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n.
sign. symbol
1) to make one's ~ ('to make a cross in place of a signature')
2) an accent, stress; diacritical; exclamation ( BE ; AE has exclamation point ); punctuation; question; quotation ~
3) ( mil .) a hash ~
4) a laundry ~
impression. imprint
5) to leave, make one's ~ (they will leave their ~ on history)
6) a distinguishing; indelible ~
target
7) to find, hit the ~ (the bullet found its ~)
8) to miss; overshoot the ~
9) to fall short of the ~
10) off the ~; wide of the ~
skin blemish
11) a strawberry ~ ( esp. BE ; CE has birth~ )
victim
12) an easy ~
starting line of a race
13) on your ~s!
misc.
14) to toe the ~ ('to adhere to the rules'); to bear the ~ of Cain ( see also grade 1-4)
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v.
1) ( D ; tr. ) to ~ as (these items were ~ed as acceptable)
2) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ for (~ed for death)
3) ( K ) this birthday ~s his coming of age
4) ( N ; used with an adjective) she ~ed the documents secret