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The first & last letter + meaning
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parse
To break (a sentence) down into its component parts of speech with an explanation of the form, function, and syntactical relationship of each part.
To describe (a word) by stating its part of speech, form, and syntactical relationships in a sentence.
To examine closely or subject to detailed analysis, especially by breaking up into components: "What are we missing by parsing the behavior of chimpanzees into the conventional categories recognized largely from our own behavior?" (Stephen Jay Gould).
To make sense of; comprehend: I simply couldn't parse what you just said.
Computer Science To analyze or separate (input, for example) into more easily processed components.
To break (a sentence) down into its component parts of speech with an explanation of the form, function, and syntactical relationship of each part.
To describe (a word) by stating its part of speech, form, and syntactical relationships in a sentence.
To examine closely or subject to detailed analysis, especially by breaking up into components: "What are we missing by parsing the behavior of chimpanzees into the conventional categories recognized largely from our own behavior?" (Stephen Jay Gould).
To make sense of; comprehend: I simply couldn't parse what you just said.
Computer Science To analyze or separate (input, for example) into more easily processed components.
apparatus
An appliance or device for a particular purpose: an x-ray apparatus.
An integrated group of materials or devices used for a particular purpose: dental apparatus.
The totality of means by which a designated function is performed or a specific task executed, as in a system of government.
A political organization or an underground political movement. Also called apparat.
Physiology: A group or system of organs that collectively perform a specific function or process: the respiratory apparatus; the digestive apparatus.
The critical and source material that accompanies an edition of a text.
An appliance or device for a particular purpose: an x-ray apparatus.
An integrated group of materials or devices used for a particular purpose: dental apparatus.
The totality of means by which a designated function is performed or a specific task executed, as in a system of government.
A political organization or an underground political movement. Also called apparat.
Physiology: A group or system of organs that collectively perform a specific function or process: the respiratory apparatus; the digestive apparatus.
The critical and source material that accompanies an edition of a text.
lateral
adjectiveOf, relating to, or situated at or on the side. A lateral blow.
Of or constituting a change within an organization or a hierarchy to a position at a similar level, as in salary or responsibility, to the one being left: made a lateral move within the company.
in linguistics
Of, relating to, or being a sound produced by breath passing along one or both sides of the tongue.
A lateral sound, pronounced with the tip of the tongue touching the centre of the alveolar ridge, leaving space on one or both sides for the passage of the airstream, such as letter (L)
n.
A lateral part, projection, passage, or appendage.
Football A lateral pass.
adjectiveOf, relating to, or situated at or on the side. A lateral blow.
Of or constituting a change within an organization or a hierarchy to a position at a similar level, as in salary or responsibility, to the one being left: made a lateral move within the company.
in linguistics
Of, relating to, or being a sound produced by breath passing along one or both sides of the tongue.
A lateral sound, pronounced with the tip of the tongue touching the centre of the alveolar ridge, leaving space on one or both sides for the passage of the airstream, such as letter (L)
n.
A lateral part, projection, passage, or appendage.
Football A lateral pass.
hair
Any of the cylindrical, keratinized, often pigmented filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal.A growth of such filaments, as that forming the coat of an animal or covering the scalp of a human.
A filamentous projection or bristle similar to a hair, such as a seta of an arthropod or an epidermal process of a plant.
Fabric made from the hair of certain animals: a coat of alpaca hair.
A minute distance or narrow margin: won by a hair.
A precise or exact degree: calibrated to a hair.
Any of the cylindrical, keratinized, often pigmented filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal.A growth of such filaments, as that forming the coat of an animal or covering the scalp of a human.
A filamentous projection or bristle similar to a hair, such as a seta of an arthropod or an epidermal process of a plant.
Fabric made from the hair of certain animals: a coat of alpaca hair.
A minute distance or narrow margin: won by a hair.
A precise or exact degree: calibrated to a hair.