An advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a ride on the train" accept as true; "I can't buy this story" acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work" make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought" obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"
Used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew" in use after medieval times; "New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties" unaffected by use or exposure; "it looks like new" (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn" unfamiliar; "new experiences"; "experiences new to him"; "errors of someone new to the job" (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new; "newfangled ideas"; "she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them" lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits" original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem" having no previous example or precedent or parallel; "a time of unexampled prosperity" other than the former one(s); different; "they now have a new leaders"; "my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it"; "ready to take a new direction" not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World" very recently; "they are newly married"; "newly raised objections"; "a newly arranged hairdo"; "grass new washed by the rain"; "a freshly cleaned floor"; "we are fresh out of tomatoes"
Previously used or owned by another; "bought a secondhand (or used) car" of persons; taken advantage of; "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used" employed in accomplishing something; "the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war"- H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker
A critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative" information in some unspecified form; "it was stuff I had heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book" unspecified qualities required to do or be something; "the stuff of heros"; "you don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine" senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff" informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?" miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff" the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?" fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"; "The old lady wants to have her dead poodle stuffed by the taxidermist" treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; "stuff a bearskin" overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream" obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked" press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand" fill completely; "The child stuffed his pockets with candy"
(of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night" in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position" in a state required for something to function or be effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on" indicates continuity or persistence or concentration; "his spirit lives on"; "shall I read on?" with a forward motion; "we drove along admiring the view"; "the horse trotted along at a steady pace"; "the circus traveled on to the next city"; "move along"; "march on"
An agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer); "the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office" an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got some great bargains at their annual sale" the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling; "you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies"; "the new line of cars will soon be on sale" a particular instance of selling; "he has just made his first sale"; "they had to complete the sale before the banks closed" the general activity of selling; "they tried to boost sales"; "laws limit the sale of handguns"
The act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" a regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners" let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"
A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic" a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
Of the score in a contest; "the score is tied" occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing" symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon" being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with); "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window" equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced; "even amounts of butter and sugar"; "on even terms"; "it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split"; "had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance"; "an even fight" divisible by two to the full extent; "loyal even unto death" to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons; "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale" in spite of; notwithstanding; "even when he is sick, he works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him" used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected; "even an idiot knows that"; "declined even to consider the idea"; "I don't have even a dollar!" the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" make even or more even become even or more even; "even out the surface" make level or straight; "level the ground"
Not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands" not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man" not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran" not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane" costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission" unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron" able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice" without restraint; "cows in India are running loose" people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave" make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility" free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor" free from obligations or duties make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners" grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam" remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble" relieve from; "Rid the house of pests" grant freedom to; free from confinement