Sherlock Holmes and his friend Watson were on a camping and hiking trip.
They had gone to bed and were lying there looking up at the sky. Holmes said, "Watson, look up. What do you see?"
"Well, I see thousands of stars."
"And what does that mean to you?"
"Well, I guess it means we will have another nice day tomorrow. What does it mean to you, Holmes?"
"To me, it means someone has stolen our tent."
—v. (-zing) stupefy, bewilder. —n. State of bewilderment. [old norse]
DDAY
n. - day (6 june 1944) on which allied forces invaded n. France.
- important or decisive day. [d for day]
DEAD
beat adj. Colloq. Exhausted.
- duck n. Slang unsuccessful or useless person or thing.
- end n. - closed end of road, passage, etc.
- (often, with hyphen, attrib.) Hopeless situation, job, etc.
- heat n. - race in which competitors tie.
- result of such a race.
- language n. Language no longer spoken, e.g. Latin.
- letter n. Law or practice no longer observed or recognized.
- loss n. Colloq. Useless person or thing.
- man's handle n. (also dead man's pedal) device on an electric train disconnecting the power supply if released.
- march n. Funeral march.
- on adj. Exactly right.
- reckoning n. Calculation of a ship's position from the log, compass, etc., when visibility is bad.
- set n. Determined attack. be dead set against strongly oppose. Be dead set on be determined to do or get.
- shot n. Person who shoots extremely accurately.
- weight n. (also dead-weight) 1 a inert mass. B heavy burden.
- debt not covered by assets.
- total weight carried on a ship.
- wood n. Colloq. Useless person(s) or thing(s).
- —adj. - no longer alive.
- colloq. Extremely tired or unwell.
- numb (fingers are dead).
- (foll. By to) insensitive to.
- no longer effective or in use; extinct.
- (of a match, coal, etc.) Extinguished.
- inanimate.
- a lacking force or vigour. B (of sound) not resonant.
- quiet; lacking activity (dead season). 10 (of a microphone, telephone, etc.) Not transmitting sounds. 11 (of a ball in a game) out of play. 12 abrupt, complete (come to a dead stop; a dead calm; dead certainty). —adv. - absolutely, completely (dead on target; dead tired).
- colloq. Very, extremely (dead easy). —n. Time of silence or inactivity (dead of night). as dead as the (or a) dodo entirely obsolete. Dead to the world colloq. Fast asleep; unconscious. [old english]
DEAF
mute n. Deaf and dumb person.
DEAL
—v. (past and past part. Dealt) 1 (foll. By with) a take measures to resolve, placate, etc. B do business with; associate with. C discuss or treat (a subject).
- (often foll. By by, with) behave in specified way (dealt honourably by them).
- (foll. By in) sell (deals in insurance).
- (often foll. By out, round) distribute to several people etc.
- (also absol.) Distribute (cards) to players.
- administer (was dealt a blow).
- assign, esp. Providentially (were dealt much happiness). —n. - (usu. A good or great deal) colloq. A large amount (good deal of trouble). B considerably (great deal better).
- colloq. Business arrangement; transaction.
- specified treatment (a rough deal).
- a dealing of cards. B player's turn to do this. [old english]
- n. - fir or pine timber, esp. As boards of a standard size.
- board of this. [low german]
DEAN
n. - a head of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church. B (usu. Rural dean) clergyman supervising parochial clergy.
- a college or university official with disciplinary and advisory functions. B head of a university faculty or department or of a medical school. [latin decanus]
- var. Of *dene.
DEAR
—adj. - a beloved or much esteemed. B as a merely polite or ironic form (my dear man).
- as a formula of address, esp. Beginning a letter (dear sir).
- (often foll. By to) precious; cherished.
- (usu. In superl.) Earnest (my dearest wish).
- a expensive. B having high prices. —n. (esp. As a form of address) dear person. —adv. At great cost (will pay dear). —int. Expressing surprise, dismay, pity, etc. (dear me!; oh dear!). for dear life desperately. dearly adv. [old english]
DEBT
n. - money etc. Owed (debt of gratitude).
- state of owing (in debt; get into debt). in a person's debt under obligation to a person. [latin debeo debit- owe]
- of honour n. Debt not legally recoverable, esp. A sum lost in gambling.
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