Sample of disambiguated senses (&gt;1 candidate)

English

name

A mountain in Appalachians, DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, a quartz monzonite dome monadnock former pluton igneous intrusion, containing the world's largest bas relief, of three Confederate leaders on horseback.

Stone Mountain Village

English

name

Said carving.

Stone Mountain Village

English

name

A city in DeKalb, Georgia, United States. Ellipsis of Stone Mountain Village. Named after the mountain.

Stone Mountain Village

English

name

An unincorporated region of DeKalb and Gwinnett, Georgia, United States, surrounding the mountain.

Stone Mountain Village

English

name

A mountain in Descartes Highlands, Moon.

The Roman nymph or goddess

Egeria

English

name

A nymph or minor goddess from Roman mythology.

human-sciences mysticism mythology philosophy sciences

Roman

The Roman nymph or goddess

Egeria

English

name

13 Egeria, a main belt asteroid.

astronomy natural-sciences

The Roman nymph or goddess

Egeria

English

noun

A patroness.

To put shoes on one's feet

English

noun

A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.

To put shoes on one's feet

English

noun

A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.

To put shoes on one's feet

English

noun

A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.

card-games games

To put shoes on one's feet

English

noun

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.

To put shoes on one's feet

English

noun

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe. / A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.

To put shoes on one's feet

English

noun

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe. / A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.

To put shoes on one's feet

English

noun

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe. / The part of a brake for a wheeled vehicle which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.

To put shoes on one's feet

English

noun

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe. / A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.

architecture

To put shoes on one's feet

English

noun

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe. / A trough or spout for conveying grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.

To put shoes on one's feet

English

noun

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe. / An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.

To put shoes on one's feet

English

noun

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe. / An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.

To put shoes on one's feet

English

noun

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe. / An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.

To put shoes on one's feet

English

noun

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe. / A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; called also slipper and gib.

engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences

To put shoes on one's feet

English

noun

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe. / Part of a current collector on electric trains which provides contact either with a live rail or an overhead wire (fitted to a pantograph in the latter case).

To put shoes on one's feet

English

noun

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe. / An ingot of gold or silver shaped somewhat like a traditional Chinese shoe, formerly used in trade in the Far East.

historical

To put shoes on one's feet

English

noun

The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.

To put shoes on one's feet

English

noun

A pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.

broadly slang

To put shoes on one's feet

English

noun

A fake passport.

slang

To put shoes on one's feet

English

verb

To put shoes on one's own feet.

intransitive

To put shoes on one's feet

English

verb

To put shoes on someone or something else's feet, especially to put horseshoes on a horse.

transitive

To put shoes on one's feet

English

verb

To cover an object with a protective layer of material.

intransitive

To wrap up for warmth, protection or security

English

noun

Anything that mutes or deadens sound.

To wrap up for warmth, protection or security

English

noun

A warm piece of clothing for the hands.

To wrap up for warmth, protection or security

English

noun

A boxing glove.

archaic slang

To wrap up for warmth, protection or security

English

noun

A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames (a muffle furnace)

To wrap up for warmth, protection or security

English

noun

The bare end of the nose between the nostrils, especially in ruminants.

To wrap up for warmth, protection or security

English

noun

A machine with two pulleys to hoist load by spinning wheels, polyspast, block and tackle.

To wrap up for warmth, protection or security

English

verb

To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.

transitive

To wrap up for warmth, protection or security

English

verb

To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound.

transitive

To wrap up for warmth, protection or security

English

verb

To mute or deaden (a sound etc.).

transitive

To wrap up for warmth, protection or security

English

verb

To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.

dated intransitive

To wrap up for warmth, protection or security

English

verb

To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.

dated transitive

Translations

English

name

A surname from Irish.

countable uncountable

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English

name

A neighbourhood of Anchorage, Alaska, United States.

countable uncountable

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English

name

A town in Fayette County, Texas, United States.

countable uncountable

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English

name

Someone able to deliver a lot of votes for a local political machine.

countable dated uncountable

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chicharron

English

noun

A Spanish dish made from fried pork.

countable uncountable

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chicharron

English

noun

A pork rind; pork scratching.

countable uncountable

Translations

family values

English

noun

Political and social beliefs that hold the traditional nuclear family to be the essential ethical and moral unit of society.

plural plural-only

Translations

family values

English

noun

Right-wing values like patriarchy and opposition to gay marriage, family planning and legal abortion, and to feminism and women working outside the home.

euphemistic plural plural-only

Translations

fingerprinting

English

verb

present participle and gerund of fingerprint

form-of gerund participle present

Translations

fingerprinting

English

noun

The act of recording an individual's fingerprints.

countable uncountable

Translations

fingerprinting

English

noun

A test made to establish and confirm the properties of a material or components.

countable uncountable

Translations

metamaterial

English

noun

Any material engineered to have a property that is rarely observed in naturally occurring materials; especially

engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences physics

Translations

metamaterial

English

noun

Any material engineered to have a property that is rarely observed in naturally occurring materials; especially: / Any material that obtains its electromagnetic properties from its structure rather than from its chemical composition; especially a material engineered to have features of a size less than that of the wavelength of a class of electromagnetic radiation.

engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences physics

Translations

mombin

English

noun

Any of several tropical American trees, of the genus Spondias.

countable uncountable

Translations

mombin

English

noun

The purple fruit of these trees

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Capital: Olympia. Largest city: Seattle.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States).

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States). / District of Columbia (a district of the United States, coterminous with the city of Washington).

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

An English habitational surname from Old English.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

An English habitational surname from Old English. / George Washington, the first president of the United States, and commanding general during its war of independence.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

The federal government or administrative authority of the United States. From the capital city of Washington, D.C.

countable figuratively metonymically uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / A place in England: / A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / A place in England: / A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1212).

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A ghost town in Autauga County, Alabama.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A tiny city in Hempstead County, Arkansas.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A census-designated place in Nevada County, California.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A small city, the county seat of Wilkes County, Georgia.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A city in Tazewell County, Illinois.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A city, the county seat of Daviess County, Indiana.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A small city, the county seat of Washington County, Iowa.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A small city, the county seat of Washington County, Kansas.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A neighborhood of the city of Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A village in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A town in Knox County, Maine.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A small town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / An unincorporated community in Macomb County, Michigan.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / An unincorporated community in Adams County, Mississippi.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A city in Franklin County, Missouri.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A village in Washington County, Nebraska.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A borough of Warren County, New Jersey.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A town in Dutchess County, New York.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A small city, the county seat of Beaufort County, North Carolina.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A small town in McClain County, Oklahoma, named for Caddo chief "Little Boy" Washington.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A city, the county seat of Washington County, Pennsylvania.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A city in Washington County, Utah.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A town in Orange County, Vermont.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A small town, the county seat of Rappahannock County, Virginia.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A census-designated place in Wood County, West Virginia.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A town in Vilas County, Wisconsin.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A small town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A small town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A small town in Green County, Wisconsin.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A small town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / An unincorporated community in Door County, Wisconsin.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington: / A large number of townships in the United States, listed under Washington Township.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / A community in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / A community in Mahaica-Berbice, Guyana.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several locations in the Philippines: / A barangay of San Jacinto, Masbate, Philippines.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several locations in the Philippines: / A barangay of Escalante, Negros Occidental.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several locations in the Philippines: / A barangay of Catarman, Northern Samar, Philippines.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A placename: / Several locations in the Philippines: / A barangay of Surigao, Surigao del Norte.

countable uncountable

US state

English

name

A male given name transferred from the surname, popular during the first century of American independence, given in honor of George Washington.

US countable uncountable

US state

English

name

Ellipsis of University of Washington.

abbreviation alt-of countable ellipsis uncountable

US state

English

noun

A U.S. one-dollar bill, which features a portrait of George Washington.

US slang

Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning

boil down

English

verb

To reduce in volume by boiling.

intransitive transitive

Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning

boil down

English

verb

To become reduced (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).

intransitive

Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning

boil down

English

verb

To reduce (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).

transitive

Variations of letter Y

Translingual

symbol

a near-close near-front rounded vowel.

IPA

Variations of letter Y

Translingual

symbol

[ʏ]-coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [ʏ].

IPA

a female given name

English

name

A female given name from Ancient Greek, an Italian diminutive of Angela.

countable uncountable

a female given name

English

name

Ellipsis of Angelina County.

abbreviation alt-of countable ellipsis uncountable

a female given name

English

name

Ellipsis of Asteroid Angelina, 64 Angelina.

abbreviation alt-of countable ellipsis uncountable

a female given name

English

noun

A young, inexperienced hobo (of either gender).

slang

a female given name

English

noun

A female denizen of Los Angeles. Alternative form of Angelena (“a female resident of Los Angeles”); feminine of Angelino (“a male resident of Los Angeles”); Synonym of Angelino/Angeleno (“a resident of Los Angeles of either gender”);

rare

a jinx

English

name

A male given name from Hebrew.

a jinx

English

name

A minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish.

biblical lifestyle religion

a jinx

English

name

A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

biblical lifestyle religion

a jinx

English

name

The 10th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

a jinx

English

noun

A person who brings a ship bad luck.

nautical transport

slang

a jinx

English

noun

Any person or object which is deemed to cause bad luck; a jinx.

broadly slang

a model of reduced scale

English

noun

Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.

a model of reduced scale

English

noun

A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.

a model of reduced scale

English

noun

A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.

a model of reduced scale

English

noun

The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.

a model of reduced scale

English

noun

An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.

a model of reduced scale

English

noun

A musical composition which is short in duration.

a model of reduced scale

English

noun

A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.

board-games chess games

a model of reduced scale

English

noun

A token in a game representing a unit or character.

a model of reduced scale

English

noun

Lettering in red; rubric distinction.

a model of reduced scale

English

noun

A particular feature or trait.

a model of reduced scale

English

adj

Smaller than normal.

a model of reduced scale

English

verb

To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.

transitive

a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral

English

noun

A chief or leader.

a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral

English

noun

The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.

a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral

English

noun

An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.

a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral

English

noun

A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.

a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral

English

noun

A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.

a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral

English

noun

A rank qualifying an airline pilot to act as pilot in command of a two-pilot flight crew.

aeronautics aerospace aviation business engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences

a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral

English

noun

One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.

a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral

English

noun

The leader of a group of workers.

a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral

English

noun

The head boy of a school.

a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral

English

noun

A maître d', a headwaiter.

a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral

English

noun

An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.

Southern-US

a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral

English

verb

To act as captain

intransitive

a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral

English

verb

To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.

transitive

a notional battery representing one's energy for socializing

social battery

English

noun

A notional battery representing one's energy for socializing, with the need to be periodically recharged.

in-plural informal often

a notional battery representing one's energy for socializing

social battery

English

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see social, battery.

a person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting

English

noun

A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.

countable uncountable

a person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting

English

noun

A tendency to become irritable or angry.

countable uncountable

a person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting

English

noun

The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.

entertainment lifestyle music

countable uncountable

a person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting

English

noun

Individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values and attitudes.

human-sciences psychology sciences

countable uncountable

a person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting

English

noun

A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions.

countable obsolete uncountable

a person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting

English

noun

Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in which they are mixed; consistence, composition; mixture.

countable obsolete uncountable

a street robber

English

noun

A person who assaults and robs others, especially in a public place.

a street robber

English

noun

A person who makes exaggerated faces, as a performance; a gurner.

a street robber

English

noun

A large crocodile, Crocodylus palustris, of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.

a street robber

English

adj

comparative form of mug: more mug

comparative form-of

a subdivision of currency

English

verb

To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.

transitive

a subdivision of currency

English

verb

To summon; to call out.

obsolete transitive

a subdivision of currency

English

verb

To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.

transitive

a subdivision of currency

English

verb

To curse; to execrate.

transitive

a subdivision of currency

English

verb

To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.

ambitransitive

a subdivision of currency

English

noun

A prohibition.

a subdivision of currency

English

noun

A public proclamation or edict; also, a summons by public proclamation, and in early use especially a summons to arms.

a subdivision of currency

English

noun

The gathering of the (French) king’s vassals for war; the whole body of vassals assembled this way, or liable to be summoned; originally the same as arriere-ban, but distinct since the 16th century, following French usage—see arriere-ban.

a subdivision of currency

English

noun

A curse or anathema.

obsolete

a subdivision of currency

English

noun

A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.

a subdivision of currency

English

noun

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu.

a subdivision of currency

English

noun

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu.

a subdivision of currency

English

noun

A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.

a subdivision of currency

English

noun

A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.

a temporary failure; a slip

English

noun

A temporary failure; a slip.

a temporary failure; a slip

English

noun

A decline or fall in standards.

a temporary failure; a slip

English

noun

A pause in continuity.

a temporary failure; a slip

English

noun

An interval of time between events.

a temporary failure; a slip

English

noun

A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.

a temporary failure; a slip

English

noun

A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.

climatology meteorology natural-sciences

a temporary failure; a slip

English

noun

A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.

law

a temporary failure; a slip

English

noun

A fall or apostasy.

lifestyle religion theology

a temporary failure; a slip

English

verb

To fall away gradually; to subside.

intransitive

a temporary failure; a slip

English

verb

To fall into error or heresy.

intransitive

a temporary failure; a slip

English

verb

To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.

a temporary failure; a slip

English

verb

To become void.

intransitive

a temporary failure; a slip

English

verb

To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.

a wide-screen movie filming and projection system.

Cinerama

English

name

A wide-screen movie filming and projection system, briefly in vogue during the 1950s, involving three synchronised standard-format films projected onto a wide, curved screen, providing a "wraparound" experience for cinemagoers.

a wide-screen movie filming and projection system.

Cinerama

English

name

A later system in which a single film was projected onto the curved screen, achieved by means of camera and/or projector lens adaptations.

absorbent garment

English

noun

An absorbent garment worn around the crotch that retains the wearer's urine and feces, often worn by a baby or young child who is not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent or wets the bed, or under extreme working conditions without access to a toilet; a nappy.

Canada India Philippines US countable uncountable

absorbent garment

English

noun

A textile fabric having a repeating pattern, especially of diamonds or flowers, formed by alternating directions of thread.

countable historical uncountable

absorbent garment

English

noun

Something that absorbs and collects (retains) liquid or waste material, much like a diaper (noun sense 1).

Canada US colloquial countable humorous sometimes uncountable

absorbent garment

English

noun

A piece of clothing that resembles the shape of a diaper (noun sense 1) but lacks the absorbency.

Canada US colloquial countable derogatory humorous possibly uncountable

absorbent garment

English

noun

A repeating geometrical or (often stylised) floral pattern, usually of small diamonds evenly spaced, that decorates a flat surface, sometimes in bas-relief; diaperwork.

architecture art arts

countable uncountable

absorbent garment

English

noun

A repeating geometrical or floral pattern, used to cover the surface of a shield and forming the ground for any charges.

government heraldry hobbies lifestyle monarchy nobility politics

countable historical uncountable

absorbent garment

English

noun

A towel, napkin or tablecloth made from the diaper fabric (noun sense 2).

countable obsolete uncountable

absorbent garment

English

verb

To put diapers on someone.

absorbent garment

English

verb

To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

noun

A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

noun

The act of snapping one's fingers.

British

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

noun

An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.

human-sciences linguistics phonetics phonology sciences

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

noun

The sound made by a dolphin.

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

noun

The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

noun

The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.

computing engineering graphical-user-interface mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

noun

A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.

broadly

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

noun

A pawl or similar catch.

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

noun

A knock or blow.

UK obsolete slang

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

noun

A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

noun

A click track.

entertainment lifestyle music

informal

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

verb

To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.

transitive

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

verb

To emit a click.

intransitive

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

verb

To snap one's fingers.

British

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

verb

To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

verb

To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.

computing engineering graphical-user-interface mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

transitive

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

verb

To visit (a website).

advertising business computing engineering marketing mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

transitive

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

verb

To navigate by clicking a mouse button.

computing engineering graphical-user-interface mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

intransitive

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

verb

To make sense suddenly.

intransitive

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

verb

To get along well.

intransitive

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

verb

To tick.

dated intransitive

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

verb

To take (a photograph) with a camera.

India transitive

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

verb

To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.

India intransitive

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

verb

Of a film, to be successful at the box office.

India intransitive

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

intj

The sound of a click.

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

noun

Alternative spelling of klick (“kilometers; kilometers per hour”).

alt-of alternative

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

noun

A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

noun

The latch of a door.

UK dialectal

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

verb

To snatch.

obsolete

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

noun

A kind of throw.

government hobbies lifestyle martial-arts military politics sports war wrestling

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

noun

Misspelling of clique.

US alt-of misspelling

act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks

English

verb

Misspelling of clique.

US alt-of misspelling

adjecetives

Polish

noun

strategist (person who makes plans)

masculine person

adjecetives

Polish

noun

strategist (person who makes plans for a military as a whole)

government military politics war

masculine person

adjecetives

Polish

noun

strategus (leader of a military in Ancient Greek)

masculine person

adjecetives

Polish

noun

general; admiral; strategus (commander of a military administrative district directly subordinate to the emperor)

masculine person

adjectival derivatives of body parts

hájas

Hungarian

adj

prepared with leaf lard

adjectival derivatives of body parts

hájas

Hungarian

adj

very fat, obese

adjectival derivatives of body parts

hájas

Hungarian

noun

leaf lard pastry (a Hungarian puff pastry prepared with leaf lard and filled with jam or walnut)

all senses

казна

Ukrainian

noun

treasury (government department that manages government finances)

business finance government

dated uncountable

all senses

казна

Ukrainian

noun

coffers (a supply or store of money)

colloquial dated uncountable

all senses

казна

Ukrainian

noun

treasury, treasure house (place where treasure is stored safely)

dated historical uncountable

all senses

цнотливість

Ukrainian

noun

virtue, virtuousness (quality of being virtuous)

uncountable

all senses

цнотливість

Ukrainian

noun

chastity, continence (sexual abstinence)

uncountable

amuse oneself

English

noun

Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.

countable uncountable

amuse oneself

English

noun

A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.

countable

amuse oneself

English

noun

Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.

countable

amuse oneself

English

noun

Something fun, pastime; amusement.

archaic countable uncountable

amuse oneself

English

noun

Mockery, making fun; derision.

archaic countable uncountable

amuse oneself

English

noun

A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.

countable

amuse oneself

English

noun

Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, or fishing.

uncountable

amuse oneself

English

noun

A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.

biology botany natural-sciences zoology

countable

amuse oneself

English

noun

A sportsman; a gambler.

countable slang

amuse oneself

English

noun

One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.

countable slang

amuse oneself

English

noun

An amorous dalliance.

obsolete uncountable

amuse oneself

English

noun

A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)

countable informal singular uncountable usually

amuse oneself

English

noun

Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy.

countable uncountable

amuse oneself

English

noun

Play; idle jingle.

archaic countable uncountable

amuse oneself

English

verb

To amuse oneself, to play.

intransitive

amuse oneself

English

verb

To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.

intransitive

amuse oneself

English

verb

To display; to have as a notable feature.

transitive

amuse oneself

English

verb

To divert; to amuse; to make merry.

reflexive

amuse oneself

English

verb

To represent by any kind of play.

transitive

amuse oneself

English

verb

To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.

amuse oneself

English

verb

To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.

amuse oneself

English

verb

To close (a door).

archaic transitive

an advocate of globalism

English

adj

Of or pertaining to globalism.

an advocate of globalism

English

noun

An advocate of globalism.

an advocate of globalism

English

noun

A Jew, implying that Jews are more loyal to a global conspiracy than the country which they live in.

ethnic offensive slur

an advocate of globalism

English

noun

One who believes that Adolf Hitler intended to extend the Third Reich beyond the continent of Europe.

historiography history human-sciences sciences

an advocate of globalism

English

noun

One who believes international events are primarily caused by conflicts between great powers.

geopolitics government politics

dated

an energetic, unpredictable person

firecracker

English

noun

A small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang.

an energetic, unpredictable person

firecracker

English

noun

A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana, similar in concept to an Alice B. Toklas brownie.

slang

an energetic, unpredictable person

firecracker

English

noun

An individual who is quick-tempered, rambunctious, or unpredictable.

slang

any of various predatory insects of the Mantodea order

praying mantis

English

noun

Any of various predatory, cannibalistic insects of the order Mantodea that have a prayer-like stance.

any of various predatory insects of the Mantodea order

praying mantis

English

noun

A mantid of the species Mantis religiosa.

regional

any of various predatory insects of the Mantodea order

praying mantis

English

noun

A woman who preys on men (from the idea that female praying mantises eat males after sex).

area police headquarters

station house

English

noun

A structure or other area set aside for storage of fire-extinguishing equipment.

area police headquarters

station house

English

noun

The headquarters of a police force or unit for a specific district; a police station.

area police headquarters

station house

English

noun

A building serving as shelter at a railway station.

arrival

tulo

Ingrian

noun

arrival

tulo

Ingrian

noun

harvest, yield

assault

毆打

Chinese

verb

to hit (someone); to beat (someone); to assault (someone)

assault

毆打

Chinese

noun

assault

law

assault

毆打

Chinese

noun

battery

law

assumption

supposition

English

noun

Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture.

countable uncountable

assumption

supposition

English

noun

The act or an instance of supposing.

countable uncountable

athletics

check mark

English

noun

A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.

Canada Philippines US

athletics

check mark

English

noun

In long jump, javelin and similar events, little mark alongside the runway which helps the athlete to set their steps just right for their performance.

athletics hobbies lifestyle sports

band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place

English

noun

A band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band formerly worn in Scotland and northern England by young unmarried women.

band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place

English

noun

A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place.

band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place

English

noun

The flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey.

band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place

English

noun

A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line; a snell.

band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place

English

noun

A piece of clothing to keep the neck warm; neckwarmer.

band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place

English

verb

To keep the hair in place with a snood.

bare-knuckled boxing

fisticuffs

English

noun

plural of fisticuff

form-of plural plural-only

bare-knuckled boxing

fisticuffs

English

noun

An impromptu fight with the fists, usually between only two people.

informal plural plural-only

bare-knuckled boxing

fisticuffs

English

noun

Bare-knuckled boxing, a form of boxing done without boxing gloves or similar padding.

hobbies lifestyle sports

dated plural plural-only

bauble

bibelot

English

noun

A bauble, knickknack or trinket.

bauble

bibelot

English

noun

A miniature book of an elegant design.

be accepted

English

verb

To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.

copulative intransitive

be accepted

English

verb

To move oneself into such a position.

intransitive

be accepted

English

verb

To occupy a given position.

intransitive

be accepted

English

verb

To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.

copulative intransitive

be accepted

English

verb

To be a member of a deliberative body.

government

be accepted

English

verb

Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.

government law

be accepted

English

verb

To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.

be accepted

English

verb

To be adjusted; to fit.

be accepted

English

verb

To be accepted or acceptable; to work.

intransitive

be accepted

English

verb

To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.

causative transitive

be accepted

English

verb

To accommodate in seats; to seat.

transitive

be accepted

English

verb

To babysit.

US ambitransitive

be accepted

English

verb

To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).

Australia New-Zealand UK transitive

be accepted

English

verb

To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.

be accepted

English

verb

To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.

be accepted

English

verb

To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.

be accepted

English

verb

To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.

obsolete transitive

be accepted

English

noun

An act of sitting.

be accepted

English

noun

Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.

business mining

be accepted

English

noun

An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.

Buddhism lifestyle religion

rare

be accepted

English

noun

Clipping of situation.

abbreviation alt-of clipping informal

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

noun

A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.

countable uncountable

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

noun

A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like. / A strap worn on the shoulder.

countable uncountable

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

noun

A strip of thick leather used in flogging.

countable uncountable

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

noun

Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.

countable uncountable

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

noun

A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.

countable uncountable

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

noun

A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass. / A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.

business carpentry construction manufacturing

countable uncountable

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

noun

A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass. / A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.

nautical transport

countable uncountable

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

noun

The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.

biology botany natural-sciences

countable uncountable

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

noun

The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.

biology botany natural-sciences

countable uncountable

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

noun

A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.

countable slang uncountable

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

noun

Credit offered to a customer, especially for alcoholic drink.

archaic slang uncountable

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

noun

A strap-on.

countable slang uncountable

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

noun

Synonym of strapline.

journalism media

countable uncountable

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

noun

A championship belt, or by extension, the title.

government hobbies lifestyle martial-arts military politics professional-wrestling sports war wrestling

countable slang uncountable with-definite-article

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

noun

An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.

business finance

countable uncountable

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

verb

To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.

transitive

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

verb

To fasten or bind with a strap.

transitive

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

verb

To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.

transitive

beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash

English

verb

To slap or stroke the muscled areas of a horse with a cloth or pad, a form of massage meant to improve muscle tone.

transitive

bicycle

Chinese

noun

cart; wheelbarrow; buggy (Classifier: 架 c)

Cantonese

bicycle

Chinese

noun

rickshaw (Classifier: 架 c)

Cantonese

bicycle

Chinese

noun

car; vehicle

Hakka

bicycle

Chinese

noun

bicycle

Min Southern

bicycle

Chinese

noun

sewing machine

Hakka Min Southern

bicycle

Chinese

name

Chelsea Football Club (short for 車路士 /车路士 (ce¹ lou⁶ si⁶))

Cantonese Hong-Kong slang

bitterness

amaritudo

Latin

noun

bitterness

declension-3

bitterness

amaritudo

Latin

noun

harshness

declension-3

bitterness

amaritudo

Latin

noun

severity, acrimoniousness, sadness, trouble, sorrow, harshness

declension-3 figuratively

black and white colored

English

adj

Having two or more colors, especially black and white.

black and white colored

English

adj

Decorated or colored in blotches.

black and white colored

English

verb

simple past and past participle of pi

form-of participle past

black and white colored

English

verb

simple past and past participle of pie

form-of participle past

book on the art of war

兵符

Chinese

noun

military authorization seals; commander's tally

archaic

book on the art of war

兵符

Chinese

noun

book on the art of war

archaic

brand

Chinese

noun

brand (identifying mark burnt on livestock or implements)

brand

Chinese

noun

indelible mark; stigma; lasting mark

figuratively

brand

Chinese

noun

alternative form of 老印 (lǎoyìn, “Indian people”)

Internet alt-of alternative

brand

Chinese

verb

to put a lasting mark; to imprint

breed of English horse

English

noun

An ordinary horse.

archaic countable uncountable

breed of English horse

English

noun

A carriage for hire or a cab.

countable uncountable

breed of English horse

English

noun

A horse used to ride or drive.

countable uncountable

breed of English horse

English

noun

A breed of English horse.

countable uncountable

breed of English horse

English

noun

A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.

archaic countable uncountable

breed of English horse

English

noun

Inferior writing; literary hackwork.

archaic uncountable

breed of English horse

English

adj

Offered for hire.

not-comparable

breed of English horse

English

adj

Much used; trite; mean.

figuratively not-comparable

breed of English horse

English

verb

To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.

transitive

breed of English horse

English

verb

To use as a hackney.

transitive

breed of English horse

English

verb

To carry in a hackney coach.

transitive

capable of being raised to an upright position

erectile

English

adj

Capable of being raised to an upright position.

not-comparable

capable of being raised to an upright position

erectile

English

adj

Capable of filling with blood and becoming rigid.

biology medicine natural-sciences sciences

not-comparable

cheap

Chinese

character

cheap; inexpensive

cheap

Chinese

character

lowly; low-ranking; poor; plebeian

cheap

Chinese

character

bad; inferior; poor

cheap

Chinese

character

mean; base; despicable; obnoxious

cheap

Chinese

character

mean, bitchy, annoying

colloquial derogatory

cheap

Chinese

character

humble

cheap

Chinese

character

naughty; restless

Min

cheap

Chinese

character

to look down upon; to despise

cheap

Chinese

character

to hate; to detest

cheap

Chinese

character

a surname, Jian

chemical element

thallium

English

noun

A metallic chemical element (symbol Tl) with atomic number 81: a gray post-transition metal that discolors when exposed to air.

countable uncountable

chemical element

thallium

English

noun

A single atom of this element.

countable uncountable

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. / A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. / A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. / A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. / A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted.

media printing publishing

dated

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. / A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. / A section of split logs used as fuel.

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. / A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. / The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.

falconry hobbies hunting lifestyle

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. / In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.

cellular-automata computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular. / A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.

hobbies lifestyle philately

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular. / A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit. / A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit. / A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences programming sciences

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit. / A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.

computing cryptography engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit. / A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.

chemistry natural-sciences physical-sciences

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit. / A section of a railroad where the block system is used.

rail-transport railways transport

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit. / A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit. / A yeargroup at Eton College.

education

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets. / The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A cuboid or approximately cuboid building. / A cellblock.

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

Something that prevents something from passing.

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

Something that prevents something from passing. / Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

Something that prevents something from passing. / Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.

backgammon games

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

Something that prevents something from passing. / An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).

hobbies lifestyle sports

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

Something that prevents something from passing. / An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck). / A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

Something that prevents something from passing. / An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck). / The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

Something that prevents something from passing. / An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck). / A blockhole.

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

Something that prevents something from passing. / An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck). / The popping crease.

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

Something that prevents something from passing. / An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck). / A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.

ball-games games hobbies lifestyle sports volleyball

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

Something that prevents something from passing. / An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck). / The portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.

gymnastics hobbies lifestyle sports

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

Something that prevents something from passing. / A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

The human head.

slang

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

Solitary confinement.

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

A blockhead; a stupid person; a dolt.

obsolete

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

verb

To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.

transitive

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

verb

To prevent (something or someone) from passing.

transitive

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

verb

To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).

transitive

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

verb

To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).

hobbies lifestyle sports

transitive

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

verb

To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).

entertainment lifestyle theater

transitive

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

verb

To hit with a block.

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

transitive

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

verb

To play a block shot.

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

intransitive

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

verb

To bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.

transitive

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

verb

To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).

transitive

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

verb

To wait for some condition to become true.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences programming sciences

intransitive

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

verb

To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.

transitive

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

verb

To shape or sketch out roughly.

transitive

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

verb

To experience mental block or creative block.

intransitive

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

verb

To knock the hat of (a person) down over their eyes.

obsolete slang transitive

chemistry: portion of macromolecule

English

noun

Misspelling of bloc.

alt-of misspelling

circle

Japanese

noun

an arc of electricity

circle

Japanese

noun

part of a series, as in a story arc or character arc

circle

Japanese

noun

part of a circle or orbit

circle

Japanese

noun

an arc in general

citrus

Chinese

noun

oranges and tangerines

citrus

Chinese

noun

kumquat

Cantonese Mandarin dialectal

citrus

Chinese

noun

citrus

Chinese

noun

citrus fruit

city

English

name

A city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, famous for its university.

city

English

name

Ellipsis of University of Oxford.

abbreviation alt-of ellipsis

city

English

name

An English habitational surname derived from the city in England.

city

English

name

Other places in England: / A hamlet in Ancroft parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0046).

city

English

name

Other places in England: / An outer suburb of Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8753).

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A city in Calhoun County, Talladega County and Cleburne County, Alabama.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A minor city in Izard County, Arkansas.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / An unincorporated community in La Plata County, Colorado.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A town in New Haven County, Connecticut; named for the city in England.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / An unincorporated community in Sumter County, Florida.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A city in Newton County, Georgia; named for the university.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A former city in Franklin County, Idaho, disincorporated in 2024.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A town in Oak Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A minor city and township in Johnson County, Iowa; named for its township, itself named for the town in New York.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A city in Sumner County, Kansas.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / An unincorporated community in Scott County, Kentucky.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A town and census-designated place therein, in Oxford County, Maine; named for the city in England.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A town in Talbot County, Maryland.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A township and village therein, in Oakland County, Michigan.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A city, the county seat of Lafayette County, Mississippi; named for the city in England.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A village in Furnas County and Harlan County, Nebraska.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A township and census-designated place therein, in Warren County, New Jersey.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A town and village therein, in Chenango County, New York; named for the town in Massachusetts.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A town, the county seat of Granville County, North Carolina.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A city in Butler County, Ohio.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A town and village therein, in Marquette County, Wisconsin.

city

English

name

A number of places in the United States: / A number of other townships, listed under Oxford Township.

city

English

name

A settlement on Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.

city

English

name

A place in Canada: / A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.

city

English

name

A place in Canada: / A town in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.

city

English

name

A town in Waimakariri district, Canterbury, New Zealand.

city

English

name

A rural locality in Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.

city

English

noun

A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather.

city

English

noun

A type of basket weave cotton fabric used for clothing.

attributive usually

city

English

noun

Ellipsis of Oxford scholar.

Australia abbreviation alt-of archaic ellipsis

city

English

noun

A dictionary published by Oxford University Press, especially the Oxford English Dictionary.

city

English

noun

Ellipsis of Oxford shirt.

abbreviation alt-of ellipsis

city

English

noun

Ellipsis of Oxford marmalade.

UK abbreviation alt-of ellipsis

city and port in the Netherlands

Rotterdam

English

name

A city in South Holland, Netherlands.

city and port in the Netherlands

Rotterdam

English

name

A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

city in Lazio, Italy

English

name

An ancient city in the province of Rome, Lazio, Italy.

city in Lazio, Italy

English

name

An eastern suburb of Cork, County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 7072).

city in Lazio, Italy

English

name

A town in Grenada.

city in Lazio, Italy

English

noun

A game resembling bagatelle, played on a special oblong board or table with a curved upper end, a set of numbered compartments at the lower end, side alleys, and the surface studded with pins and sometimes furnished with numbered depressions or cups.

uncountable

city in Lviv, Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine

Dubliany

English

name

A city in Lviv urban hromada, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1468.

city in Lviv, Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine

Dubliany

English

name

A rural settlement in Novyi Kalyniv urban hromada, Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1432.

city in Lviv, Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine

Dubliany

English

name

A village in Demydivka settlement hromada, Dubno Raion, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1545.

claw

arpa

Occitan

noun

harp

feminine

claw

arpa

Occitan

noun

claw

feminine

combat sports: rapid sequence of punches or strikes

English

noun

The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.

countable uncountable

combat sports: rapid sequence of punches or strikes

English

noun

An object formed by combining.

countable uncountable

combat sports: rapid sequence of punches or strikes

English

noun

A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.

countable uncountable

combat sports: rapid sequence of punches or strikes

English

noun

One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.

mathematics sciences

countable uncountable

combat sports: rapid sequence of punches or strikes

English

noun

An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.

countable uncountable

combat sports: rapid sequence of punches or strikes

English

noun

A shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.

ball-games billiards games hobbies lifestyle sports

countable uncountable

combat sports: rapid sequence of punches or strikes

English

noun

A motorcycle and sidecar.

hobbies lifestyle motorcycling

countable uncountable

combat sports: rapid sequence of punches or strikes

English

noun

A rapid sequence of punches or strikes in boxing or other combat sports.

boxing government hobbies lifestyle martial-arts military politics sports war

countable uncountable

combat sports: rapid sequence of punches or strikes

English

noun

An advantageous sequence of forcing or nearly forcing moves, often initiated with a sacrifice.

board-games chess games

countable uncountable

combat sports: rapid sequence of punches or strikes

English

noun

Synonym of combinations (A one-piece suit of underwear).

countable uncountable

common or usual for a particular place or circumstance

English

adj

Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.

common or usual for a particular place or circumstance

English

adj

Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular.

common or usual for a particular place or circumstance

English

adj

One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not shared or possessed by others.

dated

common or usual for a particular place or circumstance

English

adj

Particular; individual; special; appropriate.

dated

common or usual for a particular place or circumstance

English

noun

That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.

common or usual for a particular place or circumstance

English

noun

an ecclesiastical district, parish, chapel or church outside the jurisdiction of the bishop of the diocese in which it is situated.

composed of marble

English

adj

Composed of marble; having a marble exterior.

composed of marble

English

adj

Having marbling.

composed of marble

English

adj

Resembling marble.

composed of marble

English

adj

Interlaced with fat.

food lifestyle meat meats

composed of marble

English

verb

simple past and past participle of marble

form-of participle past

compounds

halpa

Finnish

adj

cheap, inexpensive, low-end (low in price)

compounds

halpa

Finnish

adj

cheap, cheesy, low-end, tacky (low in quality)

compounds

halpa

Finnish

adj

discount, budget

compounds

Finnish

noun

brush (implement consisting of multiple bristles or other filaments) / brush (piece of conductive material, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine)

compounds

Finnish

noun

brush (implement consisting of multiple bristles or other filaments) / broom, sweeper (implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further)

ball-games curling games hobbies lifestyle sports

compounds

Finnish

noun

A brush-like animal appendage. / mane (longer hair growth e.g. on back of neck of a horse or around head of a male lion)

compounds

Finnish

noun

A brush-like animal appendage. / crest, comb (tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head)

compounds

Finnish

noun

A brush-like animal appendage. / crest (upper curve of a horse's neck)

compounds

Finnish

noun

A brush-like animal appendage. / crest (ridge or top of a wave)

compounds

Finnish

noun

A protruding geographical feature. / crest, chine (summit of a hill or mountain ridge)

compounds

Finnish

noun

A protruding geographical feature. / arête (sharp edge of a mountain ridge)

compounds

Finnish

noun

A protruding geographical feature. / ridge (highest point on a roof)

compounds

hierrin

Finnish

noun

pestle

compounds

hierrin

Finnish

noun

synonym of härkin

compounds

höllä

Finnish

adj

loose (not tight)

compounds

höllä

Finnish

adj

lenient (not strict)

compounds

imeytyminen

Finnish

noun

verbal noun of imeytyä

form-of noun-from-verb

compounds

imeytyminen

Finnish

noun

verbal noun of imeytyä / becoming absorbed, absorption

compounds

kaistale

Finnish

noun

A shred.

compounds

kaistale

Finnish

noun

A strip of e.g. land.

compounds

kalotti

Finnish

noun

calotte, skullcap, yarmulke

compounds

kalotti

Finnish

noun

segment of a sphere, dome

geometry mathematics sciences

compounds

kalotti

Finnish

noun

the area inside Arctic Circle or Antarctic Circle

geography natural-sciences

compounds

kupletti

Finnish

noun

couplet

compounds

kupletti

Finnish

noun

comic song

compounds

lappi

Finnish

noun

synonym of saame (“Sami language”)

proscribed

compounds

lappi

Finnish

noun

synonym of saamelainen (“Sami”)

archaic poetic

compounds

linnoitus

Finnish

noun

fortress, citadel, stronghold

compounds

linnoitus

Finnish

noun

fortification

compounds

linnoitus

Finnish

noun

castling

board-games chess games

compounds

lyyra

Finnish

noun

lyre (musical instrument)

compounds

lyyra

Finnish

noun

badge, cockade etc. depicting a lyre

compounds

saaja

Finnish

noun

receiver (person who gets or receives)

compounds

saaja

Finnish

noun

payee (of a bill of exchange or cheque)

business finance

compounds

selitys

Finnish

noun

explanation

compounds

selitys

Finnish

noun

excuse

informal

comprising various (native) linguistic groups — see also multilingual

English

noun

A publication in several languages; specifically, a book (especially a bible) containing several versions of the same subject matter or text in several languages.

comprising various (native) linguistic groups — see also multilingual

English

noun

One who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages.

also figuratively

comprising various (native) linguistic groups — see also multilingual

English

noun

A mixture of languages or nomenclatures.

also figuratively

comprising various (native) linguistic groups — see also multilingual

English

noun

A file that can be interpreted validly as multiple formats.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

comprising various (native) linguistic groups — see also multilingual

English

noun

A program written to be valid in multiple programming languages.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences programming sciences

comprising various (native) linguistic groups — see also multilingual

English

noun

A bird able to imitate the sounds of other birds.

obsolete

comprising various (native) linguistic groups — see also multilingual

English

adj

Of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages; multilingual.

not-comparable

comprising various (native) linguistic groups — see also multilingual

English

adj

Containing, or made up of, several languages; specifically, of a book (especially a bible): having text translated into several languages.

not-comparable

comprising various (native) linguistic groups — see also multilingual

English

adj

Comprising various (native) linguistic groups; multilingual.

not-comparable

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To be or remain suspended.

intransitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To float, as if suspended.

intransitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To veer in one direction.

intransitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.

hobbies lifestyle sports tennis

intransitive usually

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.

transitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.

transitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.

law

transitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.

law

intransitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

(used in maledictions) To damn.

informal transitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.

informal intransitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To exhibit (an object) by hanging.

transitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).

transitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To decorate (something) with hanging objects.

transitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To remain persistently in one's thoughts.

figuratively intransitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.

transitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

intransitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

transitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.

board-games chess games

transitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To be vulnerable to capture.

board-games chess games

intransitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.

ball-games baseball games hobbies lifestyle sports

slang transitive

computing: stop responding

English

verb

To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).

figuratively transitive

computing: stop responding

English

noun

The way in which something hangs.

computing: stop responding

English

noun

A mass of hanging material.

computing: stop responding

English

noun

A slackening of motion.

computing: stop responding

English

noun

A sharp or steep declivity or slope.

computing: stop responding

English

noun

An instance of ceasing to respond to input.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

computing: stop responding

English

noun

A grip, understanding.

figuratively informal

computing: stop responding

English

noun

A hangout.

colloquial

computing: stop responding

English

noun

A person that someone hangs out with.

colloquial

computing: stop responding

English

noun

Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.

Ireland derogatory informal uncountable

computing: stop responding

English

noun

Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).

alt-of alternative

computing: stop responding

English

noun

The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.

colloquial

condition or state of being recrudescent

recrudescence

English

noun

The condition or state being recrudescent; the condition of something (often undesirable) breaking out again, or re-emerging after temporary abatement or suppression.

countable uncountable

condition or state of being recrudescent

recrudescence

English

noun

The acute recurrence of a disease, or its symptoms, after a period of improvement.

medicine sciences

broadly countable uncountable

condition or state of being recrudescent

recrudescence

English

noun

The production of a fresh shoot from a ripened spike.

biology botany natural-sciences

countable uncountable

constituent settlements of the starostynskyi okruh

Olyva

English

name

A village, the administrative centre of Olyva starostynskyi okruh, Ivankiv settlement hromada, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.

constituent settlements of the starostynskyi okruh

Olyva

English

name

A village, the administrative centre of Olyva starostynskyi okruh, Ivankiv settlement hromada, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. / A starostynskyi okruh of Ivankiv settlement hromada, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, established in June 2021.

containing few allergens

hypoallergenic

English

adj

Containing fewer allergens; minimally allergenic.

containing few allergens

hypoallergenic

English

adj

Relating to a hypoallergen.

immunology medicine sciences

contents of a pan

English

noun

A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.

contents of a pan

English

noun

The contents of such a receptacle.

contents of a pan

English

noun

A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.

contents of a pan

English

noun

A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.

Ireland

contents of a pan

English

noun

A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.

contents of a pan

English

noun

An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially / A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.

geography geology natural-sciences

contents of a pan

English

noun

An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially / A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.

geography geology natural-sciences

South-Africa especially

contents of a pan

English

noun

An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially / Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.

geography geology natural-sciences

South-Africa

contents of a pan

English

noun

An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially / Ellipsis of salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.

geography geology natural-sciences

abbreviation alt-of ellipsis

contents of a pan

English

noun

Ellipsis of hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.

geography geology natural-sciences

abbreviation alt-of ellipsis

contents of a pan

English

noun

Synonym of pipe: a channel for lava within a volcano; the cylindrical remains of such channels.

geography geology natural-sciences

South-Africa obsolete

contents of a pan

English

noun

Strong adverse criticism.

contents of a pan

English

noun

A loaf of bread; a pan-loaf.

Ireland

contents of a pan

English

noun

The chamber pot in a close stool; (now) the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.

obsolete

contents of a pan

English

noun

A bedpan.

contents of a pan

English

noun

A human face, a mug.

slang

contents of a pan

English

noun

The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.

business construction manufacturing roofing

contents of a pan

English

noun

A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.

contents of a pan

English

noun

The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.

engineering firearms government military natural-sciences physical-sciences politics tools war weaponry

contents of a pan

English

noun

The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.

contents of a pan

English

noun

The brain, seen as one's intellect.

figuratively

contents of a pan

English

noun

A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.

business carpentry construction manufacturing

contents of a pan

English

noun

Ellipsis of steelpan.

entertainment lifestyle music

abbreviation alt-of ellipsis

contents of a pan

English

verb

To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).

transitive

contents of a pan

English

verb

To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)

transitive

contents of a pan

English

verb

To turn out well; to be successful.

intransitive

contents of a pan

English

verb

To beat one's opposition convincingly.

informal transitive

contents of a pan

English

verb

(of a camera) To turn horizontally.

intransitive

contents of a pan

English

verb

To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360° from the point where the film first began to be exposed.

arts hobbies lifestyle photography

intransitive

contents of a pan

English

verb

To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale.

intransitive

contents of a pan

English

verb

To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.

transitive

contents of a pan

English

verb

(of a sound) To move in the multichannel sound field.

intransitive

contents of a pan

English

noun

A sequence in a film in which the camera pans over an area.

contents of a pan

English

noun

Alternative form of paan.

alt-of alternative uncountable

contents of a pan

English

verb

To join or fit together; to unite.

contents of a pan

English

noun

A part; a portion.

contents of a pan

English

noun

The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.

fortifications government military politics war

contents of a pan

English

noun

A leaf of gold or silver.

contents of a pan

English

adj

Pansexual or panromantic.

informal not-comparable

contents of a pan

English

noun

Clipping of pantograph.

rail-transport railways transport

abbreviation alt-of clipping informal

cooked

aarlit

Manx

verb

past participle of aarlee

form-of participle past

cooked

aarlit

Manx

adj

prepared, groomed

cooked

aarlit

Manx

adj

cooked

correct spelling according to established usage

English

noun

A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.

human-sciences linguistics sciences

countable

correct spelling according to established usage

English

noun

A set of conventions for writing a language, including norms of spelling, capitalization, emphasis, hyphenation, punctuation, and word breaks.

human-sciences linguistics sciences

countable

correct spelling according to established usage

English

noun

The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words; the study of spelling.

human-sciences linguistics sciences

uncountable

correct spelling according to established usage

English

noun

Correct spelling according to established usage; also (obsolete) pronunciation according to the spelling of a word.

human-sciences linguistics sciences

uncountable

correct spelling according to established usage

English

noun

A form of projection used to represent three-dimensional objects in two dimensions, in which all the projection lines are orthogonal or perpendicular to the projection plane; an orthographic projection, especially when used to draw an elevation, vertical projection, etc., of a building; also (obsolete) a drawing made in this way.

architecture

countable

correct spelling according to established usage

English

noun

Synonym of orthographer (“someone knowledgeable in spelling rules”).

countable obsolete

correct spelling according to established usage

English

verb

To spell (words) or write (text) according to established usage.

archaic rare transitive

covered with filth

English

adj

Covered with filth; very dirty.

covered with filth

English

adj

Obscene or offensive.

covered with filth

English

adj

Very unpleasant or disagreeable.

covered with filth

English

adj

Angry; upset; severely annoyed.

Australia slang

covered with filth

English

verb

To make very dirty; to saturate something with dirt.

transitive

covered with filth

English

verb

To cover in filth.

transitive

credit card issued by Visa

English

name

A credit card company.

banking business

credit card issued by Visa

English

name

Alternative spelling of visa.

alt-of alternative

credit card issued by Visa

English

noun

A credit card issued by the credit card company Visa.

banking business

credit card issued by Visa

English

noun

A credit card.

banking business

dealer in stolen goods

English

noun

One who places or arranges something.

dealer in stolen goods

English

noun

One who deals in stolen goods; a fence.

slang

dealer in stolen goods

English

noun

A horse, etc. that finishes in a particular place in a race.

gambling games

in-compounds

dealer in stolen goods

English

noun

A lamb whose mother has died and which has transferred its attachment to an object, such as a bush or rock, in the locality.

Australia New-Zealand

dealer in stolen goods

English

adj

alluvial; occurring in a deposit of sand or earth on a river-bed or bank, particularly with reference to precious metals such as gold or silver

business mining

not-comparable

dealer in stolen goods

English

noun

A place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold, etc.

dealer in stolen goods

English

noun

Any place holding treasures.

broadly

decay

peluruhan

Indonesian

noun

decay: / the process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition

biology natural-sciences

rare

decay

peluruhan

Indonesian

noun

decay: / a deterioration of condition; loss of status, quality, strength, or fortune

natural-sciences physical-sciences physics

decay

peluruhan

Indonesian

noun

disintegration: the wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc

business mining

decorative page heading

English

noun

The head; the brain.

decorative page heading

English

noun

Something covering the head. / A protective cover for the head; a helmet.

decorative page heading

English

noun

Something covering the head. / A headdress.

decorative page heading

English

noun

A headset.

decorative page heading

English

noun

A headstall.

decorative page heading

English

noun

A headboard of a bed.

decorative page heading

English

noun

A decorative page heading used at the start of volumes or chapters.

media printing publishing

decorative page heading

English

noun

The top piece or part of any of various things.

defend

Latin

verb

to keep off, keep away, ward off, reject, repel

conjugation-2 transitive

defend

Latin

verb

to prevent, hinder

conjugation-2 transitive

defend

Latin

verb

to confine, keep close

conjugation-2 transitive

defend

Latin

verb

to shut up, enclose

conjugation-2 transitive

defend

Latin

verb

to defend, protect (from)

conjugation-2 transitive

defend

Latin

verb

to keep away, take off, move away, alienate

conjugation-2 transitive

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty. / Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty. / Below the batter's knees.

ball-games baseball games hobbies lifestyle sports

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured. / Low-cut.

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Humble, meek, not haughty.

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Being a nadir, a bottom.

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak. / Having few hit points remaining; damaged.

video-games

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Dead. (Compare lay low.)

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc). / Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc). / Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Simple in complexity or development.

especially

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Favoring simplicity (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Being near the equator.

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Quiet; soft; not loud.

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.

human-sciences linguistics phonetics phonology sciences

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.

card-games games

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple.

archaic

despicable thing to do

English

adj

Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.

despicable thing to do

English

noun

A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).

despicable thing to do

English

noun

A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc). / The minimum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.

despicable thing to do

English

noun

A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.

despicable thing to do

English

noun

An area of low pressure; a depression.

climatology meteorology natural-sciences

informal

despicable thing to do

English

noun

The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.

despicable thing to do

English

noun

The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.

card-games games

despicable thing to do

English

noun

A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.

slang usually

despicable thing to do

English

adv

Close to the ground.

despicable thing to do

English

adv

Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.

despicable thing to do

English

adv

With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.

despicable thing to do

English

adv

Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.

despicable thing to do

English

adv

In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.

despicable thing to do

English

adv

In a time approaching our own.

despicable thing to do

English

adv

In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.

astronomy natural-sciences

despicable thing to do

English

verb

To lower; to make low.

obsolete transitive

despicable thing to do

English

verb

simple past of laugh.

form-of obsolete past

despicable thing to do

English

verb

To moo.

intransitive

despicable thing to do

English

noun

A flame; fire; blaze.

Scotland UK countable dialectal

despicable thing to do

English

verb

To burn; to blaze.

Scotland UK dialectal

despicable thing to do

English

noun

Barrow, mound, tumulus.

archaic obsolete

despicable thing to do

English

noun

A hill.

Scottish archaic dialectal

despicable thing to do

English

verb

Alternative form of 'low.

alt-of alternative

diagonal cross

English

noun

A diagonal cross, the figure of a cross that has a form of two intersecting oblique bars.

diagonal cross

English

noun

The national flag of Scotland.

diagonal cross

English

noun

The plant Hypericum hypericoides.

diagonal cross

English

noun

An upright X-shaped frame to which a participant can be tied.

BDSM lifestyle sexuality

diagram

図形

Japanese

noun

figure, diagram

diagram

図形

Japanese

noun

graph

diagram

図形

Japanese

noun

figure

geometry mathematics sciences

difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes

English

noun

More than half (50%) of some group.

countable uncountable

difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes

English

noun

In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate, or between the winning candidate and all of the other candidates combined.

countable uncountable

difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes

English

noun

Legal adulthood, age of majority.

countable dated uncountable

difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes

English

noun

The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.

UK countable uncountable

difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes

English

noun

Ancestors; ancestry.

countable uncountable

district of Manila, Philippines

Quiapo

English

name

A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.

district of Manila, Philippines

Quiapo

English

name

A barangay of Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental, Philippines.

division

subtraction

English

noun

The process of subtracting a number from another.

arithmetic

uncountable

division

subtraction

English

noun

A calculation involving subtracting.

arithmetic

countable

division

subtraction

English

noun

The removal of something.

countable uncountable

don't worry

Chinese

intj

never mind; it doesn't matter

don't worry

Chinese

intj

don't worry

Chinese

adj

unimportant

don't worry

Chinese

adj

not critical; not serious

easily frightened

English

adj

Easily frightened; timid.

easily frightened

English

adj

Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.

easily frightened

English

adj

Cautious; wary; suspicious.

easily frightened

English

adj

Short, insufficient or less than.

informal

easily frightened

English

adj

Embarrassed.

easily frightened

English

adj

Less likely to reveal whom they will vote for than average, chiefly in the context of the collective effect this has on polling accuracy.

government politics

UK US

easily frightened

English

verb

To avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidness.

intransitive

easily frightened

English

verb

To jump back in fear.

intransitive

easily frightened

English

verb

To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.

transitive

easily frightened

English

verb

To throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match.

Scotland intransitive transitive

easily frightened

English

verb

To hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a shinty match.

Scotland

easily frightened

English

noun

An act of throwing.

easily frightened

English

noun

A place for throwing.

easily frightened

English

noun

A sudden start aside, as by a horse.

easily frightened

English

noun

In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.

easily frightened

English

noun

A throw-in from the sidelines, using two hands above the head.

ball-games games hobbies lifestyle soccer sports

Scotland

easily frightened

English

noun

In shinty, the act of tossing the ball above the head and hitting it with the shaft of the caman to bring it back into play after it has been hit out of the field.

Scotland

easily frightened

English

noun

A gibe; a sneer.

archaic

education: to teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students

English

verb

To modify so as to create a difference or distinction.

transitive

education: to teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students

English

verb

To show or be the difference or distinction between things.

transitive

education: to teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students

English

verb

To recognize as different or distinct.

transitive

education: to teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students

English

verb

To calculate the derivative of a function.

mathematics sciences

transitive

education: to teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students

English

verb

To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.

mathematics sciences

transitive

education: to teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students

English

verb

To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.

intransitive

education: to teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students

English

verb

To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.

education

intransitive

education: to teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students

English

verb

To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.

biology natural-sciences

intransitive transitive

education: to teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students

English

noun

Something that has been differentiated or stratified.

geography geology natural-sciences

elected

English

verb

past participle of choose

form-of participle past

elected

English

verb

past participle of chuse

form-of participle past

elected

English

adj

picked; selected

elected

English

adj

elected

entrenchment

Schanze

German

noun

entrenchment, redoubt

feminine

entrenchment

Schanze

German

noun

ramp; jump (an installation, either temporary or permanent, that is driven over quickly (with skis, a bike etc.) so that the driver is propelled into the air)

feminine

entrenchment

Schanze

German

name

ellipsis of Sternschanze, an area of Hamburg, Germany

abbreviation alt-of colloquial definite ellipsis proper-noun usually

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

An area; somewhere within an area. / An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.

countable physical uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

An area; somewhere within an area. / A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.

countable often physical uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

An area; somewhere within an area. / An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.

countable physical uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

An area; somewhere within an area. / Any area of the earth: a region.

countable physical uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

An area; somewhere within an area. / The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.

countable physical uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

An area; somewhere within an area. / The area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms.

countable physical uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

An area; somewhere within an area. / An area of the body, especially the skin.

countable physical uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

An area; somewhere within an area. / An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.

countable euphemistic physical slang uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

An area; somewhere within an area. / An area to fight: a battlefield or the contested ground in a battle.

countable obsolete physical uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

A location or position in space.

countable uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader

countable uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

A passage or extract from a book or document.

countable obsolete uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

A topic.

countable obsolete rhetoric uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

A state of mind.

countable uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

A chess position; a square of the chessboard.

board-games chess games

countable obsolete uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

A responsibility or position in an organization. / A role or purpose; a station.

countable uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

A responsibility or position in an organization. / The position of a contestant in a competition.

countable uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

A responsibility or position in an organization. / The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.

hobbies horse-racing horseracing horses lifestyle pets racing sports

countable uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

A responsibility or position in an organization. / The position as a member of a sports team.

countable uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.

countable obsolete uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.

countable uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.

countable uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

noun

Reception; effect; implying the making room for.

countable uncountable

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

verb

To put (someone or something) in a specific location.

transitive

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

verb

To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).

ergative

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

verb

To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)). / To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.

hobbies lifestyle motor-racing racing sports

ergative intransitive

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

verb

To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.

transitive

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

verb

To vouch for someone's alibi.

transitive

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

verb

To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.

transitive

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

verb

To make.

transitive

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

verb

To bet.

transitive

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

verb

To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.

transitive

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

verb

To place-kick (a goal).

hobbies lifestyle sports

transitive

euphemism: outhouse or lavatory

English

verb

To assign (more or less value) to something.

transitive

even so

Japanese

adj

as one would expect / Used to describe actions.

even so

Japanese

adj

as one would expect / Used to praise (or satirically criticize).

even so

Japanese

adv

even so, nevertheless, with that said

even so

Japanese

adv

even, as ... as it is

evidence

Mongolian

noun

road, path, way

evidence

Mongolian

noun

trail, trace

evidence

Mongolian

noun

evidence

broadly

evidence

Mongolian

noun

furrow

evidence

Mongolian

noun

line, stanza

evidence

Mongolian

noun

shoulder

hidden-n

evidence

Mongolian

noun

shoulders (of a bottle, of clothing)

broadly hidden-n

evidence

Mongolian

noun

blunt side (of a knife, hatchet...)

hidden-n

evidence

Mongolian

noun

edges of a bow handle

hidden-n

exciting and stimulating

intoxicating

English

adj

Able to intoxicate; an intoxicant.

exciting and stimulating

intoxicating

English

adj

Very exciting and stimulating, like alcohol or some other stimulant.

figuratively

exciting and stimulating

intoxicating

English

verb

present participle and gerund of intoxicate

form-of gerund participle present

facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally

education

English

noun

The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.

uncountable

facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally

education

English

noun

Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, especially through formal instruction.

countable

facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally

education

English

noun

Upbringing, rearing.

archaic countable uncountable

family in Panagrolaimida

Angiostrongylidae

Translingual

name

Certain chromadorean nematodes: / A taxonomic family within the order Panagrolaimida.

family in Panagrolaimida

Angiostrongylidae

Translingual

name

Certain chromadorean nematodes: / A taxonomic family within the order Strongylida.

fate of a nation

國曆

Chinese

noun

fate of a nation

literary

fate of a nation

國曆

Chinese

noun

calendar prescribed and adopted by the state

literary

fate of a nation

國曆

Chinese

noun

Gregorian Calendar

Taiwan

female given name

Ilham

English

name

A male given name.

female given name

Ilham

English

name

A female given name.

fictional extraordinary ability

English

noun

A sovereign state with dominant status on the globe and a very advanced military, especially the United States or formerly the Soviet Union.

countable

fictional extraordinary ability

English

noun

An extraordinary physical or mental ability, especially possessed by a superhero or supervillain.

countable

fictional extraordinary ability

English

noun

Electricity generated in a large plant that is tied into a regional network, on a larger scale than was common in the early years of commercial electricity production.

obsolete uncountable

fictional extraordinary ability

English

noun

A tetration.

mathematics sciences

countable uncountable

fictional extraordinary ability

English

noun

Excessive or superior power.

uncountable

fictional extraordinary ability

English

verb

To give extraordinary powers to.

transitive

fish of the genus Sebastes

English

noun

Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically: / A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world

countable uncountable

fish of the genus Sebastes

English

noun

Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically: / A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world / Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific

countable uncountable

fish of the genus Sebastes

English

noun

Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically: / Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand

countable uncountable

fish of the genus Sebastes

English

noun

Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically: / Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine

countable uncountable

fish of the genus Sebastes

English

noun

Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically: / Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific

countable uncountable

fish of the genus Sebastes

English

noun

Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically: / Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae

countable uncountable

fish of the genus Sebastes

English

noun

Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically: / Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family

countable uncountable

fish of the genus Sebastes

English

noun

Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically: / A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific

countable uncountable

fish of the genus Sebastes

English

noun

Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically: / A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America

countable uncountable

fish of the genus Sebastes

English

noun

Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically: / Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae

countable uncountable

fish of the genus Sebastes

English

noun

Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically: / Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species

countable uncountable

fish of the genus Sebastes

English

noun

Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically: / Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)

countable uncountable

fish of the genus Sebastes

English

noun

Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically: / A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch

countable uncountable

fish of the genus Sebastes

English

noun

Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically: / A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)

countable uncountable

fish of the genus Sebastes

English

noun

A black person who does not know how to swim.

Internet US countable derogatory ethnic slur uncountable

fixed

English

adj

Stiff, rather than flexible.

fixed

English

adj

Having inflexible thoughts, opinions, or beliefs.

fixed

English

adj

Fixed, rather than moving.

fixed

English

adj

Rigorous and unbending.

fixed

English

adj

Uncompromising.

fixed

English

noun

An airship whose shape is maintained solely by an internal and/or external rigid structural framework, without using internal gas pressure to stiffen the vehicle (the lifting gas is at atmospheric pressure); typically also equipped with multiple redundant gasbags, unlike other types of airship.

aeronautics aerospace aviation business engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences

fixed

English

noun

A bicycle with no suspension system.

flight of a ball before it bounces

English

noun

The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired.

flight of a ball before it bounces

English

noun

A burst or emission of many things at once.

flight of a ball before it bounces

English

noun

The flight of a ball just before it bounces.

hobbies lifestyle sports

flight of a ball before it bounces

English

noun

A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground.

hobbies lifestyle sports

flight of a ball before it bounces

English

noun

A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

flight of a ball before it bounces

English

verb

To fire a volley of shots

transitive

flight of a ball before it bounces

English

verb

To hit the ball before it touches the ground

hobbies lifestyle sports

transitive

flight of a ball before it bounces

English

verb

To be fired in a volley

intransitive

flight of a ball before it bounces

English

verb

To make a volley

hobbies lifestyle sports

intransitive

flight of a ball before it bounces

English

verb

To sound together

following in order or time

English

adj

Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds. / Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth.

anatomy medicine sciences

following in order or time

English

adj

Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds. / Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.

anatomy biology botany medicine natural-sciences sciences

following in order or time

English

adj

Following in order or in time.

formal

following in order or time

English

noun

The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks.

euphemistic humorous sometimes

following in order or time

English

noun

The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).

mathematics sciences

forming an exception

English

adj

Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.

forming an exception

English

adj

Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare. / Requiring special schooling for reasons of intellectual giftedness or physical or mental disability.

education

forming an exception

English

adj

Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.

forming an exception

English

adj

Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.

geometry mathematics sciences

forming an exception

English

noun

An exception, or something having an exceptional value

formula

English

noun

The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).

countable uncountable

formula

English

noun

A formal document providing such an admission.

countable uncountable

formula

English

noun

The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now also termed the sacrament of reconciliation.

Christianity

countable uncountable

formula

English

noun

Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.

countable uncountable

formula

English

noun

A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.

countable uncountable

formula

English

noun

The act of professing one's love.

media

Japanese countable uncountable

fruit

bitter orange

English

noun

A citrus tree of the species Citrus ×aurantium, also called Citrus aurantium.

countable uncountable

fruit

bitter orange

English

noun

A citrus tree of the species Citrus limetta.

countable uncountable

fruit

bitter orange

English

noun

The fruit of these species.

countable uncountable

game table

shuffleboard table

English

noun

A type of game table, used as the playing surface for the sport and game of table shuffleboard. Typically a with solid wood surface shuffleboard, over 6m/20ft long.

games hobbies lifestyle sports

game table

shuffleboard table

English

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shuffleboard, table.: A score table, table of brackets, tournament table, etc. for shuffleboard

genus

Psithyrus

Translingual

name

Cuckoo bees, which take over the nests of 'true' bumblebee queens and use the remaining workers to raise their offspring treated taxonomically as: / A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae., or

masculine

genus

Psithyrus

Translingual

name

Cuckoo bees, which take over the nests of 'true' bumblebee queens and use the remaining workers to raise their offspring treated taxonomically as: / A taxonomic subgenus within the family Apidae – Bombus (Psithyrus)., or, formerly

masculine

genus

Psithyrus

Translingual

name

Cuckoo bees, which take over the nests of 'true' bumblebee queens and use the remaining workers to raise their offspring treated taxonomically as: / A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae.

archaic masculine

given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination

factious

English

adj

Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.

given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination

factious

English

adj

Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.

gloss, glossary

Irish

noun

Annunciation

Christianity

capitalized feminine masculine often

gloss, glossary

Irish

noun

gloss, glossary

feminine masculine

gloss, glossary

Irish

noun

whisper, suggestion, hint

feminine masculine

gloss, glossary

Irish

noun

instigation (incitement to evil or wickedness)

feminine masculine

gloss, glossary

Irish

noun

connotation (suggested or implied meaning)

feminine masculine

gloss, glossary

Irish

noun

private communication

feminine literary masculine

gloss, glossary

Irish

noun

counsel (deliberate purpose)

feminine masculine obsolete

goddess

ビーナス

Japanese

name

Venus, the planet

astronomy natural-sciences

rare

goddess

ビーナス

Japanese

name

Venus, the Roman goddess

human-sciences mysticism mythology philosophy sciences

Roman

goddess of youth

English

name

The goddess of youth, and a daughter of Zeus and Hera. Her Roman counterpart is Juventas.

human-sciences mysticism mythology philosophy sciences

Greek

goddess of youth

English

name

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

goddess of youth

English

name

6 Hebe, a main-belt asteroid.

astronomy natural-sciences

goddess of youth

English

noun

A Jew.

derogatory offensive slang

grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals

English

adj

Of or relating to words.

not-comparable

grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals

English

adj

Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.

not-comparable

grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals

English

adj

Consisting of words only.

not-comparable

grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals

English

adj

Expressly spoken rather than written; oral.

not-comparable

grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals

English

adj

Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.

grammar human-sciences linguistics sciences

not-comparable

grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals

English

adj

Used to form a verb.

grammar human-sciences linguistics sciences

not-comparable

grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals

English

adj

Capable of speech.

not-comparable

grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals

English

adj

Word for word.

not-comparable

grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals

English

adj

Abounding with words; verbose.

not-comparable obsolete

grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals

English

noun

A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.

grammar human-sciences linguistics sciences

countable

grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals

English

noun

A spoken confession given to police.

Ireland UK countable

grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals

English

noun

Talk; speech, especially banter or scolding.

Ireland UK colloquial uncountable

grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals

English

verb

To allege (usually falsely) that someone has made an oral admission.

Australia British transitive

grant of complete authority

blank check

English

noun

A signed check of the type used to draw money from a bank account, containing no information as to the amount to be paid with it, so that any amount can be filled in.

grant of complete authority

blank check

English

noun

A grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint.

US figuratively

greater in degree, rank or position

English

adj

Greater in degree, rank or position.

greater in degree, rank or position

English

adj

The relation of a universal proposition to a specific proposition of the same form with the universal quantified variable replaced by a specific instance.

human-sciences logic mathematics philosophy sciences

greater in degree, rank or position

English

adj

hypernymic

human-sciences linguistics sciences

greater in degree, rank or position

English

noun

That which is superordinate.

greater in degree, rank or position

English

noun

That which is superordinate. / Synonym of hypernym.

human-sciences linguistics sciences

greater in degree, rank or position

English

verb

To cause to be superordinate.

transitive

group within a larger group

English

noun

A portion; a component. / A fraction of a whole.

group within a larger group

English

noun

A portion; a component. / A distinct element of something larger.

group within a larger group

English

noun

A portion; a component. / A group inside a larger group.

group within a larger group

English

noun

A portion; a component. / Share, especially of a profit.

group within a larger group

English

noun

A portion; a component. / A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.

group within a larger group

English

noun

A portion; a component. / 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.

group within a larger group

English

noun

A portion; a component. / A section of a document.

group within a larger group

English

noun

A portion; a component. / A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.

group within a larger group

English

noun

A portion; a component. / A factor.

mathematics sciences

dated

group within a larger group

English

noun

A portion; a component. / A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.

group within a larger group

English

noun

A portion; a component. / A private part; genitalia.

colloquial euphemistic

group within a larger group

English

noun

Duty; responsibility.

group within a larger group

English

noun

Duty; responsibility. / Position or role (especially in a play).

group within a larger group

English

noun

Duty; responsibility. / The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.

entertainment lifestyle music

group within a larger group

English

noun

Duty; responsibility. / Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".

group within a larger group

English

noun

The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.

group within a larger group

English

noun

In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.

Judaism

group within a larger group

English

noun

A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.

group within a larger group

English

verb

To leave the company of.

intransitive

group within a larger group

English

verb

To cut hair with a parting.

group within a larger group

English

verb

To divide in two.

transitive

group within a larger group

English

verb

To be divided in two or separated.

intransitive

group within a larger group

English

verb

To divide up; to share.

archaic transitive

group within a larger group

English

verb

To have a part or share; to partake.

obsolete

group within a larger group

English

verb

To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.

group within a larger group

English

verb

To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.

obsolete

group within a larger group

English

verb

To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.

group within a larger group

English

verb

To leave; to quit.

archaic transitive

group within a larger group

English

verb

To leave (an IRC channel).

Internet transitive

group within a larger group

English

adj

Fractional; partial.

not-comparable

group within a larger group

English

adv

Partly; partially; fractionally.

not-comparable

group within a larger group

English

adv

to a partial degree.

not-comparable

handsome

Chinese

character

to command; to lead (and give orders to); to designate

government military politics war

handsome

Chinese

character

to lead; to guide

handsome

Chinese

character

role model; example

handsome

Chinese

character

to follow; to adhere to

handsome

Chinese

character

rapid; sharp; sudden

handsome

Chinese

character

commander-in-chief; marshal

handsome

Chinese

character

officialdom; senior officials

handsome

Chinese

character

leader; guider; leading factor

handsome

Chinese

character

marshal: 🩠, the chief piece on the red side

board-games games xiangqi

handsome

Chinese

character

handsome; good-looking; hot

colloquial

handsome

Chinese

character

elegant; beautiful; splendid; impressive

colloquial

handsome

Chinese

character

Shuai, Chinese surname

surname

having no access to a public road

landlocked

English

adj

Of a country, region, etc., surrounded by land (having no borders with the sea).

geography natural-sciences

not-comparable

having no access to a public road

landlocked

English

adj

Living in freshwater, such as landlocked salmon.

not-comparable

having no access to a public road

landlocked

English

adj

Of a property or parcel surrounded by other property and having no access to a public road.

business real-estate

US not-comparable

having no bottom

English

adj

Having no bottom.

not-comparable

having no bottom

English

adj

Extremely deep.

not-comparable

having no bottom

English

adj

Having no bounds; limitless.

not-comparable

having no bottom

English

adj

Of a meal: accompanied by unlimited drinks.

not-comparable

having no bottom

English

adj

Difficult to understand; unfathomable.

not-comparable

having no bottom

English

adj

refillable (usually for iced tea or other such cold beverages)

Philippines not-comparable

having no bottom

English

adj

Not wearing clothes below the waist; particularly not wearing clothes that would cover the genitalia.

not-comparable

having signed at the end of a document

undersigned

English

adj

Having signatures at the end or bottom.

not-comparable

having signed at the end of a document

undersigned

English

adj

Having signed at the end of a document.

not-comparable

having signed at the end of a document

undersigned

English

noun

A person, mentioned in a document, whose name and signature appears at the end.

heat

Old Armenian

noun

heat, warmth

heat

Old Armenian

noun

fever, fever-heat

heat

Old Armenian

noun

calefaction, warming

heat

Old Armenian

noun

temperature

helper

hulp

Dutch

noun

help, assistance, rescue

feminine

helper

hulp

Dutch

noun

helper, aide, assistant, sidekick (also in the masculine gender)

feminine

hem

Saum

German

noun

hem (sewn edge of a garment or cloth)

masculine strong

hem

Saum

German

noun

edge

figuratively masculine strong

hem

Saum

German

noun

burden of a pack animal

dialectal masculine strong

here and there

English

prep

In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around.

here and there

English

prep

Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.

here and there

English

prep

Indicates that something will happen very soon; indicates a plan or intention to do something. / See about to.

here and there

English

prep

Indicates that something will happen very soon; indicates a plan or intention to do something. / On the point or verge of.

dialectal obsolete

here and there

English

prep

Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of.

here and there

English

prep

Concerned or occupied with; engaged in; intent on.

here and there

English

prep

Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.

here and there

English

prep

On one’s person; nearby the person.

here and there

English

prep

On or near (one's person); attached as an attribute to; in the makeup of, or at the command of.

figuratively

here and there

English

adv

On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around.

not-comparable

here and there

English

adv

Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.

not-comparable

here and there

English

adv

From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.

not-comparable

here and there

English

adv

Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.

not-comparable

here and there

English

adv

Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.

not-comparable

here and there

English

adv

Near; in the vicinity.

not-comparable

here and there

English

adv

To a reversed order, direction, or condition; half round; in (or to, or from) the opposite direction.

not-comparable

here and there

English

adv

To a reversed order, direction, or condition; half round; in (or to, or from) the opposite direction. / To the opposite tack: see go about.

nautical transport

not-comparable

here and there

English

adv

In succession, one after another.

not-comparable obsolete rare

here and there

English

adv

In rotation or revolution.

not-comparable obsolete rare

here and there

English

adv

In the course of events.

not-comparable obsolete possibly

here and there

English

adv

In circuit or circumference; circularly.

archaic not-comparable

here and there

English

adv

By a circuitous way; circuitously.

archaic not-comparable

here and there

English

adj

Moving around or in motion; astir.

not-comparable

here and there

English

adj

In existence; being in evidence; apparent.

not-comparable

here and there

English

adj

Near; in the vicinity or neighbourhood.

not-comparable

here and there

English

verb

To change the course of (a ship) to the other tack; to bring (a ship) about.

nautical transport

uncommon

here and there

English

verb

To about-face (turn 180 degrees, like a soldier).

humorous possibly uncommon

historic period

English

name

The period of European history encompassing (roughly) 476–1000 CE.

historic period

English

name

The Greek Dark Ages (c. 1100–750 BCE).

historic period

English

name

The dark ages of Cambodia (c. 1450–1863).

historic period

English

name

The dark ages of Laos (c. 1707–1893).

historic period

English

name

The Dark Ages, 380 thousand to about 1 billion years after the Big Bang.

astronomy natural-sciences

historic period

English

name

Any relatively primitive period of time.

figuratively

how

kui

Finnish

adv

how

colloquial

how

kui

Finnish

adv

why (are you asking)

colloquial

husband

omp

Friulian

noun

man, person

masculine

husband

omp

Friulian

noun

husband

masculine

hypothetical planet

Planet X

English

name

A hypothetical planet in the Solar system, beyond the currently known outermost planet. (The term was applied to Eris for a short while, when Pluto was still considered the ninth planet.)

astronomy natural-sciences

hypothetical planet

Planet X

English

name

A theoretical planet responsible for reported gravitational perturbations of Neptune's orbit. (This was initially believed to be Pluto. The reported perturbations were an error.)

astronomy natural-sciences

obsolete

hypothetical planet

Planet X

English

name

A theoretical planet responsible for observed gravitational perturbations of Uranus' orbit. (This planet was discovered and is now known as Neptune.)

astronomy natural-sciences

obsolete

imminent

English

noun

A very short period of time; a moment.

imminent

English

noun

A single, usually precise, point in time.

imminent

English

noun

A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee.

imminent

English

noun

Ellipsis of instant camera.

abbreviation alt-of ellipsis

imminent

English

adj

Impending; imminent.

dated not-comparable

imminent

English

adj

Urgent; pressing; acute.

dated not-comparable

imminent

English

adj

Insistent; persistent.

dated not-comparable

imminent

English

adj

Present; current; extant.

law

not-comparable

imminent

English

adj

Occurring immediately; immediate; present.

not-comparable

imminent

English

adj

Lasting for a short moment; momentary; short-lived.

not-comparable

imminent

English

adj

Very quickly and easily prepared.

not-comparable

imminent

English

adj

Of the current month.

dated not-comparable

imminent

English

adv

At once; immediately.

not-comparable poetic

imminent

English

verb

To urge, press (someone); to insist on, demand (something).

obsolete transitive

impression

Chinese

noun

portrait; painting

impression

Chinese

noun

impression; image (in one's mind)

impression

Chinese

noun

image (produced by machines); silhouette

impression

Chinese

noun

short for 影像學／影像学 (yǐngxiàngxué, “radiology”)

medicine sciences

abbreviation alt-of

in a state of satisfaction

satisfied

English

verb

simple past and past participle of satisfy

form-of participle past

in a state of satisfaction

satisfied

English

adj

In a state of satisfaction.

in a state of satisfaction

satisfied

English

adj

Convinced based on the available evidence.

in algebra

discriminant

English

noun

An expression that gives information about the roots of a polynomial; for example, the expression D = b² - 4ac determines whether the roots of the quadratic equation ax² + bx + c = 0 are real and distinct (D > 0), real and equal (D = 0) or complex (D < 0).

algebra mathematics sciences

in algebra

discriminant

English

noun

The invariant (on the vector space of forms of degree d in n variables) that vanishes exactly when the corresponding hypersurface in Pⁿ⁻¹ is singular.

geometry mathematics sciences

in algebra

discriminant

English

adj

Serving to discriminate.

in chemistry

English

adj

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.

in chemistry

English

adj

Sour-tempered.

figuratively

in chemistry

English

adj

Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.

in chemistry

English

adj

Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.

entertainment lifestyle music

in chemistry

English

noun

A sour substance.

countable uncountable

in chemistry

English

noun

Any compound which yields H+ ions (protons) when dissolved in water; an Arrhenius acid.

chemistry natural-sciences physical-sciences

countable uncountable

in chemistry

English

noun

Any compound that easily donates protons to a base; a Brønsted acid.

chemistry natural-sciences physical-sciences

countable uncountable

in chemistry

English

noun

Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid.

chemistry natural-sciences physical-sciences

countable uncountable

in chemistry

English

noun

Any corrosive substance.

countable uncountable

in chemistry

English

noun

LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide.

slang uncountable

in no place

English

adv

In no place.

not-comparable

in no place

English

adv

To no place.

not-comparable

in no place

English

adj

Unimportant; unworthy of notice.

not-comparable

in no place

English

noun

No particular place, noplace.

intelligentsia

intelligens

Danish

noun

intelligence

common-gender

intelligentsia

intelligens

Danish

noun

intelligentsia

common-gender

intelligentsia

intelligens

Danish

noun

an intelligent person

common-gender rare

interpret

витлумачувати

Ukrainian

verb

to interpret, to construe

transitive

interpret

витлумачувати

Ukrainian

verb

to explain

transitive

involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body

aerobic

English

adj

Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria.

not-comparable

involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body

aerobic

English

adj

Of or relating to aerobics.

not-comparable

is not

Chinese

verb

to not have

Northern Wu

is not

Chinese

verb

to pass away; to die (usually with 了)

Northern Wu euphemistic

is not

Chinese

adv

have not; did not

Northern Wu

is not

Chinese

adv

not; is not

Northern Wu

key that opens a range of locks

skeleton key

English

noun

A very simple design of key that usually has a cylindrical shaft (sometimes called a "shank") and a single, minimal flat, rectangular tooth or "bit".

key that opens a range of locks

skeleton key

English

noun

A key that has parts filed away so that it will open a range of locks.

key that opens a range of locks

skeleton key

English

noun

A master key.

knotty and misshapen

English

adj

Knotty and misshapen.

knotty and misshapen

English

adj

Made rough by age or hard work.

knotty and misshapen

English

verb

simple past and past participle of gnarl (Etymology 1)

form-of participle past

knotty and misshapen

English

verb

simple past and past participle of gnarl (Etymology 2)

form-of participle past

lacking emotion

matter-of-fact

English

adj

Of, or relating to facts only; literal, realistic.

lacking emotion

matter-of-fact

English

adj

Lacking emotion or color.

lacking emotion

matter-of-fact

English

adj

Straightforward, blunt, frank; treating the situation as normal; not embarrassed, coy, or dramatic.

large vessel resembling a jug, usually with a handle, lid, and spout, for serving drinks such as cider or wine at a table; such a vessel used to hold the wine for the ritual of Holy Communion

English

noun

A large vessel resembling a jug, usually with a handle, lid, and spout, for serving drinks such as cider or wine at a table; specifically (Christianity), such a vessel used to hold the wine for the ritual of Holy Communion.

large vessel resembling a jug, usually with a handle, lid, and spout, for serving drinks such as cider or wine at a table; such a vessel used to hold the wine for the ritual of Holy Communion

English

noun

large vessel resembling a jug, usually with a handle, lid, and spout, for serving drinks such as cider or wine at a table; such a vessel used to hold the wine for the ritual of Holy Communion

English

noun

A large bottle for drinks such as beer, cider, or wine; also, a bottle with a cap used by travellers.

archaic

large vessel resembling a jug, usually with a handle, lid, and spout, for serving drinks such as cider or wine at a table; such a vessel used to hold the wine for the ritual of Holy Communion

English

noun

A large bottle for drinks such as beer, cider, or wine; also, a bottle with a cap used by travellers. / The amount that such a bottle holds, about 2 pints or 1 litre.

archaic

lay siege to

English

verb

To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.

lay siege to

English

verb

To clothe or wrap (with garments).

dated transitive

lay siege to

English

verb

To put on (clothing).

intransitive obsolete

lay siege to

English

verb

To envelop, wrap, cover.

lay siege to

English

verb

To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.

lay siege to

English

verb

To ceremonially install someone in some office.

lay siege to

English

verb

To formally give (someone) some power or authority.

lay siege to

English

verb

To formally give (power or authority).

lay siege to

English

verb

To surround, accompany, or attend.

lay siege to

English

verb

To lay siege to.

lay siege to

English

verb

To make investments.

intransitive

lay siege to

English

verb

To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).

engineering metallurgy natural-sciences physical-sciences

lay siege to

English

verb

To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.

intransitive

lay siege to

English

verb

To inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain after a successful parliamentary vote.

government politics

Spanish

lay siege to

leave someone holding the bag

English

noun

A designated area of disturbed weather that is being monitored for potential tropical cyclone development.

climatology meteorology natural-sciences

leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame

English

verb

To abandon somebody, leaving him or her holding the responsibility or blame.

figuratively

leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame

leave someone holding the bag

English

verb

To remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or valueless) container.

figuratively

legend

ավանդություն

Armenian

noun

legend

ավանդություն

Armenian

noun

tradition

life

Icelandic

noun

life (the state of being alive)

neuter uncountable

life

Icelandic

noun

life (the period during which an individual is alive)

neuter uncountable

life

Icelandic

noun

an individual’s way of living or experience of being alive (throughout one’s lifespan or in some period of it); life, lifestyle

neuter uncountable usually

life

Icelandic

noun

life (living things collectively)

neuter uncountable

life

Icelandic

noun

life (the existence of an inanimate object as a functional or distinct entity)

broadly neuter

life

Icelandic

noun

life (one of the player’s chances to play, lost when a mistake is made)

video-games

countable neuter

life

Icelandic

noun

health, hit points, the amount of damage a player can take before he loses a life

video-games

neuter uncountable

ligament

English

noun

A bond or tie that unifies.

figuratively obsolete

ligament

English

noun

Any symbol used to group some of the terms in an expression, indicating that that part of the calculation should be done before other parts, or that the Roman numeral underneath should be multiplied by 1,000.

arithmetic

obsolete

ligament

English

noun

A horizontal line over the top of some of the terms in an expression, indicating that that part of the calculation is to be done before other parts (in modern mathematical notation confined to use in radicals: √).

arithmetic

ligament

English

noun

The horizontal line between the numerator and denominator in a fraction.

arithmetic

ligament

English

noun

A horizontal line placed over one or more digits of a decimal expansion to indicate that those digits repeat indefinitely (the repetend).

arithmetic

ligament

English

noun

A horizontal line placed over a complex number or expression to denote its complex conjugate.

complex-analysis mathematics sciences

ligament

English

noun

A horizontal line drawn over two letters to denote the line segment joining them.

geometry mathematics sciences

ligament

English

noun

A horizontal line placed over a symbol or expression to denote logical negation (complement).

business electrical-engineering electricity electromagnetism electronics energy engineering human-sciences logic mathematics natural-sciences philosophy physical-sciences physics sciences

ligament

English

noun

A horizontal line placed over the characteristic (integer part) of a common logarithm to indicate that the characteristic is negative while the mantissa (decimal part) remains positive. Historically used to simplify the use of logarithm tables.

arithmetic

historical

ligament

English

noun

A ligament that limits the movement of an organ or part.

anatomy medicine sciences

ligament

English

noun

A symbol in the shape of an elongated letter "S" (∫) or pair of hooks (⌠⌡) drawn on plans to join non-contiguous sections of land that are to be treated as a single parcel.

geography natural-sciences surveying

Australia

live past a life-threatening event

English

verb

Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.

intransitive

live past a life-threatening event

English

verb

Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.

intransitive

live past a life-threatening event

English

verb

To live past (a life-threatening event)

transitive

live past a life-threatening event

English

verb

To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to outlast (something).

transitive

live past a life-threatening event

English

verb

To be a victim of nonfatal but substantial harm and nonetheless to display the strength to heal; especially, after a crime or an illness, especially sexual or physical abuse or assault, cancer, or a natural disaster.

intransitive

live past a life-threatening event

English

verb

Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.

hobbies lifestyle sports

intransitive

lizard of the genus Tupinambis

tegu

English

noun

Any of the South American lizards of the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae.

lizard of the genus Tupinambis

tegu

English

noun

Any of the South American lizards of the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae. / especially any of genus Tupinambis, which is sometimes kept as a pet.

located in the middle; in between

English

noun

A centre, midpoint.

located in the middle; in between

English

noun

The part between the beginning and the end.

located in the middle; in between

English

noun

The middle stump.

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

located in the middle; in between

English

noun

The central part of a human body; the waist.

located in the middle; in between

English

noun

The middle voice.

grammar human-sciences linguistics sciences

located in the middle; in between

English

noun

the center of the political spectrum.

government politics

located in the middle; in between

English

adj

Located in the middle; in between.

no-comparative

located in the middle; in between

English

adj

Central.

no-comparative

located in the middle; in between

English

adj

Pertaining to the middle voice.

grammar human-sciences linguistics sciences

no-comparative

located in the middle; in between

English

verb

To take a middle view of.

obsolete transitive

located in the middle; in between

English

verb

To double (a rope) into two equal portions; to fold in the middle.

nautical transport

obsolete transitive

located in the middle; in between

English

verb

To strike (the ball) with the middle portion of the face of the bat.

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

transitive

lose freshness, color, or brightness

English

adj

Weak; insipid; tasteless.

archaic

lose freshness, color, or brightness

English

noun

A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).

golf hobbies lifestyle sports

lose freshness, color, or brightness

English

noun

A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade.

lose freshness, color, or brightness

English

noun

A fight.

slang

lose freshness, color, or brightness

English

noun

A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).

broadcasting cinematography entertainment film lifestyle media music television

lose freshness, color, or brightness

English

noun

The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.

slang

lose freshness, color, or brightness

English

verb

To hit the ball with the shot called a fade.

golf hobbies lifestyle sports

transitive

lose freshness, color, or brightness

English

verb

To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

intransitive

lose freshness, color, or brightness

English

verb

To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.

intransitive

lose freshness, color, or brightness

English

verb

To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.

intransitive

lose freshness, color, or brightness

English

verb

To cause to fade.

transitive

lose freshness, color, or brightness

English

verb

To bet against (someone).

gambling games

transitive

lose freshness, color, or brightness

English

adj

Strong; bold; doughty.

archaic

luck

chance-medley

English

noun

The killing of another in self-defence upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter.

law

countable historical uncountable

luck

chance-medley

English

noun

Luck; chance; accident.

countable obsolete uncountable

major key

A-flat major

English

noun

The major key with A-flat as its tonic, with the notes A♭, B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, and G, the key signature of which has four flats.

entertainment lifestyle music

uncountable

major key

A-flat major

English

noun

The major chord with a root of A-flat.

entertainment lifestyle music

uncountable

male animal kept for breeding

English

noun

A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.

male animal kept for breeding

English

noun

A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.

male animal kept for breeding

English

noun

A group of such animals, also of locomotives.

broadly collective

male animal kept for breeding

English

noun

An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.

male animal kept for breeding

English

noun

A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.

male animal kept for breeding

English

noun

A sexually attractive, promiscuous male.

colloquial

male animal kept for breeding

English

noun

A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.

slang

male animal kept for breeding

English

noun

A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.

male animal kept for breeding

English

noun

A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post.

jewelry lifestyle

male animal kept for breeding

English

noun

A vertical post, especially one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.

business construction manufacturing

male animal kept for breeding

English

noun

A cleat on a shoe.

male animal kept for breeding

English

noun

A stem; a trunk.

obsolete

male animal kept for breeding

English

noun

A type of poker in which the player cannot discard, and some of the cards are exposed.

card-games poker

male animal kept for breeding

English

noun

A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.

engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences

male animal kept for breeding

English

noun

A stud bolt.

engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences

male animal kept for breeding

English

noun

An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.

male animal kept for breeding

English

verb

To set with studs; to furnish with studs.

male animal kept for breeding

English

verb

To decorate as a stud does.

male animal kept for breeding

English

verb

To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.

male animal kept for breeding

English

verb

To set (something) over a surface at intervals.

male animal kept for breeding

English

noun

Clipping of student.

abbreviation alt-of clipping

man who serves in the armed forces

serviceman

English

noun

A man who serves in the armed forces.

man who serves in the armed forces

serviceman

English

noun

A person, especially a man, employed in service and maintenance of equipment.

mental confusion

English

noun

Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)

uncountable usually

mental confusion

English

noun

A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.

uncountable usually

mental confusion

English

noun

An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.

uncountable usually

mental confusion

English

noun

Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.

figuratively uncountable usually

mental confusion

English

noun

The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.

engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences

uncountable usually

mental confusion

English

noun

Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.

beverages brewing business food lifestyle manufacturing

countable usually

mental confusion

English

verb

To be or become hazy, or thick with haze.

mental confusion

English

verb

To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.

US informal

mental confusion

English

verb

To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.

mental confusion

English

verb

In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.

transitive

mental confusion

English

verb

To use aversive stimuli on (a wild animal, such as a bear) to encourage it to keep its distance from humans.

transitive

military

interdiction

English

noun

The act of interdicting or something interdicted.

countable uncountable

military

interdiction

English

noun

The destruction of an enemy's military potential before it can be used.

countable uncountable

milk-secreting organ

mamma

English

noun

The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.

anatomy medicine sciences

milk-secreting organ

mamma

English

noun

An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera.

climatology meteorology natural-sciences

milk-secreting organ

mamma

English

noun

Alternative spelling of mama: mother.

alt-of alternative

mixture of solid and liquid food scraps

English

noun

A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.

collective countable uncountable

mixture of solid and liquid food scraps

English

noun

Any disgusting or distasteful liquid.

broadly countable uncountable

mixture of solid and liquid food scraps

English

noun

Anything disgusting or worthless.

broadly countable figuratively uncountable

mixture of solid and liquid food scraps

English

noun

A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow.

countable informal uncountable

mixture of solid and liquid food scraps

English

noun

Inexpensive beer or alcohol.

countable informal uncountable

mixture of solid and liquid food scraps

English

noun

A badly-thrown pass.

countable uncountable

mixture of solid and liquid food scraps

English

verb

To drink (or, rarely, eat) greedily or to excess.

transitive

mixture of solid and liquid food scraps

English

verb

To wash (something) by flooding with water.

transitive

mixture of solid and liquid food scraps

English

verb

To move (a liquid or liquid-filled vessel) in a circular motion.

transitive

mixture of solid and liquid food scraps

English

verb

To move around or over a surface.

intransitive

mixture of solid and liquid food scraps

English

verb

To inebriate; to fill with drink.

obsolete transitive

mixture of solid and liquid food scraps

English

verb

To feed swill to (pigs).

transitive

motor racing: team member responsible for communication with the driver

English

noun

A person who observes something.

motor racing: team member responsible for communication with the driver

English

noun

A member of a sniper team who in addition to this function is responsible for providing additional information about targets from a different point of view.

motor racing: team member responsible for communication with the driver

English

noun

One who supervises a person performing an activity, in order to help them should they be unable to complete it.

climbing gymnastics hobbies lifestyle sports weightlifting

motor racing: team member responsible for communication with the driver

English

noun

A person who gives directions for a crane or vehicle (that is challenging to navigate) from a different point of view to the moved load.

motor racing: team member responsible for communication with the driver

English

noun

Dolphins of the genus Stenella, and specifically Stenella attenuata distinguished from the streaker (Stenella coeruleoalba) and the spinner (Stenella longirostris).

motor racing: team member responsible for communication with the driver

English

noun

A team member responsible for communication with the driver to keep them up-to-date about on-track events, such as other nearby cars.

hobbies lifestyle motor-racing racing sports

motor racing: team member responsible for communication with the driver

English

noun

A person employed to assist a sports presenter by identifying the players or events during a game.

broadcasting media

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To make a non-linear physical movement. / To move about an axis through itself.

intransitive person

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To make a non-linear physical movement. / To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.

transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To make a non-linear physical movement. / To change one's direction of travel.

intransitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To make a non-linear physical movement. / To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.

transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To make a non-linear physical movement. / To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.

broadly

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To make a non-linear physical movement. / To direct or impel (something) into a place.

transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To make a non-linear physical movement. / To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.

transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To make a non-linear physical movement. / To navigate through a book or other printed material.

figuratively transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To make a non-linear physical movement. / To twist or sprain.

transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To make a non-linear physical movement. / Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To make a non-linear physical movement. / Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

intransitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To change condition or attitude. / To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).

copulative intransitive transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To change condition or attitude. / To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.

intransitive transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To change condition or attitude. / To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.

intransitive transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To change condition or attitude. / To change fundamentally; to metamorphose. / To sour or spoil; to go bad.

intransitive transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To change condition or attitude. / To change fundamentally; to metamorphose. / To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.

intransitive transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To change condition or attitude. / To change fundamentally; to metamorphose. / To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.

fantasy

intransitive transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To change condition or attitude. / To change fundamentally; to metamorphose. / To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.

fantasy

intransitive transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To change condition or attitude. / To change fundamentally; to metamorphose. / To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.

intransitive offensive slang sometimes transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To change condition or attitude. / To hinge; to depend.

intransitive transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To change condition or attitude. / To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.

intransitive transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To change condition or attitude. / To change personal condition. / To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.

government hobbies lifestyle martial-arts military politics professional-wrestling sports war wrestling

intransitive transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To change condition or attitude. / To change personal condition. / To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.

ambitransitive intransitive transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To change condition or attitude. / To change personal condition. / To sicken; to nauseate.

intransitive transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To change condition or attitude. / To change personal condition. / To be nauseated; said of the stomach.

intransitive transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.

reflexive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To complete.

transitive usually

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To make (money); turn a profit.

transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.

ball-games games hobbies lifestyle soccer sports

transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.

medicine obstetrics sciences

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.

media printing publishing

dated

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To translate.

archaic

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

verb

To magically or divinely repel undead.

transitive

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

A change of direction or orientation.

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation. / A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.

geometry mathematics sciences

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

A walk to and fro.

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

The time required to complete a project.

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

A fit or a period of giddiness.

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

A change in temperament or circumstance.

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.

card-games poker

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.

card-games poker

obsolete

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

A single loop of a coil.

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

A pass behind or through an object.

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

Character; personality; nature.

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.

ball-games games hobbies lifestyle soccer sports

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

A short skit, act, or routine.

arts circus comedy entertainment hobbies lifestyle performing-arts sports theater

especially physical

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

A type turned upside down to serve for another character that is not available.

media printing publishing

dated

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

English

noun

The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.

business finance

UK historical

multiplication, factorization; multiplier

English

noun

A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.

multiplication, factorization; multiplier

English

noun

An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).

often plural

multiplication, factorization; multiplier

English

noun

A quantity of money.

multiplication, factorization; multiplier

English

noun

A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the substance.

multiplication, factorization; multiplier

English

noun

A central idea or point; gist.

multiplication, factorization; multiplier

English

noun

The utmost degree; the greatest or most perfect realization (of some concept).

literary rare

multiplication, factorization; multiplier

English

noun

An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.

obsolete

multiplication, factorization; multiplier

English

verb

To add together.

transitive

multiplication, factorization; multiplier

English

verb

To give a summary of.

transitive

multiplication, factorization; multiplier

English

noun

The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.

multiplication, factorization; multiplier

English

noun

The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.

multiplication, factorization; multiplier

English

det

Eye dialect spelling of some.

Internet alt-of pronunciation-spelling

multiplication, factorization; multiplier

English

pron

Pronunciation spelling of something.

Internet alt-of pronunciation-spelling

multiplication, factorization; multiplier

English

noun

A type of administrative district used in China, Mongolia, and Russia. In Mongolia, a sum is smaller than a province. In China, it is only used in Inner Mongolia, where it is equivalent to a township.

not covered or protected

English

verb

simple past and past participle of uncover

form-of participle past

not covered or protected

English

adj

Not covered or protected from the weather, etc.

not covered or protected

English

adj

Lacking insurance or security.

not covered or protected

English

adj

Bareheaded.

nursery

taimisto

Finnish

noun

nursery, plant nursery, tree nursery

nursery

taimisto

Finnish

noun

synonym of taimikko

occupying the same time

tautochronous

English

adj

Occupying the same time.

not-comparable

occupying the same time

tautochronous

English

adj

Relating to, or having the properties of, a tautochrone.

mathematics sciences

not-comparable

of Sparta

English

noun

A citizen of Sparta; a native or inhabitant of Sparta.

of Sparta

English

noun

A red apple cultivar from British Columbia, Canada.

of Sparta

English

adj

Of or relating to Sparta or its citizens.

of Sparta

English

adj

Alternative letter-case form of spartan.

alt-of

of a plant

English

adj

Happening once every year.

not-comparable

of a plant

English

adj

Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual.

not-comparable

of a plant

English

adj

Having a life cycle that is completed in only one growing season; e.g. beans, corn, marigold. See Annual plant in Wikipedia. Compare biennial, perennial.

biology botany natural-sciences

not-comparable

of a plant

English

adj

Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.

biology entomology natural-sciences

not-comparable

of a plant

English

noun

An annual publication; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc., which is published serially once a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly publication.

of a plant

English

noun

An annual plant; a plant with a life span of just one growing season; a plant which naturally germinates, flowers and dies in one year. Compare biennial, perennial.

biology botany natural-sciences

of a plant

English

noun

A medical checkup taking place once a year.

of a plant

English

noun

A pantomime taking place once a year.

entertainment lifestyle theater

of a plant

viviparous

English

adj

Being born alive, as are most mammals, some reptiles, and a few fish (as opposed to being laid as an egg and subsequently hatching, as do most birds and many other species).

not-comparable

of a plant

viviparous

English

adj

Arising from an embryo that develops from the outset (rather than from a true seed that then germinates).

not-comparable

of or pertaining to Callosamia promethea

English

adj

of or pertaining to Callosamia promethea

English

adj

Of or pertaining to Prometheus, a demigod in Greek mythology who created mortals from clay and stole fire from Zeus to give to them, for which Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock and having an eagle feed on his liver which grew back each night; he was later rescued by Heracles. / Boldly creative, inventive, or original; skilful, talented; also, recklessly daring; audacious.

of or pertaining to Callosamia promethea

English

adj

Of or pertaining to Prometheus, a demigod in Greek mythology who created mortals from clay and stole fire from Zeus to give to them, for which Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock and having an eagle feed on his liver which grew back each night; he was later rescued by Heracles. / Of a Romantic literary hero: defying traditional moral categories; rebelling against a larger order; persecuted but dauntless.

of or pertaining to Callosamia promethea

English

adj

Of or pertaining to the promethea silkmoth (Callosamia promethea).

rare

of or pertaining to Callosamia promethea

English

noun

One with the qualities of Prometheus, or who acts in a Promethean manner (audaciously, creatively, etc.).

of or pertaining to Callosamia promethea

English

noun

A kind of lucifer match consisting of a glass tube containing sulfuric acid coated on the outside with a flammable mixture of potassium chlorate and sugar and wrapped in paper rolls; the match was lit by crushing the tube with pliers, causing the acid to react with and ignite the flammable components. This type of match was superseded by the friction match which was lit by rubbing against a rough surface.

also attributive historical

of or relating to a sphere or spheres

English

adj

Shaped as a sphere; being a sphere.

geometry mathematics sciences

of or relating to a sphere or spheres

English

adj

Of, or pertaining to, spheres.

geometry mathematics sciences

not-comparable

of or relating to a sphere or spheres

English

adj

Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and two angles.

mathematics sciences

of or relating to a sphere or spheres

English

adj

Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.

astrology human-sciences mysticism philosophy sciences

of or relating to a sphere or spheres

English

adj

Of a multivariate probability distribution, to have a covariance matrix equal to the identity matrix up to a multiplicative factor.

mathematics sciences statistics

of or relating to the family of North Germanic languages

English

adj

Of or relating to the Nordic countries.

of or relating to the family of North Germanic languages

English

adj

Of or relating to the light colouring and tall stature of Nordic peoples.

of or relating to the family of North Germanic languages

English

adj

Of or relating to the family of North Germanic languages.

human-sciences linguistics sciences

of or relating to the family of North Germanic languages

English

adj

Of or relating to cross-country skiing or ski jumping.

hobbies lifestyle skiing sports

of or relating to the family of North Germanic languages

English

noun

A person of Nordic descent or having features typical of Nordic people.

of or relating to the family of North Germanic languages

English

noun

A member of a race of extraterrestrials similar in appearance to Nordic humans.

human-sciences literature media mysticism mythology philosophy publishing science-fiction sciences ufology

of plants

Hungarian

adj

serif (of a typeface, provided with serifs)

media publishing typography

not-comparable

of plants

Hungarian

adj

broad-footed, pawed

not-comparable

of plants

Hungarian

noun

infanteer

of plants

Hungarian

noun

bear

hobbies hunting lifestyle

of the Celts; of the style of the Celts

English

name

A branch of the Indo-European languages that was spread widely over Western and Central Europe in the pre-Christian era.

countable uncountable

of the Celts; of the style of the Celts

English

name

Any of several sports teams. See Wikipedia for a list.

countable uncountable

of the Celts; of the style of the Celts

English

name

A player for any of several teams named the Celtics.

countable

of the Celts; of the style of the Celts

English

name

Celtic F.C., a football club from Glasgow, Scotland.

ball-games games hobbies lifestyle soccer sports

countable uncountable

of the Celts; of the style of the Celts

English

adj

Of or relating to the Celts.

of the Celts; of the style of the Celts

English

adj

Of the languages spoken by Celts.

human-sciences linguistics sciences

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

noun

An act of tracing.

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

noun

An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

noun

A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

noun

A very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

noun

A very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material. / A small amount of rain, not enough to be measured.

climatology meteorology natural-sciences

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

noun

A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.

business electrical-engineering electricity electromagnetism electronics energy engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences physics

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

noun

An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

noun

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

noun

A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.

engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

noun

The ground plan of a work or works.

fortification fortifications government military politics war

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

noun

The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

geometry mathematics sciences

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

noun

The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.

linear-algebra mathematics sciences

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

noun

An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.

grammar human-sciences linguistics sciences

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

noun

A sequence of instructions, including branches but not loops, that is executed for some input data.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences programming sciences

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

adj

Extremely small or insignificant (of an amount or quantity).

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

verb

To follow the trail of.

transitive

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

verb

To follow the history of.

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

verb

To draw or sketch lightly or with care.

transitive

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

verb

To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.

transitive

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

verb

To copy; to imitate.

obsolete transitive

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

verb

To walk; to go; to travel.

intransitive obsolete

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

verb

To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

obsolete transitive

one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn

English

verb

To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

transitive

one side of a dual carriageway

carriageway

English

noun

The part of a road that carries traffic.

Hong-Kong Ireland UK

one side of a dual carriageway

carriageway

English

noun

One side of a dual carriageway that carries traffic in a single direction.

Hong-Kong Ireland UK

one who brings

bringer

English

noun

A person or a thing which brings something.

one who brings

bringer

English

noun

Someone who supplies or identifies potential recruits for the military in exchange for payment.

historical specifically

opening sequence of an event

kick-off

English

noun

The opening kick of each half of a game of football.

American-football ball-games football games hobbies lifestyle soccer sports

opening sequence of an event

kick-off

English

noun

The opening sequence of any event.

broadly

opening sequence of an event

kick-off

English

noun

The opening sequence of notes in a song, usually played by the song's main instrument, to indicate the beginning of the song.

entertainment lifestyle music

Chinese

conj

Chinese

conj

either ... or ...; or

Chinese

adv

perhaps; maybe

Chinese

noun

some people

Classical

p.m.

오후

Korean

noun

p.m.

오후

Korean

noun

afternoon

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.

natural-sciences physical-sciences physics

uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye or in nearby ranges (infrared or ultraviolet radiation).

broadly countable uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

Electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength.

broadly countable uncommon uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

A source of illumination.

countable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

A source of illumination. / A lightbulb or similar light-emitting device, regardless of whether it is lit.

countable uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

A source of illumination. / A traffic light, or (by extension) an intersection controlled by traffic lights.

countable uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.

countable figuratively uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.

archaic countable in-plural uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

A notable person within a specific field or discipline.

countable uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.

countable uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.

countable uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

A flame or something used to create fire.

countable uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

A flame or something used to create fire. / A cigarette lighter.

countable slang uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.

countable uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

A window in architecture, carriage design, or motor car design: either the opening itself or the window pane of glass that fills it, if any.

countable uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.

countable uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.

countable informal uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.

countable uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

The power of perception by vision: eyesight (sightedness; vision).

countable uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

The brightness of the eye or eyes.

countable uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

verb

To start (a fire).

transitive

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

verb

To set fire to; to set burning.

transitive

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

verb

To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.

transitive

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

verb

To become ignited; to take fire.

intransitive

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

verb

To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

verb

To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.

transitive

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Served with extra milk or cream.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Having little or relatively little actual weight; not heavy; not cumbrous or unwieldy.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy. / Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy. / Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy. / Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.

government military politics war

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy. / Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.

nautical transport

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy. / Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.

rail-transport railways transport

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy. / With low viscosity.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.

cooking food lifestyle

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Slight, not forceful or intense; small in amount or intensity.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Gentle; having little force or momentum.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Easy to endure or perform.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Unchaste, wanton.

obsolete

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Fast; nimble.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.

dated

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Easily interrupted by stimulation.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adj

Cheerful.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

adv

Carrying little.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

A stone that is not thrown hard enough.

ball-games curling games hobbies lifestyle sports

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

See lights (“lungs”).

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

A low-alcohol lager.

Australia uncountable

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

noun

A member of the light cavalry.

government military politics war

historical

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

verb

To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter

nautical transport

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

verb

To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

verb

To leave; to depart.

broadly

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

verb

To find by chance.

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

verb

To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice

painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture

English

verb

To alight; to land or come down.

archaic

parallel; on a level

English

adj

Flat and level.

parallel; on a level

English

adj

Without great variation.

parallel; on a level

English

adj

Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.

parallel; on a level

English

adj

Of an integer, divisible by two.

mathematics sciences

not-comparable

parallel; on a level

English

adj

Of a number, convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.

informal

parallel; on a level

English

adj

On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.

parallel; on a level

English

adj

On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.

colloquial

parallel; on a level

English

adj

Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.

parallel; on a level

English

adj

Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.

obsolete

parallel; on a level

English

adj

Associate; fellow; of the same condition.

obsolete

parallel; on a level

English

verb

To make flat and level.

transitive

parallel; on a level

English

verb

To equal or equate; to make the same.

obsolete transitive

parallel; on a level

English

verb

To be equal.

intransitive obsolete

parallel; on a level

English

verb

To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.

obsolete transitive

parallel; on a level

English

verb

To set right; to complete.

obsolete transitive

parallel; on a level

English

verb

To act up to; to keep pace with.

obsolete transitive

parallel; on a level

English

adv

Exactly; just; fully.

archaic not-comparable

parallel; on a level

English

adv

In reality (used to imply an extreme example in the case mentioned).

not-comparable

parallel; on a level

English

adv

Used to emphasise a comparative.

not-comparable

parallel; on a level

English

adv

Used to indicate a further degree of comparison.

not-comparable

parallel; on a level

English

adv

Rather; that is (used to signal a correction of a previous utterance).

not-comparable

parallel; on a level

English

noun

An even number.

mathematics sciences

diminutive

parallel; on a level

English

noun

Evening.

archaic poetic

period when news media tend to place increased emphasis on reporting bizarre stories

English

noun

A period, usually during the summertime, when news media tend to place increased emphasis on reporting light-hearted, offbeat, or bizarre stories.

journalism media

idiomatic

period when news media tend to place increased emphasis on reporting bizarre stories

English

noun

A period of time, as during a holiday season or a political campaign, in which the behavior of an individual or group tends to become uncharacteristically frivolous, mirthful, or eccentric.

idiomatic

period when news media tend to place increased emphasis on reporting bizarre stories

English

noun

The early part of a competition’s offseason, where many roster and staff changes are made based on the outcome of the season just concluded.

hobbies lifestyle sports

idiomatic

period when news media tend to place increased emphasis on reporting bizarre stories

English

noun

The time of year when contract negotiations start, trades, and competitors change affiliations, frequently starting at mid-season or just before the start of free-agency, and extending to the start of the next season.

hobbies lifestyle sports

pertaining to theocracy

theocratic

English

adj

Pertaining to theocracy.

pertaining to theocracy

theocratic

English

adj

Conforming to God-rule, by Christian behavior.

Jehovah's-Witnesses

piano part

English

noun

A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.

piano part

English

noun

The act of using a hammer to hit something.

piano part

English

noun

The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.

anatomy medicine sciences

piano part

English

noun

In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.

entertainment lifestyle music

piano part

English

noun

A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.

hobbies lifestyle sports

piano part

English

noun

The last stone in an end.

ball-games curling games hobbies lifestyle sports

piano part

English

noun

A frisbee throw in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown forwards above the head.

piano part

English

noun

Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.

piano part

English

noun

One who, or that which, smites or shatters.

piano part

English

noun

Ellipsis of hammer headline.

journalism media

abbreviation alt-of ellipsis

piano part

English

noun

The accelerator pedal.

hobbies lifestyle motor-racing racing sports

piano part

English

noun

A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.

engineering firearms government military natural-sciences physical-sciences politics tools war weaponry

piano part

English

noun

A handgun.

broadly slang

piano part

English

verb

To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.

piano part

English

verb

To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.

piano part

English

verb

To emphasize a point repeatedly.

figuratively

piano part

English

verb

To hit particularly hard.

hobbies lifestyle sports

usually

piano part

English

verb

To ride very fast.

cycling hobbies lifestyle sports

intransitive slang

piano part

English

verb

To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.

intransitive

piano part

English

verb

To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly.

hobbies lifestyle sports

figuratively slang transitive

piano part

English

verb

To make high demands on (a system or service).

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

slang transitive

piano part

English

verb

To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.

business finance

transitive

piano part

English

verb

To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).

business finance

transitive

piano part

English

verb

To have hard sex with.

lifestyle sex sexuality

colloquial transitive

poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel

English

noun

A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star

countable uncountable

poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel

English

noun

Celestial sphere; one of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions

countable uncountable

poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel

English

noun

A structural motif or finial in the shape of a sphere

architecture

countable uncountable

poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel

English

noun

An orbit of an heavenly body

countable uncountable

poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel

English

noun

The time period of an orbit

countable rare uncountable

poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel

English

noun

The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity

countable poetic uncountable

poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel

English

noun

Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel

countable poetic uncountable

poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel

English

noun

A sphere of action.

countable rare uncountable

poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel

English

noun

A globus cruciger; a ceremonial sphere used to represent royal or imperial power

countable uncountable

poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel

English

noun

A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography (Orb (optics))

countable uncountable

poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel

English

noun

A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry.

government military politics war

countable uncountable

poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel

English

noun

Amount of deviation from the closest perfect aspect.

astrology human-sciences mysticism philosophy sciences

uncountable

poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel

English

verb

To form into an orb or circle.

poetic transitive

poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel

English

verb

To become round like an orb.

intransitive poetic

poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel

English

verb

To encircle; to surround; to enclose.

poetic transitive

poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel

English

noun

A blank window or panel.

architecture

poisoning

English

noun

A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.

countable uncountable

poisoning

English

noun

The state of being intoxicated or drunk.

countable uncountable

poisoning

English

noun

The act of intoxicating or making drunk.

countable uncountable

poisoning

English

noun

A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.

countable figuratively uncountable

polyether

English

name

Initialism of Prince Edward Island: a province of Canada.

abbreviation alt-of initialism uncountable usually

polyether

English

name

Initialism of Port Elizabeth: a city in South Africa.

abbreviation alt-of initialism uncountable usually

polyether

English

name

Initialism of Portable Edition (usually used for a software version).

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences software

abbreviation alt-of initialism uncountable usually

polyether

English

name

Initialism of Preinstallation Environment.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences software

abbreviation alt-of initialism uncountable usually

polyether

English

name

Initialism of Portable Executable (executable file format used by modern versions of Microsoft Windows).

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences software

abbreviation alt-of initialism uncountable usually

polyether

English

name

Abbreviation of Pernambuco: a state of Brazil.

abbreviation alt-of uncountable usually

polyether

English

name

Abbreviation of Highland Papua: a province of Indonesia.

abbreviation alt-of uncountable usually

polyether

English

noun

Initialism of professional engineer.

business

abbreviation alt-of countable initialism uncountable

polyether

English

noun

Initialism of physical education.

education

abbreviation alt-of countable initialism uncountable

polyether

English

noun

Initialism of preliminary examination.

education

abbreviation alt-of countable initialism uncountable

polyether

English

noun

Initialism of protective earthing.

business electrical-engineering electricity electromagnetism electronics energy engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences physics

abbreviation alt-of countable initialism uncountable

polyether

English

noun

Initialism of polyethylene.

chemistry natural-sciences organic-chemistry physical-sciences

abbreviation alt-of countable initialism uncountable

polyether

English

noun

Initialism of polyether.

chemistry natural-sciences organic-chemistry physical-sciences

abbreviation alt-of countable initialism uncountable

polyether

English

noun

Initialism of pulmonary embolism.

medicine sciences

abbreviation alt-of countable initialism uncountable

polyether

English

noun

Initialism of premature ejaculation.

medicine sciences

abbreviation alt-of countable initialism uncountable

polyether

English

noun

Initialism of private equity.

business finance

abbreviation alt-of countable initialism uncountable

polyether

English

noun

Initialism of permanent establishment.

business law

abbreviation alt-of countable initialism uncountable

prefixes

шицок

Pannonian Rusyn

pron

all, every

prefixes

шицок

Pannonian Rusyn

pron

all, entire

prison

English

adj

United, combined

not-comparable

prison

English

adj

Done by two or more people or organisations working together.

not-comparable

prison

English

noun

The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.

prison

English

noun

The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.

prison

English

noun

Any part of an animalian body where two bones or exoskeleton segments are abutted, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.

anatomy medicine sciences

prison

English

noun

The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.

prison

English

noun

A cut of meat, especially (but not necessarily) (a) one containing a joint in the sense of an articulation or (b) one rolled up and tied.

prison

English

noun

The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.

prison

English

noun

A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.

geography geology natural-sciences

prison

English

noun

A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries; sometimes extended to any place that is a focus of human connection or activity (e.g., schools, hangouts, party spots).

US slang

prison

English

noun

US dated slang

prison

English

noun

US dated slang

prison

English

noun

US slang

prison

English

noun

A marijuana cigarette.

slang

prison

English

noun

A syringe used to inject an illicit drug.

dated slang

prison

English

noun

The penis.

US slang

prison

English

noun

A thing.

prison

English

verb

To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together

transitive

prison

English

verb

To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.

transitive

prison

English

verb

To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.

transitive

prison

English

verb

To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.

transitive

prison

English

verb

To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.

intransitive

prison

English

verb

past participle of join; joined.

archaic form-of nonstandard participle past uncommon

product

English

verb

To make something happen suddenly and quickly.

transitive

product

English

verb

To throw an object or person from a great height.

transitive

product

English

verb

To send violently into a certain state or condition.

transitive

product

English

verb

(chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.

intransitive

product

English

verb

(chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.

transitive

product

English

verb

To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.

climatology meteorology natural-sciences

intransitive

product

English

verb

To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.

transitive

product

English

verb

To fall headlong.

intransitive

product

English

verb

To act too hastily; to be precipitous.

intransitive

product

English

adj

headlong; falling steeply or vertically.

product

English

adj

Very steep; precipitous.

product

English

adj

With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong.

product

English

adj

Moving with excessive speed or haste; overly hasty.

product

English

adj

Performed very rapidly or abruptly.

product

English

noun

A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action.

product

English

noun

A solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution.

chemistry natural-sciences physical-sciences

production of musical sound

English

noun

The act of vocalizing or something vocalized; a vocal utterance

countable uncountable

production of musical sound

English

noun

Any specific mode of utterance; pronunciation

countable uncountable

production of musical sound

English

noun

The use of speech to express an idea

countable uncountable

production of musical sound

English

noun

The production of communication sounds with the syrinx or larynx (in tetrapods) or with the swim bladder (in fish)

biology natural-sciences

countable uncountable

production of musical sound

English

noun

The production of musical sounds using the voice, especially as an exercise

entertainment lifestyle music

countable uncountable

production of musical sound

English

noun

The vowel diacritics in certain scripts, like Hebrew and Arabic, which are not normally written, but which are used in dictionaries, children's books, religious texts and textbooks for learners.

communications journalism literature media orthography publishing writing

countable uncountable

production of musical sound

English

noun

The addition of these diacritics and the respective phonemes to a word; the spoken form the word thereby receives.

communications human-sciences journalism linguistics literature media orthography phonology publishing sciences writing

countable uncountable

production of musical sound

English

noun

The change in pronunciation of historically or variably consonant (typically sonorant) sounds as vowels. For example, the syllabic /l/ in words like people or the coda one in words like cold or coal are variably realized as a high back vowel or glide—[ʊ], [u], [ɤ] or [o]—in many dialects of English in the US, UK, and the Southern Hemisphere. For example, in African American Vernacular English, one common pronunciation of the words "people", "cold", and "coal" is [pʰipʊ], [kʰoɤd], or [kʰoɤ] respectively.

human-sciences linguistics phonology sciences

countable uncountable

proverbs

Polish

noun

scissors (tool used for cutting)

plural

proverbs

Polish

noun

shears, snips (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)

plural

proverbs

Polish

noun

hydraulic shears

plural

proverbs

Polish

noun

price scissors

economics sciences

literary plural

proverbs

Polish

noun

scissors (exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors)

gymnastics hobbies lifestyle sports

plural

proverbs

Polish

noun

scissors (hand with the index and middle fingers open in the game of rock paper scissors)

plural

proverbs

Polish

noun

heart (muscular organ that pumps blood through the body)

anatomy medicine sciences

neuter

proverbs

Polish

noun

heart (part of the chest on its left side at the level of the heart - the organ)

anatomy medicine sciences

neuter

proverbs

Polish

noun

heart (person as an entity that feels emotions)

literary neuter

proverbs

Polish

noun

heart (seat of emotion)

literary neuter

proverbs

Polish

noun

heart (one's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character)

neuter

proverbs

Polish

noun

heart (positive actions or emotions shown towards someone)

neuter

proverbs

Polish

noun

clapper; tongue (object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring)

neuter

proverbs

Polish

noun

heart (most important part of something that makes it function)

neuter

proverbs

Polish

noun

heart (center of something)

neuter

proverbs

Polish

noun

heart (conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion)

neuter

proverbs

Polish

noun

heart (emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete)

neuter

proverbs

Polish

noun

heart (term of endearment for a loved one)

neuter obsolete

proverbs

Polish

noun

heart (central part of a reed)

entertainment lifestyle music

neuter obsolete

proverbs

Polish

noun

hammerstone

neuter obsolete

proverbs

Polish

noun

hole in a cod end (narrow end of a trawling net)

fishing hobbies lifestyle

neuter obsolete

proverbs

Polish

noun

railroad switch, set of points, turnout (track system allowing the passage of railway vehicles or their combinations from one track to another)

rail-transport railways transport

neuter obsolete

province

Reggio Calabria

English

name

A historical province and metropolitan city of Calabria, Italy.

province

Reggio Calabria

English

name

A city and commune, the provincial capital of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy.

province

Reggio Calabria

English

name

Regium, an important flourishing Ancient Greek colonial settlement in Magna Graecia on the Strait of Messina from the early 1st millennium BCE thru the Hellenistic, Ancient Roman, Byzantine Roman and medieval epochs.

history human-sciences sciences

quadrant of an azimuth circle

azimuth

English

noun

An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object.

quadrant of an azimuth circle

azimuth

English

noun

The quadrant of an azimuth circle.

ragged

roisi

Finnish

adj

ragged, untidy

colloquial

ragged

roisi

Finnish

adj

gross, greasy, indecent

colloquial

record of ports and coastal landmarks

English

noun

An account of a voyage, particularly those of Hanno and Arrian, recording ports and coastal landmarks.

literature media publishing

record of ports and coastal landmarks

English

noun

A voyage along a coast.

record of ports and coastal landmarks

English

noun

Synonym of circuit: the path or distance around a coast.

uncommon

record of ports and coastal landmarks

English

noun

Synonym of circumnavigation: a voyage around an island or the world.

uncommon

refined sugar with molasses

English

noun

Sugar which has been only partially refined and still contains molasses.

countable uncountable

refined sugar with molasses

English

noun

Refined sugar to which molasses has been added.

countable uncountable

refined sugar with molasses

English

noun

Heroin.

countable slang uncountable

refined sugar with molasses

a magician never reveals his secrets

English

noun

An attractive black woman.

countable slang uncountable

refusal to explain how one accomplished something impressive

English

phrase

A polite refusal by someone who has just done a magic trick to reveal how it works.

refusal to explain how one accomplished something impressive

a magician never reveals his secrets

English

phrase

A refusal to explain how one accomplished something impressive.

broadly

relating to an exponent

English

adj

Relating to an exponent.

relating to an exponent

English

adj

Expressed in terms of an exponent (power of a base), the base often being 10 or e.

mathematics sciences

relating to an exponent

English

adj

Characterised by a rate of change that is proportional to the value of the varying quantity, or, equivalently, by a doubling or halving over successive fixed intervals of time or other parameter, described as exponential growth or exponential decay.

mathematics sciences

relating to an exponent

English

adj

Characterised by a very rapid rate of change, especially increase, or merely a very large amount or degree.

broadly

relating to an exponent

English

noun

Any function that has an exponent as an independent variable.

mathematics sciences

render larger etc.

English

verb

To render larger, more extended, or more intense.

transitive

render larger etc.

English

verb

To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.

transitive

render larger etc.

English

verb

To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.

transitive

render larger etc.

English

verb

To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.

human-sciences linguistics sciences translation-studies

reptile

爬蟲

Chinese

noun

reptile

爬蟲

Chinese

noun

one who speculates to secure personal gain

figuratively

reptile

爬蟲

Chinese

noun

crawler; scraper

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

resettle or relocate (something)

English

verb

To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.

transitive

resettle or relocate (something)

English

verb

To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.

transitive

resettle or relocate (something)

English

verb

To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.

medicine sciences

transitive

resettle or relocate (something)

English

noun

An act of uprooting and moving (something), especially and archetypically a plant.

resettle or relocate (something)

English

noun

Anything that is transplanted, especially and archetypically a plant.

resettle or relocate (something)

English

noun

An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.

medicine sciences

resettle or relocate (something)

English

noun

A transplanted organ or tissue: a graft.

medicine sciences

resettle or relocate (something)

English

noun

Someone who is not native to their area of residence.

return to previous behaviour

English

verb

To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.

intransitive

return to previous behaviour

English

verb

To err.

intransitive

return to previous behaviour

English

verb

To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.

intransitive

return to previous behaviour

English

verb

To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.

intransitive

return to previous behaviour

English

verb

To elude or evade by smooth movement.

transitive

return to previous behaviour

English

verb

To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.

transitive

return to previous behaviour

English

verb

To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.

transitive

return to previous behaviour

English

verb

To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.

intransitive

return to previous behaviour

English

verb

To move down; to slide.

figuratively intransitive

return to previous behaviour

English

verb

To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.

falconry hobbies hunting lifestyle

transitive

return to previous behaviour

English

verb

Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”).

aeronautics aerospace aviation business engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences

abbreviation alt-of clipping intransitive

return to previous behaviour

English

verb

To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.

cooking food lifestyle

transitive

return to previous behaviour

English

verb

To omit; to lose by negligence.

obsolete

return to previous behaviour

English

verb

To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.

transitive

return to previous behaviour

English

verb

To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.

transitive

return to previous behaviour

English

verb

To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.

return to previous behaviour

English

verb

To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.

business

transitive

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

An act or instance of slipping.

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A slipdress.

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A mistake or error.

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A berth; a space for a ship to moor.

nautical transport

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.

aeronautics aerospace aviation business engineering natural-sciences nautical physical-sciences transport

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A slipway.

nautical transport

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.

medicine sciences

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

Clipping of sideslip.

aeronautics aerospace aviation business engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences

abbreviation alt-of clipping

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A portion of the columns of a newspaper, etc., struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.

media printing publishing

dated

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A child's pinafore.

dated

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

An outside covering or case.

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.

obsolete

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A particular quantity of yarn.

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A narrow passage between buildings.

UK dated

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

Either side of the gallery in a theater.

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.

business mining

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.

engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.

business electrical-engineering electricity electromagnetism energy engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences physics

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.

communications electrical-engineering engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences telecommunications

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A fish, the sole.

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A newsletter produced by the setter of a cryptic clue-writing competition, containing a full list of winners and commentary on the clues.

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A twig or shoot; a cutting.

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A descendant, a scion.

obsolete

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A long, thin piece of something.

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.

ceramics chemistry engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences

countable uncountable

return to previous behaviour

English

noun

Mud, slime.

countable obsolete uncountable

rib in nautical sense, timber

easna

Irish

noun

rib

anatomy medicine nautical sciences transport

feminine

rib in nautical sense, timber

easna

Irish

noun

strake

nautical transport

feminine

rib in nautical sense, timber

easna

Irish

noun

timber

nautical transport

feminine

ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders

horseback

English

noun

The back of a horse.

countable uncountable usually with-on

ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders

horseback

English

noun

A ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders.

countable

ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders

horseback

English

adv

On the back of a horse.

not-comparable

ring exchanged between bride and groom

Portuguese

noun

engagement ring or wedding ring (ring exchanged between bride and groom)

feminine

ring exchanged between bride and groom

Portuguese

noun

alliance (pact or treaty between countries or parties made to advance common goals)

feminine

ring exchanged between bride and groom

Portuguese

noun

alliance (countries or parties which form an alliance)

feminine

ring exchanged between bride and groom

Portuguese

verb

inflection of aliançar: / third-person singular present indicative

form-of indicative present singular third-person

ring exchanged between bride and groom

Portuguese

verb

inflection of aliançar: / second-person singular imperative

form-of imperative second-person singular

role of a student

studentship

English

noun

The position or role of a student.

countable uncountable

role of a student

studentship

English

noun

An endowment or scholarship for a student.

countable uncountable

run, i.e. move quickly

Icelandic

noun

flow, stream

archaic feminine

run, i.e. move quickly

Icelandic

noun

channel, duct

feminine

run, i.e. move quickly

Icelandic

noun

drain

feminine

run, i.e. move quickly

Icelandic

verb

to flow, run

strong verb

run, i.e. move quickly

Icelandic

verb

to glide, slide (move over a surface)

strong verb

run, i.e. move quickly

Icelandic

verb

to slip, slide (lose one’s balance on a slippery surface)

strong verb

run, i.e. move quickly

Icelandic

verb

to run (move quickly)

archaic strong verb

run, i.e. move quickly

Icelandic

verb

to rise, grow

strong verb

run, i.e. move quickly

Icelandic

verb

to melt

strong verb

run, i.e. move quickly

Icelandic

verb

to cause (a liquid) to flow; to pour

weak

run, i.e. move quickly

Icelandic

verb

to melt

weak

run, i.e. move quickly

Icelandic

verb

to cause (e.g. a horse) to run

weak

run, i.e. move quickly

Icelandic

verb

to slide (something or someone) (across a surface or downhill)

weak

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

noun

A slope; an incline, inclination.

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

noun

A sloped surface or line.

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

noun

A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.

business mining

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

noun

Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.

media publishing typography

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

noun

An oblique movement or course.

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

noun

A sloping surface in a culture medium.

biology natural-sciences

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

noun

A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

noun

A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours.

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

noun

A palette or similar container with slants or sloping depressions.

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

noun

A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.

US obsolete

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

noun

An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.

slang

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

noun

A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.

Australia slang

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

noun

A point of view, an angle.

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

noun

A look, a glance.

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

noun

A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.

US derogatory ethnic slur

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

verb

To lean, tilt or incline.

ambitransitive

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

verb

To bias or skew.

transitive

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

verb

To lie or exaggerate.

Scotland intransitive

sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult

English

adj

Sloping; oblique; slanted.

school

學堂

Chinese

noun

old-style private school

historical

school

學堂

Chinese

noun

school (Classifier: 間／间 mn)

dialectal

school

學堂

Chinese

noun

school for disciplined services (e.g. police, firefighters, etc.) (Classifier: 間／间 c)

Cantonese Hong-Kong specifically

second growth, figuratively

aftergrowth

English

noun

A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.

second growth, figuratively

aftergrowth

English

noun

Any abstraction of the above.

figuratively

see

κητώδης

Greek

adj

cetacean

biology natural-sciences zoology

masculine

see

κητώδης

Greek

adj

relating to sea monsters

masculine

see

περπάτημα

Greek

noun

walking

neuter

see

περπάτημα

Greek

noun

walk (a manner of walking; a person's style of walking)

neuter

see

ραβδίο

Greek

noun

alternative form of ραβδί (ravdí): small rod

alt-of alternative neuter

see

ραβδίο

Greek

noun

rod cell (part of the retina)

anatomy medicine sciences

neuter

see

Greek

noun

symbolism (representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities)

masculine

see

Greek

noun

notation (the act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters)

masculine

see

Greek

noun

notation (a system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities)

masculine

see

Greek

noun

symbolism (an art movement originating in late 19th-century France and Belgium, seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images, mainly as a reaction against naturalism and realism)

art arts

masculine

see

σύγκλητος

Greek

noun

senate / university or HE governing body

feminine

see

σύγκλητος

Greek

noun

senate / of national government

government politics

feminine

see

σύγκλητος

Greek

noun

senate / of Rome or Byzantine Roman Empire

history human-sciences sciences

feminine

self designation

нымылʔын

Alutor

noun

villager

self designation

нымылʔын

Alutor

noun

dweller

self designation

нымылʔын

Alutor

noun

Alutor

anthropology ethnography human-sciences sciences

serving as an instrument or means

English

adj

Related to a religious minister or ministry.

serving as an instrument or means

English

adj

Related to a governmental minister or ministry.

serving as an instrument or means

English

adj

Having the power to wield delegated executive authority.

serving as an instrument or means

English

adj

Serving as an instrument or means (i.e., procedural or ancillary, not substantive).

law

especially

serving as an instrument or means

English

noun

A member of the mediaeval estate or caste of unfree nobles.

historical

serving as an instrument or means

English

noun

A meeting of government ministers from partner countries.

set of characters in a character encoding

character set

English

noun

The set of characters encoded by a given character encoding.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

set of characters in a character encoding

character set

English

noun

A set of characters together with a character encoding.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

sexual reproduction involving the union or fusion of two dissimilar gametes

anisogamy

English

noun

Sexual bonding or marriage involving partners of widely differing social status.

anthropology ethnology human-sciences sciences

uncountable

sexual reproduction involving the union or fusion of two dissimilar gametes

anisogamy

English

noun

Sexual reproduction involving the union or fusion of two dissimilar gametes.

biology cytology medicine natural-sciences sciences

uncountable

shot from a concealed place

English

noun

Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

shot from a concealed place

English

noun

A fool; a blockhead.

shot from a concealed place

English

noun

A shot fired from a concealed place.

shot from a concealed place

English

noun

A member of the engineering department on a ship.

government military naval navy politics war

slang

shot from a concealed place

English

noun

A goal.

hobbies ice-hockey lifestyle skating sports

slang

shot from a concealed place

English

verb

To hunt snipe.

intransitive

shot from a concealed place

English

verb

To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.

intransitive

shot from a concealed place

English

verb

To shoot with a sniper rifle.

broadly intransitive

shot from a concealed place

English

verb

To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.

transitive

shot from a concealed place

English

verb

To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.

transitive

shot from a concealed place

English

verb

To score a goal.

hobbies ice-hockey lifestyle skating sports

slang

shot from a concealed place

English

verb

To move the ball quickly in a different direction.

shot from a concealed place

English

noun

A cigarette butt.

slang

shot from a concealed place

English

noun

An end of a log remaining after timber has been cut away.

shot from a concealed place

English

noun

An animated promotional logo during a television show.

shot from a concealed place

English

noun

A strip of copy announcing some late breaking news or item of interest, typically placed in a print advertisement in such a way that it stands out from the ad.

shot from a concealed place

English

noun

A bottle of wine measuring 0.1875 liters, one fourth the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.

shot from a concealed place

English

noun

A sharp, clever answer; sarcasm.

shot from a concealed place

English

noun

A note or sticker attached to an existing poster to provide further information (e.g. an event is sold out, political criticism, etc.).

shot from a concealed place

English

verb

To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.

intransitive

shot from a concealed place

English

verb

To attach a note or sticker to (an existing poster) to provide further information, political criticism, etc.

transitive

showing no interest or enthusiasm

lackadaisical

English

adj

Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm.

showing no interest or enthusiasm

lackadaisical

English

adj

Lazy; slothful; indolent.

shrub Amelanchier alnifolia

saskatoon

English

noun

A shrub inhabiting western North America (Amelanchier alnifolia).

Canadian-Prairies

shrub Amelanchier alnifolia

saskatoon

English

noun

The edible berry of this shrub.

Canadian-Prairies

similar to

English

prep

In relation to; in connection with; with respect to.

idiomatic

similar to

English

prep

In or into a position of being likely to obtain, to attain, or to achieve.

idiomatic

similar to

English

prep

Similar to; as an instance of; as a kind of.

idiomatic

similar to

English

prep

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in the way, of.

similar to

English

prep

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, the, way, of.

small black grapes

zinfandel

English

noun

A dry red wine of California.

countable uncountable

small black grapes

zinfandel

English

noun

A small black grape from which zinfandel wine is made.

countable uncountable

something beyond a thing's existence

English

noun

The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol.

countable uncountable

something beyond a thing's existence

English

noun

The connotation associated with a word, expression, or symbol.

countable uncountable

something beyond a thing's existence

English

noun

The purpose, value, or significance (of something) beyond the fact of that thing's existence.

countable uncountable

something beyond a thing's existence

English

noun

Intention.

countable uncountable

something beyond a thing's existence

English

verb

present participle and gerund of mean

form-of gerund participle present

something beyond a thing's existence

English

adj

Having a (specified) intention.

something beyond a thing's existence

English

adj

Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful.

something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence of some project etc

deathblow

English

noun

A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grâce.

something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence of some project etc

deathblow

English

noun

Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence, of a project etc.; a fatal setback.

figuratively

sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order

English

verb

To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences.

transitive

sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order

English

verb

To assemble something in a logical sequence.

transitive

sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order

English

verb

To sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order, one sequence for each copy, especially before binding.

transitive

sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order

English

verb

To bestow or confer.

obsolete

sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order

English

verb

To admit a cleric to a benefice; to present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; followed by to.

Christianity

transitive

sports: person in such position

English

noun

An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.

biology natural-sciences zoology zootomy

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

Human arm.

countable slang uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.

aeronautics aerospace aviation business engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or one of the bracts on a dragon fruit, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.

biology botany natural-sciences

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.

biology botany natural-sciences

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

Passage by flying; flight.

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, and located at the side, such as an extension from the main building.

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

One of the longer sides of crownworks or hornworks in fortification.

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

Ellipsis of prison wing, a cellblock; or prison or doing time by extension.

Multicultural-London-English abbreviation alt-of countable ellipsis slang uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, the sail of a ship, etc.

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad or diaper to hold it in place and prevent leakage.

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

An organizational grouping in a military aviation service: / A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.

British countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

An organizational grouping in a military aviation service: / A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.

US countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.

British countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.

nautical transport

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.

nautical transport

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

A position in several field games on either side of the field.

hobbies lifestyle sports

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

A player occupying such a position, also called a winger

hobbies lifestyle sports

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

A háček.

media publishing typography

countable informal rare uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.

entertainment lifestyle theater

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.

countable in-plural uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

noun

On the enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype.

countable uncountable

sports: person in such position

English

verb

To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.

transitive

sports: person in such position

English

verb

To fly.

intransitive

sports: person in such position

English

verb

To add a wing (extra part) to.

transitive

sports: person in such position

English

verb

To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.

transitive

sports: person in such position

English

verb

To throw.

transitive

sports: person in such position

English

verb

To furnish with wings.

transitive

sports: person in such position

English

verb

To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.

transitive

sports: person in such position

English

verb

To traverse by flying.

transitive

sports: winger on the right

right-winger

English

noun

A person who belongs to the political right.

government politics

sports: winger on the right

right-winger

English

noun

A member of the right wing of a party or group.

sports: winger on the right

right-winger

English

noun

A winger who plays on the right.

hobbies lifestyle sports

stab with non-stabbing weapon

English

noun

A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).

countable slang

stab with non-stabbing weapon

English

noun

A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.

uncountable

stab with non-stabbing weapon

English

verb

To stab (someone) with a shiv.

slang transitive

stab with non-stabbing weapon

English

verb

To stab (someone) with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.

broadly slang transitive

standard Korean

개않다

Korean

adj

to be nice, good, passable, OK, all right

Gyeongsang

standard Korean

개않다

Korean

adj

to be allowed to ...; may, can; it is OK to ...

Gyeongsang

standard Korean

개않다

Korean

adj

to be safe, secure

Gyeongsang

state of being convex

convexity

English

noun

The state of being convex.

countable uncountable

state of being convex

convexity

English

noun

A convex line or surface.

countable uncountable

state of being convex

convexity

English

noun

A measure of the curvature in the relationship between the prices and yields of bonds.

business finance

countable uncountable

step: distance covered

English

noun

A step. / A step taken with the foot.

step: distance covered

English

noun

A step. / The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.

step: distance covered

English

noun

A way of stepping. / A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet.

step: distance covered

English

noun

A way of stepping. / Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait.

step: distance covered

English

noun

Speed or velocity in general.

step: distance covered

English

noun

A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

step: distance covered

English

noun

A group of donkeys.

collective

step: distance covered

English

noun

A passage, a route. / One's journey or route.

obsolete

step: distance covered

English

noun

A passage, a route. / A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc.

obsolete

step: distance covered

English

noun

A passage, a route. / An aisle in a church.

obsolete

step: distance covered

English

adj

Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

not-comparable

step: distance covered

English

verb

To walk back and forth in a small distance.

step: distance covered

English

verb

To set the speed in a race.

step: distance covered

English

verb

To measure by walking.

step: distance covered

English

prep

With all due respect to.

formal

step: distance covered

English

noun

Easter.

strap

English

noun

A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.

strap

English

noun

The limit of one's abilities, resources, patience, etc.

figuratively

strap

English

noun

An attachment to a place, time, entity or person.

figuratively

strap

English

noun

A strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay.

nautical sailing transport

strap

English

verb

To restrict with, or as if with, a tether.

transitive

strap

English

verb

To connect to something else.

transitive

strap

English

verb

To connect to something else. / To connect (a smartphone) to a personal computer in order to give the computer access to the phone's Internet connection.

Internet transitive

strap

English

num

Alternative form of tethera.

alt-of alternative

strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph

English

noun

An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.

arts hobbies lifestyle photography

strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph

English

noun

An especially significant or interesting detail or event or period of time.

figuratively

strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph

English

noun

A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest.

cosmetics lifestyle

strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph

English

verb

To make prominent; emphasize.

transitive

strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph

English

verb

To be a highlight of.

transitive

strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph

English

verb

To mark (important passages of text), e.g. with a fluorescent marker pen or in a wordprocessor, as a means of memory retention or for later reference.

transitive

strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph

English

verb

To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.

transitive

strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph

English

verb

To seek the attention of (a user) on IRC by mentioning their name in a message, causing that message to appear highlighted on their screen.

Internet transitive

study of pronunciation

orthoepy

English

noun

The study of pronunciation.

countable uncountable

study of pronunciation

orthoepy

English

noun

Accepted or customary pronunciation.

countable uncountable

superphylum

Charophyta

Translingual

name

A taxonomic division within the kingdom Plantae – including the stoneworts.

superphylum

Charophyta

Translingual

name

A taxonomic superphylum within the infrakingdom Streptophyta.

superphylum

Charophyta

Translingual

name

A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Charophyta.

tea ceremony room

Japanese

noun

parlor, salon, hall; a large room, especially one for meeting people

tea ceremony room

Japanese

noun

a formal room within a traditional Japanese house for entertaining guests

tea ceremony room

Japanese

noun

a raised wooden floor in a traditional Japanese house

tea ceremony room

Japanese

noun

a tea ceremony room larger than 4+¹⁄₂ tatami mats

tea ceremony room

Japanese

noun

entry hall in a samurai residence

historical

terms derived from all parts of speech/etymology

English

verb

present participle and gerund of open

form-of gerund participle present

terms derived from all parts of speech/etymology

English

adj

Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events.

not-comparable

terms derived from all parts of speech/etymology

English

adj

Of the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket.

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

not-comparable

terms derived from all parts of speech/etymology

English

adj

Of the batsman who opens the innings or of a bowler who opens the attack.

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

not-comparable

terms derived from all parts of speech/etymology

English

noun

An act or instance of making or becoming open.

terms derived from all parts of speech/etymology

English

noun

A gap permitting passage through.

terms derived from all parts of speech/etymology

English

noun

An act or instance of beginning.

terms derived from all parts of speech/etymology

English

noun

Something that is a beginning. / The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.

terms derived from all parts of speech/etymology

English

noun

Something that is a beginning. / The initial period when an art exhibition, fashion show, etc. is first opened, especially the first evening.

terms derived from all parts of speech/etymology

English

noun

Something that is a beginning. / The first few measures of a musical composition.

terms derived from all parts of speech/etymology

English

noun

Something that is a beginning. / The first few moves in a game.

terms derived from all parts of speech/etymology

English

noun

A vacant position, especially in an array.

terms derived from all parts of speech/etymology

English

noun

A vacant position, especially in an array. / A time available in a schedule.

terms derived from all parts of speech/etymology

English

noun

A vacant position, especially in an array. / An unoccupied employment position.

terms derived from all parts of speech/etymology

English

noun

An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.

terms derived from all parts of speech/etymology

English

noun

In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.

mathematics sciences

terms derived from dung (noun)

English

noun

Manure; animal excrement.

uncountable

terms derived from dung (noun)

English

noun

A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal.

countable

terms derived from dung (noun)

English

verb

To fertilize with dung.

transitive

terms derived from dung (noun)

English

verb

To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung, done to remove the superfluous mordant.

transitive

terms derived from dung (noun)

English

verb

To release dung: to defecate.

intransitive

terms derived from dung (noun)

English

verb

past participle of ding

form-of obsolete participle past

terms derived from dung (noun)

English

verb

To discard (especially rubbish); to chuck out.

colloquial

terms derived from dung (noun)

English

intj

Alternative spelling of dong (“sound of a bell”).

alt-of alternative

terms related to fok (sense 2 and 3)

Afrikaans

noun

A foresail

nautical transport

terms related to fok (sense 2 and 3)

Afrikaans

verb

to breed (notably of domesticated animals)

agriculture business lifestyle

ambitransitive obsolete

terms related to fok (sense 2 and 3)

Afrikaans

verb

to fuck (have sex)

intransitive rare vulgar

terms related to fok (sense 2 and 3)

Afrikaans

verb

to fuck someone, something (have sex with someone, something)

rare transitive vulgar

terms related to fok (sense 2 and 3)

Afrikaans

verb

to fuck with someone (to bother someone)

vulgar

terms related to fok (sense 2 and 3)

Afrikaans

noun

a fuck (sex act)

rare vulgar

terms related to fok (sense 2 and 3)

Afrikaans

noun

a fuck (sex partner)

derogatory

terms related to fok (sense 2 and 3)

Afrikaans

intj

fuck (expressing anger, contempt, frustration, astonishment, etc.)

slang

that which flies

English

noun

That which flies, as a bird or insect.

that which flies

English

noun

A machine that flies.

that which flies

English

noun

An airplane pilot.

dated

that which flies

English

noun

A person who travels by airplane.

that which flies

English

noun

A leaflet, often for advertising.

that which flies

English

noun

The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin

that which flies

English

noun

An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.

architecture

that which flies

English

noun

A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.

acrobatics arts cheerleading hobbies lifestyle performing-arts sports

that which flies

English

noun

A stray shot away from the group on a target.

engineering firearms government military natural-sciences physical-sciences politics tools war weaponry

that which flies

English

noun

A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).

that which flies

English

noun

A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.

that which flies

English

noun

A leap or jump.

that which flies

English

noun

A risky investment or other venture.

that which flies

English

noun

A fast-moving person or thing.

informal

that which flies

English

noun

A false start

hobbies lifestyle sports

that which flies

English

noun

Synonym of flying cymbal.

entertainment lifestyle music

that which flies

English

verb

To distribute flyers (leaflets).

intransitive

that which flies

English

verb

To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients).

transitive

that which flies

English

adj

comparative form of fly: more fly

comparative form-of

the act of obstructing

obstruction

English

noun

The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.

countable uncountable

the act of obstructing

obstruction

English

noun

Something which obstructs or impedes, either intentionally or unintentionally

hobbies lifestyle sports

countable uncountable

the act of obstructing

obstruction

English

noun

The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.

countable uncountable

the act of reinterpreting

reinterpretation

English

noun

the condition of being reinterpreted

uncountable

the act of reinterpreting

reinterpretation

English

noun

a new interpretation

countable

the act of reinterpreting

reinterpretation

English

noun

the act of reinterpreting

countable

the act of suppurating

suppuration

English

noun

The decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.

medicine sciences

countable uncountable

the act of suppurating

suppuration

English

noun

The act of suppurating.

medicine sciences

countable uncountable

the act or process of passing from a fluid to a solid state

congelation

English

noun

The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing.

countable uncountable

the act or process of passing from a fluid to a solid state

congelation

English

noun

The state of being congealed.

countable uncountable

the act or process of passing from a fluid to a solid state

congelation

English

noun

That which is congealed.

countable uncountable

the contamination of the environment by harmful substances

English

noun

Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc.

uncountable usually

the contamination of the environment by harmful substances

English

noun

Something that pollutes; a pollutant.

uncountable usually

the contamination of the environment by harmful substances

English

noun

The desecration of something holy or sacred; defilement, profanation.

archaic uncountable usually

the contamination of the environment by harmful substances

English

noun

The ejaculation of semen outside of sexual intercourse, especially a nocturnal emission.

archaic uncountable usually

the contamination of the environment by harmful substances

English

noun

Moral or spiritual corruption; impurity, degradation, defilement.

uncountable usually

the doctrine of the golden mean

Chinese

adj

middle-aged

literary

the doctrine of the golden mean

Chinese

noun

the middle of the road

literary

the doctrine of the golden mean

Chinese

noun

middle age

literary

the doctrine of the golden mean

Chinese

noun

the doctrine of the golden mean

human-sciences philosophy sciences

the doctrine of the golden mean

Chinese

noun

middle way

Buddhism lifestyle religion

the functioning of a particular part of a body

biomechanics

English

noun

The branch of biophysics that deals with the mechanics of the human or animal body; especially concerned with muscles and the skeleton.

biology natural-sciences physical-sciences physics

uncountable

the functioning of a particular part of a body

biomechanics

English

noun

The functioning of a particular part of a body.

biology natural-sciences

uncountable

the operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug

onycha

English

noun

the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine

obsolete uncountable

the operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug

onycha

English

noun

The precious stone onyx.

obsolete uncountable

the process of making a business activity profit-generating

monetization

English

noun

The conversion of something (especially metal) into money.

British English Oxford US countable uncountable

the process of making a business activity profit-generating

monetization

English

noun

The process of making a business activity profit-generating, particularly in computer and Internet-related activities.

British English Oxford US countable uncountable

the process of making a business activity profit-generating

monetization

English

noun

The conversion of an economic system based mainly on barter and payment in kind into one that uses currency for most transactions.

British English Oxford US countable uncountable

the property of being magnetic

English

noun

The property of being magnetic.

natural-sciences physical-sciences physics

countable uncountable

the property of being magnetic

English

noun

The science which treats of magnetic phenomena.

natural-sciences physical-sciences physics

countable uncountable

the property of being magnetic

English

noun

Power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections.

countable uncountable

the property of being magnetic

English

noun

Animal magnetism.

countable uncountable

the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original

authenticity

English

noun

The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed.

uncountable usually

the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original

authenticity

English

noun

The quality of being authentic (of established authority).

obsolete uncountable usually

thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of gliding mammals

patagium

English

noun

The thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammals.

thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of gliding mammals

patagium

English

noun

A similar membrane between the body and wing of a bird.

thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of gliding mammals

patagium

English

noun

One of the scales affixed to the pronotum of lepidopterous insects; the tegula.

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

noun

The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point. (Often measured in number of years; alternatively in months, days, hours, etc.; see also the usage notes)

countable

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

noun

The state of being old; the latter part of life.

uncountable

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

noun

Any particular stage of life.

countable

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

noun

The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.

countable

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

noun

Maturity; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.

uncountable

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

noun

A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.

countable

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

noun

A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others. / The time or era in history when someone or something was alive or flourished.

countable uncountable

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

noun

A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others. / A great period in the history of the Earth.

countable

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

noun

A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others. / The shortest geochronologic unit, being a period of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of an epoch (or sometimes a subepoch).

geography geology natural-sciences

countable

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

noun

One of the twelve divisions of a Great Year, equal to roughly 2000 years and governed by one of the zodiacal signs; a Platonic month.

astrology human-sciences mysticism philosophy sciences

countable uncountable

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

noun

A period of one hundred years; a century.

countable

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

noun

A generation.

countable dated possibly uncommon

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

noun

A long time.

countable excessive

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

noun

Lifespan, lifetime; the total time that some being is alive from birth to death (or some category of beings, on average).

countable

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

noun

The entitlement of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.

card-games poker

countable

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

verb

To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age.

intransitive

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

verb

To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age. / To suffer the passage of time so as to later be viewed or turn out in a certain way.

intransitive usually

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

verb

To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.

transitive

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

verb

To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to. / To allow to mature.

transitive

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

verb

To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to. / To treat or tamper with in order to give a false appearance of age.

transitive

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

verb

To determine the age of (the length of time that something has been alive or in existence).

transitive

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

verb

To indicate or reveal that (a person) has been alive for a certain period of time, especially a long one.

transitive

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

verb

To allow (something) to persist by postponing an action that would extinguish it, as a debt.

figuratively transitive

time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities

English

verb

To categorize by age.

accounting business finance

transitive

to admit

承認

Chinese

verb

to admit; to concede; to acknowledge; to confess

transitive

to admit

承認

Chinese

verb

to recognise (diplomatically)

transitive

to bring under control

Chinese

verb

to clean; to tidy up; to arrange

to bring under control

Chinese

verb

to deal with; to handle

to bring under control

Chinese

verb

to clear (accounts); to settle; to liquidate

accounting business finance

to bring under control

Chinese

verb

to understand things; to be sensible

literary

to bring under control

Chinese

verb

to bring under control; to pacify and govern

literary

to bullshit; to talk nonsense

屙痢肚

Chinese

verb

to have diarrhea

Hakka verb-object

to bullshit; to talk nonsense

屙痢肚

Chinese

verb

to bullshit; to talk nonsense

Hakka verb-object

to catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait

English

noun

An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.

to catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait

English

noun

An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.

to catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait

English

noun

A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.

to catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait

English

noun

A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern fairway wood.

golf hobbies lifestyle sports

archaic

to catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait

English

noun

An oar.

slang

to catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait

English

noun

A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.

fishing hobbies lifestyle

to catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait

English

noun

A spoon excavator.

dentistry medicine sciences

informal

to catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait

English

noun

A South African shrub of the genus Spatalla.

to catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait

English

noun

A simpleton, a spoony.

archaic figuratively slang

to catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait

English

noun

A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.

government military politics war

to catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait

English

noun

A metaphoric unit of finite physical and mental energy available for daily activities, especially in the context of living with chronic illness or disability.

slang

to catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait

English

verb

To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.

to catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait

English

verb

To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.

dated intransitive

to catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait

English

verb

To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.

informal intransitive transitive

to catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait

English

verb

To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.

golf hobbies lifestyle sports tennis

to catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait

English

verb

To fish with a concave spoon bait.

intransitive

to catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait

English

verb

To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.

transitive

to catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait

English

verb

Alternative form of spoom.

alt-of alternative

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.

business clothing fashion lifestyle manufacturing textiles

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

A person's financial resources.

broadly

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.

ball-games billiards games hobbies lifestyle pool snooker sports

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.

Australia

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

The area behind the line of scrimmage subject to certain rules regarding intentional grounding, illegal contact, etc., formally extending to the end zone but more usually understood as the central area around the quarterback directly protected by the offensive line.

American-football ball-games football games hobbies lifestyle sports

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.

government military politics war

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.

ball-games games hobbies lifestyle rugby sports

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

The unbroken part of a wave that offers the surfer the most power.

hobbies lifestyle sports surfing

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries; the pocket of wool held about 168 pounds.

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.

architecture

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.

business mining

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.

nautical transport

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

The pouch of an animal.

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.

bowling hobbies lifestyle sports

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

A bight on a lee shore.

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.

dentistry medicine sciences

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

A small, isolated group or area.

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

noun

A state achieved with steady, enjoyable drumming.

entertainment lifestyle music

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

verb

To put (something) into a pocket.

transitive

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

verb

To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.

ball-games billiards games hobbies lifestyle pool snooker sports

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

verb

To take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own).

informal transitive

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

verb

To put up with; to bear without complaint.

dated informal transitive

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

adj

Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.

not-comparable

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

adj

Smaller or more compact than usual.

not-comparable

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table

English

adj

Belonging to the two initial hole cards.

not-comparable

to cause a blot

English

noun

A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.

to cause a blot

English

noun

A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.

broadly

to cause a blot

English

noun

A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.

biochemistry biology chemistry microbiology natural-sciences physical-sciences

to cause a blot

English

noun

An exposed piece in backgammon.

backgammon games

to cause a blot

English

verb

To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.

transitive

to cause a blot

English

verb

To soak up or absorb liquid.

intransitive

to cause a blot

English

verb

To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.

transitive

to cause a blot

English

verb

To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.

transitive

to cause a blot

English

verb

To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.

transitive

to cause a blot

English

verb

To stain with infamy; to disgrace.

transitive

to cause a blot

English

verb

To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.

transitive

to cause a blot

English

verb

To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.

transitive

to cause a blot

English

verb

To sell illegal drugs, to deal, to push.

Multicultural-London-English transitive

to cause a blot

English

verb

To hit a blot.

backgammon games

transitive

to cheat in an exam or test

作弊

Chinese

verb

to practice fraud; to cheat

verb-object

to cheat in an exam or test

作弊

Chinese

verb

to practice fraud; to cheat / to cheat in an exam or test

verb-object

to commence a long and difficult task or project

set to

English

verb

To begin something with determination; to commence a long and difficult task or project.

ambitransitive

to commence a long and difficult task or project

set to

English

verb

To fight.

archaic intransitive

to connect

English

noun

A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.

to connect

English

noun

One element of a chain or other connected series.

to connect

English

noun

Abbreviation of hyperlink.

abbreviation alt-of

to connect

English

noun

The connection between buses or systems.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

to connect

English

noun

A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.

mathematics sciences

to connect

English

noun

A thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.

to connect

English

noun

An individual person or element in a system

figuratively

to connect

English

noun

Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.

to connect

English

noun

A sausage that is not a patty.

to connect

English

noun

Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.

to connect

English

noun

Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.

engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences

to connect

English

noun

The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.

geography natural-sciences surveying

to connect

English

noun

A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.

chemistry natural-sciences physical-sciences

to connect

English

noun

The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.

in-plural

to connect

English

noun

An introductory cue.

broadcasting media

to connect

English

verb

To connect (two or more things).

transitive

to connect

English

verb

To contain a hyperlink to another page.

Internet intransitive

to connect

English

verb

To supply (someone) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.

Internet transitive

to connect

English

verb

To post a hyperlink to.

Internet transitive

to connect

English

verb

To demonstrate a correlation between (two things).

transitive

to connect

English

verb

To combine objects generated by a compiler into a single executable.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences software-compilation

to connect

English

verb

To meet with (someone).

slang transitive

to connect

English

noun

A torch, used to light dark streets.

obsolete

to connect

English

verb

To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly.

Scotland intransitive

to consume; to eat; to take; to drink

Thai

verb

to consume: / to eat; to take; to drink.

to consume; to eat; to take; to drink

Thai

verb

to consume: / to absorb; to engross; to occupy.

to consume; to eat; to take; to drink

Thai

verb

to consume: / to destroy, as by decomposition or burning.

to consume; to eat; to take; to drink

Thai

verb

to consume: / to use up.

to consume; to eat; to take; to drink

Thai

verb

to consume: / to waste.

to consume; to eat; to take; to drink

Thai

verb

to wrongfully accept, take, or receive.

to consume; to eat; to take; to drink

Thai

verb

to govern a polity and enjoy benefits derived from the polity, as taxes, forced labour, etc.

historical

to consume; to eat; to take; to drink

Thai

verb

to hold; to occupy; to possess.

position

archaic

to consume; to eat; to take; to drink

Thai

verb

to capture.

games

to consume; to eat; to take; to drink

Thai

verb

to win.

gambling games

to consume; to eat; to take; to drink

Thai

verb

to seek or have a romantic or sexual relationship (with).

slang

to contemplate

English

verb

To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.

intransitive

to contemplate

English

verb

To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.

intransitive

to contemplate

English

verb

To consider; to reflect on.

transitive

to contemplate

English

adj

Meditated.

not-comparable obsolete

to control by inspiring dread

English

noun

A feeling of fear and reverence.

uncountable usually

to control by inspiring dread

English

noun

A feeling of amazement.

uncountable usually

to control by inspiring dread

English

noun

Power to inspire awe.

archaic uncountable usually

to control by inspiring dread

English

verb

To inspire fear and reverence in.

transitive

to control by inspiring dread

English

verb

To control by inspiring dread.

transitive

to control by inspiring dread

English

noun

A bucket (blade) attached to water wheels.

obsolete

to cut

Chinese

character

to cut (foods, mostly cooked, together with bones or shells) into large and rough parts forcefully

to cut

Chinese

character

to hack; to chop

to cut

Chinese

character

to behead (as punishment); to chop the waist

to cut

Chinese

character

a surname, Zhan

to cut

Chinese

character

alternative form of 鏨 /錾

Hokkien alt-of alternative

to direct or be in charge

English

verb

To direct or be in charge of.

transitive

to direct or be in charge

English

verb

To handle or control (a situation, job).

transitive

to direct or be in charge

English

verb

To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).

transitive

to direct or be in charge

English

verb

To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty.

intransitive

to direct or be in charge

English

verb

To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty. / To end up doing something that could or should have been avoided.

intransitive ironic

to direct or be in charge

English

verb

To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.

ambitransitive

to direct or be in charge

English

verb

To manage to say; to say while fighting back embarrassment, laughter, etc.

transitive

to direct or be in charge

English

verb

To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action.

transitive

to direct or be in charge

English

verb

To treat with care; to husband.

obsolete transitive

to direct or be in charge

English

verb

To bring about; to contrive.

obsolete transitive

to direct or be in charge

English

noun

The act of managing or controlling something.

archaic uncountable

to direct or be in charge

English

noun

Manège.

equestrianism hobbies horses lifestyle pets sports

uncountable

to dismiss

Lithuanian

verb

to remove

transitive

to dismiss

Lithuanian

verb

to eliminate

to dismiss

Lithuanian

verb

to dismiss

transitive

to dismiss

Lithuanian

verb

nominative masculine plural of šalintas

form-of masculine nominative participle passive past plural

to drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time

English

noun

A small mouthful of drink

to drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time

English

noun

An event at which people drink alcohol in small, usually sub-intoxicating amounts.

to drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time

English

verb

To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.

transitive

to drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time

English

verb

To drink a small quantity.

intransitive

to drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time

English

verb

To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.

to drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time

English

verb

Alternative form of seep.

Scotland US alt-of alternative dated

to drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time

English

verb

To consume slowly.

figuratively

to engage in heavy petting

English

verb

To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque).

transitive

to engage in heavy petting

English

verb

To send out.

obsolete transitive

to engage in heavy petting

English

verb

To discern; to manage to see, hear etc.

transitive

to engage in heavy petting

English

verb

To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.).

US intransitive regional

to engage in heavy petting

English

verb

To represent; to make (something) appear to be true.

intransitive transitive

to engage in heavy petting

English

verb

To get along with (someone).

US intransitive slang

to engage in heavy petting

English

verb

To make an (often temporary) home.

US intransitive slang

to engage in heavy petting

English

verb

To embrace and kiss passionately.

US intransitive slang

to engage in heavy petting

English

verb

To engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse.

US intransitive slang

to esteem worthy

deign

English

verb

To condescend; to do despite a perceived affront to one's dignity.

intransitive

to esteem worthy

deign

English

verb

To condescend to give; to do something.

transitive

to esteem worthy

deign

English

verb

To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice.

obsolete

to form a scar

English

noun

A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.

to form a scar

English

noun

A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.

broadly

to form a scar

English

noun

Any permanent mark resulting from damage.

to form a scar

English

verb

To mark the skin permanently.

transitive

to form a scar

English

verb

To form a scar.

intransitive

to form a scar

English

verb

To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.

figuratively transitive

to form a scar

English

noun

A cliff or rock outcrop.

to form a scar

English

noun

A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.

to form a scar

English

noun

A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.

to form a scar

English

noun

A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

noun

Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.

informal uncountable usually

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

noun

Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects. / Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.

informal obsolete uncountable usually

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

noun

Unspecified things or matters.

informal uncountable usually

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

noun

The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.

uncountable usually

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

noun

The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object. / A material for making clothing; any woven textile, but especially a woollen fabric.

archaic uncountable usually

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

noun

The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object. / Boards used for building.

archaic uncountable usually

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

noun

The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object. / Abstract/figurative substance or character.

uncountable usually

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

noun

The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object. / Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.

uncountable usually

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

noun

Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.

informal uncountable usually

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

noun

Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.

slang uncountable usually

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

noun

A medicine or mixture; a potion.

obsolete uncountable usually

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

noun

Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.

euphemistic sometimes uncountable usually

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

noun

A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.

nautical transport

uncountable usually

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

noun

Money.

dated slang uncountable usually

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

verb

To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.

transitive

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

verb

To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.

transitive

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

verb

To fill with seasoning.

cooking food lifestyle

transitive

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

verb

To load goods into (a container) for transport.

transitive

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

verb

To sate.

transitive

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

verb

To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.

pronominal

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

verb

To break; to destroy.

Australia British New-Zealand transitive

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

verb

To sexually penetrate.

Australia British New-Zealand transitive vulgar

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

verb

Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.

imperative mildly often transitive vulgar

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

verb

To heavily defeat or get the better of.

informal

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

verb

To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.

transitive

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

verb

To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

verb

To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.

transitive

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

verb

To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.

transitive

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

verb

To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.

dated transitive

to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material

English

verb

To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

transitive

to grant, as a right or privilege

English

verb

To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant

to grant, as a right or privilege

English

verb

To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.

to grant, as a right or privilege

English

verb

To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge

to grant, as a right or privilege

English

verb

To yield or make concession.

to grant, as a right or privilege

English

verb

To have a goal or point scored against

hobbies lifestyle sports

to grant, as a right or privilege

English

verb

(of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.

sometimes transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. / To hit.

transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. / To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.

transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. / To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.

intransitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. / To manufacture, as by stamping.

transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. / To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground.

dated intransitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. / To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.

transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. / To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.

intransitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. / To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.

transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. / To cause to ignite by friction.

transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.

transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. / To punish; to afflict; to smite.

transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. / To carry out a violent or illegal action.

intransitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. / To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.

intransitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. / To impinge upon.

figuratively transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. / To impress, seem or appear to (a person).

transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. / To create an impression.

transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. / To score a goal.

hobbies lifestyle sports

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. / To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. / To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. / To steal or rob; to take forcibly or fraudulently.

UK intransitive obsolete slang

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. / To borrow money from; to make a demand upon.

archaic slang

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To touch; to act by appulse.

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To hook (a fish) by a quick turn of the wrist.

fishing hobbies lifestyle

transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To take down, especially in the following contexts. / To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)

nautical transport

transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To take down, especially in the following contexts. / To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.

broadly transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To take down, especially in the following contexts. / To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.

broadly intransitive transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To take down, especially in the following contexts. / To quit (one's job).

broadly dated transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To take down, especially in the following contexts. / To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).

transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To take down, especially in the following contexts. / To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).

transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To set off on a walk or trip.

intransitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.

intransitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.

dated

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.

intransitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To make and ratify; to reach; to find.

transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.

business construction manufacturing masonry

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To lade thickened sugar cane juice from a teache into a cooler.

business manufacturing sugar-making

obsolete

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.

obsolete

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To balance (a ledger or account).

business finance

transitive

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To become saturated with salt.

intransitive obsolete

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To run, or fade in colour.

intransitive obsolete

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

verb

To do menial work for an officer.

US intransitive obsolete

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.

ball-games baseball games hobbies lifestyle sports

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.

bowling hobbies lifestyle sports

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

A blow or application of physical force against something.

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

An attack, not necessarily physical.

government military politics war

broadly

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.

business finance

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.

historical

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body.

geography geology natural-sciences

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

Fullness of measure; the whole amount produced at one time.

obsolete

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

Excellence; quality.

broadly obsolete

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

A puddler's stirrer.

arts crafts hobbies ironworking lifestyle

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.

obsolete

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

The discovery of a source of something.

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

The strike plate of a door.

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

A nibble on the bait by a fish.

fishing hobbies lifestyle

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

A cancellation postmark.

hobbies lifestyle philately

to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly

English

noun

An imperfect matrix for type.

media printing publishing

historical

to influence or direct by power and authority

English

noun

The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.

countable uncountable

to influence or direct by power and authority

English

noun

A rocking or swinging motion.

countable uncountable

to influence or direct by power and authority

English

noun

Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side

countable uncountable

to influence or direct by power and authority

English

noun

Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.

countable uncountable

to influence or direct by power and authority

English

noun

Rule; dominion; control; power.

countable uncountable

to influence or direct by power and authority

English

noun

A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.

countable uncountable

to influence or direct by power and authority

English

noun

The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.

automotive transport vehicles

countable uncountable

to influence or direct by power and authority

English

noun

Synonym of sweet flag (“Acorus calamus”)

countable uncountable

to influence or direct by power and authority

English

verb

To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.

intransitive

to influence or direct by power and authority

English

verb

To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.

transitive

to influence or direct by power and authority

English

verb

To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.

transitive

to influence or direct by power and authority

English

verb

To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.

transitive

to influence or direct by power and authority

English

verb

To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.

nautical transport

transitive

to influence or direct by power and authority

English

verb

To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.

to influence or direct by power and authority

English

verb

To have weight or influence.

to influence or direct by power and authority

English

verb

To bear sway; to rule; to govern.

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

To take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, of (something).

transitive

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

To lightly bite (a person or animal, or part of their body), especially in a loving or playful manner; to nip.

transitive

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

To make (a hole in something) through small bites.

transitive

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

To make (one's way) through or while taking small bites.

transitive

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

Chiefly followed by into or to: to cause (something) to be in a certain state through small bites.

transitive

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

Followed by away, off, etc.: to remove (something) through small bites.

transitive

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

Followed by away, off, etc.: to remove (something) through small bites. / To remove (small pieces) from glass, tile, etc., with a tool; also, to remove small pieces from (glass, tile, etc.) with a tool.

transitive

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

To fidget or play with (something), especially with the fingers or hands.

obsolete transitive

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

To catch (someone); to nab.

obsolete slang transitive

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

To steal (something); to pilfer.

obsolete slang transitive

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

Chiefly followed by at, away, or on: to take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites; to eat (at frequent intervals) with small, quick bites.

intransitive

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

To lightly bite, especially in a loving or playful manner.

intransitive

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

Chiefly followed by at: to show slight interest in something, such as a commercial opportunity or a proposal.

figuratively intransitive

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

Followed by away at: to reduce or use up gradually; to eat.

figuratively intransitive

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

Followed by at: of a batter: to make an indecisive attempt to bat a ball bowled outside the off stump.

ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports

figuratively informal intransitive

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

Synonym of tramline (“of a vehicle: to tend to follow the contours of the ground with its wheels”).

road transport

figuratively intransitive

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

To fidget or play, especially with the fingers or hands.

intransitive obsolete

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

Chiefly followed by at: to make insignificant complaints; to carp, to cavil, to find fault.

intransitive obsolete

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

verb

To engage in sexual intercourse.

intransitive obsolete slang

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

noun

An act of taking a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, especially with the front teeth; the bite or bites so taken.

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

noun

A light bite of a person or animal, or part of their body, especially one which is loving or playful; a nip.

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

noun

An amount of food that is or can be taken into the mouth through a small bite; a small mouthful.

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

noun

A slight show of interest in something, such as a commercial opportunity or a proposal.

figuratively

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

noun

Grass or other vegetation eaten by livestock; forage, pasturage.

obsolete rare

to make (one’s way) through or while taking small bites

English

noun

A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or chiefly four bits.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

to make a recording on videotape

videotape

English

noun

A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.

countable uncountable

to make a recording on videotape

videotape

English

verb

to make a recording of something on videotape

to make a recording on videotape

videotape

English

verb

To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.

ambitransitive

to neutralize alkalis

acidify

English

verb

To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid.

transitive

to neutralize alkalis

acidify

English

verb

To neutralize alkalis.

transitive

to neutralize alkalis

acidify

English

verb

To sour; to embitter.

figuratively transitive

to nurse; to suck

English

noun

A teat.

obsolete

to nurse; to suck

English

noun

An act of suckling

to nurse; to suck

English

verb

To give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs.

transitive

to nurse; to suck

English

verb

To nurse; to suck milk from a nursing mother.

intransitive

to nurse; to suck

English

verb

To nurse from (a breast, nursing mother, etc.).

transitive

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

An act of being of assistance to someone.

countable uncountable

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.

countable uncountable

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

Work as a member of the military.

uncountable

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

The practice of providing assistance as economic activity.

economics sciences

countable uncountable

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

Synonym of utility (“commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage”).

business

countable uncountable

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

A department in a company, organization, or institution.

countable uncountable

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

countable uncountable

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

The military.

countable uncountable

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

A set of dishes or utensils.

countable uncountable

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.

hobbies lifestyle sports

countable uncountable

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

A religious rite or ritual.

countable uncountable

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.

law

countable uncountable

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.

Israel also countable uncountable

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

A musical composition for use in churches.

countable uncountable

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.

countable obsolete uncountable

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.

nautical transport

countable uncountable

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

Access to resources such as hotel rooms and Web-based videos without transfer of the resources' ownership.

countable uncountable

to perform a sexual act

English

verb

To serve.

transitive

to perform a sexual act

English

verb

To serve. / To perform maintenance.

transitive

to perform a sexual act

English

verb

To serve. / To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc.

transitive

to perform a sexual act

English

verb

To make a repayment or pay interest (on a debt).

transitive

to perform a sexual act

English

verb

To inseminate through sexual intercourse.

agriculture business lifestyle

euphemistic transitive

to perform a sexual act

English

verb

To perform a sexual act upon.

transitive vulgar

to perform a sexual act

English

verb

To attack.

government military politics war

euphemistic transitive

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

Service tree.

to perform a sexual act

English

noun

The sorb; the fruit of this tree.

to prepare a ski slope

English

noun

A man who is about to marry.

to prepare a ski slope

English

noun

A person who looks after horses.

to prepare a ski slope

English

noun

One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department.

to prepare a ski slope

English

noun

A male servant, or more generally, a common man.

archaic

to prepare a ski slope

English

noun

A brushing or cleaning, as of a dog or horse.

to prepare a ski slope

English

verb

To attend to one's appearance and clothing.

to prepare a ski slope

English

verb

To care for (horses or other animals) by brushing and cleaning them.

transitive

to prepare a ski slope

English

verb

To prepare (someone) for an event

transitive

to prepare a ski slope

English

verb

To prepare (someone) for election or appointment.

transitive

to prepare a ski slope

English

verb

To gain, or attempt to gain, the trust of a child or vulnerable person in order to take advantage of or exploit them, especially sexually (if under the age of consent).

law

transitive

to prepare a ski slope

English

verb

In agile software development, to review and prioritize the items in the development backlog.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences software

transitive

to prepare a ski slope

English

verb

To prepare (a ski slope) for skiers by packing down the snow.

transitive

to produce leaves

English

noun

The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.

countable uncountable

to produce leaves

English

noun

A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.

biology botany natural-sciences

countable uncountable

to produce leaves

English

noun

Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.

countable uncountable

to produce leaves

English

noun

A sheet of a book, magazine, etc. (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).

advertising arts bookbinding business crafts hobbies lifestyle marketing media publishing

countable uncountable

to produce leaves

English

noun

A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.

countable uncountable

to produce leaves

English

noun

One of the individual flat or curved strips of metal, typically made of spring steel, that make up a leaf spring.

countable uncountable

to produce leaves

English

noun

Tea leaves.

countable in-plural uncountable

to produce leaves

English

noun

A flat section used to extend the size of a table.

countable uncountable

to produce leaves

English

noun

A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.

countable uncountable

to produce leaves

English

noun

In a tree, a node that has no descendants.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

countable uncountable

to produce leaves

English

noun

The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.

countable uncountable

to produce leaves

English

noun

One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.

countable uncountable

to produce leaves

English

noun

Cannabis.

slang uncountable

to produce leaves

English

noun

A Canadian person.

Internet countable humorous pejorative sometimes uncountable

to produce leaves

English

noun

A particular value of the EAX register when a program runs the CPUID instruction; each leaf represents a different category of information returned about the processor.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences programming sciences

countable uncountable

to produce leaves

English

verb

To produce leaves; put forth foliage.

intransitive

to produce leaves

English

verb

To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.

transitive

to produce leaves

English

verb

To play a prank on someone by throwing a large clump or collection of leaves at them.

informal transitive uncommon

to rest

Japanese

verb

to rest

Japanese

verb

to sleep

to rest

Japanese

verb

to be absent (from)

to rest

Japanese

verb

to suspend; to be dormant

to seem

看起來

Chinese

verb

to seem; to look as if

to seem

看起來

Chinese

verb

to look and perceive

to speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration

English

verb

To enlarge; to make bigger.

transitive

to speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration

English

verb

To become wider or larger; to expand.

intransitive

to speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration

English

verb

To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".

ambitransitive

to speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration

English

verb

To use a dilator to widen (something, such as a vagina).

medicine sciences

ambitransitive

to speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration

English

verb

To delay, defer.

obsolete transitive

to speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration

English

verb

To prolong, lengthen.

obsolete transitive

to speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration

English

adj

Carried in different ways, spread, abroad, dispersed, published.

archaic obsolete

to spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing

English

noun

An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there.

to spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing

English

noun

A person or animal regarded as resembling a scarecrow (sense 1) in some way; especially, a tall, thin, awkward person; or a person wearing ragged and tattered clothes.

broadly derogatory

to spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing

English

noun

Synonym of crow scarer (“a farmhand employed to scare birds from the fields”).

dated

to spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing

English

noun

Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger; a paper tiger.

figuratively

to spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing

English

noun

Military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage.

government military politics war

figuratively historical

to spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing

English

noun

The black tern (Chlidonias niger).

British dialectal obsolete

to spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing

English

noun

The hooded crow (Corvus cornix).

British dialectal obsolete

to spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing

English

verb

To cause (a person, their body, etc.) to look awkward and stiff, like a scarecrow (noun sense 1).

transitive

to spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing

English

verb

To cause (a person, their body, etc.) to look awkward and stiff, like a scarecrow (noun sense 1). / To splay (one's arms) away from the body, like the arms of a scarecrow.

transitive

to spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing

English

verb

To frighten or terrify (someone or something), as if using a scarecrow.

transitive

to spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing

English

verb

To spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing.

archaic transitive

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

noun

A hit or strike with one's fist.

countable

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

noun

A blow from something other than the fist.

countable rare

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

noun

Power, strength, energy.

uncountable

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

noun

Impact.

uncountable

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

verb

To strike with one's fist.

transitive

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

verb

To herd.

transitive

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

verb

To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.

transitive

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

verb

To enter (information) on a device or system.

transitive

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

verb

To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.

transitive

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

verb

To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) (see also the verb under Etymology 2).

transitive

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

verb

To thrust against; to poke.

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

verb

Ellipsis of punch above one's weight, especially, to date somebody more attractive than oneself.

UK abbreviation alt-of ellipsis intransitive slang

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

verb

To perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.

transitive

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

verb

To emphasize; to give emphasis to.

transitive

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

verb

To light marijuana in a bong.

Australia New-Zealand slang

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

noun

A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.

countable

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

noun

A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface. / A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.

countable

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

noun

A hole or opening created with a punch.

countable

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

noun

An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.

business construction manufacturing piledriving

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

noun

A prop, as for the roof of a mine.

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

verb

To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

verb

To mark a ticket.

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

noun

A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.

uncountable usually

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

noun

Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.

biology entomology natural-sciences

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

noun

A short fat person.

archaic regional

to strike something or someone with one's fist

English

adj

Short and thickset.

Northern-England Scotland archaic

to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate

English

verb

To pull (something) back or back inside.

transitive

to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate

English

verb

To pull (something) back or back inside. / To draw (an extended body part) back into the body.

biology natural-sciences zoology

specifically transitive

to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate

English

verb

To avert (one's eyes or a gaze).

rare transitive

to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate

English

verb

To pronounce (a sound, especially a vowel) farther to the back of the vocal tract.

human-sciences linguistics phonetics phonology sciences

transitive

to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate

English

verb

To hold back (something); to restrain.

obsolete transitive

to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate

English

verb

To draw back; to draw up; to withdraw.

intransitive

to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate

English

noun

An act of retracting or withdrawing (a mistake, a statement, etc.); a retraction.

obsolete

to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate

English

noun

A pulling back, especially (military) of an army or military troops; a pull-back, a retreat; also, a signal for this to be done.

obsolete

to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate

English

noun

A subgroup of a given group such that there is a surjective endomorphism from the ambient group to the subgroup which is constant on the subgroup; in this case the subgroup is a retract of the ambient group. In symbols: H in G is a retract of G if there exists a surjective homomorphism σ from G to H with σ|_H= operatorname id.

group-theory mathematics sciences

obsolete

to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate

English

noun

The target of a retraction.

mathematics sciences topology

obsolete

to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate

English

noun

Synonym of retreat (“an act of accidentally injuring a horse's foot by incorrectly nailing it during shoeing”).

obsolete

to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate

English

verb

To cancel or take back (something, such as an edict or a favour or grant previously bestowed); to rescind, to revoke.

obsolete transitive

to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate

English

verb

To break or fail to keep (a promise, etc.); to renege.

obsolete transitive

to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate

English

verb

To take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written); to disavow, to repudiate.

obsolete transitive

to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate

English

verb

Originally in chess and now in other games as well: to take back or undo (a move); specifically (card games) to take back or withdraw (a card which has been played).

games

obsolete transitive

to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate

English

verb

To decline or fail to do something promised; to break one's word.

intransitive obsolete

to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate

English

verb

Of something said or written (such as published academic work): to take back or withdraw.

intransitive obsolete

to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate

English

verb

To change one's mind after declaring an intention to make a certain move.

card-games games

archaic intransitive obsolete

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).

uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.

nautical transport

countable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.

media publishing typography

uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.

countable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.

countable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

Bullets; ammunition.

countable slang uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.

medicine sciences

countable in-plural uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To cover, fill, or affect with lead.

transitive

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To place leads between the lines of.

media printing publishing

historical transitive

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To guide or conduct. / To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.

heading

transitive

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To guide or conduct. / To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.

heading

transitive

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To guide or conduct. / To direct; to counsel; to instruct.

heading

figuratively transitive

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To guide or conduct. / To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.

heading

transitive

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To guide or conduct. / To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.

heading

transitive

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To guide or conduct. / To influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc.

heading

transitive

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.

intransitive

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To begin, to be ahead. / To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.

heading

transitive

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To begin, to be ahead. / To proceed in front of others; to go first.

heading

intransitive

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To begin, to be ahead. / To be more advanced in technology or business than others.

heading

intransitive

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To begin, to be ahead. / To begin a game, round, or trick, with

card-games dominoes games heading hobbies lifestyle sports

transitive

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To begin, to be ahead. / To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.

heading hobbies lifestyle sports

intransitive

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To begin, to be ahead. / To have the highest interim score in a game.

heading hobbies lifestyle sports

intransitive

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To begin, to be ahead. / To step off base and move towards the next base.

ball-games baseball games heading hobbies lifestyle sports

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To begin, to be ahead. / To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.

heading hobbies lifestyle sports

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To begin, to be ahead. / To lead climb.

climbing heading hobbies lifestyle sports

transitive

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place.

intransitive

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To be a cause of.

intransitive

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

To live or experience (a particular way of life).

transitive usually

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

Used in phrasal verbs: lead off, lead on, lead out, lead to (“be the cause of, bring about”), lead up, lead up to.

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

Misspelling of led.

alt-of misspelling

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course

countable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.

countable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.

UK countable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.

ball-games baseball games hobbies lifestyle sports

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played

card-games dominoes games

uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

The main role in a play or film; the lead role.

acting broadcasting entertainment film lifestyle media television theater

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.

acting broadcasting entertainment film lifestyle media television theater

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.

business

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

A channel of open water in an ice field.

countable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

A lode.

business mining

countable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

The course of a rope from end to end.

nautical transport

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.

civil-engineering engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.

hobbies horology lifestyle

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

Hypothesis that has not been pursued

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.

business marketing

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.

ball-games curling games hobbies lifestyle sports

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)

journalism media

US countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.

engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.

entertainment lifestyle music

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.

entertainment lifestyle music

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.

entertainment lifestyle music

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

A primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms.

entertainment lifestyle music

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.

engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.

business electrical-engineering electricity electromagnetism energy engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences physics

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

noun

The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.

business electrical-engineering electricity electromagnetism energy engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences physics

countable uncountable

transitive: to step off base

English

adj

Foremost.

not-comparable

transitive: to step off base

English

adj

Main, principal, primary, first, chief, foremost.

not-comparable

transitive: to step off base

English

verb

Misspelling of led.

alt-of misspelling

type

төрөл

Mongolian

noun

relationship, relatives, kinship

type

төрөл

Mongolian

noun

kind, type, sort, classification

typing-related terms (noun sense 1)

English

noun

A set of keys laid out in a grid-like pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer etc.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

usually

typing-related terms (noun sense 1)

English

noun

A component of many instruments, including the piano, organ, and harpsichord, consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.

entertainment lifestyle music

typing-related terms (noun sense 1)

English

noun

An electronic device containing a keyboard (preceding sense), especially one that is capable of producing musical sounds when the keys are played.

entertainment lifestyle music

typing-related terms (noun sense 1)

English

verb

To type on a computer keyboard.

intransitive

tử

子

Vietnamese

character

chữ Hán form of Tí (“first of the twelve earthly branches”)

tử

子

Vietnamese

character

chữ Nôm form of tí (“a little bit; small”)

tử

子

Vietnamese

character

chữ Hán form of tử (“child; son; small thing”)

underpowered computer

English

noun

A plant of species Solanum tuberosum or its edible starchy tuber.

countable uncountable

underpowered computer

English

noun

A sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

countable obsolete uncountable

underpowered computer

English

noun

A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking.

UK countable informal uncountable

underpowered computer

English

noun

A person or animal shaped like a potato, that is, with a large belly and/or short legs.

countable uncountable

underpowered computer

English

noun

Metaphor for a person or thing of little value.

countable uncountable

underpowered computer

English

noun

Metaphor for a person or thing of little value. / A mentally handicapped person.

countable offensive slang uncountable

underpowered computer

English

noun

Metaphor for a person or thing of little value. / A camera that takes poor-quality pictures or videos.

countable humorous uncountable

underpowered computer

English

noun

Metaphor for a person or thing of little value. / An underpowered computer or other device, especially when small in size.

computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences

countable humorous slang uncountable

underpowered computer

English

verb

To hit very hard; to pummel.

slang transitive

underpowered computer

English

verb

To hit with a thrown or fired potato.

transitive

underpowered computer

English

intj

The rhythmic sound produced by a V-twin engine—a distinctive deep, throaty exhaust note.

often onomatopoeic repeated

underwater vane used to steer a vessel

English

noun

An underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).

nautical transport

underwater vane used to steer a vessel

English

noun

A control surface on the vertical stabilizer of a fixed-wing aircraft or an autogyro. On some craft, the entire vertical stabilizer comprises the rudder. The rudder is controlled by foot-operated control pedals.

aeronautics aerospace business engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences

underwater vane used to steer a vessel

English

noun

A riddle or sieve.

underwater vane used to steer a vessel

English

noun

That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.

figuratively

underwater vane used to steer a vessel

English

noun

The tail of an otter.

unmarried man

English

noun

A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.

unmarried man

English

noun

The first or lowest academic degree conferred by colleges and universities; a bachelor's degree.

unmarried man

English

noun

Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.

unmarried man

English

noun

A bachelor apartment.

Canada

unmarried man

English

noun

An unmarried woman.

obsolete

unmarried man

English

noun

A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.

obsolete

unmarried man

English

noun

Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.

obsolete

unmarried man

English

noun

A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.

use tweezers

tweeze

English

verb

To pluck or grasp using tweezers.

transitive

use tweezers

tweeze

English

verb

To shape by plucking out hairs with tweezers.

transitive

use tweezers

tweeze

English

verb

To pluck out hairs using tweezers.

intransitive

village in Pokrovsk, Pokrovsk, Donetsk, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Pokrovsk urban hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1885.

village in Pokrovsk, Pokrovsk, Donetsk, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Pokrovsk urban hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1885. / A silrada of Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, superseded by Pokrovsk urban hromada in June 2020.

historical

village in Pokrovsk, Pokrovsk, Donetsk, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Yarmolyntsi settlement hromada, Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine, founded before 1821.

village in Pokrovsk, Pokrovsk, Donetsk, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Liutenka rural hromada, Myrhorod Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1670.

village in Pokrovsk, Pokrovsk, Donetsk, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Liutenka rural hromada, Myrhorod Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1670. / A silrada of Hadiach Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, superseded by Liutenka rural hromada in June 2020.

historical

village in Pokrovsk, Pokrovsk, Donetsk, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Novi Sanzhary settlement hromada, Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.

village in Pokrovsk, Pokrovsk, Donetsk, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Kornyn settlement hromada, Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1810. / A silrada, first of Kornyn Raion (1925–1931) of Bila Tserkva Okruga (1925–1930), then of Popilnia Raion (1931–1935) of Kyiv Oblast (1932–1937), and finally of Kornyn Raion (1935–1954) of Zhytomyr Oblast (1937–1954), the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, established by its separation out of Turbivka silrada and disestablished by its remerger into Turbivka silrada.

historical

village in Pokrovsk, Pokrovsk, Donetsk, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Kornyn settlement hromada, Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1810. / A silrada of the former Popilnia Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, established in December 1990 by its separation out of Turbivka silrada, amalgamated into Kornyn settlement hromada in September 2015.

historical

village in Pokrovsk, Pokrovsk, Donetsk, Ukraine

English

name

A river, a left tributary of the Borsuky, having its course entirely within the Staryi Sambir and Khyriv urban hromadas of Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.

village in Sakhnovshchyna, Berestyn, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Lesivka

English

name

A village in Stari Bohorodchany rural hromada, Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine.

village in Sakhnovshchyna, Berestyn, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Lesivka

English

name

A village in Sakhnovshchyna settlement hromada, Berestyn Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1890.

village in Stanyshivka, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Boryspil urban hromada, Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1508. / A former volost of Pereiaslav povit, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire, established p. 1885, abolished a. 1923.

village in Stanyshivka, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Boryspil urban hromada, Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1508. / A former silrada of Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, established in October 1943, merged into Boryspil urban hromada in June 2020; administrative centre and sole constituent settlement: Ivankiv.

village in Stanyshivka, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Maliutianka starostynskyi okruh, Boiarka urban hromada, Fastiv Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1926.

village in Stanyshivka, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

English

name

A rural settlement, the administrative centre of Ivankiv settlement hromada, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1589. / A former volost of Radomysl povit, Kyiv Governorate, Russian Empire, established p. 1861, abolished a. 1923.

village in Stanyshivka, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

English

name

A rural settlement, the administrative centre of Ivankiv settlement hromada, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1589. / A former raion of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1923, expanded by the annexation to it of Chornobyl Raion in 1988, disestablished in July 2020.

village in Stanyshivka, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

English

name

A rural settlement, the administrative centre of Ivankiv settlement hromada, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1589. / A former selrada of Ivankiv Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, established a. 1973, merged into Ivankiv settlement hromada in June 2020.

village in Stanyshivka, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

English

name

A rural settlement, the administrative centre of Ivankiv settlement hromada, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1589. / A settlement hromada of Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, established in June 2020.

village in Stanyshivka, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Skala-Podilska settlement hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1443, but habitation dates from the 1710s.

village in Stanyshivka, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Skala-Podilska settlement hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1443, but habitation dates from the 1710s. / A former silrada of Borshchiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, established p. 1940, amalgamated into Skala-Podilska settlement hromada in July 2015.

village in Stanyshivka, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Yampil urban hromada, Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine, extant since at least the seventeenth century.

village in Stanyshivka, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Oliivka rural hromada, Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1633.

village in Stanyshivka, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Oliivka rural hromada, Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1633. / A former silrada of Cherniakhiv Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, established in April 1934, merged into Zorokiv silrada in August 1954.

village in Stanyshivka, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Stanyshivka rural hromada, Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, founded a. 1501. / A former raion of Volyn Okruha, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, established in March 1923, abolished in September 1930; administrative centre: Levkiv (March 1923–September 1925), Ivankiv (September 1925–September 1930).

village in Stanyshivka, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Stanyshivka rural hromada, Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, founded a. 1501. / A former silrada of Andrushivka Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1923, merged into Stanyshivka rural hromada in July 2017.

village in Stanyshivka, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Bobrytsia rural hromada, Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine, founded in the late fifteenth century.

village in Stanyshivka, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

English

name

A village in Ponornytsia settlement hromada, Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.

voluntary control of urination and defecation

continence

English

noun

The voluntary control of urination and defecation.

medicine sciences urology

uncountable usually

voluntary control of urination and defecation

continence

English

noun

Moderation or self-restraint, especially in sexual activity; abstinence.

uncountable usually

voluntary control of urination and defecation

continence

English

noun

Uninterrupted course; continuity.

uncountable usually

wet oneself; standard terms

piss oneself

English

verb

To wet oneself.

literally mildly slang vulgar

wet oneself; standard terms

piss oneself

English

verb

To be very scared (to the extent that one might lose control of one's bladder).

figuratively mildly slang vulgar

wet oneself; standard terms

piss oneself

English

verb

To laugh uncontrollably (to the extent that one might lose control of one's bladder).

figuratively mildly slang vulgar

wife of Vasishtha

Arundhati

English

name

The wife of the sage Vasishtha, celebrated for her virtue.

Hinduism

wife of Vasishtha

Arundhati

English

name

A star in the Pleiades.

wife of Vasishtha

Arundhati

English

name

A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

without collateral

nonsecured

English

adj

Not secured; not fastened; not attached.

not-comparable

without collateral

nonsecured

English

adj

Of a loan or guarantee, without collateral.

not-comparable

work that accomplishes good

God's work

English

noun

Work in accordance with the will of God.

lifestyle religion

uncountable

work that accomplishes good

God's work

English

noun

Any type of work that produces positive or constructive results.

idiomatic uncountable

work that accomplishes good

God's work

English

noun

Work that is essential, important or necessary, especially work that is unappreciated or unpaid.

idiomatic uncountable

writing paper of very high quality

vellum

English

noun

A type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf.

countable uncountable

writing paper of very high quality

vellum

English

noun

A writing paper of very high quality.

countable uncountable

young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it

toddler

English

noun

A young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically between one and three years old.

young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it

toddler

English

noun

One unsteady on their feet.

younger generation, juniors

Chinese

noun

younger generation; posterity; descendants

literary

younger generation, juniors

Chinese

noun

juniors; inferiors

literary

younger generation, juniors

Chinese

noun

person or institution slow in progress

younger generation, juniors