Showing posts with label found. Show all posts
Showing posts with label found. Show all posts

Sunday, May 29, 2011

hello. (160/365)


...sticker found on back of stop sign.

Noun

Definition of "hello" from Princeton's WordNet

Saturday, April 9, 2011

eat. (110/365)

found in Clarendon, Va.

Verb

  • S: (v) eat (take in solid food) "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
  • S: (v) eat (eat a meal; take a meal) "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
  • S: (v) feed, eat (take in food; used of animals only) "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
  • S: (v) eat, eat on (worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way) "What's eating you?"
  • S: (v) consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out (use up (resources or materials)) "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
  • S: (v) corrode, eat, rust (cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid) "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"

Definition of "eat" from Princeton's WordNet

Sunday, March 27, 2011

soap. (98/365)


found at Church Hill Irish Festival, RVA.

Noun

Verb

S: (v) soap, lather (rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning)

Definition of "soap" from Princeton's WordNet

also found at the Church Hill Irish Festival...


Wednesday, March 23, 2011

extinguish. (94/365)


found at Village Cafe, RVA.

Verb


Definition of "extinguish" from Princeton's WordNet

Saturday, March 19, 2011

rust. (90/365)




found in Shockoe Bottom.


Noun

  • S: (n) rust (a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture)
  • S: (n) rust (a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi)
  • S: (n) rust, rusting (the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water)
  • S: (n) rust, rust fungus (any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants)

Verb

  • S: (v) corrode, rust (become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid) "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted"
  • S: (v) corrode, eat, rust (cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid) "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
  • S: (v) rust (become coated with oxide)

Adjective

S: (adj) rust, rusty, rust-brown (of the brown color of rust)

Definition of "rust" from Princeton's WordNet

Thursday, March 17, 2011

bread. (87/365)



found in Shockoe Bottom, VA

Noun

Verb

  • S: (v) bread (cover with bread crumbs) "bread the pork chops before frying them"

Definition of "bread" from Princeton's WordNet

Monday, March 7, 2011

fresh. (77/265)


found in Shockoe Bottom.

Adjective

Adverb

  • S: (adv) newly, freshly, fresh, new (very recently) "they are newly married"; "newly raised objections"; "a newly arranged hairdo"; "grass new washed by the rain"; "a freshly cleaned floor"; "we are fresh out of tomatoes"

Definition of "fresh" from Princeton's WordNet

Saturday, February 12, 2011

i'd prefer to be a... (54/265)



found on old East End Movie Theater... by the post office, North Twenty-fifth Street, between Clay and Marshall in Church Hill, Richmond.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Saturday, January 22, 2011