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noun
noun
- drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
- (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation
- drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
- inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
- a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
- (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
- the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
- the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin
- (mathematics) A formal proof: a sequence of statements, each of which is logically entailed by those preceding (with respect to some collection of rules of inference), the initial statements being taken as axioms.
- (grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
- A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
- The process of deriving one thing from another, especially in logic; a deduction.
- That which is derived; a derivative; the result of a deduction.
- The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
- The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
- (mathematics, differential algebra) An algebraic generalization of the derivative operator (from its natural setting in the ring of real-valued functions) to a general associative algebra over a field. Formally, (given an algebra A over a field K) a K-linear endomorphism that satisfies Leibnitz's Law.
- Any of several generalizations of this notion: a Hasse–Schmidt derivation, a graded derivation, etc.
- (medicine, historical) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
- (genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent; an instance thereof (for example, an etymology).
- (mathematics, calculus) The process of application of the derivative operator to a function, yielding another function called the derived function of the first.
- That from which a thing is derived.
verb
- irrigate with water from a sluice
- cause to flow through something
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
- cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
- make level or straight
- glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
- turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
- (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
- To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
- (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
- To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
- (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
- (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- (mining, intransitive) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
- (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- (Singapore, chiefly military) To move, shift or align to one side.
- (transitive) To excite, inflame.
- (intransitive, transitive) To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet.
- (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
- (transitive) To cause to blush.
- (transitive, computing, of data held in a buffer or cache) To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
adj
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
- Wealthy or well off.
- (typography) Ellipsis of flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
- Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
- Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- Affluent; abounding; well furnished or supplied; hence, liberal; prodigal.
noun
- a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
- a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
- sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
- A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
- Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
- (skiing) A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.
- A groundwater-fed marsh or peaty mire (which may be acidic or basic, nutrient-rich or poor); (originally especially Scotland and Northern England) a (marshy) pool or seep, as in a field.
- (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
- (computing) The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
adv
verb
- irrigate with water from a sluice
- draw through a sluice
- transport in or send down a sluice
- pour as if from a sluice
- (linguistics) To elide the complement in a coordinated wh-question. See sluicing.
- (transitive, rare) To emit by, or as by, flood gates.
- (transitive, more generally) To wash (down or out).
- (transitive) To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice.
- (transitive) To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice
- (intransitive) To flow, pour.
noun
- conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
- An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
- Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.
- (linguistics) An instance of wh-stranding ellipsis, or sluicing.
- A water gate or floodgate.
- (mining) A long box or trough through which water flows, used for washing auriferous earth.
- The stream flowing through a floodgate.
noun
- A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
- (figuratively, by extension, usually in the plural) A large number of people on the move.
- (collective) A group of hares.
- A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
- The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.
- A road or track along which cattle are habitually, used to be or could be driven; a droveway.
- A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
- a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
- a moving crowd
- a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
verb
noun
noun
verb
- (transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
- (intransitive) To get or take in water.
- (transitive) To dilute.
- (transitive) To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
- (transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto.
- (transitive) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
- (transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
- (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water or similar liquid.
- secrete or form water, as tears or saliva
- provide with water
- fill with tears
- supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
noun
- (uncountable, in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O.
- (countable) A serving of liquid water.
- (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
- (uncountable or in the plural) Water in a body; an area of open water.
- (colloquial, figuratively) Something which dilutes, or has the effect of watering down.
- A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
- (figuratively, in the plural or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
- (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
- (colloquial, medicine) A fluid that causes swelling.
- The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
- (sometimes countable) Mineral water.
- (business, often attributive) The water supply, as a service or utility.
- (pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.
- (countable, often in the plural) Spa water; hot springs.
- (uncountable) An inorganic compound (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.
- Amniotic fluid or the amniotic sac containing it. (Used only in the plural in the UK but often also in the singular in North America.)
- Urine.
- the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour phlegm
- a facility that provides a source of water
- binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
- liquid excretory product
- a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants
noun
- long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
- (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
- a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- (anatomy, botany) A tubular channel within the body or within a plant.
- (astronomy) One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars; see Martian canals
- An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
verb
noun
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
- Something dull or uninteresting.
- A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
- The place where such a well exists.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- Calibre; importance.
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- a person who evokes boredom
- a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
- a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
verb
- (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
- (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- simple past of bear
- (intransitive) To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
- (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- (colloquial) past participle of bear
- (proscribed) simple past of bare
- (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
- (transitive) To make a hole through something.
- make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
- cause to be bored
noun
- A subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.
- (computing, graphical user interface) A portion of a user interface that typically makes up part of a larger window and may be docked or snapped into position.
- One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.
- (architecture) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building.
- A square of a checkered or plaid pattern.
- Alternative spelling of peen.
- A division; a distinct piece or compartment of any surface.
- One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant-cut diamond.
- An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc.
- One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides.
- street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
- a panel or section of panels in a wall or door
- sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
verb
adj
noun
- A head or reservoir of water.
- A person in charge of a business or company.
- (geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
- (humorous) One's wife.
- (architecture) A roughly cut stone set in place for later carving.
- (mechanics) A protrusion; frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
- (archery) A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
- A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
- (informal, especially India, MLE and Philippines) A term of address to a man, especially a customer, but also sometimes to a friend or acquaintance of equal standing.
- A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
- The head of a political party in a given region or district.
- A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
- (Australia) The male owner or man in charge of a large rural property.
- (video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
- A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
- (architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
- a person responsible for hiring workers
- a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments
- a person who exercises control and makes decisions
- a circular rounded projection or protuberance
- a person who exercises control over workers
adj
verb
noun
adj
noun
- (hydraulics) A contrivance for regulating the supply of water from an irrigation channel.
- A unit of education covering a single topic.
- (astronautics) An independent self-contained unit of a spacecraft.
- (architecture) A standard unit of measure used for determining the proportions of a building.
- (fractal geometry, mathematics) A fractal element.
- (algebra, ring theory) An abelian group equipped with the operation of multiplication by an element of a ring (or another of certain algebraic objects), representing a generalisation of the concept of vector space with scalar multiplication.
- A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components.
- (programming) A section of a program; a subroutine or group of subroutines.
- A pre-prepared adventure scenario with related materials for a role-playing game.
- (music, computing) A file containing a music sequence that can be played in a tracker (also called mod or music module).
- one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
- a self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components
- computer circuit consisting of an assembly of electronic components (as of computer hardware)
- detachable compartment of a spacecraft
noun
verb
adj
- (finance) Of an option, having a strike price higher (call options) or lower (put options) than the current market price of the underlying asset or financial product; for example, an option to buy shares at $20 when the current market price is $15.
- (figuratively) In difficulty, especially financially.
- (nautical) Beneath the water line of a vessel.
- (finance) Having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value.
- (not comparable) Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.
- growing or remaining under water
- beneath the surface of the water
adv
noun
noun
- A kind of perforated hose used to distribute drips of water to a number of plants.
- (cooking) A mixture of grains softened in water which is added to bread dough.
- One who, or that which, soaks.
- (Canada, slang) The experience of stepping in a deep puddle and having one's foot become completely engulfed in water.
- (slang) A person suffering from alcoholism.
- A kind of knitted woollen diaper.
- a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
- a heavy rain
noun
noun
- drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
- (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation
- drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
- inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
- a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
- (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
- the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
- the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin
- (mathematics) A formal proof: a sequence of statements, each of which is logically entailed by those preceding (with respect to some collection of rules of inference), the initial statements being taken as axioms.
- (grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
- A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
- The process of deriving one thing from another, especially in logic; a deduction.
- That which is derived; a derivative; the result of a deduction.
- The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
- The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
- (mathematics, differential algebra) An algebraic generalization of the derivative operator (from its natural setting in the ring of real-valued functions) to a general associative algebra over a field. Formally, (given an algebra A over a field K) a K-linear endomorphism that satisfies Leibnitz's Law.
- Any of several generalizations of this notion: a Hasse–Schmidt derivation, a graded derivation, etc.
- (medicine, historical) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
- (genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent; an instance thereof (for example, an etymology).
- (mathematics, calculus) The process of application of the derivative operator to a function, yielding another function called the derived function of the first.
- That from which a thing is derived.
noun
- A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
- (figuratively, by extension, usually in the plural) A large number of people on the move.
- (collective) A group of hares.
- A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
- The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.
- A road or track along which cattle are habitually, used to be or could be driven; a droveway.
- A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
- a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
- a moving crowd
- a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
verb
noun
noun
noun
- long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
- (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
- a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- (anatomy, botany) A tubular channel within the body or within a plant.
- (astronomy) One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars; see Martian canals
- An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
verb
noun
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
- Something dull or uninteresting.
- A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
- The place where such a well exists.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- Calibre; importance.
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- a person who evokes boredom
- a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
- a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
verb
- (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
- (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- simple past of bear
- (intransitive) To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
- (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- (colloquial) past participle of bear
- (proscribed) simple past of bare
- (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
- (transitive) To make a hole through something.
- make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
- cause to be bored
noun
- A subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.
- (computing, graphical user interface) A portion of a user interface that typically makes up part of a larger window and may be docked or snapped into position.
- One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.
- (architecture) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building.
- A square of a checkered or plaid pattern.
- Alternative spelling of peen.
- A division; a distinct piece or compartment of any surface.
- One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant-cut diamond.
- An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc.
- One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides.
- street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
- a panel or section of panels in a wall or door
- sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
verb
noun
- A head or reservoir of water.
- A person in charge of a business or company.
- (geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
- (humorous) One's wife.
- (architecture) A roughly cut stone set in place for later carving.
- (mechanics) A protrusion; frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
- (archery) A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
- A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
- (informal, especially India, MLE and Philippines) A term of address to a man, especially a customer, but also sometimes to a friend or acquaintance of equal standing.
- A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
- The head of a political party in a given region or district.
- A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
- (Australia) The male owner or man in charge of a large rural property.
- (video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
- A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
- (architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
- a person responsible for hiring workers
- a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments
- a person who exercises control and makes decisions
- a circular rounded projection or protuberance
- a person who exercises control over workers
adj
verb
noun
noun
- (hydraulics) A contrivance for regulating the supply of water from an irrigation channel.
- A unit of education covering a single topic.
- (astronautics) An independent self-contained unit of a spacecraft.
- (architecture) A standard unit of measure used for determining the proportions of a building.
- (fractal geometry, mathematics) A fractal element.
- (algebra, ring theory) An abelian group equipped with the operation of multiplication by an element of a ring (or another of certain algebraic objects), representing a generalisation of the concept of vector space with scalar multiplication.
- A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components.
- (programming) A section of a program; a subroutine or group of subroutines.
- A pre-prepared adventure scenario with related materials for a role-playing game.
- (music, computing) A file containing a music sequence that can be played in a tracker (also called mod or music module).
- one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
- a self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components
- computer circuit consisting of an assembly of electronic components (as of computer hardware)
- detachable compartment of a spacecraft
noun
noun
- A kind of perforated hose used to distribute drips of water to a number of plants.
- (cooking) A mixture of grains softened in water which is added to bread dough.
- One who, or that which, soaks.
- (Canada, slang) The experience of stepping in a deep puddle and having one's foot become completely engulfed in water.
- (slang) A person suffering from alcoholism.
- A kind of knitted woollen diaper.
- a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
- a heavy rain
verb
- irrigate with water from a sluice
- cause to flow through something
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
- cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
- make level or straight
- glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
- turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
- (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
- To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
- (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
- To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
- (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
- (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- (mining, intransitive) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
- (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- (Singapore, chiefly military) To move, shift or align to one side.
- (transitive) To excite, inflame.
- (intransitive, transitive) To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet.
- (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
- (transitive) To cause to blush.
- (transitive, computing, of data held in a buffer or cache) To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
adj
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
- Wealthy or well off.
- (typography) Ellipsis of flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
- Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
- Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- Affluent; abounding; well furnished or supplied; hence, liberal; prodigal.
noun
- a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
- a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
- sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
- A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
- Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
- (skiing) A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.
- A groundwater-fed marsh or peaty mire (which may be acidic or basic, nutrient-rich or poor); (originally especially Scotland and Northern England) a (marshy) pool or seep, as in a field.
- (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
- (computing) The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
adv
verb
- irrigate with water from a sluice
- draw through a sluice
- transport in or send down a sluice
- pour as if from a sluice
- (linguistics) To elide the complement in a coordinated wh-question. See sluicing.
- (transitive, rare) To emit by, or as by, flood gates.
- (transitive, more generally) To wash (down or out).
- (transitive) To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice.
- (transitive) To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice
- (intransitive) To flow, pour.
noun
- conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
- An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
- Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.
- (linguistics) An instance of wh-stranding ellipsis, or sluicing.
- A water gate or floodgate.
- (mining) A long box or trough through which water flows, used for washing auriferous earth.
- The stream flowing through a floodgate.
verb
- (transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
- (intransitive) To get or take in water.
- (transitive) To dilute.
- (transitive) To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
- (transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto.
- (transitive) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
- (transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
- (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water or similar liquid.
- secrete or form water, as tears or saliva
- provide with water
- fill with tears
- supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
noun
- (uncountable, in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O.
- (countable) A serving of liquid water.
- (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
- (uncountable or in the plural) Water in a body; an area of open water.
- (colloquial, figuratively) Something which dilutes, or has the effect of watering down.
- A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
- (figuratively, in the plural or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
- (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
- (colloquial, medicine) A fluid that causes swelling.
- The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
- (sometimes countable) Mineral water.
- (business, often attributive) The water supply, as a service or utility.
- (pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.
- (countable, often in the plural) Spa water; hot springs.
- (uncountable) An inorganic compound (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.
- Amniotic fluid or the amniotic sac containing it. (Used only in the plural in the UK but often also in the singular in North America.)
- Urine.
- the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour phlegm
- a facility that provides a source of water
- binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
- liquid excretory product
- a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants
verb
adj
- (finance) Of an option, having a strike price higher (call options) or lower (put options) than the current market price of the underlying asset or financial product; for example, an option to buy shares at $20 when the current market price is $15.
- (figuratively) In difficulty, especially financially.
- (nautical) Beneath the water line of a vessel.
- (finance) Having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value.
- (not comparable) Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.
- growing or remaining under water
- beneath the surface of the water