(colloquial) To live in very crowded conditions.

(idiomatic) To make the best of a difficult situation; to recast or portray an action or situation in which one has no alternatives as an action or situation which was deliberately chosen on its merits.

One can only claim that something is a success after it has been tried out or used.

(historical) An oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of Charles Edward Stuart, the Jacobite Pretender.

(intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drift, off. / (intransitive, idiomatic) To fall asleep slowly. / (intransitive, idiomatic) To lose concentration.

(parapsychology) An experience in which one feels outside of one’s body.

There will always be problems in a romantic relationship.

Officially or publicly recorded or documented. / (of a periodical) Regarded as authoritative.

(Christianity) The Virgin Mary, in reference to her sorrows.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hive off