(geography) The parallel of latitude 23°30′south of the equator, marking the southern boundary of the tropics; the sun is directly overhead at the December solstice.

(medieval mythology) A gigantic tree supposed to have grown on the site of the destroyed cities Sodom and Gomorrah (see Genesis 18–19 in the Bible), the apples of which would turn to ash and smoke once picked.

(idiomatic) In the recent past; recently; lately.

The youngest member of an immediate family. / A member of an immediate family who behaves as, or is treated as though they were the youngest member of a family.

(Canada, US) behind

(colloquial) To begin to understand or manage at a basic level; to learn to handle with some skill.

Any of various passerine birds of the family Paradisaeidae native to Oceania. In many of the species the breeding plumage of the males is brightly coloured.

A list of titles of the parts of a book or document, organized in the order in which the parts appear. / A region of data on a compact disc that describes the contents that follow.

(transitive, simile) To be intimately knowledgeable about something.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see see, back. / (colloquial euphemistic) To be rid of.