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noun
- The act of isolating.
- the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
- (chiefly uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people.
- (databases) A database property that determines when and how changes made in one transaction are visible to other concurrent transactions.
- (medicine) The separation of a patient, suffering from a contagious disease, from contact with others (compare: quarantine)
- (psychology) A Freudian defense mechanism in which a person suppresses a harmful thought from developing into a train of thought.
- (chemistry) The obtaining of an element from one of its compounds, or of a compound from a mixture
- (diplomacy, of a country) The state of not having diplomatic relations with other countries (either with most or all other countries, or with specified other countries).
- a state of separation between persons or groups
- a feeling of being disliked and alone
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
- a country's withdrawal from international politics
noun
- the state of being isolated or detached
- a small unit of troops of special composition
- coming apart
- avoiding emotional involvement
- the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
- (uncountable, military) The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission.
- (countable, military) The unit so dispatched.
- (uncountable) The action of detaching; separation.
- (countable) Any smaller portion of a main body separately employed.
- (uncountable) Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity.
- (uncountable) The state of being detached or disconnected; insulation.
- (uncountable) Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness.
- (countable, military) A permanent unit organized for special duties.
noun
- the state of being isolated or detached
- The act of insulating; detachment from other objects; isolation.
- The state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.
- the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
- insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity
- (engineering) The state of a body so separated.
- (electricity) a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources.
- Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building.
- (engineering) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound
adj
name
- Initialism of International Cultural Exchange.
- (sports) Abbreviation of Iceland.
- Initialism of Institution of Civil Engineers.
- (government, US) Acronym of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“law-enforcement agency responsible for immigration and customs matters of the United States Federal government”).
- (rail transport) Initialism of Intercity-Express (“German high speed train”).
noun
- (automotive) Initialism of in-car entertainment.
- Initialism of intercontinental exchange.
- (computing) Initialism of in-circuit emulator/emulation.
- (medicine) Initialism of ice, compress, elevation (first-aid).
- (programming) Initialism of internal compiler error.
- Acronym of iridocorneal endothelial syndrome.
- (automotive) Acronym of internal combustion engine.
- a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine
phrase
verb
- (slang, neologism, transitive, uncommon) To apprehend or deport by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- (automotive, slang) To occupy a reserved electric car parking space (especially one equipped with a charger) with a traditional car equipped with an internal combustion engine.
- (slang, neologism, transitive, uncommon) To kill (in reference to and often by Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
verb
- (intransitive) To self-isolate.
- (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
- (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.
- (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
- (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
- (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
- (transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
- set apart from others
- separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
- place or set apart
- obtain in pure form
adj
noun
noun
- The state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; solitude.
- The act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart.
- A secluded, isolated or private place.
- (meteorology) The mature phase of the extratropical cyclone life cycle.
- the act of secluding yourself from others
- the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
noun
- (by extension) The isolation of a person or group of people to achieve a specific end.
- (rare) Segregationism; the support or practice of segregating racial, ethnic, or religious groups.
- (linguistics) The stance that linguistic signs act (or approach acting) as fixed codes with invariant pairings of form and meaning.
- (by extension) The conflation of sign and meaning.
verb
noun
- (by extension) Ellipsis of kitchen island.
- (by extension, in place names) A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, partially surrounded by water; a peninsula; a half-island.
- A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
- (by extension, West Midlands) A roundabout; a traffic circle.
- (grammar) A phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted without yielding invalid grammar.
- A bench, counter, etc., that is not connected to a wall or other furniture and which can be used from any side.
- (government) An unincorporated area wholly surrounded by one or more incorporated areas.
- An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
- A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.
- A traffic island.
- a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
- a zone or area resembling an island
noun
- Emotional isolation or dissociation.
- the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly
- (theater) Verfremdungseffekt.
- The state of being alienated.
- (Marxism) The estrangement of people from aspects of their human nature as a consequence of the division of labour and living in a society of stratified social classes.
- (property law) The transfer of property to another person.
- The act of alienating.
- (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another
- the feeling of being alienated from other people
- separation resulting from hostility
verb
- (intransitive) To live in seclusion.
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.
- (intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.
- sleep during winter
- be in an inactive or dormant state
noun
- a state of social isolation
- (uncountable, figuratively) Keeping apart; isolation, seclusion; also, concealment, secrecy.
- a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers
- the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded
- (countable, chiefly South Asia, also figuratively) A curtain, especially one used in some Hindu or Muslim traditions to conceal women from the gaze of people, particularly men and strangers.
- (countable) A long veil or other attire covering most of the body, worn by women in some Muslim societies.
- (countable, UK politics) The period between the announcement of an election or referendum and its conclusion, during which civil servants refrain from making policy announcements or taking actions that could be seen as advantageous to certain candidates in the election.
- (uncountable) The situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people, particularly men and strangers, in some Muslim and Hindu traditions, by using a curtain or screen, and/or wearing a face veil or attire covering most of the body.
verb
- (transitive) To isolate, to close off from the world.
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, intransitive) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive) To confine in an enclosed area; to enclose.
- (ergative, computing, more usually 'close') To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, chiefly British) To close (a business or venue) temporarily or permanently.
- simple past and past participle of shut
- (transitive) To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (transitive) To preclude, exclude.
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- become closed
- prevent from entering; shut out
adj
- (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (of a business or venue) Not operating or conducting trade; not allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
- (heraldry) Synonym of close.
- Physically sealed, obstructed, folded together, etc.
- Not available for use or operation.
- Not receptive.
- not open
- used especially of mouth or eyes
noun
noun
- Temporary exclusion from a community or society.
- (historical) In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state.
- (figuratively) Banishment by some general consent.
- the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
- the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
adj
- Arising from the interaction of separate people or entities.
- (chemistry) Concerning an effect in one entity that is controlled or influenced by a separate entity, such as when one ligand influences the binding of another ligand.
- (physiology) Concerning a process that abnormally takes place outside of its normal system as well as within its normal system.
verb
noun
- (countable) A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
- (countable) A kind of large black sweet, a black-colored gobstopper.
- (countable) A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
- A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
- (uncountable) A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.
- the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
verb
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to separate or isolate.
- To select (something or someone) for a specific purpose.
- To distinguish, make obvious the distinction between (two things) or of (something).
- (Mormonism) To perform a blessing which formally invests a person with authority to serve in a calling or leadership position, typically by laying on of hands.
- set apart from others
- select something or someone for a specific purpose
verb
- (figuratively) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) Of a person or other animal, to stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
- (transitive, ice hockey) To trap (the puck) so that it cannot be played.
- (intransitive, computing, software, idiomatic) Of a machine or system, to come to a sudden halt, to stop working (functioning).
- To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
- (transitive) To cause someone to become motionless.
- (intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
- (intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
- (ambitransitive) To prevent from showing any visible change.
- (transitive) To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
- Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
- (transitive) To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
- (intransitive, informal) To be affected by extreme cold.
- change to ice
- stop moving or become immobilized
- change from a liquid to a solid when cold
- stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
- be very cold, below the freezing point
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- cause to freeze
- anesthetize by cold
- be cold
- suddenly behave coldly and formally
noun
- (computing) The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
- A halt of a regular operation.
- (curling) A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.
- (business, finance) A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
- A period of intensely cold weather.
- fixing (of prices or wages etc.) at a particular level
- weather cold enough to cause freezing
- an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
- the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
noun
- (figurative) Separation, removal or deprivation.
- The severing of the prefrontal cortex from the thalamic region of the brain.
- The severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk.
- A surgical operation on the frontal lobe of the brain intent on treating certain mental illnesses.
- surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
verb
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of isolate more generally.
- (transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of restrict.
- place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
noun
- A period of 40 days, particularly
- A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
- (historical law) The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.
- (computing, figurative) The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.
- A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (historical) A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.
- (historical) The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.
- (politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
- (figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
- (computing, figurative) An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.
- isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
- enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
verb
- (by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.
- (transitive, Ancient Greece, historical) To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.
- expel from a community or group
- avoid speaking to or dealing with
adj
- of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories
- lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black
- not having or not capable of producing colors
- Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey rather than shades of any other color.
- Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey rather than color.
- Alternative form of black and white (easily divided into diametrically opposing camps).
- (figurative, idiomatic) Classifying people, objects or concepts as two polar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong"; dichotomous and inflexible.
noun
verb
adj
- (baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc; maximum.
- Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
- (chiefly UK) Positioned towards the central division of a road: towards the right-hand side if one drives on the left, or left-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (chiefly US) Positioned towards the shoulder of a road: towards the left-hand side if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
- (of a person) Not legally married to or related to (e.g. not born in wedlock to), and/or not residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. (Compare out of wedlock, nonresidential.)
- Away from the interior or center of something.
- Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- from or between other countries
- relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
- on or toward an outer edge
- unlikely to occur
- coming from the outside
- originating or belonging beyond some bounds
- functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit
- leading to or from the outside
- located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
adv
noun
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- The space beyond some limit or boundary.
- The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
- (surfing) The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
- The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right.
- The external appearance of someone or something.
- The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
- the outer side or surface of something
- the region that is outside of something
prep
adj
adv
- without anybody else or anything else
- without any others being included or involved
- (by extension) Used to emphasize the size or extent of something by selecting a subset.
- Without outside help.
- By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.
- Not permitting anything further; exclusively.
- Not requiring anything further; merely.
noun
- (uncountable) Isolation from the world; A retreat from involvement with one's environment.
- (uncountable) The state of voluntary exile; The condition of choosing to leave one's homeland or community.
- (countable) A voluntary exile; One who chooses to leave their homeland or community.
- (uncountable) A separation or alienation from ones inner self.
verb
verb
adj
- Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
- Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
- Pertaining to extraterrestrial life; typical of an extraterrestrial creature.
- not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
- being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
noun
- Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
- One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.
- A citizen or national of another sovereign state.
- A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
- (sometimes derogatory) A mischievous or suspicious foreigner.
- a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
- a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
verb
noun
- A switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit.
- (Scientology) The deliberate severing of ties with family, friends, etc. considered antagonistic towards Scientology.
- A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection.
- A lack of connection or accord; a mismatch.
- an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
noun
- The act of isolating.
- the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
- (chiefly uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people.
- (databases) A database property that determines when and how changes made in one transaction are visible to other concurrent transactions.
- (medicine) The separation of a patient, suffering from a contagious disease, from contact with others (compare: quarantine)
- (psychology) A Freudian defense mechanism in which a person suppresses a harmful thought from developing into a train of thought.
- (chemistry) The obtaining of an element from one of its compounds, or of a compound from a mixture
- (diplomacy, of a country) The state of not having diplomatic relations with other countries (either with most or all other countries, or with specified other countries).
- a state of separation between persons or groups
- a feeling of being disliked and alone
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
- a country's withdrawal from international politics
noun
- the state of being isolated or detached
- a small unit of troops of special composition
- coming apart
- avoiding emotional involvement
- the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
- (uncountable, military) The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission.
- (countable, military) The unit so dispatched.
- (uncountable) The action of detaching; separation.
- (countable) Any smaller portion of a main body separately employed.
- (uncountable) Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity.
- (uncountable) The state of being detached or disconnected; insulation.
- (uncountable) Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness.
- (countable, military) A permanent unit organized for special duties.
noun
- the state of being isolated or detached
- The act of insulating; detachment from other objects; isolation.
- The state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.
- the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
- insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity
- (engineering) The state of a body so separated.
- (electricity) a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources.
- Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building.
- (engineering) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound
noun
- The state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; solitude.
- The act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart.
- A secluded, isolated or private place.
- (meteorology) The mature phase of the extratropical cyclone life cycle.
- the act of secluding yourself from others
- the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
noun
- (by extension) The isolation of a person or group of people to achieve a specific end.
- (rare) Segregationism; the support or practice of segregating racial, ethnic, or religious groups.
- (linguistics) The stance that linguistic signs act (or approach acting) as fixed codes with invariant pairings of form and meaning.
- (by extension) The conflation of sign and meaning.
noun
- Emotional isolation or dissociation.
- the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly
- (theater) Verfremdungseffekt.
- The state of being alienated.
- (Marxism) The estrangement of people from aspects of their human nature as a consequence of the division of labour and living in a society of stratified social classes.
- (property law) The transfer of property to another person.
- The act of alienating.
- (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another
- the feeling of being alienated from other people
- separation resulting from hostility
noun
- a state of social isolation
- (uncountable, figuratively) Keeping apart; isolation, seclusion; also, concealment, secrecy.
- a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers
- the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded
- (countable, chiefly South Asia, also figuratively) A curtain, especially one used in some Hindu or Muslim traditions to conceal women from the gaze of people, particularly men and strangers.
- (countable) A long veil or other attire covering most of the body, worn by women in some Muslim societies.
- (countable, UK politics) The period between the announcement of an election or referendum and its conclusion, during which civil servants refrain from making policy announcements or taking actions that could be seen as advantageous to certain candidates in the election.
- (uncountable) The situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people, particularly men and strangers, in some Muslim and Hindu traditions, by using a curtain or screen, and/or wearing a face veil or attire covering most of the body.
noun
- Temporary exclusion from a community or society.
- (historical) In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state.
- (figuratively) Banishment by some general consent.
- the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
- the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
noun
- (figurative) Separation, removal or deprivation.
- The severing of the prefrontal cortex from the thalamic region of the brain.
- The severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk.
- A surgical operation on the frontal lobe of the brain intent on treating certain mental illnesses.
- surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
noun
- (uncountable) Isolation from the world; A retreat from involvement with one's environment.
- (uncountable) The state of voluntary exile; The condition of choosing to leave one's homeland or community.
- (countable) A voluntary exile; One who chooses to leave their homeland or community.
- (uncountable) A separation or alienation from ones inner self.
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To self-isolate.
- (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
- (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.
- (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
- (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
- (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
- (transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
- set apart from others
- separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
- place or set apart
- obtain in pure form
adj
noun
verb
noun
- (by extension) Ellipsis of kitchen island.
- (by extension, in place names) A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, partially surrounded by water; a peninsula; a half-island.
- A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
- (by extension, West Midlands) A roundabout; a traffic circle.
- (grammar) A phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted without yielding invalid grammar.
- A bench, counter, etc., that is not connected to a wall or other furniture and which can be used from any side.
- (government) An unincorporated area wholly surrounded by one or more incorporated areas.
- An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
- A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.
- A traffic island.
- a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
- a zone or area resembling an island
verb
- (intransitive) To live in seclusion.
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.
- (intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.
- sleep during winter
- be in an inactive or dormant state
verb
- (transitive) To isolate, to close off from the world.
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, intransitive) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive) To confine in an enclosed area; to enclose.
- (ergative, computing, more usually 'close') To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, chiefly British) To close (a business or venue) temporarily or permanently.
- simple past and past participle of shut
- (transitive) To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (transitive) To preclude, exclude.
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- become closed
- prevent from entering; shut out
adj
- (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (of a business or venue) Not operating or conducting trade; not allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
- (heraldry) Synonym of close.
- Physically sealed, obstructed, folded together, etc.
- Not available for use or operation.
- Not receptive.
- not open
- used especially of mouth or eyes
noun
verb
noun
- (countable) A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
- (countable) A kind of large black sweet, a black-colored gobstopper.
- (countable) A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
- A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
- (uncountable) A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.
- the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
verb
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to separate or isolate.
- To select (something or someone) for a specific purpose.
- To distinguish, make obvious the distinction between (two things) or of (something).
- (Mormonism) To perform a blessing which formally invests a person with authority to serve in a calling or leadership position, typically by laying on of hands.
- set apart from others
- select something or someone for a specific purpose
verb
- (figuratively) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) Of a person or other animal, to stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
- (transitive, ice hockey) To trap (the puck) so that it cannot be played.
- (intransitive, computing, software, idiomatic) Of a machine or system, to come to a sudden halt, to stop working (functioning).
- To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
- (transitive) To cause someone to become motionless.
- (intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
- (intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
- (ambitransitive) To prevent from showing any visible change.
- (transitive) To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
- Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
- (transitive) To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
- (intransitive, informal) To be affected by extreme cold.
- change to ice
- stop moving or become immobilized
- change from a liquid to a solid when cold
- stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
- be very cold, below the freezing point
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- cause to freeze
- anesthetize by cold
- be cold
- suddenly behave coldly and formally
noun
- (computing) The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
- A halt of a regular operation.
- (curling) A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.
- (business, finance) A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
- A period of intensely cold weather.
- fixing (of prices or wages etc.) at a particular level
- weather cold enough to cause freezing
- an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
- the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
verb
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of isolate more generally.
- (transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of restrict.
- place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
noun
- A period of 40 days, particularly
- A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
- (historical law) The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.
- (computing, figurative) The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.
- A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (historical) A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.
- (historical) The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.
- (politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
- (figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
- (computing, figurative) An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.
- isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
- enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
verb
- (by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.
- (transitive, Ancient Greece, historical) To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.
- expel from a community or group
- avoid speaking to or dealing with
verb
adj
- (baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc; maximum.
- Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
- (chiefly UK) Positioned towards the central division of a road: towards the right-hand side if one drives on the left, or left-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (chiefly US) Positioned towards the shoulder of a road: towards the left-hand side if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
- (of a person) Not legally married to or related to (e.g. not born in wedlock to), and/or not residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. (Compare out of wedlock, nonresidential.)
- Away from the interior or center of something.
- Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- from or between other countries
- relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
- on or toward an outer edge
- unlikely to occur
- coming from the outside
- originating or belonging beyond some bounds
- functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit
- leading to or from the outside
- located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
adv
noun
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- The space beyond some limit or boundary.
- The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
- (surfing) The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
- The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right.
- The external appearance of someone or something.
- The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
- the outer side or surface of something
- the region that is outside of something
prep
verb
adj
- Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
- Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
- Pertaining to extraterrestrial life; typical of an extraterrestrial creature.
- not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
- being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
noun
- Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
- One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.
- A citizen or national of another sovereign state.
- A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
- (sometimes derogatory) A mischievous or suspicious foreigner.
- a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
- a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
verb
noun
- A switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit.
- (Scientology) The deliberate severing of ties with family, friends, etc. considered antagonistic towards Scientology.
- A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection.
- A lack of connection or accord; a mismatch.
- an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
adj
name
- Initialism of International Cultural Exchange.
- (sports) Abbreviation of Iceland.
- Initialism of Institution of Civil Engineers.
- (government, US) Acronym of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“law-enforcement agency responsible for immigration and customs matters of the United States Federal government”).
- (rail transport) Initialism of Intercity-Express (“German high speed train”).
noun
- (automotive) Initialism of in-car entertainment.
- Initialism of intercontinental exchange.
- (computing) Initialism of in-circuit emulator/emulation.
- (medicine) Initialism of ice, compress, elevation (first-aid).
- (programming) Initialism of internal compiler error.
- Acronym of iridocorneal endothelial syndrome.
- (automotive) Acronym of internal combustion engine.
- a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine
phrase
verb
- (slang, neologism, transitive, uncommon) To apprehend or deport by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- (automotive, slang) To occupy a reserved electric car parking space (especially one equipped with a charger) with a traditional car equipped with an internal combustion engine.
- (slang, neologism, transitive, uncommon) To kill (in reference to and often by Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
adj
- Arising from the interaction of separate people or entities.
- (chemistry) Concerning an effect in one entity that is controlled or influenced by a separate entity, such as when one ligand influences the binding of another ligand.
- (physiology) Concerning a process that abnormally takes place outside of its normal system as well as within its normal system.
adj
- of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories
- lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black
- not having or not capable of producing colors
- Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey rather than shades of any other color.
- Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey rather than color.
- Alternative form of black and white (easily divided into diametrically opposing camps).
- (figurative, idiomatic) Classifying people, objects or concepts as two polar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong"; dichotomous and inflexible.
noun
adj
adv
- without anybody else or anything else
- without any others being included or involved
- (by extension) Used to emphasize the size or extent of something by selecting a subset.
- Without outside help.
- By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.
- Not permitting anything further; exclusively.
- Not requiring anything further; merely.