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noun
- Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
- (ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
- the act of giving special importance or significance to something
- the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance
verb
noun
- A preliminary or developmental stage.
- (UK, law, historical) A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.
- (UK, law, historical) A service paid by foresters to the king.
- The part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain.
- the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
verb
noun
- Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
- (music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
- (linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
- (music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
- (figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.
- (sign languages) A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it.
- (orthography) Any mark used in writing over letters, either in order to indicate the place of the spoken stress, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked, or to distinguish homophones.
- (orthography) A mark used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken stress.
- Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
- (mathematics) A prime symbol.
- (music) A mark used to represent this special emphasis.
- (informal, sometimes proscribed) A manner of pronunciation suggesting that the speaker is from a different region; a foreign accent.
- (music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
- (usually plural only) Expressions in general; speech.
- A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
- (prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
- A word; a significant tone or sound.
- (linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
- special importance or significance
- a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
- the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
- distinctive manner of oral expression
adv
- Used to intensify or emphasize.
- Away from the doer, especially vigorously.
- (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
- To the end; completely; so that nothing remains.
- Outside; not indoors.
- Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.
- Into a state of existence or visibility.
- Specifically, away from home or one's usual place.
- Shows that an activity has been completed to the point of exhaustion.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- (sports) Of the ball or other playing implement, so as to pass or be situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.
- Away from the inside or centre.
- (cricket, baseball, of a player) So as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket or a forced out in baseball).
- (informal) Away, or at a distance, in time (relative to, and usually after, the present or a stated event) (often preceded by a stated time period and followed by "from")
- moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
- away from home
- from one's possession
adj
- (of the tide) At or near its lowest level.
- (of options) No longer acceptable or permissible.
- Without; no longer in possession of; not having any more.
- (of flowers) In bloom.
- Not in jail, prison, or captivity; freed from confinement.
- (in various games; used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball) Dismissed from play under the rules of the game.
- (of an organization, etc.) Temporarily not in operation, or not being attended as usual.
- No longer popular or in fashion.
- Freed from secrecy.
- (by extension, uncommon) Open, public; public about or openly acknowledging some (usually specified) identity.
- (LGBTQ) Openly acknowledging that one is LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
- (of lamps, fires etc.) Not shining or burning.
- (of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
- Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside:
- Not fitted or inserted into something.
- (of a user of a service) Not having availability of a service, such as power or communications.
- (Australia, of calculations or measurements) Containing errors or discrepancies, or in error by a stated amount.
- Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
- Not at home, or not at one's office or place of employment.
- (sports, of the ball or other playing implement) Falling or passing or being situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.
- (of certain services, devices, or facilities) Not available; out of service.
- Unconscious.
- (of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility.
- out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
- not allowed to continue to bat or run
- knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
- outside or external
- no longer fashionable
- directed outward or serving to direct something outward
- outer or outlying
- not worth considering as a possibility
- excluded from use or mention
- being out or having grown cold
intj
noun
- (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.
- A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
- (chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
- (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.
- (film, colloquial) An outtake.
- A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
- (cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball.
- (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
prep
verb
- (intransitive) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public, revealed, or apparent.
- To kill; to snuff out.
- (transitive) To reveal (a secret).
- (transitive) To eject; to expel.
- (transitive) To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
- (transitive, LGBTQ) To reveal (a person) as LGBTQ+ (gay, trans, etc).
- reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
- be made known; be disclosed or revealed
- to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
adj
- possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
- (of color) having the highest saturation
- extremely sharp or severe
- Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
- Of feelings, thoughts, etc.: strongly focused; ardent, deep, earnest, passionate.
- Of a thing: possessing some characteristic to an extreme or very high or strong degree.
- Of a person: very emotional or passionate.
- (also figurative) Under tension; tightly drawn; strained, stressed, tense.
adj
- Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
- Ejective consonants in Ge'ez, Amharic, other Ethiopic Semitic languages, Chadic and Cushitic languages.
- Stated with conviction.
- (grammar) Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do plus an infinitive without to.
- (phonology, archaic except in layman’s use) Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).
- Phrayngealized consonants in Arabic, Hebrew, other Northwest Semitic languages, and Berber languages.
- forceful and definite in expression or action
- spoken with emphasis
- sudden and strong
noun
verb
- To make salient or conspicuous; to draw attention to or improve the perception of.
- (transitive) To clear etchant and maskant from a part being chemically etched or milled.
- To reveal something that was masked or hidden; to expose; to unmask.
- (more generally) To remove any masking materials that have been added to protect an area.
- (more specifically) To overcome ideological preconceptions and labels.
verb
- (transitive) To make prominent; emphasize.
- (transitive) To be a highlight of.
- (transitive, Internet) To seek the attention of (a user) on IRC by mentioning their name in a message, causing that message to appear highlighted on their screen.
- (transitive) To mark (important passages of text), e.g. with a fluorescent marker pen or in a wordprocessor, as a means of memory retention or for later reference.
- (transitive) To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.
- move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
- apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent
noun
- (painting, photography) An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.
- (cosmetics) A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest.
- (figurative) An especially significant or interesting detail or event or period of time.
- the most interesting or memorable part
- an area of lightness in a picture
adv
adj
noun
infix
verb
verb
- (transitive) To emphasise (words in speaking).
- (transitive) To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
- (transitive) To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
- (transitive) To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
- (transitive) To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
- (intransitive, informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
- to suffer from stress
- test the limits of
- put stress on; utter with an accent
- to stress, single out as important
noun
- special emphasis attached to something
- (countable, physics) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
- (uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
- (uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
- (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
- (countable, phonetics, loosely) A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.
- (countable, phonetics, strictly) The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.
- (biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
- (Scots law) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
- (countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
- difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
- (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
- (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
adv
adj
- (colloquial) Thorough; utter.
- (informal, derogatory) Blasted; damned.
- (derogatory) Contrived to be cute or charming.
- Regarded with love or tenderness.
- (writing, ironic) Excessively complicated.
- Of high value or worth.
- (informal, followed by about) Extremely protective or strict (about something).
- (derogatory, antiphrastic) Treated with too much reverence.
- held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature
- obviously contrived to charm
- of high worth or cost
- characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
noun
noun
- special emphasis attached to something
- maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system
- a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
- a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
- maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea
- a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- (countable, seismology) The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath the epicentre).
- (countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
- (ichthyology) The centre of an older fish's scale, which is the point where a younger fish's scale starts to grow from.
- (countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
- (countable) Something to which activity, attention or interest is primarily directed.
- (linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
- An object used in casting a magic spell.
- (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
- (graphical user interface) The status of being the currently active element in a user interface, often indicated by a visual highlight.
- (uncountable) Concentration of attention.
- (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
verb
- put (an image) into focus
- direct one's attention on something
- bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
- cause to converge on or toward a central point
- become focussed or come into focus
- (transitive, optics) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.
- (computing, graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so that it receives subsequent input.
- (transitive) To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.
- (transitive) To direct attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or task.
- (intransitive) To concentrate one’s attention.
- (accounting, formerly) To aggregate figures of accounts.
- (intransitive, optics, of a lens, optical instrument, etc.) To adjust itself or be adjusted such that light from a scene converges appropriately to create a clear image.
- (intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention on something; to have as one's central point of interest, concern, etc.
verb
- To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality).
- (chiefly British) To make (a shy person) more confident.
- (chiefly British) To place (something new for public sale) on the market; roll out.
- (LGBTQ slang) To introduce (a person) to gay life and traditions.
- (historical, transitive) To introduce (a young woman) formally into society.
- (chiefly British) To cause a visible symptom, such as spots or a rash, in (a person).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, out.
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- bring out of a specific state
- make manifest
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- bring onto the market or release
- take out of a container or enclosed space
- bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.
- direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
- encourage to be less reserved
adj
- Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
- Synonym of expressive.
- (phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.
- Having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound.
- (phonetics) Synonym of vocalic.
- (music) Relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice.
- Full of voices.
- Expressing opinions or feelings freely, loudly, or insistently.
- (anatomy) Used in the production of speech sounds.
- relating to or designed for or using the singing voice
- given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
- full of the sound of voices
- having or using the power to produce speech or sound
noun
- (phonetics) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic.
- (music) A part of a piece of music that is sung.
- (acting) A musical performance involving singing.
- (Catholicism) A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections.
- a short musical composition with words
- music intended to be performed by one or more singers, usually with instrumental accompaniment
adv
noun
- (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hawaii, vulgar) A balls-up; a botched job.
- plural of ball
- (uncountable, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hawaii, vulgar, colloquial) Synonym of bollocks, nonsense.
- (vulgar, colloquial) The testicles.
verb
adj
- (of a quality) Manifested by fluent or voluble speech.
- (of speech) Using many words; containing grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance (generally with an unfavourable connotation).
- (of a person) Tending to talk a lot; fluent or voluble in speech (generally with an unfavourable connotation).
- Resembling a tongue.
- Involving the tongue.
noun
verb
- (transitive) to utter with an affected tone.
- (transitive) to change the colour of
- (transitive) to make (something) firmer
- (transitive) to give a particular tone to
- vary the pitch of one's speech
- give a healthy elasticity to
- utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
- change to a color image
- change the color or tone of
noun
- (music) A specific pitch.
- (music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
- The shade or quality of a colour.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) a gun
- (language, literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed, especially the aspects of diction (word choice), connotation, emotiveness, and register.
- (painting) The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
- (music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
- The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
- The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
- (language, linguistics) The pitch of a word's sound that distinguishes a difference in meaning, as for example in Chinese.
- The general character, atmosphere, mood, or vibe (of a situation, place, etc.).
- (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
- (biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
- (Chiefly in the form lower/raise the tone of something) The quality of being respectable or admirable.
- the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
- the quality of a person's voice
- a musical interval of two semitones
- a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
- the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
- (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
- a steady sound without overtones
- (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
pron
adj
- tending to give force or emphasis
- characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form
- of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor
- Done with intensity or to a great degree; thorough.
- (agriculture, economics) Of agriculture: increasing the productivity of an area of land.
- Of or pertaining to innate or internal intensity or strength rather than outward extent.
- Being made more intense.
- Chiefly suffixed to a noun: using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something; demanding.
- Involving much activity in a short period of time; highly concentrated.
- (linguistics) Of a word: serving to give emphasis or force.
- (medicine) Chiefly in intensive care: of care or treatment: involving a great degree of life support, monitoring, and other forms of effort in order to manage life-threatening conditions.
noun
- a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
- (education) A course taught intensively, involving much activity in a short period of time.
- A thing which makes something more intense; specifically (linguistics), a form of a word with a more forceful or stronger sense than the root on which it is built.
verb
- (intransitive) To sound loudly, be amplified
- (intransitive) To play the trumpet.
- (ambitransitive) Of an elephant, to make its cry.
- (ambitransitive) To give a loud cry like that of an elephant.
- (transitive) To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically
- utter in trumpet-like sounds
- play or blow on the trumpet
- proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet
noun
- (figurative) One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
- Any of various flowering plants with trumpet-shaped flowers, for example, of the genus Collomia.
- Someone who plays the trumpet; a trumpeter.
- A kind of traffic interchange involving at least one loop ramp connecting traffic either entering or leaving the terminating expressway with the far lanes of the continuous highway.
- The cry of an elephant, or any similar loud cry.
- (music) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.
- A powerful reed stop in organs, having a trumpet-like sound.
- A funnel, or short flaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
- (US, slang, often capitalized) A supporter of Donald Trump, especially a fervent one.
- a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
verb
- (transitive) To emphasize; to give emphasis to.
- To thrust against; to poke.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To light marijuana in a bong.
- (transitive) To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
- (transitive) To enter (information) on a device or system.
- To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
- (transitive, wine) To perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.
- (intransitive, UK, slang) Ellipsis of punch above one's weight, especially, to date somebody more attractive than oneself.
- (transitive) To strike with one's fist.
- (transitive) To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
- To mark a ticket.
- (transitive) To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) (see also the verb under Etymology 2).
- (transitive, of cattle) To herd.
- deliver a quick blow to
- make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
- drive forcibly as if by a punch
noun
- (countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
- (piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
- (uncountable) Impact.
- (countable) A hole or opening created with a punch.
- A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
- (countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
- (uncountable) Power, strength, energy.
- (countable, rare) A blow from something other than the fist.
- (entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.
- A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
- (countable) A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
- a tool for making holes or indentations
verb
- To appear; to seem; to project a certain quality.
- (obsolete?) To come away (from a place); to leave.
- (intransitive) To stop playing (music).
- (transitive) To quit (a drug or habit); to stop doing (something).
- To occur; to take place; to turn out; to end up.
- To become detached.
- To escape or get off (lightly, etc.); to come out of a situation without significant harm.
- To have some success; to succeed.
- come to be detached
- happen in a particular manner
- break off (a piece from a whole)
noun
- Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
- (ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
- the act of giving special importance or significance to something
- the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance
verb
- (transitive) To emphasise (words in speaking).
- (transitive) To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
- (transitive) To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
- (transitive) To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
- (transitive) To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
- (intransitive, informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
- to suffer from stress
- test the limits of
- put stress on; utter with an accent
- to stress, single out as important
noun
- special emphasis attached to something
- (countable, physics) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
- (uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
- (uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
- (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
- (countable, phonetics, loosely) A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.
- (countable, phonetics, strictly) The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.
- (biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
- (Scots law) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
- (countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
- difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
- (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
- (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
noun
- special emphasis attached to something
- maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system
- a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
- a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
- maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea
- a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- (countable, seismology) The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath the epicentre).
- (countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
- (ichthyology) The centre of an older fish's scale, which is the point where a younger fish's scale starts to grow from.
- (countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
- (countable) Something to which activity, attention or interest is primarily directed.
- (linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
- An object used in casting a magic spell.
- (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
- (graphical user interface) The status of being the currently active element in a user interface, often indicated by a visual highlight.
- (uncountable) Concentration of attention.
- (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
verb
- put (an image) into focus
- direct one's attention on something
- bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
- cause to converge on or toward a central point
- become focussed or come into focus
- (transitive, optics) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.
- (computing, graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so that it receives subsequent input.
- (transitive) To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.
- (transitive) To direct attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or task.
- (intransitive) To concentrate one’s attention.
- (accounting, formerly) To aggregate figures of accounts.
- (intransitive, optics, of a lens, optical instrument, etc.) To adjust itself or be adjusted such that light from a scene converges appropriately to create a clear image.
- (intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention on something; to have as one's central point of interest, concern, etc.
verb
noun
- A preliminary or developmental stage.
- (UK, law, historical) A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.
- (UK, law, historical) A service paid by foresters to the king.
- The part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain.
- the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
verb
noun
- Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
- (music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
- (linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
- (music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
- (figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.
- (sign languages) A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it.
- (orthography) Any mark used in writing over letters, either in order to indicate the place of the spoken stress, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked, or to distinguish homophones.
- (orthography) A mark used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken stress.
- Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
- (mathematics) A prime symbol.
- (music) A mark used to represent this special emphasis.
- (informal, sometimes proscribed) A manner of pronunciation suggesting that the speaker is from a different region; a foreign accent.
- (music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
- (usually plural only) Expressions in general; speech.
- A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
- (prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
- A word; a significant tone or sound.
- (linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
- special importance or significance
- a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
- the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
- distinctive manner of oral expression
verb
- To make salient or conspicuous; to draw attention to or improve the perception of.
- (transitive) To clear etchant and maskant from a part being chemically etched or milled.
- To reveal something that was masked or hidden; to expose; to unmask.
- (more generally) To remove any masking materials that have been added to protect an area.
- (more specifically) To overcome ideological preconceptions and labels.
verb
- (transitive) To make prominent; emphasize.
- (transitive) To be a highlight of.
- (transitive, Internet) To seek the attention of (a user) on IRC by mentioning their name in a message, causing that message to appear highlighted on their screen.
- (transitive) To mark (important passages of text), e.g. with a fluorescent marker pen or in a wordprocessor, as a means of memory retention or for later reference.
- (transitive) To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.
- move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
- apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent
noun
- (painting, photography) An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.
- (cosmetics) A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest.
- (figurative) An especially significant or interesting detail or event or period of time.
- the most interesting or memorable part
- an area of lightness in a picture
verb
- (transitive) To emphasise (words in speaking).
- (transitive) To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
- (transitive) To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
- (transitive) To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
- (transitive) To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
- (intransitive, informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
- to suffer from stress
- test the limits of
- put stress on; utter with an accent
- to stress, single out as important
noun
- special emphasis attached to something
- (countable, physics) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
- (uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
- (uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
- (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
- (countable, phonetics, loosely) A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.
- (countable, phonetics, strictly) The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.
- (biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
- (Scots law) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
- (countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
- difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
- (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
- (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
verb
- To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality).
- (chiefly British) To make (a shy person) more confident.
- (chiefly British) To place (something new for public sale) on the market; roll out.
- (LGBTQ slang) To introduce (a person) to gay life and traditions.
- (historical, transitive) To introduce (a young woman) formally into society.
- (chiefly British) To cause a visible symptom, such as spots or a rash, in (a person).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, out.
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- bring out of a specific state
- make manifest
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- bring onto the market or release
- take out of a container or enclosed space
- bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.
- direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
- encourage to be less reserved
verb
- (transitive) to utter with an affected tone.
- (transitive) to change the colour of
- (transitive) to make (something) firmer
- (transitive) to give a particular tone to
- vary the pitch of one's speech
- give a healthy elasticity to
- utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
- change to a color image
- change the color or tone of
noun
- (music) A specific pitch.
- (music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
- The shade or quality of a colour.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) a gun
- (language, literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed, especially the aspects of diction (word choice), connotation, emotiveness, and register.
- (painting) The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
- (music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
- The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
- The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
- (language, linguistics) The pitch of a word's sound that distinguishes a difference in meaning, as for example in Chinese.
- The general character, atmosphere, mood, or vibe (of a situation, place, etc.).
- (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
- (biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
- (Chiefly in the form lower/raise the tone of something) The quality of being respectable or admirable.
- the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
- the quality of a person's voice
- a musical interval of two semitones
- a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
- the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
- (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
- a steady sound without overtones
- (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
pron
verb
- (intransitive) To sound loudly, be amplified
- (intransitive) To play the trumpet.
- (ambitransitive) Of an elephant, to make its cry.
- (ambitransitive) To give a loud cry like that of an elephant.
- (transitive) To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically
- utter in trumpet-like sounds
- play or blow on the trumpet
- proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet
noun
- (figurative) One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
- Any of various flowering plants with trumpet-shaped flowers, for example, of the genus Collomia.
- Someone who plays the trumpet; a trumpeter.
- A kind of traffic interchange involving at least one loop ramp connecting traffic either entering or leaving the terminating expressway with the far lanes of the continuous highway.
- The cry of an elephant, or any similar loud cry.
- (music) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.
- A powerful reed stop in organs, having a trumpet-like sound.
- A funnel, or short flaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
- (US, slang, often capitalized) A supporter of Donald Trump, especially a fervent one.
- a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
verb
- (transitive) To emphasize; to give emphasis to.
- To thrust against; to poke.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To light marijuana in a bong.
- (transitive) To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
- (transitive) To enter (information) on a device or system.
- To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
- (transitive, wine) To perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.
- (intransitive, UK, slang) Ellipsis of punch above one's weight, especially, to date somebody more attractive than oneself.
- (transitive) To strike with one's fist.
- (transitive) To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
- To mark a ticket.
- (transitive) To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) (see also the verb under Etymology 2).
- (transitive, of cattle) To herd.
- deliver a quick blow to
- make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
- drive forcibly as if by a punch
noun
- (countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
- (piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
- (uncountable) Impact.
- (countable) A hole or opening created with a punch.
- A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
- (countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
- (uncountable) Power, strength, energy.
- (countable, rare) A blow from something other than the fist.
- (entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.
- A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
- (countable) A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
- a tool for making holes or indentations
verb
- To appear; to seem; to project a certain quality.
- (obsolete?) To come away (from a place); to leave.
- (intransitive) To stop playing (music).
- (transitive) To quit (a drug or habit); to stop doing (something).
- To occur; to take place; to turn out; to end up.
- To become detached.
- To escape or get off (lightly, etc.); to come out of a situation without significant harm.
- To have some success; to succeed.
- come to be detached
- happen in a particular manner
- break off (a piece from a whole)
adv
- Used to intensify or emphasize.
- Away from the doer, especially vigorously.
- (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
- To the end; completely; so that nothing remains.
- Outside; not indoors.
- Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.
- Into a state of existence or visibility.
- Specifically, away from home or one's usual place.
- Shows that an activity has been completed to the point of exhaustion.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- (sports) Of the ball or other playing implement, so as to pass or be situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.
- Away from the inside or centre.
- (cricket, baseball, of a player) So as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket or a forced out in baseball).
- (informal) Away, or at a distance, in time (relative to, and usually after, the present or a stated event) (often preceded by a stated time period and followed by "from")
- moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
- away from home
- from one's possession
adj
- (of the tide) At or near its lowest level.
- (of options) No longer acceptable or permissible.
- Without; no longer in possession of; not having any more.
- (of flowers) In bloom.
- Not in jail, prison, or captivity; freed from confinement.
- (in various games; used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball) Dismissed from play under the rules of the game.
- (of an organization, etc.) Temporarily not in operation, or not being attended as usual.
- No longer popular or in fashion.
- Freed from secrecy.
- (by extension, uncommon) Open, public; public about or openly acknowledging some (usually specified) identity.
- (LGBTQ) Openly acknowledging that one is LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
- (of lamps, fires etc.) Not shining or burning.
- (of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
- Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside:
- Not fitted or inserted into something.
- (of a user of a service) Not having availability of a service, such as power or communications.
- (Australia, of calculations or measurements) Containing errors or discrepancies, or in error by a stated amount.
- Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
- Not at home, or not at one's office or place of employment.
- (sports, of the ball or other playing implement) Falling or passing or being situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.
- (of certain services, devices, or facilities) Not available; out of service.
- Unconscious.
- (of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility.
- out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
- not allowed to continue to bat or run
- knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
- outside or external
- no longer fashionable
- directed outward or serving to direct something outward
- outer or outlying
- not worth considering as a possibility
- excluded from use or mention
- being out or having grown cold
intj
noun
- (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.
- A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
- (chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
- (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.
- (film, colloquial) An outtake.
- A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
- (cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball.
- (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
prep
verb
- (intransitive) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public, revealed, or apparent.
- To kill; to snuff out.
- (transitive) To reveal (a secret).
- (transitive) To eject; to expel.
- (transitive) To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
- (transitive, LGBTQ) To reveal (a person) as LGBTQ+ (gay, trans, etc).
- reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
- be made known; be disclosed or revealed
- to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
adv
adj
noun
infix
verb
adv
adj
- (colloquial) Thorough; utter.
- (informal, derogatory) Blasted; damned.
- (derogatory) Contrived to be cute or charming.
- Regarded with love or tenderness.
- (writing, ironic) Excessively complicated.
- Of high value or worth.
- (informal, followed by about) Extremely protective or strict (about something).
- (derogatory, antiphrastic) Treated with too much reverence.
- held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature
- obviously contrived to charm
- of high worth or cost
- characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
noun
adv
noun
- (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hawaii, vulgar) A balls-up; a botched job.
- plural of ball
- (uncountable, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hawaii, vulgar, colloquial) Synonym of bollocks, nonsense.
- (vulgar, colloquial) The testicles.
verb
adj
- possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
- (of color) having the highest saturation
- extremely sharp or severe
- Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
- Of feelings, thoughts, etc.: strongly focused; ardent, deep, earnest, passionate.
- Of a thing: possessing some characteristic to an extreme or very high or strong degree.
- Of a person: very emotional or passionate.
- (also figurative) Under tension; tightly drawn; strained, stressed, tense.
adj
- Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
- Ejective consonants in Ge'ez, Amharic, other Ethiopic Semitic languages, Chadic and Cushitic languages.
- Stated with conviction.
- (grammar) Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do plus an infinitive without to.
- (phonology, archaic except in layman’s use) Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).
- Phrayngealized consonants in Arabic, Hebrew, other Northwest Semitic languages, and Berber languages.
- forceful and definite in expression or action
- spoken with emphasis
- sudden and strong
noun
adj
- Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
- Synonym of expressive.
- (phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.
- Having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound.
- (phonetics) Synonym of vocalic.
- (music) Relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice.
- Full of voices.
- Expressing opinions or feelings freely, loudly, or insistently.
- (anatomy) Used in the production of speech sounds.
- relating to or designed for or using the singing voice
- given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
- full of the sound of voices
- having or using the power to produce speech or sound
noun
- (phonetics) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic.
- (music) A part of a piece of music that is sung.
- (acting) A musical performance involving singing.
- (Catholicism) A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections.
- a short musical composition with words
- music intended to be performed by one or more singers, usually with instrumental accompaniment
adj
- (of a quality) Manifested by fluent or voluble speech.
- (of speech) Using many words; containing grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance (generally with an unfavourable connotation).
- (of a person) Tending to talk a lot; fluent or voluble in speech (generally with an unfavourable connotation).
- Resembling a tongue.
- Involving the tongue.
noun
adj
- tending to give force or emphasis
- characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form
- of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor
- Done with intensity or to a great degree; thorough.
- (agriculture, economics) Of agriculture: increasing the productivity of an area of land.
- Of or pertaining to innate or internal intensity or strength rather than outward extent.
- Being made more intense.
- Chiefly suffixed to a noun: using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something; demanding.
- Involving much activity in a short period of time; highly concentrated.
- (linguistics) Of a word: serving to give emphasis or force.
- (medicine) Chiefly in intensive care: of care or treatment: involving a great degree of life support, monitoring, and other forms of effort in order to manage life-threatening conditions.
noun
- a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
- (education) A course taught intensively, involving much activity in a short period of time.
- A thing which makes something more intense; specifically (linguistics), a form of a word with a more forceful or stronger sense than the root on which it is built.