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adj
verb
adj
adj
adj
adj
- Shaped like or otherwise resembling a leaf; leaflike.
- Of a leaf: having a (certain number of) leaflets.
- (geology) Synonym of foliated (“of a rock: having a structure of thin layers”).
- (geometry) Of a curve: having two infinite branches with a common asymptote, and a leaf-shaped loop.
- Of or relating to leaves.
- Of a plant: having leaves.
- ornamented with foliage or foils
- (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
- (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves
noun
verb
- To add numbers to (a folio or leaf, or all the folios or leaves, of a book); also, to add numbers to the folios or leaves of (a book); to folio, to page, to paginate.
- (botany) Of a plant: to produce leaves.
- (architecture) To decorate (an architectural feature, as an arch or window) with foils (“small arcs in the traceries of arches, windows, etc.”).
- To split into layers or leaves.
- To spread (glass) with a thin coat of mercury and tin, or other substances forming a foil, to create a mirror; to foil, to silver.
- hammer into thin flat foils
- coat or back with metal foil
- decorate with leaves
- grow leaves
- number the pages of a book or manuscript
noun
- (botany) A sheathlike structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem.
- (colloquial) The vulva, or collectively, the vulva and the vaginal passage.
- (anatomy) A sex organ leading from the vulval vestibule/urogenital sinus to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and birth in female therian mammals.
- (zootomy) A similar part in some invertebrates and non-mammalian amniotes.
- (derogatory, colloquial) A coward; a weakling; a pussy.
- (transgender slang) The anus of a trans woman.
- the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus
noun
- A hinged leaf.
- (surgery) A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.
- A controversy, scandal, stir, or upset.
- A side fin of a ray.
- (aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.
- (graph theory) A connected component of the induced subgraph formed by deleting a set of vertices.
- Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) The labia, the vulva.
- (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound /ɾ/ in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
- The motion of anything broad and loose, or a sound or stroke made with it.
- an excited state of agitation
- a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
- a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
verb
- (computing, telecommunications, intransitive, of a resource or network destination) To be advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.
- (phonetics, intransitive) To be pronounced with a flap consonant.
- (phonetics, transitive) To pronounce (something) as a flap consonant.
- (intransitive) To move loosely back and forth.
- (soccer, intransitive) For a goalkeeper to weakly attempt to play a flighted ball with the hands, failing to control it.
- (transitive) To move (something broad and loose) up and down.
- move with a thrashing motion
- pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
- make a fuss; be agitated
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- move with a flapping motion
- to flutter noisily when moved by the wind
noun
- a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf
- (botany) A flattened organ arising from the stem of a plant, often replacing the leaves in photosynthetic function, as leaves in such plants (such as asparagus or butcher's broom) are typically reduced to scales.
- A generally flattened shoot as of certain cactuses.
noun
- Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
- A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
- A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
- (programming, x86) A particular value of the EAX register when a program runs the CPUID instruction; each leaf represents a different category of information returned about the processor.
- (plural leaves or leafs) A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
- (publishing, bookbinding, advertising) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc. (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
- One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
- The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- (botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
- One of the individual flat or curved strips of metal, typically made of spring steel, that make up a leaf spring.
- (4chan slang, Internet slang, humorous, sometimes pejorative, plural leafs) A Canadian person.
- The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
- (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
- (in the plural) Tea leaves.
- the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
- a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
- hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
verb
- (intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
- (informal, transitive, uncommon) To play a prank on someone by throwing a large clump or collection of leaves at them.
- (transitive) To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.
- look through a book or other written material
- produce leaves, of plants
- turn over pages
suffix
adj
verb
- make long or longer by pulling and stretching
- To become long or longer, for example, by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.
- (botany) Of a plant part: to grow long; also, to have a long and slender or tapering form.
- To make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching; to make (something) elongated; to extend, to lengthen.
adj
- (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
- measured lengthwise
- of or in or along or relating to a line; involving or having a single dimension
- of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input
- designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
- (botany, of leaves) Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.
- (media, of video and audio) Delivered or delivering on a fixed schedule, as opposed to on-demand.
- (of a function between vector spaces) An additive, homogeneous mapping; that is, a function f:V→W is linear if it distributes over vector addition (f( mathbf v+ mathbf w)=f( mathbf v)+f( mathbf w)) and respects scalar multiplication (f(c mathbf v)=cf( mathbf v)). If V and W are vector spaces over a field K, f may also be called a K-linear map. See also linear map on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Of or relating to lines.
- (physics) A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume).
- Made, or designed to be used, in a step-by-step, sequential manner.
- Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course.
- (of a function over a module) A module homomorphism; that is, a group homomorphism that commutes with scalar multiplication. See also Module homomorphism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (of a polynomial) Having degree one; that is, being of the form a_1x_1+a_2x_2+⋯+a_nx_n+b, where each x_i is a variable. See also Linear polynomials on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (of a polynomial equation) Involving only linear polynomials. See also Linear equation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
noun
noun
- (rare) A leaf.
- (anatomy) A lobe on a branching structure.
- A leaf-like protrusion or lobule on one of the vermes of the cerebellum.
- A thin sheet or plate of a foliated rock or mineral.
- (especially real estate) A certificate of title.
- (uncountable) Synonym of turnsole (“purple dye”).
- (zoology) A symmetric pattern on the abdomen of some spiders.
- A document that acts as the legal record of a transaction.
- (geometry) A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches having a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop.
- A leaf (2 pages) of a codex or manuscript.
- a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock
adj
noun
- (geometry) A kite (quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end).
- (anatomy) The deltoid muscle, a triangular muscle on the human shoulder.
- (anatomy) The deltoid ligament, a triangular ligament on the human ankle.
- (geometry) A deltoid curve (hypocycloid with three cusps).
- a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
noun
- (botany) The flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet.
- (zootomy) One of the narrow thin parallel plates of soft vascular sensitive tissue that cover the flesh within the wall of a hoof.
- (geology) A fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks.
- (anatomy) Either of two broad, flat plates of bone of a vertebra that is fused with and extends from the pedicle to the median line of the neural arch to form the base of the spinous process and that along with the pedicle forms the posterior part of the vertebral foramen.
- a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)
noun
noun
- part of a compound leaf
- a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
- a small book usually having a paper cover
- (botany) One of the components of a compound leaf.
- (botany) A small plant leaf.
- A small sheet of paper containing information, used for dissemination of said information, often an advertisement.
- (anatomy) A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.
verb
noun
- (botany) The shape of the edge of a leaf.
- (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
- (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
- That which is ancillary; periphery.
- The edge or border of any flat surface.
- A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
- (finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.
- A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
- (typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
- the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
- an amount beyond the minimum necessary
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
verb
adj
- (of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis
- Resembling a feather.
- (zoology) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.
- (zoology) Having wings or fins.
- (botany) Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis
adj
verb
noun
- the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf
- (botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
- (entomology, insect anatomy) A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect; especially, the metasomal segment of certain Hymenoptera, such as wasps.
- (entomology) The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
adj
- of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
- not perfected
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- unkind or cruel or uncivil
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- having or caused by an irregular surface
- unpleasantly stern
- full of hardship or trials
- not quite exact or correct
- ready and able to resort to force or violence
- (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
- violently agitated and turbulent
- not carefully or expertly made
- not shaped by cutting or trimming
- Violent; not careful or subtle.
- Harsh-tasting.
- (of a place) Having socio-economic problems, hence possibly dangerous.
- Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
- Not smooth; uneven.
- (of a gem) Not polished; uncut.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial, slang) Unwell due to alcohol; hungover.
- Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
- Difficult; trying.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial, slang) Somewhat ill; sick; in poor condition.
- Crude; unrefined.
- Worn; shabby; weather-beaten.
- Turbulent.
- Of or relating to the rough breathing in the Greek language.
noun
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
- A piece inserted in a horseshoe to keep the animal from slipping.
- (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
- A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail but larger and more detailed, used for artistic brainstorming.
- The unmowed part of a golf course.
- A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
adv
verb
- prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
- (transitive) To roughen a horse's shoes to keep the animal from slipping.
- To render rough; to roughen.
- (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
- To endure primitive conditions.
- (boxing, wrestling, intransitive) To break the rules by being excessively violent.
- To create in an approximate form.
- To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
prefix
noun
- (botany) A sheathlike structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem.
- (colloquial) The vulva, or collectively, the vulva and the vaginal passage.
- (anatomy) A sex organ leading from the vulval vestibule/urogenital sinus to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and birth in female therian mammals.
- (zootomy) A similar part in some invertebrates and non-mammalian amniotes.
- (derogatory, colloquial) A coward; a weakling; a pussy.
- (transgender slang) The anus of a trans woman.
- the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus
noun
- A hinged leaf.
- (surgery) A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.
- A controversy, scandal, stir, or upset.
- A side fin of a ray.
- (aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.
- (graph theory) A connected component of the induced subgraph formed by deleting a set of vertices.
- Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) The labia, the vulva.
- (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound /ɾ/ in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
- The motion of anything broad and loose, or a sound or stroke made with it.
- an excited state of agitation
- a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
- a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
verb
- (computing, telecommunications, intransitive, of a resource or network destination) To be advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.
- (phonetics, intransitive) To be pronounced with a flap consonant.
- (phonetics, transitive) To pronounce (something) as a flap consonant.
- (intransitive) To move loosely back and forth.
- (soccer, intransitive) For a goalkeeper to weakly attempt to play a flighted ball with the hands, failing to control it.
- (transitive) To move (something broad and loose) up and down.
- move with a thrashing motion
- pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
- make a fuss; be agitated
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- move with a flapping motion
- to flutter noisily when moved by the wind
noun
- a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf
- (botany) A flattened organ arising from the stem of a plant, often replacing the leaves in photosynthetic function, as leaves in such plants (such as asparagus or butcher's broom) are typically reduced to scales.
- A generally flattened shoot as of certain cactuses.
noun
- Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
- A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
- A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
- (programming, x86) A particular value of the EAX register when a program runs the CPUID instruction; each leaf represents a different category of information returned about the processor.
- (plural leaves or leafs) A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
- (publishing, bookbinding, advertising) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc. (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
- One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
- The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- (botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
- One of the individual flat or curved strips of metal, typically made of spring steel, that make up a leaf spring.
- (4chan slang, Internet slang, humorous, sometimes pejorative, plural leafs) A Canadian person.
- The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
- (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
- (in the plural) Tea leaves.
- the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
- a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
- hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
verb
- (intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
- (informal, transitive, uncommon) To play a prank on someone by throwing a large clump or collection of leaves at them.
- (transitive) To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.
- look through a book or other written material
- produce leaves, of plants
- turn over pages
noun
- (rare) A leaf.
- (anatomy) A lobe on a branching structure.
- A leaf-like protrusion or lobule on one of the vermes of the cerebellum.
- A thin sheet or plate of a foliated rock or mineral.
- (especially real estate) A certificate of title.
- (uncountable) Synonym of turnsole (“purple dye”).
- (zoology) A symmetric pattern on the abdomen of some spiders.
- A document that acts as the legal record of a transaction.
- (geometry) A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches having a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop.
- A leaf (2 pages) of a codex or manuscript.
- a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock
noun
- (botany) The flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet.
- (zootomy) One of the narrow thin parallel plates of soft vascular sensitive tissue that cover the flesh within the wall of a hoof.
- (geology) A fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks.
- (anatomy) Either of two broad, flat plates of bone of a vertebra that is fused with and extends from the pedicle to the median line of the neural arch to form the base of the spinous process and that along with the pedicle forms the posterior part of the vertebral foramen.
- a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)
noun
noun
- part of a compound leaf
- a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
- a small book usually having a paper cover
- (botany) One of the components of a compound leaf.
- (botany) A small plant leaf.
- A small sheet of paper containing information, used for dissemination of said information, often an advertisement.
- (anatomy) A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.
verb
noun
- (botany) The shape of the edge of a leaf.
- (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
- (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
- That which is ancillary; periphery.
- The edge or border of any flat surface.
- A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
- (finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.
- A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
- (typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
- the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
- an amount beyond the minimum necessary
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
verb
noun
- the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf
- (botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
- (entomology, insect anatomy) A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect; especially, the metasomal segment of certain Hymenoptera, such as wasps.
- (entomology) The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
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adj
verb
adj
adj
adj
adj
- Shaped like or otherwise resembling a leaf; leaflike.
- Of a leaf: having a (certain number of) leaflets.
- (geology) Synonym of foliated (“of a rock: having a structure of thin layers”).
- (geometry) Of a curve: having two infinite branches with a common asymptote, and a leaf-shaped loop.
- Of or relating to leaves.
- Of a plant: having leaves.
- ornamented with foliage or foils
- (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
- (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves
noun
verb
- To add numbers to (a folio or leaf, or all the folios or leaves, of a book); also, to add numbers to the folios or leaves of (a book); to folio, to page, to paginate.
- (botany) Of a plant: to produce leaves.
- (architecture) To decorate (an architectural feature, as an arch or window) with foils (“small arcs in the traceries of arches, windows, etc.”).
- To split into layers or leaves.
- To spread (glass) with a thin coat of mercury and tin, or other substances forming a foil, to create a mirror; to foil, to silver.
- hammer into thin flat foils
- coat or back with metal foil
- decorate with leaves
- grow leaves
- number the pages of a book or manuscript
adj
verb
- make long or longer by pulling and stretching
- To become long or longer, for example, by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.
- (botany) Of a plant part: to grow long; also, to have a long and slender or tapering form.
- To make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching; to make (something) elongated; to extend, to lengthen.
adj
- (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
- measured lengthwise
- of or in or along or relating to a line; involving or having a single dimension
- of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input
- designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
- (botany, of leaves) Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.
- (media, of video and audio) Delivered or delivering on a fixed schedule, as opposed to on-demand.
- (of a function between vector spaces) An additive, homogeneous mapping; that is, a function f:V→W is linear if it distributes over vector addition (f( mathbf v+ mathbf w)=f( mathbf v)+f( mathbf w)) and respects scalar multiplication (f(c mathbf v)=cf( mathbf v)). If V and W are vector spaces over a field K, f may also be called a K-linear map. See also linear map on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Of or relating to lines.
- (physics) A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume).
- Made, or designed to be used, in a step-by-step, sequential manner.
- Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course.
- (of a function over a module) A module homomorphism; that is, a group homomorphism that commutes with scalar multiplication. See also Module homomorphism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (of a polynomial) Having degree one; that is, being of the form a_1x_1+a_2x_2+⋯+a_nx_n+b, where each x_i is a variable. See also Linear polynomials on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (of a polynomial equation) Involving only linear polynomials. See also Linear equation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
noun
adj
noun
- (geometry) A kite (quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end).
- (anatomy) The deltoid muscle, a triangular muscle on the human shoulder.
- (anatomy) The deltoid ligament, a triangular ligament on the human ankle.
- (geometry) A deltoid curve (hypocycloid with three cusps).
- a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
adj
- (of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis
- Resembling a feather.
- (zoology) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.
- (zoology) Having wings or fins.
- (botany) Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis
adj
verb
adj
- of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
- not perfected
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- unkind or cruel or uncivil
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- having or caused by an irregular surface
- unpleasantly stern
- full of hardship or trials
- not quite exact or correct
- ready and able to resort to force or violence
- (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
- violently agitated and turbulent
- not carefully or expertly made
- not shaped by cutting or trimming
- Violent; not careful or subtle.
- Harsh-tasting.
- (of a place) Having socio-economic problems, hence possibly dangerous.
- Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
- Not smooth; uneven.
- (of a gem) Not polished; uncut.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial, slang) Unwell due to alcohol; hungover.
- Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
- Difficult; trying.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial, slang) Somewhat ill; sick; in poor condition.
- Crude; unrefined.
- Worn; shabby; weather-beaten.
- Turbulent.
- Of or relating to the rough breathing in the Greek language.
noun
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
- A piece inserted in a horseshoe to keep the animal from slipping.
- (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
- A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail but larger and more detailed, used for artistic brainstorming.
- The unmowed part of a golf course.
- A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
adv
verb
- prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
- (transitive) To roughen a horse's shoes to keep the animal from slipping.
- To render rough; to roughen.
- (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
- To endure primitive conditions.
- (boxing, wrestling, intransitive) To break the rules by being excessively violent.
- To create in an approximate form.
- To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.