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noun
- (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.
- (uncountable) A manner of expression.
- (countable, uncountable, figurative) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.
- (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
- (language) communication by word of mouth
- (euphemistic, uncountable) Profanity.
- (uncountable) The specific wording or style of a text, such as a law or a contract.
- (countable, uncountable) A body of sounds, signs or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.
- A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.
- (uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
- (countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
- (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language.
- a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
- the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
- a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
- the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
- the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication
intj
verb
noun
- (uncountable) The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
- (uncountable) The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
- (language) communication by word of mouth
- (uncountable) Language used orally, rather than in writing.
- (countable) A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
- (grammar) An utterance that is quoted; see direct speech, reported speech
- (uncountable) Public talk, news, gossip, rumour.
- (countable) A dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language.
- the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
- words making up the dialogue of a play
- the exchange of spoken words
- a lengthy rebuke
- something spoken
- your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
- the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Expression in words, either speech or writing.
- (social sciences, countable) An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault).
- (countable) Any rational expression, reason.
- (countable) A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.
- (countable) A conversation.
- (Internet, uncountable) Lengthy, often heated debate over controversial subject matter, particularly within fandom and activist spaces. Sometimes rendered as a proper noun with the definite article (i.e. "the Discourse").
- an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
- extended verbal expression in speech or writing
- an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
verb
- (intransitive) To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.
- To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.
- (intransitive) To write or speak formally and at length.
- carry on a conversation
- to consider or examine in speech or writing
- talk at length and formally about a topic
noun
- (uncountable, in set phrases) A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something; a request for money.
- (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- Form; standard of performance.
- (chiefly Australia) touch football (a variant of rugby league that does not involve tackling)
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- The children's game of tag.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- (slang) The extent to which a person is interested or affected; the amount of outlay on something.
- the event of something coming in contact with the body
- the feel of mechanical action
- the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
- deftness in handling matters
- a slight attack of illness
- the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
- a slight but appreciable amount
- the act of putting two things together with no space between them
- a communicative interaction
- a distinguishing style
- a suggestion of some quality
- the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
verb
- (intransitive) Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- (transitive, slang) To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To have sexual intercourse with
- (nautical) To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- (transitive) To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- (transitive, now historical) To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- (transitive) To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- (transitive, in negative constructions) To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- (transitive) To cause to be briefly in physical contact with something.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- (nautical) To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- (intransitive) To make physical contact with a thing.
- (transitive) To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- (transitive, Scottish history) To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- (transitive) To begin to consume, or otherwise use.
- (transitive) To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- (intransitive) To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- (intransitive) To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- (transitive, reflexive or rarely intransitive) To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- (transitive) To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- (transitive, always passive) To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- (transitive) To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- (transitive, computing) To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- (intransitive, nautical) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- (transitive) To come close to; to approach.
- (transitive) To concern, to have to do with.
- color lightly
- cause to be in brief contact with
- to extend as far as
- comprehend
- make a more or less disguised reference to
- consume
- be in direct physical contact with; make contact
- tamper with
- make physical contact with, come in contact with
- affect emotionally
- have an effect upon
- perceive via the tactile sense
- deal with; usually used with a form of negation
- be relevant to
- be equal to in quality or ability
noun
- (uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
- (countable) The act of pronouncing or uttering a vocable.
- (countable) The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
- the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
- the manner in which someone utters a word
noun
- (uncountable, colloquial) Unintelligible speech or writing.
- (uncountable) The writing system used in Hebrew language.
- (countable) A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- (countable) A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber.
- (uncountable) The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
- the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel
- a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
- (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others.
- (transitive) To speak (a certain language).
- (intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal.
- (transitive) To manifest outwardly in speech, as opposed to reality or action.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.
- (transitive, informal) To discuss; to talk about.
- (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
- (informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
- express in speech
- use language
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- divulge confidential information or secrets
- deliver a lecture or talk
- reveal information
noun
- (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion.
- A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child.
- (uncountable) Gossip; rumour.
- A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
- (uncountable, not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.
- (usually in the plural) Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
- (US) A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it.
- A lecture.
- a speech that is open to the public
- discussion; (‘talk about’ is a less formal alternative for ‘discussion of’)
- idle gossip or rumor
- an exchange of ideas via conversation
- the act of giving a talk to an audience
name
- (uncountable) The ability of a person to communicate in French.
- (uncountable, euphemistic, now often ironic) Vulgar language.
- (countable) A surname originating as an ethnonym.
- (uncountable) French language and literature as an object of study.
- (chiefly uncountable) The language of France, shared by the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former French colonies around the world.
adj
- Of or relating to the people or culture of France.
- Of or relating to the French language.
- (informal, often euphemistic) Used to form names or references to venereal diseases.
- (slang, sexuality) Of or related to oral sex, especially fellatio.
- Of or relating to France.
- Used to form names or references to an unconventional or fancy style.
- of or pertaining to France or the people of France
noun
verb
noun
- (countable, uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.
- (uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner.
- (countable, uncountable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.
- (countable) The act of ordering or commanding.
- matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- speech intended for reproduction in writing
noun
- (uncountable) The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.
- (music, uncountable) The manner in which a note is attacked.
- (phonetics) The mechanism by which a sound is formed in the vocal tract.
- (countable or uncountable) A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.
- (accounting) The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.
- (anatomy) Such a joint in an animalian body, as for example between bones or between exoskeleton segments.
- (education) The induction of a pupil into a new school or college.
- (countable) A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.
- expressing in coherent verbal form
- the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible
- the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
- (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
noun
verb
- (auxiliary) Used concessively to admit something before making a more accurate or important statement; although
- (auxiliary) Used in polite requests for permission.
- (auxiliary) Used to indicate conditional or possible actions; would perhaps/maybe.
- (auxiliary, UK, meiosis) Used to express certainty.
- (auxiliary) simple past of may
- Used to indicate a desired past action that was not done.
adj
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
- (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
- (by extension) To be able to communicate in the manner of specialists in a field.
- (intransitive, reciprocal) To have a conversation.
- (intransitive) To produce a sound; to sound.
- (transitive) To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
- Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.
- (informal, transitive, sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
- (transitive) To utter.
- (transitive, stative) To be able to communicate in a language.
- (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
- express in speech
- use language
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- give a speech to
- make a characteristic or natural sound
noun
verb
- communicate or express nonverbally
- express a supposition
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- indicate
- recite or repeat a fixed text
- state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
- report or maintain
- utter aloud
- express in words
- (transitive) To indicate in a written form.
- (informal, imperative, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
- (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
- (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
- (transitive) To pronounce.
- (transitive) To recite.
- (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.
- To try; to assay.
- (impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
noun
adv
intj
adj
- communicated in the form of words
- of or relating to or formed from a verb
- expressed in spoken words
- tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length
- relating to or having facility in the use of words
- of or relating to or formed from words in general
- (grammar) Used to form a verb.
- Expressly spoken rather than written; oral.
- (grammar) Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.
- Word for word.
- Of or relating to words.
- Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.
- Capable of speech.
- Consisting of words only.
noun
- (uncountable, UK, Ireland, colloquial) Talk; speech, especially banter or scolding.
- (countable, UK, Ireland) A spoken confession given to police.
- (countable, grammar) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.
verb
noun
- (uncountable, by extension) A tendency toward rhetorical embellishments.
- (countable) A usage of Aeolic within a work in another language.
- (uncountable) A fictional religion in the works of Jonathan Swift that worships the wind in general, and rhetorical form over substance in particular.
- (uncountable) The use of the Aeolic language or its syntactic structures.
- (countable) A reference to or instance of wind; windiness.
adj
noun
noun
- (uncountable) Chaotic and forceful speaking, verbal exchange, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A noisy commotion.
- (countable) A disagreement or dispute.
- (countable) A forceful choking or spitting sound.
- (countable) A forceful emission of something, especially in small drops or particles; a spluttering or sputtering.
- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
verb
- To spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while eating or speaking.
- To direct angry words, criticism, insults, etc., at (someone or something).
- Followed by out: to go out (as a flame) or stop functioning (as an engine or machine) with a spluttering action or sound (senses 2.1 or 2.3).
- To forcefully emit (something), especially in small drops or particles; to sputter.
- Sometimes followed by out: to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
- Of a substance: to be emitted forcefully in small drops or particles.
- Of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles.
- To perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level.
- To speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
- To make a sound or sounds of something forcefully emitting a substance in small drops or particles.
- To soil or sprinkle (someone or something) with a substance, often a liquid; to bespatter, to spatter.
- utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
- spit up in an explosive manner
noun
noun
- (linguistics, uncountable) The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word.
- (linguistics, lexicography, countable) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
- (linguistics, lexicography, countable, by extension) An existing word or phrase which has gained a new meaning.
- (theology, historical) Synonym of neology.
- (psychiatry) The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia.
- a newly invented word or phrase
- the act of inventing a word or phrase
noun
- (uncountable) The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.
- (music) A choice of notation among enharmonic equivalents for the same pitch.
- (uncountable) The manner of spelling of words; correct spelling.
- (countable) A specific spelling of a word.
- forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
verb
noun
- (slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
- The bulging part of a barrel or cask.
- (nautical) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.
- (nautical) The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
- (uncountable) The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water.
- water accumulated in the bilge of a ship
- where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (countable, uncountable) Soft indistinct speech.
- (cardiology, medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces a noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.
- (countable, uncountable) Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water.
- A muttered complaint or protest; the expression of dissatisfaction in a low muttering voice; any expression of complaint or discontent.
- an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves
- a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
- a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
- a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant
verb
noun
- the ability to speak
- expressing in coherent verbal form
- A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.
- a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
- the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
- something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- (metonymy) a singer
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
- the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
- (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
- (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, which indicates the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
- (literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
- (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
- One who speaks; a speaker.
- (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether they can send messages to the channel.
- The tone or sound emitted by an object.
- (figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered.
- (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
- The faculty or power of utterance.
- That which is communicated; message; meaning.
verb
- give voice to
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
- (television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
- (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
- (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
- (transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
- (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
noun
- (uncountable) Verbal nonsense.
- Decaying matter.
- (chiefly in compounds) Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
- The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
- unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
- (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
verb
- (transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
- (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- (intransitive) To decline in function or utility.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- (transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- (intransitive, figurative) To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place or state).
- break down
- become physically weaker
noun
- (countable, uncountable) Informal conversation.
- (by extension, nonstandard, humorous) Familiar term of address for users on social media other than a chat room, as in "guys."
- (Internet, uncountable, with or without "the") A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.
- A small potato, such as is given to swine.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, World War I military slang) A louse (small, parasitic insect).
- (countable) Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.
- (metonymic, originally video games) The entirety of users, viewed collectively, in a chat room, especially the chat room accompanying a live stream.
- (countable, uncountable) An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
- Alternative form of chaat.
- (countable) Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.
- (mining, local use) Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.
- birds having a chattering call
- an informal conversation
- songbirds having a chattering call
intj
verb
- (transitive) To talk of; to discuss.
- (informal, slang, often as chatting) To chat shit (to speak nonsense, to lie).
- To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network such as a social media chat room or messaging application (as if having a face-to-face conversation instead of SMS or writing emails or letters).
- To talk more than a few words.
- To be engaged in informal conversation.
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
noun
- the manner in which something is expressed in words
- the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
- The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.
- Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication.
- (theater) Enunciation, pronunciation.
noun
- the manner in which something is expressed in words
- the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line
- The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.
- (music) The way the musical phrases are put together in a composition or in its interpretation, with changes in tempo, volume, or emphasizing one or more instruments over others.
verb
noun
- (uncountable) The property of a word that sounds like what it represents.
- (countable) A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle", "stutter", or "hiss".
- (uncountable, rhetoric) The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names.
- (countable) A word that appropriates a sound for another sensation or a perceived nature, such as "thud", "beep", or "meow"; an ideophone, phenomime.
- using words that imitate the sound they denote
noun
- (countable, uncountable) Idle senseless talk; prattle.
- (uncountable) a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words
- (countable, uncountable) sounds produced by infant during the babbling period
- (countable, uncountable) A confused murmur, as of a stream.
- gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
adj
verb
noun
- (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.
- (uncountable) A manner of expression.
- (countable, uncountable, figurative) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.
- (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
- (language) communication by word of mouth
- (euphemistic, uncountable) Profanity.
- (uncountable) The specific wording or style of a text, such as a law or a contract.
- (countable, uncountable) A body of sounds, signs or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.
- A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.
- (uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
- (countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
- (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language.
- a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
- the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
- a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
- the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
- the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication
intj
verb
noun
- (uncountable) The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
- (uncountable) The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
- (language) communication by word of mouth
- (uncountable) Language used orally, rather than in writing.
- (countable) A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
- (grammar) An utterance that is quoted; see direct speech, reported speech
- (uncountable) Public talk, news, gossip, rumour.
- (countable) A dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language.
- the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
- words making up the dialogue of a play
- the exchange of spoken words
- a lengthy rebuke
- something spoken
- your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
- the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Expression in words, either speech or writing.
- (social sciences, countable) An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault).
- (countable) Any rational expression, reason.
- (countable) A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.
- (countable) A conversation.
- (Internet, uncountable) Lengthy, often heated debate over controversial subject matter, particularly within fandom and activist spaces. Sometimes rendered as a proper noun with the definite article (i.e. "the Discourse").
- an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
- extended verbal expression in speech or writing
- an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
verb
- (intransitive) To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.
- To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.
- (intransitive) To write or speak formally and at length.
- carry on a conversation
- to consider or examine in speech or writing
- talk at length and formally about a topic
noun
- (uncountable, in set phrases) A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something; a request for money.
- (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- Form; standard of performance.
- (chiefly Australia) touch football (a variant of rugby league that does not involve tackling)
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- The children's game of tag.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- (slang) The extent to which a person is interested or affected; the amount of outlay on something.
- the event of something coming in contact with the body
- the feel of mechanical action
- the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
- deftness in handling matters
- a slight attack of illness
- the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
- a slight but appreciable amount
- the act of putting two things together with no space between them
- a communicative interaction
- a distinguishing style
- a suggestion of some quality
- the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
verb
- (intransitive) Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- (transitive, slang) To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To have sexual intercourse with
- (nautical) To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- (transitive) To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- (transitive, now historical) To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- (transitive) To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- (transitive, in negative constructions) To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- (transitive) To cause to be briefly in physical contact with something.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- (nautical) To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- (intransitive) To make physical contact with a thing.
- (transitive) To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- (transitive, Scottish history) To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- (transitive) To begin to consume, or otherwise use.
- (transitive) To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- (intransitive) To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- (intransitive) To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- (transitive, reflexive or rarely intransitive) To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- (transitive) To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- (transitive, always passive) To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- (transitive) To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- (transitive, computing) To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- (intransitive, nautical) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- (transitive) To come close to; to approach.
- (transitive) To concern, to have to do with.
- color lightly
- cause to be in brief contact with
- to extend as far as
- comprehend
- make a more or less disguised reference to
- consume
- be in direct physical contact with; make contact
- tamper with
- make physical contact with, come in contact with
- affect emotionally
- have an effect upon
- perceive via the tactile sense
- deal with; usually used with a form of negation
- be relevant to
- be equal to in quality or ability
noun
- (uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
- (countable) The act of pronouncing or uttering a vocable.
- (countable) The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
- the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
- the manner in which someone utters a word
noun
- (uncountable, colloquial) Unintelligible speech or writing.
- (uncountable) The writing system used in Hebrew language.
- (countable) A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- (countable) A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber.
- (uncountable) The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
- the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel
- a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
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- (countable, uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.
- (uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner.
- (countable, uncountable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.
- (countable) The act of ordering or commanding.
- matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- speech intended for reproduction in writing
noun
- (uncountable) The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.
- (music, uncountable) The manner in which a note is attacked.
- (phonetics) The mechanism by which a sound is formed in the vocal tract.
- (countable or uncountable) A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.
- (accounting) The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.
- (anatomy) Such a joint in an animalian body, as for example between bones or between exoskeleton segments.
- (education) The induction of a pupil into a new school or college.
- (countable) A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.
- expressing in coherent verbal form
- the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible
- the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
- (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
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- (auxiliary) Used concessively to admit something before making a more accurate or important statement; although
- (auxiliary) Used in polite requests for permission.
- (auxiliary) Used to indicate conditional or possible actions; would perhaps/maybe.
- (auxiliary, UK, meiosis) Used to express certainty.
- (auxiliary) simple past of may
- Used to indicate a desired past action that was not done.
noun
- (uncountable, by extension) A tendency toward rhetorical embellishments.
- (countable) A usage of Aeolic within a work in another language.
- (uncountable) A fictional religion in the works of Jonathan Swift that worships the wind in general, and rhetorical form over substance in particular.
- (uncountable) The use of the Aeolic language or its syntactic structures.
- (countable) A reference to or instance of wind; windiness.
noun
- (uncountable) Chaotic and forceful speaking, verbal exchange, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A noisy commotion.
- (countable) A disagreement or dispute.
- (countable) A forceful choking or spitting sound.
- (countable) A forceful emission of something, especially in small drops or particles; a spluttering or sputtering.
- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
verb
- To spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while eating or speaking.
- To direct angry words, criticism, insults, etc., at (someone or something).
- Followed by out: to go out (as a flame) or stop functioning (as an engine or machine) with a spluttering action or sound (senses 2.1 or 2.3).
- To forcefully emit (something), especially in small drops or particles; to sputter.
- Sometimes followed by out: to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
- Of a substance: to be emitted forcefully in small drops or particles.
- Of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles.
- To perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level.
- To speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
- To make a sound or sounds of something forcefully emitting a substance in small drops or particles.
- To soil or sprinkle (someone or something) with a substance, often a liquid; to bespatter, to spatter.
- utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
- spit up in an explosive manner
noun
noun
- (linguistics, uncountable) The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word.
- (linguistics, lexicography, countable) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
- (linguistics, lexicography, countable, by extension) An existing word or phrase which has gained a new meaning.
- (theology, historical) Synonym of neology.
- (psychiatry) The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia.
- a newly invented word or phrase
- the act of inventing a word or phrase
noun
- (uncountable) The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.
- (music) A choice of notation among enharmonic equivalents for the same pitch.
- (uncountable) The manner of spelling of words; correct spelling.
- (countable) A specific spelling of a word.
- forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
verb
noun
- (slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
- The bulging part of a barrel or cask.
- (nautical) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.
- (nautical) The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
- (uncountable) The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water.
- water accumulated in the bilge of a ship
- where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (countable, uncountable) Soft indistinct speech.
- (cardiology, medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces a noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.
- (countable, uncountable) Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water.
- A muttered complaint or protest; the expression of dissatisfaction in a low muttering voice; any expression of complaint or discontent.
- an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves
- a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
- a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
- a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant
verb
noun
- the ability to speak
- expressing in coherent verbal form
- A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.
- a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
- the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
- something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- (metonymy) a singer
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
- the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
- (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
- (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, which indicates the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
- (literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
- (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
- One who speaks; a speaker.
- (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether they can send messages to the channel.
- The tone or sound emitted by an object.
- (figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered.
- (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
- The faculty or power of utterance.
- That which is communicated; message; meaning.
verb
- give voice to
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
- (television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
- (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
- (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
- (transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
- (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
noun
- (uncountable) Verbal nonsense.
- Decaying matter.
- (chiefly in compounds) Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
- The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
- unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
- (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
verb
- (transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
- (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- (intransitive) To decline in function or utility.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- (transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- (intransitive, figurative) To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place or state).
- break down
- become physically weaker
noun
- (countable, uncountable) Informal conversation.
- (by extension, nonstandard, humorous) Familiar term of address for users on social media other than a chat room, as in "guys."
- (Internet, uncountable, with or without "the") A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.
- A small potato, such as is given to swine.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, World War I military slang) A louse (small, parasitic insect).
- (countable) Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.
- (metonymic, originally video games) The entirety of users, viewed collectively, in a chat room, especially the chat room accompanying a live stream.
- (countable, uncountable) An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
- Alternative form of chaat.
- (countable) Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.
- (mining, local use) Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.
- birds having a chattering call
- an informal conversation
- songbirds having a chattering call
intj
verb
- (transitive) To talk of; to discuss.
- (informal, slang, often as chatting) To chat shit (to speak nonsense, to lie).
- To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network such as a social media chat room or messaging application (as if having a face-to-face conversation instead of SMS or writing emails or letters).
- To talk more than a few words.
- To be engaged in informal conversation.
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
noun
- the manner in which something is expressed in words
- the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
- The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.
- Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication.
- (theater) Enunciation, pronunciation.
noun
- the manner in which something is expressed in words
- the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line
- The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.
- (music) The way the musical phrases are put together in a composition or in its interpretation, with changes in tempo, volume, or emphasizing one or more instruments over others.
verb
noun
- (uncountable) The property of a word that sounds like what it represents.
- (countable) A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle", "stutter", or "hiss".
- (uncountable, rhetoric) The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names.
- (countable) A word that appropriates a sound for another sensation or a perceived nature, such as "thud", "beep", or "meow"; an ideophone, phenomime.
- using words that imitate the sound they denote
noun
- (countable, uncountable) Idle senseless talk; prattle.
- (uncountable) a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words
- (countable, uncountable) sounds produced by infant during the babbling period
- (countable, uncountable) A confused murmur, as of a stream.
- gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
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verb
verb
- (intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
- (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others.
- (transitive) To speak (a certain language).
- (intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal.
- (transitive) To manifest outwardly in speech, as opposed to reality or action.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.
- (transitive, informal) To discuss; to talk about.
- (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
- (informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
- express in speech
- use language
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- divulge confidential information or secrets
- deliver a lecture or talk
- reveal information
noun
- (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion.
- A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child.
- (uncountable) Gossip; rumour.
- A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
- (uncountable, not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.
- (usually in the plural) Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
- (US) A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it.
- A lecture.
- a speech that is open to the public
- discussion; (‘talk about’ is a less formal alternative for ‘discussion of’)
- idle gossip or rumor
- an exchange of ideas via conversation
- the act of giving a talk to an audience
verb
- (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
- (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
- (by extension) To be able to communicate in the manner of specialists in a field.
- (intransitive, reciprocal) To have a conversation.
- (intransitive) To produce a sound; to sound.
- (transitive) To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
- Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.
- (informal, transitive, sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
- (transitive) To utter.
- (transitive, stative) To be able to communicate in a language.
- (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
- express in speech
- use language
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- give a speech to
- make a characteristic or natural sound
noun
verb
- communicate or express nonverbally
- express a supposition
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- indicate
- recite or repeat a fixed text
- state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
- report or maintain
- utter aloud
- express in words
- (transitive) To indicate in a written form.
- (informal, imperative, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
- (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
- (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
- (transitive) To pronounce.
- (transitive) To recite.
- (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.
- To try; to assay.
- (impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
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adj
- communicated in the form of words
- of or relating to or formed from a verb
- expressed in spoken words
- tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length
- relating to or having facility in the use of words
- of or relating to or formed from words in general
- (grammar) Used to form a verb.
- Expressly spoken rather than written; oral.
- (grammar) Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.
- Word for word.
- Of or relating to words.
- Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.
- Capable of speech.
- Consisting of words only.
noun
- (uncountable, UK, Ireland, colloquial) Talk; speech, especially banter or scolding.
- (countable, UK, Ireland) A spoken confession given to police.
- (countable, grammar) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.