When the new patient was settled comfortably on the couch, the physiatrist began his therapy session,
"I’m not aware of your problem," the doctor said. "So perhaps, you should start at the very beginning."
"Of course." replied the patient. "In the beginning, I created the Heavens and the Earth…"
n. - pole with a blade used to propel a boat by leverage against the water.
- rower. put one's oar in interfere. [old english]
OAT
n. - a hardy cereal plant grown as food. B (in pl.) Grain yielded by this.
- oat plant or a variety of it.
- (in pl.) Slang sexual gratification. off one's oats colloq. Not hungry. oaten adj. [old english]
OAU
abbr. Organization of african unity.
OBE
abbr. Officer of the order of the british empire.
OCT
Abbr. October.
ODD
adj. - strange, remarkable, eccentric.
- casual, occasional (odd jobs; odd moments).
- not normally considered; unconnected (in some odd corner; picks up odd bargains).
- a (of numbers) not integrally divisible by two, e.g. 1, 3, 5. B bearing such a number (no parking on odd dates).
- left over when the rest have been distributed or divided into pairs (odd sock).
- detached from a set or series (odd volumes).
- (appended to a number, sum, weight, etc.) Somewhat more than (forty odd; forty-odd people).
- by which a round number, given sum, etc., is exceeded (we have 102 – do you want the odd 2?). oddly adv. Oddness n. [old norse oddi angle, point, third or odd number]
- man out n. Person or thing differing from the others in a group in some respect.
ODE
n. Lyric poem of exalted style and tone. [greek oide song]
OER
adv. & prep. Poet. = *over. [contraction]
OFF
Abbr. - office.
- officer.
- chance n. (prec. By the) remote possibility.
- colour predic. Adj. - unwell.
- us somewhat indecent.
- white adj. & n. (as adj. Often hyphenated) white with a grey or yellowish tinge.
- —adv. - away; at or to a distance (drove off; 3 miles off).
- out of position; not on, touching, or attached; loose, separate, gone (has come off; take your coat off).
- so as to be rid of (sleep it off).
- so as to break continuity or continuance; discontinued, stopped (turn off the radio; take a day off; the game is off).
- not available on a menu etc. (chips are off).
- to the end; entirely; so as to be clear (clear off; finish off; pay off).
- situated as regards money, supplies, etc. (well off).
- off stage (noises off).
- (of food etc.) Beginning to decay. —prep. - a from; away, down, or up from (fell off the chair; took something off the price). B not on (off the pitch).
- a temporarily relieved of or abstaining from (off duty). B temporarily not attracted by (off his food). C not achieving (off form).
- using as a source or means of support (live off the land).
- leading from; not far from (a street off the strand).
- at a short distance to sea from (sank off cape horn). —adj. - far, further (off side of the wall).
- (of a part of a vehicle, animal, or road) right (the off front wheel).
- cricket designating the half of the field (as divided lengthways through the pitch) to which the striker's feet are pointed.
- colloq. A annoying, unfair (that's really off). B somewhat unwell (feeling a bit off). —n. - the off side in cricket.
- start of a race. off and on intermittently; now and then. Off the cuff see *cuff1. Off the peg see *peg. [var. Of *of]
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