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- complain
- (transitive, slang) To add weight or strength to.
- (intransitive, slang) To fart; break wind.
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular, MLE, MTE, intransitive, slang) To feud or hold a grudge against.
- (intransitive, slang) To complain.
- (intransitive, chiefly Yorkshire) To cry.
- (transitive, slang) To fail or mess up.
- (intransitive, slang, Australia) To sing or speak loudly; to cry out.
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- meat from an adult domestic bovine
- informal terms for objecting
- cattle that are reared for their meat
- (uncountable) Bovine animals.
- (uncountable) The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
- (figurative, slang, uncountable) Essence, content; the important part of a document or project.
- (slang, uncountable or countable, plural beefs) A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with)
- (now chiefly Canada, US, countable, now uncommon, plural beeves) A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.
- (prison slang) A criminal charge.
- (by extension, slang, uncountable) Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency.
- (Dorset) Fibrous calcite or limestone, especially when occurring in a jagged layer between shales in Dorset.
- (in the meat industry, on product packaging) The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
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- (vulgar, colloquial) A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
- a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
- informal terms for objecting
- an unpleasant difficulty
- female of any member of the dog family
- (vulgar, offensive, slang) A woman.
- (dated or specialised, dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
- (vulgar, informal, slang) Place; situation
- (vulgar, offensive) A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship.
- (vulgar, figurative) Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
- (slang, vulgar, offensive, often sexist) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.
- (slang, vulgar, idiomatic, derogatory, misogynistic) A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations
- (humorous, vulgar, colloquial, used with a possessive pronoun) Friend.
- (chess, slang, vulgar, offensive) A queen.
- (LGBTQ slang, idiomatic, vulgar, chiefly humorous) a sexual partner
- (colloquial, vulgar, card games) A queen playing card, particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.
- (colloquial, vulgar) A difficult or confounding problem.
- (LGBTQ slang, derogatory) An obviously gay man.
- (vulgar, offensive) A man considered soft, effeminate, weak, timid or pathetic in some way
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- complain
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- scurry sideways like a crab
- fish for crab
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
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- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
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- (informal) A cause for complaint; a grumble.
- popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
- flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- (uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- (countable) Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.
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- complain
- utter a harsh abrupt scream
- (slang, intransitive) To speak out; to protest.
- To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.
- (slang, intransitive) To report an infraction; to rat on or tattle; to disclose a secret.
- (aviation) To set or transmit a four-digit transponder code. (Normally followed by the specific code in question.)
- (programming, intransitive, informal) To produce a warning message, indicating a possible error.
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- (informal) A complaint or objection.
- informal terms for objecting
- the noise of squawking
- (aviation) An issue or complaint related to aircraft maintenance.
- A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call.
- The American night heron.
- (programming, informal) A warning message indicating a possible error.
- (aviation) A four-digit transponder code used by aircraft for identification or transmission of emergency signals.
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- A grievance complained of.
- The essence or ground of a complaint.
- (Anglicanism) A document sent by the Lower House of Convocation to the Upper House to inform the latter of certain grievances in the church.
- (by extension) The essence or most important aspect of a piece of writing, a point of argument, etc.; the gist.
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- (transitive) To utter in a grumbling fashion.
- (intransitive) To make a low, growling or rumbling noise, like a hungry stomach or certain animals.
- (intransitive) To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.
- show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
- make a low noise
- make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
- to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
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- (countable) A complaint or annoyance.
- a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
- (countable) A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.
- (uncountable) Feelings of being wronged; outrage; resentment, bitterness or anger.
- (countable, human resources) A formal complaint, especially in the context of a unionized workplace.
- (countable) Something which causes grief.
- (uncountable) Violation of regulations or objectionable behavior.
- a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
- an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
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- complain whiningly
- move with a whining sound
- make a high-pitched, screeching noise
- talk in a tearful manner
- (transitive) To utter with the sound of a whine.
- (intransitive) To move with a whining sound.
- (intransitive) To complain or protest with a whine (compare whinge) or as if with a whine, i.e. in a peevish or self-pitying way.
- (intransitive) To utter a high-pitched cry.
- (intransitive) To make a sound resembling such a cry.
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- The act of complaining.
- A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern.
- (law) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.
- (law) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.
- A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
- an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- an expression of grievance or resentment
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow
- (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
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- An objection.
- That which cannot be easily understood or believed.
- The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
- (sometimes in the plural) Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning
- An awkward situation or quarrel.
- An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
- the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
- an effort that is inconvenient
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- Objection.
- Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand.
- A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
- An addiction, other substance use disorder, or comparable psychological challenge.
- A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
- A puzzling circumstance.
- (climbing) A set of moves required to complete a climb.
- a source of difficulty
- a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
- a question raised for consideration or solution
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- (transitive) To pet.
- (transitive) To disturb (a person)
- (intransitive, US, especially of babies) To cry or be ill-humoured.
- (intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.
- (intransitive) To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust
- (intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals.
- worry unnecessarily or excessively
- care for like a mother
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- an annoyance
- (figurative) A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.
- a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- a swarm of insects that attack plants
- any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
- A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
- (ornithology) A group of common grackles.
- (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
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- A cause of annoyance.
- A bubble, as on a painted surface.
- (medicine) Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
- (uncountable) A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.
- A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.
- A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
- A swelling on a plant.
- (roofing) An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.
- (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
- a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
- (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
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- complain about; make a charge against
- announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding
- be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
- announce one's presence
- to give an account or representation of in words
- make known to the authorities
- (transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
- (transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
- (ambitransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
- (intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
- To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
- (intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).
- (transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
- (nautical) Of a ship, to return to a port.
- (formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.
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- the general estimation that the public has for a person
- a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing)
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- a short account of the news
- a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment
- the act of informing by verbal report
- A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).
- (business) An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.
- Reputation.
- (firearms) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
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- To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
- To bother or disturb persistently in any way.
- (ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
- worry persistently
- bother persistently with trivial complaints
- remind or urge constantly
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- complain bitterly
- spread negative information about
- lay with rails
- provide with rails
- criticize severely
- convey (goods etc.) by rails
- travel by rail or train
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
- enclose with rails
- separate with a railing
- (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
- To complain violently (against, about).
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To snort a line of powdered drugs.
- (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
- (intransitive) To travel by railway.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
- (transitive) To range in a line.
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- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- short for railway
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
- A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
- The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
- (drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
- A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
- A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
- (electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
- (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
- (backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.
- (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
- Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
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- To lament; to complain.
- To flow in drops; to run in drops.
- To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
- To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
- (medicine, of a wound or sore) To produce secretions.
- shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
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- (law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
- A solution to a problem.
- (after a possessive, with to) Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
- A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- the speech act of replying to a question
- the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- a nonverbal reaction
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
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- (law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
- (ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- (ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- (ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
- (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
- react to a stimulus or command
- understand the meaning of
- give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
- give the correct answer or solution to
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
- respond to a signal
- match or correspond
- be liable or accountable
- react verbally
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- To raise to (someone) unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
- (intransitive) To raise unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
- To make (something) overly complicated or elaborate; to overcomplicate, to overwork.
- (business) To release (a large amount of information about the poor financial results of a company) in one go, in the hope that there will be less impact.
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- (by extension, drama, fiction, film, television, originally derogatory) Of or pertaining to a mid-20th-century (especially 1950s–1960s) genre of drama, fiction, etc., in Britain depicting the harsh lives of working-class people; also, of or pertaining to a film, novel, play, etc., of this genre.
- (painting) Of or pertaining to a mid-20th-century realist style of painting in Britain characterized by scenes of dull or untidy domestic interiors such as kitchens in the homes of urban working-class people; also, of or pertaining to an artist or group of artists painting in this style.
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- (also attributive) A miscellaneous item or a miscellany, especially exemplifying an indiscriminate profusion.
- (metonymic) In chained or tied to the kitchen sink, etc.: domestic chores or housework, especially when regarded as menial and tedious.
- A sink in a kitchen used for washing crockery, cutlery, utensils, food, etc., and disposing of waste.
- a sink in a kitchen
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- a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
- an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves
- 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
- (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.
- (countable, uncountable) Soft indistinct speech.
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- make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
- talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
- To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.
- (transitive, intransitive) To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.
- To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.
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- A grievance complained of.
- The essence or ground of a complaint.
- (Anglicanism) A document sent by the Lower House of Convocation to the Upper House to inform the latter of certain grievances in the church.
- (by extension) The essence or most important aspect of a piece of writing, a point of argument, etc.; the gist.
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- (transitive) To utter in a grumbling fashion.
- (intransitive) To make a low, growling or rumbling noise, like a hungry stomach or certain animals.
- (intransitive) To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.
- show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
- make a low noise
- make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
- to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
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- (countable) A complaint or annoyance.
- a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
- (countable) A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.
- (uncountable) Feelings of being wronged; outrage; resentment, bitterness or anger.
- (countable, human resources) A formal complaint, especially in the context of a unionized workplace.
- (countable) Something which causes grief.
- (uncountable) Violation of regulations or objectionable behavior.
- a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
- an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
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- complain whiningly
- move with a whining sound
- make a high-pitched, screeching noise
- talk in a tearful manner
- (transitive) To utter with the sound of a whine.
- (intransitive) To move with a whining sound.
- (intransitive) To complain or protest with a whine (compare whinge) or as if with a whine, i.e. in a peevish or self-pitying way.
- (intransitive) To utter a high-pitched cry.
- (intransitive) To make a sound resembling such a cry.
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- The act of complaining.
- A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern.
- (law) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.
- (law) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.
- A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
- an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- an expression of grievance or resentment
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow
- (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
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- An objection.
- That which cannot be easily understood or believed.
- The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
- (sometimes in the plural) Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning
- An awkward situation or quarrel.
- An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
- the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
- an effort that is inconvenient
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- Objection.
- Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand.
- A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
- An addiction, other substance use disorder, or comparable psychological challenge.
- A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
- A puzzling circumstance.
- (climbing) A set of moves required to complete a climb.
- a source of difficulty
- a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
- a question raised for consideration or solution
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- (transitive) To pet.
- (transitive) To disturb (a person)
- (intransitive, US, especially of babies) To cry or be ill-humoured.
- (intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.
- (intransitive) To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust
- (intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals.
- worry unnecessarily or excessively
- care for like a mother
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- an annoyance
- (figurative) A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.
- a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- a swarm of insects that attack plants
- any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
- A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
- (ornithology) A group of common grackles.
- (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
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- A cause of annoyance.
- A bubble, as on a painted surface.
- (medicine) Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
- (uncountable) A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.
- A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.
- A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
- A swelling on a plant.
- (roofing) An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.
- (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
- a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
- (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
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- complain
- utter a harsh abrupt scream
- (slang, intransitive) To speak out; to protest.
- To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.
- (slang, intransitive) To report an infraction; to rat on or tattle; to disclose a secret.
- (aviation) To set or transmit a four-digit transponder code. (Normally followed by the specific code in question.)
- (programming, intransitive, informal) To produce a warning message, indicating a possible error.
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- (informal) A complaint or objection.
- informal terms for objecting
- the noise of squawking
- (aviation) An issue or complaint related to aircraft maintenance.
- A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call.
- The American night heron.
- (programming, informal) A warning message indicating a possible error.
- (aviation) A four-digit transponder code used by aircraft for identification or transmission of emergency signals.
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- To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
- To bother or disturb persistently in any way.
- (ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
- worry persistently
- bother persistently with trivial complaints
- remind or urge constantly
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- (law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
- A solution to a problem.
- (after a possessive, with to) Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
- A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- the speech act of replying to a question
- the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- a nonverbal reaction
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
verb
- (law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
- (ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- (ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- (ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
- (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
- react to a stimulus or command
- understand the meaning of
- give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
- give the correct answer or solution to
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
- respond to a signal
- match or correspond
- be liable or accountable
- react verbally
verb
noun
- (informal) A cause for complaint; a grumble.
- popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
- flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- (uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- (countable) Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.
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noun
- a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
- an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves
- 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
- (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.
- (countable, uncountable) Soft indistinct speech.
verb
noun
verb
- make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
- talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
- To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.
- (transitive, intransitive) To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.
- To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.
noun
verb
verb
noun
- (vulgar, colloquial) A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
- a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
- informal terms for objecting
- an unpleasant difficulty
- female of any member of the dog family
- (vulgar, offensive, slang) A woman.
- (dated or specialised, dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
- (vulgar, informal, slang) Place; situation
- (vulgar, offensive) A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship.
- (vulgar, figurative) Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
- (slang, vulgar, offensive, often sexist) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.
- (slang, vulgar, idiomatic, derogatory, misogynistic) A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations
- (humorous, vulgar, colloquial, used with a possessive pronoun) Friend.
- (chess, slang, vulgar, offensive) A queen.
- (LGBTQ slang, idiomatic, vulgar, chiefly humorous) a sexual partner
- (colloquial, vulgar, card games) A queen playing card, particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.
- (colloquial, vulgar) A difficult or confounding problem.
- (LGBTQ slang, derogatory) An obviously gay man.
- (vulgar, offensive) A man considered soft, effeminate, weak, timid or pathetic in some way
verb
- complain
- (transitive, slang) To add weight or strength to.
- (intransitive, slang) To fart; break wind.
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular, MLE, MTE, intransitive, slang) To feud or hold a grudge against.
- (intransitive, slang) To complain.
- (intransitive, chiefly Yorkshire) To cry.
- (transitive, slang) To fail or mess up.
- (intransitive, slang, Australia) To sing or speak loudly; to cry out.
noun
- meat from an adult domestic bovine
- informal terms for objecting
- cattle that are reared for their meat
- (uncountable) Bovine animals.
- (uncountable) The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
- (figurative, slang, uncountable) Essence, content; the important part of a document or project.
- (slang, uncountable or countable, plural beefs) A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with)
- (now chiefly Canada, US, countable, now uncommon, plural beeves) A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.
- (prison slang) A criminal charge.
- (by extension, slang, uncountable) Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency.
- (Dorset) Fibrous calcite or limestone, especially when occurring in a jagged layer between shales in Dorset.
- (in the meat industry, on product packaging) The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
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verb
noun
- (vulgar, colloquial) A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
- a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
- informal terms for objecting
- an unpleasant difficulty
- female of any member of the dog family
- (vulgar, offensive, slang) A woman.
- (dated or specialised, dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
- (vulgar, informal, slang) Place; situation
- (vulgar, offensive) A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship.
- (vulgar, figurative) Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
- (slang, vulgar, offensive, often sexist) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.
- (slang, vulgar, idiomatic, derogatory, misogynistic) A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations
- (humorous, vulgar, colloquial, used with a possessive pronoun) Friend.
- (chess, slang, vulgar, offensive) A queen.
- (LGBTQ slang, idiomatic, vulgar, chiefly humorous) a sexual partner
- (colloquial, vulgar, card games) A queen playing card, particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.
- (colloquial, vulgar) A difficult or confounding problem.
- (LGBTQ slang, derogatory) An obviously gay man.
- (vulgar, offensive) A man considered soft, effeminate, weak, timid or pathetic in some way
verb
- complain
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- scurry sideways like a crab
- fish for crab
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
noun
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
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noun
verb
noun
- (informal) A cause for complaint; a grumble.
- popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
- flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- (uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- (countable) Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.
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noun
adj
verb
- complain
- utter a harsh abrupt scream
- (slang, intransitive) To speak out; to protest.
- To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.
- (slang, intransitive) To report an infraction; to rat on or tattle; to disclose a secret.
- (aviation) To set or transmit a four-digit transponder code. (Normally followed by the specific code in question.)
- (programming, intransitive, informal) To produce a warning message, indicating a possible error.
noun
- (informal) A complaint or objection.
- informal terms for objecting
- the noise of squawking
- (aviation) An issue or complaint related to aircraft maintenance.
- A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call.
- The American night heron.
- (programming, informal) A warning message indicating a possible error.
- (aviation) A four-digit transponder code used by aircraft for identification or transmission of emergency signals.
noun
verb
- complain whiningly
- move with a whining sound
- make a high-pitched, screeching noise
- talk in a tearful manner
- (transitive) To utter with the sound of a whine.
- (intransitive) To move with a whining sound.
- (intransitive) To complain or protest with a whine (compare whinge) or as if with a whine, i.e. in a peevish or self-pitying way.
- (intransitive) To utter a high-pitched cry.
- (intransitive) To make a sound resembling such a cry.
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verb
noun
verb
noun
verb
- complain about; make a charge against
- announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding
- be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
- announce one's presence
- to give an account or representation of in words
- make known to the authorities
- (transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
- (transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
- (ambitransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
- (intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
- To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
- (intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).
- (transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
- (nautical) Of a ship, to return to a port.
- (formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.
noun
- the general estimation that the public has for a person
- a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing)
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- a short account of the news
- a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment
- the act of informing by verbal report
- A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).
- (business) An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.
- Reputation.
- (firearms) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
verb
- complain bitterly
- spread negative information about
- lay with rails
- provide with rails
- criticize severely
- convey (goods etc.) by rails
- travel by rail or train
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
- enclose with rails
- separate with a railing
- (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
- To complain violently (against, about).
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To snort a line of powdered drugs.
- (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
- (intransitive) To travel by railway.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
- (transitive) To range in a line.
noun
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- short for railway
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
- A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
- The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
- (drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
- A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
- A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
- (electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
- (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
- (backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.
- (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
- Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
verb
- To lament; to complain.
- To flow in drops; to run in drops.
- To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
- To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
- (medicine, of a wound or sore) To produce secretions.
- shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
noun
verb
- To raise to (someone) unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
- (intransitive) To raise unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
- To make (something) overly complicated or elaborate; to overcomplicate, to overwork.
- (business) To release (a large amount of information about the poor financial results of a company) in one go, in the hope that there will be less impact.
adj
- (by extension, drama, fiction, film, television, originally derogatory) Of or pertaining to a mid-20th-century (especially 1950s–1960s) genre of drama, fiction, etc., in Britain depicting the harsh lives of working-class people; also, of or pertaining to a film, novel, play, etc., of this genre.
- (painting) Of or pertaining to a mid-20th-century realist style of painting in Britain characterized by scenes of dull or untidy domestic interiors such as kitchens in the homes of urban working-class people; also, of or pertaining to an artist or group of artists painting in this style.
noun
- (also attributive) A miscellaneous item or a miscellany, especially exemplifying an indiscriminate profusion.
- (metonymic) In chained or tied to the kitchen sink, etc.: domestic chores or housework, especially when regarded as menial and tedious.
- A sink in a kitchen used for washing crockery, cutlery, utensils, food, etc., and disposing of waste.
- a sink in a kitchen