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little
Adjective
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If something is little, its size is not big.
I just ate a tiny little piece of the cake.
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A little while, distance, etc. is not long.
Could you just wait a little while more?
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A little person or animal is young.
Two little boys were fighting on the playground.
little
Determinative
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Little money, room, help, etc. is a small amount of it; not much.
They understood little or no French.
He was busy and had little time for children.
Try to spend as little of your money as possible.
We saw little of her after the first day.
Little is known about the problem.
The building was destroyed leaving little more than rock and glass.
She's a quiet person with little to say about these things.
This has little to do with him and a lot to do with you.
We saved what little was left.
desert
Noun 1
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A desert is a bare area of land, especially one with little water or plants.
desert
Noun 2
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A desert is something that is earned or deserved.
desert
Verb
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To leave, abandon or forsake someone or something.
When he left without us, we felt deserted.
pocket
Noun
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A pocket is a small empty space, usually in your clothes, usually to carry things in.
I usually put my keys in my pants' pocket, but I can't find them now.
My cell phone is in the outside pocket of my bag.
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A pocket is a small area of something that is completely surrounded by something else.
There was a small pocket of air under the boat.
There is a pocket of Welsh-speaking villages in South Wales.
pocket
Verb
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If you pocket something you put it in your pocket.
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If you pocket something you win, take, or steal it (and put it in your pocket.)
mouse
Noun
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A mouse is a very small animal that is similar to a small rat.
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A mouse is a device used to control a computer.
mouse
Verb
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If you mouse, you move around with caution; you move like a mouse.
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If you mouse, you hunt for mice; you try to catch mice.