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noun
- A device for causing acceleration.
- (vehicles) A pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when it is pressed.
- (historical) A light van to take mails between a post office and a railway station.
- (computing) A computer component using dedicated hardware to accelerate the processing and display of graphics.
- (computing) An accelerator key.
- (physiology, medicine) A muscle or nerve that speeds the performance of an action.
- (chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.
- (business) A mentoring program for startup companies.
- One who, or that which, accelerates.
- (physics) A device that accelerates charged subatomic particles; a particle accelerator.
- (photography) A chemical that reduces development time.
- a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
- (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
- a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
noun
- A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
- The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- (video games) A speedrunner.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
- A streamlet.
- (poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
- (Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland) A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
- In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
- Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
- Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
- (climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
- (chiefly in combination) A person or vessel that runs blockades or engages in smuggling.
- A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- (slang, usually in the phrase do a runner) A quick escape away from a scene; (by extension) the person who gets away.
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- (botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
- (film) An assistant.
- A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
- The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- A running gag.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
- A long, narrow carpet for a high-traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
- One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
- (nautical, sailing) A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
- (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
- An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.
- (baseball, softball) A baserunner.
- (slang) An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
- (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
- (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- A boat for transporting fish, oysters, etc.
- Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- someone who travels on foot by running
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- a long narrow carpet
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
noun
- A device to physically arrest motion.
- (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
- (nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
- (farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
- A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
verb
- (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
- (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
- (transitive) To catch the attention of.
- (intransitive, medicine) To undergo cardiac arrest.
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- take into custody
- attract and fix
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
noun
- A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
- The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
- (usually) A locomotive.
- A self-powered vehicle used for moving cars along a track.
- A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
- (computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).
- A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
- Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
- something used to achieve a purpose
- an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.
- a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
- motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
prefix
noun
- a tool for driving or forcing something by impact
- uncastrated adult male sheep
- An act of ramming.
- A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.
- (zoology, agriculture) A male sheep, typically uncastrated.
- A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, steam hammer, or stamp mill.
- (military, nautical, chiefly historical) A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships.
- (military, nautical, chiefly historical) A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.
- A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.
verb
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- undergo damage or destruction on impact
- crowd or pack to capacity
- (transitive) To seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To force, cram or thrust (someone or something) into or through something.
- (slang) To thrust during sexual intercourse.
- (transitive) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
- (ambitransitive) To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.
- (transitive) To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.
adj
noun
- (motor racing) The accelerator pedal.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of hammer headline.
- (curling) The last stone in an end.
- (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
- (anatomy) The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
- A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
- One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
- (frisbee) A frisbee throw in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown forwards above the head.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, loosely) A handgun.
- (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
- (firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
- The act of using a hammer to hit something.
- a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
- a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
- a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
- the ossicle attached to the eardrum
- the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
- a power tool for drilling rocks
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
verb
- (transitive, slang, figuratively, sports) To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly.
- (intransitive) To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
- (transitive, finance) To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.
- (transitive, finance) To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).
- (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
- (cycling, intransitive, slang) To ride very fast.
- To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
- (transitive, slang, computing) To make high demands on (a system or service).
- (sex, transitive, colloquial) To have hard sex with.
- To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
- (sports, etc.) To hit particularly hard.
- create by hammering
- beat with or as if with a hammer
noun
- a device that retards something's motion
- the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others
- the state of being physically constrained
- An irresistible force or compulsion.
- (databases) A linkage or other restriction that maintains database integrity.
- Something that constrains; a restriction.
- (mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
- The repression of one's feelings.
noun
- a device that retards something's motion
- a rule or condition that limits freedom
- the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
- lack of ornamentation
- discipline in personal and social activities
- the state of being physically constrained
- (uncountable) control or caution; reserve
- (countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures
adj
verb
noun
verb
noun
- mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
- hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains
- someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
- someone who dives (into water)
- (firearms) The firing pin of a breechloader.
- A device similar to a piston but without a mechanism; a long solid cylinder used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
- (pottery) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistency.
- A cafetière, through abbreviation of coffee plunger.
- The part of a cafetière that is pushed down to remove grounds from coffee.
- One who plunges; a diver.
- (military) A cavalryman.
- (pinball) The spring-loaded assembly that propels the ball onto the table.
- A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.
- The sliding activator of an exploder, an electrical generator used to trigger electrical detonators such as blasting caps.
- A horse that plunges, or throws itself suddenly forward.
- The moving portion of a solenoid.
- The internal piece of a syringe that pushes out or pulls in any contents.
noun
- Initialism of armature accelerator.
- Abbreviation of adjectives.
- Initialism of atomic absorption.
- Initialism of approximate absolute.
- Initialism of arachidonic acid.
- (volcanology) A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a jagged and loose, clinkery surface. Compare pahoehoe.
- Initialism of acting age.
- Initialism of amino acid.
- Initialism of average audience.
- Initialism of acetic acid.
- Initialism of ascending aorta.
- Abbreviation of arteries.
- Initialism of aminoacetone.
- (medicine) Initialism of alveolar-arterial.
- Initialism of author's alteration.
- a dry form of lava resembling clinkers
adj
pron
noun
- An object capable of moving under its own power.
- (uncountable, Internet) The internet accessed via mobile devices; the version of a product seen on mobile devices.
- (telephony, UK, Ireland, India) Ellipsis of mobile phone.
- (sculpture) A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.
- One who moves or can move (e.g. to travel).
- sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents
adj
- Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.
- Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind.
- (biology) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.
- Pertaining to or by agency of mobile phones.
- Capable of being moved, especially on wheels.
- Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom.
- migratory
- having transportation available
- moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place)
- affording change (especially in social status)
- capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another
noun
- (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration
- meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
- a dull stupid fatuous person
- an abrupt spasmodic movement
- a sudden abrupt pull
- raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms
- (originally Canada, US, slang, derogatory) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
- (slang) Masturbation.
- (weightlifting) A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.
- (US, slang, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot or fool.
- A quick pull on something.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) Meat (or sometimes vegetables) cured by jerking, in which it is coated in spices and slow-cooked over a fire or grill traditionally composed of green pimento wood positioned over burning coals; charqui.
- A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
- (Internet slang) An act of satirizing behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
- (physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance, popular in Western culture in the 1960s, in which the head and upper body is thrown forwards regularly to the beat of the music.
verb
- throw or toss with a quick motion
- jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- pull, or move with a sudden movement
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- (Internet slang) To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
- (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
- (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
- (usually transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk.
- To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
noun
- A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
- (American football) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
- (retail) A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product or promoting a public service.
- (golf) A stroke made with a driver.
- (philanthropy) A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
- (soccer) A straight level shot or pass.
- (typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
- An act of driving livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
- (psychology) Desire or interest.
- A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
- A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
- (automotive) The gear into which one usually shifts an automatic transmission when one is driving a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol D on a shifter's labeling.)
- Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
- Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
- (computer hardware) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
- (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective.
- (computer hardware) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
- A type of public roadway.
- (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
- (baseball, tennis) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
- An act of driving game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
- A driveway.
- (UK, especially Bristol and Wales, slang) Friendly term of address for a bus driver.
- the act of applying force to propel something
- a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
- hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- a wide scenic road planted with trees
- the act of driving a herd of animals overland
- the trait of being highly motivated
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
- a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
- (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
- a road leading up to a private house
verb
- (transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
- (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- (transitive, slang, aviation) To operate (an aircraft); to pilot.
- (intransitive) To move forcefully.
- (transitive) To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
- (transitive) (especially animals) To cause to flee out of.
- (transitive, intransitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
- (transitive) To compel, exert pressure, coerce (to do something).
- (intransitive, sports, cricket, tennis, baseball) To hit the ball with a drive.
- (transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
- (transitive) To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
- To be the dominant party in a sex act.
- (transitive) To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- (transitive) To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
- (transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
- (transitive) To cause to become.
- (transitive, ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
- (transitive) To motivate through the application or demonstration of force; to impel or urge onward in such a way.
- (transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
- (transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
- (mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
- (American football) To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
- (intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
- (transitive) To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
- (transitive) To provide an impetus for a change in one's situation or state of mind.
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
- cause to move back by force or influence
- (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
- cause someone or something to move by driving
- move by being propelled by a force
- operate or control a vehicle
- proceed along in a vehicle
- to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
- (hunting) search for game
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- push, propel, or press with force
- work as a driver
- excavate horizontally
- cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
- urge forward
- travel or be transported in a vehicle
- strike with a driver, as in teeing off
- have certain properties when driven
- compel somebody to do something, often against their own will or judgment
- hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
noun
- A rotating component of a device that accelerates fluid, increasing its pressure or flowrate.
- Especially, such a component that drives the fluid radially (outward from a center of rotation) rather than axially. (Impellers are found in devices such as pumps, water jets, washing machines, and agitated tanks.)
- Something which or someone who impels.
- the blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine)
noun
- A machine part receiving motion from another.
- A tappet.
- (social media) An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform.
- (literally) One who follows, comes after another.
- Young cattle.
- A man courting a maidservant; a suitor.
- (locksmithing) A tool used to remove the core from a pin-tumbler lock without causing the driver pins and springs to fall out.
- One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
- Something that comes after another thing.
- A pursuer.
- An imitator, who follows another's example.
- (Australian rules football) Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually follow the ball around the ground rather than occupying a fixed position.
- A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
- One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
- someone who travels behind or pursues another
- a person who accepts the leadership of another
noun
- mechanical device that regulates movement
- (clocks, mechanics) The linkage in a (watch) that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.
- An escape or a means of escape.
- The number of fish that escape commercial fishing operations and travel upstream to spawn.
- A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage.
noun
- the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
- mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
- an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
- anything with restorative powers
- the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
- a warrant to take someone into custody
- a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
- a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
- the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
- The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
- (usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.
- (uncountable) The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity.
- (film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
- The reception of sound, etc. by such a device.
- In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.
- (uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up.
- (US, Canada, politics) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate.
- (uncountable) The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed.
- A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.
- The act of answering a telephone.
- Electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations.
- (US, Canada) Ellipsis of pickup truck.
- (sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
- An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter.
- (video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
verb
adj
- (engineering, of a machine) Driven through twofold compound gearing, to increase the force or speed.
- (of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley
- equipped with compound gearing consisting of 2 pinions and 2 wheels in mesh to increase the mechanical advantage
verb
- (machinery) To move sharply upward.
- (informal, figuratively, transitive) To stir up (trouble), to cause (a disturbance).
- (transitive, intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kick, up.
- (transitive, colloquial) To make more exciting.
- (informal, intransitive) To show anger (about something).
- (of a horse) To rear back; to become more active or restless; to speed up.
- (informal, intransitive, US) To function improperly; to show signs of disorder; (of an illness) to flare up.
- (informal, figuratively, by extension, transitive, US) To raise, to increase (a price).
- (slang) To pass (something, such as a proposal or a share of a bribe) up a hierarchy or chain of command.
- evoke or provoke to appear or occur
- cause to rise by kicking
noun
noun
- A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
- That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
- A carriage for transporting shooting parties and their equipment.ᵂ
- (textiles) A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
- (chiefly nautical) The handle of a pump.
- A baker’s kneading trough.
- (military) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
- An enclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
- Bracken (Pteridium spp.).
- (now historical) A type of torture instrument.
- (agriculture) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods of earth after ploughing; a drag.
- (figuratively) Something used to retard or stop some action, process etc.
- A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
- (engineering) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine or other motor by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.
- A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
- A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing it.
- A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.ᵂ
- Any fern in the genus Pteris.
- The act of braking, of using a brake to slow down a machine or vehicle
- any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
- a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
- large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
- anything that slows or hinders a process
- an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
verb
noun
- a mechanical device that compresses gasses
- an electronic device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
- (anatomy) A muscle that compresses certain parts.
- (computing) A program or algorithm for compressing data.
- (audio, sound engineering) A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
- An instrument for compressing an artery (especially the femoral artery) or other part.
- A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
- An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; a compressorium.
- A machine for compressing gases, especially an air compressor.
noun
- A vehicle, such as a traction engine, fitted with these devices.
- A device intended to replace the wheel of a self-propelled vehicle, allowing traversal of rough roads and the ability to climb over obstacles. The tread consists of a number of rubber-shod feet connected by ball-and-socket joints to the ends of sliding spokes attached to rollers and springs.
noun
- A part of a device that is intended to impart a striking action.
- A hammerstone or similar tool used for smashing, or chipping.
- (medicine) A physician who provides light blow to a body part as a diagnostic technique.
- (medicine) A small hammer-like tool that a physician uses to provide a light blow to a body part.
- (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
noun
- propelling something on wheels
- a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
- the act of robbing a helpless person
- (video games, NES Tetris) A technique in which players rhythmically tap the underside of the controller with one hand while holding the thumb of the other on the d-pad so as to perform several button presses a second.
- The act by which something is rolled.
adj
- uttered with a trill
- (of an acne scar) having sloping edges that make the skin appear wavy and uneven.
- (slang) Under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy and molly).
- (slang) Ellipsis of rolling in it (“very wealthy”).
- Making a continuous sound.
- Staggered in time and space.
- Extending in gentle undulations (of the landscape).
- (colloquial) Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.
- Moving by turning over and over about an axis.
verb
noun
- the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
- an increase in rate of change
- (physics) a rate of increase of velocity
- The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
- (physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
- (uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
- (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
noun
- the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
- the process of showing signs of life
- the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus
- The first noticeable movements of a foetus during pregnancy, or the period when this occurs.
- The action of bringing someone or something to life.
- An increase of speed.
- Stimulation, excitement (of a feeling, emotion etc.).
verb
noun
- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the act of devising something
noun
- Abbreviation of acceleration (in feet per second).
- Abbreviation of atmosphere.
- Abbreviation of axis.
- Abbreviation of accommodation.
- Abbreviation of age.
- Abbreviation of aunt.
- Abbreviation of argent.
- Abbreviation of area.
- Abbreviation of altitude; altitude intercept.
- Abbreviation of act; acting.
- Abbreviation of abbreviation.
- Abbreviation of aviation; aviator.
- Abbreviation of annealing.
- Abbreviation of afternoon.
- Abbreviation of audit; auditor.
- Abbreviation of adjutant.
- Abbreviation of adult.
- Abbreviation of account.
- Abbreviation of answer.
- Abbreviation of attendance.
- Abbreviation of alto.
- Abbreviation of arc.
- Abbreviation of anthracite.
- Abbreviation of anode.
- Abbreviation of assist; assists.
- Abbreviation of adjective.
- Abbreviation of activity.
- Abbreviation of amateur.
- Abbreviation of are or ares.
- Abbreviation of ampere.
- Abbreviation of acre; acres; acreage.
- Abbreviation of acronym.
- Abbreviation of apprentice.
adj
- Abbreviation of artery; arterial blood.
- (linguistics, by extension) Abbreviation of transitive.
- Abbreviation of acting.
- Abbreviation of argent.
- Abbreviation of accidental.
- Abbreviation of absent.
- Abbreviation of abundant.
- Abbreviation of ante (“before”).
- Abbreviation of anterior.
- Abbreviation of annus (“a year”).
- Abbreviation of aerial.
- Abbreviation of accepted.
- Abbreviation of alto.
- Abbreviation of anonymous.
- Abbreviation of aqua.
- Abbreviation of available.
- Abbreviation of active.
- Abbreviation of amateur.
- Abbreviation of automatic.
- Abbreviation of absolute.
adv
conj
prep
noun
- a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
- a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something
- the outermost level of the land or sea
- information that has become public
- the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
- the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
- (figurative) Outward or external appearance.
- The overside or upside of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
- The outside hull of a tangible object.
- (crosswording) The story or image suggested by a cryptic clue, when read as a whole sentence without considering wordplay.
- (computer graphics) A portion of the display to which graphics can be rendered.
- (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a space of more than two dimensions.
adj
verb
- come to the surface
- appear or become visible; make a showing
- put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
- (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
- (transitive) To make (information, facts, content, etc) known.
- (transitive) To bring to the surface.
- (transitive) To provide with a surface; to apply a surface to.
- (intransitive, figurative) To come out of hiding.
- (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
- (intransitive, of information, facts, content, etc) To become known or apparent; to appear or be found; to come to light.
noun
- A device for causing acceleration.
- (vehicles) A pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when it is pressed.
- (historical) A light van to take mails between a post office and a railway station.
- (computing) A computer component using dedicated hardware to accelerate the processing and display of graphics.
- (computing) An accelerator key.
- (physiology, medicine) A muscle or nerve that speeds the performance of an action.
- (chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.
- (business) A mentoring program for startup companies.
- One who, or that which, accelerates.
- (physics) A device that accelerates charged subatomic particles; a particle accelerator.
- (photography) A chemical that reduces development time.
- a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
- (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
- a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
noun
- A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
- The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- (video games) A speedrunner.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
- A streamlet.
- (poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
- (Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland) A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
- In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
- Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
- Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
- (climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
- (chiefly in combination) A person or vessel that runs blockades or engages in smuggling.
- A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- (slang, usually in the phrase do a runner) A quick escape away from a scene; (by extension) the person who gets away.
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- (botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
- (film) An assistant.
- A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
- The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- A running gag.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
- A long, narrow carpet for a high-traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
- One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
- (nautical, sailing) A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
- (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
- An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.
- (baseball, softball) A baserunner.
- (slang) An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
- (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
- (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- A boat for transporting fish, oysters, etc.
- Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- someone who travels on foot by running
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- a long narrow carpet
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
noun
- A device to physically arrest motion.
- (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
- (nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
- (farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
- A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
verb
- (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
- (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
- (transitive) To catch the attention of.
- (intransitive, medicine) To undergo cardiac arrest.
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- take into custody
- attract and fix
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
noun
- A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
- The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
- (usually) A locomotive.
- A self-powered vehicle used for moving cars along a track.
- A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
- (computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).
- A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
- Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
- something used to achieve a purpose
- an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.
- a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
- motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
noun
- a tool for driving or forcing something by impact
- uncastrated adult male sheep
- An act of ramming.
- A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.
- (zoology, agriculture) A male sheep, typically uncastrated.
- A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, steam hammer, or stamp mill.
- (military, nautical, chiefly historical) A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships.
- (military, nautical, chiefly historical) A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.
- A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.
verb
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- undergo damage or destruction on impact
- crowd or pack to capacity
- (transitive) To seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To force, cram or thrust (someone or something) into or through something.
- (slang) To thrust during sexual intercourse.
- (transitive) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
- (ambitransitive) To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.
- (transitive) To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.
adj
noun
- (motor racing) The accelerator pedal.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of hammer headline.
- (curling) The last stone in an end.
- (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
- (anatomy) The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
- A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
- One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
- (frisbee) A frisbee throw in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown forwards above the head.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, loosely) A handgun.
- (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
- (firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
- The act of using a hammer to hit something.
- a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
- a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
- a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
- the ossicle attached to the eardrum
- the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
- a power tool for drilling rocks
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
verb
- (transitive, slang, figuratively, sports) To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly.
- (intransitive) To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
- (transitive, finance) To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.
- (transitive, finance) To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).
- (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
- (cycling, intransitive, slang) To ride very fast.
- To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
- (transitive, slang, computing) To make high demands on (a system or service).
- (sex, transitive, colloquial) To have hard sex with.
- To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
- (sports, etc.) To hit particularly hard.
- create by hammering
- beat with or as if with a hammer
noun
- a device that retards something's motion
- the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others
- the state of being physically constrained
- An irresistible force or compulsion.
- (databases) A linkage or other restriction that maintains database integrity.
- Something that constrains; a restriction.
- (mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
- The repression of one's feelings.
noun
- a device that retards something's motion
- a rule or condition that limits freedom
- the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
- lack of ornamentation
- discipline in personal and social activities
- the state of being physically constrained
- (uncountable) control or caution; reserve
- (countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures
noun
verb
noun
- mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
- hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains
- someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
- someone who dives (into water)
- (firearms) The firing pin of a breechloader.
- A device similar to a piston but without a mechanism; a long solid cylinder used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
- (pottery) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistency.
- A cafetière, through abbreviation of coffee plunger.
- The part of a cafetière that is pushed down to remove grounds from coffee.
- One who plunges; a diver.
- (military) A cavalryman.
- (pinball) The spring-loaded assembly that propels the ball onto the table.
- A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.
- The sliding activator of an exploder, an electrical generator used to trigger electrical detonators such as blasting caps.
- A horse that plunges, or throws itself suddenly forward.
- The moving portion of a solenoid.
- The internal piece of a syringe that pushes out or pulls in any contents.
noun
- Initialism of armature accelerator.
- Abbreviation of adjectives.
- Initialism of atomic absorption.
- Initialism of approximate absolute.
- Initialism of arachidonic acid.
- (volcanology) A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a jagged and loose, clinkery surface. Compare pahoehoe.
- Initialism of acting age.
- Initialism of amino acid.
- Initialism of average audience.
- Initialism of acetic acid.
- Initialism of ascending aorta.
- Abbreviation of arteries.
- Initialism of aminoacetone.
- (medicine) Initialism of alveolar-arterial.
- Initialism of author's alteration.
- a dry form of lava resembling clinkers
adj
pron
noun
- An object capable of moving under its own power.
- (uncountable, Internet) The internet accessed via mobile devices; the version of a product seen on mobile devices.
- (telephony, UK, Ireland, India) Ellipsis of mobile phone.
- (sculpture) A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.
- One who moves or can move (e.g. to travel).
- sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents
adj
- Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.
- Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind.
- (biology) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.
- Pertaining to or by agency of mobile phones.
- Capable of being moved, especially on wheels.
- Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom.
- migratory
- having transportation available
- moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place)
- affording change (especially in social status)
- capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another
noun
- (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration
- meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
- a dull stupid fatuous person
- an abrupt spasmodic movement
- a sudden abrupt pull
- raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms
- (originally Canada, US, slang, derogatory) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
- (slang) Masturbation.
- (weightlifting) A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.
- (US, slang, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot or fool.
- A quick pull on something.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) Meat (or sometimes vegetables) cured by jerking, in which it is coated in spices and slow-cooked over a fire or grill traditionally composed of green pimento wood positioned over burning coals; charqui.
- A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
- (Internet slang) An act of satirizing behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
- (physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance, popular in Western culture in the 1960s, in which the head and upper body is thrown forwards regularly to the beat of the music.
verb
- throw or toss with a quick motion
- jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- pull, or move with a sudden movement
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- (Internet slang) To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
- (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
- (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
- (usually transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk.
- To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
noun
- A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
- (American football) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
- (retail) A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product or promoting a public service.
- (golf) A stroke made with a driver.
- (philanthropy) A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
- (soccer) A straight level shot or pass.
- (typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
- An act of driving livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
- (psychology) Desire or interest.
- A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
- A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
- (automotive) The gear into which one usually shifts an automatic transmission when one is driving a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol D on a shifter's labeling.)
- Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
- Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
- (computer hardware) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
- (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective.
- (computer hardware) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
- A type of public roadway.
- (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
- (baseball, tennis) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
- An act of driving game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
- A driveway.
- (UK, especially Bristol and Wales, slang) Friendly term of address for a bus driver.
- the act of applying force to propel something
- a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
- hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- a wide scenic road planted with trees
- the act of driving a herd of animals overland
- the trait of being highly motivated
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
- a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
- (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
- a road leading up to a private house
verb
- (transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
- (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- (transitive, slang, aviation) To operate (an aircraft); to pilot.
- (intransitive) To move forcefully.
- (transitive) To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
- (transitive) (especially animals) To cause to flee out of.
- (transitive, intransitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
- (transitive) To compel, exert pressure, coerce (to do something).
- (intransitive, sports, cricket, tennis, baseball) To hit the ball with a drive.
- (transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
- (transitive) To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
- To be the dominant party in a sex act.
- (transitive) To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- (transitive) To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
- (transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
- (transitive) To cause to become.
- (transitive, ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
- (transitive) To motivate through the application or demonstration of force; to impel or urge onward in such a way.
- (transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
- (transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
- (mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
- (American football) To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
- (intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
- (transitive) To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
- (transitive) To provide an impetus for a change in one's situation or state of mind.
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
- cause to move back by force or influence
- (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
- cause someone or something to move by driving
- move by being propelled by a force
- operate or control a vehicle
- proceed along in a vehicle
- to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
- (hunting) search for game
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- push, propel, or press with force
- work as a driver
- excavate horizontally
- cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
- urge forward
- travel or be transported in a vehicle
- strike with a driver, as in teeing off
- have certain properties when driven
- compel somebody to do something, often against their own will or judgment
- hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
noun
- A rotating component of a device that accelerates fluid, increasing its pressure or flowrate.
- Especially, such a component that drives the fluid radially (outward from a center of rotation) rather than axially. (Impellers are found in devices such as pumps, water jets, washing machines, and agitated tanks.)
- Something which or someone who impels.
- the blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine)
noun
- A machine part receiving motion from another.
- A tappet.
- (social media) An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform.
- (literally) One who follows, comes after another.
- Young cattle.
- A man courting a maidservant; a suitor.
- (locksmithing) A tool used to remove the core from a pin-tumbler lock without causing the driver pins and springs to fall out.
- One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
- Something that comes after another thing.
- A pursuer.
- An imitator, who follows another's example.
- (Australian rules football) Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually follow the ball around the ground rather than occupying a fixed position.
- A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
- One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
- someone who travels behind or pursues another
- a person who accepts the leadership of another
noun
- mechanical device that regulates movement
- (clocks, mechanics) The linkage in a (watch) that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.
- An escape or a means of escape.
- The number of fish that escape commercial fishing operations and travel upstream to spawn.
- A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage.
noun
- the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
- mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
- an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
- anything with restorative powers
- the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
- a warrant to take someone into custody
- a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
- a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
- the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
- The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
- (usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.
- (uncountable) The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity.
- (film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
- The reception of sound, etc. by such a device.
- In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.
- (uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up.
- (US, Canada, politics) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate.
- (uncountable) The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed.
- A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.
- The act of answering a telephone.
- Electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations.
- (US, Canada) Ellipsis of pickup truck.
- (sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
- An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter.
- (video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
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- A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
- That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
- A carriage for transporting shooting parties and their equipment.ᵂ
- (textiles) A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
- (chiefly nautical) The handle of a pump.
- A baker’s kneading trough.
- (military) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
- An enclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
- Bracken (Pteridium spp.).
- (now historical) A type of torture instrument.
- (agriculture) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods of earth after ploughing; a drag.
- (figuratively) Something used to retard or stop some action, process etc.
- A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
- (engineering) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine or other motor by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.
- A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
- A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing it.
- A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.ᵂ
- Any fern in the genus Pteris.
- The act of braking, of using a brake to slow down a machine or vehicle
- any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
- a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
- large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
- anything that slows or hinders a process
- an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
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- a mechanical device that compresses gasses
- an electronic device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
- (anatomy) A muscle that compresses certain parts.
- (computing) A program or algorithm for compressing data.
- (audio, sound engineering) A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
- An instrument for compressing an artery (especially the femoral artery) or other part.
- A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
- An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; a compressorium.
- A machine for compressing gases, especially an air compressor.
noun
- A vehicle, such as a traction engine, fitted with these devices.
- A device intended to replace the wheel of a self-propelled vehicle, allowing traversal of rough roads and the ability to climb over obstacles. The tread consists of a number of rubber-shod feet connected by ball-and-socket joints to the ends of sliding spokes attached to rollers and springs.
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- A part of a device that is intended to impart a striking action.
- A hammerstone or similar tool used for smashing, or chipping.
- (medicine) A physician who provides light blow to a body part as a diagnostic technique.
- (medicine) A small hammer-like tool that a physician uses to provide a light blow to a body part.
- (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
noun
- propelling something on wheels
- a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
- the act of robbing a helpless person
- (video games, NES Tetris) A technique in which players rhythmically tap the underside of the controller with one hand while holding the thumb of the other on the d-pad so as to perform several button presses a second.
- The act by which something is rolled.
adj
- uttered with a trill
- (of an acne scar) having sloping edges that make the skin appear wavy and uneven.
- (slang) Under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy and molly).
- (slang) Ellipsis of rolling in it (“very wealthy”).
- Making a continuous sound.
- Staggered in time and space.
- Extending in gentle undulations (of the landscape).
- (colloquial) Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.
- Moving by turning over and over about an axis.
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- the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
- an increase in rate of change
- (physics) a rate of increase of velocity
- The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
- (physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
- (uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
- (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
noun
- the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
- the process of showing signs of life
- the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus
- The first noticeable movements of a foetus during pregnancy, or the period when this occurs.
- The action of bringing someone or something to life.
- An increase of speed.
- Stimulation, excitement (of a feeling, emotion etc.).
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noun
- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the act of devising something
noun
- Abbreviation of acceleration (in feet per second).
- Abbreviation of atmosphere.
- Abbreviation of axis.
- Abbreviation of accommodation.
- Abbreviation of age.
- Abbreviation of aunt.
- Abbreviation of argent.
- Abbreviation of area.
- Abbreviation of altitude; altitude intercept.
- Abbreviation of act; acting.
- Abbreviation of abbreviation.
- Abbreviation of aviation; aviator.
- Abbreviation of annealing.
- Abbreviation of afternoon.
- Abbreviation of audit; auditor.
- Abbreviation of adjutant.
- Abbreviation of adult.
- Abbreviation of account.
- Abbreviation of answer.
- Abbreviation of attendance.
- Abbreviation of alto.
- Abbreviation of arc.
- Abbreviation of anthracite.
- Abbreviation of anode.
- Abbreviation of assist; assists.
- Abbreviation of adjective.
- Abbreviation of activity.
- Abbreviation of amateur.
- Abbreviation of are or ares.
- Abbreviation of ampere.
- Abbreviation of acre; acres; acreage.
- Abbreviation of acronym.
- Abbreviation of apprentice.
adj
- Abbreviation of artery; arterial blood.
- (linguistics, by extension) Abbreviation of transitive.
- Abbreviation of acting.
- Abbreviation of argent.
- Abbreviation of accidental.
- Abbreviation of absent.
- Abbreviation of abundant.
- Abbreviation of ante (“before”).
- Abbreviation of anterior.
- Abbreviation of annus (“a year”).
- Abbreviation of aerial.
- Abbreviation of accepted.
- Abbreviation of alto.
- Abbreviation of anonymous.
- Abbreviation of aqua.
- Abbreviation of available.
- Abbreviation of active.
- Abbreviation of amateur.
- Abbreviation of automatic.
- Abbreviation of absolute.
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- a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
- a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something
- the outermost level of the land or sea
- information that has become public
- the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
- the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
- (figurative) Outward or external appearance.
- The overside or upside of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
- The outside hull of a tangible object.
- (crosswording) The story or image suggested by a cryptic clue, when read as a whole sentence without considering wordplay.
- (computer graphics) A portion of the display to which graphics can be rendered.
- (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a space of more than two dimensions.
adj
verb
- come to the surface
- appear or become visible; make a showing
- put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
- (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
- (transitive) To make (information, facts, content, etc) known.
- (transitive) To bring to the surface.
- (transitive) To provide with a surface; to apply a surface to.
- (intransitive, figurative) To come out of hiding.
- (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
- (intransitive, of information, facts, content, etc) To become known or apparent; to appear or be found; to come to light.
verb
- (machinery) To move sharply upward.
- (informal, figuratively, transitive) To stir up (trouble), to cause (a disturbance).
- (transitive, intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kick, up.
- (transitive, colloquial) To make more exciting.
- (informal, intransitive) To show anger (about something).
- (of a horse) To rear back; to become more active or restless; to speed up.
- (informal, intransitive, US) To function improperly; to show signs of disorder; (of an illness) to flare up.
- (informal, figuratively, by extension, transitive, US) To raise, to increase (a price).
- (slang) To pass (something, such as a proposal or a share of a bribe) up a hierarchy or chain of command.
- evoke or provoke to appear or occur
- cause to rise by kicking
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adj
- (engineering, of a machine) Driven through twofold compound gearing, to increase the force or speed.
- (of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley
- equipped with compound gearing consisting of 2 pinions and 2 wheels in mesh to increase the mechanical advantage