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noun
- One who roams without any settled direction.
- A migratory animal found away from its usual range.
- Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.
- A roving vagabond.
- One who falls behind the rest, for example in a race.
- Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
- Something that stands alone or by itself.
- someone who strays or falls behind
noun
- One who wanders, who travels aimlessly.
- someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- (colloquial) The wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans.
- Any of various far-migrating nymphalid butterflies of the genus Danaus.
- a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine
verb
- (intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
- (intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
- (transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
- (transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
- (transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
- (transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.
- (intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.
- inquire into
- inquire into a subject in detail
- travel to or penetrate into
- examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes
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- To move or roam around aimlessly.
- (by extension) Often followed by with: to spend time companionably; to hang around.
- (by extension, usually in present participial form) To be mislaid in a place.
- (by extension) To engage in a relaxing activity in a place; to hang around in.
- (transitive) To hit (someone or something) all over repeatedly; hence, to behave violently towards or mistreat (someone or something).
- To be present at or inhabit a certain place.
- (by extension) To live an unconventional life.
- (transitive) To knock back a drink; to finish a drink.
- be around; be alive or active
- strike against forcefully
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- anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
- a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
- One who usually wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood.
- A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
verb
- (intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
- To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
- (transitive) To card wool or other fibres.
- simple past of reeve
- simple past of rive
- To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
- To draw through an eye or aperture.
- To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
- (transitive) To roam or wander through.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
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- (intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
- (intransitive, computing, telecommunications) To use a network or service from different locations or devices.
- (transitive) To range or wander over.
- (transitive, computing, telecommunications) To transmit (resources) between different locations or devices, to allow comparable usage from any of them.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
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- One who roams about idly; a gadabout.
- (Northern England, Scotland, derogatory) A greedy and/or stupid person.
- (UK, US, dialect) A rod or stick, such as a fishing rod or a measuring rod.
- (especially mining) A pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock.
- (especially UK, US, dialect) A goad, a sharp-pointed rod for driving cattle, horses, etc, or one with a whip or thong on the end for the same purpose.
- A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.
- a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
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- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- wander from a direct course or at random
- be subject to fluctuation
noun
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- Anything driven at random.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
noun
- One who roves, a wanderer, a nomad.
- someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- (archery, usually in the plural) A randomly selected target.
- (American football) A defensive back position whose coverage responsibilities are a hybrid of those of a cornerback, safety and linebacker.
- A pirate ship.
- A vagabond, a tramp, an unsteady, restless person, one who by habit doesn't settle down or marry.
- A vehicle for exploring extraterrestrial bodies.
- A pirate.
- A remotely-operated vehicle.
- (baseball) The tenth defensive player in slow-pitch softball.
- (croquet) A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball.
- (Australian Rules football) A position that is one of three of a team's followers, who follow the ball around the ground. Formerly a position for short players, rovers in professional leagues are frequently over 183 cm (6').
- an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement
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- Dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.
- Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.
- (slang) Passion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".
- (chiefly Scotland) A cinder; (in the plural) the refuse of a furnace
- Allergen particles that accumulate on and may be shed from the skin and fur of domestic animals, especially from household pets such as cats and dogs.
- a feeling of anger and animosity
- small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people
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- One who travels, especially to distant lands.
- (Ireland) Alternative letter-case form of Traveller.
- (electrical engineering) One of the wires connecting the two members of a pair of three-way switches.
- (British) Someone who lives (particularly in the UK) in a caravan, bus or other vehicle rather than a fixed abode.
- (nautical) A metal ring that moves freely on part of a ship’s rigging.
- (television, theater) A rail or track for a sliding curtain.
- (US, Mississippi Delta) A styrofoam cup filled with liquor and usually ice, to be taken away from a place.
- A list and record of instructions that follows a part in a manufacturing process.
- (bridge) A sheet of paper that is circulated with the board of cards, on which players record their scores.
- a person who changes location
adj
- Wandering from place to place, particularly when without any settled employment or habitation.
- (figurative) Moving without a certain direction; roving, wandering; also, erratic, unsettled.
- Of or pertaining to a vagabond or vagrant, or a person fond of wandering.
- continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
noun
- (specifically) A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond.
- (biology, especially ornithology) An animal, typically a bird, found outside its species' usual range.
- Vagrans egista, a widely distributed Asian butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
- a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
verb
- (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
- (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
- (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- (intransitive, electronics) To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- (poker) To perform a float.
- (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- (intransitive, colloquial) Of an idea or scheme, to be viable.
- (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
- (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
- (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
- (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
- (intransitive, aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
- (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only
- (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
- (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
- (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- (intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
- (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
- (computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
- (intransitive)To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
- (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
- move lightly, as if suspended
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- put into the water
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- set afloat
- make the surface of level or smooth
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
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- (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
- A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
- (biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- (automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
- A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
- (weaving) A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
- (publishing, digital typesetting) Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.
- A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- (knitting) A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
- (transport) A lowboy trailer.
- (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- (basketry) A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
- (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
- A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
- A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
- A float board.
- (British) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
- the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- a drink with ice cream floating in it
- something that floats on the surface of water
- a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
noun
- One who discovers or makes a new path or way through an untraversed region.
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- (finance) Ellipsis of pathfinder prospectus.
- (botany) Synonym of honey guide.
- (figurative) One who is the first to do something in a particular field; an innovator, a pioneer.
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- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- something that offers basic information or instruction
- a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something
- someone employed to conduct others
- a model or standard for making comparisons
- someone who shows the way by leading or advising
- Synonym of legend, a key to symbols, abbreviations, and terms on a map, chart, etc.
- Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
- A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
- A sign that guides people; guidepost.
- A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
- A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
- (occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
- (military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
- Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
verb
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- take somebody somewhere
- be a guiding or motivating force or drive
- use as a guide
- pass over, across, or through
- To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
- To steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
- To supervise the education or training of someone.
- To exert control or influence over someone or something.
- (intransitive) To act as a guide.
noun
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
- (informal) A term of address for a man or boy.
- (Oxford University, modern) A housekeeper or domestic cleaner, generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern bedder at Cambridge University.
- The guillemot.
- (historical, UK, up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.
- A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
- (radiography) A preliminary image that allows the technician to make adjustments before the actual diagnostic images.
- (UK, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
- (Oxford University, Harvard University, Yale University, historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend (usually several) students in a variety of ways, including cleaning; generally equivalent to a gyp at Cambridge University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.
- A person employed to monitor rivals' activities in the petroleum industry.
- A person who assesses or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
- A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
- An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
verb
- explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
- (transitive) To reject the ideas or beliefs of (a person).
- (Scotland) To pour forth a liquid forcibly, especially excrement; to cause a liquid to gush.
- (transitive, intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.
- (intransitive) To scoff.
- (transitive) To reject with contempt.
- (transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
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- (intransitive) To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.
- (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- (intransitive) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
- (transitive) To cause to stray; lead astray.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- wander from a direct course or at random
- lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
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- An act of wandering off or going astray.
- (BDSM) A submissive that has not committed to submit to any particular dominant, particulary in petplay.
- (radio) An instance of atmospheric interference.
- (literally or figuratively) A person who is lost.
- (slang) A casual or offhand insult.
- Ellipsis of stray bullet.
- (historical) An area of common land for use by domestic animals.
- Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
- an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
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- Prone to roaming around.
- Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious.
- (music) Requiring a large vocal range; having a great difference from the highest to the lowest notes.
- Slender and long of limb; lanky.
- tall and thin and having long slender limbs
- allowing ample room for ranging
- adapted to wandering or roaming
noun
- someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- any bird that migrates seasonally
- (ornithology) A migratory bird, especially a passage migrant (“a bird that stops somewhere for a short time during a seasonal migration”).
- (figuratively) Someone passing through a place and only staying for a short time; an itinerant.
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- One who roams without any settled direction.
- A migratory animal found away from its usual range.
- Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.
- A roving vagabond.
- One who falls behind the rest, for example in a race.
- Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
- Something that stands alone or by itself.
- someone who strays or falls behind
noun
- One who wanders, who travels aimlessly.
- someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- (colloquial) The wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans.
- Any of various far-migrating nymphalid butterflies of the genus Danaus.
- a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine
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- One who roams about idly; a gadabout.
- (Northern England, Scotland, derogatory) A greedy and/or stupid person.
- (UK, US, dialect) A rod or stick, such as a fishing rod or a measuring rod.
- (especially mining) A pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock.
- (especially UK, US, dialect) A goad, a sharp-pointed rod for driving cattle, horses, etc, or one with a whip or thong on the end for the same purpose.
- A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.
- a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
verb
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noun
- One who roves, a wanderer, a nomad.
- someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- (archery, usually in the plural) A randomly selected target.
- (American football) A defensive back position whose coverage responsibilities are a hybrid of those of a cornerback, safety and linebacker.
- A pirate ship.
- A vagabond, a tramp, an unsteady, restless person, one who by habit doesn't settle down or marry.
- A vehicle for exploring extraterrestrial bodies.
- A pirate.
- A remotely-operated vehicle.
- (baseball) The tenth defensive player in slow-pitch softball.
- (croquet) A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball.
- (Australian Rules football) A position that is one of three of a team's followers, who follow the ball around the ground. Formerly a position for short players, rovers in professional leagues are frequently over 183 cm (6').
- an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement
noun
- One who travels, especially to distant lands.
- (Ireland) Alternative letter-case form of Traveller.
- (electrical engineering) One of the wires connecting the two members of a pair of three-way switches.
- (British) Someone who lives (particularly in the UK) in a caravan, bus or other vehicle rather than a fixed abode.
- (nautical) A metal ring that moves freely on part of a ship’s rigging.
- (television, theater) A rail or track for a sliding curtain.
- (US, Mississippi Delta) A styrofoam cup filled with liquor and usually ice, to be taken away from a place.
- A list and record of instructions that follows a part in a manufacturing process.
- (bridge) A sheet of paper that is circulated with the board of cards, on which players record their scores.
- a person who changes location
verb
- (intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
- (intransitive, computing, telecommunications) To use a network or service from different locations or devices.
- (transitive) To range or wander over.
- (transitive, computing, telecommunications) To transmit (resources) between different locations or devices, to allow comparable usage from any of them.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
noun
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- One who discovers or makes a new path or way through an untraversed region.
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- (finance) Ellipsis of pathfinder prospectus.
- (botany) Synonym of honey guide.
- (figurative) One who is the first to do something in a particular field; an innovator, a pioneer.
noun
noun
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- something that offers basic information or instruction
- a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something
- someone employed to conduct others
- a model or standard for making comparisons
- someone who shows the way by leading or advising
- Synonym of legend, a key to symbols, abbreviations, and terms on a map, chart, etc.
- Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
- A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
- A sign that guides people; guidepost.
- A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
- A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
- (occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
- (military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
- Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
verb
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- take somebody somewhere
- be a guiding or motivating force or drive
- use as a guide
- pass over, across, or through
- To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
- To steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
- To supervise the education or training of someone.
- To exert control or influence over someone or something.
- (intransitive) To act as a guide.
noun
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
- (informal) A term of address for a man or boy.
- (Oxford University, modern) A housekeeper or domestic cleaner, generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern bedder at Cambridge University.
- The guillemot.
- (historical, UK, up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.
- A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
- (radiography) A preliminary image that allows the technician to make adjustments before the actual diagnostic images.
- (UK, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
- (Oxford University, Harvard University, Yale University, historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend (usually several) students in a variety of ways, including cleaning; generally equivalent to a gyp at Cambridge University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.
- A person employed to monitor rivals' activities in the petroleum industry.
- A person who assesses or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
- A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
- An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
verb
- explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
- (transitive) To reject the ideas or beliefs of (a person).
- (Scotland) To pour forth a liquid forcibly, especially excrement; to cause a liquid to gush.
- (transitive, intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.
- (intransitive) To scoff.
- (transitive) To reject with contempt.
- (transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
verb
- (intransitive) To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.
- (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- (intransitive) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
- (transitive) To cause to stray; lead astray.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- wander from a direct course or at random
- lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
noun
- An act of wandering off or going astray.
- (BDSM) A submissive that has not committed to submit to any particular dominant, particulary in petplay.
- (radio) An instance of atmospheric interference.
- (literally or figuratively) A person who is lost.
- (slang) A casual or offhand insult.
- Ellipsis of stray bullet.
- (historical) An area of common land for use by domestic animals.
- Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
- an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
adj
noun
- someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- any bird that migrates seasonally
- (ornithology) A migratory bird, especially a passage migrant (“a bird that stops somewhere for a short time during a seasonal migration”).
- (figuratively) Someone passing through a place and only staying for a short time; an itinerant.
verb
- (intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
- (intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
- (transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
- (transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
- (transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
- (transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.
- (intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.
- inquire into
- inquire into a subject in detail
- travel to or penetrate into
- examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes
noun
verb
- To move or roam around aimlessly.
- (by extension) Often followed by with: to spend time companionably; to hang around.
- (by extension, usually in present participial form) To be mislaid in a place.
- (by extension) To engage in a relaxing activity in a place; to hang around in.
- (transitive) To hit (someone or something) all over repeatedly; hence, to behave violently towards or mistreat (someone or something).
- To be present at or inhabit a certain place.
- (by extension) To live an unconventional life.
- (transitive) To knock back a drink; to finish a drink.
- be around; be alive or active
- strike against forcefully
verb
- (intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
- To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
- (transitive) To card wool or other fibres.
- simple past of reeve
- simple past of rive
- To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
- To draw through an eye or aperture.
- To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
- (transitive) To roam or wander through.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
noun
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
- (intransitive, computing, telecommunications) To use a network or service from different locations or devices.
- (transitive) To range or wander over.
- (transitive, computing, telecommunications) To transmit (resources) between different locations or devices, to allow comparable usage from any of them.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- wander from a direct course or at random
- be subject to fluctuation
noun
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- Anything driven at random.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
verb
noun
- Dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.
- Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.
- (slang) Passion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".
- (chiefly Scotland) A cinder; (in the plural) the refuse of a furnace
- Allergen particles that accumulate on and may be shed from the skin and fur of domestic animals, especially from household pets such as cats and dogs.
- a feeling of anger and animosity
- small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people
verb
- (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
- (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
- (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- (intransitive, electronics) To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- (poker) To perform a float.
- (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- (intransitive, colloquial) Of an idea or scheme, to be viable.
- (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
- (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
- (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
- (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
- (intransitive, aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
- (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only
- (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
- (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
- (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- (intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
- (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
- (computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
- (intransitive)To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
- (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
- move lightly, as if suspended
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- put into the water
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- set afloat
- make the surface of level or smooth
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
noun
- (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
- A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
- (biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- (automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
- A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
- (weaving) A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
- (publishing, digital typesetting) Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.
- A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- (knitting) A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
- (transport) A lowboy trailer.
- (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- (basketry) A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
- (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
- A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
- A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
- A float board.
- (British) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
- the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- a drink with ice cream floating in it
- something that floats on the surface of water
- a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.
- (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- (intransitive) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
- (transitive) To cause to stray; lead astray.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- wander from a direct course or at random
- lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
noun
- An act of wandering off or going astray.
- (BDSM) A submissive that has not committed to submit to any particular dominant, particulary in petplay.
- (radio) An instance of atmospheric interference.
- (literally or figuratively) A person who is lost.
- (slang) A casual or offhand insult.
- Ellipsis of stray bullet.
- (historical) An area of common land for use by domestic animals.
- Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
- an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
adj
noun
- One who roams about idly; a gadabout.
- (Northern England, Scotland, derogatory) A greedy and/or stupid person.
- (UK, US, dialect) A rod or stick, such as a fishing rod or a measuring rod.
- (especially mining) A pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock.
- (especially UK, US, dialect) A goad, a sharp-pointed rod for driving cattle, horses, etc, or one with a whip or thong on the end for the same purpose.
- A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.
- a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
verb
intj
adj
verb
noun
- anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
- a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
- One who usually wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood.
- A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
adv
adj
adj
verb
noun
- anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
- a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
- One who usually wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood.
- A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
adj
- Wandering from place to place, particularly when without any settled employment or habitation.
- (figurative) Moving without a certain direction; roving, wandering; also, erratic, unsettled.
- Of or pertaining to a vagabond or vagrant, or a person fond of wandering.
- continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
noun
- (specifically) A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond.
- (biology, especially ornithology) An animal, typically a bird, found outside its species' usual range.
- Vagrans egista, a widely distributed Asian butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
- a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
noun
adj
verb
adj
noun
adj
- Prone to roaming around.
- Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious.
- (music) Requiring a large vocal range; having a great difference from the highest to the lowest notes.
- Slender and long of limb; lanky.
- tall and thin and having long slender limbs
- allowing ample room for ranging
- adapted to wandering or roaming