n. a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

n. a horse kept for hire

n. a quick and dirty job producing what is needed, but not performing very well

n. a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

n. one who works hard at boring tasks

n. a mediocre and disdained writer

n. a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

v. cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"

v. significantly cut up a manuscript

v. fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"

v. in rugby

v. in basketball

v. cut with a hacking tool

v. cut away

adj. appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing; "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style"

adj. of or relating to or characteristic of literature; "literary criticism"

adj. knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style"

n. a male servant (especially a footman)

n. a domestic servant

n. an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

v. cause_to_be_born; "My wife had twins yesterday!"

v. bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"

v. make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

v. bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"

v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

v. get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"

v. make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

v. bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"

v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

v. get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"

adj. characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"

adj. appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"

adj. thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read

adj. having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"

adj. showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"

adj. (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"

adj. intellectually appealing; "a sophisticated drama"

v. cut down; "George chopped down the cherry tree"

v. cut into pieces; "Chop wood"; "chop meat"

v. remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"

adj. written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content

adj. highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience"