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out of the red out of debt.
out of the running no longer
being considered; eliminated from
a contest.
out of the woods past a critical
phase; out of the unknown.
out of thin air apparently out of
nowhere; as if from nothing.
out of this world wonderful;
extraordinary.
out of tune Go to in tune.
out of tune (with
someone or
something
) 1. not in musical har-
mony with someone or something.
2. not in (figurative) harmony or
agreement with someone or some-
thing.
out of turn not at the proper time;
not in the proper order.
out on a limb in a dangerous posi-
tion; taking a chance.
(out) on patrol away from a cen-
tral location, watching over a dis-
tant area.
out on the town celebrating at one
or more places in a town.
out to lunch
1.
eating lunch out-

side the office.
2. unalert; unin-
formed.
outcast ["aUt kAst] n. someone
who has been rejected, aban-
doned, or deserted.
outcome ["aUt k@m] n. the final
result; the effect of something.
outcry ["aUt kraI] 1. n. a strong
protest; an uproar.
2. n. a loud cry.
outdoor [aUt "dor] adj. not inside;
not in a building; used or done
outdoors.
outdoors ["aUt "dorz] adv. in or
into the open air; not inside a
building.
outer ["aU t#] 1. adj. farther away
from the center.
2. adj. exterior;
on the outside.
outer space ["aU t# "spes] n. the
universe beyond the atmosphere of
earth. (No plural.)
outgrew [aUt "gru] past tense of
outgrow.
outgrow [aUt "gro] 1. tv., irreg. to
no longer fit into one’s clothes
because one has grown. (Past
tense:

outgrew; past participle:
outgrown.) 2. tv., irreg. to become
too mature to do certain things
meant for younger children. (Fig-
urative on Q.)
3. tv., irreg. to grow
to be taller or to grow faster than
someone else.
outgrown [aUt "gron] Past partici-
ple of
outgrow.
outlaw ["aUt lO] 1. tv. to make
something illegal; to declare that
something is against the law.
2. n.
a criminal.
outlay ["aUt le] n. money spent for
a certain reason; time or energy
spent for a certain reason.
outlet ["aUt lEt] 1. n. the socket in a
wall where something can be
plugged in for electrical power.
2. n. a way out for something.
3. n. a way to let one’s feelings out;
a way to use one’s creativity. (Figu-
rative on W.)
outline ["aUt laIn] 1. n. the shape
of someone or something; the bor-
der of someone or something.
2. n. a list of the main topics of a

speech or text; a plan.
3. tv. to
out of the red
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draw the shape of someone or
something; to draw the border of
someone or something.
4. tv. to
list the main topics of a speech or
text.
5. tv. to describe a plan.
outlive [aUt "lIv] tv. to live longer
than someone else; to work, func-
tion, or last longer than something
else.
outlook ["aUt lUk] 1. n. an imag-
ined view of the future course that
something may take. (No plural.)
2. n. a way of looking at things
that happen.
output ["aUt pUt] 1. n. the amount
of something that is made; pro-
duction. (No plural.)
2. n. some-
thing that is produced. (No
plural.)
3. n. the energy that is
produced by a machine. (No plu-

ral.)
4. n. information that is pro-
duced by a computer. (No plural.)
outrage ["aUt redZ] 1. n. a very
cruel or horrible deed.
2. n. anger
caused by a very cruel or horrible
action. (No plural.)
3. tv. to anger
someone greatly by doing a very
cruel or horrible deed.
outright ["aUt raIt] 1. adj. com-
plete; direct; openly and without
delay.
2. adj. [of money given]
without limitations.
3. adv. with-
out limitations.
→
killed outright
outside ["aUt "saId] 1. n. the part
of something that faces away from
the center of something; the sur-
face of something that is out.
(Also plural with the same mean-
ing, but not countable.)
2. adj. on
Q; external; not inside a building.
3. adj. farther from the center
than something else.

4. adj. not
associated with the inner group.
(Prenominal only.)
5. adv. to or
toward Q; on or at Q; in or into
the outdoors.
6. prep. past the
limit of something; beyond some-
thing; on or toward the exterior of
something.
→
at the outside
→ fall outside
something
→ step outside
outward ["aUt w#d] 1. adv. away;
away from someplace; toward the
outside.
2. adj. of or about one’s
appearance instead of one’s feel-
ings or thoughts. (Adv: outwardly.)
outweigh [aUt "we] 1. tv. to weigh
more than someone or something
else.
2. tv. to be more important
than someone or something else.
(Figurative on Q.)
outwit [aUt "wIt] tv. to be more
clever than someone and therefore
win at something.

oval ["o v@l] 1. adj. shaped like an
egg; almost shaped like a circle,
but flatter. (Adv: ovally.)
2. n. a
shape like that of an egg; the shape
of a flattened circle.
oven ["^v @n] 1. n. an appliance or
enclosed space within an appli-
ance that can be heated to cook
food.
2. n. an appliance that is
heated to dry and harden pottery
or other objects.
over ["o v#] 1. prep. above someone
or something; higher than some-
one or something.
2. prep. on
someone or something; covering
someone or something.
3. prep.
across something; from one side of
something to the other; above and
to the other side of something.
4. prep. off and down from some-
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thing. 5. prep. during something;
throughout some period of time.

6. prep. more than a certain meas-
urement; greater than something.
(Some people prefer more than to
over in this sense.) 7. prep. with
something noisy in the back-
ground.
8. prep. from [the radio,
the Internet, or a telephone].
9. prep. covering the surface of
someone or something.
10. adv. at
some other place; on the other side
of something.
11. adv. down; so
that a surface faces down.
12. adv.
again.
13. prefix too; too much.
(Usually in a compound.)
14. adj.
done; finished; at the end. (Not
prenominal.)
over again Go to (all) over again.
over
someone’s
head too difficult
or clever for someone to under-
stand.
over the hill old; too old to do
something.

over the hump past the difficult
part.
over the long haul for a relatively
long period of time.
over the short haul for the imme-
diate future.
over the top to or at a point where
one has achieved more than one’s
goal.
over there Go to (way) over there.
overate [o v# "et] past tense of
overeat.
overboard ["ov # bord] adv.
[falling, dropping, or being
thrown] from a boat or ship into
the water.
→
go overboard
overcame [o v# "kem] past tense
of
overcome.
overcharge [o v# "tSardZ] tv. to
charge someone more money for
something than it really costs.
overcoat ["o v# kot] n. a heavy
coat that is worn over other
clothes.
overcome [o v# "k^m] 1. tv., irreg.
to defeat someone or something;
to fight and win against someone

or something. (Past tense:
over-
came;
past participle: overcome.)
2. tv., irreg. to cause someone to
become helpless, especially
because of emotion.
overdose ["o v# dos] 1. n. a large
dose of a drug that causes some-
one to faint or die.
2. iv. to become
unconscious or die because one
has taken too many drugs or too
much medicine.
overeat [o v# "it] iv., irreg. to eat
too much. (Past tense:
overate;
past participle: overeaten.)
overeaten [o v# "it n] past partici-
ple of
overeat.
overhead
1.
["o v# hEd] n. the
costs of running a business; busi-
ness expenses. (No plural. Treated
as singular.)
2. ["o v# hEd] the adj.
use of Q.
3. ["o v# hEd] adj. above

one’s head. (Prenominal only.)
4. ["o v# "hEd] adv. above one’s
head; in the air; passing through
the air.
overheat [o v# "hit] 1. iv. to
become too hot; to break or stop
working because of being worked
too hard.
2. tv. to cause something
to become too hot.
over again
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overkill ["o v# kIl] n. the condition
of having or doing more than is
necessary. (No plural.)
overlap 1. [o v# "lAp] iv. [for parts
of two or more things] to happen
at the same time.
2. [o v# "lAp] iv.
[for parts of two or more things]
to cover the same space.
3. [o v#
"lAp
] tv. [for something] to par-
tially cover something [else].
4. [o v# "lAp] tv. [for something]
to begin before something else fin-
ishes; to place the beginning of

something over the end of some-
thing else.
5. ["o v# lAp] n. the
extra part of something that
extends over something else. (No
plural.)
6. ["o v# lAp] n. the
amount by which something
extends over something else. (No
plural.)
overlook 1. ["o v# lUk] n. a high
place that provides a good view of
a lower place.
2. [o v# "lUk] tv. to
forget or neglect something.
3. [o
v# "lUk
] tv. to ignore something.
overnight
1.
["o v# naIt] adj. done
during the night; lasting through
the night.
2. [o v# "naIt] adv.
through the night; during the
night.
3. [o v# "naIt] adv. in just
one night.
oversaw [o v# "sO] past tense of
oversee.

overseas [o v# "siz] 1. adv. across
the sea; on the other side of the
ocean.
2. adj. done, used, or about
a place on the other side of the
ocean.
oversee [o v# "si] tv., irreg. to
supervise someone or something;
to watch over someone or some-
thing so that something is done
properly. (Past tense:
oversaw; past
participle:
overseen.)
overseen [o v# "sin] past participle
of
oversee.
oversight ["o v# saIt] n. something
that is not noticed or thought of.
oversleep [o v# "slip] iv., irreg. to
sleep longer than one wanted to; to
sleep too long. (Past tense and past
participle:
overslept.)
overslept [o v# "slEpt] past tense
and past participle of
oversleep.
overthrew [o v# "Tru] past tense of
overthrow.
overthrow [o v# "Tro] tv., irreg. to

remove someone or something
from power; to seize power from a
government. (Past tense:
over-
threw;
past participle: over-
thrown.
)
overthrown [o v# "Tron] Past par-
ticiple of
overthrow.
overtime ["o v# taIm] 1. n. time at
work past the time when one nor-
mally finishes. (No plural.)
2. n.
money earned by working past the
time when one normally finishes.
(No plural.)
3. n. [in a sporting
event] an extra amount of playing
time allowed in order to break a
tie score. (No plural.)
4. adv. past
the hours when one normally fin-
ishes.
5. adj. of or about working
extra as in Q.
overture ["o v# tS#] 1. n. the piece
of music at the beginning of an
opera, symphony, ballet, etc., that

introduces key melodies and
themes.
2. n. the communication
of an intention to make an offer of
something.
→
make overtures
overture
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owe ["o] 1. tv. to be in debt for a
sum of money; to have to pay
someone for something.
2. tv. to
be obliged to give someone some-
thing.
owing to
something
because of
something; due to the fact of
something.
owl ["aUl] n. a bird that has large
eyes that face the front and a short,
curved beak, and is active at night.
→
(as) wise as an owl
→ night owl
own ["on] 1. tv. to possess some-
thing; to have something as a

belonging.
2. adj. belonging to
oneself or itself.
3. adj. a form
indicating something already
mentioned as belonging to oneself
or itself.
→
afraid of
one’s
own shadow
→ blow
one’s
own horn
→ come into
one’s
own
→ come into its own
→ cut
one’s
(own) throat
→ dig
one’s
own grave
→ a dose of
one’s
own medicine
→ feather
one’s
(own) nest

→ find
one’s
own level
→ foul
one’s
own nest
→ hold
one’s
own
→ in a world of
one’s
own
→ in
someone’s
(own) (best)
interests
→ mind
one’s
own business
→ not know
one’s
own strength
→ paddle
one’s
own canoe
→ sign
one’s
own death warrant
→ stand on
one’s

own two feet
→ stew in
one’s
own juice
→ take the law into
one’s
own
hands
→ tell its own story
→ tell its own tale
→ toot
one’s
own horn
→ under
one’s
own steam
own up to
someone
to confess or
admit something to someone.
own up to
something
to admit
something; to confess to some-
thing.
owner ["o n#] n. someone who
owns something.
ownership ["o n# SIp] n. the state
of being an owner; the right one
has to own something. (No plu-

ral.)
ox ["aks] n., irreg. an adult male of a
kind of cattle. (An
ox has been
made unable to breed. Plural:
oxen.)
→
(as) strong as an ox
oxen ["ak s@n] plural of ox.
oxygen ["aks I dZ@n] n. a gas that
makes up about 20 percent of the
air we breathe. (No plural.)
oyster ["oIs t#] 1. n. a small sea
creature that lives between two
hinged shells and sometimes pro-
duces pearls.
2. n. Q used as food.
ozone ["o zon] n. a kind of oxygen
produced when an electrical
spark, such as lightning, passes
through the air. (No plural.)
owe
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pace ["pes] 1. n. the speed at which
someone or something moves. (No
plural.)
2. n. a distance of one step
when running or walking.

3. iv. to
walk back and forth slowly and
regularly.
→
at a snail’s pace
→ a change of pace
→ put
one
through
one’s
paces
→ put
something
through its paces
pace
something
out 1. to deal with
a problem by pacing around.
2. to
measure a distance by counting
the number of strides taken while
walking.
pack ["pAk] 1. n. a group of things
that have been placed together—
in a case, for example—so they
can be carried.
2. n. a group of
animals that live, hunt, and travel
together.
3. tv. to fill a container

completely.
4. tv. to gather, assem-
ble, and arrange things and place
them in a space or container.
→
send
someone
packing
a pack of lies a series of lies.
pack
something
up (in
something
)
to prepare something to be trans-
ported by placing it into a con-
tainer.
pack up to prepare one’s belongings
to be transported by placing them
into a container; to gather one’s
things together for one’s depar-
ture.
package ["pAk IdZ] 1. n. a group of
things that are wrapped together
or boxed; a container in which
goods are sold or shipped.
2. n. a
parcel, especially one that is
wrapped in paper or something
similar.

3. tv. to place something
in a container, especially to make
it available for sale.
packed (in) like sardines packed
very tightly.
pact ["pAkt] n. an agreement; a
treaty.
pad ["pAd] 1. n. a small cushion or
mass of soft material used to pro-
tect something, make something
comfortable, absorb fluid, or give
something a certain shape.
2. n. a
tablet of paper; a stack of pieces of
paper that are glued together along
one edge.
3. iv. to walk softly and
very quietly.
4. tv. to make a
movie, book, program, etc., longer
by adding extra words, longer
pauses, extra performance mate-
rial, etc.
→
launching pad
pad the bill to put unnecessary
items on a bill to make the total
cost higher.
paddle ["pAd l] 1. n. a kind of oar
used to steer and move a canoe or

other small boat.
2. n. a round or
long flat object used to spank
someone.
3. tv. to move a canoe
with Q.
4. tv. to spank someone
with W or with the hand.
5. iv. to
propel [something] with Q.
paddle
one’s
own canoe to do
something by oneself; to be alone.
pagan ["pe g@n] 1. n. someone
whose religion is not Christianity,
Islam, or Judaism; someone who
has no religion.
2. adj. of, by, for,
or about Q.
page ["pedZ] 1. n. one sheet of
paper in a book.
2. n. one side of
one sheet of paper in a book.
3. n.
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a sheet of paper suitable for writ-
ing or printing or having writing
or printing.
4. n. a signal that
someone has a waiting message or
telephone call, especially a beep
from a pager.
5. tv. to alert some-
one that a message or telephone
call is waiting.
pager ["pe dZ#] n. an electronic
device that makes a signal to alert
someone to a waiting message or
telephone call.
paid ["ped] 1. past tense and past
participle of
pay. 2. adj. hired;
employed; receiving money.
pail ["pel] 1. n. a bucket; a con-
tainer without a lid and with a
curved handle that connects to
opposite sides of the rim.
2. n. the
contents of Q.
pain ["pen] n. hurt or ache caused
by injury, sickness, or mental dis-
tress. (Plural only for types and
instances.)

→
be racked with pain
→ labor pains
→ share
someone’s
pain
painkiller ["pen kIl #] n. a type of a
medicine or drug that ends or
relieves pain.
paint ["pent] 1. n. a colored liquid
that is spread on a surface to give
the surface color and protection
and that gets hard when it dries.
(Plural only for types and
instances.)
2. tv. to cover some-
thing with Q, using a brush or
something similar.
3. tv. to make a
picture of someone or something
using Q.
4. iv. to cover walls or
other objects with Q.
5. iv. to
make pictures with Q.
paint over
something
to cover
something up with a layer of
paint.

paint
something
out to cover some-
thing up or obliterate something
by applying a layer of paint.
paint the town red to have a wild
celebration during a night on the
town.
paintbrush ["pent "br^S] n. a brush
used to apply paint to a surface.
painting ["pen tIN] 1. n. the art and
study of making pictures with
paint. (No plural.)
2. n. a picture
that is made with paint.
pair ["pEr] 1. n. a set of two similar
or matching things; two people or
two things.
2. n. [in card games]
two cards with the same number
or value.
3. tv. to sort or order
people or things into sets of two.
pair up (with
someone
) to join
with someone to make a pair.
pajama adj. of, by, for, or about
pajamas.
pajamas [p@ "dZa m@z] n. clothes

worn in bed or worn at night
before one goes to bed. (Treated as
plural. Number is expressed by
pair(s) of pajamas.)
pal ["pAl] n. a friend; a chum.
(Informal.)
pal around (with
someone
) to
associate with someone as a good
friend.
palace ["pAl Is] n. a very large, lux-
urious house, especially one where
a king, queen, or important politi-
cal leader lives or once lived.
pale ["pel] 1. adj. having a lighter
color than usual; faded. (Adv:
pager
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palely. Comp: paler; sup: palest.)
2. iv. to become lighter in color; to
whiten or weaken in color; to fade.
3. iv. [for someone] to become Q
and appear faint.
4. iv. [for some-
thing] to appear to be weak or
inadequate.
→

beyond the pale
palm ["pam] 1. n. the front of the
hand between the wrist and the
bottom of the fingers.
2. n. a tree
with a long trunk and long,
pointed leaves at the top, attached
to a hard stem. (Short for
palm
tree.
) 3. tv. to hide something in
one’s Q.
→
have an itching palm
→ have an itchy palm
→ know
someone or something
like the
palm of
one’s
hand
palm
something
off (on
someone
)
to try to get something accepted as
good.
palm tree ["pam tri] n. a tree with a
long trunk that has no branches

and long, pointed leaves attached
to a hard stem. (Can be shortened
to
palm.)
pan ["pAn] 1. n. a wide, shallow
vessel used for cooking.
2. tv. to
give a bad review about a movie,
book, or play; to criticize some-
thing harshly.
3. iv. [for a camera]
to move while filming, traveling
over a scene as one’s eyes might
move.
→ a
flash in the pan
→ out of the frying pan into the
fire
pancake ["pAn kek] n. a thin,
round cake made of flour, eggs,
and milk that is cooked on both
sides.
→
(as) flat as a pancake
pane ["pen] n. a section of glass in a
window or door.
panel ["pAn @l] 1. n. a thin, flat
square or rectangular section of
hard material.
2. n. a group of

people who are selected to talk
about something or judge some-
one or something.
3. tv. to cover
the walls of a room with Q.
panic ["pAn Ik] 1. n. a fear that is
out of control; a sense of terror.
(No plural.)
2. iv., irreg. to feel Q;
to experience fear that is frantic
and out of control. (Past tense and
past participle:
panicked. Present
participle: panicking.)
3. tv., irreg.
to cause someone or some creature
to experience Q.
panicked ["pAn Ikt] past tense and
past participle of
panic.
pant ["pAnt] 1. iv. to make quick,
shallow breaths, as an overheated
dog does.
2. n. a gasp; a quick,
shallow breath.
panties n. a pair of women’s under-
pants. (Treated as plural. Number
is expressed with pair(s) of
panties. Also countable.)
pantry ["pAn tri] n. a small room

near a kitchen, where pots, pans,
dishes, silverware, tablecloths,
food, and other kitchen items are
kept.
pants n. trousers; clothing worn
below the waist, having a separate
tube, hole, or compartment for
each leg. (Treated as plural. Num-
ber is expressed with pair(s) of
pants. Also countable.)
→
by the seat of
one’s
pants
pantyhose ["pAn ti hoz] n. a gar-
ment that is made of sheer stock-
pantyhose
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ings extending from a pair of
panties. (No plural. Treated as plu-
ral, but not countable. Number is
expressed with pair(s) of panty-
hose.)
paper ["pe p#] 1. n. processed fiber
and other substances, pressed into
sheets, used for writing, printing,
drawing on, and other things. (No
plural. Number is usually

expressed with piece(s) or sheet(s)
of paper.)
2. n. wallpaper; deco-
rated paper that is glued to walls.
(No plural.)
3. n. a newspaper. 4.
n. an article; an essay. 5. adj. made
from Q.
6. tv. to cover something
with wallpaper.
→
get
something
down (on paper)
→ look good on paper
→ put
something
on paper
→ toilet paper
paper clip ["pep # "klIp] n. a device
made of bent wire that can hold a
few sheets of paper together.
papers 1. n. documents; sheets of
paper Q in groups or stacks, bear-
ing information. (Treated as plu-
ral, but not countable.)
2. n.
documents that prove who one is;
one’s passport or visa, carried
while visiting a foreign country.

(Treated as plural, but not counta-
ble.)
paperweight ["pe p# wet] n. a
heavy object placed on a stack of
papers to keep them from blowing
away.
par ["par] n. [in golf] the normal
number of strokes that it takes to
get the golf ball from the tee into
the hole. (No plural form. A num-
ber may follow
par.)
→
above par
→ below par
→ up to par
parachute ["pEr @ Sut] 1. n. a large
bowl-shaped piece of fabric
attached to and supporting some-
one who jumps from an airplane
or some other very high place.
2. iv. to drift downward, wearing a
parachute.
parade [p@ "red] 1. n. a public
event where people march or ride
down a street with people watch-
ing from both sides.
2. iv. to
march somewhere in Q.
3. tv. to

make someone march in front of
people.
parade
someone or something
out
to bring or march someone or
some creature out in public.
paradise ["pEr @ daIs] 1. n. heaven.
(No plural.)
2. n. somewhere on
earth that seems as lovely and
wonderful as Q. (No plural.)
→ a
fool’s paradise
a paradise on earth a place on
earth that is as lovely as paradise.
paragraph ["pEr @ grAf] n. a sen-
tence or group of sentences usu-
ally related some way in meaning.
parallel ["pEr @ lEl] 1. adj. [lines or
plane surfaces] at the same dis-
tance apart or at an equal distance
apart everywhere.
2. adj. similar;
like [a situation]; analogous.
3. tv.
to go or be on a route or in a direc-
tion that is beside something else
as in Q. (E.g., a road that parallels
the railroad tracks.)

paraphrase ["pEr @ frez] 1. n.
something that someone has said
or has written in a different way.
2. tv. to restate something as in Q.
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parasite ["pEr @ saIt] 1. n. a plant
or animal completely dependent
on another species of plant or ani-
mal for food or support. (
Parasites
on humans and animals cause dis-
eases or health disorders.)
2. n.
someone who depends on other
people for food and shelter; a use-
less person who is supported by
other people. (Figurative on Q.)
parcel ["par s@l] 1. n. a package,
especially one that is mailed or
delivered; something that is
wrapped up.
2. n. an amount of
land that is sold as a unit.
→
part and parcel
parcel post ["par s@l "post] 1. n. a
class of mail in the postal system

limited to small parcels. (No plu-
ral.)
2. adv. by way of Q.
pardon ["par dn] 1. n. forgiving
someone. (Plural only for types
and instances.)
2. n. an act that
keeps someone from being pun-
ished under the law.
3. tv. to for-
give someone; to excuse someone.
4. tv. to release someone from jail;
to order that someone not be exe-
cuted; to keep someone from
being punished.
parent ["pEr @nt] 1. n. the father or
the mother of a living creature.
2. n. a business that owns another
business; the main office of one or
more businesses or other organi-
zations.
3. adj. serving as a W.
parentheses [p@ "rEn T@ siz] plural
of
parenthesis.
parenthesis [p@ "rEn T@ sIs] n.,
irreg. either of the pair of symbols
“
(” and “)” used to enclose infor-
mation of secondary importance

in writing or printing. (Plural:
parentheses.)
park ["park] 1. n. a piece of land set
aside by a city, state, county, or
nation for use by the public, usu-
ally having trees, grass, and other
natural features.
2. tv. to stop a car
or other vehicle and leave it in a
certain place for a period of time.
3. iv. to leave a car or other vehicle
in a certain place for a period of
time.
→
in park
parking lot ["par kIN lat] n. an area
of paved land used to park cars on.
parlor ["par l#] 1. n. a living room;
a place in a home where guests can
sit and talk. (Old-fashioned.)
2. n.
a store that sells a certain product
or service, such as hair care, ice
cream, or funerals.
parrot ["pEr @t] 1. n. a kind of trop-
ical bird, often brightly colored,
that can copy human speech.
2. tv.
to repeat someone else’s words or
ideas without thinking. (Figura-

tive on Q. The object can be a
clause with
that U.)
parsley ["pars li] n. an herb used in
cooking to add flavor to food or as
a decoration. (No plural. Number
is expressed with sprig(s) of
parsley.)
part ["part] 1. n. one piece of the
whole; one section of the entire
amount.
2. n. one of a set of equal
divisions.
3. n. an actor’s role in a
play or movie.
4. n. the line
between two sections of hair on
the head, established when comb-
ing it.
5. tv. to make a pathway or
an opening through a group of
people or things.
6. tv. to separate
part
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