noun, informal - a group or collection of people or things that are very different from each other, especially in terms of quality, type, or opinion

noun - a string or cord that you pull to tighten or close something, like the waist of trousers or the top of a bag

noun, technical - a material or mixture of materials, such as sand, gravel, or crushed stone, used in construction as a component of concrete or asphalt

verb - (of machines or vehicles) to work or move in a stop-start or uneven way, often because of a technical problem or malfunction

noun - a group of children of different ages that compete against other groups in sports competitions, it is a system in some British schools

noun - a light pice of women's underwear that is worn on the top part of the body, usually held up with two narrow straps

adjective - relating to a popular kind of newspaper that is printed on smaller sheets of paper, the news in it is not very serious

noun - on of the two long thin sticks that are used in China, Japan etc. to eat with (instead of a knife and fork)

noun - a shop that is one of a series of shops that belong to a single company, these shops usually sell the same products

noun - a kind of game in which players are supposed to obtain various objects without buying them, usually in a given period of time

noun - the act of putting something somewhere where it will be available for later use, the state of being put somewhere for later use

noun - the list of the most important parts of an essay etc. (esp. one that you should make before you write the actual essay)