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>the personal blog of david n wallace
[aka Dave the Lifekludger]

January 31, 2013

Day 31 – Gender

Filed under: Everday — dnw @ 2:05 pm
Day 31 - Gender by dnwallace
Day 31 – Gender, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.

gender
noun
1.
Grammar .
a.
(in many languages) a set of
classes that together include all
nouns
, membership in a particular class being shown by the form of the
noun
itself or by the form or choice of words that modify,replace, or otherwise
refer to the noun, as, in English, the choice of he to replace the man,
of she to replace the woman, of it to replace the table, of it or she
to replace the ship. The number of genders in different languages varies
from 2 to more than 20; often the classificationcorrelates in part with sex
or animateness. The most familiar sets of genders are of three classes (as
masculine, feminine, and neuter in Latin and German) or of two (as common
and neuter in Dutch, or masculine and feminine in French and Spanish).
b.
one class of such a set.
c.
such classes or sets collectively or in general.
d.
membership of a word or
grammatical form, or an inflectional form showing membership, insuch a
class.
2.
sex: the feminine gender.

image by Jeffrey Beall

January 30, 2013

Day 30 – Staircase

Filed under: Everday — dnw @ 8:13 pm
Day 30 - Staircase by dnwallace
Day 30 – Staircase, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.

staircase
noun
a flight of stairs with its
framework, banisters, etc., or a series of such flights.

image by mariacasa

January 29, 2013

Day 29 – Interest

Filed under: Everday — dnw @ 7:29 am
Day 29 - Interest by dnwallace
Day 29 – Interest, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.

interest
noun
1.
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is
particularly engaged by something: She has a great interest in the poetry of
Donne.
2.
something that concerns, involves, draws the attention of, or arouses the
curiosity of a person: His interests are philosophy andchess.
14. Finance.
a.
a sum paid or charged for the use of money or for borrowing money.
b.
such a sum expressed as a percentage of money borrowed to be paid over a
given period, usually one year.

image by Riski Gayuh N

January 28, 2013

Day 28 – Yawn

Filed under: Everday — dnw @ 9:25 am
Day 28 - Yawn by dnwallace
Day 28 – Yawn, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.

yawn
verb (used without object)
1.
to open the mouth somewhat involuntarily with a prolonged,deep inhalation
and sighing or heavy exhalation, as from drowsiness or boredom.

image by nate steiner
www.flickr.com/photos/nate/

January 27, 2013

Day 27 – Underlay

Filed under: Everday — dnw @ 6:30 pm
Day 27 - Underlay by dnwallace
Day 27 – Underlay, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.

underlay
verb (used with object)
1.
to lay under or beneath.
2.
to provide with something laid underneath

Yes.. I missed a few days.

image by Patrick Hoesly

January 21, 2013

Day 21 – Champion

Filed under: Everday — dnw @ 9:08 am
Day 21 - Champion by dnwallace
Day 21 – Champion, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.

champion
noun
1.
a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of
competitions, so as to holdfirst place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
2.
anything that takes first place in competition:

image by aldenjewell

January 20, 2013

Day 20 – Indication

Filed under: Everday — dnw @ 8:56 am
Day 20 - Indication by dnwallace
Day 20 – Indication, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.

indication
noun
1.
anything serving to indicate
or point out, as a sign or token.

Image by zigazou76

January 19, 2013

Day 19 – Lake

Filed under: Everday — dnw @ 10:05 am
Day 19 - Lake by dnwallace
Day 19 – Lake, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.

lake
noun
1.
a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
2.
any similar body or pool of other liquid, as oil.

by Rene Mensen

January 18, 2013

Day 18 – Leader

Filed under: Everday — dnw @ 6:41 pm
Day 18 - Leader by dnwallace
Day 18 – Leader, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.

leader
noun
1.
a person or thing that leads.
2.
a guiding or directing head, as of an army,
movement
, or political group.
3.
Music.
a.
a conductor or director, as of an orchestra, band, or chorus.
b.
the player at the head of the first violins in an orchestra, the principal
cornetist in a band, orthe principal soprano in a chorus, to whom any
incidental solos are usually assigned.
4.
a featured article of trade, especially one offered at a low price to
attract customers.

pic by elzoh

January 17, 2013

Day 17 – Ten

Filed under: Everday — dnw @ 10:15 am
Day 17 - Ten by dnwallace
Day 17 – Ten, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.

ten
noun
1.
a cardinal number, nine plus one.

by prayitno

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