Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Used as a modifier before a noun: her boots; her accomplishments.
- pro. Used as the direct object of a verb: They saw her at the conference.
- pro. Used as the indirect object of a verb: They gave her a round of applause.
- pro. Used as the object of a preposition: This letter is addressed to her.
- pro. Informal Used as a predicate nominative: It's her.
- pro. Nonstandard Used reflexively as the indirect object of a verb: She got her a new job. See Note at me.
- n. A female: The dog is a her. See Usage Notes at be, I1.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- See under he.
- An abbreviation of heraldry.
Wiktionary
- pro. attributive Belonging to her.
- pro. The form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc.
GNU Webster's 1913
- prep. The form of objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun
she . - prep. obsolete Of them; their.
Etymologies
- From Proto-Germanic *hezōi. Cognate with Dutch haar, Middle Low German er(e) and North Frisian hör. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old English hire. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“ But her neck, where he'd tasted turnips, her little round belly, her ass, her soft round cheeks.”
“The Angstywun has juss cum bak frum a gig taht her frenz wuz playin at..her is a tad less angsty tese days.”
“She has to know, in her heart, that this is an embarassing bunch of crap that demeans * her* - not Obama.”
“In many ways it was vintage Hillary -- talking about herself, her own accomplishments, and how dedicated her supporters are to * her* (the deathbed story).”
Hillary: Time To "Write The Next Chapter In America's Story"
“She may have used this as a way to draw a link between herself, her "humanity," and "what the country needs," but the point is that her emotions - real or feigned - were triggered by a question about * her*.”
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama Campaign Co-Chair Questions Hillary's Tears
“As her heartbeat slows, her mind settles on the same thoughts that have haunted her for weeks: her desire to understand the order and purpose of things, especially the ambiguity of death and the mysterious abyss between matter and spirit.”
“Well aware of my actions in connection with the ordination of Larry Lester, she reserved judgment on it deciding that she would take the counsel of my father Alexander (Alec) Henry Wallace who had appeared to her* and told her not to worry as I would be okay.”
“Obama is not stupid -- With her track record he far better debating her on neutral ground -- Not at one of * her* Town Hall Meetings.”
Hillary Invites Obama To Appear With Her At Maine Town Hall Meeting -- Will He Accept?
“Part of her core take on the whole Wright business is that she's glad * her* sermons weren't taped so that someone could extract a 15 second sound bite as an attack.”
Race-Tinged Attack Ads Start Flowing From Right In Campaign's Home Stretch
“If she had made any convincing arguments I could've changed back to her (note the * back to her*).”
Obama Campaign Denies Michigan Co-Chair's Claim That Campaign Opposes Revote
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘her’.
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EN - 3-letter words of the pattern CVC
With the exception of abbreviations and mosaic words all types of words (proper names, past tense of verbs, etc.) are allowed.
for, was, not, his, but, has, had, can, her, him, new, now and 339 more...
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EN - Glasgow stop list
Words to be replaced by a paragraph mark if you are after terms and MWEs.
about, above, across, after, afterwards, again, against, all, almost, alone, along, already and 291 more...
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Palabras de 3 letras en Español.
La única lista que también incluye flexiónes verbales y pluralizaciones. Aún faltan algunas por encontrar.
(Por ser una lista para Scrabble, los dígrafos ll, rr, y ch se consideran com...aba, aca, aga, ahe, ahi, aho, aja, aje, aji, ajo, ala, ale and 427 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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3 Letter Words
A list of English words that are three letters long.
ace, act, ade, ado, add, ads, age, ago, ail, air, aim, all and 397 more...
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Kangaroo Words 2
Kangaroo words with joey-antonyms, e.g., pest/pet
pest, friend, giant, cremate, covert, there, feast, wonderful, animosity, inattentive, electrocuted, rectitude and 54 more...
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core words
my, I, mine, your, his, hers, him, her, their, theirs, our, ours and 34 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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loinfruit's Words
buddy, hungry, hug, want, you, i, mommy, school, ballet, sign, sign language, language and 170 more...
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aparrish's Words
the, this, and, a, that, i, me, you, him, her, she, he and 96 more...
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soul mate
soul mate, soul mates, soul, portishead, wounded, death, depression, hurt, the cure, pain, longing, rat and 424 more...
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Léxico de Scrabble Avanzado
Lista de palabras útiles, raras o esotéricas en Español recopiladas de partidas ordinarias de Scrabble y agrupadas para tu placer.
Todas las palabras se encuentran en el DRAE.
<...acocarse, ahelear, helear, pirulo, apirularse, sapirulo, pingar, mugar, her, dino, coquee, otri and 616 more...
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the hotlist
short, sweet, epic, catchy, sassy, sexy & sizzling.
( personal list, randomness )
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Talksiik's list
eat, go, in, out, halo, gaming, halo3, talksick, talksiik, xbox live, xbox, he and 18 more...
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Ladies' Night
girl, lady, madame, miss, missy, woman, dame, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, grandmother and 50 more...
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psithurismxx's list
psithurism, star, aries, nine, novenary, imbue, vacillate, oscillate, kaleidoscope, her, she, silhouette
Tweets
Looking for tweets for her.
oroboros HEr Jun 20, 2008