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noun
verb
- (transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of isolate more generally.
- (intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of restrict.
- place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
noun
- isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
- enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
- A period of 40 days, particularly
- A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
- (historical law) The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.
- (computing, figurative) The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.
- A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (historical) A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.
- (historical) The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.
- (politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
- (figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
- (computing, figurative) An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.
verb
- affect in a contagious way
- communicate a disease to
- corrupt with ideas or an ideology
- contaminate with a disease or microorganism
- (transitive) To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen.
- (transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
- (transitive) To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion, or to communicate a feeling to others, or a feeling communicating itself to others.
adj
noun
- The spread or transmission of such a disease.
- an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- A disease spread by contact.
- The passing on of manners or behaviour through a closed community or household.
- (finance) A recession or crisis developed in such manner.
- (finance) The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
- any disease easily transmitted by contact
- the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
noun
- a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
- (epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a human population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period; an episode of outbreak and subsequent high prevalence.
- A widespread disease that affects many humans in a population.
- (by extension, colloquial) A heightened occurrence of anything harmful.
- (figurative) The spreading of an idea or belief amongst a population.
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- (transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
- (intransitive) To get pregnant.
- (transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- (transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
- (transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- (transitive) To grip or entangle.
- (transitive) To travel by means of.
- (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- (transitive) To be hit by something.
- (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- (transitive, of fire) To spread or be conveyed to.
- (transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
- (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- (transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- (transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- (transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To notice.
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- (transitive) To charm or entrance.
- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- (transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.
- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- reach in time
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- to hook or entangle
- suffer from the receipt of
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- attract; cause to be enamored
- perceive by hearing
- be struck or affected by
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- come down with
- be the catcher
- attract and fix
- detect a blunder or misstep
- start burning
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- become aware of
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- check oneself during an action
- spread or be communicated
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- see or watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- take in and retain
noun
- (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
- (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
- (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
- (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
- (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the quantity that was caught
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
noun
- A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
- (television) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.
- Any of various species of marine (saltwater or freshwater) crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
- (gambling, slang) A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations.
- Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
- (aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
- A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device
- (informal) Any minibeast.
- (entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
- A semi-automated telegraph key.
- (chiefly computing, engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
- Any insect.
- (informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
- A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
- (Maine) A lobster.
- (gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.
- (poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
- (paleontology, slang) A trilobite.
- (slang, US, horse-racing) An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.
- (printing) Synonym of union bug.
- (informal) A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
- (slang, US, horse-racing, by extension) A young apprentice jockey.
- (informal) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
- (chiefly LGBTQ, "the bug") HIV.
- insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
- general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
- a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
- a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
- a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
verb
- (transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
- (intransitive, of eyes) To bulge or protrude.
- (informal, transitive) To annoy.
- (informal, intransitive) To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.
- (transitive) To represent (a value) using a bug on an instrument.
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- annoy persistently
verb
adj
noun
- an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
- moral corruption or contamination
- (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
- the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
- (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
- the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
- A disease caused by such presence of a pathogen.
- A visible sign of such a disease, such as the suppuration of a wound.
- An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
- (pathology) The act or process of infecting.
noun
- an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- The fact of being transmitted.
- the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
- communication by means of transmitted signals
- the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted
- the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle
- (textual criticism) The passing down of a text through time.
- (medicine, biology) The passing of a pathogen or communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.
- (law) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor(s) any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
- The act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric power.
- (automotive, trucking, heavy equipment) A device, usually an assembly of gears (gearbox) plus a clutch or torque converter, through which power is sent from the engine to the driveshaft in an automobile (motor car or motor truck).
- (biology) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
- Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture, or a disease; the sending of such a thing.
noun
- (also attributively) An event or place which leads to the spread of an infectious disease to many people.
- A person infected with a pathogen who is responsible for spreading it to many other people.
- (by extension) A person or thing responsible for the widespread distribution of something regarded as dangerous or undesirable (for example, misinformation).
adj
noun
verb
adj
- (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
- occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
- inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
- (medicine, of a disease) Capable of being transmitted from one person to another.
- (radio communications or broadcasting, of a message or program) Capable of being transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver.
noun
- the course along which communications spread
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- an outburst of applause
- any circular or rotating mechanism
- the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
- a charge of ammunition for a single shot
- (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
- a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- the usual activities in your day
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
- Rotation, as in office; succession.
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
- A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine; a round of beef.
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
- A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
- (UK) One slice of bread.
- A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
- (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- (countable, music) A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- A circular or repetitious route.
- (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- A circular dance.
- (nautical) A round-top.
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- (card games) The play after each deal.
- One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
- (sports) A stage in a competition.
- An assembly; a group; a circle.
- (video games) A stage or level of a game.
- A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
adj
- (of sounds) full and rich
- having the shape or form of a circle
- (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- Complete, whole, not lacking.
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.
- Returning to its starting point.
- Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
- Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
- (architecture) Vaulted.
- Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
- Plump.
- (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
- Loosely or approximately circular.
- Large in magnitude.
- (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
adv
verb
- make round
- become round, plump, or shapely
- pronounce with rounded lips
- express as a round number
- wind around; move along a circular course
- attack in speech or writing
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
- (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- (medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds.
- (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
- (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
- To encircle; to encompass.
- (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
- (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
- (transitive, intransitive) To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.
- (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
prep
noun
- the part of a network that connects other networks together
- fortitude and determination
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
- a central cohesive source of support and stability
- (countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
- (countable, figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
- (uncountable, figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.
noun
- The act of spreading.
- (geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
- A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
- (gambling) The difference between the teams' final scores at the end of a sport match.
- (debating slang) An act or instance of spreading (speedreading).
- Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
- A numerical difference.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
- An expanse of land.
- A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
- (finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
- A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
- (cartomancy) A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
- (trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
- (business, economics) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
- (trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
- (statistics) A measure of how far the data tend to deviate from the average.
- (bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
- Excessive width of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.
- The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
- (prison slang, uncountable) Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
- An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
- Something that has been spread.
- (trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
- (military) A set of multiple torpedoes launched on side-by-side, slowly-diverging paths toward one or more enemy ships.
- a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
- a haphazard distribution in all directions
- the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- decorative cover for a bed
- two facing pages of a book or other publication
- farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
- act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
- a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
verb
- (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
- (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
- (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
- (intransitive, transitive, debating slang) To speedread; to recite one's arguments at an extremely fast pace.
- (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
- (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
- (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
- (intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
- To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
- (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread
- cause to become widely known
- cover by spreading something over
- become distributed or widespread
- move outward
- become widely known and passed on
- strew or distribute over an area
- distribute or disperse widely
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- distribute over a surface in a layer
- spread across or over
adj
verb
- transmit or cause to broaden or spread
- cause to become widely known
- transmit
- travel through the air
- cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
- become distributed or widespread
- transmit from one generation to the next
- multiply sexually or asexually
- (transitive) To generate; to produce.
- (transitive) To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space.
- (transitive) To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate.
- (intransitive, computing) To take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
- (biology, intransitive) To produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants.
- (intransitive) To be propagated; to travel.
- (transitive, of animals or plants) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production.
- (transitive, computing) To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
noun
noun
- infection by the human immunodeficiency virus
- the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells
- (aviation) Initialism of hydraulic isolation valve.
- (engineering) Initialism of header isolation valve.
- (virology) Initialism of human immunodeficiency virus.
- (aeronautics) Initialism of helium isolation valve.
verb
- (intransitive) (of an infectious disease) to spread from one species of animal to another and particularly to humans
- (intransitive) (of a bad emotion, situation, etc.) to reach a climax
- to enter into another zone by way of accident or overcrowding; to overflow
- be disgorged
- overflow with a certain feeling
noun
adj
name
noun
noun
- The spread or transmission of such a disease.
- an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- A disease spread by contact.
- The passing on of manners or behaviour through a closed community or household.
- (finance) A recession or crisis developed in such manner.
- (finance) The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
- any disease easily transmitted by contact
- the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
noun
- a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
- (epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a human population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period; an episode of outbreak and subsequent high prevalence.
- A widespread disease that affects many humans in a population.
- (by extension, colloquial) A heightened occurrence of anything harmful.
- (figurative) The spreading of an idea or belief amongst a population.
adj
verb
- (transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of isolate more generally.
- (intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of restrict.
- place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
noun
- isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
- enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
- A period of 40 days, particularly
- A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
- (historical law) The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.
- (computing, figurative) The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.
- A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (historical) A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.
- (historical) The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.
- (politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
- (figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
- (computing, figurative) An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.
noun
- A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
- (television) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.
- Any of various species of marine (saltwater or freshwater) crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
- (gambling, slang) A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations.
- Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
- (aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
- A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device
- (informal) Any minibeast.
- (entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
- A semi-automated telegraph key.
- (chiefly computing, engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
- Any insect.
- (informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
- A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
- (Maine) A lobster.
- (gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.
- (poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
- (paleontology, slang) A trilobite.
- (slang, US, horse-racing) An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.
- (printing) Synonym of union bug.
- (informal) A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
- (slang, US, horse-racing, by extension) A young apprentice jockey.
- (informal) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
- (chiefly LGBTQ, "the bug") HIV.
- insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
- general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
- a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
- a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
- a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
verb
- (transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
- (intransitive, of eyes) To bulge or protrude.
- (informal, transitive) To annoy.
- (informal, intransitive) To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.
- (transitive) To represent (a value) using a bug on an instrument.
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- annoy persistently
noun
- an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
- moral corruption or contamination
- (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
- the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
- (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
- the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
- A disease caused by such presence of a pathogen.
- A visible sign of such a disease, such as the suppuration of a wound.
- An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
- (pathology) The act or process of infecting.
noun
- an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- The fact of being transmitted.
- the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
- communication by means of transmitted signals
- the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted
- the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle
- (textual criticism) The passing down of a text through time.
- (medicine, biology) The passing of a pathogen or communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.
- (law) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor(s) any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
- The act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric power.
- (automotive, trucking, heavy equipment) A device, usually an assembly of gears (gearbox) plus a clutch or torque converter, through which power is sent from the engine to the driveshaft in an automobile (motor car or motor truck).
- (biology) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
- Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture, or a disease; the sending of such a thing.
noun
- (also attributively) An event or place which leads to the spread of an infectious disease to many people.
- A person infected with a pathogen who is responsible for spreading it to many other people.
- (by extension) A person or thing responsible for the widespread distribution of something regarded as dangerous or undesirable (for example, misinformation).
noun
- the course along which communications spread
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- an outburst of applause
- any circular or rotating mechanism
- the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
- a charge of ammunition for a single shot
- (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
- a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- the usual activities in your day
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
- Rotation, as in office; succession.
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
- A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine; a round of beef.
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
- A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
- (UK) One slice of bread.
- A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
- (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- (countable, music) A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- A circular or repetitious route.
- (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- A circular dance.
- (nautical) A round-top.
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- (card games) The play after each deal.
- One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
- (sports) A stage in a competition.
- An assembly; a group; a circle.
- (video games) A stage or level of a game.
- A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
adj
- (of sounds) full and rich
- having the shape or form of a circle
- (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- Complete, whole, not lacking.
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.
- Returning to its starting point.
- Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
- Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
- (architecture) Vaulted.
- Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
- Plump.
- (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
- Loosely or approximately circular.
- Large in magnitude.
- (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
adv
verb
- make round
- become round, plump, or shapely
- pronounce with rounded lips
- express as a round number
- wind around; move along a circular course
- attack in speech or writing
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
- (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- (medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds.
- (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
- (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
- To encircle; to encompass.
- (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
- (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
- (transitive, intransitive) To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.
- (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
prep
noun
- the part of a network that connects other networks together
- fortitude and determination
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
- a central cohesive source of support and stability
- (countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
- (countable, figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
- (uncountable, figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.
noun
- The act of spreading.
- (geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
- A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
- (gambling) The difference between the teams' final scores at the end of a sport match.
- (debating slang) An act or instance of spreading (speedreading).
- Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
- A numerical difference.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
- An expanse of land.
- A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
- (finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
- A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
- (cartomancy) A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
- (trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
- (business, economics) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
- (trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
- (statistics) A measure of how far the data tend to deviate from the average.
- (bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
- Excessive width of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.
- The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
- (prison slang, uncountable) Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
- An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
- Something that has been spread.
- (trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
- (military) A set of multiple torpedoes launched on side-by-side, slowly-diverging paths toward one or more enemy ships.
- a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
- a haphazard distribution in all directions
- the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- decorative cover for a bed
- two facing pages of a book or other publication
- farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
- act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
- a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
verb
- (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
- (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
- (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
- (intransitive, transitive, debating slang) To speedread; to recite one's arguments at an extremely fast pace.
- (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
- (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
- (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
- (intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
- To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
- (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread
- cause to become widely known
- cover by spreading something over
- become distributed or widespread
- move outward
- become widely known and passed on
- strew or distribute over an area
- distribute or disperse widely
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- distribute over a surface in a layer
- spread across or over
adj
noun
noun
- infection by the human immunodeficiency virus
- the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells
- (aviation) Initialism of hydraulic isolation valve.
- (engineering) Initialism of header isolation valve.
- (virology) Initialism of human immunodeficiency virus.
- (aeronautics) Initialism of helium isolation valve.
noun
adj
name
verb
- (transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of isolate more generally.
- (intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of restrict.
- place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
noun
- isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
- enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
- A period of 40 days, particularly
- A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
- (historical law) The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.
- (computing, figurative) The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.
- A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (historical) A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.
- (historical) The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.
- (politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
- (figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
- (computing, figurative) An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.
verb
- affect in a contagious way
- communicate a disease to
- corrupt with ideas or an ideology
- contaminate with a disease or microorganism
- (transitive) To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen.
- (transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
- (transitive) To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion, or to communicate a feeling to others, or a feeling communicating itself to others.
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- (transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
- (intransitive) To get pregnant.
- (transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- (transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
- (transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- (transitive) To grip or entangle.
- (transitive) To travel by means of.
- (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- (transitive) To be hit by something.
- (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- (transitive, of fire) To spread or be conveyed to.
- (transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
- (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- (transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- (transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- (transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To notice.
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- (transitive) To charm or entrance.
- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- (transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.
- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- reach in time
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- to hook or entangle
- suffer from the receipt of
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- attract; cause to be enamored
- perceive by hearing
- be struck or affected by
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- come down with
- be the catcher
- attract and fix
- detect a blunder or misstep
- start burning
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- become aware of
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- check oneself during an action
- spread or be communicated
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- see or watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- take in and retain
noun
- (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
- (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
- (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
- (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
- (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the quantity that was caught
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
verb
adj
verb
- transmit or cause to broaden or spread
- cause to become widely known
- transmit
- travel through the air
- cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
- become distributed or widespread
- transmit from one generation to the next
- multiply sexually or asexually
- (transitive) To generate; to produce.
- (transitive) To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space.
- (transitive) To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate.
- (intransitive, computing) To take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
- (biology, intransitive) To produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants.
- (intransitive) To be propagated; to travel.
- (transitive, of animals or plants) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production.
- (transitive, computing) To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
verb
- (intransitive) (of an infectious disease) to spread from one species of animal to another and particularly to humans
- (intransitive) (of a bad emotion, situation, etc.) to reach a climax
- to enter into another zone by way of accident or overcrowding; to overflow
- be disgorged
- overflow with a certain feeling
adj
noun
verb
adj
- (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
- occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
- inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
- (medicine, of a disease) Capable of being transmitted from one person to another.
- (radio communications or broadcasting, of a message or program) Capable of being transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver.