A father and son went fishing one day. While they were out in the boat, the boy suddenly became curious about the world around him. He asked his father, "How does this boat float?"
The father replied, "Don"t rightly know, son."
A little later, the boy looked at his father and asked, "How do fish breath underwater?"
Once again the father replied, "Don"t rightly know, son."
A little later the boy asked his father, "Why is the sky blue?"
Again, the father replied, "Don"t rightly know, son."
Finally, the boy asked his father, "Dad, do you mind my asking you all of these questions?"
The father replied, "Of course not, you don"t ask questions, you never learn nothin"."
n. The study of plants. botanic adj. Botanical adj. Botanist n. [greek botane plant]
BOTHER
—v. - trouble; worry, disturb.
- (often foll. By about, with, or to + infin.) Take the time or trouble (didn't bother to tell me; shan't bother with dessert). —n. - a person or thing that bothers. B minor nuisance.
bank n. Place for depositing bottles for recycling.
- green adj. & n. (as adj. Often hyphenated) dark green.
- party n. Party to which guests bring bottles of drink.
- —n. - container, esp. Glass or plastic, for storing liquid.
- amount filling it.
- baby's feeding-bottle.
- = *hot-water bottle.
- metal cylinder for liquefied gas.
- slang courage. —v. (-ling) 1 put into, or preserve in, bottles or jars.
- (foll. By up) conceal or restrain (esp. A feeling). hit the bottle slang drink heavily. [medieval latin: related to *butt4]
BOTTOM
drawer n. Linen etc. Stored by a woman for marriage.
- line n. Colloq. Underlying truth; ultimate, esp. Financial, criterion.
- —n. - a lowest point or part. B base. C underneath part. D furthest or inmost part.
- colloq. A buttocks. B seat of a chair etc.
- a less honourable end of a table, class, etc. B person occupying this (he's bottom of the class).
- ground below water.
- basis or origin.
- essential character. —adj. Lowest, last. —v. - put a bottom to (a chair etc.).
- find the extent of.
- touch the bottom or lowest point (of). at bottom basically. Be at the bottom of have caused. Bottom out reach the lowest level. Get to the bottom of fully investigate and explain. [old english]
BOUCLE
n. - looped or curled yarn (esp. Wool).
- fabric made of this. [french, = curled]
BOUGHT
past and past part. Of *buy.
BOUNCE
—v. (-cing) 1 (cause to) rebound.
- slang (of a cheque) be returned by a bank when there are no funds to meet it.
- (foll. By about, up, in, out, etc.) Jump, move, or rush boisterously. —n. - a rebound. B power of rebounding.
- colloq. A swagger, self-confidence. B liveliness. bounce back recover well after a setback. bouncy adj. (-ier, -iest). [imitative]
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