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noun
verb
intj
noun
- The act of refraining from speaking.
- The absence of any sound.
- Refraining from speaking, for purposes of prayer or meditation; especially, a form of worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers) during meetings.
- the trait of keeping things secret
- the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
- the absence of sound
- a refusal to speak when expected
verb
- (euphemistic) To kill.
- (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it)
- (impersonal, informal) Used with a pronoun subject, usually you but sometimes one, to indicate that the object of the verb exists, can occur or is otherwise typical.
- (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
- (transitive) To getter.
- (transitive) To cause to do.
- (transitive) To find as an answer.
- (transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
- (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
- (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
- (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- (intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
- (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
- (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives).
- (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
- (transitive) To receive.
- (transitive) To cause someone to laugh.
- (transitive) To measure.
- (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
- (intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive or gerund-participle) To begin (doing something or to do something).
- (transitive, informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
- (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
- (intransitive, informal, chiefly imperative) To go, to leave; to scram.
- (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- (auxiliary, informal) Used with the past participle to form the dynamic passive voice of a dynamic verb. Compared with static passive with to be, this emphasizes the commencement of an action or entry into a state.
- (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
- (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- achieve a point or goal
- suffer from the receipt of
- evoke an emotional response
- irritate
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- take vengeance on or get even
- acquire as a result of some effort or action
- perceive by hearing
- give certain properties to something
- overcome or destroy
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- make (offspring) by reproduction
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- attract and fix
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- go or come after and bring or take back
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- purchase
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- reach and board
- reach by calculation
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
noun
- (informal) Something gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition.
- (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
- (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
- (UK, Ireland, regional) Synonym of git (“contemptible person”).
- Lineage.
- (Internet slang) A message or post on an online platform, particularly imageboards, with a unique identifier deemed special or rare, usually due to patterns in the ID.
- a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
verb
- (also figuratively) To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
- kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine
- To cut or trim (a body part, a stack of paper, etc.) with a guillotine.
- (British) To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure.
- (US) To end (a legislative debate) by invoking cloture.
noun
- instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people
- (historical, also figuratively) A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.
- (British) A parliamentary procedure for fixing the dates when various stages of discussion of a bill must end, to ensure that the enactment of the bill proceeds expeditiously.
- (surgery) An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts.
- A device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged or sliding blade attached to a flat platform.
- (US) A legislative motion that debate be ended and a vote taken; a cloture.
- closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
noun
- (slang, euphemistic) Murder.
- The dismissal of someone from office.
- (Ireland) An evening funeral ritual in which the coffin holding the deceased is brought, usually from a funeral home, to the church where the funeral mass will be celebrated the following day. Prayers are said before and after the journey, after which mourners are typically received at the home of the deceased.
- The relocation of a business etc.
- The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
- dismissal from office
- the act of removing
verb
- (euphemistic) To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
- To write (something).
- (banking, commerce) Of money as deposit, to pay.
- (idiomatic) To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
- (UK, Ireland) To make prices, or taxes, lower.
- (slang, US) To drink.
- (idiomatic) To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
- (aviation, idiomatic) Of an aircraft, to land.
- To terminate a call on (a telephone); to hang up.
- To add a name to a list.
- (idiomatic) To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).
- (idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, down.
- To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
- (euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal).
- (idiomatic) To give something as a reason for something else.
- put (an animal) to death
- cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- cause to come to the ground
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- put in a horizontal position
- put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
noun
verb
- (transitive) To kill brutally.
- (intransitive) To work as a butcher.
- (transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
- (transitive) To mess up hopelessly; to botch; to distort beyond recognition.
- (transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
- kill (animals) usually for food consumption
noun
- (figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
- (Cockney rhyming slang, from butcher's hook) A look.
- A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
- a brutal indiscriminate murderer
- a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
- a retailer of meat
- someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
adj
noun
- a male executioner who beheads the condemned person
- An executioner whose method of dispatching the condemned is decapitation.
- (nautical) One in command of a whaling vessel.
- (mining, historical) A labourer in a colliery who transports the coal from the workings to the horseway, and who is oftentimes assisted by a younger worker called a foal.
verb
- To kill violently; to slay.
- To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
- (figuratively, now only in passive) To strike with love or infatuation.
- To injure with divine power.
- To strike down or kill with godly force.
- To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
- cause physical pain or suffering in
- affect suddenly with deep feeling
- inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
verb
- (transitive, euphemistic) To kill someone or something.
- (transitive) To conclude.
- (intransitive) To end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end.
- (intransitive) Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
- (transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
- (intransitive) To issue or result.
- (transitive) To form an appropriate end on (a wire, cable, hose, pipe, etc), such as by applying a cable terminal or a hose ferrule.
- (transitive) To set or be a limit or boundary to.
- (transitive) To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
- be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
- bring to an end or halt
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
adj
verb
- (slang) To kill.
- (transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
- (transitive, neologism) To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel culture.
- (transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.
- (transitive, media) To stop production of a programme.
- (transitive) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
- (transitive) To offset or equalize something.
- (transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
- make invalid for use
- make up for
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- remove or make invisible
- declare null and void; make ineffective
noun
- (printing) The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
- (printing) The page thus suppressed.
- (US) A cancellation.
- A control message posted to Usenet that serves to cancel a previously posted message.
- (printing) The page that replaces it.
- a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
verb
adj
- (nautical) Keeping upright.
- (informal) Expensive, pricey.
- (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
- (professional wrestling, of a strike) Delivered more forcefully than needed, whether intentionally or accidentally, thus causing legitimate pain to the opponent.
- (of muscles or parts of the body) Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
- (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
- Potent.
- (informal) Dead, deceased.
- (golf) Of a shot, landing so close to the flagstick that it should be very easy to sink the ball with the next shot.
- (slang, of the penis) Erect.
- (mathematics) Of an equation, for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
- (figurative, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
- Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir.
- (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
- (cooking, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- strong, vigorous
- rigidly formal
- not moving or operating freely
- incapable of or resistant to bending
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- very drunk
adv
noun
- (prison slang) A note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate.
- (slang) A cadaver; a dead person.
- (slang) A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
- (slang, chiefly Canada, US) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.
- (slang) A flop; a commercial failure.
- (US, slang, by extension) A customer who does not leave a tip.
- (US, slang) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
- (finance, slang) Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.
- (blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
- the dead body of a human being
- an ordinary man
verb
intj
noun
adj
- Synonym of decapitated.
- Naturally having and needing no head.
- (computing) Running without a graphical user interface; running without any attached output device (e.g., monitor) or input device (e.g., keyboard, mouse).
- Without leadership.
- (linguistics, of a phrase or compound) Not having a head morpheme or word.
- Without a head (hardware or device feature).
- (of beer) Without a head of foam.
- not having a head or formed without a head
- not using intelligence
verb
- (transitive, proscribed) To kill with great force or brutality.
- (transitive) To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.)
- (transitive, figuratively) To perform (a work, such as a musical piece or a play) very poorly.
- (transitive, figuratively) To win against (an opponent) very decisively.
- kill a large number of people indiscriminately
noun
- The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms.
- (figuratively) Any overwhelming defeat, as in a game or sport.
- the savage and excessive killing of many people
verb
- (figurative) To kill (someone).
- To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To die out.
- (psychology) To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned reflex).
- (figurative) To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench.
- (figurative) To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
- (figurative) To eclipse or obscure (someone or something).
- (figurative, chiefly law) To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a licence, etc.).
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
- put an end to; kill
- terminate, end, or take out
- extinguish by crushing
- kill in large numbers
verb
noun
- (uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.
- (collective) A group of iguanas.
- A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
- (rare) A mass destruction of non-living things.
- A rout or decisive defeat.
- the savage and excessive killing of many people
- the killing of animals (as for food)
- a sound defeat
verb
- To kill someone as a form of punishment or torture by tearing apart (their body) by tying their limbs to horses which run in different directions; also, to tear (the limbs) from someone's body in this manner.
- (transitive) To remove the contents of (something, especially a kiln or oven); to empty.
- (intransitive) To take up water from a well or other source, especially by lifting it in a container or pumping it.
- (transitive) To make (straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, archery) To pull back an arrow or bowstring in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause a bow to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (transitive, manufacturing, historical) To separate (a length of lace made by machine) into sections by removing the threads connecting the sections.
- Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry (water) away.
- (transitive) Often followed by tight: to pull (something, such as a belt or string) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to occur as a consequence; to bring about.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- (intransitive) To be made larger or longer; to be elongated or stretched.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To extract (a tooth); to pull.
- To extract (a small amount of liquid, especially blood) by puncturing a surface, or by using a pipette, syringe, or other suction device.
- (transitive) To produce (a figure, line, picture, representation of something, etc.) with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument.
- (transitive) To make (a comparison or contrast) between two or more things; to compare; to contrast, to distinguish.
- (transitive) To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially gravity or magnetism.
- (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the centre so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to move backwards on striking another ball.
- (transitive, reflexive) To assume a specific attitude or position, either by pulling in or stretching out one's body or limbs.
- (analogous) To consume (power).
- (transitive) To move (a body part) in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To pull out a firearm, sword, or other weapon from a holster, sheath, etc.
- (intransitive) Of blinds, a curtain, etc.: to be pulled open or closed.
- (bowls) Of a bowl: to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To extract (juice, oil, or some other fluid) from something by osmosis, pressure, or another process.
- (transitive) Followed by on or upon: to bring (disaster or misfortune) on oneself.
- (intransitive, card games) To be dealt or to take a playing card from the deck.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- (transitive) To drag (something), especially along the ground.
- (intransitive) To attract or influence a person or group of people; to be an inducement or enticement.
- (intransitive) To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.
- To pull out (a firearm, sword, or other weapon) from a holster, sheath, etc.; to unsheathe.
- To take (a beverage) from a cask or keg using a pump or tap; to tap.
- (transitive) Followed by out: to flatten (a piece of metal), usually by hammering.
- (transitive) To cause (air) to be sucked into a duct, a room, etc.
- To drag (someone) by tying behind a horse or on a frame as a form of punishment or torture, or to bring to a place of execution.
- (intransitive) To select one or more things at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something.
- (intransitive) Chiefly followed by about or around: of a group of people: to come together; to assemble, to congregate, to gather.
- (intransitive, used with prepositions and adverbs) To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left (or, for a left-handed player, toward the right, originally in an uncontrolled and now a controlled manner.
- (transitive, sports) To end (a game or match) with neither side winning, that is, in a draw.
- (transitive, UK, regional) To carry (a load) in a vehicle; to cart, to haul.
- (transitive) To pull (blinds, a curtain, etc.) open or closed.
- (transitive, agriculture) To create (a furrow) by pulling a plough through soil.
- (transitive) To select (one or more things) at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive something such as a prize, or undergo something such as an assignment; also, to select (someone) by this process; to win (a prize) in a lottery or lucky draw.
- (transitive) To attract or provoke (a particular reaction or response) from someone.
- (intransitive) Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry water away.
- (transitive, fishing) To fish by dragging a fishing net along (a shore) or in (a body of water).
- (transitive, hunting) To search (a covert, a wood, etc.) for game or a quarry.
- (nautical) Followed by an adverb, such as deep or shallow: of a vessel: to require a depth of water of a certain characteristic to float in.
- (intransitive) To produce an image of something with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument; to make a drawing or drawings.
- (transitive) Chiefly followed by aside or to one side: to move (someone) away from a group of people in order to speak to them privately.
- (transitive) To receive (a particular prison sentence).
- (historical) Chiefly in draw and quarter and hang, draw and quarter: to disembowel (someone), especially after hanging as a punishment for high treason.
- (transitive) To attract or cause (someone) to come to a particular place or to take a particular course of action; also, to cause (someone) to turn away from a particular condition or course of action.
- (transitive, cricket) In a match scheduled to last for a certain period of time: to end (a match) with neither side winning because the team batting last has not completed its innings when the playing time concludes.
- (transitive) To carve or shape (something) by cutting off thin pieces.
- (transitive) To pull out (a bolt or latch) to unlock a door, gate, etc.; also, to push in (a bolt or latch) to lock a door, gate, etc.
- (transitive) To take (air, smoke, etc.) into the lungs; to breathe in, to inhale.
- (transitive, archery) To pull back (an arrow or bowstring) in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause (a bow) to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to drain away, to percolate.
- (transitive, often formal) To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.
- (transitive, northern Scotland) To take milk from (a cow); to milk.
- (transitive) Often followed by on or upon and the person or institution providing the money: to write (a bill, cheque, or draft) to authorize payment of money.
- (transitive) To fill a bathtub with (water for a bath); to run (a bath).
- To leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep.
- (intransitive) Of a bathtub: to be filled with water for a bath; to be run.
- (intransitive) To take a drink of a beverage, especially an alcoholic one; to swig.
- (transitive) To conduct, or select the winning numbers, tickets, etc., for, (a lottery).
- (cooking) To remove the viscera from (an animal, especially a bird) before cooking.
- (bowls) To cause (a bowl) to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To take up (water) from a well or other source, especially by lifting in a container or pumping.
- (transitive, originally and chiefly military) To attract or provoke gunfire, either intentionally or unintentionally.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To soak up (a liquid, etc.); to absorb; specifically, of an organism (especially a plant) or one of its parts: to take in (nutrients, water, etc.).
- (intransitive) Followed by at or on: to drag or suck deeply on a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- (transitive) To make (something) larger or longer; to elongate, to stretch.
- (transitive, fishing) to haul in (a fishing net) which has been cast; also, to drag (a fishing net) alongside a boat.
- (intransitive, dominoes) To take a domino from the stock.
- (intransitive) To be (able to be) pulled in a particular direction or manner.
- (intransitive) Of a duct, smoking implement, etc.: to allow air to be passed through it in order that combustion can occur.
- (intransitive) To make straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, sports) To end a game or match with neither side winning, that is, in a draw; to tie.
- (transitive, figurative) To depict (something) linguistically; to portray (something) in words; to describe.
- (transitive, agriculture) To separate (sheep) from a flock for a particular purpose, such as breeding or selling.
- (transitive) Now chiefly in the form draw up: to compose or write (a piece of text, especially a formal document).
- (transitive, card games) To be dealt or to take (a playing card) from the deck; also, to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- (transitive) To induce (the attention, the eyes or mind, etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- (transitive) To make (wire) by pulling a rod or other piece of metal through one or more apertures; also, to stretch (a rod or other piece of metal) into a wire.
- (curling) To play (a shot or a stone) that lands in the house (“circular target”).
- (mining) To raise (coal or ore) from an underground mine to the surface.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- (nautical) Of a vessel: to require (a certain depth of water) to float in.
- (transitive, arithmetic) To subject (a number) to an arithmetic operation.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To cause (a body part) to contract or shrink; also, to pull (the mouth, the face or features, etc.) out of shape from emotion, etc.; to distort.
- (intransitive, nautical) Of a sail: to fill with wind and become taut.
- (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house.
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- remove the entrails of
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- suck in or take (air)
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- engage in drawing
- thread on or as if on a string
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- steep; pass through a strainer
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- choose at random
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- cause to localize at one point
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- shrink
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- get or derive
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- select or take in from a given group or region
- require a specified depth for floating
- give a description of
- cause to move by pulling
- take in, also metaphorically
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- write a legal document or paper
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- take liquid out of a container or well
intj
noun
- (slang, countable) A bag of cannabis.
- (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- (curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing; the distance the strings are pulled back.
- (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won.
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account).
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- The act of drawing a gun from a holster, etc.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
- (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- (horse racing) The stall from which a horse begins the race.
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- the act of drawing or hauling something
verb
- (transitive, now literary) To kill; to murder.
- (transitive, by extension, hyperbolic, informal) To defeat; to overcome (in a competition or contest).
- (ambitransitive, chiefly African-American Vernacular and LGBTQ slang) To amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something.
- (transitive, slang) To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.
- (slang) To have sex with.
- (transitive, literary) To eradicate or stamp out.
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- be excellent or outstanding
- to succeed greatly
intj
noun
verb
- To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross.
- (hyperbolic, informal, sports) To thoroughly beat at a sport or game.
- (hyperbolic) To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage.
- hold within limits and control
- kill by nailing onto a cross
- treat cruelly
- criticize harshly or violently
verb
- (transitive, slang) To murder.
- (intransitive) To become ice; to freeze.
- (transitive) To make icy; to freeze.
- (transitive, ice hockey) To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat decisively.
- (transitive) To cool with ice, as an injured body part or a beverage.
- (transitive, ice hockey) To put out a team for a match.
- (transitive) To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.
- put ice on or put on ice
- decorate with frosting
- cause to become ice or icy
noun
- Money paid as a bribe.
- (slang) One or more diamonds.
- Water in frozen (solid) form.
- Elephant or rhinoceros ivory that has been poached and sold on the black market.
- (figuratively) Something having an extreme coldness of manner.
- A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.
- (ice hockey) The area where a game of ice hockey is played.
- An artifact that has been smuggled, especially one that is either clear or shiny.
- (figuratively) Something, such as awkwardness, that prevents open social interaction.
- (astronomy) Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form, when discussing the composition of e.g. a planet as an ice giant vs a gas giant.
- (now dialectal) Icing; frosting ("a sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar").
- (drugs) The crystal form of amphetamine-based drugs, including methamphetamine.
- (physics, astronomy) Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.
- the frozen part of a body of water
- a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)
- a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating
- water frozen in the solid state
- a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
- diamonds
- an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
verb
- (transitive, slang) To murder.
- (transitive) To coat with slime.
- (transitive, figuratively) To besmirch or disparage.
- (intransitive, figurative) To behave in a slimy, unethical manner.
- To carve (fish), removing the offal.
- (transitive, Singapore) To denigrate or slander.
- (intransitive) To move like slime.
- cover or stain with slime
noun
- (African-American Vernacular, MTE, slang) A friend; a homie.
- (fantasy, video games) A monster having the form of a slimy blob.
- Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.
- (informal, derogatory) A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball.
- Synonym of flubber (“kind of rubbery polymer”).
- Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.
- any thick, viscous matter
noun
- (slang) A murder.
- The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
- Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
- (attributive, slang) A film or video clip which involves a real non-acted murder.
- Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
- A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
- Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.
- The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed).
- the charred portion of a candlewick
- sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
- finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
- a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
verb
- (slang) To snuff out; to extinguish; to put out; to kill.
- To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
- To inhale through the nose.
- To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.
- sniff or smell inquiringly
- inhale (something) through the nose
adj
verb
noun
- A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening.
- (informal) Mind.
- (plural only) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
- A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Oral sex.
- By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
- (informal) An intelligent person.
- (in the singular) An intellectual or mental capacity.
- (in the plural) Intellect.
- that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- mental ability
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the brain of certain animals used as meat
verb
- (transitive, euphemistic, India) To kill or execute someone extrajudicially.
- (intransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
- (transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face.
- (intransitive, rare) To meet one another.
- (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
- experience as a reaction
- come together
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- be beset by
noun
- A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
- (sexuality) A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between two people who have not already established a sexual relationship with each other. In many cases, it does not lead to a relationship, and thus is utterly transient. A sexual encounter can be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is known as sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.
- (sports) A match between two opposing sides.
- A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
- (India) An extrajudicial killing or execution.
- (sciences) The period of a space mission during which it carries out its data-gathering objectives.
- a casual meeting with a person or thing
- a hostile disagreement face-to-face
- a casual or unexpected convergence
- a minor short-term fight
verb
- (transitive, military, euphemistic) To kill.
- (transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.
- (transitive) To make (a territory, etc.) politically neutral.
- (transitive, chemistry) To make (an acidic or alkaline substance) chemically neutral.
- make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
- oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
- make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
- make chemically neutral
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- make incapable of military action
verb
- (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
- (transitive or intransitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to; to hurt.
- (figuratively, informal, hyperbolic, transitive) To punish severely.
- (transitive) To render inoperative.
- (transitive) To use up or to waste.
- (computing, Internet, IRC, transitive) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
- (transitive, figuratively) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
- (transitive, sports) To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
- (slang) To sexually penetrate in a skillful way.
- (transitive, sports) To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
- (transitive, figuratively, informal) To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.
- (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
- To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
- (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
- (transitive) To force a company out of business.
- (metallurgy) To deadmelt.
- (mathematics, transitive, informal) To cause to assume the value zero.
- (reflexive, informal) To exert oneself to an excessive degree.
- deprive of life
- hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
- tire out completely
- thwart the passage of
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
- end or extinguish by forceful means
- drink down entirely
- be the source of great pain for
- cause to cease operating
- cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
- be fatal
- destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
- cause the death of, without intention
noun
- The act of killing.
- (New York) A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
- (volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
- (military, gaming, countable) An instance of killing; a score on the tally of enemy personnel or vehicles killed or destroyed.
- Specifically, the death blow.
- The result of killing; that which has been killed.
- (rare) Alternative form of kiln.
- the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
- the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal
- the act of terminating a life
noun
- (euphemistic) The murder of dehumanized victims.
- The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
- The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.
- the murder of a competitor
- termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
- the act of exterminating
verb
- (transitive) To kill someone.
- (transitive, combat sports, by extension) To knock out an opponent.
- (baseball) To catch a fly ball or tag out a baserunner.
- (transitive, now formal or literary) To discard, divest oneself of.
- (transitive) To send (someone) to prison or mental asylum.
- (transitive) To store, add to one's stores for later use.
- (sports) To take a large lead in a game, especially enough to guarantee victory or make the game no longer competitive.
- (baseball) To strike out a batter.
- (transitive) To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.
- (tennis, pickleball) To hit the ball in such a way that the opponent cannot reach it; see passing shot.
- (transitive, colloquial) To consume (food or drink), especially in large quantities.
- eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
- throw or cast away
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- kill gently, as with an injection
- turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- stop using
verb
noun
verb
- (figurative, slang) To kill or murder.
- (figuratively) To suppress and hide away in one's mind.
- (figuratively) To put an end to; to abandon.
- To render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli; to drown out.
- (often figurative) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
- To place in the ground.
- (professional wrestling slang) To ruin the image or character of another wrestler; usually by embarrassing or defeating them in dominating fashion.
- (by extension) To overwhelm.
- (figurative, humorous) To outlive.
- (sports) To score (a goal).
- place in a grave or tomb
- embed deeply
- dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
- enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
- cover from sight
- place in the earth and cover with soil
noun
verb
- (slang) To kill (someone).
- (chiefly social media, slang) To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
- Synonym of ghostwrite (“to write (a literary work or speech), or produce (an artistic work)), in the place of someone”); also, to carry out (an artistic performance) in the place of someone.
- (Internet) To forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname.
- (graphical user interface) To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
- To appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul; specifically (often sports); also (transitive, dated) followed by the dummy subject it: to move easily and quietly without anyone noticing; to slip.
- Of a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
- Followed by for: synonym of ghostwrite (“to write a literary work or speech, or produce an artistic work, in the place of someone”); also, to carry out an artistic performance in the place of someone.
- To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
- To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
- (nautical) Of a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.
- (chiefly UK, law enforcement) To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner.
- haunt like a ghost; pursue
- move like a ghost
- write for someone else
adj
noun
- (theater) An understudy.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- (attributive, in names of species) White or pale.
- (cleaning) A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
- (quantum mechanics) An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
- Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
- (attributive) Of a cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
- (espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
- A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
- (Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
- (attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
- A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
- (writing) Ellipsis of ghostwriter.
- (uncountable, often capitalized) A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
- (attributive) Abandoned.
- (computing, linguistics, attributive) A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
- (by extension) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
- A dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).
- A false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
- (countable) Ellipsis of ghost pepper.
- (video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
- (attributive) Remnant; remains.
- (attributive) Substitute.
- (computing) A copy of a file or record.
- a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
- the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a suggestion of some quality
verb
- (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
- (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
- (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
- (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- use inefficiently or inappropriately
- dispose of
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- cause to grow thin or weak
- run off as waste
- become physically weaker
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- spend extravagantly
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
adj
noun
- Gradual loss or decay.
- (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Excrement or urine.
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
- A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
- A disused mine or part of one.
- A vast expanse of water.
- (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
- any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- the trait of wasting resources
- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
verb
name
- Any of numerous schools in the US.
- USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)
- John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge, Louisville, KY.
- (US politics) Initialism of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th US president (served 1961–1963).
- John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, MA.
- USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)
- John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City.
noun
noun
- Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre.
- (figuratively) An upset (as of a game with unexpected results, or a national presidential convention) or heavy defeat.
- (figuratively, business) A large financial loss or massive layoff brought about by negative economic conditions.
- (literally) A bath taken in warm blood used as a restorative or medical treatment.
- (sports) An aggressive or very violent contest or confrontation.
- indiscriminate slaughter
noun
- someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
- An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
- A murderer who slits the throats of victims.
- (linguistics) Ellipsis of cutthroat compound (“an agentive-instrumental verb-noun compound word”).
- (uncountable) A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.
adj
noun
noun
- (slang, euphemistic) Murder.
- The dismissal of someone from office.
- (Ireland) An evening funeral ritual in which the coffin holding the deceased is brought, usually from a funeral home, to the church where the funeral mass will be celebrated the following day. Prayers are said before and after the journey, after which mourners are typically received at the home of the deceased.
- The relocation of a business etc.
- The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
- dismissal from office
- the act of removing
noun
- a male executioner who beheads the condemned person
- An executioner whose method of dispatching the condemned is decapitation.
- (nautical) One in command of a whaling vessel.
- (mining, historical) A labourer in a colliery who transports the coal from the workings to the horseway, and who is oftentimes assisted by a younger worker called a foal.
noun
- (slang) A murder.
- The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
- Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
- (attributive, slang) A film or video clip which involves a real non-acted murder.
- Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
- A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
- Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.
- The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed).
- the charred portion of a candlewick
- sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
- finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
- a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
verb
- (slang) To snuff out; to extinguish; to put out; to kill.
- To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
- To inhale through the nose.
- To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.
- sniff or smell inquiringly
- inhale (something) through the nose
adj
noun
- (euphemistic) The murder of dehumanized victims.
- The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
- The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.
- the murder of a competitor
- termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
- the act of exterminating
verb
- (transitive) To kill brutally.
- (intransitive) To work as a butcher.
- (transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
- (transitive) To mess up hopelessly; to botch; to distort beyond recognition.
- (transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
- kill (animals) usually for food consumption
noun
- (figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
- (Cockney rhyming slang, from butcher's hook) A look.
- A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
- a brutal indiscriminate murderer
- a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
- a retailer of meat
- someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
adj
verb
- (also figuratively) To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
- kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine
- To cut or trim (a body part, a stack of paper, etc.) with a guillotine.
- (British) To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure.
- (US) To end (a legislative debate) by invoking cloture.
noun
- instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people
- (historical, also figuratively) A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.
- (British) A parliamentary procedure for fixing the dates when various stages of discussion of a bill must end, to ensure that the enactment of the bill proceeds expeditiously.
- (surgery) An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts.
- A device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged or sliding blade attached to a flat platform.
- (US) A legislative motion that debate be ended and a vote taken; a cloture.
- closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
noun
- Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre.
- (figuratively) An upset (as of a game with unexpected results, or a national presidential convention) or heavy defeat.
- (figuratively, business) A large financial loss or massive layoff brought about by negative economic conditions.
- (literally) A bath taken in warm blood used as a restorative or medical treatment.
- (sports) An aggressive or very violent contest or confrontation.
- indiscriminate slaughter
noun
- someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
- An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
- A murderer who slits the throats of victims.
- (linguistics) Ellipsis of cutthroat compound (“an agentive-instrumental verb-noun compound word”).
- (uncountable) A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.
adj
verb
intj
noun
- The act of refraining from speaking.
- The absence of any sound.
- Refraining from speaking, for purposes of prayer or meditation; especially, a form of worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers) during meetings.
- the trait of keeping things secret
- the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
- the absence of sound
- a refusal to speak when expected
verb
- (euphemistic) To kill.
- (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it)
- (impersonal, informal) Used with a pronoun subject, usually you but sometimes one, to indicate that the object of the verb exists, can occur or is otherwise typical.
- (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
- (transitive) To getter.
- (transitive) To cause to do.
- (transitive) To find as an answer.
- (transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
- (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
- (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
- (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- (intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
- (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
- (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives).
- (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
- (transitive) To receive.
- (transitive) To cause someone to laugh.
- (transitive) To measure.
- (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
- (intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive or gerund-participle) To begin (doing something or to do something).
- (transitive, informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
- (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
- (intransitive, informal, chiefly imperative) To go, to leave; to scram.
- (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- (auxiliary, informal) Used with the past participle to form the dynamic passive voice of a dynamic verb. Compared with static passive with to be, this emphasizes the commencement of an action or entry into a state.
- (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
- (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- achieve a point or goal
- suffer from the receipt of
- evoke an emotional response
- irritate
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- take vengeance on or get even
- acquire as a result of some effort or action
- perceive by hearing
- give certain properties to something
- overcome or destroy
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- make (offspring) by reproduction
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- attract and fix
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- go or come after and bring or take back
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- purchase
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- reach and board
- reach by calculation
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
noun
- (informal) Something gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition.
- (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
- (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
- (UK, Ireland, regional) Synonym of git (“contemptible person”).
- Lineage.
- (Internet slang) A message or post on an online platform, particularly imageboards, with a unique identifier deemed special or rare, usually due to patterns in the ID.
- a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
verb
- (also figuratively) To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
- kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine
- To cut or trim (a body part, a stack of paper, etc.) with a guillotine.
- (British) To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure.
- (US) To end (a legislative debate) by invoking cloture.
noun
- instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people
- (historical, also figuratively) A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.
- (British) A parliamentary procedure for fixing the dates when various stages of discussion of a bill must end, to ensure that the enactment of the bill proceeds expeditiously.
- (surgery) An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts.
- A device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged or sliding blade attached to a flat platform.
- (US) A legislative motion that debate be ended and a vote taken; a cloture.
- closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
verb
- (euphemistic) To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
- To write (something).
- (banking, commerce) Of money as deposit, to pay.
- (idiomatic) To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
- (UK, Ireland) To make prices, or taxes, lower.
- (slang, US) To drink.
- (idiomatic) To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
- (aviation, idiomatic) Of an aircraft, to land.
- To terminate a call on (a telephone); to hang up.
- To add a name to a list.
- (idiomatic) To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).
- (idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, down.
- To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
- (euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal).
- (idiomatic) To give something as a reason for something else.
- put (an animal) to death
- cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- cause to come to the ground
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- put in a horizontal position
- put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
noun
verb
- (transitive) To kill brutally.
- (intransitive) To work as a butcher.
- (transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
- (transitive) To mess up hopelessly; to botch; to distort beyond recognition.
- (transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
- kill (animals) usually for food consumption
noun
- (figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
- (Cockney rhyming slang, from butcher's hook) A look.
- A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
- a brutal indiscriminate murderer
- a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
- a retailer of meat
- someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
adj
verb
- To kill violently; to slay.
- To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
- (figuratively, now only in passive) To strike with love or infatuation.
- To injure with divine power.
- To strike down or kill with godly force.
- To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
- cause physical pain or suffering in
- affect suddenly with deep feeling
- inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
verb
- (transitive, euphemistic) To kill someone or something.
- (transitive) To conclude.
- (intransitive) To end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end.
- (intransitive) Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
- (transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
- (intransitive) To issue or result.
- (transitive) To form an appropriate end on (a wire, cable, hose, pipe, etc), such as by applying a cable terminal or a hose ferrule.
- (transitive) To set or be a limit or boundary to.
- (transitive) To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
- be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
- bring to an end or halt
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
adj
verb
- (slang) To kill.
- (transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
- (transitive, neologism) To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel culture.
- (transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.
- (transitive, media) To stop production of a programme.
- (transitive) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
- (transitive) To offset or equalize something.
- (transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
- make invalid for use
- make up for
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- remove or make invisible
- declare null and void; make ineffective
noun
- (printing) The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
- (printing) The page thus suppressed.
- (US) A cancellation.
- A control message posted to Usenet that serves to cancel a previously posted message.
- (printing) The page that replaces it.
- a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
verb
adj
- (nautical) Keeping upright.
- (informal) Expensive, pricey.
- (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
- (professional wrestling, of a strike) Delivered more forcefully than needed, whether intentionally or accidentally, thus causing legitimate pain to the opponent.
- (of muscles or parts of the body) Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
- (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
- Potent.
- (informal) Dead, deceased.
- (golf) Of a shot, landing so close to the flagstick that it should be very easy to sink the ball with the next shot.
- (slang, of the penis) Erect.
- (mathematics) Of an equation, for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
- (figurative, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
- Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir.
- (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
- (cooking, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- strong, vigorous
- rigidly formal
- not moving or operating freely
- incapable of or resistant to bending
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- very drunk
adv
noun
- (prison slang) A note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate.
- (slang) A cadaver; a dead person.
- (slang) A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
- (slang, chiefly Canada, US) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.
- (slang) A flop; a commercial failure.
- (US, slang, by extension) A customer who does not leave a tip.
- (US, slang) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
- (finance, slang) Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.
- (blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
- the dead body of a human being
- an ordinary man
verb
intj
noun
verb
- (transitive, proscribed) To kill with great force or brutality.
- (transitive) To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.)
- (transitive, figuratively) To perform (a work, such as a musical piece or a play) very poorly.
- (transitive, figuratively) To win against (an opponent) very decisively.
- kill a large number of people indiscriminately
noun
- The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms.
- (figuratively) Any overwhelming defeat, as in a game or sport.
- the savage and excessive killing of many people
verb
- (figurative) To kill (someone).
- To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To die out.
- (psychology) To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned reflex).
- (figurative) To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench.
- (figurative) To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
- (figurative) To eclipse or obscure (someone or something).
- (figurative, chiefly law) To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a licence, etc.).
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
- put an end to; kill
- terminate, end, or take out
- extinguish by crushing
- kill in large numbers
verb
noun
- (uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.
- (collective) A group of iguanas.
- A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
- (rare) A mass destruction of non-living things.
- A rout or decisive defeat.
- the savage and excessive killing of many people
- the killing of animals (as for food)
- a sound defeat
verb
- To kill someone as a form of punishment or torture by tearing apart (their body) by tying their limbs to horses which run in different directions; also, to tear (the limbs) from someone's body in this manner.
- (transitive) To remove the contents of (something, especially a kiln or oven); to empty.
- (intransitive) To take up water from a well or other source, especially by lifting it in a container or pumping it.
- (transitive) To make (straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, archery) To pull back an arrow or bowstring in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause a bow to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (transitive, manufacturing, historical) To separate (a length of lace made by machine) into sections by removing the threads connecting the sections.
- Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry (water) away.
- (transitive) Often followed by tight: to pull (something, such as a belt or string) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to occur as a consequence; to bring about.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- (intransitive) To be made larger or longer; to be elongated or stretched.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To extract (a tooth); to pull.
- To extract (a small amount of liquid, especially blood) by puncturing a surface, or by using a pipette, syringe, or other suction device.
- (transitive) To produce (a figure, line, picture, representation of something, etc.) with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument.
- (transitive) To make (a comparison or contrast) between two or more things; to compare; to contrast, to distinguish.
- (transitive) To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially gravity or magnetism.
- (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the centre so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to move backwards on striking another ball.
- (transitive, reflexive) To assume a specific attitude or position, either by pulling in or stretching out one's body or limbs.
- (analogous) To consume (power).
- (transitive) To move (a body part) in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To pull out a firearm, sword, or other weapon from a holster, sheath, etc.
- (intransitive) Of blinds, a curtain, etc.: to be pulled open or closed.
- (bowls) Of a bowl: to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To extract (juice, oil, or some other fluid) from something by osmosis, pressure, or another process.
- (transitive) Followed by on or upon: to bring (disaster or misfortune) on oneself.
- (intransitive, card games) To be dealt or to take a playing card from the deck.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- (transitive) To drag (something), especially along the ground.
- (intransitive) To attract or influence a person or group of people; to be an inducement or enticement.
- (intransitive) To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.
- To pull out (a firearm, sword, or other weapon) from a holster, sheath, etc.; to unsheathe.
- To take (a beverage) from a cask or keg using a pump or tap; to tap.
- (transitive) Followed by out: to flatten (a piece of metal), usually by hammering.
- (transitive) To cause (air) to be sucked into a duct, a room, etc.
- To drag (someone) by tying behind a horse or on a frame as a form of punishment or torture, or to bring to a place of execution.
- (intransitive) To select one or more things at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something.
- (intransitive) Chiefly followed by about or around: of a group of people: to come together; to assemble, to congregate, to gather.
- (intransitive, used with prepositions and adverbs) To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left (or, for a left-handed player, toward the right, originally in an uncontrolled and now a controlled manner.
- (transitive, sports) To end (a game or match) with neither side winning, that is, in a draw.
- (transitive, UK, regional) To carry (a load) in a vehicle; to cart, to haul.
- (transitive) To pull (blinds, a curtain, etc.) open or closed.
- (transitive, agriculture) To create (a furrow) by pulling a plough through soil.
- (transitive) To select (one or more things) at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive something such as a prize, or undergo something such as an assignment; also, to select (someone) by this process; to win (a prize) in a lottery or lucky draw.
- (transitive) To attract or provoke (a particular reaction or response) from someone.
- (intransitive) Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry water away.
- (transitive, fishing) To fish by dragging a fishing net along (a shore) or in (a body of water).
- (transitive, hunting) To search (a covert, a wood, etc.) for game or a quarry.
- (nautical) Followed by an adverb, such as deep or shallow: of a vessel: to require a depth of water of a certain characteristic to float in.
- (intransitive) To produce an image of something with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument; to make a drawing or drawings.
- (transitive) Chiefly followed by aside or to one side: to move (someone) away from a group of people in order to speak to them privately.
- (transitive) To receive (a particular prison sentence).
- (historical) Chiefly in draw and quarter and hang, draw and quarter: to disembowel (someone), especially after hanging as a punishment for high treason.
- (transitive) To attract or cause (someone) to come to a particular place or to take a particular course of action; also, to cause (someone) to turn away from a particular condition or course of action.
- (transitive, cricket) In a match scheduled to last for a certain period of time: to end (a match) with neither side winning because the team batting last has not completed its innings when the playing time concludes.
- (transitive) To carve or shape (something) by cutting off thin pieces.
- (transitive) To pull out (a bolt or latch) to unlock a door, gate, etc.; also, to push in (a bolt or latch) to lock a door, gate, etc.
- (transitive) To take (air, smoke, etc.) into the lungs; to breathe in, to inhale.
- (transitive, archery) To pull back (an arrow or bowstring) in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause (a bow) to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to drain away, to percolate.
- (transitive, often formal) To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.
- (transitive, northern Scotland) To take milk from (a cow); to milk.
- (transitive) Often followed by on or upon and the person or institution providing the money: to write (a bill, cheque, or draft) to authorize payment of money.
- (transitive) To fill a bathtub with (water for a bath); to run (a bath).
- To leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep.
- (intransitive) Of a bathtub: to be filled with water for a bath; to be run.
- (intransitive) To take a drink of a beverage, especially an alcoholic one; to swig.
- (transitive) To conduct, or select the winning numbers, tickets, etc., for, (a lottery).
- (cooking) To remove the viscera from (an animal, especially a bird) before cooking.
- (bowls) To cause (a bowl) to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To take up (water) from a well or other source, especially by lifting in a container or pumping.
- (transitive, originally and chiefly military) To attract or provoke gunfire, either intentionally or unintentionally.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To soak up (a liquid, etc.); to absorb; specifically, of an organism (especially a plant) or one of its parts: to take in (nutrients, water, etc.).
- (intransitive) Followed by at or on: to drag or suck deeply on a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- (transitive) To make (something) larger or longer; to elongate, to stretch.
- (transitive, fishing) to haul in (a fishing net) which has been cast; also, to drag (a fishing net) alongside a boat.
- (intransitive, dominoes) To take a domino from the stock.
- (intransitive) To be (able to be) pulled in a particular direction or manner.
- (intransitive) Of a duct, smoking implement, etc.: to allow air to be passed through it in order that combustion can occur.
- (intransitive) To make straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, sports) To end a game or match with neither side winning, that is, in a draw; to tie.
- (transitive, figurative) To depict (something) linguistically; to portray (something) in words; to describe.
- (transitive, agriculture) To separate (sheep) from a flock for a particular purpose, such as breeding or selling.
- (transitive) Now chiefly in the form draw up: to compose or write (a piece of text, especially a formal document).
- (transitive, card games) To be dealt or to take (a playing card) from the deck; also, to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- (transitive) To induce (the attention, the eyes or mind, etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- (transitive) To make (wire) by pulling a rod or other piece of metal through one or more apertures; also, to stretch (a rod or other piece of metal) into a wire.
- (curling) To play (a shot or a stone) that lands in the house (“circular target”).
- (mining) To raise (coal or ore) from an underground mine to the surface.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- (nautical) Of a vessel: to require (a certain depth of water) to float in.
- (transitive, arithmetic) To subject (a number) to an arithmetic operation.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To cause (a body part) to contract or shrink; also, to pull (the mouth, the face or features, etc.) out of shape from emotion, etc.; to distort.
- (intransitive, nautical) Of a sail: to fill with wind and become taut.
- (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house.
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- remove the entrails of
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- suck in or take (air)
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- engage in drawing
- thread on or as if on a string
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- steep; pass through a strainer
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- choose at random
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- cause to localize at one point
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- shrink
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- get or derive
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- select or take in from a given group or region
- require a specified depth for floating
- give a description of
- cause to move by pulling
- take in, also metaphorically
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- write a legal document or paper
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- take liquid out of a container or well
intj
noun
- (slang, countable) A bag of cannabis.
- (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- (curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing; the distance the strings are pulled back.
- (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won.
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account).
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- The act of drawing a gun from a holster, etc.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
- (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- (horse racing) The stall from which a horse begins the race.
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- the act of drawing or hauling something
verb
- (transitive, now literary) To kill; to murder.
- (transitive, by extension, hyperbolic, informal) To defeat; to overcome (in a competition or contest).
- (ambitransitive, chiefly African-American Vernacular and LGBTQ slang) To amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something.
- (transitive, slang) To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.
- (slang) To have sex with.
- (transitive, literary) To eradicate or stamp out.
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- be excellent or outstanding
- to succeed greatly
intj
noun
verb
- To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross.
- (hyperbolic, informal, sports) To thoroughly beat at a sport or game.
- (hyperbolic) To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage.
- hold within limits and control
- kill by nailing onto a cross
- treat cruelly
- criticize harshly or violently
verb
- (transitive, slang) To murder.
- (intransitive) To become ice; to freeze.
- (transitive) To make icy; to freeze.
- (transitive, ice hockey) To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat decisively.
- (transitive) To cool with ice, as an injured body part or a beverage.
- (transitive, ice hockey) To put out a team for a match.
- (transitive) To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.
- put ice on or put on ice
- decorate with frosting
- cause to become ice or icy
noun
- Money paid as a bribe.
- (slang) One or more diamonds.
- Water in frozen (solid) form.
- Elephant or rhinoceros ivory that has been poached and sold on the black market.
- (figuratively) Something having an extreme coldness of manner.
- A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.
- (ice hockey) The area where a game of ice hockey is played.
- An artifact that has been smuggled, especially one that is either clear or shiny.
- (figuratively) Something, such as awkwardness, that prevents open social interaction.
- (astronomy) Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form, when discussing the composition of e.g. a planet as an ice giant vs a gas giant.
- (now dialectal) Icing; frosting ("a sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar").
- (drugs) The crystal form of amphetamine-based drugs, including methamphetamine.
- (physics, astronomy) Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.
- the frozen part of a body of water
- a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)
- a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating
- water frozen in the solid state
- a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
- diamonds
- an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
verb
- (transitive, slang) To murder.
- (transitive) To coat with slime.
- (transitive, figuratively) To besmirch or disparage.
- (intransitive, figurative) To behave in a slimy, unethical manner.
- To carve (fish), removing the offal.
- (transitive, Singapore) To denigrate or slander.
- (intransitive) To move like slime.
- cover or stain with slime
noun
- (African-American Vernacular, MTE, slang) A friend; a homie.
- (fantasy, video games) A monster having the form of a slimy blob.
- Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.
- (informal, derogatory) A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball.
- Synonym of flubber (“kind of rubbery polymer”).
- Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.
- any thick, viscous matter
verb
noun
- A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening.
- (informal) Mind.
- (plural only) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
- A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Oral sex.
- By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
- (informal) An intelligent person.
- (in the singular) An intellectual or mental capacity.
- (in the plural) Intellect.
- that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- mental ability
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the brain of certain animals used as meat
verb
- (transitive, euphemistic, India) To kill or execute someone extrajudicially.
- (intransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
- (transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face.
- (intransitive, rare) To meet one another.
- (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
- experience as a reaction
- come together
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- be beset by
noun
- A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
- (sexuality) A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between two people who have not already established a sexual relationship with each other. In many cases, it does not lead to a relationship, and thus is utterly transient. A sexual encounter can be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is known as sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.
- (sports) A match between two opposing sides.
- A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
- (India) An extrajudicial killing or execution.
- (sciences) The period of a space mission during which it carries out its data-gathering objectives.
- a casual meeting with a person or thing
- a hostile disagreement face-to-face
- a casual or unexpected convergence
- a minor short-term fight
verb
- (transitive, military, euphemistic) To kill.
- (transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.
- (transitive) To make (a territory, etc.) politically neutral.
- (transitive, chemistry) To make (an acidic or alkaline substance) chemically neutral.
- make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
- oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
- make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
- make chemically neutral
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- make incapable of military action
verb
- (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
- (transitive or intransitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to; to hurt.
- (figuratively, informal, hyperbolic, transitive) To punish severely.
- (transitive) To render inoperative.
- (transitive) To use up or to waste.
- (computing, Internet, IRC, transitive) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
- (transitive, figuratively) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
- (transitive, sports) To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
- (slang) To sexually penetrate in a skillful way.
- (transitive, sports) To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
- (transitive, figuratively, informal) To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.
- (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
- To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
- (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
- (transitive) To force a company out of business.
- (metallurgy) To deadmelt.
- (mathematics, transitive, informal) To cause to assume the value zero.
- (reflexive, informal) To exert oneself to an excessive degree.
- deprive of life
- hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
- tire out completely
- thwart the passage of
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
- end or extinguish by forceful means
- drink down entirely
- be the source of great pain for
- cause to cease operating
- cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
- be fatal
- destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
- cause the death of, without intention
noun
- The act of killing.
- (New York) A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
- (volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
- (military, gaming, countable) An instance of killing; a score on the tally of enemy personnel or vehicles killed or destroyed.
- Specifically, the death blow.
- The result of killing; that which has been killed.
- (rare) Alternative form of kiln.
- the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
- the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal
- the act of terminating a life
verb
- (transitive) To kill someone.
- (transitive, combat sports, by extension) To knock out an opponent.
- (baseball) To catch a fly ball or tag out a baserunner.
- (transitive, now formal or literary) To discard, divest oneself of.
- (transitive) To send (someone) to prison or mental asylum.
- (transitive) To store, add to one's stores for later use.
- (sports) To take a large lead in a game, especially enough to guarantee victory or make the game no longer competitive.
- (baseball) To strike out a batter.
- (transitive) To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.
- (tennis, pickleball) To hit the ball in such a way that the opponent cannot reach it; see passing shot.
- (transitive, colloquial) To consume (food or drink), especially in large quantities.
- eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
- throw or cast away
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- kill gently, as with an injection
- turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- stop using
verb
noun
verb
- (figurative, slang) To kill or murder.
- (figuratively) To suppress and hide away in one's mind.
- (figuratively) To put an end to; to abandon.
- To render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli; to drown out.
- (often figurative) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
- To place in the ground.
- (professional wrestling slang) To ruin the image or character of another wrestler; usually by embarrassing or defeating them in dominating fashion.
- (by extension) To overwhelm.
- (figurative, humorous) To outlive.
- (sports) To score (a goal).
- place in a grave or tomb
- embed deeply
- dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
- enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
- cover from sight
- place in the earth and cover with soil
noun
verb
- (slang) To kill (someone).
- (chiefly social media, slang) To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
- Synonym of ghostwrite (“to write (a literary work or speech), or produce (an artistic work)), in the place of someone”); also, to carry out (an artistic performance) in the place of someone.
- (Internet) To forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname.
- (graphical user interface) To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
- To appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul; specifically (often sports); also (transitive, dated) followed by the dummy subject it: to move easily and quietly without anyone noticing; to slip.
- Of a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
- Followed by for: synonym of ghostwrite (“to write a literary work or speech, or produce an artistic work, in the place of someone”); also, to carry out an artistic performance in the place of someone.
- To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
- To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
- (nautical) Of a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.
- (chiefly UK, law enforcement) To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner.
- haunt like a ghost; pursue
- move like a ghost
- write for someone else
adj
noun
- (theater) An understudy.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- (attributive, in names of species) White or pale.
- (cleaning) A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
- (quantum mechanics) An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
- Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
- (attributive) Of a cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
- (espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
- A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
- (Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
- (attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
- A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
- (writing) Ellipsis of ghostwriter.
- (uncountable, often capitalized) A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
- (attributive) Abandoned.
- (computing, linguistics, attributive) A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
- (by extension) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
- A dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).
- A false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
- (countable) Ellipsis of ghost pepper.
- (video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
- (attributive) Remnant; remains.
- (attributive) Substitute.
- (computing) A copy of a file or record.
- a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
- the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a suggestion of some quality
verb
- (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
- (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
- (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
- (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- use inefficiently or inappropriately
- dispose of
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- cause to grow thin or weak
- run off as waste
- become physically weaker
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- spend extravagantly
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
adj
noun
- Gradual loss or decay.
- (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Excrement or urine.
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
- A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
- A disused mine or part of one.
- A vast expanse of water.
- (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
- any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- the trait of wasting resources
- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
verb
name
- Any of numerous schools in the US.
- USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)
- John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge, Louisville, KY.
- (US politics) Initialism of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th US president (served 1961–1963).
- John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, MA.
- USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)
- John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City.
noun
adj
- Synonym of decapitated.
- Naturally having and needing no head.
- (computing) Running without a graphical user interface; running without any attached output device (e.g., monitor) or input device (e.g., keyboard, mouse).
- Without leadership.
- (linguistics, of a phrase or compound) Not having a head morpheme or word.
- Without a head (hardware or device feature).
- (of beer) Without a head of foam.
- not having a head or formed without a head
- not using intelligence