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noun
- Initialism of video compression unit.
- Initialism of video codec unit.
- (emissions control) Initialism of vapor/vapour combustor/combustion unit.
- Initialism of vacuum control unit.
- (transport) Initialism of vehicle control unit.
- Initialism of vascular compression unit.
- (carbon economy controls) Abbreviation of verified carbon unit (carbon credit).
- Initialism of video control unit.
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- a set of standards adopted by the moving pictures experts group for the compression of digital video and audio data or a file of data compressed according to those standards
- (computer graphics) Any of a group of computer file formats for the compression and storage of digital video and audio data.
- (computer graphics) A computer file (as of a movie) in an MPEG format.
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noun
- (uncountable, countable, film, video compression) Initialism of variable frame rate.
- (aviation, countable, uncountable) Initialism of (a person) visiting friends and relatives/relations.
- (aviation, uncountable) Initialism of visual flight rules, a set of rules allowing a pilot to fly and navigate by sight references, rather than by relying on instruments.
noun
- (signal processing) The conversion of video footage to a higher frame rate by duplicating certain frames.
- (juggling) A trick done with rings where each ring is pulled down over the head instead of being caught and held in the hand.
- (biology) A technique by which a protein is brought down in a test tube by another.
- (computing) A dynamic menu; a list of options in a computer application which appears below a heading when it is selected, and remains only as long as the user needs it.
- (exercise) An exercise mostly performed by pulling cables, a bar, or handles from a machine situated diagonally to the front top of the sportsman and targetting the rear muscles.
- (usually uncountable) Dodder (plant of genus Cuscuta).
adj
noun
- (video compression) Abbreviation of progressive scan.
- (UK) Abbreviation of penny or pence.
- (physics) Abbreviation of proton.
- (statistics) Abbreviation of probability.
- Alternative form of p., abbreviation of page (plural pp).
- Abbreviation of piss (“urine”).
- (New Zealand, slang) Methamphetamine.
- the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet
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- (computing) Initialism of video high density, a videodisc format.
- (medicine) Initialism of viral haemorrhagic disease, also known as the rabbit haemorrhagic disease.
- (computing) Initialism of volumetric haptic display, a display that about informs touch instead of vision.
- (medicine) Initialism of valvular heart disease, a disease involving one or more of the four valves of the heart.
- (computing) Initialism of virtual hard Disk, a disk image file format used by Microsoft Virtual PC.
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name
- (US) Initialism of Impoundment Control Act.
- (video games) Initialism of International Contract Agency.
- (Singapore) Initialism of Immigration and Checkpoints Authority.
- (computing, business) Initialism of Innovative Communications Alliance, an alliance formed by Microsoft and Nortel to develop unified communications products.
- Initialism of International Cooperative Alliance.
- (historical) Initialism of Irish Citizen Army.
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- Ellipsis of DC Comics: Initialism of Detective Comics.
- (aviation) Initialism of Douglas Commercial, used in the names of airliners designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
- Initialism of District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America.
- (informal) Abbreviation of Discord.
- Initialism of Dubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate.
- Initialism of Dreamcast, a home videogaming console from SEGA.
- Initialism of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; clipping of DCHP.
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- (computing) Initialism of disconnection.
- (roleplaying games) Initialism of difficulty class.
- (law) Initialism of district court.
- (UK, pensions) Initialism of defined contributions.
- (business) Initialism of distribution center.
- (electricity) Initialism of direct current.
- (degree) Initialism of doctor of chiropractic.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of detective constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (banking) Initialism of debit card.
- (computing, Microsoft Windows) Initialism of device context.
- (Kenya) Initialism of district commissioner.
- (prison) Initialism of disciplinary control.
- an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
verb
name
- Data Compression Conference.
- Initialism of Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse.
- Design Computing and Cognition.
- Debian Cluster Components.
- Initialism of Doppelmayr Cable Car.
- Digital Content Creation.
- Direct Client-to-Client.
- Data Concentrator Card.
- Designing Correct Circuits.
- Data and Computer Communications.
- Digital Command Control.
- Digital Curation Centre.
- Digital Compact Cassette.
- Data Communications Committee.
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- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide.
- Initialism of direct cable connection.
- (psychotherapy) Initialism of direct client contact.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of deputy chief constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (algebra) Initialism of descending chain condition.
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- (Internet) A short-form vertical video.
- (finance) A short seller.
- A short film.
- A summary account.
- (US, slang) An automobile.
- (finance) A short sale or short position.
- (baseball) A shortstop.
- A short version of a garment in a particular size.
- (phonetics) A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.
- A short circuit.
- (programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
- the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
adj
- (golf) Of an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.
- Having little duration.
- (cricket) Of a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
- (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
- (finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
- Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
- (baking) Of pastries or (metallurgy) of materials, brittle, crumbly.
- (gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
- Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
- Abrupt, brief, pointed, curt.
- Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
- (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- (by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
- (cricket) Of a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.
- marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
- primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
- of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
- lacking foresight or scope
- (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
adv
- Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- (finance) With a negative ownership position.
- (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
- Unawares.
- so as to interrupt
- at some point or distance before a goal is reached
- quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation
- at a disadvantage
- in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
- clean across
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- (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
- (intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.
- (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
- (transitive, informal) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
- create a short circuit in
- cheat someone by not returning them enough money
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- Initialism of videotape.
- (LGBTQ, especially transgender) Initialism of voice training.
- (gymnastics) Abbreviation of vault.
- Initialism of vacuum tube (device that controls electric current flow in a high vacuum between electrodes to which an electric potential difference has been applied).
- Initialism of ventricular tachycardia.
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- (transitive, television) To transfer (recorded footage) from a narrower to a wider tape format.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To figuratively collide with something; to come into conflict over something.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To increase something suddenly.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To promote a person to a higher grade.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To bump into something; to collide with something.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To give a more prominent place to; to advance position in queue.
- increase or raise
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- (rare, nonstandard) plural of medium (“someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world”)
- (entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus.
- (zoology) An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
- (usually with a definite article; often treated as uncountable) The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
- (anatomy) The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
- (often treated as uncountable) The means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
- (often treated as uncountable) The totality of content items (television shows, films, books, photographs, etc.) which are broadcast or published.
- plural of medium (only in certain senses)
- (historical) Synonym of cuarto: a half-fanega, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L
- (computing) Files and data comprising material viewable by humans, but usually not plain text; audiovisual material.
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- encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
- the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
- an increase in the density of something
- applying pressure
- (astronomy) The deviation of a heavenly body from a spherical form.
- An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
- (music) The electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled.
- (computing) The process by which data is compressed.
- (automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.
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verb
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- (television) Initialism of high definition (“1280×720 pixels”).
- Initialism of high density.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of homeodomain.
- Initialism of heavy duty.
- (pathology) Initialism of Hodgkin's disease.
- (computing) Initialism of hard disc, hard disk, or hard drive.
- (medicine) Initialism of hemodialysis.
- (pathology) Initialism of Hansen's disease.
- (pathology) Initialism of Huntington's disease.
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- (film, television, computing) Initialism of frames per second.
- (pensions) Initialism of final pensionable salary.
- (video games) Initialism of first-person shooter.
- (poker) Initialism of fancy play syndrome, the act of playing in a reckless way.
- Initialism of feet per second (“a measure of speed”).
- Initialism of frequently posted suggestions.
- Initialism of foot-pound-second (“a system of units”).
- Initialism of free phone service.
- an agency in the General Services Administration that is a security organization to provide a safe environment where Federal agencies can conduct their business
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- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- Anything driven at random.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
verb
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- wander from a direct course or at random
- be subject to fluctuation
noun
- Initialism of video compression unit.
- Initialism of video codec unit.
- (emissions control) Initialism of vapor/vapour combustor/combustion unit.
- Initialism of vacuum control unit.
- (transport) Initialism of vehicle control unit.
- Initialism of vascular compression unit.
- (carbon economy controls) Abbreviation of verified carbon unit (carbon credit).
- Initialism of video control unit.
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name
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- a set of standards adopted by the moving pictures experts group for the compression of digital video and audio data or a file of data compressed according to those standards
- (computer graphics) Any of a group of computer file formats for the compression and storage of digital video and audio data.
- (computer graphics) A computer file (as of a movie) in an MPEG format.
name
noun
- (uncountable, countable, film, video compression) Initialism of variable frame rate.
- (aviation, countable, uncountable) Initialism of (a person) visiting friends and relatives/relations.
- (aviation, uncountable) Initialism of visual flight rules, a set of rules allowing a pilot to fly and navigate by sight references, rather than by relying on instruments.
noun
- (signal processing) The conversion of video footage to a higher frame rate by duplicating certain frames.
- (juggling) A trick done with rings where each ring is pulled down over the head instead of being caught and held in the hand.
- (biology) A technique by which a protein is brought down in a test tube by another.
- (computing) A dynamic menu; a list of options in a computer application which appears below a heading when it is selected, and remains only as long as the user needs it.
- (exercise) An exercise mostly performed by pulling cables, a bar, or handles from a machine situated diagonally to the front top of the sportsman and targetting the rear muscles.
- (usually uncountable) Dodder (plant of genus Cuscuta).
adj
noun
- (video compression) Abbreviation of progressive scan.
- (UK) Abbreviation of penny or pence.
- (physics) Abbreviation of proton.
- (statistics) Abbreviation of probability.
- Alternative form of p., abbreviation of page (plural pp).
- Abbreviation of piss (“urine”).
- (New Zealand, slang) Methamphetamine.
- the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet
adv
character
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prep
verb
noun
- (computing) Initialism of video high density, a videodisc format.
- (medicine) Initialism of viral haemorrhagic disease, also known as the rabbit haemorrhagic disease.
- (computing) Initialism of volumetric haptic display, a display that about informs touch instead of vision.
- (medicine) Initialism of valvular heart disease, a disease involving one or more of the four valves of the heart.
- (computing) Initialism of virtual hard Disk, a disk image file format used by Microsoft Virtual PC.
noun
name
- (US) Initialism of Impoundment Control Act.
- (video games) Initialism of International Contract Agency.
- (Singapore) Initialism of Immigration and Checkpoints Authority.
- (computing, business) Initialism of Innovative Communications Alliance, an alliance formed by Microsoft and Nortel to develop unified communications products.
- Initialism of International Cooperative Alliance.
- (historical) Initialism of Irish Citizen Army.
noun
noun
- (Internet) A short-form vertical video.
- (finance) A short seller.
- A short film.
- A summary account.
- (US, slang) An automobile.
- (finance) A short sale or short position.
- (baseball) A shortstop.
- A short version of a garment in a particular size.
- (phonetics) A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.
- A short circuit.
- (programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
- the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
adj
- (golf) Of an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.
- Having little duration.
- (cricket) Of a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
- (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
- (finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
- Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
- (baking) Of pastries or (metallurgy) of materials, brittle, crumbly.
- (gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
- Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
- Abrupt, brief, pointed, curt.
- Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
- (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- (by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
- (cricket) Of a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.
- marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
- primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
- of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
- lacking foresight or scope
- (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
adv
- Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- (finance) With a negative ownership position.
- (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
- Unawares.
- so as to interrupt
- at some point or distance before a goal is reached
- quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation
- at a disadvantage
- in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
- clean across
prep
verb
- (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
- (intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.
- (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
- (transitive, informal) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
- create a short circuit in
- cheat someone by not returning them enough money
noun
verb
noun
- Initialism of videotape.
- (LGBTQ, especially transgender) Initialism of voice training.
- (gymnastics) Abbreviation of vault.
- Initialism of vacuum tube (device that controls electric current flow in a high vacuum between electrodes to which an electric potential difference has been applied).
- Initialism of ventricular tachycardia.
adj
name
verb
noun
- encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
- the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
- an increase in the density of something
- applying pressure
- (astronomy) The deviation of a heavenly body from a spherical form.
- An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
- (music) The electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled.
- (computing) The process by which data is compressed.
- (automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.
noun
verb
noun
- (television) Initialism of high definition (“1280×720 pixels”).
- Initialism of high density.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of homeodomain.
- Initialism of heavy duty.
- (pathology) Initialism of Hodgkin's disease.
- (computing) Initialism of hard disc, hard disk, or hard drive.
- (medicine) Initialism of hemodialysis.
- (pathology) Initialism of Hansen's disease.
- (pathology) Initialism of Huntington's disease.
name
noun
- (film, television, computing) Initialism of frames per second.
- (pensions) Initialism of final pensionable salary.
- (video games) Initialism of first-person shooter.
- (poker) Initialism of fancy play syndrome, the act of playing in a reckless way.
- Initialism of feet per second (“a measure of speed”).
- Initialism of frequently posted suggestions.
- Initialism of foot-pound-second (“a system of units”).
- Initialism of free phone service.
- an agency in the General Services Administration that is a security organization to provide a safe environment where Federal agencies can conduct their business
name
noun
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- Anything driven at random.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
verb
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- wander from a direct course or at random
- be subject to fluctuation
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- (transitive, television) To transfer (recorded footage) from a narrower to a wider tape format.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To figuratively collide with something; to come into conflict over something.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To increase something suddenly.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To promote a person to a higher grade.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To bump into something; to collide with something.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To give a more prominent place to; to advance position in queue.
- increase or raise
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- Ellipsis of DC Comics: Initialism of Detective Comics.
- (aviation) Initialism of Douglas Commercial, used in the names of airliners designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
- Initialism of District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America.
- (informal) Abbreviation of Discord.
- Initialism of Dubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate.
- Initialism of Dreamcast, a home videogaming console from SEGA.
- Initialism of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; clipping of DCHP.
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- (computing) Initialism of disconnection.
- (roleplaying games) Initialism of difficulty class.
- (law) Initialism of district court.
- (UK, pensions) Initialism of defined contributions.
- (business) Initialism of distribution center.
- (electricity) Initialism of direct current.
- (degree) Initialism of doctor of chiropractic.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of detective constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (banking) Initialism of debit card.
- (computing, Microsoft Windows) Initialism of device context.
- (Kenya) Initialism of district commissioner.
- (prison) Initialism of disciplinary control.
- an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
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- (rare, nonstandard) plural of medium (“someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world”)
- (entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus.
- (zoology) An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
- (usually with a definite article; often treated as uncountable) The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
- (anatomy) The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
- (often treated as uncountable) The means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
- (often treated as uncountable) The totality of content items (television shows, films, books, photographs, etc.) which are broadcast or published.
- plural of medium (only in certain senses)
- (historical) Synonym of cuarto: a half-fanega, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L
- (computing) Files and data comprising material viewable by humans, but usually not plain text; audiovisual material.