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noun
- (countable) A drinking straw.
- A straw owner.
- (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- (figurative, chiefly in the negative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
- (uncommon) A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
- (uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
- plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
- a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
adj
verb
noun
- A balled-up piece of paper, moistened with saliva (by chewing) and shot through a drinking straw.
- (baseball) A pitch of a baseball that has been partly covered with saliva, illegal at most levels.
- a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere
- an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before they throw it
verb
noun
- A large cup with two or more handles, passed around for all to drink from
- A ceremonial version of such a cup awarded as a trophy.
- a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition
- a large drinking vessel (usually with two handles) that people drink out of in turn at a banquet
noun
- A small quantity of straw etc.
- (firearms) The firing mechanism.
- Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
- A segment of a canal or other navigable waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
- (computing, by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
- A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
- Something sure to be a success.
- A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
- A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
- (Scots law, historical) A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
- Complete control over a situation.
- A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
- A grapple in wrestling.
- (rugby) A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
- (gambling) Synonym of Dutch book.
- any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
- a strand or cluster of hair
- a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
- a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
- enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
- a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
verb
- (intransitive, break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
- (transitive) To fasten with a lock.
- To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
- (transitive) To intertwine or dovetail.
- (intransitive, rugby) To play in the position of lock.
- (Internet, wiki jargon, transitive) To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
- (Internet, transitive) To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
- (intransitive) To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
- To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
- To furnish (a canal) with locks.
- (intransitive) To become fastened in place.
- build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
- become engaged or intermeshed with one another
- pass by means through a lock in a waterway
- become rigid or immoveable
- keep engaged
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- fasten with a lock
- hold fast (in a certain state)
- hold in a locking position
noun
- a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
- small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
- small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
- Any snack food intended to be dipped in sauce.
- One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid).
- (historical, informal, Christianity) A Baptist or Dunker.
- (South Asia, North India, slang, derogatory, offensive) an Indian-born immigrant residing in Western countries, often born in the 1990s or later
- Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.
- (cricket) A delivery bowled that curves into or away from the batter before pitching.
- Someone who dips chewing tobacco or snuff.
- (UK, India) The control in a vehicle that switches between high-beam and low-beam (i.e. dips the lights), especially when used to signal other vehicles.
- (slang) A pickpocket.
- (historical) A person employed in a tin plate works to coat steel plates in molten tin by dipping them.
- A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping into and ladling out liquids; a ladle or scoop.
- (historical) A person employed to assist a bather in and out of the sea.
noun
adj
adj
adj
noun
- An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.
- The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew.
- (boxing, martial arts) A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side.
- (amusement rides) A type of inversion used in roller coasters.
- a bottle opener that pulls corks
verb
noun
- A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
- a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
- Anything shaped like a cup.
- (medicine, historical) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
- (mathematics) The symbol ∪ denoting union and similar operations.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A metric unit of measure equal to 250 mL.
- (US) A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (¹⁄₁₆ of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.
- Prefixed with a letter, used as a measurement of bra or breast size.
- The contents of said vessel.
- (in combination) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.
- A container in which dice are held and shaken before being thrown.
- (golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
- (soccer) The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
- (figurative) That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions.
- (tarot) A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
- (Canada) A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (¹⁄₂₀ imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.
- A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction.
- (ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
- A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
- A contest for which a cup is awarded.
- (US, Canada) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia.
- One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.
- the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green
- any cup-shaped concavity
- cup-shaped plant organ
- a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
- a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition
- a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
- the quantity a cup will hold
verb
- (transitive, engineering) To make concave or in the form of a cup.
- (transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
- (transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.
- (transitive) To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.
- treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
- form into the shape of a cup
- put into a cup
noun
verb
noun
- a glass for drinking water
- clock that measures time by the escape of water
- gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir
- a viscous glass consisting of sodium silicate in solution; used as a cement or as a protective coating and to preserve eggs
- (inorganic chemistry) Any of various water-soluble silicate compounds, especially when occurring in dissolved, jelly-like form.
- A drinking vessel intended or used for water.
- A water gauge for a steam boiler.
- A water clock.
- An instrument consisting of an open box or tube with a glass bottom, used for examining objects in the water, as upon the sea bottom in shallow places.
noun
- A hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or a gas or liquid in a pipe.
- A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications.
- (graphical user interface) An act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen of an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function.
- (informal, minimizer, chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount of work; a stroke of work.
- A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
- (British) Ellipsis of taphouse or taproom (“place where alcoholic beverages are served on tap”).
- (British, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering) A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it; a tapping.
- (uncountable, dance) Ellipsis of tap dance.
- A secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication.
- (medicine, informal) A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis.
- (British, dialectal or US) A piece of leather or other material fastened upon the bottom of an item of footwear when repairing the heel or sole; also (England, dialectal) the sole of an item of footwear.
- (phonetics) A single muscle contraction in vocal organs causing a consonant sound; also, the sound so made.
- (dance) One of the metal pieces attached to the sole of a tap dancer's shoe at the toe and heel to cause a tapping sound.
- A light blow or strike with a clear sound; a gentle rap; a pat; also, the sound made by such a blow or strike.
- (firearms, slang) A shot fired from a firearm.
- (mechanics) A cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole, with cutting edges around the lower end and an upper end to which a handle is fitted to turn the tool.
- An object with a tapering conical form like a tap (etymology 1 sense 1); specifically, ellipsis of taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”).
- (finance) A situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
- (India, chiefly East India) A malarial fever.
- Liquor drawn through a tap (etymology 1 sense 2.2); hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; also (figurative, informal), a certain kind or quality of any thing.
- a light touch or stroke
- a plug for a bunghole in a cask
- the sound made by a gentle blow
- a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
- a gentle blow
- a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
- a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
- the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
verb
- (poker) To force (an opponent) to place all their poker chips in the pot (that is, to go all in) by wagering all of one's own chips.
- (informal) To ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to cadge, to scrounge; also, to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free.
- To cut an external screw thread into (a bolt or rod) to create a screw.
- To draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; also, to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source).
- (medicine, informal) To drain off fluid from (a person or a body cavity) by paracentesis.
- (chiefly US, informal) To choose or designate (someone) for a duty, an honour, membership of an organization, or a position.
- (slang) To shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
- (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
- (combat sports) To submit to an opponent, chiefly by indicating an intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
- Often followed by at or on: to strike lightly with a clear sound; also, to make a sharp noise through this action.
- (communication, chiefly law enforcement) To connect a listening and/or recording device to (a communication cable or device) in order to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications; also, to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication).
- (transitive) To lightly touch a touchscreen, usually an icon or button, to activate a function.
- Of a bell, a drum, etc.: to make a sharp noise, often as a signal.
- (slang) Also in the form tap on the shoulder: to arrest (someone).
- To break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something; to exploit, to penetrate; tap into.
- To furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap (noun etymology 1 sense 2.2) so that liquid can be drawn.
- To put (a screw or other object) in or through another thing.
- To click on something, usually a device.
- (graphical user interface) To invoke a function on an electronic device such as a mobile phone by touching (a button, icon, or specific location on its touch screen).
- To strike (someone or something), chiefly lightly with a clear sound, but sometimes hard.
- To walk by striking the ground lightly with a clear sound.
- (combat sports) To force (an opponent) to submit, chiefly by indicating their intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
- (British, dialectal or US) To repair (an item of footwear) by putting on a new heel or sole, or a piece of material on to the heel or sole.
- To (lightly) touch (a finger, foot, or other body part) on a surface, often repeatedly.
- To deplete (something); to tap out.
- To act as a tapster; to draw an alcoholic beverage from a container.
- (horticulture) To remove a taproot from (a plant).
- (board games, card games) To turn over (a playing card or playing piece) to remind players that it has already been used in that round.
- To cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); also, to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole, or to create an internally threaded hole in (something).
- (transitive) To lightly and repeatedly touch (a person or one or more body parts) as part of various forms of psychological treatment.
- make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- draw (liquor) from a tap
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- cut a female screw thread with a tap
- draw from or dip into to get something
- pierce in order to draw a liquid from
- dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
- furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- strike lightly
- draw from; make good use of
- walk with a tapping sound
noun
- a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking
- a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
- a small refracting telescope
- the quantity a glass will hold
- a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
- an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
- glassware collectively
- (countable, uncountable, by extension) Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).
- A mirror.
- (countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- A barometer.
- (basketball, colloquial) The backboard.
- (metonymic) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
- A magnifying glass or loupe.
- (uncountable, photography, informal) Lenses, considered collectively.
- (uncountable) Glassware.
- A telescope.
- (usually uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
- (ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
verb
- put in a glass container
- furnish with glass
- scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
- become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
- enclose with glass
- (transitive) To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
- (transitive) To fit with glass; to glaze.
- (transitive, science fiction) To bombard an area with such intensity (by means of a nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
- (transitive, UK, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
- (intransitive) To become glassy.
- (transitive) To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
- (transitive) To make glassy.
- (transitive) Clipping of fibreglass (“to fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass)”).
- (transitive) To enclose in glass.
noun
- An outward spread of an object such as a bowl or cup.
- A widening of a minor road where it forms a junction with a major road to ensure that the view of traffic on the major road by drivers on the minor road is not obstructed.
- The view to the left or right which a driver on a minor road has of traffic on the major road; also, a plan showing this.
- The amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope.
- A bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window, by which an opening is made larger at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.
- an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger
adj
adv
verb
- To have, or lie in, an oblique or slanted position.
- (chiefly architecture) To construct a bevel or slope on (something, such as the frame or jamb of a door or window); to bevel, to slant, to slope.
- (pathology) To dislocate (a body part such as a shoulder bone).
- (transitive, obsolete except Ireland, Lincolnshire, Shropshire) Synonym of spay (“to destroy or remove the ovaries and/or uterus (of a female animal) to prevent pregnancy”).
- To spread, spread apart, or spread out (something); to expand.
- To spread out awkwardly; to sprawl.
- (computing theory) To rearrange (a splay tree) so that a desired element is placed at the root.
- move out of position
- spread open or apart
- turn outward
noun
- A device from which animals can drink.
- A lasiocampid moth of species Euthrix potatoria, having an orange-brown colour.
- Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
- (slang) A pub.
- Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.
- a person who drinks liquids
- a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
noun
- A serving of drink used to top up an existing glass.
- (education) The situation where a student who holds a qualification equivalent to part of a degree course is then accepted onto a degree course at an intermediate point, without having to start it from the beginning.
- (insurance) An additional premium paid over the initial premium in order to increase benefit values.
- An addition.
- (medicine) A dose of epidural anesthetic added to previously injected spinal anesthetic in combined spinal-epidural anesthesia
- Additional credit purchased for a mobile phone.
- an amount needed to restore something to its former level
adj
noun
- Something having the shape of a lollipop: a linear stem connected to a round body.
- (motor racing) A sign on a stick held in front of the vehicle during a pit stop.
- An item of confectionery consisting of a piece of candy or sweet attached to a stick.
- ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
- hard candy on a stick
verb
noun
- A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
- Alternative form of cran (“measure of herrings”).
- (nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.
- An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
- Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.
- (US dialectal) Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
- A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
- large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
- lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
verb
noun
- A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.
- (US) A tall beer can, either 16 or 24 ounces (473 or 710ml).
- (furniture) A tall chest of drawers, or combination of chest on chest, or chest with a small wardrobe on top. Usually with low bracket feet but always resulting in a tall piece of furniture.
- A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.
- (nautical) A kind of sail, a spanker.
- a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
verb
noun
noun
- a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe
- a band or collar that holds an individual stone in a jewelry setting
- a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting
- (horticulture) In an embryonic plant, the transition zone between the root and the hypocotyl (not clearly distinguishable in most plants.)
- (jewelry) The rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set.
- A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal.
- Alternative form of colet (“lower servant in a church”).
noun
- A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby jug.
- Any of several species of pufferfish in the genus Canthigaster
- The Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus
- (British, New Zealand) The valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing.
- a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
noun
- (countable) A drinking straw.
- A straw owner.
- (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- (figurative, chiefly in the negative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
- (uncommon) A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
- (uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
- plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
- a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
adj
verb
noun
- A balled-up piece of paper, moistened with saliva (by chewing) and shot through a drinking straw.
- (baseball) A pitch of a baseball that has been partly covered with saliva, illegal at most levels.
- a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere
- an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before they throw it
verb
noun
- A large cup with two or more handles, passed around for all to drink from
- A ceremonial version of such a cup awarded as a trophy.
- a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition
- a large drinking vessel (usually with two handles) that people drink out of in turn at a banquet
noun
- A small quantity of straw etc.
- (firearms) The firing mechanism.
- Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
- A segment of a canal or other navigable waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
- (computing, by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
- A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
- Something sure to be a success.
- A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
- A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
- (Scots law, historical) A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
- Complete control over a situation.
- A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
- A grapple in wrestling.
- (rugby) A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
- (gambling) Synonym of Dutch book.
- any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
- a strand or cluster of hair
- a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
- a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
- enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
- a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
verb
- (intransitive, break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
- (transitive) To fasten with a lock.
- To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
- (transitive) To intertwine or dovetail.
- (intransitive, rugby) To play in the position of lock.
- (Internet, wiki jargon, transitive) To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
- (Internet, transitive) To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
- (intransitive) To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
- To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
- To furnish (a canal) with locks.
- (intransitive) To become fastened in place.
- build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
- become engaged or intermeshed with one another
- pass by means through a lock in a waterway
- become rigid or immoveable
- keep engaged
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- fasten with a lock
- hold fast (in a certain state)
- hold in a locking position
noun
- a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
- small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
- small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
- Any snack food intended to be dipped in sauce.
- One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid).
- (historical, informal, Christianity) A Baptist or Dunker.
- (South Asia, North India, slang, derogatory, offensive) an Indian-born immigrant residing in Western countries, often born in the 1990s or later
- Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.
- (cricket) A delivery bowled that curves into or away from the batter before pitching.
- Someone who dips chewing tobacco or snuff.
- (UK, India) The control in a vehicle that switches between high-beam and low-beam (i.e. dips the lights), especially when used to signal other vehicles.
- (slang) A pickpocket.
- (historical) A person employed in a tin plate works to coat steel plates in molten tin by dipping them.
- A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping into and ladling out liquids; a ladle or scoop.
- (historical) A person employed to assist a bather in and out of the sea.
noun
noun
- A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
- a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
- Anything shaped like a cup.
- (medicine, historical) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
- (mathematics) The symbol ∪ denoting union and similar operations.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A metric unit of measure equal to 250 mL.
- (US) A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (¹⁄₁₆ of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.
- Prefixed with a letter, used as a measurement of bra or breast size.
- The contents of said vessel.
- (in combination) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.
- A container in which dice are held and shaken before being thrown.
- (golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
- (soccer) The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
- (figurative) That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions.
- (tarot) A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
- (Canada) A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (¹⁄₂₀ imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.
- A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction.
- (ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
- A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
- A contest for which a cup is awarded.
- (US, Canada) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia.
- One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.
- the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green
- any cup-shaped concavity
- cup-shaped plant organ
- a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
- a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition
- a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
- the quantity a cup will hold
verb
- (transitive, engineering) To make concave or in the form of a cup.
- (transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
- (transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.
- (transitive) To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.
- treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
- form into the shape of a cup
- put into a cup
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verb
noun
- a glass for drinking water
- clock that measures time by the escape of water
- gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir
- a viscous glass consisting of sodium silicate in solution; used as a cement or as a protective coating and to preserve eggs
- (inorganic chemistry) Any of various water-soluble silicate compounds, especially when occurring in dissolved, jelly-like form.
- A drinking vessel intended or used for water.
- A water gauge for a steam boiler.
- A water clock.
- An instrument consisting of an open box or tube with a glass bottom, used for examining objects in the water, as upon the sea bottom in shallow places.
noun
- A hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or a gas or liquid in a pipe.
- A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications.
- (graphical user interface) An act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen of an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function.
- (informal, minimizer, chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount of work; a stroke of work.
- A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
- (British) Ellipsis of taphouse or taproom (“place where alcoholic beverages are served on tap”).
- (British, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering) A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it; a tapping.
- (uncountable, dance) Ellipsis of tap dance.
- A secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication.
- (medicine, informal) A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis.
- (British, dialectal or US) A piece of leather or other material fastened upon the bottom of an item of footwear when repairing the heel or sole; also (England, dialectal) the sole of an item of footwear.
- (phonetics) A single muscle contraction in vocal organs causing a consonant sound; also, the sound so made.
- (dance) One of the metal pieces attached to the sole of a tap dancer's shoe at the toe and heel to cause a tapping sound.
- A light blow or strike with a clear sound; a gentle rap; a pat; also, the sound made by such a blow or strike.
- (firearms, slang) A shot fired from a firearm.
- (mechanics) A cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole, with cutting edges around the lower end and an upper end to which a handle is fitted to turn the tool.
- An object with a tapering conical form like a tap (etymology 1 sense 1); specifically, ellipsis of taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”).
- (finance) A situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
- (India, chiefly East India) A malarial fever.
- Liquor drawn through a tap (etymology 1 sense 2.2); hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; also (figurative, informal), a certain kind or quality of any thing.
- a light touch or stroke
- a plug for a bunghole in a cask
- the sound made by a gentle blow
- a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
- a gentle blow
- a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
- a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
- the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
verb
- (poker) To force (an opponent) to place all their poker chips in the pot (that is, to go all in) by wagering all of one's own chips.
- (informal) To ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to cadge, to scrounge; also, to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free.
- To cut an external screw thread into (a bolt or rod) to create a screw.
- To draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; also, to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source).
- (medicine, informal) To drain off fluid from (a person or a body cavity) by paracentesis.
- (chiefly US, informal) To choose or designate (someone) for a duty, an honour, membership of an organization, or a position.
- (slang) To shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
- (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
- (combat sports) To submit to an opponent, chiefly by indicating an intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
- Often followed by at or on: to strike lightly with a clear sound; also, to make a sharp noise through this action.
- (communication, chiefly law enforcement) To connect a listening and/or recording device to (a communication cable or device) in order to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications; also, to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication).
- (transitive) To lightly touch a touchscreen, usually an icon or button, to activate a function.
- Of a bell, a drum, etc.: to make a sharp noise, often as a signal.
- (slang) Also in the form tap on the shoulder: to arrest (someone).
- To break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something; to exploit, to penetrate; tap into.
- To furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap (noun etymology 1 sense 2.2) so that liquid can be drawn.
- To put (a screw or other object) in or through another thing.
- To click on something, usually a device.
- (graphical user interface) To invoke a function on an electronic device such as a mobile phone by touching (a button, icon, or specific location on its touch screen).
- To strike (someone or something), chiefly lightly with a clear sound, but sometimes hard.
- To walk by striking the ground lightly with a clear sound.
- (combat sports) To force (an opponent) to submit, chiefly by indicating their intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
- (British, dialectal or US) To repair (an item of footwear) by putting on a new heel or sole, or a piece of material on to the heel or sole.
- To (lightly) touch (a finger, foot, or other body part) on a surface, often repeatedly.
- To deplete (something); to tap out.
- To act as a tapster; to draw an alcoholic beverage from a container.
- (horticulture) To remove a taproot from (a plant).
- (board games, card games) To turn over (a playing card or playing piece) to remind players that it has already been used in that round.
- To cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); also, to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole, or to create an internally threaded hole in (something).
- (transitive) To lightly and repeatedly touch (a person or one or more body parts) as part of various forms of psychological treatment.
- make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- draw (liquor) from a tap
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- cut a female screw thread with a tap
- draw from or dip into to get something
- pierce in order to draw a liquid from
- dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
- furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- strike lightly
- draw from; make good use of
- walk with a tapping sound
noun
- a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking
- a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
- a small refracting telescope
- the quantity a glass will hold
- a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
- an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
- glassware collectively
- (countable, uncountable, by extension) Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).
- A mirror.
- (countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- A barometer.
- (basketball, colloquial) The backboard.
- (metonymic) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
- A magnifying glass or loupe.
- (uncountable, photography, informal) Lenses, considered collectively.
- (uncountable) Glassware.
- A telescope.
- (usually uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
- (ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
verb
- put in a glass container
- furnish with glass
- scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
- become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
- enclose with glass
- (transitive) To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
- (transitive) To fit with glass; to glaze.
- (transitive, science fiction) To bombard an area with such intensity (by means of a nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
- (transitive, UK, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
- (intransitive) To become glassy.
- (transitive) To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
- (transitive) To make glassy.
- (transitive) Clipping of fibreglass (“to fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass)”).
- (transitive) To enclose in glass.
noun
- An outward spread of an object such as a bowl or cup.
- A widening of a minor road where it forms a junction with a major road to ensure that the view of traffic on the major road by drivers on the minor road is not obstructed.
- The view to the left or right which a driver on a minor road has of traffic on the major road; also, a plan showing this.
- The amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope.
- A bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window, by which an opening is made larger at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.
- an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger
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- To have, or lie in, an oblique or slanted position.
- (chiefly architecture) To construct a bevel or slope on (something, such as the frame or jamb of a door or window); to bevel, to slant, to slope.
- (pathology) To dislocate (a body part such as a shoulder bone).
- (transitive, obsolete except Ireland, Lincolnshire, Shropshire) Synonym of spay (“to destroy or remove the ovaries and/or uterus (of a female animal) to prevent pregnancy”).
- To spread, spread apart, or spread out (something); to expand.
- To spread out awkwardly; to sprawl.
- (computing theory) To rearrange (a splay tree) so that a desired element is placed at the root.
- move out of position
- spread open or apart
- turn outward
noun
- A device from which animals can drink.
- A lasiocampid moth of species Euthrix potatoria, having an orange-brown colour.
- Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
- (slang) A pub.
- Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.
- a person who drinks liquids
- a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
noun
- A serving of drink used to top up an existing glass.
- (education) The situation where a student who holds a qualification equivalent to part of a degree course is then accepted onto a degree course at an intermediate point, without having to start it from the beginning.
- (insurance) An additional premium paid over the initial premium in order to increase benefit values.
- An addition.
- (medicine) A dose of epidural anesthetic added to previously injected spinal anesthetic in combined spinal-epidural anesthesia
- Additional credit purchased for a mobile phone.
- an amount needed to restore something to its former level
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noun
- Something having the shape of a lollipop: a linear stem connected to a round body.
- (motor racing) A sign on a stick held in front of the vehicle during a pit stop.
- An item of confectionery consisting of a piece of candy or sweet attached to a stick.
- ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
- hard candy on a stick
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noun
- A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
- Alternative form of cran (“measure of herrings”).
- (nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.
- An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
- Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.
- (US dialectal) Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
- A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
- large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
- lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
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noun
- A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.
- (US) A tall beer can, either 16 or 24 ounces (473 or 710ml).
- (furniture) A tall chest of drawers, or combination of chest on chest, or chest with a small wardrobe on top. Usually with low bracket feet but always resulting in a tall piece of furniture.
- A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.
- (nautical) A kind of sail, a spanker.
- a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
noun
- a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe
- a band or collar that holds an individual stone in a jewelry setting
- a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting
- (horticulture) In an embryonic plant, the transition zone between the root and the hypocotyl (not clearly distinguishable in most plants.)
- (jewelry) The rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set.
- A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal.
- Alternative form of colet (“lower servant in a church”).
noun
- A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby jug.
- Any of several species of pufferfish in the genus Canthigaster
- The Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus
- (British, New Zealand) The valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing.
- a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
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- An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.
- The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew.
- (boxing, martial arts) A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side.
- (amusement rides) A type of inversion used in roller coasters.
- a bottle opener that pulls corks
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- (countable) A drinking straw.
- A straw owner.
- (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- (figurative, chiefly in the negative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
- (uncommon) A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
- (uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
- plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
- a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth