle rained down 1) [intransitive] same as rain II, 2) Sparks from the fire rained… …

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  • 73yet and still — 1. These two adverbs used to be more interchangeable than they are now. A sentence such as Mrs. Throckmorton was shot in her apartment last night, and the bullet is in her yet, in which yet denotes continuity of action up to the time in question …

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  • 74'S — abbr. 1 is, has (he s; it s; John s; Charles s). 2 us (let s). 3 colloq. does (what s he say?). * * * I. like ʸs verb Etymology: contraction of is, has, does 1 …

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  • 75even — I. noun Etymology: Middle English even, eve, from Old English ǣfen Date: before 12th century archaic evening II. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English efen; akin to Old High German eban even Date: before 12th century …

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  • 76it — I. pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hit more at he Date: before 12th century 1. that one used as subject or direct object or indirect object of a verb or object of a preposition usually in reference to a lifeless thing < took a …

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  • 77out — I. adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Greek hysteros later, Sanskrit ud up, out Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) in a direction away from the inside or center < went out into the garden > (2) …

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  • 78Linguistics — is the scientific study of language, encompassing a number of sub fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure (grammar) and the study of meaning (semantics). Grammar encompasses morphology (the formation and&#8230; …

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  • 79Adjunct (grammar) — In linguistics, an adjunct is any word, phrase, or clause joined to another word or phrase to qualify or modify it. It could be of two kinds, adverbial , if it modifies a verb or verb phrase, or adnominal , if it modifies a noun or noun phrase.An …

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  • 80Chenoua language — language name=Chenoua nativename=Haqbaylit̠ states=Algeria region=Mt. Chenoua, wilaya of Tipasa speakers=4,764 familycolor=Afro Asiatic fam2=Berber fam3=Northern iso2=ber|iso3=cnuChenoua (autonym: Haqbaylit̠ ) is the Berber language of Jebel&#8230; …

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