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verb
noun
- 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.
- 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
verb
- increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
- reach outward in space
- use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
- extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
- thrust or extend out
- cause to move at full gallop
- offer verbally
- open or straighten out; unbend
- extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
- extend in scope or range or area
- expand the influence of
- prolong the time allowed for payment of
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
- continue or extend
- make available; provide
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
- (intransitive) To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
- (intransitive, US, military) To reenlist for a further period.
- (transitive) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
- (UK, law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
- (transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
- To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
- (transitive) To straighten (a limb).
- (object-oriented programming) Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
- (intransitive) To increase in extent.
noun
verb
- increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
- become longer by being stretched and pulled
- extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly
- extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
- extend one's body or limbs
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- make long or longer by pulling and stretching
- occupy a large, elongated area
- pull in opposite directions
- extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
- lie down comfortably
- (figuratively, transitive) To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
- (figuratively, transitive) To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
- (intransitive) To increase, to grow.
- (physics, transitive) To make a pulse or particle bunch longer by applying dispersion to it.
- (nautical) To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
- (transitive) To increase.
- (transitive) To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
- (intransitive) To extend physically, especially from a limit point and/or to a limit point.
- (intransitive, transitive) To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles.
- (transitive) To pull tight.
- (intransitive) To lengthen when pulled.
- (transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
adj
noun
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something
- the capacity for being stretched
- exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
- the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- extension to or beyond the ordinary limit
- a large and unbroken expanse or distance
- a straightaway section of a racetrack
- Ellipsis of stretch limousine.
- A segment or length of material.
- (informal) Term of address for a tall person.
- The ability to lengthen when pulled.
- A segment of a journey or route.
- (baseball) A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.
- (slang) A jail or prison term of one year's duration.
- (horse racing) The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
- (Ireland) Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
- (slang) A jail or prison term.
- A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
- (baseball) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
- (sports) The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs.
- An act of stretching.
- A length of time.
- A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.
adj
- Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
- containing little excess
- (business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing".
- Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
- (of meat) Having little fat.
- (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
- not profitable or prosperous
- lacking in mineral content or combustible material
- lacking excess flesh
noun
- (uncountable) Meat with no fat on it.
- (US slang) A recreational drug composed of codeine-promethazine cough syrup mixed with usually soda and associated with the hip-hop culture of the Southern United States.
- (countable, biology) An organism that is lean in stature.
- (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
verb
- (copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
- To hang outwards.
- To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
- (Followed by against, on, or upon) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, to use as a hard surface for writing, etc.
- (intransitive) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
- To press against.
- cause to lean to the side
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- rely on for support
- cause to lean or incline
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
noun
- (chemistry) A reducing agent.
- (photography) A liquid used in the process of developing a negative to reduce its darkness.
- Something or someone that reduces.
- (software) A function that takes state and action as arguments and returns the next state of the app.
- (plumbing) A component used to connect two pipes of different bores.
- (soccer) The reduction of the contribution to a football game of a more talented opponent by intimidation using a brutal tackle.
- (hydraulics) A hydraulic device for reducing pressure and hence increasing movement, used to transmit the load from the hydraulic support of the lower shackle to the lever weighing apparatus in some kinds of heavy testing machine.
- a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver
- pipefitting that joins two pipes of different diameter
suffix
adj
noun
- (linguistics) A word or phrase, such as "in short" or "therefore", that signals that the area of the utterance (text or speech) that contains it is summarizing a larger body of information.
- A cumulative measure.
- (education) A summative assessment; a test that assesses what a student learned during a course of study.
verb
- make less dense
- become loose or looser or less tight
- make less severe or strict
- cause to become loose
- become less severe or strict
- make loose or looser
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- (transitive) To make loose.
- (transitive) To disengage (a device that restrains).
- (transitive) To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
- (transitive) To relieve (the bowels) from constipation; to promote defecation.
- (intransitive) To become loose.
- (intransitive) To become unfastened or undone.
verb
- make chemically neutral
- make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
- oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
- make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- make incapable of military action
- (transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.
- (transitive, military, euphemistic) To kill.
- (transitive) To make (a territory, etc.) politically neutral.
- (transitive, chemistry) To make (an acidic or alkaline substance) chemically neutral.
adv
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- (crosswords, in relation to a numbered clued word) In a downwards direction; vertically.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- So as to be cowed into silence.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- From less to greater detail.
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- (comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
- (sports) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- As a down payment.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
- away from a more central or a more northerly place
- from an earlier time
- in an inactive or inoperative state
- to a lower intensity
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- paid in cash at time of purchase
adj
- (baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
- (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- (veterinary medicine, of a cow) Stranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.
- (rail transport, of a train) Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- (normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.
- (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- (slang) In prison.
- (of a tree, limb, etc) Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- (colloquial, with "on") Negative about; hostile to.
- (Canada, US, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
- Facing downwards.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- being put out in a game of baseball
- lower than previously
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- understood perfectly
- becoming progressively lower
- shut
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- being or moving lower in position or less in some value
noun
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- (UK, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- (gambling) The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
- (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- (especially Southern England, also Australia, often plural, often in place names) A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
- (crosswording) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- Down payment.
- A downer, depressant.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- soft fine feathers
- (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
- (American football) a complete play to advance the football
prep
- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
- (UK, Ireland) To (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
- (UK, Ireland) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From the higher end to the lower of.
verb
- (transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- (transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- (transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- (transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down.
- (transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- (transitive, figurative) To defeat; to overpower.
- (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
- (transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
- shoot at and force to come down
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- drink down entirely
- cause to come or go down
verb
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- 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
- 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
- have a reducing effect
- 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
verb
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- (intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
- (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
- (transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
- (transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
adj
noun
verb
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- make less complex
- to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
- cook until very little liquid is left
- lessen and make more modest
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- reduce in size; reduce physically
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- be the essential element
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make smaller
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- narrow or limit
- undergo meiosis
- put down by force or intimidation
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- take off weight
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
- (intransitive) To lose weight.
- (transitive, Scots law) To annul by legal means.
- (transitive, military) To reform a line or column from (a square).
- (transitive) To be forced by circumstances (into something one considers unworthy).
- (transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
- (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- (transitive, medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
- (transitive, law) To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
- (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior state or condition.
- (transitive, computer science) To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
- (transitive, military) To strike off the payroll.
- (transitive, phonetics, phonology) To pronounce (a sound or word) with less effort.
- (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
- (transitive, chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
- (transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling much of its water off.
- (transitive, logic) To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
verb
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- To dilute.
- make thin or thinner
- lose thickness; become thin or thinner
- take off weight
- To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
- (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
- (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
adj
- very narrow
- not dense
- (of sound) lacking resonance or volume
- of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
- lacking spirit or sincere effort
- relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous
- lacking substance or significance
- lacking excess flesh
- (aviation) Of a route: relatively little used.
- Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
- (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
- Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
- Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
- Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- Poor; scanty; without money or success.
- Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
- Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
adv
noun
adj
- not mixed with extraneous elements
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation
- lacking patterns especially in color
- not elaborate or elaborated; simple
- clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
- lacking in physical beauty or proportion
- free from any effort to soften to disguise
- (computing) Containing no extended or nonprinting characters (especially in plain text).
- (card games) Not a trump.
- Simple in habits or qualities; unsophisticated, not exceptional, ordinary.
- Honest and without deception; candid, open; blunt.
- Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.
- Evident to one's senses or reason; manifest, clear, unmistakable.
- Downright; total, unmistakable (as intensifier).
- Clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
- (of food) Having only few ingredients, or no additional ingredients or seasonings; not elaborate, without toppings or extras.
- Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished.
- Of just one colour; lacking a pattern.
noun
- a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side
- extensive tract of level open land
- (rare, poetic) A lamentation.
- A broad, flat expanse in general, as of water.
- An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse.
adv
verb
adj
- not mixed with extraneous elements
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
- so thin as to transmit light
- very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
- Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.
- (textiles) Very thin or transparent.
- Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
- (by extension) Downright; complete; pure.
adv
verb
noun
noun
- A component or additive that renders something else impure.
- A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.
- The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
- the condition of being impure
- worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
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verb
conj
- (idiomatic, chiefly in the positive, rare) Not to mention, as well as; used after one item, to introduce a further item which is entailed by the first.
- (idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) Much less; to say nothing of; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone.
verb
- weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
- become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
- (transitive) To rarefy.
- (transitive) To weaken.
- (brewing) (of a beer) To become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol.
- (transitive) To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
- (intransitive) To become thin or fine; to grow less.
- (transitive, medicine) To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.
- (transitive, electronics) To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal.
- (transitive) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
adj
noun
- (chemistry) A reducing agent.
- (photography) A liquid used in the process of developing a negative to reduce its darkness.
- Something or someone that reduces.
- (software) A function that takes state and action as arguments and returns the next state of the app.
- (plumbing) A component used to connect two pipes of different bores.
- (soccer) The reduction of the contribution to a football game of a more talented opponent by intimidation using a brutal tackle.
- (hydraulics) A hydraulic device for reducing pressure and hence increasing movement, used to transmit the load from the hydraulic support of the lower shackle to the lever weighing apparatus in some kinds of heavy testing machine.
- a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver
- pipefitting that joins two pipes of different diameter
noun
- A component or additive that renders something else impure.
- A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.
- The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
- the condition of being impure
- worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
verb
noun
- 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.
- 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
verb
- increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
- reach outward in space
- use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
- extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
- thrust or extend out
- cause to move at full gallop
- offer verbally
- open or straighten out; unbend
- extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
- extend in scope or range or area
- expand the influence of
- prolong the time allowed for payment of
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
- continue or extend
- make available; provide
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
- (intransitive) To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
- (intransitive, US, military) To reenlist for a further period.
- (transitive) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
- (UK, law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
- (transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
- To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
- (transitive) To straighten (a limb).
- (object-oriented programming) Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
- (intransitive) To increase in extent.
noun
verb
- increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
- become longer by being stretched and pulled
- extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly
- extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
- extend one's body or limbs
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- make long or longer by pulling and stretching
- occupy a large, elongated area
- pull in opposite directions
- extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
- lie down comfortably
- (figuratively, transitive) To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
- (figuratively, transitive) To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
- (intransitive) To increase, to grow.
- (physics, transitive) To make a pulse or particle bunch longer by applying dispersion to it.
- (nautical) To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
- (transitive) To increase.
- (transitive) To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
- (intransitive) To extend physically, especially from a limit point and/or to a limit point.
- (intransitive, transitive) To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles.
- (transitive) To pull tight.
- (intransitive) To lengthen when pulled.
- (transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
adj
noun
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something
- the capacity for being stretched
- exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
- the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- extension to or beyond the ordinary limit
- a large and unbroken expanse or distance
- a straightaway section of a racetrack
- Ellipsis of stretch limousine.
- A segment or length of material.
- (informal) Term of address for a tall person.
- The ability to lengthen when pulled.
- A segment of a journey or route.
- (baseball) A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.
- (slang) A jail or prison term of one year's duration.
- (horse racing) The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
- (Ireland) Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
- (slang) A jail or prison term.
- A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
- (baseball) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
- (sports) The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs.
- An act of stretching.
- A length of time.
- A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.
verb
- make less dense
- become loose or looser or less tight
- make less severe or strict
- cause to become loose
- become less severe or strict
- make loose or looser
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- (transitive) To make loose.
- (transitive) To disengage (a device that restrains).
- (transitive) To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
- (transitive) To relieve (the bowels) from constipation; to promote defecation.
- (intransitive) To become loose.
- (intransitive) To become unfastened or undone.
verb
- make chemically neutral
- make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
- oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
- make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- make incapable of military action
- (transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.
- (transitive, military, euphemistic) To kill.
- (transitive) To make (a territory, etc.) politically neutral.
- (transitive, chemistry) To make (an acidic or alkaline substance) chemically neutral.
verb
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- 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
- 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
- have a reducing effect
- 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
verb
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- (intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
- (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
- (transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
- (transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
adj
noun
verb
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- make less complex
- to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
- cook until very little liquid is left
- lessen and make more modest
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- reduce in size; reduce physically
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- be the essential element
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make smaller
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- narrow or limit
- undergo meiosis
- put down by force or intimidation
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- take off weight
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
- (intransitive) To lose weight.
- (transitive, Scots law) To annul by legal means.
- (transitive, military) To reform a line or column from (a square).
- (transitive) To be forced by circumstances (into something one considers unworthy).
- (transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
- (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- (transitive, medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
- (transitive, law) To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
- (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior state or condition.
- (transitive, computer science) To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
- (transitive, military) To strike off the payroll.
- (transitive, phonetics, phonology) To pronounce (a sound or word) with less effort.
- (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
- (transitive, chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
- (transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling much of its water off.
- (transitive, logic) To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
verb
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- To dilute.
- make thin or thinner
- lose thickness; become thin or thinner
- take off weight
- To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
- (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
- (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
adj
- very narrow
- not dense
- (of sound) lacking resonance or volume
- of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
- lacking spirit or sincere effort
- relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous
- lacking substance or significance
- lacking excess flesh
- (aviation) Of a route: relatively little used.
- Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
- (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
- Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
- Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
- Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- Poor; scanty; without money or success.
- Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
- Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
adv
noun
verb
- weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
- become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
- (transitive) To rarefy.
- (transitive) To weaken.
- (brewing) (of a beer) To become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol.
- (transitive) To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
- (intransitive) To become thin or fine; to grow less.
- (transitive, medicine) To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.
- (transitive, electronics) To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal.
- (transitive) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
adj
adv
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- (crosswords, in relation to a numbered clued word) In a downwards direction; vertically.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- So as to be cowed into silence.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- From less to greater detail.
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- (comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
- (sports) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- As a down payment.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
- away from a more central or a more northerly place
- from an earlier time
- in an inactive or inoperative state
- to a lower intensity
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- paid in cash at time of purchase
adj
- (baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
- (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- (veterinary medicine, of a cow) Stranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.
- (rail transport, of a train) Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- (normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.
- (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- (slang) In prison.
- (of a tree, limb, etc) Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- (colloquial, with "on") Negative about; hostile to.
- (Canada, US, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
- Facing downwards.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- being put out in a game of baseball
- lower than previously
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- understood perfectly
- becoming progressively lower
- shut
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- being or moving lower in position or less in some value
noun
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- (UK, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- (gambling) The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
- (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- (especially Southern England, also Australia, often plural, often in place names) A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
- (crosswording) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- Down payment.
- A downer, depressant.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- soft fine feathers
- (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
- (American football) a complete play to advance the football
prep
- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
- (UK, Ireland) To (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
- (UK, Ireland) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From the higher end to the lower of.
verb
- (transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- (transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- (transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- (transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down.
- (transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- (transitive, figurative) To defeat; to overpower.
- (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
- (transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
- shoot at and force to come down
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- drink down entirely
- cause to come or go down
adv
verb
conj
- (idiomatic, chiefly in the positive, rare) Not to mention, as well as; used after one item, to introduce a further item which is entailed by the first.
- (idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) Much less; to say nothing of; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone.
adj
- Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
- containing little excess
- (business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing".
- Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
- (of meat) Having little fat.
- (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
- not profitable or prosperous
- lacking in mineral content or combustible material
- lacking excess flesh
noun
- (uncountable) Meat with no fat on it.
- (US slang) A recreational drug composed of codeine-promethazine cough syrup mixed with usually soda and associated with the hip-hop culture of the Southern United States.
- (countable, biology) An organism that is lean in stature.
- (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
verb
- (copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
- To hang outwards.
- To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
- (Followed by against, on, or upon) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, to use as a hard surface for writing, etc.
- (intransitive) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
- To press against.
- cause to lean to the side
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- rely on for support
- cause to lean or incline
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
adj
noun
- (linguistics) A word or phrase, such as "in short" or "therefore", that signals that the area of the utterance (text or speech) that contains it is summarizing a larger body of information.
- A cumulative measure.
- (education) A summative assessment; a test that assesses what a student learned during a course of study.
adj
- not mixed with extraneous elements
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation
- lacking patterns especially in color
- not elaborate or elaborated; simple
- clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
- lacking in physical beauty or proportion
- free from any effort to soften to disguise
- (computing) Containing no extended or nonprinting characters (especially in plain text).
- (card games) Not a trump.
- Simple in habits or qualities; unsophisticated, not exceptional, ordinary.
- Honest and without deception; candid, open; blunt.
- Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.
- Evident to one's senses or reason; manifest, clear, unmistakable.
- Downright; total, unmistakable (as intensifier).
- Clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
- (of food) Having only few ingredients, or no additional ingredients or seasonings; not elaborate, without toppings or extras.
- Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished.
- Of just one colour; lacking a pattern.
noun
- a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side
- extensive tract of level open land
- (rare, poetic) A lamentation.
- A broad, flat expanse in general, as of water.
- An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse.
adv
verb
adj
- not mixed with extraneous elements
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
- so thin as to transmit light
- very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
- Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.
- (textiles) Very thin or transparent.
- Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
- (by extension) Downright; complete; pure.