set

sentence: a set of books

source: wordnet-inline


stand

sentence: the base of the lamp


free

sentence: the home of the free and the brave


pack

sentence: a battalion of ants


dead

sentence: they buried the dead


pick

sentence: he was my pick for mayor


double

sentence: he hit a double to deep centerfield


bank

sentence: they pulled the canoe up on the bank


stamp

sentence: pottery of this cast was found throughout the region


regular

sentence: an habitue of the racetrack


blue

sentence: he had eyes of bright blue


band

sentence: the smart set goes there


master

sentence: a master of the violin


firm

sentence: he worked for a brokerage house


side

sentence: they always sat on the right side of the church


rank

sentence: the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen


board

sentence: the board has seven members


brace

sentence: he wore a brace on his knee


grade

sentence: early morning classes are always sleepy


better

sentence: a change for the better


course

sentence: he took a course in basket weaving


natural

sentence: he's a natural for the job


camp

sentence: wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling


date

sentence: what is the date today?


fold

sentence: a fold in the napkin


help

sentence: he gave me an assist with the housework


count

sentence: a blood count


march

sentence: it was a long march


division

sentence: two infantry divisions were held in reserve


commission

sentence: a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours


miss

sentence: a young lady of 18


rear

sentence: infantrymen were in the rear


chain

sentence: the chain of command


cycle

sentence: the never-ending cycle of the seasons


stiff

sentence: a lucky stiff


union

sentence: you have to join the union in order to get a job


circle

sentence: he calculated the circumference of the circle


carrier

sentence: the bonds were transmitted by carrier


defense

sentence: they died in the defense of Stalingrad


opposite

sentence: to him the antonym of ‘gay’ was ‘depressed’


grey

sentence: the Confederate army was a vast grey


knot

sentence: a small knot of women listened to his sermon


left

sentence: she stood on the left


lost

sentence: the agony of the doomed was in his voice


blind

sentence: he spent hours reading to the blind


state

sentence: his state is in the deep south


tramp

sentence: a homeless tramp


clutch

sentence: he released his clasp on my arm


living

sentence: he could no longer cope with the complexities of life


company

sentence: he only invests in large well-established companies


ace

sentence: he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it


flop

sentence: this computer can perform a million flops per second


rock

sentence: he threw a rock at me


sick

sentence: they devote their lives to caring for the sick


caller

sentence: the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company


couple

sentence: the engaged couple


pledge

sentence: his saxophone was in pledge


system

sentence: he bought a new stereo system


business

sentence: he bought his brother's business


associate

sentence: he had to consult his associate before continuing


sum

sentence: he borrowed a large sum


best

sentence: they did their best


cream

sentence: the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War


labor

sentence: there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field


staff

sentence: the hospital has an excellent nursing staff


world

sentence: they study the evolution of the universe


jumper

sentence: as the jumper neared the ground he lost control


culture

sentence: early Mayan civilization


unknown

sentence: they came like angels out of the unknown


national

sentence: a monarch has a duty to his subjects


association

sentence: he joined the Modern Language Association


bum

sentence: only a rotter would do that


law

sentence: civilization presupposes respect for the law


clump

sentence: a bunch of trees


ghost

sentence: he looked like he had seen a ghost


clear

sentence: investigation showed that he was in the clear


right

sentence: they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights


open

sentence: finally broke out of the forest into the open


beat

sentence: in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name


back

sentence: his back was nicely tanned


block

sentence: the pyramids were built with large stone blocks


keep

sentence: each child was expected to pay for their keep


square

sentence: you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides


center

sentence: it is in the center of town


centre

sentence: it is in the center of town


top

sentence: the mower cuts off the tops of the grass


post

sentence: a soldier manned the entrance post


field

sentence: he planted a field of wheat


spot

sentence: this is a nice place for a picnic


bar

sentence: he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar


end

sentence: the end of the pier


quarter

sentence: a quarter of a pound


position

sentence: he put the lamp back in its place


land

sentence: he built the house on land leased from the city


range

sentence: a piano has a greater range than the human voice


seat

sentence: he booked their seats in advance


section

sentence: he always turns first to the business section


corner

sentence: he tripled to the rightfield corner


dig

sentence: they set up camp next to the dig


way

sentence: her dignified manner


patch

sentence: a bald spot


reach

sentence: range of motion


thick

sentence: in the midst of the crowd


ruin

sentence: you have brought ruin on this entire family


floor

sentence: they needed rugs to cover the bare floors


retreat

sentence: the disorderly retreat of French troops


scene

sentence: the police returned to the scene of the crime


space

sentence: they tested his ability to locate objects in space


common

sentence: they went for a walk in the park


surface

sentence: there is a special cleaner for these surfaces


coil

sentence: a coil of rope


limit

sentence: what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior


lodge

sentence: he joined a golf club


middle

sentence: it is in the center of town


preserve

sentence: medicine is no longer a male preserve


direction

sentence: he looked the other direction


hall

sentence: the elevators were at the end of the hall


tape

sentence: he used a piece of tape for a belt


derivation

sentence: he prefers shoes of Italian derivation


bent

sentence: the set of his mind was obvious


paint

sentence: artists use ‘paint’ and ‘pigment’ interchangeably


sphere

sentence: his social sphere is limited


bearing

sentence: those issues have no bearing on our situation


profile

sentence: a biochemical profile of blood


area

sentence: it was a mountainous area


chase

sentence: the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit


cut

sentence: everyone got a cut of the earnings


light

sentence: the light was filtered through a soft glass window


charge

sentence: the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary


check

sentence: he paid all his bills by check


work

sentence: she checked several points needing further work


stock

sentence: he owns a controlling share of the company's stock


stick

sentence: he collected dry sticks for a campfire


flat

sentence: the salt flats of Utah


press

sentence: the insistence of their hunger


swing

sentence: the party went with a swing


stretch

sentence: a stretch of highway


shot

sentence: his shooting was slow but accurate


strip

sentence: he felt a flat strip of muscle


tie

sentence: he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie


match

sentence: he always carries matches to light his pipe


piece

sentence: an important piece of the evidence


still

sentence: he wanted some stills for a magazine ad


present

sentence: that is enough for the present


trim

sentence: in good trim


squeeze

sentence: he gave her cheek a playful squeeze


fret

sentence: don't get in a stew


track

sentence: the hurricane demolished houses in its path


low

sentence: a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow


chip

sentence: a bit of rock caught him in the eye


mold

sentence: pottery of this cast was found throughout the region


shade

sentence: it is much cooler in the shade


stuff

sentence: coal is a hard black material


reverse

sentence: we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true


subject

sentence: he didn't want to discuss that subject


approach

sentence: his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons


bill

sentence: they held a public hearing on the bill


card

sentence: he collected cards and traded them with the other boys


credit

sentence: give her recognition for trying


pay

sentence: wages were paid by cash


ball

sentence: the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve


record

sentence: the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques


negative

sentence: he answered in the negative


lap

sentence: he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap


bend

sentence: a bend in the road


flap

sentence: he wrote on the flap of the envelope


image

sentence: her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate


plain

sentence: they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain


print

sentence: I want to see it in print


slick

sentence: he could feel the slickness of the tiller


spoil

sentence: to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy


offset

sentence: they got an early start


relief

sentence: as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief


channel

sentence: a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company


ice

sentence: Americans like ice in their drinks


bust

sentence: the play was a dismal flop


grip

sentence: he released his clasp on my arm


stem

sentence: thematic vowels are part of the stem


suit

sentence: they buried him in his best suit


flood

sentence: plains fertilized by annual inundations


ground

sentence: the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land


waste

sentence: they collect the waste once a week


rush

sentence: in his haste to leave he forgot his book


grain

sentence: a grain of sand


pit

sentence: they dug a pit to bury the body


colour

sentence: she used a different color for the trim


fill

sentence: he ate his fill of potatoes


swallow

sentence: a sup of ale


spur

sentence: the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves


fat

sentence: pizza has too much fat


label

sentence: the label modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture


stain

sentence: the wine left a dark stain


composition

sentence: harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art


mint

sentence: a batch of letters


tick

sentence: he counted the ticks of the clock


cement

sentence: they stood on the grey cement beside the pool


preparation

sentence: preparations for the ceremony had begun


dust

sentence: the furniture was covered with dust


pulp

sentence: he pounded it to a pulp


bloom

sentence: you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed


ferment

sentence: the political ferment produced new leadership


vein

sentence: all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood


assay

sentence: they made an assay of the contents


complex

sentence: the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town


filling

sentence: there was not enough fill for the trench


wad

sentence: he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter


fawn

sentence: she wore dun


fuel

sentence: more fuel is needed during the winter months


fall

sentence: in the fall of 1973


pass

sentence: he worked the pitcher for a base on balls


go

sentence: it's my go


roll

sentence: wheels in axial rotation


drop

sentence: he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops


blow

sentence: a blow on the head


return

sentence: his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return


strike

sentence: the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled


snap

sentence: Mays made the catch with his back to the plate


twist

sentence: events suddenly took an awkward turn


case

sentence: it was a case of bad judgment


deal

sentence: it was a package deal


start

sentence: it was off to a good start


deep

sentence: in the deep of night


jump

sentence: a jump in attendance


step

sentence: the situation called for strong measures


stop

sentence: it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill


pound

sentence: he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds


advance

sentence: he listened for the progress of the troops


rest

sentence: there was no remainder


crash

sentence: he could hear the clang of distant bells


score

sentence: she made good marks in algebra


figure

sentence: the area covered can be seen from Figure 2


leave

sentence: a ten day's leave to visit his mother


smash

sentence: the sudden knock floored him


stroke

sentence: it took two strokes to get out of the bunker


first

sentence: He wanted to be the first


sweep

sentence: the sweep of the plains


even

sentence: he enjoyed the evening light across the lake


kick

sentence: he gave the ball a powerful kick


heave

sentence: the heaving of waves on a rough sea


trace

sentence: he speaks French with a trace of an accent


opening

sentence: there was a small opening between the trees


full

sentence: the moon is at the full


gain

sentence: there was an addition to property taxes this year


jack

sentence: you don't know jack


bang

sentence: the sudden knock floored him


dash

sentence: he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer


flick

sentence: he gave it a flick with his finger


proof

sentence: if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it


passing

sentence: the coach sent in a passing play on third and long


bit

sentence: a spot of tea


knock

sentence: the knocking grew louder


trouble

sentence: one trouble after another delayed the job


collapse

sentence: the commander's prostration demoralized his men


movement

sentence: the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise


standard

sentence: the schools comply with federal standards


rap

sentence: he took the blame for it


peck

sentence: a batch of letters


zero

sentence: it looked like nothing I had ever seen before


blaze

sentence: the blaze spread rapidly


factor

sentence: a number of factors determined the outcome


little

sentence: he accepted the little they gave him


scrape

sentence: the scrape of violin bows distracted her


one

sentence: he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it


mesh

sentence: a 100 mesh screen


climb

sentence: the car couldn't make it up the rise


chop

sentence: the boat headed into the chop


special

sentence: they are having a special on pork chops


mess

sentence: the house was a mess


breast

sentence: he beat his breast in anger


humour

sentence: whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time


draught

sentence: they served beer on draft


delicacy

sentence: the daintiness of her touch


mush

sentence: he pounded it to a pulp


neck

sentence: he admired her long graceful neck


stew

sentence: don't get in a stew


sweat

sentence: sweat poured off his brow


region

sentence: the farming regions of France


backbone

sentence: faith is his anchor


cake

sentence: a bar of chocolate


menu

sentence: the menu was in French


must

sentence: seat belts are an absolute must


mince

sentence: a mince of mushrooms


posterior

sentence: he deserves a good kick in the butt


vegetation

sentence: Pleistocene vegetation


brine

sentence: the water in the ocean is all saltwater


play

sentence: he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway


make

sentence: there's a new brand of hero in the movies now


hold

sentence: he released his clasp on my arm


close

sentence: the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell


mark

sentence: she made good marks in algebra


form

sentence: the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached


order

sentence: the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London


support

sentence: his support kept the family together


rule

sentence: it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast


sign

sentence: he showed signs of strain


hang

sentence: he had a bent for it


feel

sentence: he has a feel for animals


shock

sentence: his mother's death left him in a daze


offer

sentence: a generous offer of assistance


show

sentence: a remarkable show of skill


tone

sentence: he began in a conversational tone


flare

sentence: the skirt had a wide flare


life

sentence: social life


stay

sentence: they had a nice stay in Paris


think

sentence: I need to give it a good think


secret

sentence: the combination to the safe was a secret


account

sentence: a history of France


note

sentence: he made a note of the appointment


taste

sentence: the candy left him with a bad taste


report

sentence: this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale


measure

sentence: the situation called for strong measures


condition

sentence: a condition (or state) of disrepair


cry

sentence: the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience


focus

sentence: the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology


style

sentence: her dignified manner


thing

sentence: this thing has got to end


title

sentence: Title 8 provided federal help for schools


average

sentence: it set the norm for American homes


aim

sentence: his intent was to provide a new translation


know

sentence: he is always in the know


stir

sentence: he made a great splash and then disappeared


claim

sentence: his claim asked for damages


power

sentence: the deterrent power of nuclear weapons


demand

sentence: his demands for attention were unceasing


design

sentence: he contributed to the design of a new instrument


notice

sentence: you didn't give me enough notice


source

sentence: the Italian beginning of the Renaissance


upgrade

sentence: the car couldn't make it up the rise


skim

sentence: there was a thin skim of oil on the water


sight

sentence: the sight of his wife brought him back to reality


regard

sentence: it differs in that respect


program

sentence: they drew up a six-step plan


exposure

sentence: exposure to the weather


interest

sentence: an interest in music


remit

sentence: they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life


sense

sentence: a sense of security


slash

sentence: he put a bandage over the cut


invite

sentence: he didn't get no invite to the party


mantle

sentence: place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders


salute

sentence: a musical salute to the composer on his birthday


stress

sentence: he put the stress on the wrong syllable


temper

sentence: his temper sparked like damp firewood


comfort

sentence: he is a man who enjoys his comfort


resolve

sentence: his resoluteness carried him through the battle


respect

sentence: it differs in that respect


conflict

sentence: the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph


standing

sentence: of equal standing


challenge

sentence: they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power


programme

sentence: you can't tell the players without a program


background

sentence: he is a lawyer with a sports background


conclusion

sentence: a decision unfavorable to the opposition


impression

sentence: his impression of her was favorable


particular

sentence: he always reasons from the particular to the general


cite

sentence: the student's essay failed to list several important citations


echo

sentence: she could hear echoes of her own footsteps