Tom had won a toy at a raffle. He called his kids together to ask which one should have the present.
“Who is the most obedient?” he asked. “Who never talks back to mother? Who does everything she says?”
Five small voices answered in unison. “Okay, dad, you get the toy.”
- a soldiers etc. Dining together. B army dining-hall. C meal taken there.
- domestic animal's excreta.
- archaic portion of liquid or pulpy food. —v. - (often foll. By up) make a mess of; dirty; muddle.
META
comb. Form 1 denoting change of position or condition (metabolism).
- denoting position: a behind, after, or beyond (metaphysics). B of a higher or second-order kind (metalanguage). [greek meta with, after]
METE
v. (-ting) (usu. Foll. By out) literary apportion or allot (punishment or reward). [old english]
MEWL
v. - whimper.
- mew like a cat. [imitative]
- v. - whimper.
- mew like a cat. [imitative]
MEWS
n. (treated as sing.) Stabling round a yard etc., now used esp. For housing. [originally sing. Mew ‘cage for hawks’: french from latin muto change]
- n. (treated as sing.) Stabling round a yard etc., now used esp. For housing. [originally sing. Mew ‘cage for hawks’: french from latin muto change]
MICA
n. Silicate mineral found as glittering scales in granite etc. Or in crystals separable into thin transparent plates. [latin, = crumb]
MICE
pl. Of *mouse.
MICK
n. Slang offens. Irishman. [pet form of michael]
MIDI
n. (also midi) an interface allowing electronic musical instruments, synthesizers, and computers to be interconnected and used simultaneously. [abbreviation of musical instrument digital interface]
- system n. Set of compact stacking components of hi-fi equipment.
MIEN
n. Literary person's look or bearing. [probably obsolete demean]
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