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noun
verb
- (transitive) To flatter.
- (transitive) To trim up, as trees.
- (of people, intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.
- (intransitive) To show off, posture, or smarm.
- (transitive, more generally) To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
- (of birds, ambitransitive) To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
- (transitive) To pin; fasten.
- (transitive) To comb; to make orderly.
- dress or groom with elaborate care
- pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
- clean with one's bill
noun
verb
- (transitive) To make something flat or flatter.
- become flat or flatter
- (transitive) To knock down or lay low.
- (intransitive) To become flat or flatter; to plateau.
- (reflexive) To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed.
- (computer graphics, transitive) To combine (separate layers) into a single image.
- To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
- (music) To lower by a semitone.
- (programming, transitive) To reduce (a data structure) to one that has fewer dimensions, e.g. a 2×2 array into a list of four elements.
- (intransitive) To be knocked down or laid low.
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- make flat or flatter
verb
noun
- In England, an often unleavened cake similar to a crepe.
- (uncountable, theater) A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.
- (uncountable) Composite leather made of scraps, glue and board, by extension of (4), material originally used for insoles, but later used also for heels and even soles.
- (countable) Anything very thin and flat.
- (countable, juggling) A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the diameter of the prop.
- (countable, film, slang) A box on which an actor stands to make them appear taller.
- In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.
- (countable, volleyball) A defensive play in which the ball bounces off the top of a hand that has been pressed flat against the floor.
- a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
verb
adj
noun
- (uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
- (New Zealand, British, countable) A washcloth.
- (US, countable) A flannel shirt.
- (slang, uncountable) Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap.
- (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
- bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body
- a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing
verb
- (slang) To flatulate.
- (slang) To go on a drinking binge.
- (social media) To post a message on a Mastodon instance.
- (intransitive) Of a queen bee, to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.
- (slang) To snort (a recreational drug).
- To see; to spy.
- To cause a horn or whistle to produce a noise.
- To produce the noise of a horn or whistle.
- To stand out, or be prominent.
- To peep; to look narrowly.
- make a strident noise
noun
- (by extension, countable, informal) A fart; flatus.
- (countable, slang) A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
- (countable) The noise of a horn or whistle.
- (uncountable, informal) Rubbish; tat.
- (informal) A spree of drunkenness.
- (countable, social media) A message on the social networking software Mastodon.
- (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
- (Australia, slang) A toilet.
- revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
- a blast of a horn
verb
- (intransitive, informal) To release flatulence, generally in short rapid succession.
- (intransitive, slang) To perform extremely well (in a video game or other activity).
- (transitive) To thrust away, or put off promptly.
- (intransitive, informal, usually derogatory) To speak frankly.
- (intransitive, informal) To leave and return in a short time.
- (transitive) To fire or launch (a shot, projectile, or missile), especially singly or in small bursts.
- (transitive, informal) To kill someone.
- (intransitive, informal) To die suddenly.
- (transitive, informal, UK) To turn off.
- leave quickly
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
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adj
verb
verb
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To dry-hump.
- (rail transport) To shunt wagons / freight cars over the hump in a hump yard.
- (transitive, intransitive) To carry (something), especially with some exertion.
- (transitive) To bend something into a hump.
- (vulgar, slang, transitive, intransitive) To have sex (with).
- have sexual intercourse with
- round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward
noun
- A speed bump or speed hump.
- A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
- (vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A mound of earth.
- (British, slang, with definite article) A bad mood.
- A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds.
- A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
- (slang) A painfully boorish person.
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
verb
- (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
- (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- (computing) Ellipsis of reverse-engineer.
- (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- (aviation, transitive) To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- (rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- (ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
- To overthrow; to subvert.
- turn inside out or upside down
- cancel officially
- change to the contrary
- rule against
- reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
adj
- (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- (botany) Reversed.
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- directed or moving toward the rear
- of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle
noun
- (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- (graph theory) Synonym of transpose.
- (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- The opposite of something.
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
- a relation of direct opposition
- the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
- turning in the opposite direction
- (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
noun
adj
verb
- To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope.
- To portray someone to advantage.
- (usually reflexive) To cheer or please (with the idea that); congratulate oneself, especially when the perception is false.
- To enhance or gratify someone's vanity by praising them.
- To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
- praise somewhat dishonestly
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To blurt out.
- (intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way.
- (intransitive) To experiment, or tentatively engage, with; to become involved in passing with.
- (intransitive) To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions.
- (transitive) To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling.
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- behave carelessly or indifferently
adj
noun
- (with "the") Russula vesca, an edible woodland mushroom.
- A tentative or brief, passing engagement with something.
- An act of flirting.
- Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person.
- A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion
- (dialectal) A brief shower (of rain or snow).
- playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
verb
noun
- (slang) A cheating trick; a fraud.
- A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.
- One easily cheated; a dupe.
- Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora.
- (dialectal) A channel made by a stream; a natural watercourse; running water.
- A stupid animal.
- (dialectal) A breach or hole made by the force of a torrent; fissure, chasm.
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
verb
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten.
- (transitive) To make smooth or even.
- (transitive) To make straightforward or easy.
- (West Country) To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.
- (transitive) To calm or palliate.
- (statistics, image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
- free from obstructions
- make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing
- make (a surface) shine
adj
- (of muscles, medicine) Involuntary and non-striated.
- (of an action) Natural; unconstrained.
- (mathematics, of a function) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
- Bland; glib.
- (mathematics, of a number) That factors completely into small prime numbers.
- Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
- (of a motion) Unbroken.
- (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.
- (of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.
- (of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
- Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
- (of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
- Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
- Suave; sophisticated.
- (chiefly of water) Placid, calm.
- smooth and unconstrained in movement
- of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
- smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
- lacking obstructions or difficulties
- (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
- having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
- of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence
- (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
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verb
- (transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
- (transitive, sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.
- To perform an aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.
- (transitive, American football) Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball.
- (transitive, mathematics) To take or comprehend between.
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- seize on its way
noun
- (algebraic geometry) The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.
- An interception of a missile.
- (marketing) A form of market research where consumers are intercepted and interviewed in a retail store or mall.
- An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.
- the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis
verb
- (transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.
- (transitive, idiomatic) Used in a phrasal verb: gloss over (“to cover up a mistake or crime, to treat something with less care than it deserves”).
- (transitive) To make (something) attractive by deception
- (intransitive) To become shiny.
- (transitive) To add a gloss to (a text).
- provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
- give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
- give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
- provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
noun
- (countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.
- (countable) Synonym of glossary, a collection of such notes.
- (countable) An extensive commentary on some text.
- A surface shine or luster.
- (figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.
- (lexicography) A definition or explanation of a word sense.
- (countable, law, US) An interpretation by a court of a specific point within a statute or case law.
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- the property of being smooth and shiny
- an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
- an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
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adj
- (informal) Flatulent.
- Accompanied by wind.
- Long-winded; orally verbose.
- (slang) Nervous, frightened.
- Empty and lacking substance.
- Unsheltered and open to the wind.
- (of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.
- using or containing too many words
- not practical or realizable; speculative
- resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability
- abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
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verb
adj
- (colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
- Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
- Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
- (informal) Of a number, convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Of an integer, divisible by two.
- Flat and level.
- Without great variation.
- being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)
- symmetrically arranged
- equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced
- divisible by two
- of the score in a contest
- occurring at fixed intervals
adv
- Used to emphasise a comparative.
- Used to indicate a further degree of comparison.
- Rather; that is (used to signal a correction of a previous utterance).
- In reality (used to imply an extreme example in the case mentioned).
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- to the full extent
- used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected
- in spite of; notwithstanding
noun
verb
- (transitive) To blow over or across.
- (intransitive, music) Of a wind instrument, to move from its lower to its higher register.
- (transitive) To exaggerate the significance of something.
- (transitive) To cover with blossoms or flowers.
- (transitive) To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
- (transitive, music) To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
verb
- (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
- (transitive) To dash or throw
- (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
- (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
- (intransitive) To dash, rush
- (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
adj
- (not comparable, commerce) Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
- Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
- (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
- (of colours) Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
- (algebra, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism) Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
- (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
- In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
- (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
- (algebraic geometry, scheme theory, of a morphism of schemes) Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
- (authorship, figuratively, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
- (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
- (slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Not diphthongal; without variation in height or backness.
- (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- (homological algebra, of a module) Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
- (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
- (of measurements of time) Exact.
- Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- Having no variations in height.
- (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
- (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- (of coffee) Having little froth and little milk.
- (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- not reflecting light; not glossy
- having lost effervescence
- lacking contrast or shading between tones
- horizontally level
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- not modified or restricted by reservations
- commercially inactive
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
adv
- Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
- Directly; flatly.
- (with units of time, distance, etc) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
- Completely.
- (of accurately measured timings) Exactly, precisely.
- So as to be flat.
- (of a sentence) Without parole.
- with flat sails
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
noun
- (American football) The areas behind the line of scrimmage to either side of an offensive football formation.
- (rail transport) A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
- (publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
- An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
- (technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
- (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
- A flat sheet for use on a bed.
- (horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
- (postal) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
- (music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.
- (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
- (optics) A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
- Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).
- A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
- (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
- The most prominent flat part of something.
- A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
- (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
- A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
- A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
- (Australia, horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- (gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
- (in the phrase 'the flat') Level ground in general.
- (historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
- (US) Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
- (chiefly British, New England, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, archaic elsewhere) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
- (Canadian Prairies, British Columbia) A 24-case of beer.
- The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
- (rail transport, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a deflated pneumatic tire
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- a level tract of land
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- freight car without permanent sides or roof
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering.
- (transitive) To cook or season with curry powder.
- (transitive) To beat, thrash; to drub.
- (transitive, computing) To perform currying upon.
- (transitive) To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.
- (transitive) To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb.
- give a neat appearance to
- season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
- treat by incorporating fat
noun
- One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.
- Curry powder.
- A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavored with curry powder.
- (incel slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of South Asian heritage.
- (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
noun
- A flatterer.
- One who whispers insinuations; a secret counsellor.
- Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen.
- any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen
verb
verb
- (transitive) To tip or overturn (something).
- To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
- (transitive) To defeat unexpectedly.
- (intransitive) To be upset or knocked over.
- (transitive, basketry) To support with an upset (type of woven row).
- (transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
- (metalworking) To thicken and shorten a soft or heated piece of metal, by forging or hammering on the end, to shape, for example, rivets or internal combustion engine valves.
- (transitive) To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
- form metals with a swage
- disturb the balance or stability of
- cause to lose one's composure
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
- move deeply
adj
- (of a stomach or gastrointestinal tract) Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.
- (of a person, predicative only) Angry, distressed, or unhappy
- used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
- mildly physically distressed
- afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
- having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
noun
- (uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.
- (mathematics) An upper set; a subset (X,≤) of a partially ordered set with the property that, if x is in U and x≤y, then y is in U.
- (automobile insurance) An overturn.
- (countable, sports, politics) An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.
- (aviation) The dangerous situation where the flight attitude or airspeed of an aircraft is outside the designed bounds of operation, possibly resulting in loss of control.
- An upset stomach.
- (basketry) A woven row supporting the foundation rods for the uprights of a basket.
- a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
- an improbable and unexpected victory
- an unhappy and worried mental state
- the act of upsetting something
- the act of disturbing the mind or body
- a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
verb
noun
- (UK politics) The exchange of proposed amendments between the House of Commons and House of Lords, particularly at the end of a session when compromises have to be made to complete the legislative process within the limited time available.
- (music) A small, shallow steelpan drum.
- (figuratively) An instance of figuratively bouncing something or someone back and forth.
- Table tennis.
- a game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- (transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- (intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”).
- (transitive) To elude or evade by smooth movement.
- (transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- (transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- (intransitive) To err.
- (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
- (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
- (transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
- (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
- fall to a lower standard
- move smoothly and easily
- move out of position
- pass out of one's memory
- cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
- insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- move stealthily
- to make a mistake or be incorrect
- pass on stealthily
- move easily
noun
- A mistake or error.
- A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
- (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
- A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- An outside covering or case.
- A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
- (nautical, aviation) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
- (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
- Either side of the gallery in a theater.
- A fish, the sole.
- (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
- A slipdress.
- An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
- Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- (electricity) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- A long, thin piece of something.
- A particular quantity of yarn.
- (nautical) A slipway.
- (crosswording) A newsletter produced by the setter of a cryptic clue-writing competition, containing a full list of winners and commentary on the clues.
- A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
- An act or instance of slipping.
- (telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
- (aviation) Clipping of sideslip.
- A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- a slippery smoothness
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
- a young and slender person
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- an unexpected slide
- a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
- a small sheet of paper
- a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
- a socially awkward or tactless act
adj
- (specifically, of a person) Tending to release flatus; flatulent.
- (specifically, of a beverage) Containing dissolved gas (usually carbon dioxide); fizzy.
- (specifically, of a person) Tending to burp; burpy.
- Having the nature of, or containing, gas.
- (of food or drink) Tending to cause flatulence.
- (figuratively, informal) Tending to be long-winded or wordy, especially in a boastful and vain manner.
- suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- resembling gas
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cause to flatten, as grass or grain.
- (transitive) To drive (an animal) to covert.
- (transitive) To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
- (transitive) To firmly fix in a specified position.
- (intransitive) To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.
- (intransitive) To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.
- (intransitive) To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
- (transitive, chiefly law, politics) To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).
- (intransitive) To stay in any place or shelter.
- (transitive) To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
- be a lodger; stay temporarily
- put, fix, force, or implant
- file a formal charge against
- provide housing for
noun
- (historical) A family of Native Americans, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge; as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons.
- A collection of objects lodged together.
- An indigenous American home, such as tipi or wigwam. By extension, the people who live in one such home; a household.
- A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
- Ellipsis of porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially (UK, Canada) as a college mailroom.
- A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.
- (US) A local chapter of a trade union.
- (mining) The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; called also platt.
- A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
- A den or cave.
- A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
- The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
- a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter
- small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- any of various Native American dwellings
verb
- (transitive) To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
- (transitive) To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
- (transitive, figurative) To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
- (intransitive) To speak honestly and openly [with with ‘someone’] (see: level with).
- (intransitive, roleplaying games, video games) To progress to the next level.
- (transitive) To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone) [with on or against or at].
- (transitive) To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
- (intransitive, sports) To make the score of a game equal.
- (transitive) To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
- direct into a position for use
- talk frankly with; lay it on the line
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- aim at
- make level or straight
- become level or even
adj
- The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- Unvaried in volume.
- Unvaried in frequency.
- Straightforward; direct; clear.
- (phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
- In the same position or rank.
- Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
- (physics) Perpendicular to a gravitational force.
- At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
- Calm.
- being on a precise horizontal plane
- oriented at right angles to the plumb
- of the score in a contest
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- not showing abrupt variations
noun
- A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
- (computer science) Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
- (British) An area of almost perfectly flat land.
- (video games) One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
- A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
- (Singapore, education) A school grade or year.
- Degree or amount.
- (statistics) One of the specific values which may be taken by a categorical variable.
- Achievement or qualification.
- A floor of a multi-storey building.
- (roleplaying games, video games) A numeric value given to a character (or other element of a game) that represents its relative power, challenge or eligibility to do things, used as a game mechanic to govern progression through a game.
- indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- height above ground
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
- a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line
- a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
verb
- (transitive) To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
- (intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
- To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.
- become slow or slower
- become looser or slack
- make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
- make less active or fast
verb
- (transitive) To make (something) flat or smooth as if with an iron.
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (transitive, slang) To thrash or beat up; to overwhelm in a fight.
- (transitive) To remove (a crease or creases) with an iron.
- (transitive, figurative) To resolve (a dispute); to solve (a problem).
- press and smooth with a heated iron
- settle or put right
noun
adj
verb
noun
adj
verb
- To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope.
- To portray someone to advantage.
- (usually reflexive) To cheer or please (with the idea that); congratulate oneself, especially when the perception is false.
- To enhance or gratify someone's vanity by praising them.
- To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
- praise somewhat dishonestly
noun
- A flatterer.
- One who whispers insinuations; a secret counsellor.
- Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen.
- any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen
verb
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To flatter.
- (transitive) To trim up, as trees.
- (of people, intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.
- (intransitive) To show off, posture, or smarm.
- (transitive, more generally) To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
- (of birds, ambitransitive) To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
- (transitive) To pin; fasten.
- (transitive) To comb; to make orderly.
- dress or groom with elaborate care
- pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
- clean with one's bill
noun
verb
- (transitive) To make something flat or flatter.
- become flat or flatter
- (transitive) To knock down or lay low.
- (intransitive) To become flat or flatter; to plateau.
- (reflexive) To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed.
- (computer graphics, transitive) To combine (separate layers) into a single image.
- To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
- (music) To lower by a semitone.
- (programming, transitive) To reduce (a data structure) to one that has fewer dimensions, e.g. a 2×2 array into a list of four elements.
- (intransitive) To be knocked down or laid low.
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- make flat or flatter
verb
noun
- In England, an often unleavened cake similar to a crepe.
- (uncountable, theater) A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.
- (uncountable) Composite leather made of scraps, glue and board, by extension of (4), material originally used for insoles, but later used also for heels and even soles.
- (countable) Anything very thin and flat.
- (countable, juggling) A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the diameter of the prop.
- (countable, film, slang) A box on which an actor stands to make them appear taller.
- In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.
- (countable, volleyball) A defensive play in which the ball bounces off the top of a hand that has been pressed flat against the floor.
- a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
verb
adj
noun
- (uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
- (New Zealand, British, countable) A washcloth.
- (US, countable) A flannel shirt.
- (slang, uncountable) Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap.
- (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
- bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body
- a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing
verb
- (slang) To flatulate.
- (slang) To go on a drinking binge.
- (social media) To post a message on a Mastodon instance.
- (intransitive) Of a queen bee, to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.
- (slang) To snort (a recreational drug).
- To see; to spy.
- To cause a horn or whistle to produce a noise.
- To produce the noise of a horn or whistle.
- To stand out, or be prominent.
- To peep; to look narrowly.
- make a strident noise
noun
- (by extension, countable, informal) A fart; flatus.
- (countable, slang) A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
- (countable) The noise of a horn or whistle.
- (uncountable, informal) Rubbish; tat.
- (informal) A spree of drunkenness.
- (countable, social media) A message on the social networking software Mastodon.
- (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
- (Australia, slang) A toilet.
- revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
- a blast of a horn
verb
- (intransitive, informal) To release flatulence, generally in short rapid succession.
- (intransitive, slang) To perform extremely well (in a video game or other activity).
- (transitive) To thrust away, or put off promptly.
- (intransitive, informal, usually derogatory) To speak frankly.
- (intransitive, informal) To leave and return in a short time.
- (transitive) To fire or launch (a shot, projectile, or missile), especially singly or in small bursts.
- (transitive, informal) To kill someone.
- (intransitive, informal) To die suddenly.
- (transitive, informal, UK) To turn off.
- leave quickly
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
verb
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To dry-hump.
- (rail transport) To shunt wagons / freight cars over the hump in a hump yard.
- (transitive, intransitive) To carry (something), especially with some exertion.
- (transitive) To bend something into a hump.
- (vulgar, slang, transitive, intransitive) To have sex (with).
- have sexual intercourse with
- round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward
noun
- A speed bump or speed hump.
- A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
- (vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A mound of earth.
- (British, slang, with definite article) A bad mood.
- A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds.
- A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
- (slang) A painfully boorish person.
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
verb
- (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
- (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- (computing) Ellipsis of reverse-engineer.
- (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- (aviation, transitive) To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- (rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- (ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
- To overthrow; to subvert.
- turn inside out or upside down
- cancel officially
- change to the contrary
- rule against
- reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
adj
- (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- (botany) Reversed.
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- directed or moving toward the rear
- of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle
noun
- (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- (graph theory) Synonym of transpose.
- (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- The opposite of something.
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
- a relation of direct opposition
- the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
- turning in the opposite direction
- (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To blurt out.
- (intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way.
- (intransitive) To experiment, or tentatively engage, with; to become involved in passing with.
- (intransitive) To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions.
- (transitive) To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling.
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- behave carelessly or indifferently
adj
noun
- (with "the") Russula vesca, an edible woodland mushroom.
- A tentative or brief, passing engagement with something.
- An act of flirting.
- Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person.
- A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion
- (dialectal) A brief shower (of rain or snow).
- playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
verb
noun
- (slang) A cheating trick; a fraud.
- A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.
- One easily cheated; a dupe.
- Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora.
- (dialectal) A channel made by a stream; a natural watercourse; running water.
- A stupid animal.
- (dialectal) A breach or hole made by the force of a torrent; fissure, chasm.
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
verb
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten.
- (transitive) To make smooth or even.
- (transitive) To make straightforward or easy.
- (West Country) To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.
- (transitive) To calm or palliate.
- (statistics, image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
- free from obstructions
- make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing
- make (a surface) shine
adj
- (of muscles, medicine) Involuntary and non-striated.
- (of an action) Natural; unconstrained.
- (mathematics, of a function) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
- Bland; glib.
- (mathematics, of a number) That factors completely into small prime numbers.
- Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
- (of a motion) Unbroken.
- (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.
- (of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.
- (of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
- Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
- (of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
- Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
- Suave; sophisticated.
- (chiefly of water) Placid, calm.
- smooth and unconstrained in movement
- of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
- smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
- lacking obstructions or difficulties
- (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
- having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
- of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence
- (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
adv
noun
verb
- (transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
- (transitive, sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.
- To perform an aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.
- (transitive, American football) Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball.
- (transitive, mathematics) To take or comprehend between.
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- seize on its way
noun
- (algebraic geometry) The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.
- An interception of a missile.
- (marketing) A form of market research where consumers are intercepted and interviewed in a retail store or mall.
- An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.
- the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis
verb
- (transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.
- (transitive, idiomatic) Used in a phrasal verb: gloss over (“to cover up a mistake or crime, to treat something with less care than it deserves”).
- (transitive) To make (something) attractive by deception
- (intransitive) To become shiny.
- (transitive) To add a gloss to (a text).
- provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
- give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
- give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
- provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
noun
- (countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.
- (countable) Synonym of glossary, a collection of such notes.
- (countable) An extensive commentary on some text.
- A surface shine or luster.
- (figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.
- (lexicography) A definition or explanation of a word sense.
- (countable, law, US) An interpretation by a court of a specific point within a statute or case law.
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- the property of being smooth and shiny
- an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
- an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
verb
noun
verb
adj
- (colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
- Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
- Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
- (informal) Of a number, convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Of an integer, divisible by two.
- Flat and level.
- Without great variation.
- being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)
- symmetrically arranged
- equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced
- divisible by two
- of the score in a contest
- occurring at fixed intervals
adv
- Used to emphasise a comparative.
- Used to indicate a further degree of comparison.
- Rather; that is (used to signal a correction of a previous utterance).
- In reality (used to imply an extreme example in the case mentioned).
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- to the full extent
- used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected
- in spite of; notwithstanding
noun
verb
- (transitive) To blow over or across.
- (intransitive, music) Of a wind instrument, to move from its lower to its higher register.
- (transitive) To exaggerate the significance of something.
- (transitive) To cover with blossoms or flowers.
- (transitive) To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
- (transitive, music) To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
verb
- (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
- (transitive) To dash or throw
- (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
- (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
- (intransitive) To dash, rush
- (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
adj
- (not comparable, commerce) Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
- Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
- (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
- (of colours) Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
- (algebra, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism) Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
- (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
- In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
- (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
- (algebraic geometry, scheme theory, of a morphism of schemes) Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
- (authorship, figuratively, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
- (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
- (slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Not diphthongal; without variation in height or backness.
- (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- (homological algebra, of a module) Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
- (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
- (of measurements of time) Exact.
- Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- Having no variations in height.
- (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
- (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- (of coffee) Having little froth and little milk.
- (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- not reflecting light; not glossy
- having lost effervescence
- lacking contrast or shading between tones
- horizontally level
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- not modified or restricted by reservations
- commercially inactive
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
adv
- Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
- Directly; flatly.
- (with units of time, distance, etc) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
- Completely.
- (of accurately measured timings) Exactly, precisely.
- So as to be flat.
- (of a sentence) Without parole.
- with flat sails
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
noun
- (American football) The areas behind the line of scrimmage to either side of an offensive football formation.
- (rail transport) A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
- (publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
- An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
- (technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
- (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
- A flat sheet for use on a bed.
- (horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
- (postal) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
- (music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.
- (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
- (optics) A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
- Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).
- A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
- (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
- The most prominent flat part of something.
- A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
- (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
- A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
- A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
- (Australia, horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- (gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
- (in the phrase 'the flat') Level ground in general.
- (historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
- (US) Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
- (chiefly British, New England, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, archaic elsewhere) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
- (Canadian Prairies, British Columbia) A 24-case of beer.
- The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
- (rail transport, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a deflated pneumatic tire
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- a level tract of land
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- freight car without permanent sides or roof
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering.
- (transitive) To cook or season with curry powder.
- (transitive) To beat, thrash; to drub.
- (transitive, computing) To perform currying upon.
- (transitive) To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.
- (transitive) To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb.
- give a neat appearance to
- season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
- treat by incorporating fat
noun
- One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.
- Curry powder.
- A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavored with curry powder.
- (incel slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of South Asian heritage.
- (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
verb
- (transitive) To tip or overturn (something).
- To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
- (transitive) To defeat unexpectedly.
- (intransitive) To be upset or knocked over.
- (transitive, basketry) To support with an upset (type of woven row).
- (transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
- (metalworking) To thicken and shorten a soft or heated piece of metal, by forging or hammering on the end, to shape, for example, rivets or internal combustion engine valves.
- (transitive) To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
- form metals with a swage
- disturb the balance or stability of
- cause to lose one's composure
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
- move deeply
adj
- (of a stomach or gastrointestinal tract) Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.
- (of a person, predicative only) Angry, distressed, or unhappy
- used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
- mildly physically distressed
- afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
- having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
noun
- (uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.
- (mathematics) An upper set; a subset (X,≤) of a partially ordered set with the property that, if x is in U and x≤y, then y is in U.
- (automobile insurance) An overturn.
- (countable, sports, politics) An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.
- (aviation) The dangerous situation where the flight attitude or airspeed of an aircraft is outside the designed bounds of operation, possibly resulting in loss of control.
- An upset stomach.
- (basketry) A woven row supporting the foundation rods for the uprights of a basket.
- a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
- an improbable and unexpected victory
- an unhappy and worried mental state
- the act of upsetting something
- the act of disturbing the mind or body
- a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
verb
noun
- (UK politics) The exchange of proposed amendments between the House of Commons and House of Lords, particularly at the end of a session when compromises have to be made to complete the legislative process within the limited time available.
- (music) A small, shallow steelpan drum.
- (figuratively) An instance of figuratively bouncing something or someone back and forth.
- Table tennis.
- a game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- (transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- (intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”).
- (transitive) To elude or evade by smooth movement.
- (transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- (transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- (intransitive) To err.
- (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
- (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
- (transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
- (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
- fall to a lower standard
- move smoothly and easily
- move out of position
- pass out of one's memory
- cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
- insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- move stealthily
- to make a mistake or be incorrect
- pass on stealthily
- move easily
noun
- A mistake or error.
- A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
- (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
- A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- An outside covering or case.
- A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
- (nautical, aviation) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
- (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
- Either side of the gallery in a theater.
- A fish, the sole.
- (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
- A slipdress.
- An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
- Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- (electricity) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- A long, thin piece of something.
- A particular quantity of yarn.
- (nautical) A slipway.
- (crosswording) A newsletter produced by the setter of a cryptic clue-writing competition, containing a full list of winners and commentary on the clues.
- A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
- An act or instance of slipping.
- (telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
- (aviation) Clipping of sideslip.
- A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- a slippery smoothness
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
- a young and slender person
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- an unexpected slide
- a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
- a small sheet of paper
- a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
- a socially awkward or tactless act
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cause to flatten, as grass or grain.
- (transitive) To drive (an animal) to covert.
- (transitive) To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
- (transitive) To firmly fix in a specified position.
- (intransitive) To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.
- (intransitive) To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.
- (intransitive) To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
- (transitive, chiefly law, politics) To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).
- (intransitive) To stay in any place or shelter.
- (transitive) To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
- be a lodger; stay temporarily
- put, fix, force, or implant
- file a formal charge against
- provide housing for
noun
- (historical) A family of Native Americans, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge; as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons.
- A collection of objects lodged together.
- An indigenous American home, such as tipi or wigwam. By extension, the people who live in one such home; a household.
- A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
- Ellipsis of porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially (UK, Canada) as a college mailroom.
- A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.
- (US) A local chapter of a trade union.
- (mining) The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; called also platt.
- A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
- A den or cave.
- A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
- The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
- a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter
- small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- any of various Native American dwellings
verb
- (transitive) To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
- (transitive) To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
- (transitive, figurative) To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
- (intransitive) To speak honestly and openly [with with ‘someone’] (see: level with).
- (intransitive, roleplaying games, video games) To progress to the next level.
- (transitive) To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone) [with on or against or at].
- (transitive) To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
- (intransitive, sports) To make the score of a game equal.
- (transitive) To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
- direct into a position for use
- talk frankly with; lay it on the line
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- aim at
- make level or straight
- become level or even
adj
- The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- Unvaried in volume.
- Unvaried in frequency.
- Straightforward; direct; clear.
- (phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
- In the same position or rank.
- Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
- (physics) Perpendicular to a gravitational force.
- At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
- Calm.
- being on a precise horizontal plane
- oriented at right angles to the plumb
- of the score in a contest
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- not showing abrupt variations
noun
- A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
- (computer science) Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
- (British) An area of almost perfectly flat land.
- (video games) One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
- A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
- (Singapore, education) A school grade or year.
- Degree or amount.
- (statistics) One of the specific values which may be taken by a categorical variable.
- Achievement or qualification.
- A floor of a multi-storey building.
- (roleplaying games, video games) A numeric value given to a character (or other element of a game) that represents its relative power, challenge or eligibility to do things, used as a game mechanic to govern progression through a game.
- indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- height above ground
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
- a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line
- a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
verb
- (transitive) To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
- (intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
- To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.
- become slow or slower
- become looser or slack
- make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
- make less active or fast
verb
- (transitive) To make (something) flat or smooth as if with an iron.
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (transitive, slang) To thrash or beat up; to overwhelm in a fight.
- (transitive) To remove (a crease or creases) with an iron.
- (transitive, figurative) To resolve (a dispute); to solve (a problem).
- press and smooth with a heated iron
- settle or put right
adj
- (informal) Flatulent.
- Accompanied by wind.
- Long-winded; orally verbose.
- (slang) Nervous, frightened.
- Empty and lacking substance.
- Unsheltered and open to the wind.
- (of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.
- using or containing too many words
- not practical or realizable; speculative
- resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability
- abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
noun
adj
- (specifically, of a person) Tending to release flatus; flatulent.
- (specifically, of a beverage) Containing dissolved gas (usually carbon dioxide); fizzy.
- (specifically, of a person) Tending to burp; burpy.
- Having the nature of, or containing, gas.
- (of food or drink) Tending to cause flatulence.
- (figuratively, informal) Tending to be long-winded or wordy, especially in a boastful and vain manner.
- suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- resembling gas