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n.  (²b“str²kt”)
1. A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
2. Something abstract.

v. tr. ab·stract ·ed ab·stract ·ing ab·stract s (²b-str²kt“)
1. To take away; remove.
2. To remove without permission; filch.
3. To consider (a quality, for example) without reference to a particular example or object.
4. (²b“str²kt”) To summarize; epitomize.
 
   

 

 

 

 

 

adv.
1. To a great depth; deeply: dig deep; feelings that run deep.
2. Well along in time; late: worked deep into the night.
Sports
3.  Close to the outer boundaries of the area of play: played deep for the first three innings; ran deep into their opponents' territory.
 
n.
1. a . A deep place in land or in a body of water: drowned in the deep of the river.
    b . A vast, immeasurable extent: the deep of outer space.
2. The extent of encompassing time or space; firmament.
3. The most intense or extreme part: the deep of night.
4. The ocean.
Nautical
5.  A distance estimated in fathoms between successive marks on a sounding line.
 
Idioms: deep  down
At bottom; basically: Deep down, she was still a rebel.

In deep  water
In difficulty.
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

v. in
tr.
To become full.

n.
1. An amount needed to make full, complete, or satisfied: eat one's fill.
2. Material for filling a container, cavity, or passage.
3. a . A built-up piece of land; an embankment.
    b . The material, such as earth or gravel, used for fill.

Phrasal Verbs: fill in
In
1. formal
To provide with information that is essential or newly acquired: I wasn't therewould you fill me in?
2. To act as a substitute; stand in: an understudy who filled in at the last minute.

Fill out
1. To complete (a form, for example) by providing required information: carefully filled out the job application.
2. To become or make more fleshy: He filled out after age 35.

Idioms:
Fill (someone's) shoes
To assume someone's position or duties.
In
fill the bill
 
Formal
To serve a particular purpose.
 
   

 

v. form ed form ·ing form s

v. tr.
1. a . To give form to; shape: form clay into figures.
    b . To develop in the mind; conceive: form an opinion.
2. a . To shape or mold (dough, for example) into a particular form.
    b . To arrange oneself in: Holding out his arms, the cheerleader formed a T. The acrobats formed a pyramid.
    c . To organize or arrange: The environmentalists formed their own party.
    e . To fashion, train, or develop by instruction or precept: form a child's mind.
    f . 3. To come to have; develop or acquire: form a habit.
4. To constitute or compose a usually basic element, part, or characteristic of.
5. a . To produce (a tense, for example) by assuming an inflection: form the pluperfect.
    b . To make (a word) by derivation or composition.
6. To put in order; arrange.

v. intr.
1. To become formed or shaped.
2. To come into being by taking form; arise.
3. To assume a specified form, shape, or pattern.
 
  

 

 

v. intr.
1. To keep oneself out of sight.
2. To seek refuge.

Phrasal Verbs: Hide  out
To be in hiding, as from a pursuer: The gangsters hid out in a remote cabin until it was safe to return to the city.

Hide (hºd)
n.
The skin of an animal, especially the thick, tough skin or pelt of a large animal.

v. tr. hid·e d hid·ing hide s
To beat severely; flog.

Idioms: hide  nor hair
A trace; a vestige: haven't seen hide nor hair of them since the argument.

Hide (hºd)
n.
An old English measure of land, usually the amount held adequate for one free family and its dependents.
 

 

v. tr. high·light ·ed high·light ·ing high·light s
1. To give a highlight to (the subject of a painting, for example).
2. a . To make prominent; emphasize.
    b . To be a highlight of.
3. To mark (important passages of text) with a usually fluorescent marker as a means of memory retention or for later reference
 
 

 

v. intr.
1. To make or form an indentation.
Chiefly British
2.  To draw up or order an indent.

n. (¹n-dµnt“, ¹n“dµnt”)
1. The act of indenting or the condition of being indented.
Printing
2.  A blank space before the beginning of an indented line: a two-pica indent.
3. An indenture.
4. A U.S. certificate issued at the close of the American Revolution for interest due on the public debt.
Chiefly British
5.  An official requisition or purchase order for goods.

In·dent (¹n-dµnt“)
v. tr. in·dent ·ed in·dent ·ing in·dent s
1. To make a dent in: a bay that indents the southern coast.
2. To impress (a design, for example); stamp.

n.  (¹n-dµnt“, ¹n“dµnt”)
An indentation.
 

 

 

n.
That which belongs to one: It is my own.

v. owned own·ing owns

v. tr.
1. a . To have or possess as property: owns a chain of restaurants.
    b . To have control over: For a time, enemy planes owned the skies.
2. To admit as being in accordance with fact, truth, or a claim; acknowledge.
 
v. intr.
1. To make a full confession or acknowledgment: When confronted with the evidence the thief owned up. See note at acknowledge.
 
Idioms: of (one's) own
1. Belonging completely to oneself: a room of one's own.
 
On (one's) own
1. By one's own efforts: She got the job on her own.
2. Responsible for oneself; independent of outside help or control: He is now out of college and on his own.

own “ er n.
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

v. tr.
1. To put in a specified position; place: set a book on a table.
2. To put into a specified state: set the prisoner at liberty.
3. a . To put into a stable position: set the fence post into a bed of concrete.
    b . To fix firmly or in an immobile manner: He set his jaw and concentrated on flying the plane through the storm.
4. To restore to a proper and normal state when dislocated or broken: set a broken arm.
5. a . To adjust for proper functioning.
    b . To adjust (a saw) by deflecting the teeth.
    Nautical
    c .  To spread open to the wind: set the sails.
6. To adjust according to a standard.
7. To adjust (an instrument) to a specific point or calibration: set an alarm clock.
8. To arrange properly for use: set a place for a dinner guest; set a table.
9. To apply equipment, such as curlers and clips, to (hair) in order to style.
Printing
10. a . To arrange (type) into words and sentences preparatory to printing; compose.
     b . To transpose into type.
Music
11. a . To compose (music) to fit a given text.
    b . To write (words) to fit a given melodic line.
12. To arrange scenery on (a theater stage).
13. To prescribe the unfolding of (a scene) in a specific place: a play that is set in Venice.
14. To prescribe or establish: set a precedent.
15. To prescribe as a time for: set June 6 as the day of the invasion.
16. To detail or assign (someone) to a particular duty, service, or station: set the child to cleaning the closets; set guards around the perimeter.
17. To incite to hostile action: a war that set families against one another.
18. a . To establish as the highest level of performance: set a world aviation record.
    b . To establish as a model: A parent must set a good example for the children.
19. a . To put in a mounting; mount: set an emerald in a pendant.
    b . To apply jewels to; stud: a tiara that was set with diamonds.
20. To cause to sit.
21. a . To put (a hen) on eggs for the purpose of hatching them.
    b . To put (eggs) beneath a hen or in an incubator.
Sports
22.  To position (oneself) in such a way as to be ready to start running a race.
23. a . To value or regard something at the rate of: She sets a great deal by good nutrition.
    b . To fix at a given amount: The judge set bail for the defendant at $50,000.
    c . To make as an estimate of worth: We set a high value on human life.
24. To point to the location of (game) by holding a fixed attitude. Used of a hunting dog.
Botany
25.  To produce, as after pollination: set seed.
26. a . To prepare (a trap) for catching prey.
    b . To fix (a hook) firmly into a fish's jaw.

v. intr.
1. To disappear below the horizon: The sun set at seven that evening.
2. To diminish or decline; wane.
3. To sit on eggs. Used of fowl.
4. a . To become fixed; harden. See note at coagulate.
    b . To become permanent. Used of dye.
5. To become whole; knit. Used of a broken bone.
Botany
6.  To mature or develop, as after pollination.
Non-Standard 
7.  To sit: “If Emmett drives, I could set up front” Bobbie Ann Mason
8. To position oneself preparatory to an action, such as running a race.

adj.
1. Fixed or established by agreement: a set time for the launching.
2. Established by convention: followed set procedures for filing a grievance.
3. Established deliberately; intentional: Our set purpose is to win the conflict.
4. Fixed and rigid: “His bearded face already has a set, hollow look” Conor Cruise O'Brien
5. Unwilling or very reluctant to change: He is set in his ways.
6. a . Intent and determined: “He is dead set against rushing abroad to build a plant” Fortune
    b . Ready: We are set to leave early tomorrow morning.
 
n.
1. a . The act or process of setting.
    b . The condition resulting from setting.
2. The manner in which something is positioned: the set of her cap.
3. A permanent firming or hardening of a substance, as by cooling.
4. The deflection of the teeth of a saw.
5. a . The carriage or bearing of a part of the body.
    b . A particular psychological state, usually that of anticipation or preparedness: “The mental set of an audience is crucial to his performance” Psychology Today
6. A descent below the horizon.
7. The direction or course of wind or water.
8. A seedling, slip, or cutting that is ready for planting.
9. The act of arranging hair by waving and curling it.

Phrasal Verbs: set about
To begin or start: set about solving the problem. set apart

1. To reserve for a specific use.
2. To make noticeable: character traits that set her apart. set aside

1. To separate and reserve for a special purpose.
2. To discard or reject.
3. To declare invalid; annul or overrule: The court has set aside the conviction. set at

1. To attack or assail: The dogs set at the fox. set back

1. To slow down the progress of; hinder.
Informal
2.  To cost: That coat set me back $1,000. set by

1. To reserve for future use: It is wise to set food and money by in case of a future emergency. set down

1. To cause to sit; seat: Set the baby down here.
2. To put in writing; record: We set down the facts.
3. a . To regard; consider: Just set him down as a sneak.
    b . To assign to a cause; attribute: Let's set the error down to inexperience.
4. To land (an aircraft): The pilot set the plane down hard. set forth

1. To present for consideration; propose: set forth a sound plan.
2. To express in words: She has set forth her ideas. set forward

To begin a journey. set in

1.To insert: set in the sleeve of a gown.
2. To begin to happen or be apparent: “Evening was setting in as I took the road over Mountain Top” Charles Siebert
3. To move toward the shore. Used of wind or water. set off

1. a . To give rise to; cause to occur: set off a chemical reaction.
    b . To cause to explode: set off a bomb.
2. To indicate as being different; distinguish: features setting him off from the crowd.
3. To direct attention to by contrast; accentuate: set off a passage with italics.
4. To start on a journey: set off for Europe. set out

1. To begin an earnest attempt; undertake: He set out to understand why the plan had failed.
2. To lay out systematically and graphically: set out a terrace.
3. To display for exhibition or sale.
4. To plant: set out seedlings.
5. To start a journey: She set out at dawn for town. set to

1. To begin working energetically; start in.
2. To begin fighting. set up

1. To place in an upright position.
2. a . To elevate; raise.
    b . To raise in authority or power; invest with power: They set the general up as a dictator.
    c . To put (oneself) forward as; claim to be: He has set himself up as an authority on the English language.
    d . To assemble and erect: set up a new machine.
3. To establish; found: set up a charity.
4. To cause: They set up howls of protest over new taxes.
5. To establish in business by providing capital, equipment, or other backing.
Informal
6. a . To treat (someone) to drinks.
    b . To pay for (drinks).
Informal
7.  To stimulate or exhilarate: a victory that really set the team up.
8. To lay plans for: set up a kidnapping.
Informal
9.  To put (someone else) into a compromising situation by deceit or trickery: Swindlers have set me
up. set upon

To attack violently: Guards set dogs upon the escaping prisoners.

Idioms: set fire to
To cause to ignite and burn.

Set foot in
To enter.

Set foot on
To step on.

Set in motion
To give impetus to: The indictment set the judicial process in motion.

Set (one's) heart on
To be determined to do something.

Set (one's) sights on
To have as a goal: She set her sights on medical school.

Set on fire
1. To cause to ignite and burn.
2. To cause to become excited: The music set the audience on fire.

Nautical  set sail
To begin a voyage on water.

Set (someone) straight
To correct (someone) by providing full and accurate information.

Set store by
To regard as valuable or worthwhile.

Set the pace
1. To go at a speed that other competitors attempt to match or surpass.
2. To behave or perform in a way that others try to emulate.

Set the stage for
To provide the underlying basis for: saber rattling that set the stage for war.

Set up housekeeping
To establish a household.

Set up shop
To establish one's business operations.
 

 

 

 

v. intr.
1. To move along a track.
2. To follow a course; travel.
3. To keep a constant distance apart. Used of a pair of wheels.
4. To be in alignment.
 
Idioms: in (one's) track s
Exactly where one is standing: stopped him right in his tracks.