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Meanings of Abstain:

verb

Restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something.

Usage examples:

She intends to abstain from sex before marriage

Meanings of Cell:

noun

A small room with not much furniture, especially in a prison or a monastery or convent

Meanings of Have:

Possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

auxiliary verb

Used with the past participle of other verbs to form the present perfect and past perfect

Usage examples:

I've heard that story before., diane's already gone., john hasn't phoned., i haven't visited london…

modal verb

To need to or be forced

Usage examples:

I have to go to san francisco tomorrow on business.

noun

People with plenty of money and possessions.

Usage examples:

An increasing gap between the haves and have-nots

verb

To own

Usage examples:

They have a beautiful home., he has plenty of money but no style., i've got two brothers., do you h…

Meanings of Peculiar:

adjective

Unusual and strange, sometimes in an unpleasant way

Usage examples:

She has the most peculiar ideas., what a peculiar smell!, it's peculiar that they didn't tell us th…

noun

A parish or church exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese in which it lies, and subject to the direct jurisdiction of the monarch or an archbishop.

Usage examples:

Deans and canons of royal peculiars, notably westminster abbey and windsor

Meanings of Up:

abbreviation

Upper peninsula (of the state of michigan).

Usage examples:

Her in-laws initiated her into all the charming ways of the up

adjective

Directed or moving towards a higher place or position.

Usage examples:

The up escalator

adverb

Towards a higher place or position.

Usage examples:

He jumped up

noun

A period of good fortune or positive mood.

Usage examples:

You can't have ups all the time in football

prefix

(added to verbs and their derivatives) upwards.

Usage examples:

Upturned

preposition

From a lower to a higher point of (something).

Usage examples:

She climbed up a flight of steps

verb

Denoting a flavour (variety) of stable quark having relatively low mass and an electric charge of + 2/3. in the standard model protons and neutrons are composed of up and down quarks.

Meanings of Whether:

conjunction

Expressing a doubt or choice between alternatives.

Usage examples:

He seemed undecided whether to go or stay

Meanings of Turn into:

phrasal verb

Be transformed into or become a particular kind of thing or person.

Usage examples:

The slight drizzle turned into a downpour

Meanings of Winkle out:

phrasal verb

To get or find something or someone with difficulty

Usage examples:

I managed to winkle the truth out of him eventually.

Meanings of Make love:

idiom

To have sex

phrase

Have sexual intercourse.

Usage examples:

One of the young men makes love to a village girl

Meanings of Get-out-of-bed:

idiom

To be in a bad mood and to be easily annoyed all day

Meanings of In-a-lather:

idiom

To be or become very worried or nervous about something

Usage examples:

She was in a lather when i left because she couldn't find her ticket., it's not worth getting into …