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bone·yard
(b nÆyärdÅ), n.
1. Slang. a cemetery.
2. Slang. an area where old or discarded cars, ships, planes, etc., are collected prior to being broken up
for scrap or otherwise disposed of.
3. Also called stock. Dominoes. the bank, consisting of the remaining dominoes after each person has
made an initial draw.
4. a place or area where the bones of wild animals accumulate or are collected.
[1850–55, Amer.; BONE1 + YARD2]
fam·i·ly
(famÆà l , famÆl ), n., pl. -lies, adj.
—n.
1. parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not.
2. the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family.
3. the spouse and children of one person: We're taking the family on vacation next week.
4. any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins: to
marry into a socially prominent family.
5. all those persons considered as descendants of a common progenitor.
6. Chiefly Brit. approved lineage, esp. noble, titled, famous, or wealthy ancestry: young men of family.
7. a group of persons who form a household under one head, including parents, children, and servants.
8. the staff, or body of assistants, of an official: the office family.
9. a group of related things or people: the family of romantic poets; the halogen family of elements.
10. a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests,
or goals and, frequently, live together: Many hippie communes of the sixties regarded themselves as
families.
11. a group of products or product models made by the same manufacturer or producer.
12. Biol. the usual major subdivision of an order or suborder in the classification of plants, animals,
fungi, etc., usually consisting of several genera.
13. Slang. a unit of the Mafia or Cosa Nostra operating in one area under a local leader.
14. Ling. the largest category into which languages related by common origin can be classified with
certainty: Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, and Austronesian are the most widely spoken families of
languages.Cf. stock (def. 12), subfamily (def. 2).
15. Math. a given class of solutions of the same basic equation, differing from one another only by the
different values assigned to the constants in the equation.a class of functions or the like defined by an
expression containing a parameter.a set.
—adj.
16. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a family: a family trait.
17. belonging to or used by a family: a family automobile; a family room.
18. suitable or appropriate for adults and children: a family amusement park.not containing obscene
language: a family newspaper.
19. in a or the family way, pregnant.
[1350–1400; ME familie < L familia a household, the slaves of a household, equiv. to famul(us) servant,
slave + -ia -Y3]
—Usage. See collective noun.
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lock1
(lok), n.
1. a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt
or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
2. a contrivance for fastening or securing something.
3. (in a firearm)the mechanism that explodes the charge; gunlock.safety (def. 4).
4. any device or part for stopping temporarily the motion of a mechanism.
5. an enclosed chamber in a canal, dam, etc., with gates at each end, for raising or lowering vessels from
one level to another by admitting or releasing water.
6. an air lock or decompression chamber.
7. complete and unchallenged control; an unbreakable hold: The congresswoman has a lock on the
senatorial nomination.
8. Slang. someone or something certain of success; sure thing: He's a lock to win the championship.
9. Wrestling. any of various holds, esp. a hold secured on the arm, leg, or head: leg lock.
10. Horol. (in an escapement) the overlap between a tooth of an escape wheel and the surface of the
pallet locking it.
11. Metalworking. a projection or recession in the mating face of a forging die.
12. lock, stock, and barrel, completely; entirely; including every part, item, or facet, no matter how
small or insignificant: We bought the whole business, lock, stock, and barrel.
13. under lock and key, securely locked up: The documents were under lock and key.
—v.t.
14. to fasten or secure (a door, window, building, etc.) by the operation of a lock or locks.
15. to shut in a place fastened by a lock or locks, as for security or restraint.
16. to make fast or immovable by or as if by a lock: He locked the steering wheel on his car.
17. to make fast or immovable, as by engaging parts: to lock the wheels of a wagon.
18. to join or unite firmly by interlinking or intertwining: to lock arms.
19. to hold fast in an embrace: She was locked in his arms.
20. to move (a ship) by means of a lock or locks, as in a canal (often fol. by through, in, out, down, or
up).
21. to furnish with locks, as a canal.
—v.i.
22. to become locked: This door locks with a key.
23. to become fastened, fixed, or interlocked: gears that lock into place.
24. to go or pass by means of a lock or locks, as a vessel.
25. to construct locks in waterways.
26. lock horns, to come into conflict; clash: to lock horns with a political opponent.
27. lock in, to commit unalterably: to lock in the nomination of the party's candidates. (of an investor) to
be unable or unwilling to sell or shift securities.
28. lock off, to enclose (a waterway) with a lock.
29. lock on, to track or follow a target or object automatically by radar or other electronic means.
30. lock out, to keep out by or as if by a lock.to subject (employees) to a lockout.
31. lock up, to imprison for a crime. Print. to make (type) immovable in a chase by securing the
quoins.to fasten or secure with a lock or locks.to lock the doors of a house, automobile, etc.to fasten or
fix firmly, as by engaging parts.
[bef. 900; ME; OE loc fastening, bar; c. MLG lok, OHG loh, ON lok a cover, lid, Goth -luk in usluk
opening; akin to OE l can to shut]
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phy·lum
(f ÆlÃm), n., pl. -la
(-lÃ).
1. Biol. the primary subdivision of a taxonomic kingdom, grouping together all classes of organisms that
have the same body plan.
2. Ling. a category consisting of language stocks that, because of cognates in vocabulary, are considered
likely to be related by common origin. Cf. stock (def. 13).
[1875–80; < NL < Gk phîlon tribe, stock; see PHYLON]
—phyÆlar, adj.
pil·lo·ry
(pilÆà r ), n., pl. -ries, v., -ried, -ry·ing.
—n.
1. a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to
expose an offender to public derision.
—v.t.
2. to set in the pillory.
3. to expose to public derision, ridicule, or abuse: The candidate mercilessly pilloried his opponent.
[1225–75; ME pyllory < OF pilori, perh. < ML p l rium, equiv. to L p l(a) pillar (see PILE1) + - rium ORY2, though Rom vars. such as Pr espillori suggest a less transparent source]
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stock car,
1. a standard model of automobile changed in various ways for racing purposes.
2. Also called cattle car. Railroads. a boxcar for carrying livestock.
[1855–60, Amer. for def. 2]
stuff
(stuf), n.
1. the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
2. material to be worked upon or to be used in making something: wood, steel, and other stuff for
building.
3. material of some unspecified kind: a cushion filled with some soft stuff.
4. Chiefly Brit. woven material or fabric, esp. wool.
5. property, as personal belongings or equipment; things.
6. something to be swallowed, as food, drink, or medicine.
7. inward character, qualities, or capabilities: to have good stuff in one.
8. Informal. action or talk of a particular kind: kid stuff; Cut out the rough stuff.
9. worthless things or matter: to clean the stuff out of a closet.
10. worthless or foolish ideas, talk, or writing: a lot of stuff and nonsense.
11. Sports. Baseball. the assortment of pitches that a pitcher uses in a game together with the ability to
deliver them in the proper manner at the right speed to the desired spot: He saved his best stuff for the
tougher hitters in the lineup.spin or speed imparted to a ball, as by a baseball pitcher, a bowler, or a
tennis player: a pitch with plenty of stuff.
12. Informal. journalistic, literary, artistic, dramatic, musical, or other compositions or performances:
Bach composed some splendid stuff.
13. Informal. one's trade, skill, field, facts, etc.: She knows her stuff.
14. Slang. any kind of drug, esp. an illicit one.
15. Also called stock. Papermaking. refined and beaten wet pulp ready for spreading on the wire.
—v.t.
16. to fill (a receptacle), esp. by packing the contents closely together; cram full.
17. to fill (an aperture, cavity, etc.) by forcing something into it.
18. to fill or line with some kind of material as a padding or packing.
19. to fill or cram (oneself, one's stomach, etc.) with food.
20. to fill (meat, vegetables, etc.) with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter.
21. to fill the preserved skin of (a dead animal) with material, retaining its natural form and appearance
for display.
22. to put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
23. to thrust or cram (something) into a receptacle, cavity, or the like.
24. to pack tightly in a confined place; crowd together.
25. to crowd (a vehicle, room, etc.) with persons.
26. to clutter or fill (the mind) with facts, details, etc.
27. (in leather manufacturing) to treat (a skin, hide, etc.) with a composition of tallow and other
ingredients.
28. to stop up or plug; block or choke (usually fol. by up).
—v.i.
29. to cram oneself with food; eat gluttonously; gorge.
[1300–50; (v.) late ME stuffen to equip, furnish < OF estoffer lit., to stuff < Frankish *stopf n, *stopp n
(see STOP); (n.) ME < OF estoffe, deriv. of the v.