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verb
- (transitive) To reduce a result in response to limited resources.
- (transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
- (transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
- severely restrict in scope or extent
- compel to behave in a certain way
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
noun
- A reduction in quality or quantity.
- A change of direction or a movement downwards.
- (automotive, cycling) A shift of a transmission into a lower gear, as dictated by heavier load on the engine, as for example when climbing a hill or strongly accelerating.
- A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
- a change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle
- a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one
verb
- To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)
- (automotive, cycling) To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.
- To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
- To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
- (automotive, cycling) To shift a transmission into a lower gear.
- To function at a lower rate; to slacken.
adj
- capable of being reduced
- Capable of being reduced.
- (mathematics, of an integer) Able to be factored into smaller integers; composite.
- (mathematics, of a polynomial) Able to be factored into polynomials of lower degree, as x²-1.
- (topology, of a manifold) Containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball.
noun
- The result of reduction, utilization, or depletion.
- The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization).
- (economics) (A measure of) the decline from a historical peak in some economic or financial variable.
- (US, military, law, in particular) The withdrawal of weapons, ammunition and other supplies from US stocks, and provision of it to another nation.
- A lowering in water level, as in a well or a reservoir.
- (finance) The borrowing of funds from a financial institution, under the terms of a credit agreement.
- (banking) The process of a bank releasing previously agreed loan amount to the borrower, hence making it available for them to use.
noun
- (business) Initialism of minimum viable product.
- Initialism of mitral valve prolapse.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of model view projection.
- (biology, ecology) Initialism of minimum viable population.
- (software, design) Initialism of model-view-presenter.
- (sports) Initialism of most valuable player.
- (programming) Initialism of most vexing parse.
- the player judged to be the most important to the sport
noun
- A lessening, decrease or reduction.
- (music) a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.
- The act or process of making diminutive.
- the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
- change toward something smaller or lower
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
verb
- reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
- become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
- collapse by releasing contained air or gas
- produce deflation in
- reduce or lessen the size or importance of
- release contained air or gas from
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
- (transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
- (transitive, economics) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
- (transitive) To let (someone) down, disappoint them, or put them in their place.
- (intransitive) To become deflated.
- (slang) To belch or flatulate
- (transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
adj
- lessened, reduced
- (music) reduced by a semitone
- made to seem less important, impressive, or valuable
- (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use
- impaired by diminution
- (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval
- made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
verb
noun
- A reduction in cost or expenditure.
- an act of economizing; reduction in cost
- (uncountable) The action of the verb to save.
- (countable, usually in the plural) Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
- the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
adj
- Preserving; rescuing.
- (theology) That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
- Making reservation or exception.
- (in compounds) Relating to making a saving.
- Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
- Thrifty; frugal.
- bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
- characterized by thriftiness
prep
verb
noun
- a reduction in quantity or rate
- (roofing) Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings.
- (surfing) Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking.
- (soccer) An offensive pass played into a position further from the attacking goal line.
- A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service.
- An inversion feature of a rollercoaster, similar to a corkscrew but with the second half reversed.
noun
- an act of economizing; reduction in cost
- frugality in the expenditure of money or resources
- the system of production and distribution and consumption
- the efficient use of resources
- (theology) The method of divine government of the world. (See Economy (religion) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.)
- (US) The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; economy class.
- The study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.
- Frugal use of resources.
- The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.
adj
adv
noun
- (figuratively) A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
- (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
- (Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- (botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
- (fashion) A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
- A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
- (eastern US, uncommon) A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
- (eastern US) A swampy area; a swamp.
- (idiomatic, by extension) The conjunctions and or also (during a conversation).
- (UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
- (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- (UK, slang, vulgar, rare) Piss; urine.
- (originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
- (UK, slang, vulgar) A piss: an act of urination.
- (sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
- (US and Canada) A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- (often proscribed) Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- (fandom slang) Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
- an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
- a wound made by cutting
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
adv
conj
verb
- (Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- (fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
- (ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- (cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- (figuratively) To reduce sharply.
- To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- (intransitive, UK, slang) To piss, to urinate.
- (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
- (US, Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
- (figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
- To move quickly and violently.
- move or stir about violently
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- cut open
- cut drastically
- cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
verb
noun
noun
verb
- deplete
- use up (resources or materials)
- wear out completely
- use up the whole supply of
- eliminate (a substance)
- (transitive) To draw or let out wholly; to drain completely.
- (transitive, chemistry) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives.
- (intransitive) To discharge or escape (as exhaust).
- (transitive) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents.
- (transitive) To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy.
- (transitive) To discuss thoroughly or completely.
- (transitive, literally, figuratively) To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or use until the supply comes to an end.
- (transitive) To expel (as exhaust).
noun
- gases ejected from an engine as waste products
- system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged
- Exhaust gas.
- An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.
- A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.
- The dirty air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
- The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
verb
- deplete
- play to a finish
- become spent or exhausted
- perform or be performed to the end
- (transitive, perhaps influenced by or confused with 'pay out') To feed (rope, cord, etc.) so as to allow more length or slackness.
- (intransitive) To occur or develop in a certain manner.
- (transitive) To play (a game etc.) to its conclusion.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, out.
- (transitive) To play music to accompany the end of, or as a final segment in (a programme, broadcast etc.).
verb
- deplete
- use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
- examine hastily
- trace
- pursue until captured
- move downward
- injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle
- (transitive, intransitive) To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.
- (transitive) To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.
- (transitive, typography) To move (some copy) down to the next line.
- (British, transitive) To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure.
- (nautical, transitive) To run against and sink, as a vessel.
- (transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To approach (someone, thing or place) aggressively, as to attack.
- (transitive) To read quickly a list or other short text.
- To decline in quality or condition.
- (transitive) To crush; to overthrow; to overbear.
- (hunting) To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted.
- (transitive) To describe in the form of a rundown, a rough outline or summary.
- (transitive) To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
- (transitive) To find something or someone after searching for a long time.
verb
- deplete
- excavate the earth beneath
- (transitive) To gradually drain (someone's energy or vitality).
- (transitive) To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.
- (transitive, slang) To strike with a sap (with a blackjack).
- (transitive, military) To pierce with saps.
- (intransitive) To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps.
- (transitive) To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.
- (transitive) To drain, suck or absorb sap from (a tree, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) To exhaust the vitality of.
noun
- a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
- a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
- a person who lacks good judgment
- (military) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.
- (uncountable) The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.
- (figurative) Vitality.
- (uncountable) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
- (countable, US, slang) A short wooden club; a leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack.
- Any juice.
- (slang, countable) A naive person; a simpleton.
verb
noun
- hoop that covers a wheel
- A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
- A covering for the head; a headdress.
- (American spelling) Alternative spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
- A tier, row, or rank.
- (American spelling, Canadian spelling) Alternative spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.
verb
- lose significance, effectiveness, or value
- collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
- fold or close up
- cause to burst
- fall apart
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
- (transitive) To cause something to collapse.
- (transitive, computing) In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to hide the subentries of (an entry).
- (intransitive, cricket) To suffer a batting collapse.
- (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
- (intransitive) To fold compactly.
- (intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.
noun
- an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
- the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink
- a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
- a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
- (cricket) Ellipsis of batting collapse.
- Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).
- The act of collapsing.
noun
- the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
- the act of mixing together
- an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base
- A mixture, in some contexts:
- A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock.
- An instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.
- (epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.
noun
- the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
- a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
- A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.
- An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
- (figurative) Fusion, marriage, combination.
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To diminish in size, value, etc. To get worse (in quality).
- (nautical) To change the direction of the sail so as to point in a direction that is more down wind; to bring the bow leeward.
- (transitive and intransitive) To become detached or to drop from.
- (intransitive) To fall into sin; stray.
- fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
- diminish in size or intensity
- come off
noun
verb
- become obsolete
- retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity
- declare to be obsolete
- retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability
- (transitive) To show to be obsolete due to age.
- (intransitive) To retire due to age.
- (transitive) To retire or put out of use due to age.
- (intransitive) To become obsolete or antiquated.
- (transitive) To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.
noun
- A reduction in price.
- (finance) A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
- (figurative) A lack or shortcoming.
- (psychology, transactional analysis) The act of one who believes, or act as though they believe, that their own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
- The rate of interest charged in discounting.
- the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
- interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
- a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
- an amount or percentage deducted
adj
verb
- To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest.
- To sell at a reduced price.
- (psychology, transactional analysis) To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
- (rare) To deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc.
- To disregard or regard as unimportant.
- To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
- bar from attention or consideration
- give a reduction in price on
noun
- the act of reducing complexity
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
- any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
- The act, process, or result of reducing.
- (philosophy, phenomenology) A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
- (computing theory) A transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial-time reduction.
- (cooking) The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
- (mathematics) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
- (historical, Roman Catholicism) A religious settlement created during a mission by Spanish or Portuguese colonists with the intent of evangelizing Christianity to the local population.
- (music) An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
- (medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment, usually with a closed approach but sometimes with an open approach (surgery).
- (paying) A reduced price of something by a fraction or decimal.
- The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
- (chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
- (metalworking) The ratio of a material's change in thickness compared to its thickness prior to forging and/or rolling.
noun
adj
- Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.
- (in several set phrases) Being near the equator.
- Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
- Low-cut.
- (baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees.
- Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
- Dead. (Compare lay low.)
- (of an automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
- Being a nadir, a bottom.
- (acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
- Humble, meek, not haughty.
- Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
- Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
- (card games) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
- Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
- (video games, roleplaying games) Having few hit points remaining; damaged.
- Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.
- Quiet; soft; not loud.
- Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
- (chiefly in several set phrases) Favoring simplicity (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).
- (phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
- Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
- Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
- (especially in biology) Simple in complexity or development.
- subdued or brought low in condition or status
- no longer sufficient
- unrefined in character
- less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
- of the most contemptible kind
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- low or inferior in station or quality
- being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
- very low in volume
- used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
adv
- Close to the ground.
- Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
- (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.
- With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
- In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
- In a time approaching our own.
- Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
- in a low position; near the ground
noun
- The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
- A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.
- The minimum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
- (meteorology, informal) An area of low pressure; a depression.
- A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).
- (slang, usually accompanied by "the") A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.
- (countable, UK, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.
- (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
- a low level or position or degree
- an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
verb
noun
- the act of decreasing something markedly
- the state of being depleted
- The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
- (accounting, mining, timber industry, oil industry) gradual expense or use of natural resources over time.
- The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
noun
- a decrease in price or value
- a communication that belittles somebody or something
- decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use
- The decline in value of assets.
- The state of being depreciated; disparagement.
- (accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.
verb
- have a reducing effect
- penetrate injuriously
- function as a cutting instrument
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- fell by sawing; hew
- refuse to acknowledge
- discharge from a group
- allow incision or separation
- record a performance on (a medium)
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- pass directly and often in haste
- stop filming
- intentionally fail to attend
- grow through the gums
- cut and assemble the components of
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- give the appearance or impression of
- make an incision or separation
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- pass through or across
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make out and issue
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- make a recording of
- reap or harvest
- create by duplicating data
- move (one's fist)
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- cease, stop
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- perform or carry out
- have grow through the gums
- To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
- (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- (transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave abruptly.
- (intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
- To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
- To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
- (slang) To wound with a knife.
- To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
- (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
- To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
- (transitive, social) To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
- To perform (an elaborate dancing movement etc.).
- (transitive) To exhibit (a figure having some trait).
- To reduce, especially intentionally.
- (ambitransitive) To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
- (bodybuilding) To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
- (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
- (sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
- To castrate or geld.
- (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- (slang, intransitive) To run or hurry.
- (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
- (intransitive, film) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
- (transitive, slang) To make, negotiate; to finalise, conclude; to issue.
- (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.
- To form or shape by cutting.
- (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- (transitive) To renounce or give up.
- To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
- (transitive) To stop, disengage, or cease.
adj
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
- mixed with water
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
- (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
- with parts removed
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
- (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
- (slang, New Zealand, formerly UK) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
- (participial adjective) Having been cut.
- (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- Reduced.
- (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Upset, angry; emotionally hurt.
noun
- a wound made by cutting
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a share of the profits
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a step on some scale
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
- (slang, uncountable) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
- (card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- (slang) An insult.
- An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
- (slang) A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
- An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
- (card games) The card obtained by dividing the pack.
- The manner or style in which a garment, other article of clothing, or sail is fashioned.
- A decrease or deletion.
- (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
- (Internet) A dividing line in a Tumblr post, the content below which is hidden until the reader reveals it.
- A haircut.
- (bodybuilding) A time period when one attempts to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
- (literal, figurative) The act of cutting.
- Such a wound through human skin.
- A sleeveless vest worn by members of a motorcycle club.
- (fashion) A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
- (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- (especially theater, film) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
- A skein of yarn.
- Such a passage dug for a roadway for a paved road or railroad, a canal, a runway, etc.
- A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
- (golf) In a stroke play competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
- A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
- (literal, figurative) The result of cutting.
- (film) A particular version or edit of a film.
- (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
- A slab or slice, especially of meat.
- (rail transport) A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
- An unkind act; a cruelty.
- A share or portion of profits.
- An artificial channel for marine navigation, as distinguished from a navigable river.
- (petrochemistry) The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
intj
noun
- A reduction in quality or quantity.
- A change of direction or a movement downwards.
- (automotive, cycling) A shift of a transmission into a lower gear, as dictated by heavier load on the engine, as for example when climbing a hill or strongly accelerating.
- A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
- a change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle
- a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one
verb
- To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)
- (automotive, cycling) To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.
- To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
- To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
- (automotive, cycling) To shift a transmission into a lower gear.
- To function at a lower rate; to slacken.
noun
- The result of reduction, utilization, or depletion.
- The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization).
- (economics) (A measure of) the decline from a historical peak in some economic or financial variable.
- (US, military, law, in particular) The withdrawal of weapons, ammunition and other supplies from US stocks, and provision of it to another nation.
- A lowering in water level, as in a well or a reservoir.
- (finance) The borrowing of funds from a financial institution, under the terms of a credit agreement.
- (banking) The process of a bank releasing previously agreed loan amount to the borrower, hence making it available for them to use.
noun
- (business) Initialism of minimum viable product.
- Initialism of mitral valve prolapse.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of model view projection.
- (biology, ecology) Initialism of minimum viable population.
- (software, design) Initialism of model-view-presenter.
- (sports) Initialism of most valuable player.
- (programming) Initialism of most vexing parse.
- the player judged to be the most important to the sport
noun
- A lessening, decrease or reduction.
- (music) a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.
- The act or process of making diminutive.
- the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
- change toward something smaller or lower
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
noun
- A reduction in cost or expenditure.
- an act of economizing; reduction in cost
- (uncountable) The action of the verb to save.
- (countable, usually in the plural) Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
- the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
adj
- Preserving; rescuing.
- (theology) That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
- Making reservation or exception.
- (in compounds) Relating to making a saving.
- Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
- Thrifty; frugal.
- bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
- characterized by thriftiness
prep
verb
noun
- a reduction in quantity or rate
- (roofing) Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings.
- (surfing) Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking.
- (soccer) An offensive pass played into a position further from the attacking goal line.
- A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service.
- An inversion feature of a rollercoaster, similar to a corkscrew but with the second half reversed.
noun
- an act of economizing; reduction in cost
- frugality in the expenditure of money or resources
- the system of production and distribution and consumption
- the efficient use of resources
- (theology) The method of divine government of the world. (See Economy (religion) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.)
- (US) The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; economy class.
- The study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.
- Frugal use of resources.
- The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.
adj
adv
noun
- (figuratively) A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
- (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
- (Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- (botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
- (fashion) A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
- A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
- (eastern US, uncommon) A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
- (eastern US) A swampy area; a swamp.
- (idiomatic, by extension) The conjunctions and or also (during a conversation).
- (UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
- (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- (UK, slang, vulgar, rare) Piss; urine.
- (originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
- (UK, slang, vulgar) A piss: an act of urination.
- (sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
- (US and Canada) A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- (often proscribed) Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- (fandom slang) Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
- an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
- a wound made by cutting
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
adv
conj
verb
- (Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- (fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
- (ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- (cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- (figuratively) To reduce sharply.
- To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- (intransitive, UK, slang) To piss, to urinate.
- (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
- (US, Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
- (figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
- To move quickly and violently.
- move or stir about violently
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- cut open
- cut drastically
- cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
noun
noun
- the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
- the act of mixing together
- an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base
- A mixture, in some contexts:
- A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock.
- An instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.
- (epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.
noun
- the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
- a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
- A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.
- An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
- (figurative) Fusion, marriage, combination.
verb
noun
- A reduction in price.
- (finance) A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
- (figurative) A lack or shortcoming.
- (psychology, transactional analysis) The act of one who believes, or act as though they believe, that their own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
- The rate of interest charged in discounting.
- the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
- interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
- a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
- an amount or percentage deducted
adj
verb
- To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest.
- To sell at a reduced price.
- (psychology, transactional analysis) To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
- (rare) To deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc.
- To disregard or regard as unimportant.
- To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
- bar from attention or consideration
- give a reduction in price on
noun
- the act of reducing complexity
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
- any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
- The act, process, or result of reducing.
- (philosophy, phenomenology) A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
- (computing theory) A transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial-time reduction.
- (cooking) The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
- (mathematics) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
- (historical, Roman Catholicism) A religious settlement created during a mission by Spanish or Portuguese colonists with the intent of evangelizing Christianity to the local population.
- (music) An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
- (medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment, usually with a closed approach but sometimes with an open approach (surgery).
- (paying) A reduced price of something by a fraction or decimal.
- The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
- (chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
- (metalworking) The ratio of a material's change in thickness compared to its thickness prior to forging and/or rolling.
noun
noun
- the act of decreasing something markedly
- the state of being depleted
- The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
- (accounting, mining, timber industry, oil industry) gradual expense or use of natural resources over time.
- The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
noun
- a decrease in price or value
- a communication that belittles somebody or something
- decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use
- The decline in value of assets.
- The state of being depreciated; disparagement.
- (accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.
verb
- (transitive) To reduce a result in response to limited resources.
- (transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
- (transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
- severely restrict in scope or extent
- compel to behave in a certain way
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
verb
- reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
- become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
- collapse by releasing contained air or gas
- produce deflation in
- reduce or lessen the size or importance of
- release contained air or gas from
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
- (transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
- (transitive, economics) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
- (transitive) To let (someone) down, disappoint them, or put them in their place.
- (intransitive) To become deflated.
- (slang) To belch or flatulate
- (transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
verb
noun
verb
- deplete
- use up (resources or materials)
- wear out completely
- use up the whole supply of
- eliminate (a substance)
- (transitive) To draw or let out wholly; to drain completely.
- (transitive, chemistry) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives.
- (intransitive) To discharge or escape (as exhaust).
- (transitive) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents.
- (transitive) To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy.
- (transitive) To discuss thoroughly or completely.
- (transitive, literally, figuratively) To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or use until the supply comes to an end.
- (transitive) To expel (as exhaust).
noun
- gases ejected from an engine as waste products
- system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged
- Exhaust gas.
- An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.
- A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.
- The dirty air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
- The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
verb
- deplete
- play to a finish
- become spent or exhausted
- perform or be performed to the end
- (transitive, perhaps influenced by or confused with 'pay out') To feed (rope, cord, etc.) so as to allow more length or slackness.
- (intransitive) To occur or develop in a certain manner.
- (transitive) To play (a game etc.) to its conclusion.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, out.
- (transitive) To play music to accompany the end of, or as a final segment in (a programme, broadcast etc.).
verb
- deplete
- use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
- examine hastily
- trace
- pursue until captured
- move downward
- injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle
- (transitive, intransitive) To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.
- (transitive) To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.
- (transitive, typography) To move (some copy) down to the next line.
- (British, transitive) To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure.
- (nautical, transitive) To run against and sink, as a vessel.
- (transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To approach (someone, thing or place) aggressively, as to attack.
- (transitive) To read quickly a list or other short text.
- To decline in quality or condition.
- (transitive) To crush; to overthrow; to overbear.
- (hunting) To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted.
- (transitive) To describe in the form of a rundown, a rough outline or summary.
- (transitive) To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
- (transitive) To find something or someone after searching for a long time.
verb
- deplete
- excavate the earth beneath
- (transitive) To gradually drain (someone's energy or vitality).
- (transitive) To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.
- (transitive, slang) To strike with a sap (with a blackjack).
- (transitive, military) To pierce with saps.
- (intransitive) To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps.
- (transitive) To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.
- (transitive) To drain, suck or absorb sap from (a tree, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) To exhaust the vitality of.
noun
- a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
- a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
- a person who lacks good judgment
- (military) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.
- (uncountable) The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.
- (figurative) Vitality.
- (uncountable) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
- (countable, US, slang) A short wooden club; a leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack.
- Any juice.
- (slang, countable) A naive person; a simpleton.
verb
noun
- hoop that covers a wheel
- A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
- A covering for the head; a headdress.
- (American spelling) Alternative spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
- A tier, row, or rank.
- (American spelling, Canadian spelling) Alternative spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.
verb
- lose significance, effectiveness, or value
- collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
- fold or close up
- cause to burst
- fall apart
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
- (transitive) To cause something to collapse.
- (transitive, computing) In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to hide the subentries of (an entry).
- (intransitive, cricket) To suffer a batting collapse.
- (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
- (intransitive) To fold compactly.
- (intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.
noun
- an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
- the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink
- a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
- a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
- (cricket) Ellipsis of batting collapse.
- Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).
- The act of collapsing.
verb
- (intransitive) To diminish in size, value, etc. To get worse (in quality).
- (nautical) To change the direction of the sail so as to point in a direction that is more down wind; to bring the bow leeward.
- (transitive and intransitive) To become detached or to drop from.
- (intransitive) To fall into sin; stray.
- fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
- diminish in size or intensity
- come off
noun
verb
- become obsolete
- retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity
- declare to be obsolete
- retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability
- (transitive) To show to be obsolete due to age.
- (intransitive) To retire due to age.
- (transitive) To retire or put out of use due to age.
- (intransitive) To become obsolete or antiquated.
- (transitive) To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.
verb
- have a reducing effect
- penetrate injuriously
- function as a cutting instrument
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- fell by sawing; hew
- refuse to acknowledge
- discharge from a group
- allow incision or separation
- record a performance on (a medium)
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- pass directly and often in haste
- stop filming
- intentionally fail to attend
- grow through the gums
- cut and assemble the components of
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- give the appearance or impression of
- make an incision or separation
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- pass through or across
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make out and issue
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- make a recording of
- reap or harvest
- create by duplicating data
- move (one's fist)
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- cease, stop
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- perform or carry out
- have grow through the gums
- To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
- (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- (transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave abruptly.
- (intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
- To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
- To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
- (slang) To wound with a knife.
- To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
- (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
- To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
- (transitive, social) To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
- To perform (an elaborate dancing movement etc.).
- (transitive) To exhibit (a figure having some trait).
- To reduce, especially intentionally.
- (ambitransitive) To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
- (bodybuilding) To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
- (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
- (sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
- To castrate or geld.
- (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- (slang, intransitive) To run or hurry.
- (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
- (intransitive, film) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
- (transitive, slang) To make, negotiate; to finalise, conclude; to issue.
- (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.
- To form or shape by cutting.
- (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- (transitive) To renounce or give up.
- To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
- (transitive) To stop, disengage, or cease.
adj
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
- mixed with water
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
- (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
- with parts removed
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
- (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
- (slang, New Zealand, formerly UK) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
- (participial adjective) Having been cut.
- (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- Reduced.
- (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Upset, angry; emotionally hurt.
noun
- a wound made by cutting
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a share of the profits
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a step on some scale
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
- (slang, uncountable) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
- (card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- (slang) An insult.
- An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
- (slang) A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
- An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
- (card games) The card obtained by dividing the pack.
- The manner or style in which a garment, other article of clothing, or sail is fashioned.
- A decrease or deletion.
- (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
- (Internet) A dividing line in a Tumblr post, the content below which is hidden until the reader reveals it.
- A haircut.
- (bodybuilding) A time period when one attempts to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
- (literal, figurative) The act of cutting.
- Such a wound through human skin.
- A sleeveless vest worn by members of a motorcycle club.
- (fashion) A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
- (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- (especially theater, film) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
- A skein of yarn.
- Such a passage dug for a roadway for a paved road or railroad, a canal, a runway, etc.
- A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
- (golf) In a stroke play competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
- A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
- (literal, figurative) The result of cutting.
- (film) A particular version or edit of a film.
- (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
- A slab or slice, especially of meat.
- (rail transport) A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
- An unkind act; a cruelty.
- A share or portion of profits.
- An artificial channel for marine navigation, as distinguished from a navigable river.
- (petrochemistry) The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
intj
adj
- capable of being reduced
- Capable of being reduced.
- (mathematics, of an integer) Able to be factored into smaller integers; composite.
- (mathematics, of a polynomial) Able to be factored into polynomials of lower degree, as x²-1.
- (topology, of a manifold) Containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball.
adj
- lessened, reduced
- (music) reduced by a semitone
- made to seem less important, impressive, or valuable
- (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use
- impaired by diminution
- (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval
- made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
verb
adj
- Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.
- (in several set phrases) Being near the equator.
- Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
- Low-cut.
- (baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees.
- Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
- Dead. (Compare lay low.)
- (of an automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
- Being a nadir, a bottom.
- (acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
- Humble, meek, not haughty.
- Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
- Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
- (card games) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
- Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
- (video games, roleplaying games) Having few hit points remaining; damaged.
- Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.
- Quiet; soft; not loud.
- Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
- (chiefly in several set phrases) Favoring simplicity (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).
- (phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
- Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
- Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
- (especially in biology) Simple in complexity or development.
- subdued or brought low in condition or status
- no longer sufficient
- unrefined in character
- less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
- of the most contemptible kind
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- low or inferior in station or quality
- being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
- very low in volume
- used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
adv
- Close to the ground.
- Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
- (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.
- With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
- In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
- In a time approaching our own.
- Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
- in a low position; near the ground
noun
- The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
- A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.
- The minimum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
- (meteorology, informal) An area of low pressure; a depression.
- A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).
- (slang, usually accompanied by "the") A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.
- (countable, UK, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.
- (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
- a low level or position or degree
- an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation