2. outline
noun 1.the line by which a figure or object is
defined or bounded; contour.
2.a drawing or sketch restricted to line without
shading or modeling of form.
3.a general sketch, account, or report,
indicating only the main features, as of a book,
subject, or project: an outline of medieval
history; an outline of a speech.
4.outlines, the essential features or main
aspects of something under discussion: At the
first meeting, we gave her only the outlines of
the project.
5.Printing. an ornamented type in which the
outside contours of each character appear in
black, with the inside left white.
verb (used with object) 6.to draw the outline of,
or draw in outline, as a figure or object.
7.to give an outline of; sketch the main features
of: On the first day, the professor just outlined
the course for us.
3. Homerun
noun 1.Baseball. a hit
that enables a
batter, without the aid
of a fielding error, to
score a run by making a
nonstop circuit of the
bases.
2.a complete or
unqualified success:
trying to hit a home run
at the box office.
4. Full-time
adjective 1.working or
operating the
customary number of
hours in each day,
week, or month: a full-
time housekeeper; full-
time production.
Compare part-time.
adverb 2.on a full-time
basis.
5. Up-to-date
adjective 1.(of persons,
buildings, etc.) keeping up
with the times, as in outlook,
information, ideas,
appearance, or style.
2.in accordance with the
latest or newest ideas,
standards, techniques,
styles, etc.; modern.
3.extending to the present
time; current; including the
latest information or facts:
an up-to-date report.
6. homework
noun 1.schoolwork
assigned to be done
outside the classroom
(distinguished from
classwork).
2.paid work done at
home, as piecework.
3.thorough preparatory
study of a subject: to do
one's homework for the
next committee meeting.
7. peanut butter
noun a paste made
from ground roasted
peanuts, used as a
spread or in cookery.
8. waterproof
adjective 1.impervious to
water.
2.rendered impervious to
water by some special
process, as coating or
treating with rubber: a
waterproof hat.
noun 3.Chiefly British. a
raincoat or other outer
coat impervious to water.
4.any of several coated or
rubberized fabrics that
are impervious to water.
9. make-believe
noun 1.pretense,
especially of an innocent
or playful kind; feigning;
sham: the make-believe
of children playing.
2.a pretender; a person
who pretends.
adjective 3.pretended;
feigned; imaginary;
made-up; unreal: a make-
believe world of fantasy.
10. downstairs
adverb 1.down the
stairs.
2.to or on a lower
floor.
adjective
3.Also, down·stair.
pertaining to or
situated on a lower
floor, especially the
ground floor.
11. underline
verb (used with object)
1.to mark with a line or
lines underneath;
underscore.
2.to indicate the
importance of;
emphasize, as by
stressing or italicizing.
noun 3.Printing. a caption
under an illustration.
4.a line drawn under
something; an
underscore.
12. themselves
plural pronoun 1.an emphatic form of them or
they: The authors themselves left the theater.
The contract was written by the partners
themselves.
2.a reflexive form of they (used as the direct or
indirect object of a verb or the object of a
preposition): They washed themselves quickly.
The painters gave themselves a week to finish
the work. The noisy passengers drew attention
to themselves.
3.(used after an indefinite singular antecedent in
place of the definite masculine himself or the
definite feminine herself): No one who ignores
the law can call themselves a good citizen.
4.(used in place of they or them after as, than, or
but): no soldiers braver than themselves; As for
the entertainers, everyone got paid but
themselves.
5.their usual, normal, characteristic selves: After
a hot meal and a few hours' rest, they were
themselves again.
13. Mary-go-round
noun 1.Also called carousel,
carrousel. (in amusement
parks, carnivals, etc.) a
revolving, circular platform
with wooden horses or other
animals, benches, etc., on
which people may sit or ride,
usually to the
accompaniment of
mechanical or recorded
music.
2.a rapid whirl or a busy
round, as of social life or
business affairs.
14. Part of speech
noun Grammar. any of
the classes into which
words in some
languages, as Latin and
English, have
traditionally been divided
on the basis of their
meaning, form, or
syntactic function, as, in
English, noun, pronoun, v
erb, adverb, adjective, pr
eposition, conjunction, an
d interjection.
15. Forty-four
noun 1.a cardinal
number, 40 plus 4.
2.a symbol for this
number, as 44 or XLIV.
3.a set of this many
persons or things.
16. sweatshirt
noun a loose, long-
sleeved, collarless
pullover of soft,
absorbent fabric, as
cotton jersey, with
close-fitting or elastic
cuffs and sometimes a
drawstring at the waist,
commonly worn during
athletic activity for
warmth or to induce
sweating.
17. Good-bye
interjection 1.farewell
(a conventional
expression used at
parting).
noun 2.a farewell.
18. Double-header
noun 1.Sports. a.two games, as
of baseball, between the same
teams on the same day in
immediate succession.
b.two games, as of basketball,
between two different pairs of
teams on the same day in
immediate succession.
2.two performances or two
events occurring one after the
other or within a short time of
each other.
3.a railroad train pulled by two
locomotives.
19. itself
pronoun 1.a reflexive form of it:
The battery recharges itself.
2.an emphatic appositive of it,
which, that, this, or a noun:
which itself is also true; Even
without flowers, the bowl itself
is beautiful.
3.(used as the object of a
preposition or as the direct or
indirect object of a verb): The
chameleon's ability to change
color is a protection for itself.
4.its normal or customary self:
After much tender care, the
puppy was soon itself again.
20. Twenty-seven
noun 1.a cardinal
number, 20 plus 7.
2.a symbol for this
number, as 27 or
XXVII.
3.a set of this many
persons or things.
adjective
4.amounting to 27 in
number.
21. Parcel-post
noun 1.(in the U.S. Postal
Service) nonpreferential
mail consisting of
packages and
parcels, weighing one
pound or more sent at
fourth-class rates.
Compare fourth class.
2.the branch of a postal
service that processes
and delivers parcels.
3.the service this branch
renders.