Upon waking, a woman said to her husband, "I just dreamt that you gave me a necklace of pearls. What do you think it means?"
The man smiled and kissed his wife. "Youll know tonight," he softly whispered.
That evening, the man came home with a small package which he gave to his wife. She jumped up and embraced him, and then settled on the couch to slowly and delicately unwrap the package.
It contained a book entitled, "The Meaning of Dreams".
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STREW v. (past part. Strewn or strewed) 1 scatter or spread about over a surface. - (usu. Foll. By with) spread (a surface) with scattered things. [old english: related to *straw]
STRIA n. (pl. Striae) slight ridge or furrow. [latin]
STRIP cartoon n. = *comic strip. - club n. Club at which striptease is performed. - light n. Tubular fluorescent lamp. - —v. (-pp-) 1 (often foll. By of) remove the clothes or covering from. - (often foll. By off) undress oneself. - (often foll. By of) deprive (a person) of property or titles. - leave bare. - (often foll. By down) remove the accessory fittings of or take apart (a machine etc.). - damage the thread of (a screw) or the teeth of (a gearwheel). - remove (paint) or remove paint from (a surface) with solvent. - (often foll. By from) pull (a covering etc.) Off (stripped the masks from their faces). —n. - act of stripping, esp. In striptease. - colloq. Distinctive outfit worn by a sports team. [old english] - n. Long narrow piece. tear a person off a strip colloq. Rebuke a person. [low german strippe strap]
STROP —n. Device, esp. A strip of leather, for sharpening razors. —v. (-pp-) sharpen on a strop. [low german or dutch]
STRUM —v. (-mm-) 1 (often foll. By on; also absol.) Play on (a guitar, piano, etc.), esp. Carelessly or unskilfully. - play (a tune etc.) In this way. —n. Sound or spell of strumming. [imitative: cf. *thrum1]
STRUT —n. - bar in a framework, designed to resist compression. - strutting gait. —v. (-tt-) 1 walk stiffly and pompously. - brace with struts. [old english]
STUCK past and past part. Of *stick2.
STUDY —n. (pl. -ies) 1 acquisition of knowledge, esp. From books. - (in pl.) Pursuit of academic knowledge. - private room used for reading, writing, etc. - piece of work, esp. A drawing, done for practice or as an experiment. - portrayal in literature etc. Of behaviour or character etc. - musical composition designed to develop a player's skill. - thing worth observing (his face was a study). - thing that is or deserves to be investigated. —v. (-ies, -ied) 1 make a study of; investigate (a subject) (study law). - (often foll. By for) apply oneself to study. - scrutinize closely (a visible object). - learn (one's role etc.). - take pains to achieve (a result) or pay regard to (a subject or principle etc.). - (as studied adj.) Deliberate, affected (studied politeness). [latin studium]
STUFF —n. - material; fabric. - substance or things not needing to be specified (lot of stuff on the news). - particular knowledge or activity (know one's stuff). - woollen fabric. - trash, nonsense. - (prec. By the) a colloq. Supply, esp. Of drink or drugs. B slang money. —v. - pack (a receptacle) tightly (stuff a cushion with feathers). - (foll. By in, into) force or cram (a thing). - fill out the skin of (an animal etc.) With material to restore the original shape. - fill (food, esp. Poultry) with a mixture, esp. Before cooking. - (also refl.) Fill with food; eat greedily. - push, esp. Hastily or clumsily. - (usu. In passive; foll. By up) block up (the nose etc.).
STUMP —n. - part of a cut or fallen tree still in the ground. - similar part (e.g. Of a branch or limb) cut off or worn down. - cricket each of the three uprights of a wicket. - (in pl.) Joc. Legs. —v. - (of a question etc.) Be too hard for; baffle. - (as stumped adj.) At a loss, baffled. - cricket put (a batsman) out by touching the stumps with the ball while he is out of the crease. - walk stiffly or noisily. - (also absol.) Us traverse (a district) making political speeches. stump up colloq. Pay or produce (the money required). [low german or dutch]
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