Sunday, April 16, 2006
[3:31 PM]
avenue
n.
1. Abbr. Ave. or Av. A wide street or thoroughfare.
2. a) A broad roadway lined with trees.
b) Chiefly British. The drive leading from the main road up to a country house.
3. A means of access or approach: new avenues of trade.
shift
v. tr.
1. To exchange (one thing) for another of the same class: shifted assignments among the students.
2. To move or transfer from one place or position to another.
3. To alter (position or place).
4. To change (gears), as in an automobile.
5. Linguistics. To alter phonetically as part of a systematic historical change.
dark
n.
1. Absence of light.
2. A place having little or no light.
3. Night; nightfall: home before dark.
4. A deep hue or color.
go figure.