n.
1.a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
2.a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
3.the speech act of replying to a question
4.the principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
5.a nonverbal reaction answer v.
1.reply or respond to
2.give the correct answer or solution to
3.respond to a signal
4.understand the meaning of
5.give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
6.be liable or accountable
7.be sufficient
8.match or correspond
9.be satisfactory for
10.react to a stimulus or command
Idiom of the Day
skin (someone) alive
to scold someone angrily, to spank or beat someone
The woman told her son that if he was late for dinner she would skin him alive.
