|
|
Reverse Search
Reverse Search allows you to search within the full text of dictionary entries for words, word parts, and phrases.
Search for entries that contain:
Exact matches of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or the word "orange."
Any form of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or "apples" or "orange" or "oranges."
Exact matches of all of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" and the word "orange."
The exact sequence of words and/or characters entered in the search box (for example, a fragment of a word, a single word, multiple words, or even a phrase containing punctuation)
Example: Searching for "a variety of apple" identifies all entries that contain that phrase. Searching for "app" identifies all entries that contain the letters "app," such as occurrences of "apple," "application," and "apply."
Search within these fields:
Optional:
Limit by part of speech:
| behind bars |
in jail or prison. |
| convict |
a person who is serving time in jail or prison. [1/2 definitions] |
| dungeon |
a dark, damp, underground jail. |
| illegal |
When something is illegal, it means that it is against the law. Doing something illegal is a crime. People sometimes go to jail for doing illegal things. |
| jail |
to place in a jail. [1/2 definitions] |
| jailbird |
(informal) a person who is or who has been locked up in jail; convict. |
| law |
A law is a rule that people must obey. The government of a place makes the laws. When people break a law, they may have to pay money or go to jail. [1/3 definitions] |
| lock1 |
to jail or keep in prison (usually followed by "up" or "in"). [1/5 definitions] |
| police station |
A police station is a place where police officers do a lot of their work. If people want to report a crime, they go to the police station to talk to police officers, or they call the police station on the telephone. Sometimes a police station has a jail where people who might have done something bad are kept for a time. |
| prisoner |
a person who is held in a jail or prison while on trial or after being sentenced for a crime. [1/2 definitions] |
|
|