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noun
adj
verb
- (transitive) To unfasten.
- To reverse the effects of an action.
- (transitive, colloquial) To unfasten the clothing of (a person).
- (figuratively) To impoverish or ruin, as in reputation; to cause the downfall of.
- cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect
- cause the ruin or downfall of
- deprive of certain characteristics
- cause to become loose
- remove the outer cover or wrapping of
noun
- (computing) The process by which data is compressed.
- (astronomy) The deviation of a heavenly body from a spherical form.
- An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
- (music) The electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled.
- (automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.
- the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
- encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
- an increase in the density of something
- applying pressure
verb
- (computing, transitive) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
- To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
- (software engineering, slang, transitive) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.
- (automotive, transitive) To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
- (slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
- To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
- To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
- To grind or press with violence and noise.
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound
- make a crushing noise
noun
- A problem that leads to a crisis.
- (exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
- (slang) A shortage.
- A critical moment or event.
- (music) Moderate distortion.
- A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.
- (software engineering, slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.
- A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
- (cooking, generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
- (chiefly US) The symbol #.
- the act of crushing
- a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
- the sound of something crunching
verb
- (computing, transitive) To decompress (data).
- (intransitive) To empty containers that had been packed.
- (transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.
- (linguistics, intransitive, of a segment such as a vowel) To undergo separation of its features into distinct segments.
- (figurative, transitive) To analyze a concept or a text; to explain.
- remove from its packing
noun
- (computing) A program or algorithm for compressing data.
- (anatomy) A muscle that compresses certain parts.
- (audio, sound engineering) A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
- An instrument for compressing an artery (especially the femoral artery) or other part.
- A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
- An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; a compressorium.
- A machine for compressing gases, especially an air compressor.
- an electronic device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
- a mechanical device that compresses gasses
adj
- (computing) Of an algorithm for converting or compressing data, reducing the amount of information in data.
- (electricity) Of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss.
- (telecommunications) Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength.
- characterized by or causing dissipation of energy
noun
- (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
- (nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
- (nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
- A telephone conversation; a phone call.
- A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
- (finance) Ellipsis of call option.
- An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
- (in negative constructions) Need; necessity.
- A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
- A short visit, usually for social purposes.
- (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
- A decision or judgement.
- (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
- A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
- A cry or shout.
- The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
- An instance of calling someone on the telephone.
- (uncountable) A work shift which requires one to be available when requested, i.e. on call.
- (informal, slang, prostitution) A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
- (law) A lawyer who was called to the bar (became licensed as a lawyer) in a specified year.
- A beckoning or summoning.
- The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
- (US, law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
- a demand
- a brief social visit
- a demand for a show of hands in a card game
- (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee
- a visit in an official or professional capacity
- a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring their margin up to the minimum requirement
- a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- the characteristic sound produced by a bird
- a request
- a method of contacting a person by phone
- the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
- a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course
- an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
verb
- (transitive) To declare in advance.
- To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
- (transitive, with into) To cause to be verbally subjected to.
- (Yorkshire, transitive) To scold.
- (transitive) To predict.
- (transitive, colloquial) To lay claim to an object or role which is up for grabs.
- (baseball, cricket) (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions).
- To stop at a station or port.
- (transitive) To formally recognise a death: especially to announce and record the time, place and fact of a person’s death.
- (transitive, finance) To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
- (ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.
- (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.
- (intransitive, poker, proscribed) To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.)
- (cricket) (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.
- (intransitive, poker) To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting.
- To come to pass; to afflict.
- (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program); to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
- (transitive, banking) To demand repayment of a loan.
- (passive voice) Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.
- (transitive) To utter in a loud or distinct voice.
- (transitive, sometimes with for) To require, demand.
- (ditransitive) To name or refer to.
- To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).
- (sports) To make a decision as a referee or umpire.
- (billiards) To tell in advance which shot one is attempting.
- (transitive, jazz) To request that one's band play (a particular tune).
- (transitive) To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
- (transitive) To claim the existence of some malfeasance; to denounce as.
- To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure.
- (intransitive) To cry or shout.
- (transitive) To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal
- make a stop in a harbour
- consider or regard as being
- send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message
- give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
- order, request, or command to come
- assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- present for redemption before maturation
- utter a sudden loud cry
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
- indicate a decision in regard to
- pay a brief visit
- utter a characteristic note or cry
- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
- challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense
- rouse somebody from sleep with a call
- challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of
- order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role
- call a meeting; invite or command to meet
- read aloud to check for omissions or absentees
- ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality
- demand payment of (a loan)
- greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
- utter in a loud voice or announce
- declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee
- order or request or give a command for
- make a prediction about; tell in advance
- stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
noun
- (computing) A set of data to be processed at one time.
- The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
- A bank; a sandbank.
- A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows.
- (UK, dialect, Midlands) A bread roll.
- A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
- (by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
- (Philippines) A graduating class; school class.
- a collection of things or persons to be handled together
- all the loaves of bread baked at the same time
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
adj
verb
verb
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data).
- (transitive) To load with a pack.
- (transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
- (transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
- (transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
- (transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.
- (transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
- (intransitive, LGBTQ, especially of a trans man or drag king) To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.
- (transitive, historical) To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
- (transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
- (transitive, progressive aspect, slang) To have a large penis, as if carrying a large weapon on one's person.
- (transitive, US, chiefly Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
- (transitive) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.
- (intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
- (transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
- (intransitive, of animals) To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
- (intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
- (intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
- (intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
- (transitive, figurative) To load; to encumber.
- (intransitive, rugby, of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to technique in the scrum.
- (transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
- carry, as on one's back
- hike with a backpack
- have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
- load with a pack
- fill to capacity
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- seal with packing
- press down tightly
- compress into a wad
- press tightly together or cram
- treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood
- arrange in a container
- set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
noun
- A full set of playing cards
- A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
- A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
- A group of Cub Scouts.
- (roller derby) The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.
- A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
- The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
- (slang) A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
- A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
- A shook of cask staves.
- (rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
- (medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
- A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
- (snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
- A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
- A multitude.
- A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
- A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
- A flock of knots.
- (slang) A package of cigarettes.
- an association of criminals
- a large indefinite quantity
- an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
- a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
- a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
- a complete collection of similar things
- a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
- a group of hunting animals
noun
- (countable) An instance of reworking.
- Something redone, corrected or rebuilt.
- The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.
- (in particular, food manufacturing) Taking unsaleable food and using it in the manufacture of other food.
- Work done to correct defects associated with a deliverable product, plus any root cause analysis effort to identify the task(s) to be re-performed.
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cover in writing; to write over the top of.
- (ambitransitive) To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose.
- (transitive, computing) To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it.
- (ambitransitive) To write too much.
- write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data
noun
- (computing) Memory that has been erased and re-written.
- A text with several layers of meaning, especially pertaining to different points in time.
- Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.
- (astronomy) Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
- (cultural studies) The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.
- A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written.
- (geology) Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
- a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
verb
verb
- (computing, transitive) To undo (a change).
- (transitive) To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.
- (intransitive) To withdraw from something one has agreed to do.
- (MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also bare back).
- (gambling) To bet on someone losing.
- (transitive) To convince (someone) to withdraw from a challenge.
- (computing, intransitive) To exit a mode or function.
- move out of a space backwards
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (computing, mathematics) To perform or repeat an action on the results of each such prior action.
- (design, ambitransitive) To repeat an activity, making incremental changes each time.
- (computing) To perform or repeat an action on each item in a set.
- run or be performed again
- to say, state, or perform again
noun
verb
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data) with a particular algorithm.
- (intransitive) To collapse or burst inward violently.
- (computing, programming, PHP) The opposite of explode, array to string conversion.
- (transitive) To cause to collapse or burst inward violently.
- (politics, by extension) To suddenly lose support in all areas of a campaign simultaneously.
- burst inward
verb
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
- (transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
- (transitive, economics) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
- (transitive) To let (someone) down, disappoint them, or put them in their place.
- (intransitive) To become deflated.
- (slang) To belch or flatulate
- (transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
- become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
- collapse by releasing contained air or gas
- produce deflation in
- reduce or lessen the size or importance of
- reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
- release contained air or gas from
noun
verb
- (transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
- (transitive, slang) To kill or murder.
- (online gaming, slang) To defeat or dominate.
- cut or eliminate
- wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
- remove or make invisible
noun
name
noun
adj
verb
- (transitive) To unfasten.
- To reverse the effects of an action.
- (transitive, colloquial) To unfasten the clothing of (a person).
- (figuratively) To impoverish or ruin, as in reputation; to cause the downfall of.
- cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect
- cause the ruin or downfall of
- deprive of certain characteristics
- cause to become loose
- remove the outer cover or wrapping of
noun
- (computing) The process by which data is compressed.
- (astronomy) The deviation of a heavenly body from a spherical form.
- An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
- (music) The electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled.
- (automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.
- the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
- encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
- an increase in the density of something
- applying pressure
noun
- (computing) A program or algorithm for compressing data.
- (anatomy) A muscle that compresses certain parts.
- (audio, sound engineering) A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
- An instrument for compressing an artery (especially the femoral artery) or other part.
- A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
- An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; a compressorium.
- A machine for compressing gases, especially an air compressor.
- an electronic device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
- a mechanical device that compresses gasses
noun
- (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
- (nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
- (nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
- A telephone conversation; a phone call.
- A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
- (finance) Ellipsis of call option.
- An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
- (in negative constructions) Need; necessity.
- A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
- A short visit, usually for social purposes.
- (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
- A decision or judgement.
- (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
- A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
- A cry or shout.
- The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
- An instance of calling someone on the telephone.
- (uncountable) A work shift which requires one to be available when requested, i.e. on call.
- (informal, slang, prostitution) A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
- (law) A lawyer who was called to the bar (became licensed as a lawyer) in a specified year.
- A beckoning or summoning.
- The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
- (US, law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
- a demand
- a brief social visit
- a demand for a show of hands in a card game
- (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee
- a visit in an official or professional capacity
- a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring their margin up to the minimum requirement
- a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- the characteristic sound produced by a bird
- a request
- a method of contacting a person by phone
- the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
- a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course
- an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
verb
- (transitive) To declare in advance.
- To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
- (transitive, with into) To cause to be verbally subjected to.
- (Yorkshire, transitive) To scold.
- (transitive) To predict.
- (transitive, colloquial) To lay claim to an object or role which is up for grabs.
- (baseball, cricket) (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions).
- To stop at a station or port.
- (transitive) To formally recognise a death: especially to announce and record the time, place and fact of a person’s death.
- (transitive, finance) To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
- (ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.
- (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.
- (intransitive, poker, proscribed) To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.)
- (cricket) (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.
- (intransitive, poker) To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting.
- To come to pass; to afflict.
- (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program); to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
- (transitive, banking) To demand repayment of a loan.
- (passive voice) Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.
- (transitive) To utter in a loud or distinct voice.
- (transitive, sometimes with for) To require, demand.
- (ditransitive) To name or refer to.
- To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).
- (sports) To make a decision as a referee or umpire.
- (billiards) To tell in advance which shot one is attempting.
- (transitive, jazz) To request that one's band play (a particular tune).
- (transitive) To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
- (transitive) To claim the existence of some malfeasance; to denounce as.
- To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure.
- (intransitive) To cry or shout.
- (transitive) To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal
- make a stop in a harbour
- consider or regard as being
- send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message
- give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
- order, request, or command to come
- assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- present for redemption before maturation
- utter a sudden loud cry
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
- indicate a decision in regard to
- pay a brief visit
- utter a characteristic note or cry
- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
- challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense
- rouse somebody from sleep with a call
- challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of
- order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role
- call a meeting; invite or command to meet
- read aloud to check for omissions or absentees
- ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality
- demand payment of (a loan)
- greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
- utter in a loud voice or announce
- declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee
- order or request or give a command for
- make a prediction about; tell in advance
- stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
noun
- (computing) A set of data to be processed at one time.
- The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
- A bank; a sandbank.
- A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows.
- (UK, dialect, Midlands) A bread roll.
- A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
- (by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
- (Philippines) A graduating class; school class.
- a collection of things or persons to be handled together
- all the loaves of bread baked at the same time
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
adj
verb
noun
- (countable) An instance of reworking.
- Something redone, corrected or rebuilt.
- The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.
- (in particular, food manufacturing) Taking unsaleable food and using it in the manufacture of other food.
- Work done to correct defects associated with a deliverable product, plus any root cause analysis effort to identify the task(s) to be re-performed.
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cover in writing; to write over the top of.
- (ambitransitive) To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose.
- (transitive, computing) To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it.
- (ambitransitive) To write too much.
- write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data
noun
- (computing) Memory that has been erased and re-written.
- A text with several layers of meaning, especially pertaining to different points in time.
- Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.
- (astronomy) Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
- (cultural studies) The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.
- A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written.
- (geology) Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
- a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
- (transitive, slang) To kill or murder.
- (online gaming, slang) To defeat or dominate.
- cut or eliminate
- wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
- remove or make invisible
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name
verb
- (computing, transitive) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
- To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
- (software engineering, slang, transitive) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.
- (automotive, transitive) To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
- (slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
- To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
- To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
- To grind or press with violence and noise.
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound
- make a crushing noise
noun
- A problem that leads to a crisis.
- (exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
- (slang) A shortage.
- A critical moment or event.
- (music) Moderate distortion.
- A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.
- (software engineering, slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.
- A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
- (cooking, generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
- (chiefly US) The symbol #.
- the act of crushing
- a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
- the sound of something crunching
verb
- (computing, transitive) To decompress (data).
- (intransitive) To empty containers that had been packed.
- (transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.
- (linguistics, intransitive, of a segment such as a vowel) To undergo separation of its features into distinct segments.
- (figurative, transitive) To analyze a concept or a text; to explain.
- remove from its packing
verb
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data).
- (transitive) To load with a pack.
- (transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
- (transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
- (transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
- (transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.
- (transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
- (intransitive, LGBTQ, especially of a trans man or drag king) To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.
- (transitive, historical) To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
- (transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
- (transitive, progressive aspect, slang) To have a large penis, as if carrying a large weapon on one's person.
- (transitive, US, chiefly Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
- (transitive) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.
- (intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
- (transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
- (intransitive, of animals) To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
- (intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
- (intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
- (intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
- (transitive, figurative) To load; to encumber.
- (intransitive, rugby, of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to technique in the scrum.
- (transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
- carry, as on one's back
- hike with a backpack
- have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
- load with a pack
- fill to capacity
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- seal with packing
- press down tightly
- compress into a wad
- press tightly together or cram
- treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood
- arrange in a container
- set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
noun
- A full set of playing cards
- A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
- A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
- A group of Cub Scouts.
- (roller derby) The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.
- A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
- The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
- (slang) A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
- A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
- A shook of cask staves.
- (rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
- (medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
- A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
- (snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
- A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
- A multitude.
- A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
- A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
- A flock of knots.
- (slang) A package of cigarettes.
- an association of criminals
- a large indefinite quantity
- an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
- a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
- a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
- a complete collection of similar things
- a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
- a group of hunting animals
verb
- (computing, transitive) To undo (a change).
- (transitive) To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.
- (intransitive) To withdraw from something one has agreed to do.
- (MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also bare back).
- (gambling) To bet on someone losing.
- (transitive) To convince (someone) to withdraw from a challenge.
- (computing, intransitive) To exit a mode or function.
- move out of a space backwards
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (computing, mathematics) To perform or repeat an action on the results of each such prior action.
- (design, ambitransitive) To repeat an activity, making incremental changes each time.
- (computing) To perform or repeat an action on each item in a set.
- run or be performed again
- to say, state, or perform again
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verb
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data) with a particular algorithm.
- (intransitive) To collapse or burst inward violently.
- (computing, programming, PHP) The opposite of explode, array to string conversion.
- (transitive) To cause to collapse or burst inward violently.
- (politics, by extension) To suddenly lose support in all areas of a campaign simultaneously.
- burst inward
verb
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
- (transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
- (transitive, economics) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
- (transitive) To let (someone) down, disappoint them, or put them in their place.
- (intransitive) To become deflated.
- (slang) To belch or flatulate
- (transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
- become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
- collapse by releasing contained air or gas
- produce deflation in
- reduce or lessen the size or importance of
- reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
- release contained air or gas from
adj
- (computing) Of an algorithm for converting or compressing data, reducing the amount of information in data.
- (electricity) Of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss.
- (telecommunications) Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength.
- characterized by or causing dissipation of energy