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Word of the Day - More

more
[mawr, mohr]

adjective
1. in greater quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: I need more money.

2. additional or further: Do you need more time? More discussion seems pointless.

noun
3. an additional quantity, amount, or number: I would give you more if I had it. He likes her all the more. When I could take no more of such nonsense, I left.

4. a greater quantity, amount, or degree: More is expected of him. The price is more than I thought.

5. something of greater importance: His report is more than a survey.

6. ( used with a plural verb ) a greater number of a class specified, or the greater number of persons: More will attend this year than ever before.

adverb
7. in or to a greater extent or degree (in this sense often used before adjectives and adverbs, and regularly before those of more  than two syllables, to form comparative phrases having the same force and effect as the comparative degree formed by the termination -er ): more interesting; more slowly.

8. in addition; further; longer; again: Let’s talk more another time. We couldn’t stand it any more.

9. moreover.

Idioms
10. more and more, to an increasing extent or degree; gradually more: They became involved more and more in stock speculation.

11. more or less,
     a. to some extent; somewhat: She seemed more or less familiar with the subject.
     b. about; in substance; approximately: We came to more or less the same conclusion.

Word of the Day - Slight

slight
[slahyt]

adjective
1. small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.

2. of little importance, influence, etc.; trivial: a slight cut.

3. slender or slim; not heavily built.

4. frail; flimsy; delicate: a slight fabric.

5. of little substance or strength.

verb (used with object)
6. to treat as of little importance.

7. to treat (someone) with indifference; ignore, especially pointedly or contemptuously; snub: to be slighted by society.

8. to do negligently; scamp: to slight one’s studies.

noun
9. an act or instance of slighting  indifference or treatment: Slights marred his work.

10. a pointed and contemptuous discourtesy; affront: She considered not being invited an unforgivable slight.

Word of the Day - Example

ex·am·ple
[ig-zam-puhl, -zahm-]

noun
1.one of a number of things, or a part of something, taken to show the character of the whole: This painting is an example of his early work.

2.a pattern or model, as of something to be imitated or avoided: to set a good example.

3.an instance serving for illustration; specimen: The case histories gave carefully detailed examples of this disease.

4.an instance illustrating a rule or method, as a mathematical problem proposed for solution.

5.an instance, especially of punishment, serving as a warning to others: Public executions were meant to be examples to the populace.

6.a precedent; parallel case: an action without example.

verb (used with object)
7.Rare . to give or be an example of; exemplify  (used in the passive).

Word of the Day - Embrace

em·brace
[em-breys]

verb (used with object)
1. to take or clasp in the arms; press to the bosom; hug.

2. to take or receive gladly or eagerly; accept willingly: to embrace an idea.

3. to avail oneself of: to embrace an opportunity.

4. to adopt (a profession, a religion, etc.): to embrace Buddhism.

5. to take in with the eye or the mind.

6. to encircle; surround; enclose.

7. to include or contain: An encyclopedia embraces a great number of subjects.

verb (used without object)
8. to join in an embrace.

noun
9. an act or instance of embracing.

Word of the Day - Divert

di·vert
[dih-vurt, dahy-]

verb (used with object)
1. to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.

2. British . to route (traffic) on a detour.

3. to draw off to a different course, purpose, etc.

4. to distract from serious occupation; entertain or amuse.

verb (used without object)
5. to turn aside; veer: It is sad to see so much talent divert to trivial occupations.

Word of the Day - Hygiene

hy·giene
[hahy-jeen]

noun
1. Also, hygienics. the science that deals with the preservation of health.

2. a condition or practice conducive to the preservation of health, as cleanliness.

Word of the Day - No

no
[noh]

adverb
1. (a negative used to express dissent, denial, or refusal, as in response to a question or request)

2. (used to emphasize or introduce a negative statement): Not a single person came to the party, no, not a one.

3. not in any degree or manner; not at all (used with a comparative): He is no better.

4. not a (used before an adjective to convey the opposite of the adjective’s meaning): His recovery was no small miracle.

adjective
5. not a (used before a noun to convey the opposite of the noun’s meaning): She’s no beginner on the ski slopes.

noun
6. an utterance of the word “no.”

7. a denial or refusal: He responded with a definite no.

8. a negative vote or voter: The noes have it.

verb (used with object)
9. to reject, refuse approval, or express disapproval of.

verb (used without object)
10. to express disapproval.

Idiom
11. no can do, Informal . it can’t be done.

How Exercise May Make Addictions Better, or Worse - NYTimes.com →

Statistically, people who exercise are much less likely than inactive people to abuse drugs or alcohol. But can exercise help curb addictions? Some research shows that exercise may stimulate reward centers in the brain, helping to ease cravings for drugs or other substances. But according to an eye-opening new study of cocaine-addicted mice, dedicated exercise may in some cases make it even harder to break an addiction.

The study, conducted by researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, began by dividing male mice into those that had or did not have running wheels in their cages. All of the mice were injected with a chemical that marks newly created brain cells.

The animals then sat in their cages or ran at will for 30 days.

Afterward, the mice were placed in small multiroom chambers in the lab and introduced to liquid cocaine. They liked it.

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Word of the Day - Reap

reap
[reep]

verb (used with object)
1. to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.

2. to gather or take (a crop, harvest, etc.).

3. to get as a return, recompense, or result: to reap large profits.
verb (used without object)
4. to reap a crop, harvest, etc.

Word of the Day - Slave

slave
[sleyv]

noun
1. a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.

2. a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person: a slave to a drug.

3. a drudge: a housekeeping slave.

4. a slave ant.

5. Photography . a subsidiary flash lamp actuated through its photoelectric cell when the principal flash lamp is discharged.

6. Machinery . a mechanism under control of and repeating the actions of a similar mechanism. Compare master ( def. 19 ) .

verb (used without object)
7. to work like a slave; drudge.

8. to engage in the slave trade;  procure, transport, or sell slaves.

verb (used with object)
9. to connect (a machine) to a master as its slave.

10. Archaic . to enslave.