Two kids are talking.
- My dad works twelve hours a day, so that I can have a comfortable home and decent clothes. My mom spends the whole day cleaning and cooking for me. However, I can not relax from all the worry.
- But you are living a fairytale life! What are you so worry about?
- Well, what if they try to escape?
- (foll. By to + infin.; 3rd sing. Present neg. Or interrog. Need without to) be under the necessity or obligation (needs to be done well; he need not come; need you ask?). —n. - requirement (my needs are few).
- circumstances requiring some course of action (no need to worry; if need be).
NEER
adv. Poet. = *never. [contraction]
NEON
n. Inert gaseous element giving an orange glow when electricity is passed through it. [greek, = new]
NERD
n. (also nurd) esp. Us slang foolish, feeble, or uninteresting person. [origin uncertain]
NESS
suffix forming nouns from adjectives, expressing: 1 state or condition, or an instance of this (happiness; a kindness).
- something in a certain state (wilderness). [old english]
NEST
egg n. Sum of money saved for the future.
- —n. - structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young.
- any creature's breeding-place or lair.
- snug retreat or shelter.
- brood or swarm.
- group or set of similar objects, often of different sizes and fitting one inside the other (nest of tables). —v. - use or build a nest.
- take wild birds' nests or eggs.
- (of objects) fit together or one inside another. [old english]
NETT
var. Of *net2.
NEWS
conference n. Press conference.
- n.pl. (usu. Treated as sing.) 1 information about important or interesting recent events, esp. When published or broadcast.
- (prec. By the) broadcast report of news.
- newly received or noteworthy information. [from *new]
- room n. Room in a newspaper or broadcasting office where news is processed.
NEWT
n. Small amphibian with a well-developed tail. [ewt, with n from an: var. Of evet *eft]
NEXT
door adj. & adv. (as adj. Often hyphenated) in the next house or room.
- of kin n.sing. & pl. Closest living relative(s).
- world n. (prec. By the) life after death.
- —adj. - (often foll. By to) being, positioned, or living nearest.
- nearest in order of time; soonest encountered (next friday; ask the next person you see). —adv. - (often foll. By to) in the nearest place or degree (put it next to mine).
- on the first or soonest occasion (when we next meet). —n. Next person or thing. —prep. Colloq. Next to. next to almost (next to nothing left). [old english, superlative of *nigh]
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