There are at least 10 words with hundreds of definitions each, like "go" and "put." ... For example: we "put" the drinking glass down, rather than "set" it down. Fall: 264 definitions.

A unique study has thrown fascinating new light on how young children begin to understand the meaning of words. The findings by the researchers, from The University of Manchester are published in ...

This "immense" three-letter word has some 430 senses, requiring a 60,000-word definition spread over 24 pages in the tiny print of the published dictionary or 221 pages in PDF form.

The executive order and the new HHS document provide similar narrow definitions of words like “sex,” “female,” “woman ... Narrow definitions can limit research, for example, ...

The dictionary box recently began showing sentences that contain the words, as well as their synonyms, for example. In addition, it’ll show a word’s etymology (sometimes as a flow chart and ...