|
|
Reverse Search
Reverse Search allows you to search within the full text of dictionary entries for words, word parts, and phrases.
Search for entries that contain:
Exact matches of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or the word "orange."
Any form of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or "apples" or "orange" or "oranges."
Exact matches of all of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" and the word "orange."
The exact sequence of words and/or characters entered in the search box (for example, a fragment of a word, a single word, multiple words, or even a phrase containing punctuation)
Example: Searching for "a variety of apple" identifies all entries that contain that phrase. Searching for "app" identifies all entries that contain the letters "app," such as occurrences of "apple," "application," and "apply."
Search within these fields:
Optional:
Limit by part of speech:
| apostrophe1 |
An apostrophe (') is a mark we often use along with a letter "s" to show that something belongs to a person or to a thing. When we talk about our FRIEND'S bike, we are talking about the bike that belongs to our friend. When we talk about the CITY'S streets, we mean the streets that belong to the city. [1/3 definitions] |
| believe |
If you believe that you're getting a bike for your birthday, you are pretty sure you are getting a bike. Maybe you are already thinking about where you will ride it. [1/2 definitions] |
| bike |
(informal) "Bike" is a short way of saying bicycle or motorcycle. [1/2 definitions] |
| coast |
If you coast when you're riding your bike, you move forward without using any energy. You can coast when you ride down a hill. When a car coasts down a hill, it doesn't use any gasoline. [1/3 definitions] |
| just |
"Just" means "exactly." If a red bike is just what you wanted, it means that a red bike is exactly what you wanted. [1/6 definitions] |
| shift |
When someone is riding a bike or driving a car and they shift gears, it means that they change gears from one position to another. [1/7 definitions] |
| up |
When you ride your bike up the street, you ride along the street or to a point further ahead on the street. [1/19 definitions] |
|
|