Word

Substance Pile up

Meaning
the actual or essential meaning of something said or written 1. amass: to accumulate rapidly, or accumulate something rapidly, forming a large amount 2. crash: to crash vehicles, or collide with other vehicles, starting a chain of collisions

Use
ythe substance of their argument

accumulate [ ky my lyt] (past and past participleaccumulated, present participleaccumulating, 3rd person present singularaccumulates) verb confine [k nf n] transitive verb (past and past participleconfined, present participleconfining, 3rd person present singularconfines)

1. transitive and intransitive verbcollect: to collect or obtain a large amount of something over a period of time 2. intransitive verbincrease: to gather, grow, or increase over a period of time

Both uses are for number one meaning. yThe magazines she had accumulated over 20 years filled the shelves. yThe report suggests that the herbicide accumulates in the soil.

1. keep within limits: to keep somebody or something within particular limits or boundaries

yPlease confine your comments to the matters at hand.

2. keep in some place: to prevent somebody or something from leaving an enclosed or limited space such as a prison, room, or bed constricted: small, cramped, and completely enclosed ya confined space 1. slowing: the process or fact of slowing down 2. delay: something that acts as a delay or obstacle to progress 3. deceleration: deceleration, or the rate of deceleration 4. developmental disabilities: the condition of being mentally challenged (dated) (sometimes considered offensive) 1. common boundary: the surface, place, or point where two things touch each other or meet 2. boundary between things: a common boundary between objects or different phases of a

yconfined to quarters for insubordination

confined adjective

[k nf nd]

retardation noun

[r

taardysh'n]

interface
noun[nt rfyss] (pluralinterfaces)

substance yan oil-water interface 3. point of interaction: the place, situation, or way in which two things or people act together or affect each other, or the point of connection between things 4. COMPUTboundary across which data passes: a common boundary shared by two devices, or by a person and a device, across which data or information flows, e.g. the screen of a computer