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horizontal
Adjective
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Something that is lying down or "straight across" is horizontal. In a horizontal direction means straight across.
The road across the Nullabor plain is horizontal.
Dad hung a swing from a horizontal branch.
Horizontal stripes on a shirt make a person look wider.
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To be horizontal means to have something to do with the horizon.
action
Noun
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An action is something that you do, or something that happens, especially with motion.
At 3am, just west of the building, the plan was put into action.
There was a huge difference between my thoughts and my actions.
What they did was clearly wrong, but their actions were understandable.
The Health Authority is preparing to take legal action against the restaurants that fail to follow the regulations.
mine
Pronoun
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If something is mine, it belongs to me.
Give that back to me! It's mine!
mine
Noun
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A mine is a large hole in the ground from which rocks and minerals are taken.
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A mine is a device that explodes when it is touched, or when a ship, vehicle, or person comes close to it.
mine
Verb
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If you mine rocks or minerals, you dig them out of the ground.
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If you mine an area, you dig a mine there.
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If you mine an area, you put exploding mines there.
The soldiers mined the field to help kill their enemies.