Definitions starting with A a (1) Answer: preverbal progressive marker. Also spelled are. /a/ [Car.; from the covergence of an African preverbal marker (e.g. Ewe a habitual ...
Definitions starting with A Abaco Answer:
/ábakow/ [probably Lucayan, but cf. also Spanish ábaco abacus and Twi abako shea-tree (Turner 1949:43)] n. a major island of ...
Definitions starting with A about, 'bout Answer: /(a)báwt/ [OED, approximately] prep. 1. replaces at with times: This happen just about 7:02 p.m. (Black)2. after certain verbs: We ...
Definitions starting with A abroad Answer: /abróhd/ [W Car.; OED, out of one's house (arch. in US)] adv. not at home; out: 1832 Some of our ...
Definitions starting with A acrost, crost Answer: [cf. OED cross prep. →1821 and US dial. (a)crost idem ADD] prep. across: 1966 Lay acrost the bed (Crowley 87). ...
Definitions starting with A admire Answer: [cf. idem dial. Brit. Mid. EDD, US South ADD] v. to like: They leave cause they ain't admire their situation ...
Definitions starting with A African Words Answer: It is now clear that a great deal more African culture survived in the New World than had been believed ...
Definitions starting with A afternoon star Answer: [from evening star by hypercorrection of evening afternoon] n. the planet Venus. (Nassau) ...
Definitions starting with A ager Answer: /éyga/ (Black), hager /héyga/ (White) [Car.; cf. W3 ague /éygyuw/, dial. or arch. /éyga(r)/; as book word /eyg/] n. fever ...
Definitions starting with A Agriculture Answer: The plantation system of the Caribbean proper and the American South was never successful in the Bahamas because of the ...