and
(noun, verb, conjunction)
conjunction
1. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs. [from 8thc.]
3. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences. [from 8thc.]
4. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first. [from 9thc.]
5. (obsolete) Yet; but. [10th-17thc.]
6. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now chiefly UK); to connect fractions to wholes. [from 10thc.]
7. (now colloquial or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition. [from 10thc.]
9. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause. [from 10thc.]
10. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, go and try. [from 14thc.]
12. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other". [from 16thc.]
13. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb). [from 17thc.]
14. (heading) Expressing a condition.
15. (now US dialect) If; provided that. [from 13thc.]
16. (obsolete) As if, as though. [15th-17thc.]
17. (obsolete) Even though.
noun
1. (Britain dialectal) Breath.
2. (Britain dialectal) Sea-mist; water-smoke.
verb
1. (Britain dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.